Chapter 116: Sweet Potato
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Ning Yue went to the kitchen and was about to ask Madam He sothing when she saw Madam He looking distracted. She did not even feel that her hand was bleeding.
Ning Yue did not dare to talk to Madam He directly, afraid that she would be shocked and cut herself deeper.
At the thought of this, Ning Yue simply went forward and took the knife from Madam He’s hand.
“Mother, what’s wrong?” Ning Yue asked.
Madam He sighed and wanted to say sothing, but she didn’t know where to start. She could only shake her head. “Nothing.”
“How can it be nothing? Mother, when Cousin ca just now, you asked him directly if he liked braised eggplants. This is the first ti you’ve seen him. How would you know what he likes to eat?” Ning Yue asked with a frown.
“Sigh.” Madam He sighed heavily. “I don’t know what to tell you either.”
“I don’t know my background. I don’t have any mories of what happened when I was young. As long as I can rember, I was sold to a rich family to be a maidservant before I married your father.”
“I didn’t think I’d rember anything from the past, but after just seeing your cousin, I rembered the image of a child about your cousin’s age eating braised eggplant at ho.”
Hearing Madam He’s words, Ning Yue suddenly rembered that the original owner had once asked Madam He if she had grandparents. Every ti, Madam He said that her grandparents were far away.
“Mother, do you rember anything else?” Ning Yue asked.
Hearing Ning Yue’s question, Madam He tried her best to recall. “I only rember that I was bought as a maidservant in Xinzhou in the past. I followed soone called Auntie Hong. I don’t rember anything else.”
“Mother, I’ll try my best to help you find the truth. If you can rember anything else these days, tell as much as possible.”
She was already in her teens now. According to her calculations, it had been more than 20 years since Madam He had been sold as a maidservant. Just based on Xinzhou, Auntie Hong, and a wealthy family, she might not be able to find anything.
Moreover, there had been a recent drought, and everyone who could escape had fled. Xinzhou was also a place they had passed when escaping. It was hard to say if Auntie Hong was in Xinzhou.
“Okay, let’s cook first. Your cousin likes braised eggplants, so we’ll make more tonight.” With that, Madam He went to wash the eggplants.
Liu Xuan ate especially well tonight.
Ever since his father passed away, he had not eaten so peacefully.
His father had always hoped that he could study and beco the top scholar, but he was not a scholarly type. In recent years, it had not been easy for the emperor to set up a martial arts examination and award the title of a top scholar. Only then did he plan to enter the capital.
He did not expect to et his cousin here and eat such delicious food. The more he ate, the more he wanted to cry. It took him a lot of effort to hold back his tears.
After dinner, Ning Yue looked for Jiang Ying.
“I want you to help investigate sothing,” Ning Yue said.
“What is it?” Jiang Ying asked her.
“It’s about my mother.” Ning Yue told Jiang Ying everything she had talked to Madam He about in the kitchen.
“That’s why I want you to help investigate my mother’s background.”
Jiang Ying nodded. “No problem, but it’s been 20 years since this incident. We might not be able to find out. You have to be ntally prepared,” Jiang Ying said.
“I know. It’s precisely because a long ti has passed that I asked you for help,” Ning Yue said apologetically.
If it had only been a year or two, she might have been able to ask anyone. There was no need to trouble Jiang Ying.
“Don’t worry, I’ll definitely send soone to investigate. However, Xinzhou doesn’t belong to my father’s fief, so the investigation will take so ti,” Jiang Ying said.
“It’s fine. It’s already very good that you agreed to help investigate,” Ning Yue said with a smile.
“By the way, how are the seeds I gave you?”
It had been a few months since she had given Jiang Ying the seeds. It was hard to say about the barley, but the sweet potatoes should have sprouted.
“Yes, the barley only grew sprouts. I don’t know what the future will be like, but the sweet potatoes grow very quickly,” Jiang Ying said with a smile.
“Actually, the seedlings of sweet potatoes are edible, but if you want to harvest sweet potatoes, eat less of them,” Ning Yue said.
“How can sweet potato seedlings be eaten?” Jiang Ying asked.
Soone from the Prince Jin’s Residence had reported to him that the sweet potatoes had started growing. They were very long and green, so much so that the entire ground was almost covered.
If the sweet potato seedlings were edible, then the sweet potato was really a gem!
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