Foster son and husband

Chapter 15 The Secret Recipe
Mei Niang was slandering, and there was another change on the table. This time it was Xu Junying, who put the plate of walnuts in front of Zhuang Yulan with a smile, and said:

"Lan'er likes to eat this. I heard from the imperial physician in the palace that eat more walnuts, and your hair will be black and shiny. Look, my sisters, which one of you has better hair than Lan'er?"

Hearing Xu Junying yelling affectionately, Zheng Meiyu's face darkened, Zhuang Yulan blushed and lowered her head. The ladies of the Xu Mansion really looked at me and at you, but the talkative Xu Xiaomin yelled:

"I said! Our sisters all have yellow hair, how can Sister Lan manage to grow such black hair! So there is this secret recipe, but she didn't tell us!"

Xu Xiaorong also said softly: "That's right, so what if Sister Lan just whispers to our sisters?"

Zhuang Yulan hurriedly defended: "I didn't know there was this secret recipe. Eating walnuts has been my favorite since I was a child. Cousin Ying often smashed walnuts for me..."

Xu Junying said: "Sisters, don't blame Lan'er, how did she know? I also heard about it from the palace doctor later!"

Mrs. Xu said with a smile: "What's it worth? Are there no walnuts? You love it, and you can eat as much as you want? As long as you are willing to eat it, someone will buy it tomorrow and pile it up in the yard for you monkeys to eat." !"

Xu Junya said: "It seems that Rulan's hair is not dark enough, I will go back and tell her to eat more walnuts!"

Mei Niang was moved by him, and couldn't help saying: "Third Master, you don't have to eat walnuts to have black hair, black sesame, black rice, and black beans are all fine!"

Xu Xiaowan grabbed her: "Sister-in-law knows too? No wonder sister-in-law's hair is so black and smooth! Teach us, how to eat?"

Mei Niang took a piece of sour plum fruit into her mouth, and said with a smile: "How about a woman's hair quality, in addition to being inherited from her parents, it is also very important to nourish it the day after tomorrow. It is true that our girls have a little yellowish hair, but it is harmless, yes Another kind of beauty, maybe some people like girls with yellow hair? But it is not difficult for you to turn your hair black. Just fry black sesame, black rice, and black beans to make a powder, mix them together, and it will be fine. Come and cook rice porridge, eat it every day, persevere, not only nourish your hair, but also nourish your body, you are sure to eat a strong body!"

Xu Xiaowan said happily: "Really? It's that simple!"

Mei Niang nodded: "There is an easier one: take Polygonum multiflorum. But it's medicine, it's very unpalatable, it's better to eat rice cereal, trust me, that's right!"

Xu Xiaomin stared blankly at Meiniang: "Sister-in-law, you know so many things!"

Mei Niang said confidently: "When you grow up to my age, marry and become a mother, you will understand many things!"

As she spoke, she saw Zhuang Yulan and Zheng Meiyu next to each other have strange reactions, one face turned pale, the other turned red, and Xu Junying glanced over coldly, with reproach in his eyes, Xu Junya With Xu Junxuan and the girls of the Xu family trying their best to pretend to be calm, those who eat fruit eat fruit, and those who drink tea drink tea, how could she expect that: Zhuang Yulan is the same age as her, Zheng Meiyu is only half a year younger than her, and she hasn't even left the cabinet yet. She was already a mother, and she unconsciously made her feel ashamed with such a soft and delicate word.

The old lady Xu coughed lightly, then turned to ask Mother Ji: "Is Lan'er's medicine ready? You can drink it an hour after the meal, serve it while it's hot, don't wait until it's cold!"

Mei Niang was stunned: "What kind of medicine did Cousin Lan drink? But you have to avoid it? Just now I ate mutton again..."

Zhuang Yulan took a quick look at Mrs. Xu, her pale face turned red again: the medicine she took really needs to be tabooed, and she can't eat beef, mutton and fish, but in order to be able to eat at the same table with Xu Junying, she completely forgot!

Mrs. Xu sighed secretly, and took a look at Ji's mother, and Ji's mother understood: there is no need to decoct medicine tonight.

