novelraw Chapter 108 Shepherd's Purse Dumplings
Chapter 108 Shepherd's Purse Dumplings
Ming Xuan nodded her head, and asked someone to carry out the girl who was dizzy from the pain of binding her feet.
Looking at the little girl who was similar to Yinzhen, her face was covered with beads of sweat.Even when she fainted, her brows were tightly wrinkled, such a small child... Ming Xuan's heart was blocked.
"I will let your daughter marry into a good family without binding her feet. Can I not bind her feet? Or give her to me." Ming Xuan looked at the flustered woman with little feet, staring into her eyes and asked.
"I can't make it..." The woman was shocked, and before she could speak, the man next to her hurriedly said: "We will be laughed at if we don't bind our feet."
The woman looked at her son, at her daughter, and then at Mingxuan and Ulan's feet behind her. She saw that Ulan could easily hug the young master who was about the same age as her daughter, and easily avoid the mice on the ground. He closed his eyes, nodded, and said firmly, "Okay!"
"You're crazy!" the man turned his head and scolded.
The woman knelt on the ground, touched her feet, and cried, "I'm in pain, it hurts every day, every step I take is like stepping on a knife's edge, his father... Guo'er, if it doesn't hurt, don't let her Hurt! Don't let her be like Qiu girl."
The man was silent. If it wasn't because Qiu girl was gone, he wouldn't have let his daughter's foot binding be broken by his son several times.
Looking at the nobleman in front of him, the man clenched his fists, and the veins on his neck protruded. Then, he let go of his breath and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! My girl can give it to the nobleman, but I hope that the nobleman will show mercy and let her be a clean and honest person in the future." First lady."
Say it!He kowtowed his head.
Ming Xuan complied, and asked the guards to help him up, and then asked someone to remove the wraps on the little girl's feet.Then let her take her to the doctor.
When the couple were given money for selling their children, they refused and insisted not to sell their children.
Yinfeng's pupils shrank slightly, and he saw that the little girl's feet were bruised and purple from being strangled, and the toes were broken off and stuck to the soles of the feet.
"In a few months, the Zhuangzi will recruit some women with quick hands and feet to do knitting handwork, and the wages will be settled every day. You can see that you have good character and quick hands and feet. You can go and sign up." Ming Xuan looked at it. Kangxi suddenly spoke.
She can't change their deep-rooted concepts, but she is also willing to give these women who can't even walk normally a chance to survive.
If women are able to support themselves, they don’t have to rely on men, and they don’t have to worry about not being able to marry a good man if they don’t bind their feet. Will there be some changes?
Although I don't like to worry about it, I can't be indifferent.As women, it was too difficult for them!
When the woman heard the words, her face was full of surprise, even the village head beside her was also very happy.
Yinfeng wanted to go to them to pick mushrooms and dig wild vegetables, so Kangxi took them to see and experience people's livelihood, which was also one of the reasons why he brought his son out.
"Actually, the court has always banned it, but the Han people..." Walking on the path in the forest, Kangxi stood next to Mingxuan, and suddenly said softly.
Ming Xuan turned her head to look at Kangxi and said, "The emperor has done a good job, it's just that they use oppressing women to show their arrogance."
The men probably shaved their hair, but the wind of binding feet was even more severe.
"Can I open a women's workshop? I can't help women all over the world, and I hope that the women and girls I see will not be so miserable. If you have money, life may be easier. "Many thoughts in Mingxuan's mind are intended to be reserved for Yinreng, but once they are seen, they cannot be turned a blind eye.
Seeing her looking at him expectantly, Kangxi nodded slightly and said, "All of us Manchu girls can ride horses and herd sheep, so there are not so many taboos. Just do it if you want to!"
Ming Xuan twitched her lips, and said awkwardly: "I'm being held back by Manchu girls. I don't know how to ride horses, let alone shoot arrows..." In her previous life, her household registration was clearly written in Han.
Kangxi reached out and tapped his face lightly, stopped smiling and said: "You are doing well." If you don't, you won't!Can I return it by myself?
The alarm bell rang in Ming Xuan's heart, and she said awkwardly, "Please don't give up!...Xiao Si, what are you doing?"
"Didn't everyone tell you that most of the good-looking mushrooms are poisonous, do you want to lie down?" Hearing his aunt's cry, Yinfeng turned his head and saw Xiao Si reaching out to pick a bunch of pure white mushrooms on the ground. Quickly clapped his hand away and reprimanded him.
Mingxuan dared not pick mushrooms casually.
In order to avoid hearing Kangxi's terrible words again, he took the initiative to ask everyone to dig wild vegetables together, and told them that he would make dumplings for them by himself later.
"Aunt, are you coming to make a bag?" Yinfeng's eyes lit up, and he was pleasantly surprised.He hasn't eaten the dumplings made by his aunt yet!
Mingxuan thought about it for a while, it's not difficult, and she doesn't have to cook for everyone, it's okay for a few people, but why do she have to do it by herself?
So he said: "It's not impossible, but there are so many people, let's join together!"
"Gentlemen are far away..." Before Kangxi finished speaking, he heard his son happily pulling his younger brother to dig a lot of wild vegetables.
Mingxuan didn't know many varieties of wild vegetables, but she did know shepherd's purse, holding a small dagger, digging it very happily.
"Just this one, it's called mustard greens, don't want anything else, I don't know how to make it." Ming Xuan shared what she dug up with the people around her, especially telling Yinfeng and Yinzhen.
Yinreng took the wild vegetables dug by his aunt, smelled them, and felt a little fresh, and then he followed his aunt's example and searched everywhere.
There are a lot of shepherd's purses in spring, especially after the rain, and a lot of them will be dug in a short while.
Yinfeng was thinking about his aunt's craftsmanship in his heart, so he shouted to go back.
