The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 263 Mrs. Lu's Worries
Lu Jinkang brought fifty preserved eggs back to the capital, and he only peeled five eggs to try today, and there are still 45 left in the clay pot.

It stands to reason that the two old ladies should be satisfied with whatever they want, but today Lu Jinkang shook his head resolutely, not letting the two old ladies eat too much.

Su Yunduo once reminded him that preserved eggs are delicious, so it is best not to overdose.

Of course, even if Su Yunduo didn't remind him, Lu Jinkang wouldn't dare to feed the two grandmothers too much. After all, the two grandmothers are old and their spleen and stomach have always been weak.

Although the two old ladies looked at Lu Jinkang intently, Lu Jinkang pretended not to notice, and asked Jiu'er to leave fifteen preserved eggs for the small kitchen of Zhenghe Hall, and of course he also wrapped ten eggs for the old lady Lu. Send the rest back to Xiaofengyuan.

The two old ladies looked helplessly at Jiu'er leaving with the earthen pot in their arms, and they all gave Lu Jinkang a look, and kept complaining that Lu Jinkang was too stingy.

"Don't look at the size of the jar, there are only fifty eggs in total. I tried five eggs today, kept fifteen eggs for my grandparents, and ten eggs for my aunts, and there are only twenty eggs left in the jar. There are good things I have to send it to the palace for the Holy Majesty and the Empress to taste, but I don’t have one myself!" Lu Jinkang spread his hands, his face full of grievance and depression.

"Is there really only this one can? Why don't you bring some more of such a good thing?" Zhen Guogong's wife, Mrs. An, was slightly surprised.

"Cousin Su is also trying to make it for the first time, so I don't know how delicious it is. Cousin Su didn't allow me to bring it back, because I was afraid it wouldn't be good, so I grabbed a can and brought it back. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll have to wait until she comes to the capital to taste it. " Lu Jinkang said these words once before, and now he has to emphasize them again.

"Sister-in-law, why don't we go to Yanshan Mansion to bring someone to the capital in advance?" Mrs. Lu pondered for a moment, looking at An's expectantly.

An Shi looked at Lu Jinkang, the Su family would come to the capital sooner or later, and she was also very curious about the girl who could make Lu Jinkang "Cousin Su" and "Cousin Su" on her lips, but she felt that it would be better not to be capricious, and to do things step by step , not to mention such a big event as recognizing the ancestors and returning to the clan.

Facing Shang An's eyes, Lu Jinkang felt strange, but he didn't know what this strangeness represented.

He really hoped that he could bring the Su family to the capital earlier. Although he hadn't had time to send the preserved eggs to the palace, the taste of the preserved eggs was so unique that two picky old ladies wanted to eat them again. Presumably the nobles in the palace have a lot of demand for this preserved egg.

Although Su Yunduo made preserved eggs in front of everyone that day, Lu Jinkang understood that it was not as simple as it appeared on the surface, at least the plaster used to pickle duck eggs was very particular.

On the day of pickling preserved eggs, Su Yunduo also jokingly said that it is possible to pickle a jar of rotten eggs.

At that time, Zisu also said what she heard, a joke that happened in Geshan Village, saying that a woman in Geshan Village pickled salted eggs by herself but turned out a jar of rotten eggs, and it took dozens of eggs Said, also wasted several salt.

In this era, salt, like iron, is an important strategic material and cannot be operated privately. Each household can only buy it from the government on a per capita basis, not something you can buy with money.

Selling private salt is a felony, ranging from exile to death.

Because of the preciousness of salt, salted eggs on the market are several times more expensive than normal eggs.

The woman Zi Su mentioned was considered a clever woman in Geshan Village. She was good at pickling vegetables and meat, but she failed to pickle eggs the first time, and no one tried it lightly since then.

When Lu Jinkang opened the clay pot just now, he was indeed a little worried. He was afraid that if it was not opened properly, it would smell bad. Fortunately, this preserved egg was marinated very successfully.

The most important thing is that during the pickling process, not much salt is needed, the main thing should be the alkali and ash, and by the way, the tea leaves must be of great use.

It's just that Su Yunduo has never been easy to be persuaded. She followed Dr. Kong wholeheartedly and wanted to develop her medicinal planting in Geshan Village. Without a good excuse, she would not go to Beijing in advance.

Lu Jinkang cast his eyes on the old lady Lu: "Aunt and grandma should not be impatient about taking the Su family to Beijing. It is safer to follow the original plan step by step. When the results of the test come out, I will let my cousin and my aunt go together. See you, when the time comes, we will discuss the matter of bringing someone to Beijing to recognize our ancestors with my cousin's family."

The old lady Lu sighed softly with a worried expression on her face: "I don't want to be in a hurry, but that girl Yun Duo is due to get married this year, she must not be allowed to find someone to marry in the countryside!"

"Son", "daughter-in-law", "grandson" and "granddaughter" haven't seen any of them yet, but Mrs. Lu has already started to worry about her granddaughter's marriage. It can be seen that she really hopes that Su Yunduo's family will recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors.

Lu Jinkang was slightly taken aback in his heart, that girl Su Yunduo is going to catch up with Ji? !

In Lu Jinkang's impression, it seems that Su Yunduo is still the same as when he first met her. The 13-year-old girl looks smaller than his concubine sister who just turned ten years old. In the blink of an eye, the yellow-haired girl is about to grow up. married.

Lu Jinkang scratched his head, this is a problem.

Although it is not certain that they will get married immediately when they reach Jiji, most women of Su Yunduo's age in the capital are engaged in marriage, and his 13-year-old concubine Lu Yuya has already engaged in marriage a few days ago.

Of course, people who love their daughters will keep their daughters for two years longer, but they will not let their daughters stay at home for more than eighteen years. Generally, daughters and Ji should get married.

Calculated in this way, even if the Su family was immediately accepted into Beijing to recognize their ancestors, Su Yunduo's age would be a bit embarrassing.

But no matter how embarrassing it is, Su Yunduo can't really let Su Yunduo find a country man to marry.

Imagine the scene where Su Yunduo married a country man, Lu Jinkang suddenly felt very uncomfortable.

No, I have to take him back to the capital as soon as possible, and let old man Kong do the planting of any medicinal materials!

Besides, planting herbs can be planted even in the capital. He remembered that his aunt had a big villa in the outskirts of Beijing. After the Su family recognized their ancestors and returned to the clan, wouldn't that villa become the property of the Su family?

The weather in the capital city is not as cold as Yanshan Mansion, maybe it is more conducive to the cultivation of medicinal materials!
Thinking about it this way, the so-called original plan and the so-called step-by-step procedure were all left behind by Lu Jinkang.

"Cousin Su is getting married this year? How about I ask Jiu'er to take someone to Yanshan Mansion to pick up my cousin's family and come to the capital?" Lu Jinkang was surprised at first, then looked at An's and then at Lu and asked.

An gave Lu Jinkang an angry look, lowered her eyes to consider for a moment, raised her head to look at Lu calmly, and said, "This matter should be decided after discussing with your elder brother."

Mrs. Lu nodded repeatedly, then turned around and urged Lu Jinkang, "Your grandfather is in the study right now, so hurry up and find him."

Lu Jinkang glanced at An Shi, saw An Shi nodding his head slightly, then got up and left the main hall, and went to the study to invite Lu Mingyang, the Lord of the Town.

(End of this chapter)