Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

Chapter 40 - 40 39 Tang Garden

?Chapter 40: Chapter 39 Tang Garden Chapter 40: Chapter 39 Tang Garden Chen Afu went to Mingshui Town early in the morning to buy food ingredients, accompanied by Dabao. Mingshui Town is six miles east of Xiangluo Village, passing through Shangshui Village, and even passed by that noble’s manor.

Mrs. Wang said that the manor is called Tang Garden, and it seems that the owner’s surname is Chu. He was originally from the Capital City, then moved to the capital city, and half of the households in Shangshui Village rent paddy fields from his family. Mrs. Wang heard this from Mrs. Changgen; Wu Changgen and his son are carpenters, and the manager of Tang Garden occasionally goes to Wu’s house to buy tables, chairs, buckets, and basins.

The small road to the town is more than three hundred meters away from Tang Garden, with a bamboo forest and grassland in between. From a distance, one can see the large garden with pink walls and gray tiles, flying eaves and pointed corners, nestled among green trees and bamboo.

That big courtyard stands there, conspicuously out of place. The vermilion gate is tightly closed, seemingly locking away wealth and also blocking the toils and hardships outside.

The mansion was too far removed from her own life, and Chen Afu glanced at it a few times before moving on.

Mingshui Town is not large, with only two streets. Chen Afu first went to a dry and sundries shop, claiming she wanted to buy some luwei seasoning. The shopkeeper pointed to star anise, cinnamon, and three other spices, saying, “These few, plus some Sichuan peppercorns, sugar, and soy sauce to stew together, oh my, the aroma when cooked is fragrant.”

Indeed, there were few seasonings for luwei. Chen Afu remembered many seasonings in ancient times were just medicinal materials.

She bought those few seasonings, as well as some Sichuan peppercorns, brown sugar, and a small jar of soy sauce. The seasonings at home were really too few.

She also bought two small packets of maltose, one for Dabao, and the other to take back for Alu.

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