Destroyed outside, gold and jade inside

Chapter 253
Shen Siniang smiled lightly, "Yes, my sister asked me to come here specially to deliver this plump crab to Mrs. Gongsun. The crabs are raised in my own village. They are the most delicious fresh."

Gongsun Lan nodded again and again, "It's delicious, it's delicious! You go back and thank Xinniang for me. I will keep her friendship in my heart! Master Ziyang knows my brother's illness best, and he said it was called 'gubi'. I don’t understand. I only know that whenever I get sick, my brother will feel severe pain all over his body, especially the joints and spine. The pain makes people go crazy. I went to find real Ziyang in time, and he will give my brother acupuncture, which can relieve the pain on his body. But In my opinion, it was just relief. Although my brother didn’t say anything, he was still holding on. Just looking at it made me feel uncomfortable and distressed. Seeing that the weather is getting colder and colder, and the last time the illness became more serious, it was Zhenren Ziyang who gave the needle. It has little effect. I'm really scared, I'm afraid to see my brother in pain. I only regret that I can't hurt him for him."

Shen Siniang nodded, but didn't say much.

"My brother doesn't have any other hobbies on weekdays. When he doesn't go to Fengyukou Daying, he likes to soak in the school grounds and practice martial arts. He likes to drink a few sips of wine when he has nothing to do. No matter how much you persuade him, he won't change it. If I say it harshly, he will recite it. Let me secretly eat..."

"Say bad things behind my back again? But I heard it!" A hearty voice suddenly came from outside the flower hall.

Shen Siniang was slightly startled, and before she got up, she saw the cotton gauze curtain being lifted, and a tall and strong figure stepped in, "While I'm not here, what did you steal? You can smell the fragrance outside the yard!"

When the words fell to the ground, Gongsun Ling saw Shen Siniang who froze at the side.At first he thought it was the little sisters who often came to the house, the little ladies in the military general's house who didn't care about trivial matters, but he didn't care, and suddenly saw that they were unfamiliar.Let's look at his face and clothes, he is not as heroic as those little girls who often come to play at home, but rather demure and graceful, with lowered eyebrows and eyes, revealing a sense of weakness.

"Brother! They treat guests! Why did you break in all of a sudden!" Gongsun Lan jumped up with some guilt and shouted loudly.

Having said that, both Shen Siniang and Gongsun Ling became more uncomfortable.

Gongsun Ling scratched the back of his head, his face was rather embarrassing, "Uh, it's abrupt, it's abrupt...you talk!"

Shen Siniang also came to her senses, got up quickly, and knelt down to salute him.

Seeing the little lady born here, her every move reveals a taste different from those wild boys who often come to the house, Gongsun Ling was a little at a loss, and hurriedly bowed his hands, "Madam, please go, please! It's a certain abrupt ! Excuse me, excuse me!"

In front of the 10,000+ army, Gongsun Ling, who was calm and calm, was a little blushing at this time, and nervous in front of this strange little lady.He clasped his hands and walked out.

When he came to the door, he tripped over the door rail of his flower hall.Fortunately, his movements were nimble and vigorous, and he raised his breath, and a kite turned over and stood firmly outside the door.

He smiled inwardly, the slowly falling cotton gauze curtains separated the inside and outside of the house, allowing each other to see each other.

Shen Siniang's face was also slightly hot, "I'll stay soon, just to send some fresh crabs to Mrs. Gongsun for my sister. I will remember what my lady said, so I will leave."

"Hey, Fourth Lady, don't rush away! I, let me think about it again, is there anything I missed?" Gongsun Lan stepped forward and grabbed her sleeve, and said anxiously.

Shen Siniang recalled the scene just now, her face was slightly uncomfortable, but she still nodded and looked at her, waiting for her to add something.

But Gongsun Lan thought for a while, but shook her head, "There's nothing else to say, Xin Niang made a special trip to let Si Niangzi come here, just this friendship, I will remember Wu Nei, as for whether there is a way, And don't even mention it."

Shen Siniang blessed her body and left without making any promises.

After the people left, Gongsun Ling turned back to the flower hall.

"Who was that little lady just now?" Gongsun Ling looked at his sister and asked.

Gongsun Lan held up an orange stuffed crab and handed it to him, "You don't care who it is, look at you brother, you scared people away the moment you came here! It's rare for me to have such a quiet and elegant friend. I’m too scared to come again, I don’t obey my brother!”

Gongsun Ling took the fragrant and hollowed out oranges with a slightly dazed expression on his face.

"Eat it quickly, the last one, if you don't eat it, I won't be polite!" Gongsun Lan gave him a slight push.

Only then did Gongsun Ling come to his senses, took the small silver spoon, and ate up the crab roe and orange meat in the hollowed out orange shell in two or three mouthfuls, "Which cook made it? It's so delicious! It tastes so delicious!" Good! Very good! Compared to that hard-to-find Yuelai Restaurant, it’s not far behind!”

"How can there be such an exquisite cook in our mansion!" Gongsun Lan snorted, "It was sent by Prince Qi's mansion!"

"Didn't I tell you a lot a few days ago, how can you collect all the things from the palace at will?" Gongsun Ling didn't dare to speak too harshly, so he only said softly.

