The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 159 Seeing Lu Jinkang Again ([-])

On the eighth day of May, it was appropriate to start the construction of the beam, and the main courtyard of the Hot Spring Villa was chosen to erect the beam at [-]:[-] on this day. This was the last beam erection of the villa, and it was the main courtyard’s beam erection, so it was naturally very solemn.

At about the right time, Su Yunduo was in the kitchen with Wei Shi and others making the final preparations for the sacrifice before the beam-raising, but they heard a clatter of horseshoes outside, and there were at least seven or eight people who heard the sound.

Geshan Village is located in a remote place. If the old doctor hadn't built a villa here, he would hardly see a few strangers in a year, so who would be here today?
Today, Su Chengzhi and Su Zexuan and Su Zechen didn't go to the village school because of the Liangshan Villa. Hearing the horse's hoof became clearer and clearer, it was obviously coming to the courtyard of Su's house. Su Zechen, who became more and more bold and lively, was the first to run to the courtyard gate.

There was only a scream of surprise, followed by Su Zechen's crisp laughter. It was obvious that the person who came was someone Su Zechen knew and was very happy with.

Could it be uncle?But Uncle shouldn't be able to make such a big noise.

Su Yunduo stretched out his head from the kitchen to look around, and a pair of long and narrow phoenix eyes happened to look over.

Ah, why is this young master Lu Jinkang here again? !

That's right, it was Lu Jinkang who came, and he was stepping into the yard holding Su Zechen who was beaming with one hand, and there was naturally another team of guards behind him, still so arrogant and high-profile!
Didn't it mean that the Holy Majesty arranged an errand for him in the capital, so how could he have time to come to Geshan Village? !

But these are not things she should worry about. Seeing that the auspicious time for going to the beam is about to arrive, she hurriedly sent the prepared sacrificial supplies up the mountain.

"Mr. Lu came here specially from the capital to congratulate. It is said that in order to catch the auspicious time, several horses broke down!" Since the old doctor came to Geshan Village, Wei and his two daughters-in-law have become special cooks again. Mrs. Chen is only [-] years old this year, and she is much more lively than her eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jiang. No, it didn't take long for Mrs. Chen to inquire about a lot of news about Lu Jinkang's trip.

Su Yunduo smiled and didn't say a word, she came here just to congratulate her on the beam, who would believe it?Anyway, Su Yunduo didn't believe it!

But no matter why Lu Jinkang came to Geshan Village again, Su Yunduo expressed that he was not curious.

There is a saying that curiosity killed the cat. For this life, Su Yunduo said that it is better not to be curious!

Su Yunduo was not curious, and Anxin stayed in the kitchen to do his own thing, but the servant named Jiu'er next to Lu Jinkang came to the kitchen.

As soon as Jiu'er saw Su Yunduo, his face was full of joy, and he almost rushed forward like that, and Su Yunduo took two steps back in shock.

Mrs. Zhang stepped forward to block Jiu'er's way: "Hey, little Jiu'er, what are you doing!"

Only then did Jiu'er stabilize his footsteps, first he touched the back of his head in embarrassment, then looked sideways at Su Yunduo, who was blocked by Mrs Zhang, and said, "Miss Su, please make some rice porridge for my son, and borrow a stove, Medicine jar, I want to boil medicine."

"What time is it? You haven't eaten breakfast yet?" Mrs. Zhang looked at Jiu'er in surprise.

Jiu'er shook his head: "I have already eaten breakfast, but my young master got cold on the road because of the continuous journey, and his stomach feels a little uncomfortable. He hasn't eaten much for two meals."

As he spoke, he shook the medicine bag in his hand and continued: "Dr. Kong just grabbed the medicine. Doctor Kong told me not to drink it on an empty stomach. No, I'm here to trouble Miss Su."

Only then did Su Yunduo see that Jiu'er was still carrying a medicine bag in his hand: "Since your son is not feeling well, why do you let him go on the road day and night? This is not the first time the villa has been built!"

Muttering in his mouth, the movements of his hands were not slow, first he took out the medicine pot and handed it to Jiu'er, then cleaned the earthen pot, washed the rice and raised the fire, and soon cooked the porridge on the small clay stove.

