My Ancient Stepson Bootcamp

Chapter 56
"Mrs. Xu, the orb camellia you asked the general to give to the queen mother has fully bloomed in the past two days. The queen mother liked it very much when she saw it. She praised you for being so ingenious. You can grow such a precious camellia, which angered the hospital staff." Kneeling outside just to ask for a petal, the queen mother is not willing to give it!" After Aunt Chang met Lin Shuran in the general's mansion, her attitude was very humble and friendly. Unexpectedly, she not only caught the eyes of the Queen Mother, but also won the favor of the Queen Mother so much, that precious pearl camellia was sent to the heart of the Queen Mother.

"The empress dowager is over-reputed. I also care about flowers and plants at will when I have nothing to do. I never thought that I could grow such flowers. It is also an accident. It is my blessing that the empress dowager loves it." After finishing speaking, Lin Shuran was slightly dissatisfied. Xie Di asked again, "It's just aunt, why did the head of the imperial hospital want the petals of the camellia?"

Aunt Chang took a closer look at Lin Shuran's face and saw that she was really puzzled, so she smiled and explained: "I heard that Mrs. Xu also knows a little bit about medicine, so I should know that camellia is actually a kind of precious medicinal material. Chief Zheng has never seen it before. The five-color Baozhu camellia, thinking that the medicinal properties of this kind of camellia may be even more different, because he had some festivals with General Xu in the early years, and it was inconvenient to come to the mansion to ask for help, so he went to ask the empress dowager!"

If others asked, Aunt Chang would probably not want to answer, but seeing that it was Lin Shuran who asked the question, she was willing to sell her a favor when she remembered how the Empress Dowager treated her differently.

Lin Shuran didn't expect that Xu Junze and the head of the Imperial Hospital would have a holiday, but she didn't continue to ask Aunt Chang about what the holiday was, and she would find out about some things in private.

"Mrs. Xu, the Empress Dowager asked the servant to bring a message. Don't forget the full moon wine for you and the general's children next year! You must hurry up on this matter!" Before leaving, Aunt Chang deliberately walked to Lin Shuran and said intriguingly.

At this moment, Lin Shuran really felt the pressure and embarrassment of those newlywed daughters-in-law being born by the "mother-in-law". Xu Junze is not the Queen Mother's biological son, so why should she be so anxious to hug her grandson!

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is only a few days away, every household is preparing for the New Year. In the past, the Grand General's Mansion did not have a mistress to manage it, so it was much quieter during the Chinese New Year than other houses. Sometimes Xu Junze was not even at home for the New Year. There is nothing more lively here.

But this year is different, the General’s Mansion has a female master, and it’s the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month. According to the custom of the Jin Dynasty, the Lin family sent two carts of “New Year Gifts” to the Xu family, including chicken, duck, fish, various snacks, Satin clothing, etc., are extremely complete.

Surprisingly, in addition to the Lin family, the Zhen Guo government also sent two large carts of "annual gifts", and even Lei Yingying's husband's family, Du's family, also sent a cart of "annual gifts", full of five carts. The gift was pulled into the front yard of the General's Mansion, which made Xu Minghao and others, who were feeling very novel, circle around happily.

"Wow, there are so many gifts, here are a few small bows and arrows!" Xu Mingxuan saw several exquisitely crafted wooden bows and arrows on the gift-giving carriage of Duke Zhen Guo's mansion, and his joy was beyond words.

"My wife said that the young master let it in on purpose. She said it was to thank the two young masters of your family for their kindness in saving each other. My young master will be in better health someday, so he will definitely come to pay his respects!" Zhen Guo who came to give gifts The steward said with a smile.

"It's just a little effort, your young master is too polite, is he in better health now?" Xu Minghao pretended to be an adult, and asked politely at the steward of Zhen Guogong's mansion.

The steward hurriedly replied humbly: "If you answer Mr. Xu, my young master is already much better. I would like to thank Mrs. Xu for saving me!"

Lin Shuran asked him not to be polite, and hurriedly asked people to accept these gifts. According to the rules and customs, the Xu family would also return gifts to other families a year ago, but she did not expect that other than the Lin family would give the Xu family a "year plate gift" , but there was no family before, and she prepared fewer gifts.

So, Lin Shuran sent a message to Zhang Tang of the farm, asking him to bring some more jars of good wine from the farm. Since she lived in the farm three years ago, Xia Qiuli looked at the wild fruits and flowers all over the mountains and valleys, she has never been idle However, there are a lot of good things stored in the brewing, which just come in handy now, and maybe there will be unexpected surprises.

In addition to good wine, she also plans to prepare some chicken, duck, fish and dim sum as gifts, but she wants to be different from other families. Most of the New Year gifts are raw meat and live poultry, and there are not many varieties of dim sum. She plans to send more cooked food and Dim sum that many people in this time and space have never seen before was given to her mother's family, the government of Zhen Guo, and Lei Yingying's husband's family.

In the afternoon of this day, Zhang Tang brought more than a dozen altars of good wine into the mansion, accompanied by his wife Yushi and sister-in-law Nianghui, the chef of the farm, and also brought two large carts. The ingredients Lin Shuran ordered included live chickens, live fish, live ducks, etc. that had been slaughtered early in the morning, as well as many mysterious bottles and jars.

Lin Shuran brought Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Hui to the back kitchen to meet Aunt Fat, the cook in the mansion, and then started to work in the kitchen with them. The little maid Ping'er knew that the mansion would definitely do something today when she saw the battle. It's delicious, Xu Minghao and the others also got the letter, and they all waited anxiously in the back kitchen to join in the fun.

Today, the master cooks all kinds of desserts and snacks, such as flower cakes, mung bean cakes, eight-treasure candies, small twists, fried dried fruits, etc., all of which are made and completed one by one under Lin Shuran's own hands. The aroma of the back kitchen is one after another. The greedy Manfu people are drooling.

After working in the back kitchen for two or three days in a row, Lin Shuran finally got her New Year's plate ready, and the New Year was getting closer.

"Mother, I'm going to give the New Year's gift today, let the child go!" Xu Mingchen approached Lin Shuran and expressed his willingness to go to various houses to give the New Year's gift.

"Okay, I'm worried that Butler Xu is too busy alone. Brother Chen, it would be great if you are willing to help!" As Xu Mingchen is the eldest son of Xu, it seems very polite for him to personally deliver the New Year's plate gift some.

At this moment, Xu Minghao also ran over. Lin Shuran thought that he wanted to follow, so he asked, "Are you going out with your elder brother to give the New Year gift?"

Unexpectedly, Xu Minghao shook his head, walked to Lin Shuran and said softly, "Mother, I want to go to the prison of the Criminal Ministry to see Xiao Huzi, but I don't know how he is doing in prison, can I go?"

"Of course you can go, but it's the same as last time, I'll accompany you." Xu Minghao went alone to a place like the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Lin Shuran was still worried, and he didn't know how Xiao Chen's trial was going.

When Xu Mingchen went out of the mansion to deliver the New Year gift, Lin Shuran also took Xu Minghao in a carriage to the outside of the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. It was the jailer who led Xu Minghao in last time. Chun Xi still followed, carrying a food box and walking behind. Lin Shuran was waiting outside in the carriage.

Not long after, Lin Shuran heard the sound of "deng, deng, deng" running fast, and then a gust of cold air rushed in, and saw Xu Minghao had jumped into the carriage, looking at her anxiously with a small face, and asked: "Mother, what kind of clothes do I wear?" Where did it come from?"

(End of this chapter)