I fought back after reselling my engagement

Zhen Su cooked rice porridge, pickled vegetables, and bought a small pottery jar to make a pot of kimchi. This was something Su Zhenshi learned from a college roommate from Sichuan. This roommate was very good at making authentic kimchi, and the other three roommates also learned how to make kimchi.

Zhen Su put rock sugar in the kimchi, which was very popular with Su Mo and Uncle Su Qi. They had a plate of kimchi with rice for every meal, and they ate it all up at every meal.

Su Mo has recovered, but Uncle Su Qi will cough incessantly when exposed to wind or a little cold. Doctor Li said that this patient must be sent far away, otherwise it will leave a root of the disease. Now he goes to Doctor Li's clinic every three days to check his pulse and get a new prescription to boil.

After the breakfast was prepared and the three of them finished eating, Zhen Su rested for a while and took the three people's clothes to the sister-in-law next door to wash. The sister-in-law washed and ironed them. The silk in the past had been washed twice in midsummer, and the color turned white, becoming half-new clothes. It was really incomparable with modern clothes. Modern people no longer wear patched clothes. Many clothes were outdated and disliked before the color changed, and were thrown into the trash.

After Zhen Su sent away the dirty clothes, she always washed her underwear herself to avoid being gossiped about.

After returning, she was busy processing the two big fish. This afternoon she had to make braised fish, a dish of twice-cooked pork, and two refreshing vegetarian dishes, one of which was her specialty kimchi. She only needed to prepare three dishes.

Around noon, Feng Hui Niang brought San'an over for dinner.

As soon as he came in and smelled the delicious food, San'an couldn't stop swallowing. He had eaten here twice at Zhen Su's last time and the food was delicious.

Zhen Su poked his head out and said, "Please sit down. We will have dinner soon."

Feng Hui Niang lamented that her cooking skills were not as good as the scholar's wife, and she still felt that the scholar's wife did not know how to live. Sooner or later, Su Xiucai's family property would be squandered by her. How could she eat meat every day? But she really did so, meatballs, sliced ​​meat, crispy meat, stewed meat, and other different ways. She ate meat every day.

Feng Hui Niang looked at Su Mo and saw that he looked much better. Even Uncle Su Qi seemed to have gained a lot of weight recently. "Mr. Su, does your wife buy meat every day again?"

Sanan felt that his cousin was nosy. What other people eat had nothing to do with her, and she always asked this question.

Su Mo did not answer.

Feng Hui Niang raised her voice and said, "Mrs. Xiucai, you really don't know how to live. You're just wasting your time on festivals and eating meat every day. Even if Mr. Su's ancestral jade pendant is valuable, it's better than spending it like this."

Zhen Su was used to it. Feng Hui Niang was kindhearted and worried that she would waste all the money. She put a big bowl of braised fish fillet on the table in the main hall and said, "Doctor Li said that Uncle Qi and the scholar should eat better, otherwise their bodies will be damaged. Doctor Li also said that it was because I fed them well that the scholar got better quickly. Instead of buying medicine to treat the disease, it is better to buy meat to nourish the body, don't you think so?"

Feng Hui Niang snorted, "You are just making up a story."

Zhen Su said, "I'm not making up stories. The wealthy families in the capital and the ladies in the palace all eat healthy food and take less medicine. They rarely get sick because they eat well. In fact, if San'an's mother eats more meat and exercises more, she might be much better."

Feng Hui Niang said, "Second Aunt, you still don't have enough meat to eat? We fish and eat fish every day, but this doesn't work."

San'an's mother was a premature baby, a congenital weakness. The family was afraid that she would not be able to have children. They thought that giving Second Uncle a son would be a reward to the Feng family. San'an was the child his mother sacrificed her life for. Although Second Aunt was weak, she was still a very good person. With such a person, Second Uncle's family was complete.

"How can we only eat fish and meat? We have to eat eggs and pork as well." Zhen Su said with a smile, "I made minced meat and egg custard today. You can try it later. This is a dish for wealthy families."

