jdhmnovel Chapter 431 Delicious, sweet and refreshing lotus seed soup
Chapter 431 Delicious, sweet and refreshing lotus seed soup
"Nurse, go get my best Ganoderma lucidum and give it to Aunt Ru to nourish her body." Yan Huan ordered generously.
"Yes, ma'am." The nurse nodded in response.
"Master, have you had breakfast yet? I specially asked someone to prepare breakfast. Would you like to eat with me?"
It turned out that Yan Huan had agreed with Shen Wenting last night that they would go to the money house today to get back the 50,000 taels of betrothal silver that had been agreed upon before. Shen Wenting had been waiting for this money for a long time.
"Okay, as you say!" Shen Wenting looked at her lovingly, secretly feeling lucky to have such a well-behaved and sensible wife, who was a thousand times better than Chen Shuhua. He turned around and said to Runiang, "Ruru, look how good the wife is to you, you must thank her."
Aunt Ru looked at the two people being affectionate in front of her with a sullen face, as if she was superfluous, and gritted her teeth and said, "Thank you, Madam."
"Well, we are all family, so you don't have to be polite, Aunt Ru!" Yan Huan gave a harmless smile.
After Yao Qingnian heard about what happened here, he looked like he was looking forward to a good show. Unexpectedly, Shen Wenting's new wife was quite interesting. It seemed that the Shen Mansion would become lively in the future.
As for the old lady, Yan Huan kept sending good things to her. She smiled from ear to ear when she saw these things, as if she was back to the time when Chen Shuhua got married and any good things were sent to her first. However, this new bride was much better than her. She was filial and sensible. From now on, she could live a good life again. So, within two days of Yan Huan's entry, the old lady gave her the power of housekeeper and stayed in the house to have some free time.
Under Yan Huan's management, the Shen Mansion began to return to order. As worthy of being the daughter of a merchant, she managed the household as if it were her own business. Although she was rich, she was very careful with the cost of everything in the mansion and trained her servants to be obedient. She had no ill will towards Yao Qingnian and even had people send her a lot of good things.
Now that Shen Wenting no longer goes out after finishing his business, his every day is arranged clearly by Yan Huan, and the mansion is unusually quiet.
On this day, Yao Qingnian went to Han's Mansion to see Shen Jinghong. It was less than two months before the miasma in the border valley would be at its weakest, so it was time to prepare to set off.
When she arrived at Han's house, Shen Jinghong was sitting by the lotus pond peeling lotus pods. Han Junlan was also there, reading a book attentively. The scene was so beautiful that she couldn't bear to spoil it. Not to mention, Shen Jinghong was quite good-looking, and sitting with Han Junlan was a pleasure to the eye.
Seeing her coming, Shen Jinghong came over with freshly peeled lotus seeds: "Sister, you finally came to see me. Here are the fresh lotus seeds I just peeled."
"You seem very happy here, with delicious food and beautiful women around. I'm so envious."
Shen Jinghong was in good condition. Apart from receiving treatment, he spent the rest of his time in the Han Mansion eating, drinking and having fun. He was so comfortable that it was unbearable to see him so happy.
"Woo woo... It's not fun at all. Take me home. I'm telling you, sister. That brat put some weird things in my bath tub. There were big bugs that bit me, and there were those black things." Shen Jinghong whispered in her ear.
"What's that black thing?" Yao Qingnian pulled her towards Han Junlan.
"It tastes terrible. I have to drink it every day." He curled his lips.
"You're talking about medicine, right?" Yao Qingnian covered his mouth and laughed.
"Miss Shen, you are here. Please take a seat. Junze has gone out." Han Junlan slowly put down the book in her hand and asked Yao Qingnian to sit down.
"Sister Junlan." Yao Qingnian greeted her and then said, "It's okay. I'm not looking for him. I came here just to see my brother. How is he? Has he caused any trouble for you?"
She smiled and said, "Mr. Shen has a lively personality and is a little restrained in the mansion, but you don't have to worry. Junze will take him out for a walk whenever he is free. On weekdays, he likes to pick lotus pods in the lake. Look, he has almost picked all the lotus pods in this area."
"No, there are still plenty! Lotus seed soup is delicious!" Shen Jinghong sat aside and continued to peel lotus seeds.
"Mr. Shen, it's time to take your medicine." The maid came over with a bowl of medicine.
"No, I don't want to drink it. I'm not sick. Sister, it's this, the black stuff." He shook his head and refused.
"Then I won't cook the lotus seed soup today?" Han Junlan said gently.
"No, lotus seed soup is delicious."
"Then drink the medicine."
"Okay." Shen Jinghong pinched his nose skillfully and drank the medicine in one gulp.
"It seems that Sister Junlan's cooking skills are very good. She can make him drink the medicine willingly." Yao Qingnian looked at Shen Jinghong's pouting face and smiled heartily.
"It's just right. The lotus seeds are fresh! You wait, I'll make it. It will be ready soon." Han Junlan got up to make the lotus seed soup.
After a while, several bowls of sweet and refreshing lotus seed soup were ready. The lotus seeds were stewed to perfection, soft and dense, and paired with red dates, white fungus, lily, etc. This was the most delicious snack she had ever had in Beijing.
"Sister Junlan, this lotus seed soup is so delicious." As a foodie, Yao Qingnian couldn't help but praise it.
"There's more. Eat more." Han Junlan liked Yao Qingnian's straightforward personality. After seeing her finish eating, she added another bowl for her. Yao Qingnian's belly was full from eating so much.
After eating the sweet lotus seed soup, Yao Qingnian stayed at the Han Mansion and chatted with Shen Jinghong and Han Junlan for a while before leaving.
After leaving Han's house, she took Shan Wei to the carriage and horse shop to see if there were any suitable horses. When the time came, they would just ride the horses and set off with light luggage. As soon as they arrived at the intersection of the carriage and horse shop, they met an old acquaintance, Wang Wu's mother.
"Girl, it's you!" Seeing her, Wang Wu's mother walked over quickly. It was such a short distance, but she was already out of breath, and it took her a long time to recover.
"Mother-in-law, are you feeling better?" Yao Qingnian stopped. Although Wang Wu was the victim of Shen Wenting's actions, he could not escape the consequences, so she was cold and indifferent to Wang Wu's mother. However, thinking that Wang Wu might still be useful to her, she greeted him politely.
"Thanks to you, this old illness has improved a lot. You see, it takes a long time for me to cough like this once or twice. I sleep soundly now. I feel refreshed. I asked Ah Wu to find an opportunity to thank you properly, but he is always busy and I don't know where you live. Today is a good day, girl, this is for you." Wang Wu's mother took out a bag of red dates from the basket and handed it to her.
"Mother-in-law, I can't take your things." Yao Qingnian waved her hand to refuse.
"Girl, just accept it. It's just a token of my goodwill. It's not worth much. Compared to the medicine you gave me, it's nothing.
The jujube tree in the yard was planted when my husband was still alive. I have been ill in recent years and have no time to take care of it, but even so, the jujube tree grows well every year.
I heard from Ah Wu that the people in the horse business took good care of him. They knew that I was in poor health, so they gave him the good jobs so that he could earn more money for my medical treatment. I feel better today, so I thought about going out for a walk and bringing some dried dates to them to taste. "Wang Wu's mother said with a smile.