Inside Pinzhuxuan, Xinxin was silent to the two contracts of sale and seventeen taels of silver on the table.
The disguised scars on her face have been washed away by Ji Danqing with water, and the original appearance of Qingxijie is still restored, but the hoarse voice is caused by shouting too much and pouring a lot of ice water. She won't be able to recover for a while, and needs to drink more herbal tea that Ji Danqing prepared for her to moisten her throat and brighten her voice.
Shu Huan sat down, looked at her, and didn't say anything, just pushed the contract of sale and money in front of her.
"Second Grandma..." After Xiangxin came back, she cried for a while, her voice became even hoarse, and she had to speak very hard to make a slight sound. She pushed those things back with her backhand: "I said I would stay here, don't drive me away."
Shu Huan looked at her seriously, and saw that she didn't show any hesitation on her face, so she nodded, picked up the contract of sale that she got from the gamblers, tore it up on the spot, and put the other one in But she didn't touch the money on the table, she just said: "You keep the money, there is no one in the family to rely on, but you still have a long way to go, so keep it by yourself."
"I can't..." Enjoyment still wanted to refuse, but Gu Xiran poured water from the teapot beside him, "You can keep it as long as you want, the money is filial to those gamblers and your shameless uncle, don't you think it's embarrassing to take it?" ?”
"No..." Xin Xin shook her head.
Shu Huan raised his hand and transferred the money: "Actually, they cheated your family with the money, so you should treat it as the dowry your father left you, and put it away."
When she said this, she had nothing else to say, so she had to accept the money with tears in her eyes, turned around and knelt down in front of them, kowtowed, and then got up and said: "My father said, thank you for your kindness. I will remember the kindness of Second Mistress in my heart."
Shu Huan shook his head and said with a smile: "It's just a small effort, you don't have to take it to heart, but when you follow me, you should pay more attention to me. If you want to leave in the future, you can redeem the deed of sale with five taels of silver. Well, I'm not bad either."
Xinxin knew that Shu Huan was half joking, half thinking for her, and told her not to take this as too much kindness, but just as a two-money transaction. Under the cold mutual benefit relationship, what was actually covered up was She felt a warmth in her heart, and couldn't help but smiled with tears in her eyes.
In the blink of an eye, the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, and this day Shu Huan saw the purchase list handed in by the steward of the other hospital, which said ten boxes of exquisite mooncakes and hundreds of scattered mooncakes. What is the difference between the moon cakes that are distributed to everyone.
Naturally, Gu Xiran didn't know the same as she did, so Shu Huan had no choice but to ask Meimei, Meimei only thought that her natal family was poor, and she usually didn't buy these festive foods during festivals, not to mention Xu's behavior, even if she bought it, it might not be her turn to eat it , couldn't help feeling extremely sympathetic in his heart, and replied slowly: "The moon cakes for the crowd are just stuffing made of sugar syrup and pastry, and those in boxes often have fruit stuffing mixed in."
As she said that, she laughed: "I don't know what kind of stuffed fruit Second Master and Second Mistress like to eat, why not pick up the favorite ones and teach the men in charge to prepare them."
After Shu Huan asked a few more questions, she realized that the mooncakes here were different from the ones she had eaten before. They didn't have that kind of loose and fragrant pastry. They were just steamed cakes with fillings, but they were made more delicately, Qiaojie The good news is that there are a lot of people buying it because of the occasion of the festival.
Bowing his head and thinking for a while, Shu Huan smiled and said, "Maybe it's stuffed with jujube paste, I want this."
Meimei just wanted to spread the word, when she saw Gu Xiran take a nap, lazily leaning on the door frame of the inner room and said with a smile, "I don't like sweet ones, I want egg yolk mooncakes."
"Second Lord, is there such stuffing?" Jingmei was extremely surprised.
Shu Huan glanced at him amusedly, she still wanted to eat ice cream mooncakes, but there were no such here, but it gave her an idea, how about making some mooncakes by herself and eating them, as nostalgia.
