mesbooks Chapter 192: Toffee
Chapter 192: Toffee
As the saying goes, ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge.
Even if you want to take something from Prince Xian's mansion to pay off the debt, it's not today.
But it's not without gains, after all, he managed to transfer his father-in-law to Anding County as the county magistrate... Cough cough, county magistrate.
If the father-in-law is allowed to be promoted by himself... then it might be the year of the monkey.
People like my father-in-law, who are poor and don't know how to flatter officials, would have to stay in Yong'an County for a long time if they hadn't had some adventures before they could continue to move forward.
Although I lost three businesses...
In detail, it is not a loss, because Xu Qing planned to open these related shops early on to make money, and strive to live a retirement life at the age of 20.
It is only three years away from turning twenty, so there is a long way to go!
When Xu Qing left Prince Xian's mansion and walked home, he saw milk in a shop, which was a pastry shop.
The concept of nutrition such as meat, egg and milk has indeed become popular in Dachu, and milk and goat milk are not rare in Dachu.
Not to mention drinking milk, there are even some simple dairy products and pastries sold in shops.
Although Dachu is not as rich as Zhao State, due to the peace and stability in recent years, the emperor has made great efforts to govern, and the lives of the people are also rich. There is no pressure to eat meat and eggs for a few days.
Only a small number of poor common people mostly eat vegetarian food on weekdays, and they are only willing to eat a meal of meat during the holidays.
To put it bluntly, letting the virtuous king become the emperor may not necessarily be better than his Little Brother.
Not to mention in Dachu, even in Xu Qing's era, people began to drink milk to make dairy products very early in history.
Xu Qing can still think of a poem by Yang Wanli: ""Snow, leeks, frost, and scorpion are all removed at the age of the year, and there is no milk or crisp. "
It can be seen that as early as the Song Dynasty, milk was already very popular.
It's just that it's limited to drinking milk, but killing cows to eat meat? That's unbelievable!
There is no technology like the Xianwang Mansion that allows cattle to fall to death anytime and anywhere, so let's be honest.
In the end, Xu Qing spent money to buy five catties of raw milk and planned to go back and make toffee for Su Qian.
The taste of rock candy is too monotonous and a bit hard, but toffee is still delicious, soft and chewy, and full of milk flavor.
After buying the milk, Xu Qing was almost chased out by the blushing proprietress with a mallet, because she said while buying the milk: "What did you milk sellers do to the cows..."
He just asked curiously what happened? He hasn't asked the more curious question - what did the first man to drink milk do to the cow...
This is a frightening question.
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It's night, King Xian's mansion
In the study
The Xian Wang was writing a letter, the Xian Wang Concubine put a bowl of tea by Xian Wang's hand, looked at the Xian Wang and said: "My lord, it's time to go to bed."
King Xian nodded and said, "I'll go to sleep after my husband finishes writing this letter."
Concubine Xian asked curiously: "Letter?"
The virtuous king said: "Xu Qing came to look for my husband today, and wanted my husband to transfer his father-in-law to his fief. The magistrate of Yong'an County did his duty during his tenure and repeatedly solved strange cases. It's time to make a move. The emperor sent a letter asking him to draw up an imperial decree."
Concubine Xian was surprised and said: "Xu Qing's father-in-law? Aren't they a fake marriage? Now that Yongzhou Sima has been found out for corruption and sent into exile, I thought the drama between Xu Qing and the Su family should end here."
The Xian Wang smiled and said: "For my husband, Xu Qing has been in love with the daughter of the Su family for a long time after getting along with her during this period of time. The princess doesn't know. When I came here, my husband asked him why he didn't come in the morning. The princess knew about him. Did you say something?"
Concubine Xian asked: "I don't know what Xu Qing said, but the prince dared to refuse the invitation."
King Xian said: "He said that he would coax the lady to drink medicine in the morning, and he had to feed himself, so he couldn't come in the morning. It seems that Xu Qing has a deep affection for the daughter of the Su family."
Concubine Xian laughed and said: "There is another matter. The youngest viscount of Da Chu coaxed her to feed her medicine. The daughter of the Su family is very lucky. She can really make Xu Qing fall in love with her."
The virtuous king said: "The concubine only saw Xu Qing's infatuation, but she didn't know it. On that day, Xue'er recklessly took Xu Qing up the mountain, and his lady searched for a whole day and night. According to Ye'er, in order to find Xu Qing, even He did not hesitate to fight with more than a dozen generals from the royal family, and then his body was severely overdrawn, and he fell into a coma due to a serious illness. If Xu Qing couldn't fall in love with a woman who would die for him, then Xu Qing would be too much Hard-hearted."
Concubine Xian couldn't help but startled slightly when she heard these words, in order to find her husband, she would risk her life, it turned out that not only Xu Qing was infatuated, but also the daughter of the Su family.
With such an experience, it's no wonder that a talent like Xu Qing can fall in love with him so much.
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In just one day, Xu Qing made the toffee and named it Big White Rabbit.
Su Qian likes to take it very much, and every time she takes medicine, she has to keep a piece in her mouth.
For a period of time after that, Xu Qing took care of Su Qian wholeheartedly at home, but Su Qian's fever also subsided, and the wind and cold disappeared, but she felt weak and sleepy.
She still needs to be fed for meals and medicine, and she likes to sleep in Xu Qing's arms when she has nothing to do.
Xu Qing and County Magistrate Su invited many doctors, but they couldn't see why.
His complexion is rosy, his body is healthy, his pulse is stable and strong, but his body can't use his strength, and he is still a little lethargic on weekdays.
What kind of disease is this? Many doctors said that they have never seen it, let alone seen it, they have never heard of it!
If you are not feeling well, you have to give some indication on the pulse condition and complexion, right?
However, there was no indication at all, it was simply lack of strength and want to sleep.
If Xu Qing didn't stop her, all these doctors would want to name this disease after Su Qian...
In the end, the doctors had no other choice but to let Xu Qing take good care of her.
Now the study in the small courtyard of Su Mansion has become a real study, and Xu Qing has moved in to live with Su Qian.
Now, apart from taking the last step, the two seem to be a real couple.
New Year is coming
Chinese New Year is to eat dumplings, since Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage in the Eastern Han Dynasty invented it, it has become a must-eat food in Dali.
Today, Su County Magistrate is making dumplings with Xu Qing and Su Qian.
There are two kinds of fillings for dumplings, one is pork filling and the other is shepherd's purse filling.
Perhaps it was because of the Chinese New Year, but Su Qian looked much better than before, at least she could sit on the seat and make dumplings with Xu Qing like ordinary people.
It's just that the dumplings made by Su Qian are really unflattering, each and every one of them is torn, and it's hard to control the strength at all.