delicious little cook

Chapter 288 Some things have to be agreed in advance

Empress Ye looked at her niece's unconvinced face, and shook her head secretly in her heart, a little complaining that her parents spoiled her, wondering if she should take advantage of Dongshou's opportunity to remind her younger brother and tell him to go home and discipline his daughter. Otherwise, her mouth will cause trouble outside sooner or later.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. It will take some time for a girl to mature from being mature. Next year, Ye's niece will act like an adult." Mrs. Gu immediately smoothed things over.

"I'm worried about her. Jun Ting has been spoiled since she was a child. I'm really afraid that she won't get along well with her husband's relatives when she gets married." Queen Ye came down the ladder given by Mrs. Gu.

"Auntie, if you don't get married, you will stay with you, okay?" Ye Junting immediately approached the queen and acted like a baby.

"You just have a sweet mouth. Every time you stay in the palace for three or four days, you say that the palace is boring and you want to go home. You think that this palace doesn't know that you like to run out on the street. If you live in the palace for a long time, you must be sick."

"There's a lot of fun on the street."

"Is it because your sisters have a lot of parties? Your group of sisters are all fun-loving. I haven't seen anyone who can sit at home and embroider a handkerchief."

"They all said that if they don't take advantage of their girls' time to go out on the street more, they will rarely have the chance to go out on the street when they get married. They make sense."

"Listen, listen, tell the truth, didn't you just say you don't want to get married, since you've made up your mind not to get married, why are you so worried that if you're married, you'll rarely go out on the street? Humph, I know you're lying. "

"Aunt~~~" Ye Junting blushed and stomped her feet in refusal.

"I also grew up as a little girl, so I don't understand how you think about it? Tomorrow, you should go and play with your sisters. I don't need you to wait on me."

"Auntie, I just want to be with you."

"Tomorrow we have to watch the naval drills, and you can't even go if you want to."

Ye Junting pursed her lips and nodded helplessly, "My niece listens to my aunt."

Bai Kou looked suspicious in her heart, and intuitively felt that Ye Junting had offended someone again, so she hid under the protection of the queen's aunt every day to avoid meeting anyone.

"Okay, I originally called Mrs. Gu over to chat, but I spent all my time on you and told the guests to sit down."

"It's okay, family happiness." Mrs. Gu said with a smile, "My wife's two daughters are older, and now they are both mothers. It's lonely sometimes without my daughters by my side to say sweet words."

"Fortunately, your family, Gu Yun, has grown up. In a few years, your daughter-in-law will come in, and the house will be lively again. Is there someone you like?"

Ye Junting immediately pricked up her ears.

"Gu Yun only matured this year. Boys' minds mature later than girls'. Now it's a very good age to strive for fame. The family's intention is to let him concentrate on his studies first. Anyway, his future wife is called Jinshi ladies must sound better than Juren ladies."

Queen Ye nodded again and again, "I think so too. The three sons of the Gu family are all at the right age. They are very hopeful to be young Scholars. They will have a bright future in official careers. Besides, this is the best age for a person to study. Getting married will inevitably be distracted by family chores, and it would be a pity to delay your studies because of this."

Ye Junting's heart felt cold when she heard that.

It doesn't matter if boys get married late, but girls can't afford to wait until their youth is limited!
"Tomorrow we will watch the navy drills. The boys are mostly free to move around, Bai Kou, have you heard of any arrangements for the boys? Will they go hunting in the mountains?"

"Returning to your mother, there will be a group of five hunting tomorrow, and it is said that they will hunt deer or even larger animals. This son of ours can only watch the fun. He fell too badly last time, and his body is still hurting. I think he will be there soon. Hunting some pheasants in the mountains for extra food, he has been thinking about this since before departure."

"Hehehehe, although the fall was bad, the harvest was very good. A whole litter of live rabbits was picked up, and a kitty eagle was picked up. Not to mention the same age group, there is no one who is older than him. Such a gain."

"Madam, the girls loved that litter of rabbits after they were sent back to the camp. They were surrounded and fed every day. Fortunately, the cages made by the craftsmen were strong, and they almost escaped several times." Mrs. Gu laughed.

"Where's that little eagle? I'm afraid no girl would dare to feed it?"

"It's too late for the girls to hide, so I have to ask the guards to take care of it. I don't know what my family Gu Yun will do with it. Hey, Bai Kou, do you know?"

"Ma'am, the prince said it was a red-clawed hawk. If you want to keep it as a toy, it's okay to catch pigeons and mice. It's not a species of hawk used for hunting. He wanted to keep it as a toy at first. Counting the cost of raising the eagle, I really don’t have the money to raise it, and I’m planning to give the eagle away to anyone who wants it, and if no one wants it, he’ll heal the eagle and let it go.”

Hearing this, Ye Junting's eyes lit up instantly.

"It's very expensive to raise eagles? I often hear that the clan's children are comparing whose eagles are better."

"Returning to your mother, according to the bits and pieces of knowledge I heard in Yachifang before, first of all, the natural lifespan of an eagle is very long, four to fifty years. Whether you are willing to raise it to old age is a test. The second is to raise an eagle. There is no upper limit to the cost of specialized falconry. Eagle owners can use various expensive materials to decorate falconry, turning practical items into decorations, while practical falconry will be worn and damaged. New ones will be replaced in a few years. Third, the feeding of the eagle must not be done by one’s will. What the eagle eats in the wild can only be fed by the owner of the eagle, otherwise the eagle will be regarded as useless. A life wasted in vain."

"It turns out that it is so important that time, energy and financial resources are indispensable. I understand that the children of the clan are more concerned about raising eagles. They only need to pay for it. I'm afraid they have to hire special eagle raisers to do the rest."

After listening to Bai Kou's explanation, Ye Junting's glowing eyes dimmed. She had no money, and it was impossible for her family to pay her to raise eagles.

Bai Kou noticed Ye Junting's reaction, but she didn't care. It is expensive to raise eagles, and it is impossible for her parents to support her in raising eagles.

"I didn't expect Bai Kou to know a lot at such a young age. She can remember everything she heard on the street. She is a careful girl. No wonder she has such achievements in cooking." Queen Ye smiled and praised Bai Kou again and again. Thank you now.

"Xie Niangniang praises it. In fact, there are people playing eagles in the Yachi Workshop. The workshop uses our apprentices as free labor and often uses them to run errands on the street, so we can hear a lot of interesting news."

"But some people don't care if they hear it. Don't be too modest. If you are not quick-witted and eager to learn, you would not be who you are today." Queen Ye laughed, "Your soap-making skills were learned secretly by Yachifang. Are you here?"

"Hui Niangniang's words were learned by stealing, and then thanks to the blessing of the son, money was allocated from the limited cash to experiment with the servant girl, and finally it was improved."

"Oh? Hahahaha, so Xianbugou also has a brand-new secret technique? Is it because of the new technique that a large amount of paper soap is produced in a short period of time?"

"Hui Niangniang's words are exactly the same, safer and more efficient."

"Okay! When you start to officially produce soap, remember to send some samples to Bengong to have a look."

"Thank you for your love!"

Bai Kou was overjoyed. Queen Ye's words were like a god of wealth descended from heaven, and they could be said to be the biggest gain of this winter hunting trip.

(Author's note: something has delayed me today, this is the second update today, and the third update will wait for a while.)
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