Princess of the auxiliary country

The next day, Huo Junyao had just finished breakfast and was sitting by the return air stove, drinking tea leisurely.

Thinking that I should find something to do to pass the time during this long winter.

The motivation of Yu Chao to the capital is quite long, and this is ancient times, there are almost no entertainment facilities.

"It seems we still have to get rid of the national quintessence."

As a native of Chongqing City in her previous life, she had been exposed to the quintessence of the Chinese nation since childhood, but she only watched it when she was a child.

She thought about it, and immediately asked Xiaochan to prepare pen and paper, and then began to write and draw. When she was busy, she handed the things to Xiaochan.

Let her go to Grandma Xi to find some good carvers.

"Miss, the eldest princess is here."

"Mom is here?"

Huo Junyao hurriedly got up and walked out.

At this time, Princess Ningyang and her daughter-in-law Fang Zhilan had just entered the small city gate outside. The area of ​​the hot spring villa is now much larger than before.

Fortunately, Huo Junyao had already repaired the cement road early.

Speaking of which, she was quite considerate at the beginning, knowing that the smooth cement road would be very slippery in winter when the water turns to ice, so when building it, she also deliberately made some anti-slip patterns.

In addition, since the beginning of winter, she has ordered the people on the farm to clear the snow frequently. If the road is found to be frozen, they can sprinkle some salt blocks.

At this time, Princess Ningyang and the others were walking on the cement road, looking around everywhere.

"Mom, it hasn't been long. I didn't expect that Zhuangzi has changed so much."

"And look at this road. How did my little sister build the road like this? It's too smooth."

Fang Zhilan was quite surprised. As soon as they entered the door, they were surprised by what they saw, so they didn't take the carriage, but got off the carriage and walked.

"I don't know about this, but your little sister knows a lot. The city wall just now looked very different from the city walls we usually see."

While the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking, Huo Junyao came from a distance.

"Mother, second sister-in-law."

"Yao Yao."

"Little sister, your Zhuangzi has changed too much. When my mother and I came here just now, we thought we were going the wrong way."

Fang Zhilan said with a smile.

"There are some changes. Mom, why don't you go in in a carriage? It's so cold."

"It's okay. Don't you want to see how you made this road? It's pretty good, especially this road. Just now your second sister-in-law was asking how you made this road look like this."

“Not only is it smooth, it’s not muddy at all.”

Princess Ningyang held Huo Junyao's hand and said with a smile.

The three of them went to the villa talking and laughing. They did not go to the hospital, but went directly to the small courtyard where Huo Junyao lived.

Entering the room, the temperature suddenly increased a lot.

Inviting the two of them to sit down next to the return air stove, she took two cups from the side, got some tea leaves, picked up the kettle on the return air stove, and made two cups of tea for them.

"Yao Yao, what are you doing?"

"Tea, I had someone make a special trip a few months ago. Mom, second sister-in-law, you guys come and try it."

There was also tea in the Yu Dynasty, but the tea in this Yu Dynasty had a strange taste, not like the clear brew in later generations.

It's almost always cooked here, and some random stuff is added to it, like ginger slices, salt, and even oil. After she drank that taste once, she refused to drink it. She would rather drink boiled water.

Not long ago, when she had some spare money in her hand, she asked Grandma Xi to arrange for someone to get her some green tea, which she would prefer in later generations.

The taste was still familiar to her, and it tasted delicious.

"Your tea is very different."

"Zhi Lan, it seems that your little sister has come up with something good again, we have to try it."

Princess Ningyang is now quite confident about what her daughter does.

"Well, it's very fragrant. The taste is very elegant, but the tea flavor is very strong. It smells good."

Fang Zhilan looked at the tea in the cup in front of her with a smile, and smelled the fragrance. Even without tasting it, she already liked it.

After waiting for a while, the two of them tasted it one after another. When they first took it in, it was a little bitter, but the rich flavor of tea made their eyes light up.

After a while, the taste begins to taste sweet, and the fragrance of tea leaves fills the mouth.

It was indeed much more refreshing than the tea they drank in the past, and the feeling of bitterness at first and then sweetness made people want to stop.

"It's a good thing. Mom is right. My little sister has made something good again."

"If this tea is brought to the capital, it will definitely change the current tea drinking culture."

Princess Ningyang beside her also nodded repeatedly.

"This tea is good."

"Mom, second sister-in-law, if you like to drink, I still have a lot of it. When you return to the capital, take some back with you."

Hearing this, Princess Ningyang smiled and nodded, and then said, "Before coming, I discussed it with your father and second brother. This year our whole family will come to your place to celebrate the New Year."

"But we have to celebrate the New Year one day early."

One of them is the duke and the other is the eldest princess. On the New Year's Day, the emperor will host a banquet, and they are both required to attend.

"Okay, it just so happens that I have also researched some new dishes during this period, and I just asked Xiaochan to get me a good thing. I will teach my godmother and my second sister-in-law then. You will have nothing to do in the future. It can also be used to pass the time.”

"Okay, Mom will have to eat and play well then."

"Little sister, I went back to my parents' house a few days ago. My mother knew that I was coming to your place today and asked me to say thank you to you. She also asked me to bring you a lot of tonic cloths."

Although the Fang family is also from a royal family, Fang Qiao is a civil servant and a noble person. Although his status is high, his family is not very wealthy.

Thinking about Duke Ji's mansion, if there was no eldest princess, and just relying on Huo Jingzhi's little background as Duke Ji, life would not be very prosperous.

This was despite the fact that Duke Ji's residence did not have many people, while the Fang family's people were relatively more prosperous.

Basically everything depends on Fang Qiao's salary. Although the house has a lot of fields and even shops, the income is not very much.

After all, the general environment is poor, which is the fundamental problem.

No, the coal mine incident made the Fang family make a lot of money. In just half a month, the Fang family's income had already exceeded Fang Qiao's salary in two or three years.

"Auntie is so polite. What is our relationship? This is nothing, so why should we be like this?"

"Daughter, you have done a good job this time. You have not only helped our family, but also the people all over the world. Recently, I have been hearing from your father that Ning Guogong has been talking about coming to visit him in person all day long. grateful."

"It's just that I've been busy lately and can't get away for a while."

Hearing this, Huo Junyao was a little curious. What is so busy about Ning Guogong, a military general? Aren't the civil servants busy with the things that govern the country?