It's just that she doesn't know cooking skills at all, and she doesn't know how to make mooncakes in modern times, so she can only ask Mother Du to see if she can make something similar.
While waiting for Gu Xiran to drink two cups of tea and go out to find Ji Danqing for advice, Shu Huan went to discuss with Du's mother. When she heard that she wanted to make mooncakes by herself, Du's mother was also happy and said with a smile: "It's nothing difficult." , I used to make and sell mooncakes when my family was in bad times, but I’ve never heard of mooncakes filled with egg yolks.”
"It's the kind wrapped in salted egg yolk." Shu Huan said, and described in detail the Soviet-style mooncakes he had eaten before, which made Du's mother hesitate for a while, and finally hesitated: "I haven't seen them before." It’s worth trying this way.”
Try it, anyway, everything in the kitchen of the other courtyard is complete, but Du Mu made it twice in a row, and the last one, whether it is the appearance or the taste, is still biased towards the mooncakes of this era, Shu Huan can only sigh to give up.
Doing things that I am not good at really has a high chance of failure, not to mention just relying on the description alone, it is really embarrassing for Du's mother to do the same, but the comfort is that they call for beautiful scenery and pleasing to the eye. However, the taste of this mooncake is different from the ones I ate before, but I think it is fresh and unique.
There is a pastry cook in the other courtyard. When they were trying to make moon cakes, they watched with great interest. Seeing that Shu Huan was about to give up making moon cakes, he suddenly interrupted and said, "Listen to what Second Mistress said, but it's a good idea to make mooncakes." It's like pastry, why don't you let me try it?"
Shu Huan only picked up more traditional Soviet-style mooncakes for Mother Du to try, because she thought it could be made with the kitchen utensils and ingredients of this era, but she forgot that Mother Du’s family was limited, and she was only good at home-cooked dishes, pastries, etc. In fact, I am not very good at eating finely. When I heard the cook say this, I immediately said happily: "Okay, let's try it."
This cook is different from Du's mother. He quickly made the pastry noodles with a deft and skillful technique. Shu Huan recalled the better fillings in the Soviet-style moon cakes and told the cook in detail. In the end, I improvised and created it myself. I taught the maids to pick ready-made sweet-scented osmanthus flowers in the garden, mixed them with sugar syrup and pastry, and added another kind of moon cakes filled with sweet-scented osmanthus flowers. I just asked the cook to save some sugar oil until they were made. , the appearance is seven points similar, and the lingering fragrance is full of mouthfuls without feeling greasy.
Seeing Shu Huan nodding his head after tasting the mooncake, Meijing curiously picked up a piece, took a sip, and felt that the taste of the mooncake was much better than the steamed mooncake, so she couldn't help laughing: "Is this the kind that Second Grandma said? "
Shu Huan pondered: "There are still some differences, but it's almost the same."
It's just that the mooncakes in her memory are not considered mooncakes for those who are used to steamed mooncakes here. It's just that I want to taste the taste of the memory, presumably Gu Xiran also has such expectations.
Thinking of this, she smiled again, and said to the cook: "Let's make this kind of pastry during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and make some of the fillings I mentioned just now."
Mei Mei said on the side: "Second Master and Second Mistress don't go back for the festival, why not make a copy first and send it to the mansion, and teach the Taijun and the Master and his wife to taste it, which is considered filial piety."
"That's it." Shu Huan nodded and said with a smile: "You reminded me that there are many people in the family, so we should make more of each kind. Different fillings should be divided into one box, and they should be sent back clean."
She was talking about asking Meimei to give the cook half a reward, and when she was about to leave the kitchen, she suddenly remembered something, and asked the cook's name, secretly remembering it in her heart, thinking that after the Gu family had eaten the mooncake, if She still finds it delicious, but she can discuss it with Gu Xiran to see if she can open a pastry shop, which is also a way to make money.
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