After binding the loving mother system, I was so bad

Chapter 178 Repayment from the Spring

After a sudden rain, the fields are clean and clear.

"Da Lang, go to the fields and pick some fresh and tender vegetable hearts. Pick them up and put them carefully into the basket." Aunt Geng called out, asking her eldest son to go to the fields to pick vegetables.

"Erlang, go to the clay pot and find some good-looking salted duck eggs. I've heard from Su Dalang that the Marquis's wife likes to have a salted duck egg with her porridge. I dare say that no one in this area can pickle duck eggs as well as I do."

Aunt Geng looked at the basket in her hand and felt that it was a bit old, so she called her eldest daughter-in-law: "Old lady, go to Carpenter Nie's house at the end of the village and buy a few exquisite baskets."

"Okay, mother!" The eldest son's wife responded and left.

Aunt Geng then sat on a bench in the yard and poked the old man who was smoking a pipe with her hand: "Chinese cabbage, duck eggs, eggs from our own hens, and wild honey that my grandson dug. Think about it, what else can we offer?"

Today is the academy's rest day. Old man Geng has a rare day off. He lazily basks in the sun and feels the breeze. "You've sold all the valuables in Erlang's shop. What else can you show off at home?"

Hearing this, Aunt Geng felt uneasy: "Oh, it's all my fault for not having the foresight to know that Madam Hou had such a far-reaching plan! I'm scared just thinking about it. What if those thieves come and there are spies from the North in our village? What should we do? The village guards can protect against outsiders, but not against internal traitors!"

After saying this, Aunt Geng wiped away her tears and said, "What do you think they are after? They want to live a good life, but they work for the people of the North?"

Although that family came here to escape famine, they looked like people from the Zhou Dynasty.

When they first arrived, the family was skinny and bony. It was only in recent years that they rented the farmland of the Yongchang Marquisate, which was able to fill their stomachs and look like a normal person.

Who knew that they were blinded by greed and secretly gathered information for the North!

Old man Geng's eyes were deep, as if he saw through the evil of human nature: "It's nothing more than money."

Aunt Geng sniffed and returned to her impetuous and efficient state. "Fortunately, we have the wife of the Marquis of Yongchang in the Great Zhou! With a little trick, she made the plan of the northern border go down the drain! We must also be more vigilant in the future, there will definitely be fish that slip through the net!"

Old man Geng nodded.

"Oh, think about it quickly, what else can we give as a gift!" The topic returned to this point.

……

In Kyoto City, Chiang Kai-shek's Mansion.

Mrs. Jiang stopped Jiang Guanghai who was about to go to school.

"Wait a moment, come over here and help me see what your godmother likes."

Mrs. Jiang took Jiang Guanhai to her own storeroom. These were her dowry and the items she had been reluctant to sell for all these years.

"Is the silk better, or is this white jade Guanyin ornament better?"

Jiang Guanghai looked at the sky and it was still early, so there was still time: "Godmother doesn't believe in Buddhism, she believes in Taoism."

"Oh, we don't have any Ruliang Tianzun ornaments at home!" Mrs. Jiang was worried.

The gap between my family's status and that of the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion is too huge, so there's really nothing I can show off.

Jiang Guanghai couldn't bear to see his mother in trouble, so he asked, "Mother, do you have something to ask godmother? Why don't you tell me? Godmother is kind-hearted. Even if I don't bring any gifts, she will help me if she can."

Mrs. Jiang slapped Jiang Guanghai on the back and angrily said, "Your godmother is generous, yes, she is generous! We can't do such rude things! Besides, I don't have anything to ask your godmother to do."

Jiang Guanghai was stunned: "Then why do you want to give gifts?"

My family just bought a house, so where would we get the extra money?

Mrs. Jiang patted her chest in fear and said, "You don't know. Your aunt's son Dalang received money from the spies in the North and wanted him to be the insider! Fortunately, you didn't agree to recommend him to Baichuan Academy, otherwise our family would have to eat pot-fried!"

After saying this, Madam Jiang broke out in a cold sweat. "If your godmother hadn't removed these nails in time, our family would not have been well off in five or ten years, regardless of whether the North Border succeeds or not! Your aunt's family is not very capable, so why would the spy look for her eldest son? They were after your father's position!"

Only then did Jiang Guanghai understand that there was such a thing.

This is really scary!

Naturally, we are on high alert against strangers from outside, but my aunt's family is so closely related to our family by blood, even if they are a little bit dirty on a daily basis, it is impossible for us to think of them in that way!

"My godmother's dowry is generous, and she likes to eat and have exquisite toys on weekdays."

Mrs. Jiang's eyes lit up: "That's great! I'll make a dish of mandarin duck and five delicacies for Madam Hou. If she likes it, I'll make it for her every day!"

Yuanyang Five Treasures Sashimi is made from the fattiest and tenderest parts of five rare birds and beasts: pheasant, cow, sheep, deer and bear. The parts are cut into extremely thin slices, and each slice is arranged into the shape of a flower and served with pepper salt and honey. It tastes very delicious.

The ingredients for this dish are hard to come by, but the most challenging part is the chef’s knife skills.

Both the Jiangs loved this dish, but Mrs. Jiang thought the ingredients were too expensive and troublesome, so she only cooked it during major festivals.

"Then my son can also benefit from his godmother." Jiang Guanghai said with a smile.

"Greedy son!" Mrs. Jiang scolded with a smile while rolling up her sleeves and preparing to go out to buy the freshest ingredients.

Compared to Mrs. Jiang's dilemma, Mr. Chen's family was extremely lively.

Chen Yixuan was seen carrying a rose chair and sitting at the door of the warehouse. His personal servant fed him bite after bite of snacks.

"Take this coral ornament away from me! My mother is simple and there is no coral ornament in the main courtyard. Give it to her!"

"Huh? This inkstone is quite interesting. I'm sure my godmother will like it!"

"Oh, this set of Ru kiln bowls and plates is very exquisite. Sister Yunyan will definitely like it!"

Chen Yixuan was enjoying the pointing with his fingers, and Lord Chen was so distressed that he was crying.

"That's enough! That's enough! Whose son are you? You're almost emptying the warehouse!"

"Stop it now! These will all be saved as a betrothal gift for you. Do you still want to get married?"

Chen Yixuan glanced at his anxious old father who was sweating profusely, and said dissatisfiedly: "Dad, if it weren't for godmother's wisdom, you would have no idea whether you could sit firmly in this official position!"

Old Lady Chen chimed in. "Of course not! Look at how you became an official! You only have a dozen officials under you, and three of them are spies from the northern border! If it weren't for the wife of the Marquis of Yongchang, who captured them in time, you might have implicated our nine clans in the future!"

Lord Chen was speechless.

It's weird that spies from the Northern Territory could infiltrate such a quiet government office, and they are all under my command.

If General Li Aotian had not taken into consideration the relationship between his family and the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion and did not investigate further, he would definitely not have ended up well!

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