Feng Hui Niang stopped talking and cursed, "You are really a spendthrift. Su Xiucai will just follow you and won't live a good life at all." The best crispy meat she had ever eaten was at Zhen Su's place, and the most fragrant pork meatballs were also here. In Taikang Town, ten catties of cabbage can be exchanged for one catty of fish, and pork is much more expensive than fish.

When Feng Hui Niang saw her setting the table, she followed Zhen Su into the kitchen and brought the dishes to the main room.

Zhen Su put the rice into a large bowl and handed it over.

Several people sat down and served themselves rice. Zhen Su took another large bowl and took out some various dishes. This portion was for Feng Da'an. After the siblings had finished eating, they would have to send the meal to Feng Da'an.

Sanan said: "The people along the canal in Hunan Province will soon be able to look forward to a better life."

This sentence was said very abruptly.

Zhen Su paused slightly.

Su Mo asked, "Did the imperial court send troops?"

Feng Hui Niang praised: "A scholar can know everything about the world without leaving home. Scholar Su, you have revealed everything in one sentence."

Sanan said, "The emperor sent a mighty general to wipe out the canal bandits."

Feng Hui Niang said, "I heard that a big case happened on the Xiang Canal last month. A group of water bandits robbed the princess. The princess was a strong-willed person. She didn't want to be caught and humiliated, so she jumped into the canal. The one who escorted the princess was none other than the mighty general. The mighty general was furious and reported to the court to send troops. He was determined to wipe out the water bandits on the Xiang Canal to avenge the princess!"

Su Mo and Uncle Su Qi secretly examined Zhen Su.

Zhen Su was confused: She knew the mighty General Lu Yan! Was she the princess escorted by Lu Yan? She didn't know she was the princess, so it couldn't be her. It must be a rumor that spread later, and she became the princess.

Yes, that must be the case.

Feng Sanan said, "Everyone said that the princess had a strong character and was a niece of the younger generation that was highly valued by the emperor, but she was killed by the rampant pirates. The general came with great force, and he has killed...killed...tens of thousands of pirates along the way from the capital to Hunan Province."

The number of bandit strongholds ranges from dozens to hundreds. The ones with thousands of people were wiped out by the current Emperor Dezhi eighteen years ago. Any water stronghold with thousands of people must first attract the imperial court to send troops to encircle and suppress it, but now these water strongholds with only a few hundred people are also a headache for the imperial court.

Feng Hui Niang said: "The vegetable market is very lively today. Even the teahouses are telling the story of the royal princess jumping into the canal because of her strong character, and the general angrily asked for permission to quell the banditry. From the capital to Hunan Province, 200,000 troops have been dispatched, and 18 water strongholds have been cleared..."

In order to make the story vivid and credible, the storyteller made up 18 water strongholds and tens of thousands of bandits. It was really a boast. After Emperor Dezhi ascended the throne, any bandit stronghold with more than a thousand people was convicted as a "rebel" and destroyed. In recent years, there has never been a stronghold of more than 800 people in the world. Some were unlucky and had only 300 or 400 people, but they were targeted by their enemies and reported to the government, and they were also said to be a rebel stronghold with more than a thousand people.

What Zhen Su was wondering was: Could it be that the person who jumped into the river was really her?

Lu Yan was really angry. Where did he go that night? Earlier, he was drinking alone in the lobby of Yueyang. She said that there was no possibility for him to be together anymore. She was telling the truth.

Su Mo asked, "Which prince in the imperial family of Beijing is the princess' daughter?"

Feng Sanan said, "Everyone says that the princess is extremely beautiful, like a fairy from heaven, and is very popular with the emperor. It is said that Princess Changle of Prince Gong's Mansion heard that her sisters were gone, so she specially chartered a ship from the capital to Hunan Province to look for them. The mighty general was fighting in the front to suppress bandits, and she was looking for people in the back."