A Blessed Daughter - Chapter 027

After being lost in thought for a while, Mo mo Zhang guessed that Wei Ruo’s money probably came from the gifts that the elder in the capital  gave two days ago.

She muttered in her heart that even if she gets personal money from the elder, she could not spend it like this. Wei Ruo really did not understand how to manage a household.

After returning to Tingsong Garden, Xiumei carried the basket of seafood into Tingsong Garden again.

“Meimei, how about……” Wei Ruo’s eyes lit up as she looked at the basket of seafood.

“Miss, you want to eat hot pot, don’t you?” Xiumei immediately saw through Wei Ruo’s thoughts.

“Mmhm, Meimei, you really understand me!” She had not even spoken yet! Meimei guessed everything right!

“Miss, I can’t really guess what’s on your mind in other things, but only in this matter, by only a glance, I immediately know what you want to do.”

“Well, pick some out for a seafood hotpot, then we will dry the rest to make dried seafood.”

Seafood in a spicy hotpot. Just thinking about this made Wei Ruo’s index finger move*.

*Index finger move/ 食指大动 shí zhǐ dà dòng: premonition of delicious food. It also refers to a situation where there is some delicious food in front of you and you are preparing to enjoy it well.

“But haven’t you forgotten, Miss, that we don’t have a kitchen or a pot now to make a hot pot?

“Isn’t there a small kitchen next door in Yingzhu Garden? Maybe we can borrow it.” Wei Ruo said.

“That’s right! There’s a small kitchen next door!” Xiumei suddenly realized something after she finished speaking. “Miss, Is this your true intention why you are so eager to send soy sauce to the second young master, so you can build a good relationship?”

“Ah? Really? No way, am I such a person?” Wei Ruo felt guilty.

Xiumei nodded.

Miss, you were definitely that kind of person!

“Ahem, that’s not important. What’s important is that there is a place to cook hotpot. Meimei, please prepare the ingredients and we will go next door to eat hotpot.”

“Then I’ll look around the room and see how many spices we had left, Miss.”

Xiumei turned around and went into the side room that Wei Ruo used as a warehouse.

In this era, there were no chili peppers, and many spices were not available. Wei Ruo’s taste buds, nourished by spices, occasionally missed those stimulating flavors. So she collected various spices that could be collected in this era.

Sichuan pepper, Cornus officinalis, Fuliu vine, cinnamon, and hot mustard were mixed together, and the ratio was repeatedly tested to obtain the most suitable spicy seasoning for Wei Ruo’s taste.

-Sichuan pepper

-Cornus officinalis,

-Fuliu vine

After Wei Ruo mixed them, they were packed in cloth bags. So when needed, she could just take out a bag.

“This is the last of the spice packets. If you want to eat it again next time, you’ll have to find a way to collect all those spices again.”

Xiumei brought back the spice bag with some bad news.

The spices were not that easy to get, and it took Wei Ruo a lot of effort to get them before.

Wei Ruo nodded: “When the condition is more stable, I will not only get spices, but also herbs.”

Then Wei Ruo asked Xiumei to stay in Tingsong Garden to handle the ingredients, and went to knock on the door of Yingzhu Garden by herself.

The courtyard door was opened and the servant, Xiaobei, asked in surprise: “Miss, what is the matter?”

“I want to borrow your small kitchen. In return, I will treat you to a seafood hot pot! My Meimei’s cooking skills are very good, I guarantee you will like it!”

“Miss, this…… this would not be up to me, I will have to ask the young master.

“Then go ask your young master.”

“Okay, Miss, please wait a moment, I will go and ask.”