Unexpectedly, this was like scratching Gongsun Lan, she pinched her waist and jumped to her feet and said, "It's just a few fat crabs, why can't I take it? It doesn't mean that people will threaten you because of a few fat crabs, right? They gave it to me to eat, not to you, you don’t want it! You don’t want it—you spit it out! Hmph!”

When Gongsun Lan got angry, there was nothing the elder brother could do, so he could only persuade her with good words: "My good sister, don't be angry, brother is wrong, can't you say wrong?"

"Tell the kitchen, don't give any of the big crabs delivered today to my brother! They are all mine, mine!" Gongsun Lan confessed to the maid beside him.

The maids covered their mouths and sniggered, and went down to give orders.

Gongsunling sighed softly, indeed only villains and women are difficult to raise!Isn't it just a word, I really hold a grudge!
"Bone numbness?" Shen Xiniang looked at Shen Siniang and said.

Shen Siniang nodded, "Miss Gongsun said so, but she doesn't understand much, why don't you ask Master Ziyang? She said that when General Gongsun fell ill, he was healed by Master Ziyang. Master Ziyang must know clear."

Shen Xinniang shook her head slowly, "It's better not to let others know. It seems that I want to coerce him. If I don't consider the friendship between Gongsun and Madam, what does it matter to me if he is not sick?"

Shen Siniang nodded. Could it be that my sister wants to heal Gongsun Ling without letting him know, so that he doesn't need to remember the kindness of Prince Qi's mansion?Don't care about others' misunderstanding, and try to help?Such a broad-mindedness, most people probably don't have it.In Shen Siniang's eyes, the elder sister became more and more noble and majestic.

"Since he loves wine and has a golden heart, he went to find a recipe for making wine," Shen Xinniang said slowly, "If it is strong wine, it is not suitable for a young lady to drink, so I looked for a recipe for fruit wine."

Jin Xiangdan accepted the order.

Shen Siniang did not leave in a hurry, she still sat with Shen Xiniang, "Before I came back, I just happened to meet General Gongsun coming home..."

"En." Shen Xinniang buried her head in the book, nodded upon hearing this, and turned another page of the book, "And then?"

Shen Siniang didn't speak again.

Shen Xiniang raised her head involuntarily, and looked at her sideways, "Si Niang?"

"Huh?" Shen Siniang realized that she had lost her mind, "General Gongsun doesn't look fierce at all, but is very approachable. Although he is tall and strong, he is full of smiles and is very friendly."

Shen Xinniang smiled lightly, "Who said that a military general must be vicious? As a general, you must write viciousness on your face?"

Shen Siniang smiled lightly, "Sister said, Siniang has never seen anything in the world, so don't laugh at me."

Shen Xinniang saw that her tone was quite emotional, so she shook her head slightly, "It's nothing ridiculous, and what you said is not wrong. In ancient times, the king of Lanling led the army, not because others said that he was too handsome and not evil. , and lead the army with a mask? It can be seen that when the general leads the army, the appearance is also very important."

Shen Siniang smiled, and did not continue this topic.

Danxin got a recipe for making wine from wild grapes from the son of shopkeeper Sun of Yuelai Restaurant.Said that this wine is the simplest, no need to use any troublesome utensils, no need to use distiller's grains, it can be brewed by oneself at home, and it is most likely to meet the needs of the lady, so he presented it to Shen Xinniang with sincerity.

Shen Xinniang took the prescription and looked at it carefully, then nodded her approval.

Danxin conveyed the wife's approval to Shopkeeper Sun, and Shopkeeper Sun was overjoyed, and praised his son well.My son is now working for Mrs. Shen. The farms in the suburbs of Beijing, the properties in neighboring counties, and the horse farm in the north are all my sons who are responsible for Mrs. Shen. His knowledge of the world is getting bigger and bigger, and he is calm and capable. Gradually replacing himself and becoming the pillar of the family, shopkeeper Sun always remembers the kindness of Mrs. Shen every time he mentions his son.

Hearing that my wife needs a lot of wild grapes to make wine, I immediately asked my son to go to the south to find wild grapes.

Now that the weather is getting colder, there are no more grapes in the area of ​​the capital. If they rush to the south, they can find them if they can't, and if they can be sent back by fast horse or boat, they can still be used in time.

Shopkeeper Sun's son is also a caring person. Before his father gave orders, when he found the recipe for making wild wine, he had already made people pay attention to where there were wild grapes. It is said that there are pieces of wild grapes, because the wild grapes are small and have a sour taste, they are thrown there and ignored.

Shopkeeper Sun's son heard about it, and rushed there in person, and saw that there were indeed a lot of wild grapes in the valley. He was ecstatic in his heart, but he didn't show anything on his face. The entire area around the col was bought.Because the locals didn't know that wild grapes could be used to make wine, no one picked those grapes, and a lot of them rotted.When the baskets of wild grapes were transported out of the mountain, the local people realized that the sour fruit was useful. The local officials knew that the mountain was selling cheap, but it was too late.

So when Shen Xiniang asked people to find wild grapes, there was almost no delay, and the son of shopkeeper Sun immediately sent several large baskets of wild grapes to Qi Wangfu.

(End of this chapter)