After eating mutton, taking medicine is of no use at all.

Mrs. Xu asked Xu Junya: "How is Rulan, is she feeling better?"

Xu Junya replied: "It's just...abdominal pain, it's better today."

He glanced at Mei Niang with a smile, and said, "When I came to pay my respects to grandma, she was already out of bed and drinking chicken soup!"

Meiniang pursed her lips and smiled, and asked Cuixi to inquire carefully when she was giving ginseng to Rulan. Rulan had dysmenorrhea, which she had always had, and this time it was worse than ever before, so she had to lie down on the bed, Meiniang thought It seemed that she was too nervous, coupled with the continuous cloudy wind and heavy snow, she was soaked in the cold, and it was caused by inadvertently catching the cold.In the afternoon, when she was choosing hot pot dishes in the kitchen, she asked her mother-in-law to pick a black-bone chicken and slaughter it, stew it and send it to Ru Lan.

Talk to Rulan when you are free, ask her to ask a more powerful imperial doctor to take a good look at it, and prescribe a prescription to recuperate her body. For women, dysmenorrhea is not a small problem, it is related to a major issue of having children .

The old lady Xu sighed: "What's the matter in this family? My old lady is still fine with this disease and that disease, but one or two of you are so delicate, how can I feel relieved?"

Mei Niang smiled and said, "Don't worry, grandma, don't you still have me? When I get up this time, I won't fall!"

Xu Junxuan smiled: "Sister-in-law really knows how to joke."

Mrs. Xu snorted: "Don't talk too much, take care of yourself, if you get sick again tomorrow, I won't let you go, I haven't had enough hot pot yet!"

Mei Niang hurriedly reassured: "Don't worry, grandma, you love to eat, and my granddaughter-in-law will make it for you every day... By the way, today I saw a house full of vegetables in the kitchen ingredient warehouse, and the bottom layer has withered away. In such a cold and dry weather, green vegetables and cabbages will not rot too quickly if they are stored in cellars, but if they are wilted, they cannot be eaten anymore, but what should we do? It’s wasted!”

Mrs. Xu said: "If it's broken, it's broken. The village will send it over. People like us don't care about that!"

Mei Niang thought for a while: "It takes a long time for a big cabbage to grow in the field. It's a pity if it breaks! My grandson knows some methods of pickling pickles. Why don't I teach them how to eat them? The finished vegetables are made into kimchi, pressed into jars, buried in the snow, and eaten when the green vegetables are in short supply next year, refreshing and appetizing, okay?"

Mrs. Xu's eyes lit up: "Pickled cabbage? That's really delicious! I ate it outside when I was young. I have never forgotten the taste of sour, spicy and sweet. It's just that no one in our family can make it. If you can , let’s go teach my mother-in-law how to do it!”

"Okay, granddaughter-in-law will do it tomorrow."

Mrs. Xu looked at Mei Niang: "It's hard for you to be careful. In fact, being a director of the family requires you to be careful and careful. Don't look at our family's great business, and the expenses are also huge... Now that your mother-in-law is ill, Jing Yu and Ru Lan You are not feeling well, you have never shown your face in the past, you refused to be in charge, and you brought Brother Heng with you, alas! There is no one to let me worry about the housekeeper!"

Mei Niang clenched her hands tightly in her sleeves, as if making up her mind, she met the old lady's gaze: "My granddaughter-in-law is in good health now, brother Heng is very obedient and doesn't like to cry, if necessary, my granddaughter-in-law is willing to come out Do your best to work together with Jing Yu and Ru Lan as housekeepers and directors, and don’t worry the old lady!”

The old lady Xu nodded slightly, and looked at Xu Junying: "How does Yinger feel? If you feel sorry for Brother Heng, grandma will not force Mei Niang to do things."

