Xiangsheng prosperous

Chapter 31

"Mother, third sister, why are you crying again?" The boy came in and saw Miss Lu and Qiu Mo who were weeping at each other. He quickly put the tray on the table in the room, and leaned forward to persuade him.

The person who came was Qiu Shihua, the fourth eldest member of the Qiu family.

Qiu Shihua wiped away tears for his mother and sister, and poured them two cups of hot tea.Qiu Mo and Mrs. Lu took the tea and took a sip before they calmed down a little.

"Zichun, it's so cold, why are you here?" Lady Lu looked at Qiu Shihua worriedly after she calmed down.

Qiu Shihua smiled at her, and said honestly: "Mum gave me some tea fruit yesterday, and I heard that the third sister is here, so I brought it for my sister to taste."

"You child." Madam Lu sighed, it was she who hurt him.If it wasn't because of her accidental premature delivery that caused Qiu Shihua to be in poor health, why would the child have to stay with her in this house all the time.

Seeing Qiu Shihua, Qiu Mo's original sadness disappeared a lot.She is about the same age as him, and mothers are good best friends and sisters-in-law.So when I was young, I grew up mixing and playing together almost every day.

"Zi Chun, what delicious food did you bring, bring it quickly!" Qiu Mo said deliberately and happily, hoping to raise the mood of Mrs. Lu.

Qiu Shihua scratched his head shyly, and brought the tray in front of Mrs. Lu and Qiu Mo again, pointing to a crisp made in the shape of a green pear and said to Qiu Mo: "I think this is the best, sister, try it! "

Qiu Mo replied with a smile, and was about to reach out to pick it up, but suddenly heard Mrs. Lu say: "This crisp..."

"Huh?" Qiu Mo stopped her hands in doubt, and Qiu Shirong also looked at her mother with a puzzled expression.

"I suddenly remembered something. I don't know if it's the information Mo'er needs." Mrs. Lu seemed to remember something.

Qiu Mo hurriedly urged: "What is it? Tell me quickly!"

Mrs. Lu frowned and thought for a moment: "For a while, Hongyao seemed to eat a kind of green tea fruit, not this kind of green pear cake, but a cake made as green as glutinous rice balls."

"Glutinous rice dumpling?" Qiu Mo murmured.She also had some vague impressions. She remembered that when her mother was alive, she would often put a plate of cakes of different colors on the desk beside her, including green glutinous rice dumplings.It's just that she doesn't like this pastry the most, because it has a slightly bitter taste, unlike other teas that are sweet and soft.

"Yes, it tastes a bit bitter. At that time, I was still wondering why your mother likes to eat this kind of bitter dumpling. But she said that it is made of tea powder passed down from the Japanese country, and it is not often eaten. Woolen cloth."

A flash of inspiration flashed in Qiu Mo's mind, and she blurted out, "Auntie, do you know how my mother got this kind of pastry?"

Mrs. Lu thought for a while: "It seems that we made it ourselves in the Qiu family's house."

Qiu Mo was slightly taken aback. How could the Qiu family's kitchen make Japanese tea powder dumplings that were difficult to eat in ordinary times?This is not in line with common sense.

Mrs. Lu saw Qiu Mo's doubts, and continued to explain: "That's because there was a Silla maid in the kitchen at that time, and she was very good at making this kind of exotic food. She could extract some special ingredients from daily ingredients. Come out, so this seemingly rare food was just a small snack that was available at any time in our Qiu family at that time."

Qiu Mo paused, then asked again: "Then what about now, is that Silla maidservant still in the Qiu Mansion?"

Mrs. Lu shook her head: "She's long gone. Later, I heard from the servants that she seemed to have paid a large sum of money, redeemed herself, and returned to Silla."

A lot of money?Self-redemption?Qiu Mo seemed to grasp the point at once, but she couldn't really be sure.But Qiu Mo is a highly educated modern person after all, she turned her head very quickly, and immediately found the right direction - the monthly income of the servants of the Qiu family is not enough to pay for the cost of self-redemption.Where did this Silla maid get such a large sum of money?
All kinds of doubts converged on this Silla maid and the green glutinous rice dumplings she made.

"Auntie, when did that servant girl leave the Qiu mansion?" Qiu Mo asked.

Mrs. Lu thought about it carefully, and said, "I don't remember exactly when, but I just remember that your mother was already seriously ill at that time, basically you can only eat some rice soup, and you don't need the dim sum she made."

It seems that this Silla maidservant really did the trick. Qiu Mo remembered that Su Jing told her that the earth green wood smells bitter, and the tea-flavored glutinous rice dumplings themselves also taste bitter, so when this maidservant made glutinous rice cakes, he added tea Adding a small amount of earth green woody fragrance on the basis of powder, the bitter taste presented can be rationalized.

: "But I remember that my mother is not a person who likes to eat bitterness. How could she like to eat this kind of dim sum so much?" Qiu Mo was still very surprised. It is reasonable to say that bitterness is a taste that everyone avoids. Her mother's taste Why is it so different from ordinary people and likes to eat this bitter dumpling.

Mrs. Lu was silent for a while, and said slowly: "That's because your mother has had a physical problem since she gave birth to you, and she always has diarrhea. I asked your uncle to see it too, and said that it was because you didn't move enough when you were pregnant. , and accidentally ate something cold and cold, as long as you take it slowly, you can recover. Later, after Hongyao accidentally ate this tea-flavored dumpling, her diarrhea improved greatly, and she felt that this dumpling has therapeutic effects. I always keep it by my side, and when my stomach feels uncomfortable, I will eat one quickly..."

The truth is clear.

Taking a small amount of Tuqingmuxiang does have the effect of stopping diarrhea, but if it is taken for a long time, it will cause diarrhea, which can be described as a double-edged sword.Mistress Qiu Mo didn't know that medicine was added to the dumpling, but she just thought it was the curative effect of the ingredients. After going back and forth, she entered a vicious cycle of diarrhea, eating, and diarrhea, and she couldn't live without this dumpling anymore. , ended up with an overdose.

So, why did this Silla maidservant harm her mother like this?Where should Qiu Mo find the answer to this question?
　Xiangsheng small knowledge
　　Silla maid

　　At that time, the Silla women were well-behaved and docile, and at the same time had an outstanding temperament. Before the slave traders were sold to the Tang Dynasty, they had undergone strict professional skills training. They were taught to speak the official language of the Tang Dynasty, and learned some professional skills such as Tang Dynasty etiquette and tea ceremony. Therefore, the quality of Silla maids was very high, and they were sought after by the nobles of the Tang Dynasty.

　　However, many Silla maidservants came to Datang as maidservants because they were exiled or robbed by pirates.Therefore, the trading of Silla maidservants was banned during the Tang Muzong period.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)