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Chapter 19: Who Has Such Big Face?
Nalan Jinnian returned to the house and said to Steward Yuan: "Prepare some gifts for me to give away."
Steward Yuan was shocked, who with such big face could allow the master to give them gifts? The master is always accepting gifts from others.
How many people in the capital tried to make friends with him to no avail?
This is the first time he is giving gifts. In this poor county, who has that kind of face, can let the master give them gifts?
He was shocked and curious, but he respectfully responded: "Yes!"
Nalan Jinnian sat down. He was about to pick up a teacup and drink tea. He saw the delicate white jade cup and said, "Prepare more tea leaves with healthy and nourishing ingredients, and prepare the tea set that I got awhile ago. And choose a good set of tableware."
Steward Yuan was even more shocked: "Does the set Master just mentioned refer to the tea set of Master Cheng En?"
"Hmm." Nalan Jinnian faintly responded, then took a sip from the teacup.
Hearing this confirmation, there was a storm in Steward Yuan's heart
That famille rose tea set is the work Master Cheng En is most proud of in his life, and it is also his masterpiece. It is made of exquisite workmanship with magnificent colors and beautiful designs. Because it is inlaid with a lot of precious rubies, it is also said to be priceless!
The master got it from Master Cheng En himself, but it took a lot of effort.
After Eighth Princess saw it, she wanted it as well, but the master would not give it to her. The master had planned to give it to the Empress Dowager as a birthday gift during the Thousand-Autumn Festival.
Who has such big face?
"Master, that is the Empress Dowager's birthday gift."
"This prince has his own plan." Nalan Jinnian did pause for a moment at this reminder, but he felt that the tea set was more suitable for that girl.
My mother is getting older, so she shouldn’t like such fancy things.
"Master, I don't know where these gifts are to be sent to?"
"Just get them ready to send out." Nalan Jinnian became a little impatient.
"Yes!" Steward Yuan didn't dare to say anything else, and went to prepare the gifts immediately.
The tea set is still in the warehouse of the palace, so you have to send a letter back so that someone can bring it over.
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Back at the Wen Family...
After Nalan Jinnian left, Wen Jiarui asked in detail why Nalan Jinnian appeared at their home.
Wen Nuan only said that she learned a little medicine in that long dream. She saved the eagle on the mountain that day, and she happened to meet up with Nalan Jinnian. He invited her to look at his hand. She recognized him as her lifesaver and agreed to repay him, but she didn't know if he could be cured.
Today, he asked Dahui to find her for treatment, and stopped by for a visit at their home to let them rest assured.
Madam Wang sighed after hearing this: "This seventeenth son is very polite. Sister Nuan is also doing the right thing. Seventeenth is not ordinary. There is nothing good in our family to repay him. If his hand can be cured, it can be considered a bit of kindness."
Wen Jiarui patted Wen Nuan’s head after hearing this, worried that she was under pressure: “Sister Nuan will treat him well, and do her best. It doesn’t matter if it is not cured, father will find a way to pay it back.”
"Sister Nuan, Eldest Brother will pay it back when he grows up, you can do your best, don’t force it."
"Yes, Second Brother will pay it back too. Sister, don’t feel pressure! Don’t treat it if you can’t cure it. It’s okay." If you offend someone, your sister will be miserable!
Her heart warm, Wen Nuan said: "I know, I have no pressure. It can be cured, don't worry, everyone! By the way, today the big bad wolf took me up the mountain. I dug up ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum, and also found a piece of jade."
"Dug up ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum? And also found jade? Sister Nuan, you can joke! Would you treat grass roots as ginseng, mushrooms as ganoderma, and stones as jade?" Wen Hou said in disbelief. I go up the mountain all the time. Why haven't I see ginseng after so many times? Don't talk about ginseng, I have never even seen Dangshen!
Wen Nuan walked to the place where the basket was placed, and took out the ginseng and ganoderma.
Wen Hou's eyes widened and he looked left and right. It is really ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum! He had seen it in the pharmacy of Second Uncle's house.
