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Old Lai's mouth was already dry from talking about this. He took a sip of tea and continued, "If there's someone here, it'll be easy to investigate. The old servant asked a few other stewards that he was familiar with and got to know them. They didn't expect to find one of their own after checking for so long. Who did you say was the steward with the surname An? It's actually Aunt Xiang who got her money, secretly aiding her clan brother in buying a house on the southern outskirts of the capital, and opening a fragrant powder shop on Lian-fan Street. That surnamed An is her family's steward, she usually goes in and out taking her master's appearance, very impressive and dignified! "

"Once we find him, the rest will be simple. The old servant's wife came back with a gunny sack. His family name was An, and he admitted to everything after burning two pancakes. In the middle of the night, he called a few thugs over to the hiding place of the Fu family's daughter and tied up those two lowly hooves. Fortunately, he had gone early, and from what the hoodlums had said, when he had crept in through the wall, that bastard named Xu was cleaning up the place and running away. The man surnamed Xu knew that he was in trouble the moment he saw the man. He had actually accepted the man's fate, admitting to everything with a single question. The two boxes were opened for each other, but there wasn't much difference. The old servant only dared to send them home after asking each of them to draw something for themselves. "It took me a few days to go through all of this again and again. I had to wait for you, grandma. I was really scared."

Xu Mingwei smiled as she gave way, and said, "I can't even thank you enough to repay you, so how can I be afraid? Forget about this matter, Aunt has been tired these few days. Let's take a rest for two days, then come back to the house and listen to your orders. "

The Old Lai family member couldn't tell whether Xu Mingwei was truly understanding her, or if he was just pretending to be bored of her. She didn't know what to do in her heart, so she accepted the reward from Wan Rou without showing any happiness on her face.

"I still have some matters to attend to, so I won't bother you any longer. Wan Rou, send Aunt out." Xu Mingwei instructed in a bland voice.

The Old Lai family could only follow Wan Rou out of the house.

After a while, Wan Rou returned with Wan Rong, Bi Tao and Qing Yang, but laughed, "Grandmother is really narrow-minded, she is obviously very satisfied with Lai family's aunty, but she did not speak the truth, and immediately sent people to rest at home for two days, scaring the Old Lai family to the point that they have no confidence at all."

Xu Mingwei looked at her, and said: "Since you have accepted this title, then you should return all the things that the Lai Family's aunt gave you to me. It can also be considered as shaming."

Wan Rou's face froze, she took out two taels of silver from her sleeve and pouted, "I just received a silver ingot, I'm not even warm from it yet, you really have good foresight."

The crowd burst into laughter.

Xu Mingwei smiled and squinted his eyes, then pushed the silver ingot back and said, "Alright, you keep it. "Today I'm going to take the silver from a stingy person like you. If I change it to tomorrow, I will become a pickpocket again."

Wan Rong and the others were laughing so hard that their stomachs hurt. After wiping away her tears with much difficulty, Wan Rong stopped laughing and said, "Grandmother knows how to make fun of people. In front, you said you wanted to make powder, but Nanny Xu had already dragged the water vats all the way to the courtyard.

Although Qing Yang was a newcomer, she was still young and looked cute, so the other girls took good care of her. When she heard that she was going to make powder, she felt weird. Why did she have to spend so much effort just because she didn't want to use the powder? Very curious again, she quietly asked Peaches, "Is it like this at home every year? You even have to make your own powder? "

Peaches also lowered her voice and replied, "Pink has to be fresh to be useful. Therefore, the Four Seasons are all made by the ladies with us. Compared to the love outside which is mixed with rice flour and lead powder, the love outside only uses the best rice grains. "You won't be able to explain it for a while. You'll know when you see it later."

Qing Yang became more and more curious.

Everyone went to the backyard, where Nanny Xu was waiting by the vat. When she saw Xu Mingwei, he immediately smiled, and said respectfully, "Grandmother, everything is ready, we are waiting for you to open it."

Xu Mingwei saw the two large vats in the sky well with a glance, and nodded: "Since that's the case, open it."

Wan Rong mischievously pushed Qing Yang up, and laughed: "Didn't you say you were curious about how this powder was made, and just opened it for you this year?"

Wan Rou and the others started laughing uncontrollably when they heard this, but unfortunately for Qing Yang, who could not understand what was going on. When she heard Wan Rong's words, he only felt a sour stench rushing towards him, almost causing him to vomit on the spot. She even remembered that she was right in front of her master, and forcefully held it in.

"And it turns out that Grandma is so narrow-minded, so it turns out that Sister Wan Rong is the real deal." Wan Rou clapped her hands happily, and at least she had a bit of conscience. She went up with Wan Rong and brought Qing Yang back, and joked, "Smell this, don't you need more powder in the future?"

