"Sister Su, why did you make two sets of clothes for the little guy? I can't bear it."

As soon as Ms. Zhang walked into the study room, she saw a thick pile of new Hanfu piled beside her. The top ones were obviously children's clothes, and she couldn't help but open her mouth in surprise.

"these are?"

Su Qingqing said casually: "They are all unused clothes from all seasons. They were prepared by Master and Mistress. Do you have any that I like? You can pick some at will."

"No, no, no, my family has them." Ms. Zhang declined quickly, "You can take these two sets of clothes back, sister. If you don't need these clothes, I suggest that my sister can exchange them for other things when she goes to the market. .”

Su Qingqing held down Zhang's hand that handed over the clothes and said, "You need to wear a scholar's robe to study. I have already given this to little Nono, how can I take it back again?"

Mrs. Zhang was unwilling to accept anything, and Su Qingqing was helpless: "It's just two children's clothes, why should you be polite to me? Now that I live in your house with a female singer, this can be regarded as my rent."

"Sister Su, where is the rent?"

Zhang made some concessions to Su Qingqing, and finally accepted her kindness with a blushing face.

Ever since Su Qingqing lived in their house, they had been benefiting from her, and they really felt that they deserved it.

In order to express her gratitude, Mrs. Zhang put away her clothes, turned around, picked up the bamboo basket prepared by Su Qingqing, and went to the house of the Tian clan leader who was also the head of the village.

She came to run errands for Su Qingqing. As soon as she walked into the courtyard of the village chief's house, she saw Tian Youmi chopping firewood.

"Sister-in-law, why are you here? Come in and have a cup of tea." Chief Tian's house is the only one in the village that has tea.

But tea soup is impossible to cook on a daily basis. It is only served when distinguished guests come to the house.

These days, city people treat distinguished guests by putting a grain of pepper in the tea soup, while country people make a bowl of brown sugar water.

The hospitality standard of Tamura Chief's family is almost as good as that of people from the county town, and the tea soup only lacks the highest quality pepper.

At this time, Tian Youmi faced Zhang's enthusiasm and even said that he wanted to pour tea soup. Of course, it was because he loved Wujiwu.

Mrs. Zhang quickly grabbed Tian Youmi and told him not to be busy.We all live in the same village and visit each other every three days, so there is no need to be so open-minded.

Mrs. Chen, Tian Youmi's wife who was weaving in the west room, rolled her eyes secretly, put down her spinning thread, got up and walked out.

It’s really a shame that a child can’t live up to his age, even Su Qingqing’s cousin is busy trying to please her, it’s really speechless!

Why is my son so stubborn and he doesn't want to think about the difference between him and Mrs. Su?

It's not that she is belittling herself as a mother, but that she is really too high to reach.

People with Su Qingqing's appearance and background are said to be involved with people in the county government.Yesterday, the noble master came to her with a group of servants. Who is this person that an ordinary farmer can think of?
If Mr. Chen had studied, he would have said "Qi Da Fei Ou" at this time.

At this time, Mrs. Zhang had already seen Mrs. Chen coming out of the weaving room. She smiled and raised the basket a little: "Auntie, are you weaving? Here are some cereals that cousin Qingqing used to hide in the mountains, just two days ago. The ones she is growing are called sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn, and they are very delicious. She is too shy to come here and asks her slave to bring a basket, so she will pour wood for you at the door of the house?" Mrs. Chen heard that she was here to deliver. The owner of the food suddenly smiled and came up to him and said, "We are all from the same clan, so why are you so polite? How do you eat this?"

Mrs. Zhang picked out a sweet potato from the bamboo basket and handed it to Mrs. Chen. She explained in a practical way: "This is a sweet potato. You can eat it raw after peeling it, or you can eat it cooked. It's sweet and you can still hold the skin." Come and feed the sheep!"

Then he took out another piece of corn still wrapped in bract leaves and gave it to Mrs. Chen: "This is called corn. Auntie, please peel off the outer leaves. There is golden corn inside. It is soft and waxy when cooked. It is very fragrant and filling. It can be used as a staple food.”

Mrs. Chen was curious when she heard it, and immediately started peeling it off.There is no need to teach this, anyone who has done farm work will understand it at a glance.

After peeling away the bracts, a bright yellow fruit was revealed inside, which was very pleasing to see.

"This corn looks really good. Do you need to add salt to cook this?" Ms. Chen asked.

Mrs. Zhang smiled and replied, "No, no, corn is just like sweet potato. You can eat it by boiling it in water. It's sweet, soft and glutinous. It's delicious!"

Then she handed Chen a big potato: "This is called a potato, or something else called a potato. After peeling, you can stew meat, or you can boil it and eat it directly. Auntie, you all take it and try it, and I will pour it for you." Here it is, look, there is a bucket here."

"Hey, what are you doing with this? You can just eat it yourself. You're so polite. I really can't say anything." After hearing Mrs. Zhang's introduction, Mrs. Chen looked at a small bucket filled with grains. His eyes were almost bursting with laughter, and he couldn't help but be polite.

"Just wait. Yesterday Dalang went fishing and shared a lot of seafood. Take some. I heard that your cousin likes seafood the most."

"Auntie, you are so polite. I would like to thank you very much for my cousin!"

If Ms. Chen said it was for Ms. Zhang, she would definitely refuse it.

But this was a gift in return from the patriarch's wife to Su Qingqing, so she naturally had to continue. Only when she comes and goes does she become a clan relative!
Su Qingqing, who was learning singing and vocal skills from two female musicians in the main room, had seen Mrs. Zhang carrying a basket of grains to give away for her, and now she saw her coming back carrying a basket of unknown items.

"Sister Su, here is a basket of sea melon seeds, swimming crabs and sea urchins. Aunt Chen asked the slave to bring it back to you. I will raise the sea melon seeds in a basin for you and spit them out in the mud."

Due to underdeveloped transportation in Datang, seafood from the seaside cannot be transported inland, so it is really worthless in seaside cities.

For example, in later generations, sea melon seeds, which weighed at least [-] kilograms and were the size of an adult's fingernail, could not be sold for even a penny per kilogram at the fishing boat wharf of Datang.

So everyone neither likes to catch nor eat them - sea melon seeds are boiled directly according to the cooking standards of the Tang Dynasty, which will definitely not be that delicious.

There are also sea urchins. People who had a bad life in childhood really like to eat them raw as sashimi, but people on the beach in Tang Dynasty think that they have too many thorns and not enough meat, so they don’t like to catch or eat them.

Sometimes when sea urchins are caught while fishing, fishermen complain that they are unlucky because they are afraid of damaging their fishing nets.

This thing can't be sold at a high price. Sometimes the villagers get the meat and feed it to the chickens directly, so that the chickens eat more freshly and lay more eggs. The chicken butt is the most valuable bank.

Su Qingqing exchanged sweet potatoes, corns and potatoes for so many sea melon seeds, sea urchins and swimming crabs. It felt like she had made a lot of money. In short, both parties were happy!
After showing Su Qingqing the things sent by Tian Clan Chief's family, Zhang sorted them out, changed into ragged clothes, carried a small bamboo basket on his back, and held a knife, ready to go into the mountains to collect herbs.

Su Qingqing planned to go to the fields to check on the situation in the afternoon and learn vocal music from the female music teachers in the morning. Naturally, she didn't have time to go into the mountains with Zhang, so she was told to be careful.


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