Xu Junying pulled the corners of his lips, and said with a smile: "Brother Heng is fine, there are nannies and girls to take care of her, but Mei Niang doesn't know anything, how can she manage the house? Jingyu Rulan is not feeling well, she will be fine after a while, the housekeeper The kids are very capable…”

Mei Niang looked at Xu Junying: He doesn't want him to be a housekeeper, what does that mean?
Isn't the grandson's daughter-in-law the best housekeeper?In the past, Qin Meiniang was incompetent and courageous, but now it is different. It is not that she is greedy for power and shows off. She loves to manage the house and wants to hold the housekeeping power in her hands. In fact, she wants to take the opportunity to find some ways to make some extra money for herself. What, she needs money, she dreams of money, and having money in her hands is the last word!

After drinking Xiaoshi tea, Xu Junya was worried about Ning Rulan, so she bowed to the old lady first and said goodbye. The old lady ate too much for dinner, and wanted to go to bed early, so she simply sent away her grandchildren and said goodbye to Zhuang. Magnolia says:

"You should also rest earlier, remember to take medicine tomorrow."

Zhuang Yulan responded, glanced at Xu Junying, and said softly, "I'll see off Cousin Ying and sister-in-law!"

Xu Xiaomin was standing beside her, and after hearing this, she turned and pulled Xu Xiaowan and Xu Xiaorong and said, "It should be that no one sent my sisters, so let's go!"

Zhuang Yulan was embarrassed, and the old lady Xu laughed and scolded: "You little monkey, when will it not be your sisters who come and go together, who do you want to send? Ruixue, go teach women and girls, it's dark and the road is slippery, and the lanterns should be brighter. Take good care of the ladies and go back to the room, don't fall!"

Xu Junxuan said with a smile: "Grandmother, don't worry, grandson and sisters are together, just watch!"

Mrs. Xu said: "There is also the cousin of the Zheng family..."

Xu Junying took a look at Zheng Meiyu and said: "Cousin Zheng's cousin is on the same journey with us, so we will send her back to mother's yard along the way. Grandma doesn't have to worry."

"Okay, then go ahead and come back tomorrow!"

Everyone went out of the room, stood in the porch and said goodbye bustlingly, and went away in groups of three or four, leaving only Zhuang Yulan alone in the porch, staring at the direction where Xu Junying, Mei Niang, and Zheng Meiyu disappeared, feeling in their hearts. Indescribably uncomfortable.

Xu Junying came to Jinhua Hall last night, there was no Mei Niang, no Zheng Meiyu, only Xu Junxuan and a few little girls were by her side, she could sit beside Xu Junying all night like before, drinking tea, talking heart to heart, and playing chess No one pays special attention to them. Xu Junying still treats her as tenderly, considerately and meticulously as before. She is very happy and happy. She invited him to come to the room for dinner tonight. He came, but she did not expect that Zheng Meiyu also came to pay her respects to the old lady. It's not that she doesn't know Zheng Meiyu's thoughts about Xu Junying, but she is not afraid of Zheng Meiyu. Minister of the Ministry of Rites, the current queen mother is still her grandfather's distant cousin, what does Zheng Meiyu compare with her?What she is really worried about is Qin Meiniang, the wife of the Marquis of Weiyuan. She heard that she used to be a wooden beauty and didn't understand worldly affairs. Cousin Ying was completely confused by her appearance and married her impulsively. But now that he met her, She is not as unlovable as in the legend, on the contrary, she is the most eye-catching and shining star in the entire Xu Mansion.

Cousin Ying doesn't like such a woman?Can she really be Cousin Ying's wife and equal to Qin Meiniang as her aunt said?
The aunt loves her the most in the world. Qin Meiniang is seriously ill, so she rushes to pick her up. Cousin Ying admits that she remembers Lan'er in his heart, but no one expected that Qin Meiniang will come back from the dead and stand in front of her alive and kicking. .She was almost dizzy again, but after all, she was no longer the Zhuang Yulan of more than a year ago. After suffering a serious illness and missing her marriage, she was ridiculed by Qin Meiniang. At 17 years old, she was still unmarried and not a mother. She was greatly humiliated in front of Miss Xu's young masters. Take it back, and leave the superficial matter to my aunt. In private, she wants to firmly grasp Cousin Ying's heart!

(End of this chapter)