The life of a peasant girl reborn

Chapter 155 Heading to the Capital (2)
"It's still a little bit of time. It will take a while to fully mature. It's still a little green. The ones I brought back are specially selected." Zhao put down the teacup and said.

"Uncle Zhao, are they okay? How is the tofu selling recently?" Shen Xuan asked with concern thinking of this.

Two years ago, under the care of Shen Xuan, Zhao's brother and his family were able to sell tofu to Shen's snack bar, which now sells fried stinky tofu.

"Okay, they are all very well. They asked me to bring this apricot back to your family." Zhao was very happy to mention her natal family. Thanks to Shen Xuan's care, her natal family's life is getting better and better.The Zhao family is also a family that knows how to behave. Every time Mrs. Zhao goes back, she always brings some things to Shen Xuan's family.

"Uncle Zhao and the others are just too polite. I will thank them well when I meet them." Shen Xuan thanked.

"Hey, it's all the family that uses such politeness." Mrs. Zhao said modestly on behalf of her natal family, who still expected to rely on Shen Xuan to fight for money.

"Where did the seventh brother go? Why didn't you come with me?" Shen Xuan asked after thinking of Shen Shuoming. As the youngest brother in the family, everyone doted on him.

"He, he ran to the village to play, and now he is getting more and more skinny, and your uncle and I can't control him anymore." Zhao said helplessly, this mother can't control her son anymore, she is really powerless ah!

"Seventh brother is still young, just calm down when he starts studying in two years, now is the age when he likes to play." Shen Xuan persuaded.

"Okay, you sit down, I'll go back first, your uncle is still waiting to cook." Mrs. Zhao left in a hurry after leaving a sentence.

After lunch, Shen Xuan asked Ding Xiang Ban Xia to wash the basket of apricots and share them with everyone.After Shen Xuan ate a few, she went back to her room to take a nap, lying on the bed and looking at the pair of jade bracelets, Shen Xuan's thoughts drifted away.It has been ten days since Xue Yaoxi left, and I don't know if he is safe now?

The jade bracelet in Shen Xuan's hand was discovered by everyone the next day. Seeing the fineness of the jade bracelet, Mrs. Zhou asked Shen Xuan specifically, and Shen Xuan said, "I bought it earlier and never wore it. Now that I think about it Just put it on." The reason was covered.Both Ding Xiang and Ban Xia knew that Shen Xuan didn't buy the bracelet, and although they had doubts in their hearts, they didn't ask.

The next day, Shen Xuan specially sent a letter to Bai Ming, in which he told him to pay attention to the situation of several shops, and to write to her in time if there was anything to do.The shops mentioned in the letter belong to the property that Xue Yaoxi handed over to Shen Xuan. Shen Xuan has no intention of taking over these, thinking that after three months, Xue Yaoxi will return them to him when he comes back. Now let Bai Ming take care of them, as long as they don’t Big questions will do.

During dinner, Shen Xuan found that Shen Shuoxing's face was a little pale, and his whole person seemed to have no vitality as before.

"Little brother, what's wrong with you?" Shen Xuan asked suspiciously.

"Your brother eats too much apricot." Zhou replied looking at Shen Shuoxing's depressed look.

"Too much?" Shen Xuan exclaimed, expressing her incomprehension.

"He ate several apricots given to him by his classmates in the academy during the day, and when he came home in the afternoon and saw the apricots sent by your aunt, he ate several more apricots. It doesn't hurt his stomach now." Zhou told Shen Xuan about the matter. over again.

"You, you are almost as gluttonous as fourth brother. You should pay more attention to this aspect in the future." Shen Xuan instructed Shen Shuoxing.

Back in the courtyard, I heard Lilac and Pinellia discussing what to do with the remaining apricots. They couldn't eat that much, and they were reluctant to throw them away, but they would go bad after a day or two.

"Okay, don't worry about this matter, tomorrow I will teach you a way to save the apricots for later eating." Shen Xuan promised.

"Miss, what can I do?" Ban Xia asked happily.

"Keep secret, you will know tomorrow." Shen Xuan turned and went to the study.

The next day will come soon.Just after breakfast, Ban Xia asked Shen Xuan how to keep Xing.Seeing her anxious appearance, Shen Xuan went back to her room and changed into older clothes before starting to make.

First wash those green apricots.Cut in half, remove the apricot core; secondly, soak the apricot in alkaline water for half an hour, then rinse with clean water; secondly, add an appropriate amount of sugar and cold water into the pot and stir well, put it on the fire and boil it Use a low heat to cook for a stick of incense.Immediately pour the apricots into the pot, continue to cook for a quarter of an hour, add sugar and cold water, and cook for another incense stick, then add an appropriate amount of white sugar, cook for another quarter of an hour, and remove from the heat when the sugar liquid has thickened.

"Miss, is this all right?" Ding Xiang pointed to the apricots in the pot and asked.

"How can it be so simple. Let them soak in the pot for three hours, take out the apricots at noon, put them on a bamboo drawer to dry, and when they are not sticky, put them in a porcelain jar and put them in the New Year You can also eat it." Shen Xuan continued to explain.

"It's so powerful, it can be put in the New Year." Ban Xia was surprised.

"Miss, why don't we buy more apricots so that we can process them and save them for Chinese New Year?" Ding Xiang suggested.

"Okay, you can go to Uncle Xu for this matter and let him buy it. You must buy the one that is not yet familiar, and let him pick it out." Shen Xuan replied.

"Understood, miss, this servant will go to look for Butler Xu right now." Ding Xiang responded and hurriedly went to look for Butler Xu.

The Shen family spent the next month making preserved apricots.When Ding Xiang went to talk to Butler Xu about this, he happened to meet Father Shen, who thought that he could eat these seasonal fruits during the Chinese New Year, so he asked Butler Xu to buy more.It doesn’t matter if you buy this one, Grandpa Shen and Uncle Shen also know about it, and they come to help in their free time. This one tells me to make more for the New Year as a gift, and that one tells me to make more for Brother Chun and the four brothers. Those who come and go will be busy for a month. , this is still because there are no apricots, otherwise I am afraid that they are still making preserved apricots at this moment.

"Mm, delicious." Ban Xia grabbed a handful of prepared apricots and sat in the yard, tasting them, sweet and sour.Still chewy, better than before.

"It's delicious, but you can't eat too much. If you eat too much of this food, your stomach will be sour." Shen Xuan sat next to her and said with concern.

"Well, I got it, miss. You don't know, sister Clove and I haven't been exhausted for more than a month." Ban Xia trembled exaggeratedly when thinking about the scene of making preserved apricots this month. They are repeating the same thing, which makes people uncomfortable!
"Ding Xiang should be back soon after going to town, right?" Shen Xuan asked when she remembered something.

"Miss, the maidservant is back." As soon as Shen Xuan finished speaking, Lilac's voice sounded outside the courtyard.This person doesn't need to talk about it, and it appears as soon as he talks about it.

"Sister Ding Xiang, take a sip of tea first." Ban Xia handed Ding Xiang a cup of tea.

"Thank you sister Banxia, ​​I'm really thirsty." Ding Xiang was not polite, and drank after taking it.

(End of this chapter)