Exile at the start? The princess is no ordinary woman.

Chapter 317 Raising Sheep?

Faced with Jun Yanchen's gentleness, Gu Nanzhi seemed to have thought of something.

"Jun Yanchen, have you ever drunk milk?"

Jun Yanchen shook his head.

"No, Nan Nan wants a drink?"

That's right, where would we find cows here? And milk? Forget about it. She'd better think about getting some other drinks.

Drinking tea every day is so boring.

At this moment, the butler, who was working nearby, suddenly spoke up.

"Madam, this old servant has noticed that there is a family in the village that raises sheep, and they should have sheep milk. Sheep milk is edible, so would you like this old servant to go and buy some from that family?"

Goat milk?

It has high nutritional value.

Hmm... that's worth a try. I used to use milk...

"Uncle Li, then I'll trouble you to make the trip. If you have any, please buy some."

"Yes, madam, please wait a moment, this old servant will go right away."

Butler Li immediately put down his work, picked up a container, and set off upon receiving the order.

Seeing Gu Nanzhi's brows relax, Jun Yanchen couldn't help but feel curious.

"Nan Nan"

Before she could ask, Gu Nanzhi explained it to him first.

"I want to try making milk tea. I drink tea every day and want to change things up,"

"milk tea?"

"Yes, it's tea leaves and milk together... but we don't have milk, so we're just trying goat's milk to see if it tastes good."

About half an hour later, Butler Li returned, and not empty-handed, but with goat milk.

"Madam, please."

"Okay, I'll put it here for now."

With the goat milk, Gu Nanzhi regained her energy. After a flurry of activity, she prepared tea on a small tea stove, waited for it to boil, skimmed off the tea leaves, and poured in the goat milk.

I added a few more pieces of sugar and two spoonfuls of honey, waited two minutes, it boiled, then poured it out.

Instead of using small teacups, they used rice bowls, and everyone in the family shared them.

"Uncle Li, Xia He, call everyone else over to try the freshly brewed milk tea,"

After Gu Nanzhi divided the milk tea, she called out and took a sip herself. She instantly recognized the familiar taste of the milk tea. Hmm... it tasted just like that!

Delicious!

Her satisfied expression made her eyes slightly narrowed, conveying her joy, which captivated Jun Yanchen.

"Jun Yanchen, have a taste,"

Only after she reminded him did Jun Yanchen look away, pick up the bowl, and take a sip. It was sweet, a blend of milky and tea aromas...

That's right.

"How about it?"

“Delicious”

"necessary"

Then everyone else gathered around.

"Madam, what kind of water are you boiling?"

"Madam Jun..."

"This is called milk tea, it's made by putting tea and goat milk together...you should try it,"

Everyone found it novel—could goat milk and tea be mixed together?

However, judging from their master's and mistress's expressions, it seemed to be delicious, and since the mistress had always been right, none of them doubted it and each picked up a bowl to taste.

They immediately gave positive reviews.

"Hmm, not bad, not bad, I never knew tea and goat milk could be drunk like this..."

Seeing everyone's delighted expressions, Gu Nanzhi made a plan. Since they all had some free time, she decided to prepare more delicious food and drinks.

After enjoying the milk tea, Jun Yanchen told Gu Nanzhi about what had happened at the Yang family.

"Nan Nan, the Yang family suffered a disaster last night; their house collapsed."

Gu Nanzhi nodded casually upon hearing the result, indicating that she understood.

"Oh, serves you right."

Hehe, she's the one who blew it up, but she won't say.

Seeing her nonchalant demeanor, Jun Yanchen felt even more tender and unrestrained.

"Yeah, he deserved it."

That evening, Jun Yanchen received a reply: the Yang family's affairs remained unsolved, with only one strange detail being a large crater in the ground at both collapse sites...

Moreover, their home was also burglarized, and the method was exactly the same as several previous major burglaries in Beijing...

After reading the letter, Jun Yanchen pondered for a moment.

"Cangling, bring back two sheep to raise,"

what?

sheep?

Just as Cang Ling was waiting for her master to give any instructions concerning the Yang family, her master suddenly gave an order that had absolutely nothing to do with the matter.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly.

The lady had just had milk tea during the day, and the master is already raising sheep—he wants her to be able to drink it anytime!

"Yes, Master, I will make arrangements now."

Two days later, Gu Nanzhi was stunned when she saw the four sheep brought home. "No way... they just took them from their place of origin to get milk?"

"You gave the order?"

Gu Nanzhi asked Jun Yanchen for confirmation. Actually, she didn't need to ask to know; only if he confirmed it would Cang Ling and the others go and get it back.

"Um,"

Gu Nanzhi: "..."

Okay, anyway, it's not her who's raising it.

She stopped talking and obediently went to gather the wild grapes she had found.

"Miss, should we pick all these grapes?"

"Yes, Xiahe, come help, pick them one by one,"

They were lucky enough to find a wild grape vine on the mountain, and picked about sixty or seventy pounds of grapes, which Gu Nanzhi planned to use to make wine.

Picking grapes is a time-consuming task. First, you have to wash them, then pick them one by one, and then wash them again.

Therefore, the few people who were free came to help.

While they were busy, their neighbors, Wu Huiwen and her family of three, came over for a visit.

"Nanzhi, what are you planning to do with all these grapes? Let me help you,"

"Auntie, I'll help too!"

"Sister Wen, Luo Luo, Zhi Nan, come and sit down, I'm preparing to use it to make wine,"

Gu Nanzhi beckoned people over.

"Lolo, Zhinan, you don't need to help us. Go play and help yourselves with the grapes. The darker ones are sweeter."

"Thank you, Auntie."

With an extra helper, the work was done faster. With everyone's help, all the grapes were washed clean. Then, a large earthenware jar was brought over, and Gu Nanzhi led the group in crushing the grapes to extract the juice.

Finally, add sugar cubes, place it in an earthenware jar, and wait for fermentation.

"Alright, all done. Now just wait for it to ferment."

"Madam, have you ever had wine before? What did it taste like?"

"I've tried it. As for what it tastes like, you'll have to taste it for yourselves."

"What the lady says must be true; it truly makes one look forward to it."

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The cocoa beans, which had been fermenting for several days, were now ready for drying. Gu Nanzhi was directing people to build a stove out of mud in the yard, a stove that resembled an oven.

"Cangling, get some more yellow soil, it's not enough,"

"Yes, madam."

Gu Nanzhi didn't mind the dirt; she personally mixed water and mud to plaster the stove. This approachable manner made her even more popular with her subordinates.

With such an approachable wife, there was also an approachable master. The master was now working alongside his wife on the pile of yellow mud, and importantly, he had a relaxed smile on his face.

Their master used to live and eat with them in the military camp, without any special arrangements. This down-to-earth nature is understandable. Perhaps seeing him so relaxed and tender was something they had never seen before.

All the credit goes to the lady.