Chapter 2424 Waste Princess 12
"It's not just salt, it's also for the Ai family. It doesn't count, let's talk about other things." The Queen Mother was really in a good mood.
Chun'er, who was following behind, lowered her head, but was full of expectation... asking for money, gold, silver, and jewelry.
"The granddaughter wants grandma to be happy every day. As long as grandma is happy, Mo'er will be happy." Big Thick Legs was happy, and the whole palace was happy.
This teased the Queen Mother so much that she gently scratched her little nose with her fingers: "You girl, your mouth feels like it has been smeared with honey. I really don't know what your concubine is thinking."
It's not that Mrs. Jiang Shu has many children, but the Queen Mother has no one around her.
Back in the palace, the maid brought face towels and tea. The Queen Mother was served by Ziling. Because Chun'er was too young and didn't understand these things, other maids served the Fourteenth Princess.
Tea at this time was boiled with boiling water, which was very strong and bitter. The tea leaves should be kept and eaten as food.
Xining picked it up and took a sip. It was a strong tea. I would rather drink this tea than add salt, onions, ginger, dates, orange peel, mint, etc. to boil it together, or even add mutton oil.
"Mo'er, how is grandma treating you?" the Queen Mother suddenly asked.
"Okay, grandma is so kind to Mo'er! Mo'er is so happy every time she's here with grandma." It's not easy to say this.
"What's a good idea?" The Queen Mother looked at her with a smile, but her deep eyes were only looking at her, as if she wanted to see something.
"Grandma doesn't scold Mo'er, she always smiles when she sees Mo'er, and she can make Mo'er eat well."
The smile on the corner of the Queen Mother's mouth became more genuine: "What do you call this? Shouldn't elders be like this?"
Xining sniffed deliberately and lowered his voice: "But when it comes to other people, don't talk about having enough food..."
He pursed his lips, as if he had been greatly wronged, and then muttered: "It would be nice if I don't get scolded."
You don't need to name anyone, you know who you are talking about, and it is not the concubine, Mrs. Jiang Shu. Even the moonlight of a concubine will be blackened, so don't mention anything to eat.
But here, the Queen Mother has food and drink, and the Queen Mother rewards her. If there is no comparison, there will be no harm. If you say the Queen Mother is good, then it is absolutely credible.
The Queen Mother took a sip of tea and then stopped. I saw it yesterday, so I must be thinking about something.
After putting down the tea bowl, the Queen Mother said she was tired, so she took her leave at the right time.
When I left, the steward in the kitchen brought the food box and smiled with her: "Princess Mo, can you cook more in the future, so that the little ones can have a good time?"
Xining sighed: "It's not that I don't want to, it's just that these things take too much effort to make, and sometimes they are barely enough for the Queen Mother. Otherwise, I can only make the same thing every day and only return a small bowl. Wait until I get back. After that, I have to spend most of the day making fine salt. This kind of extravagance can only be afforded by the filial piety of my father.”
"Princess Mo is right. It's true that most people can't do this. She comes here early every morning. Only Princess Mo has this kind of heart. No matter how greedy the little one is, she can't take a bite of the Queen Mother's food." Hearing this, he immediately agreed, expressed that he was being abrupt, and sent her out respectfully.
Who doesn’t want to learn a job that can please the master? Likewise, people who know how to teach will not teach easily. In addition, it means that it can only do this, and it will not take away other people's livelihood.
When we arrived at the place where we met the proton yesterday, there was no one there.
"Princess, he's not here." Chun'er was very happy because he didn't have to give her anything to eat.
Rolling his eyes, Chun'er saw that she was about to open the food box, so he quickly put it down and opened the lid of the food box himself.
The food box is full again. Today there is not only plain meat but also a fish. Xining squatted down, took two white buns from the food box, placed the other white buns in the food box, and made a pottery bowl.