Back in Zhuangzi, the harmonious movement between Yuanyuan and Gungun has long since ended. They sit in rows together, eat bamboo shoots, and look so intimate that people are embarrassed to disturb them.
Ming Xuan found a big pot, picked the dug up shepherd's purses one by one, and cut off the leaves that had dried up at the root.
After Kangxi cleaned up, he drank tea and played chess with Yinreng, and occasionally turned his head to look at Yinzhen and Mingxuan who were meticulously choosing.
After picking them out, they asked Ulan and the others to clean them up, and brought a large chopping board over.
Kneading noodles and mixing stuffing, Mingxuan will do it all by herself.
After not working for a long time, Ming Xuan felt that she was a bit unfamiliar with holding a knife, but luckily she still knew the steps.
Minced pork belly is served with scallion and ginger water, soy sauce, flower carvings, seasonings prepared by the imperial chefs, and fine salt. After mixing well, add blanched and chopped shepherd's purse.
Stir well, taste the saltiness with the tip of your tongue, and add some peanut oil.
Kangxi watched from the side, knowing that it couldn't be unpalatable.
When rolling out the skin, Mingxuan told Yinreng and Yinzhen to wash their hands and do the work. As for Kangxi, she didn't give orders, as if he didn't exist.
The two children thought it was fun, so they ran over excitedly.
They have small hands, and Ming Xuan doesn't dislike them for making them look ugly, as long as they seal their mouths well, it's fine.
Kangxi rubbed his head and tried to stop him a few times, but seeing the smiling faces of his two sons, he didn't say anything.
In the end, even at the invitation of my son, I came over to make dumplings together, but...the strength was too strong, and it broke with every squeeze...
"I know how to roast rabbits, and I will roast rabbits for you in the future." After pinching two, Kangxi felt that this job was not suitable for him, so he quit.
"Okay, okay!" Yinfeng said happily, and Yinzhen also agreed to eat rabbits.
Eat Kangxi's roasted rabbit?Mingxuan is not interested. There are so many royal chefs, how could she lack her own rabbit?Why can't you think about wronging your stomach?
Ming Xuan kept her head down without saying a word, and the rolling went smoother and smoother, and soon, the prepared stuffing was finished.
While boiling the dumplings, Mingxuan asked someone to mix a plate of shepherd's purse, and called Liang Jiugong over to say a few words.
"Your Majesty, my concubine asked Eunuch Liang to go to the people's house to order a bowl of porridge with wild vegetables. Look..." Ming Xuan looked at Kangxi and asked.
Perhaps it was time for dinner, and Liang Jiugong would be back soon.Ming Xuan looked at Kangxi, wondering if he would let the children taste the food outside.
You don't have to eat it, just taste it!
After the dumplings were cooked, both Yinreng and Yinzhen were looking forward to what the dumplings they made would be like, but when they sat on the table, they saw half a bowl of wild vegetable soup in front of them.
They have it, Mingxuan and Kangxi have it too.
"The dumplings are too hot. They are eaten by the common people. You should try them." Ming Xuan picked up the bowl and took a sip of the soup after speaking...
I really want to vomit... I suddenly look desperate, and I have nothing to love.
It's just batter cooking vegetables, there is no other taste at all, the salt is also very light, the roots and yellow leaves of the vegetables are not removed, some noodles are added, and some of them make the throat.
Ming Xuan gritted her teeth and chewed casually a few times before swallowing.
Yinreng looked at his aunt, then at Khan Ama, who was eating vegetables without changing his face, and picked up the spoon...it was unpalatable...but he didn't spit it out, but imitated his aunt and ate it all by force.
Mingxuan asked Liang Jiugong to pick the youngest leaves for the two of them. Kangxi had more dishes than herself, but not only Kangxi, but also Yinfeng had finished eating. Even when Yinzhen didn't want to eat, look Everyone is eating and eating.
"You eat so painfully with only a few mouthfuls, but the common people are very happy to eat this kind of food." After Kangxi finished eating, he gave them a lesson, and Ming Xuan hurriedly poured a cup of tea and drank it down.
She only intends to show them and taste it, not to let people eat it, but to tell them that there are different ways to eat wild vegetables, so that they can cherish food.Don't go out and say things like wild vegetables are delicious.
But she didn't plan to eat it herself, isn't she stupid?How could it be possible not to know that this stuff is not tasty, but to ask for trouble?
But Kangxi didn't behave like a human being, so he asked Liang Jiugong to share some with himself.
After eating the wild vegetable batter that made people want to vomit, and Mingxuan's carefully prepared dumplings, they all felt that this was a delicacy in the world.
Even Mingxuan was moved by her good craftsmanship and was intoxicated with herself.Mustard greens mixed with garlic sauce and sesame oil are also refreshing and delicious.
After eating the dumplings and drinking the soup, Mingxuan rubbed her belly and decided to go to see the rolling, and then went back to the palace.
but!
Mr. Kang thinks this is a good opportunity to educate his son, from Han people’s resistance to let go, all the way to people’s livelihood today...
The two sons who listened were greatly touched.
But even though Ming Xuan didn't realize it, she felt drowsy when she heard it.
As Kangxi talked, he even praised Mingxuan, saying: "Although your aunt is a woman, this time she is also a loving mother. It is for you to taste all the flavors of the people, so as to experience the difficulties of people's livelihood..."
Ming Xuan woke up instantly, how could she have such a smart head?
I'm not!I don't!How can I think so much?
Coughing lightly, and looking at Kangxi, Ming Xuan couldn't hold back, and softly defended herself, "I didn't think that much, really! I just think that if they go out and say wild vegetables are delicious, they will be laughed at. I want them to see it, I don't want to make... people feel that it's scary not to have common sense..."