After wearing the book, I spoiled the powerful minister

Chapter 71 Luo Mingqing's Mind

The next day, Chen Xiuyan got up early, before dawn, Luo Wenqian felt the movement of the person next to her pillow and woke up.

"Going to make pastries?" Luo Wenqian's eyes were sleepy, but he still guessed Chen Xiuyan's intentions. He didn't get up so early to make breakfast, so it must be the snow jade dumpling.

"Well, the process is cumbersome after all, and it will take some time." Chen Xiuyan replied, if it is winter, it can be done in advance, but now the weather is hot and it has to be done now.

"I'll help you." Luo Wenqian stood up without hesitation, and Chen Xiuyan smiled a little. She likes Luo Wenqian's temperament, action-oriented, and doing his best to you.

After the young couple washed up and lit the oil lamp, they went to the kitchen. Chen Xiuyan started two large pots at the same time, one for red beans and the other for mung beans.

Pour off the water from the upper layer of the rice milk that has been left to stand, and then pour out the wet and agglomerated glutinous rice flour underneath. Chen Xiuyan sprinkles some flour to knead the glutinous rice flour into balls and divide them into small doses for later use.

The thick boiled mung beans and red beans Chen Xiuyan asked Luo Wenqian to mash them in batches with a stone mortar. The mashed red bean paste was fried with lard to evaporate the water, and then white sugar was added to make red bean paste; mung bean paste was also done in the same way. .

A small dose of glutinous rice was rolled into thin slices, wrapped in mung bean puree or red bean puree, and two drawers were made. Chen Xiuyan steamed all of them in a pot, and the sky was slightly bright at this time.

Dim sum took too much effort, so Chen Xiuyan made a simple breakfast, steamed hard-boiled eggs, pasted cornmeal pancakes, and did not prepare the rest, served with boiling water.

When eating breakfast, the dumplings were also steamed. The white and tender coat was filled with sweet and glutinous mung bean and red bean fillings. Luo Wenqian couldn't bear to eat one. The soft and tough outer skin bit into the inner filling. Fragrant and sweet.

"Little aunt, I think your cooking is as delicious as Grandma Su's." Luo Mingnian praised.

"My little aunt is really happy to hear that." Chen Xiuyan smiled, "But glutinous rice is not easy to digest, so no matter how much you like it, you can't be greedy."

"Yes." Luo Mingnian answered obediently, "Auntie, can I bring a few to share with my good friends in the school?"

"Of course, my little aunt makes a lot of them, just to let you bring more to share." Chen Xiuyan said.

Except for Chen Xiuyan, who was going to send to Aunt Yuan and the others, I prepared six of them, and Luo Wenqian and his nephews divided the rest, leaving only two for myself, Chen Xiuyan.

While Luo Mingqing was sending them out, Chen Xiuyan went to Aunt Yuan's house with cakes.

"I didn't expect Xiuyan to make Xueyu dumplings." Aunt Yuan was a little surprised when she saw the dim sum Chen Xiuyan sent.

"The taste is not as good as Grandma Su's, so I made a coincidence and wrapped it with different fillings." Chen Xiuyan shrugged and said, "By the way, I'm going to the county town today, is there anything I want to bring?"

"These." Granny Su took out the paper she had prepared earlier in the morning, which listed a lot of ingredients, medicinal materials, seasonings, fabrics, etc., and handed Chen Xiuyan a purse with ten taels of silver in it.

It was almost time for Luo Mingqing to come back after seeing off Luo Wenqian and the others. Chen Xiuyan got into the donkey cart, and there were hardly any people on the road. Those who should go to the county town had gone early. At this time, the villagers were either busy in the fields or at home.

"Mingqing, Aunt Cuizhi, Lizheng's wife came to find me yesterday, she came to say hello to you, you..."

Taking advantage of no one else, Chen Xiuyan mentioned this matter to Luo Mingqing, but before she could say it, Luo Mingqing turned her head and smiled and refused, "Auntie, I don't want to get married yet, you see my uncle only gets married when he is twenty."

"Do you really don't want to, or do you already have someone in your heart?" Chen Xiuyan asked directly.

As soon as these words came out, the front fell silent, Chen Xiuyan knew it well, it seemed that Luo Wenqian's guess was right, this child just liked the daughter of Cai Jiaoyu's family.

"I heard from your uncle that you are interested in Miss Cai's family?" Chen Xiuyan said, "If your uncle can pass the exam this time, I will come to propose marriage for you, little aunt."

As soon as Chen Xiuyan finished speaking, her whole body shook, and she hurriedly stretched out her hand to grab the armrest to stabilize herself, "Be calm, don't make a fuss."

Luo Mingqing turned to look at Chen Xiuyan with a face full of surprise, there was no trace of perfunctory or deceit in her eyes, "Auntie thinks I am worthy of him?"

"If you don't feel worthy, what's the plan?"

Luo Mingqing lowered his head slightly, "I'm not like my uncle, and I'm not as good at reading as Mingchu and Mingnian. I'm destined not to take the imperial examination. She is the daughter of an official family. She can have a better choice. I really don't deserve it." , and I don't want to delay her."

"Is it because you are so hot about this matter, or is Mrs. Cai's daughter also interested in you?" Chen Xiuyan asked.

Luo Mingqing was silent again, "Even if she is willing, it doesn't matter, she has no right to decide on matters of marriage, the order of her parents and the words of the matchmaker."

Chen Xiuyan's eyes lit up, and she patted Luo Mingqing's shoulder vigorously, "That's fine, kid. Since both of you are interested, then your little aunt and I will advise you anyway."

"Although you can't have fame, it's not just power that can make women happy. As long as you are self-motivated and do well in other industries, you are also a successful person worthy of recognition." Chen Xiuyan said seriously.

"People who really love their daughters, even if they want their children to marry well, they are more concerned about whether the life after marriage goes well. If you can not take concubines, you will have a couple for life. This is the biggest thing for women. Sincerity." Chen Xiuyan said seriously.

"She is the daughter of an official family. If she gets married high, it is impossible for her to be the only husband in the future. It is normal to have three wives and four concubines, which can better reflect the magnanimity of the head of the house, but no woman is truly magnanimous. Like each other."

"If there is a choice, what a woman hopes to find is a husband who is dedicated to herself and does not seek too much power or wealth." Chen Xiuyan looked at Luo Mingqing and said, "Can you do this?"

Luo Mingqing smiled wryly and said, "Auntie, are you overestimating our family's conditions? Three wives and four concubines are only for wealthy families, and we are all monogamous in our village."

"You also said that it was because of lack of money, but our family will not be confined to the village forever. In the county, as long as the average family has extra money, even if they don't pay an extra one, they like to go to brothels and other places for entertainment. You can you?"

"The most important thing is people. As long as you are firm, you will be prosperous in the future, and it will remain the same. Can you do it?"

Luo Mingqing nodded firmly, "Of course, women can only have one husband. Can men not do it? Even if others can't do it, I can."

"Well, I have ambition." Chen Xiuyan smiled.

The aunt and nephew went to the county town talking and laughing all the way.

Give Shen Qianshu and Wen Niang another injection today, and the course of treatment will be over, and some more medicine will be added to strengthen it, and Chen Xiuyan will not care about it anymore.

After the second injection, Shen Qianshu and Wen Niang had all the rashes on their bodies subsided, and after the third injection this time, they both felt relieved.

"After taking all the medicine, don't have intercourse within three months, and then you can return to normal." Chen Xiuyan warned, "Otherwise it will harm others and yourself."

(End of this chapter)