The steamed buns were placed in a bowl and placed behind the roots of a tree in a remote location. Visitors could only see the bowl when they walked to the tree. He took out a veil and covered it to prevent dust from getting up. After it was done, he took Chun'er and left.
Back in the house, Chun'er quickly put the fish on the table: "Princess, eat the fish first, it will be fishy when it cools down."
She picked up the chopsticks and took a bite. The water was bland and had many thorns. After all, it is wild and better than fresh. But Xian can’t compare to the future MSG, chicken essence, and vegetable essence.
Chun'er was eating steamed buns aside, with the mutton dumplings she made this morning in the middle. She took a bite and narrowed her eyes: "Princess, it's delicious."
There are five more inside, so two are not enough for one meal. Thinking of the two that were placed under the root of the tree, I would go over and have a look after I finished eating. If they were still there, take them back. Don’t let them go to waste.
After eating the thick meat of the fish belly, Xining felt that he couldn't eat anymore: "If you don't want to eat it, you can eat it."
Seeing the remaining fish in the bowl, Chun'er's eyes widened: "Princess, don't you want to eat any more? What a plump fish, why don't we use some more at night."
"You can eat it, there are many thorns." This boiled fish still has an earthy smell, even though I added a lot of onions and ginger, it still can't cover it up.
My stomach is full, but the quality of the food is worrying. Being in the royal family and still eating like this, if he were a slave, wouldn't it be extremely miserable?
After a while, someone brought a bag of salt, saying it was a gift from the Queen Mother.
Don't underestimate this, which is only three kilograms of coarse salt. It is about half a year's supply for an average farmer's family.
The eunuch who brought the salt smiled so much that he could hardly see his eyes: "The Queen Mother personally told her that if Princess Mo needs anything, she will send it immediately, and if she doesn't have it, she must find a way to get it."
Well, you're welcome then: "I want dried mushrooms and dried shrimps, half each." After saying that, he winked at Chun'er.
Chun'er took out a money bag from her sleeve and handed it over secretly.
"Hey, no, no, no. I will bring it to you right away." The eunuch refused the money, and after a stick of incense, he brought dried shrimps and mushrooms. It was Chun'er who forced the eunuch to accept the money.
Chun'er was still a little proud of this. She felt that she had the foresight to exchange the five taels of silver for five hundred large coins and divided them into packages of five coins and packages of ten coins. The steward just gave away ten coins. Although one big coin is equivalent to ten small coins, giving big money away is a sign of dignity.
Too lazy to worry about these things, I have a lot of work today. I have to refine fine salt and make one more thing, which is "monosodium glutamate".
Dry-clean the mushrooms, fry them in a clay pot, and do the same with the dried shrimps. After frying until it is dry and crispy, then use a roller to crush it, which is the simplest MSG. This can be compared to using grains to cultivate glutamic acid, and then neutralizing the glutamic acid to produce sodium glutamate. This kind of mushroom and shrimp skin powder MSG does not have any technical work.
Use two parts of mushrooms and one part of dried shrimps, so there is still some dried shrimps left. Shrimp skin is the best thing to supplement calcium. Make a bowl of shrimp skin soup with mutton and steamed buns in the evening. This is not a good day.
While Xining was refining salt, Chun'er went out once and came back with a tigerish face.
"What's wrong? Get me some more firewood quickly, it's not enough."
Chun'er murmured angrily while carrying firewood: "My maid just went back to look. She took the steamed buns as soon as she took them. Why did she take all the bowls? She didn't even leave the handkerchief behind, so she just kept this one."
After saying that, he took out a small red bag made of cloth from his waist: "The peace talisman cannot be eaten or used."
"Maybe his family begged him for it. He probably only has this thing on him. Do you still want him to turn into a piece of jade? It proves that he has got food. Just put it in the cabinet. When you see him next time, you can return it. Give it to him." Xining added firewood to the fire. This took too much time and effort. It seems that next time he will use lime to make salt.