Author: Zhong Lin

"Ms. Su, you don't need to be so polite. You are a person of real ability. It doesn't matter if you take my reward now. In the future, you don't have to call me madam when you are outside. Just call me Aunt Lu."

Lu Nianyou held Su Xiaomu's hand affectionately, and now she almost felt that Su Xiaomu was her great benefactor.

After all, if her face could be better, she would be able to be proud in the Marquis' mansion and make all those who watched her lively pay the price.

"Then I'm not polite. Aunt Lu, you have to apply ointment and take medicated diet for fifteen days for this pimple on your face. This must be a step-by-step process that cannot be neglected. If one day is lost, we will all have to do it again.

Come, so I’m afraid I’ll continue to bother Aunt Lu for the next fifteen days.”

Su Xiaomu agreed with Lu Nianyou, and then told her some precautions for treating pimples.

The two of them chatted for a long time. The more Lu Nianyou talked to Su Xiaomu, the more he felt that she was generous and a good girl worth getting along with.

He also admired her more and more, and began to care about Su Xiaomu's affairs in the capital.

"Xiaomu, I saw a man beside you yesterday. Are you already a wife or have you just been engaged?"

Lu Nianyou thought about how many young people there were in her family. Although Su Xiaomu was from a lower background and had no foundation in the capital, she was a rare good girl. If she could really marry into the family, she would definitely be her husband.

A big help.

In this way, to a certain extent, she is better than an ordinary noblewoman from aristocratic families.

Among the young people in her family, some of them may be good.

When Su Xiaomu heard what Lu Nianyou meant, he wanted to lead a red line for her?

"To be honest with Aunt Lu, that man yesterday was my husband. This time I came to the capital partly to see the world, and partly to accompany him in the imperial examination. Isn't it just a few days before the exam is about to begin?

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Lu Nianyou acted as a matchmaker for him, which can be regarded as a matter of honor for the ancestors.

But Su Xiaomu doesn't want to be involved with other men anymore, especially when it comes to marriage.

Gu Jingcheng, no matter how you say it, he is already an excellent person.

"This is a pity." Lu Nianyou sighed, with a look of regret on his face, "I also said that if you are not married, I will find a way to connect you with the young people in my family. They

Although I don’t have any fame and fame now, I still have to take part in the imperial examination this time, and I don’t know if I can still become a Jinshi.”

Although Lu Nianyou felt it was a pity, Su Xiaomu already had a husband, and judging from the intimacy between the two of them last night, it didn't seem like they were on bad terms, so it was inconvenient for her to continue talking about these things.

Then he changed the subject: "Then you have been in the capital for so long, what new things have you seen?"

"The food in Fanlou is good, and the roses from the Western Regions are also very fragrant."

When Su Xiaomu heard Lu Nianyou's question, he immediately realized that he really didn't seem to have seen much of the world in the capital.

Although I had some free time before, I didn't go anywhere to play. Most of the time I just stayed in the yard to kill time.

It's a pity to think about it this way. After all, Gu Jingcheng has to take an exam next. No matter what she does, she has to worry about him. It seems that she really doesn't have any free time to do her own things.

But when it came to Gu Jingcheng's exam, Su Xiaomu suddenly remembered that she had to see him off on the day of his exam, fearing that he would be late in arriving at the Hou Mansion.

I communicated with Lu Nianyou in advance: "I will send my husband to take the exam on the first day of the imperial examination, so I'm afraid I won't be able to come to you in time, Aunt Lu, so I will ask you to wait for me on that day."

"It's nothing. I have children at home who are going to take exams. Maybe we can meet there then."

Lu Nianyou didn't take this matter to heart, as long as it didn't delay her specific treatment time on the 15th.

So Lu Nianyou left Su Xiaomu to have lunch in the mansion. When she went back, Gu Jingcheng had not returned from Shangguan Mansion.

I guess it was because the imperial examination was about to take place and Shangguan Rui wanted to keep Gu Jingcheng in the house to discuss the article.

I wonder if someone as good at studying as Gu Jingcheng would suffer from pre-exam anxiety?

Su Xiaomu bought vegetables and went home. After she went back, she rested for a while, then estimated the time and saw that it was getting dark. She determined that Gu Jingcheng should be back soon before going to the kitchen to cook.

Today is a happy day. It is the first time for the two of them to have dinner at home these days, so Su Xiaomu cooked a large table of sumptuous dishes.

When she was visiting the market today, she saw clams and shrimps for sale, so she bought some and planned to make clams stuffed with shrimps.

Speaking of which, this is the first time Su Xiaomu has eaten seafood since he has been here in ancient times.

Although you could occasionally see some seafood in the market in Fucheng in the past, because Fucheng is not close to the sea and there is only a small river around it, most of the seafood is stale and extremely expensive.

Su Xiaomu wanted to buy something to try before, but after shopping a few times and not seeing what she wanted to eat, she gave up.

Place the purchased clams in an iron basin and cover them with water. Add a few drops of clear oil inside so that the clams can spit out all the sand.

After the shrimps are made into shrimp paste, add the chopped carrots and mix well. Then put the clams that have spit out the sand into the pot and stir-fry, then add the green onion and ginger to remove the fishy smell.

After all the clams in the pot have opened, put them all in another container, then stuff the shrimp paste mixed with chopped carrots into the open clams, and then put them into the pot to steam for a quarter of an hour.

Of course, what's more important is the sauce poured over the clams and shrimp sliders.

Add one spoonful of starch to two spoons of soy sauce, then add half a spoonful of sugar and half a bowl of water. Stir it over high heat in the pot until it becomes thick, then pour it on the stuffed clams and shrimps, and finally sprinkle with a little chopped green onion. This dish is delicious.

It’s done.

The second dish is shredded pork with Beijing sauce. Su Xiaomu wanted to make this dish because she was greedy.

Cut the cucumber, carrot, green onion and tenderloin into shreds and set aside. After the shredded meat is cut, add the spices to remove the fishy smell, then add salt, light soy sauce and one egg white starch, mix well and set aside.

Add the special sauce to another clean bowl, then heat up a separate pot, add oil, then pour the marinated shredded pork into the pot and stir-fry.

Pour the sauce onto the shredded pork and stir-fry continuously to add color. In about three or four minutes, a plate of shredded pork with Beijing sauce is ready.

After Su Xiaomu finished cooking, he thought that Gu Jingcheng would have to take an exam soon and would like to eat something light, so he cooked a pot of vegetable soup without stopping.

The last two dishes and one soup were brought to the table, and Gu Jingcheng just opened the door and walked in.

Gu Jingcheng once defined many things about a good life.

He originally thought that becoming a Jinshi after the imperial examination would mean a happy life.

I also thought that living a happy life would be a happy life if the family had enough food and clothing, and would no longer have to live a life of poverty like before.
Chapter completed!