Qing Yang had not recovered her strength yet, her tears were almost coming out, as she said grievingly, "Big Sis, you should wake up first, but wait for this servant to make a joke, this slave will not care about you."

Xu Mingwei's mouth had a smile on it, and said, "Alright, stop messing around, after you change the clean water, it won't be like this. Wan Rong, go up to the training room and take a look. See if she's free. If you have the time and if you have the heart to come and see, then please speak kindly. "

Wan Rong nodded and left.

Looking back, Nanny Xu had already assigned a few women with strength to change the water in the vat back and forth more than ten times. They had finally washed away the sour smell. Qing Yang, on the other hand, did not remember the pain she had just suffered. She surrounded the servants from front to back, watching them enjoy the show.

Xu Mingwei saw her fresh look, and recalled the first time she saw Lady Helan bringing along Little girl! Little girl as a powder. Now that she had seen so many of them, she could not help but feel that it was strange.

Nanny Xu pinched a bit of rice powder and ground his fingers together. The rice powder at the tip of his fingers turned into a smooth and fine powder and said to Xu Mingwei: "Grandmother look, it seems like it will work."

Xu Mingwei also felt that the fermentation this time was not bad, and nodded: "Then I'll grind it three more times."

After receiving their orders, the women did not dare to be lazy. They each scooped up a ball of wet powder and ground it into a porcelain bowl. It was all physical work, and after only one stomp, sweat began to appear on the backs of the wives' foreheads. Wan Rong and the others at the side wiped their sweat, in case sweat fell into the porcelain pot and became powder.

Bi Tao was afraid that Qing Yang would not understand, so he explained, "All of these millets are crushed, but it's not enough. Not to mention the fact that we have suppressed three of them, we will still need to use the bag to filter the rice juice later, and stir it around 300 times in the basin. Only those that sink down can be used."

Qing Yang was speechless, and exclaimed: "What the hell, why do I have to spend so much effort!"

While they were talking, a few of them had already grinded three times and used water to wash the rice milk. Wan Rong and the others took their hands over. With the gauze bag sifted through, half a pot of rice minced, also worth a shallow porcelain bowl of rice milk.

Qing Yang was puzzled, "You don't want the rest? "And Taffy."

"Big Sister Wan Rong and the others have something they want to do personally, something specifically for Grandmother to use. The leftover rice dregs continue to grind a few more, the rice milk powder that came out is for us. Don't underestimate this powder. It's much better than official fans. It's not easy to get. You can only send one box a season, and it will be gone once you use it. "

"Such a good powder, now that I have seen it, if I can make it I'll get a box."

A voice suddenly came from behind him. Xu Mingwei turned her head to look, to see that the person who had come was Lian Qiubai. He was wearing a light yellow, wide sleeved dress, and a smile was reflected on his face.

Xu Mingwei stepped forward to welcome him, and said gently: "I had originally planned to share a box with you, but looking at your snow-white skin, I can't use it, I saved on the powder boxes."

Lian Qiubai pretended to hit her as he smiled, "You slick tongue, are you talking to my elder cousin like that too? Or did you just pick me, who's easy to bully? "

Xu Mingwei pleaded for mercy and said, "Good person, stop this and I'll give you two boxes, what do you say?"

Only then did Lian Qiubai cover his smile with the handkerchief and stop with her. After a while, the inspector looked at the movements of Wan Rong and Wan Rou's hands and asked curiously, "How long are the two of them planning to meddle like this?"

Xu Mingwei explained, "Over three hundred times, the two of them are already used to it. There's no need to count, just by looking at the color of the rice milk."

Jing Xuan said in surprise, "More than three hundred times! How can you bear that arm? "

"It's not possible to change people in the middle, it's a waste if you change them. "Servant has tried it once and wasted the best rice milk. I can barely use the powder that came out."

Lian Qiubai looked at it strangely and got closer to it.

Wan Rong saw the childlike innocence of her face and laughed: "If you want to play, then I'll let your wife filter out a small basin for you?"

Lian Qiubai quickly waved his hands and refused, "It's so troublesome, don't let me ruin it." You guys can do whatever you want, I'll just take a look around. "

Xu Mingwei stood at the side, her heart was also filled with worry. Seeing her so happy, she did not know for a moment whether he should reveal the truth of Fu Ninghui's marriage to her.

Lian Qiubai was talking to her, but there was no response. He turned around and asked, "What are you thinking about? Why are you so lost in thought?"

Xu Mingwei smirked, "It's just that for a moment, I remembered the story in the book, that's all."

"What kind of story is it? Tell me, and I'll just listen to it. It's been boring for the past few days." Lian Qiu Bai laughed.