Since the old doctor confessed that the medicine cannot be taken on an empty stomach, it means that the medicine has a certain negative effect on the stomach, so the porridge is naturally indispensable.

It’s just that the white porridge is a bit boring after all, Su Yunduo thought about it and asked again: “Do you have anything else to say, Doctor Kong?”

"Yes, yes, but my young master said he has no appetite, he only wants porridge." Jiu'er looked at Su Yunduo with some embarrassment.

Although I feel sorry for the master and hope to add some nutritious things to the porridge according to Dr. Kong's instructions, but he knows the master's temper best, so it's better not to superfluous.

Knowing that the old doctor couldn't just let the porridge be cooked, Su Yunduo rolled his eyes secretly, and scanned the kitchen around, finally having a decision in his heart.

But I still have to ask Jiu'er first, if there is anything Lu Jinkang doesn't eat.

"My son is a bit picky eater. Meat dishes are better, but he doesn't eat many vegetables, such as radishes, onions, garlic, celery... He doesn't like to eat these strong flavors." Speaking of vegetables that Lu Jinkang doesn't eat, Jiu'er is Look helpless.

"Where's Jiang?" Jiu'er's words made Su Yunduo regret that he was busy, but he asked all the questions, so he might as well ask one more question.

"Of course I don't eat ginger, but my son is acceptable to season it with ginger, but he absolutely doesn't drink ginger tea!" Jiu'er is Lu Jinkang's personal servant, and he really knows Lu Jinkang's preferences like the back of his hand.

Su Yunduo's brows twitched and twitched, but he didn't say anything, he just picked a black fish from the fish kept in the wooden barrel and prepared to make fish fillet porridge.

Seeing that Su Yunduo caught a slippery fish and came out, Jiu'er's face became tangled again: "Young master vomited not long after drinking the fish soup last night, I'm afraid I can't smell the fish."

"Hey, your son is not pregnant, and he can't smell the smell of fish!" Zhang came as soon as she opened her mouth, but was glared at by Wei, and quickly closed her mouth and left the kitchen. She was afraid that if she slowed down, she would laugh out loud. The sound angered Jiu'er.

Even though she knew that Mrs. Zhang had no bad intentions but was just teasing, Jiu'er was still very upset, how could she say that about his son-in-law!
Seeing Mrs. Zhang dodging out of the kitchen under Mrs. Wei's gaze, Jiu'er couldn't be bothered to hate Mrs. Zhang, but gritted her teeth at Mrs. Zhang's back.

The knife in Su Yunduo's hand only paused, and then continued to scrape the scales of the fish, as if he hadn't heard Jiu'er's words at all, he dug his gills, dissected his stomach and bones, and soon a fresh fish became like a bowl of thin fish. Cicada wing fillets.

Seeing that Su Yunduo ignored her, Jiu'er had no choice but to keep her mouth shut, squatting down in front of the charcoal stove and looking at the medicine pot.

Su Yunduo just acted like he didn't see Jiu'er's little daughter-in-law, took a piece of ginger and cut it into thin slices, thought for a while, put the thin slices of ginger aside, cut the ginger into thin slices again, and then took some small green vegetable seedlings and cut them into thin slices. Shred and set aside.

Add appropriate amount of cooking wine, salt, paste pepper powder, raw powder and ginger to the fish fillets for marinating.

At this time, the porridge in the earthen pot on the tan stove also began to emit bursts of rice fragrance, and the porridge was getting thicker by hearing the tumbling sound.

Counting the time, it was past three o'clock at this time, presumably Lu Jinkang would come down from the mountain soon, and it was time to put the fish fillets into the porridge.

Thinking of Lu Jinkang's stubborn temper, Su Yunduo thought about it and poured out a bowl of porridge first, then poured the marinated fish fillets and chopped vegetable seedlings into the earthen jar, and stirred them slowly with a spoon to let the The fish fillets and vegetables were scattered, and when the porridge boiled again, Su Yunduo took half a spoonful and tasted it in a bowl, it was good, very delicious!
Taking the earthen jar down from the small clay stove, I just heard Lu Jinkang and the old doctor talking.

Well, the timing is just right!

(End of this chapter)