"How come I haven't seen ginseng after going up the mountain so many times?" Before, Wen Nuan was so sick and she needed ginseng as medicine. He and Dad even went deep into the mountain to look for it, but they didn't find any.
"This ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum were shown to me by the big bad wolf. Otherwise, I won't find it either."
Wen Chun cautiously picked up the ginseng and looked at it carefully: "The wolf raised by Seventeenth Elder Brother has become a fine one!"
"Tomorrow, I will take the ginseng to town and sell it, so we can buy land to build a house. There is also He Shou Wu, I dug up a lot of it. It was also Dahui who took me to find it."
Wen Hou said with bright eyes: "Sister Nuan, can you ask that wolf to take me up the mountain to find ginseng?"
He wants to dig up ginseng too!
"Naughty! Do you think that ginseng is radish, is it all over the mountain?" Wen Jiarui glared at him.
Going deep into the mountains, even if there is a cultivated wolf guarding you, this is dangerous.
Wen Hou sheepishly rubbed his nose and couldn't help but slander in his heart: Digging up radish on the mountain is probably harder than finding ginseng! It's all over the mountain! Why doesn't Dad go up the mountain to dig up all the radishes!
It's just that he didn't dare to say it.
Madam Wang: "Sister Nuan, this ginseng and ganoderma cannot be sold. We should keep it at home for life-saving."
Sister Nuan is not in good health, she might need ginseng someday.
The house and noodle shop were sold for half a century-old ginseng.
Madam Wu nodded: "Yes, it cannot be sold." Good vintage ginseng is sometimes not available for money.
Wen Nuan: “It’s okay if you don’t sell it. Selling the rough jade is enough to build a house.”
Wen Luo touched the stone: "Sister, is this really jade?"
It is said that gold is valuable and jade is priceless. How much silver is such a large piece of jade worth?
Wen Nuan pointed to a spot on the stone where there was a little green. It was just big enough to let people see the difference inside. Of course, there might only be that little bit in the rough stone. But Wen Nuan had studied jade, and knew that this was a big piece of fine quality jade.
Wen Luo suddenly covered the little green stone with his hands: "I will hold it to sleep tonight! No one is allowed to grab it!"
The whole family laughed.
Madam Wang looked at the blue sky outside the house. The sky in autumn was cloudless, blue like a gem, full of hope...
Finally, all the dark clouds in their house will recede.
The family did not gather snails anymore in the afternoon. Wen Jiarui continued to cut bamboo to build out the house. Everyone else helped, so they were able to build a shed and two more rooms.
The children are older and they all live together, which is too inconvenient.
And after a good night's sleep, Wen Nuan tried to use purple qi to nourish the jade stone. She just attempted it casually, but she hadn't really expected it to work.
When the purple qi faded and Wen Nuan saw that the green spot became greener and brighter, she couldn't help being excited even though she already had so much experience with the purple qi.
This purple qi is really too powerful and so easy to use.
Wen Nuan felt that she must have saved the galaxy in her past life, so God gave her such a golden finger.
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The next day, at three in the morning, the family got up. Everyone worked together to wash the snails, cut the tails off, fry the snail meat, and make breakfast. They were very busy.
Finally, five big wooden barrels were full of fried snails.
Wen Jiarui put the five large barrels of snails on the old cart.
This handcart was bought before, and it has been used for more than ten years.
Wen Nuan put a large bag of half-wilted lotus leaves that had been cleaned and three clean bowls on the cart, then climbed up and sat down.
Madam Wang grabbed a quilt and wrapped Wen Nuan into a mummy.
Wen Jiarui pushed the cart, Wen Chun followed, and the three of them went to town to sell snails.
Dangshen: Called “poor man's ginseng”, root of Codonopsis pilosula, used in both cooking and medicine
He Shou Wu: root of Polygonum multiflorum, multi-purposeful herb in Chinese medicine, said to nourish blood, strengthen muscles, promote vitality, treat various ailments, etc.
Qi: Vital life energy that animates the body, the force that flows through all things. It takes the form of purple mist in this story. Purple Qi specifically is an auspicious omen/supernatural force in Daoism and Chinese astrology.
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