Otoharu

Chapter 303 Emerald
Naturally, Jiang Shanqing was not as greedy as Li Meier, who stopped drinking after drinking a bowl, and sat aside to wait for Li Meier and Mrs. Zhengu to finish eating.Perhaps it was because Li Meier was with her for dinner today, and Li Meier was a sweet eater, and Mrs. Zhen also drank half a bowl of porridge more than usual.

After breakfast, Mrs. Zhen sat in the rocking chair and chatted with Li Meier, "Have you packed all your things for the state capital?"

Li Meier nodded, "It's all packed and packed. There are a lot of things. My father asked someone from the Escort Bureau to go on the road with us."

Mrs. Zhen nodded, "I just had trouble with Japanese pirates last year, so we should be more cautious."

Li Meier said, "Grandmother, I made you a padded coat, you can wear it when the weather is cold, and gloves, I specially made fingerless ones, you can wear it when you read and write in winter, and woolen socks , Wear it when you sleep in winter, and your feet will be warm."

Although Mrs. Zhen's place is not short of carbon in winter, but Li Meier knows that Mrs. Zhen doesn't like to stay in the house all the time in winter. She likes to sit and read under the wisteria trellis in the yard, so she did a lot of things to keep warm. clothing.

Mrs. Zhen smiled, and reached out her hand to stroke her hair lovingly, "Mei Meier is still so caring, my aunt likes these things very much, but once you go to the state capital, don't know when you can see her again?" At the end In one sentence, Mrs. Zhen's tone was full of disappointment.

Li Meier said, "Aunt and grandma, take care of yourself. I will come back when I have time on weekdays. The town is not far from the state capital. It takes half a day by boat. My father will go to the capital to take the Chunwei exam in three years, and he will be a Jinshi." It’s such a difficult exam, and it’s not easy to pass it once. Even if you pass, it’s best to enter the Hanlin if you can enter the Hanlin. Gilded, come back and bluff enough."

Mrs. Zhen just laughed, "You think so simply. Once you enter Vanity Fair, you won't be able to help yourself."

However, Li Meier had her own theory, tilted her head and said, "That's because you want to climb up, so you can't help yourself. We just want to live our lives according to our duties. It is difficult to go further, and it is not easy to take a step back."

Mrs. Zhen just laughed, "You, you have to discuss everything with Shan Qing, he has more ideas than you."

Jiang Shanqing, who was named, immediately nodded and said, "Don't worry, Auntie, I will take good care of Sister Meier."

Mrs. Zhen smiled and took a cup of tea.While the three of them were talking, Qing Yuan brought over snacks, including wisteria cakes and mung bean cakes brought by Li Meier.

Li Meier asked Mrs. Zhengu to taste the wisteria cake she made herself.Mrs. Zhen picked up a piece of cake and said with a smile, "It's the time when the vines are blooming."

"Yeah, fried noodle fish with egg batter wrapped in vine flowers is also delicious. When cooking porridge, wait until rice flowers are cooked, pick some vine flowers and wash them in, there will be a faint floral fragrance." Li Meier casually said a series of things about vine flowers Flower delicacies.

Mrs. Zhen put the rattan cake in her mouth and tasted it carefully, nodded slightly, and said, "This is the recipe of thousand-layer cake. I think it is steamed with layers of fillings stacked up, steamed and cut into pieces to eat."

Li Meier laughed immediately, "Auntie and grandma, you have some insight. I have eaten the thousand-layer cake made in Yin County, and I got some inspiration, so I used the same method to make this wisteria cake."

Mrs. Zhen said again, "This cake will be monotonous if you only put vine flowers, sugar and fat. I have pine nuts from last year. You can take some away later. Put them in when steaming to adjust the filling. Knead the pine nuts fragrant with vines. When mixed together, it is really cold and fragrant, full of sweetness in the mouth, and it is a seasonal delicacy."

Li Meier has always known that Aunt Zhen has great taste and is also very particular about food. The dim sum made by Qing Yuan is always good, so she humbly taught, "I will try it according to your aunt next time." Give it a try."

Li Meier took a piece of lotus cake made by Qingyuan and ate it, and then began to talk about her running water banquet, "It was very lively, all the neighbors and villagers came, and the banquet was held for three days, and my grandma's cheeks hurt from laughing."

Mrs. Zhen listened with a smile, "This is your grandmother's blessing. Your grandmother's good days are yet to come, and maybe she will get an imperial order in the future."

"That's what I told my grandmother too, but my grandmother always said that I think too much." Li Meier said with a smile, thinking that her grandmother's structure is not big enough, it would be great if she was like Aunt Zhen.

Li Meier stayed with Mrs. Zhen until noon, and had lunch with Mrs. Zhen at noon, and wentssiping in the afternoon. Seeing that she was not in good spirits, she prepared to leave.

Before the two left, Mrs. Zhen asked Qingzhi to fetch a pure black gold-painted sandalwood box, and handed it to Li Meier herself.

The sandalwood box was not small, and it was a bit heavy to hold in the hand, so Li Meier asked very curiously: "Grandmother, what's in it?"

Mrs. Zhen just laughed, "You will know if you open it yourself and take a look."

Although it was impolite to open the gift in front of the giver, Li Meier was really curious, so she reached out and opened the box.What caught her eyes was a piece of green light, which turned out to be a whole set of emerald jewelry, and then her whole body was not well.

Li Meier has seen limited good things in her lifetime, but she also knows that emeralds are very precious now, much more precious than gold and jade, not to mention emeralds with good color and water head, which are even more valuable .

What's more, this is a set of jade jewelry.Jade hairpins, jade necklaces, jade bracelets, and jade earrings are all available.Moreover, the color of those emeralds are all green with blue, and the green is oily, which is absolutely extraordinary.

Oh my god, Li Meier has been studying with Mrs. Zhengu for these years, so she is not an ignorant person. At this moment, converting these jadeite jewelry into equivalent silver, she is not in a good mood.

Li Meier looked at Aunt Zhen incredulously, and asked, "Grandmother, is this for me?"

Mrs. Zhen, on the other hand, looked calm and nodded, "Well, actually, this was supposed to be given to you when you were about to pass away. Give you something, not only you have it, Yuan Chun and Yuan Xia have it too."

Li Meier was still a bit afraid to accept it, and asked, "Auntie, is this too expensive?" Even if this box of jewelry is brought to the capital, it is also very valuable. Except for those aristocratic families, I am afraid that no one can get it Such a complete set of jadeite jewelry has been produced, and jadeite is very valuable, so it will not be outdated easily. My aunt gave her such an expensive gift casually, and she felt that she had taken advantage of it.

(End of this chapter)