Zhou Daqing drove the two to Raozhou City. He didn't think much about it. He was simple and honest, and he didn't ask too much. They were sent to Raozhou City.

The snow stopped this morning, and there was still a little snow on the road, so didn't dare to hurry.

Along the way, Mrs Wen and Mrs Gui didn't speak much.

Gui Shi has also been thinking about the clothes the little girl was wearing in the dream, what the little girl looked like, and the appearance of the woman called the little girl Shuniang, and the situation in the courtyard after the courtyard door was opened. It was just too vague. Can't recall.

Gui Shi was very uneasy in her heart, she didn't know whether she could find her relatives on this trip.

If the Zhu family is really her blood relative, how will she face it, can she still adapt after not seeing each other for fifty years?

If not, how would the mood change?

Not only Gui Shi was uneasy, but Wen Shi was also the same. She hoped that her mother could find her relatives, and she was worried that Zhu's family was not her mother's blood relatives. Her mother would definitely be disappointed and worried, and she was also worried that Gui's body could not bear it.

In this way, it took more than two hours to arrive at Raozhou City. When the hour passed, the city gate had already opened. The two said they wanted to go to the prefectural mansion. Zhou Daqing also sent them directly. The two thanked him, Zhou Daqing. This leaves.

Gui and Wen went to the backyard of the prefect's mansion, knocked on the door, and the doorman was an old woman who recognized Wen.

Wen Shi said: "I would like to ask my mother-in-law to help report a letter to the prefect, saying that people who made food for the old lady came to harass him again, and they want to find the prefect for some things. On the side, there are only a few words that the prefect said."

The old lady nodded and asked the two to wait first, and she went over to communicate with the prefect.

The prefect has pushed off official duties for the past few days and stayed by Mrs. Zhu's side. She was worried that the old lady might leave at any time. With him by the old lady's side, the old lady would have less regrets when she left.

After listening to the old lady's words, don't understand why.

Zhu Shi said, "Master, let's go and take a look, maybe their family is in a hurry to find the prefect, and thanks to the little cook yesterday, the mother had a full day of food, and she slept more comfortably last night. ."

The prefect Zhu nodded, "I was planning to go too. You guard your mother first, and I'll go back when I go."

Prefect Zhu followed the old lady to the door of the backyard, and asked, "Did that little cook came with me yesterday?"

He was thinking that if the little cook was also here, he wanted to ask her to help make a meal for the old lady.

The old woman said, "If you go back to your lord, the little lady didn't come. It was another woman and an old woman."

I wish the prefect more doubts.

He quickly arrived at the backyard and saw Mrs Wen and Mrs Gui standing at the door.

When he saw Gui, Prefect Zhu didn't even think about his eldest sister.

Seeing Prefect Zhu, Gui Shi was a little excited, her hands and feet trembled, neither of them were young, with gray hair and wrinkles on their faces, but she still felt that the person in front of her was a little close.

Prefect Zhu stepped forward and said, "Dare to ask the two of you to find me, but do you need my help for something?"

For the first time, he also thought that the two of them looking for him might be asking him for help for some personal matters.

If it wasn't for breaking the law, he would definitely help.

Wen Shi glanced at the old woman in the gatehouse, wishing the prefect clear-minded, waved the old woman to step down, and invited the two of them into the front room.

After entering, Mrs. Wen took a deep breath, and only heard from the fat cook yesterday that the prefect had a sister who was abducted when she was young. After she finished speaking, she looked at Mrs. Gui and said to the prefect, "Sir, this It's my aunt, she was kidnapped when she was a child, she was sold to the tooth shop, bought by the Cheng family in the capital to be a maid for Miss Cheng's family, and later married with Miss Cheng to the Wen family..."

She briefly explained the identity of the Gui family, said that she was a daughter of the Wen family, and also said that the Wen family's Pei family still had her own identity.

The prefect was a little shocked, he really did not expect the woman in front of him to be the former queen.

He knew that two years ago, the emperor changed in the capital. The new emperor took advantage of the eldest prince to exile the big prince, and even exiled the queen. At that time, he thought it was nonsense. How could the queen and the princes and princesses be exiled.

Unexpectedly, the woman in front of her was the queen, and she was helping with chores in the back kitchen yesterday.

When Mrs. Wen revealed her identity, she planned to set the stage for the next words. She wanted to tell the prefect that she was not looking for a reason to recognize her kinship with the prefect's mansion, nor was she greedy for vanity. She used to be an empress and would not be greedy for this. Petty profit.

In addition, also gave the prefect a breath in advance. If mother is really the eldest sister of the prefect, the prefect should make a plan first. This matter must not be disclosed to the outside world, and must be kept secret.

Seeing the prefect looking a little shocked, Wen continued, "The eldest sister who knew that the prefect was kidnapped has a small mole behind her right ear and a red birthmark on her lower back. My mother also happens to have both, and my mother is probably around the same age. Between fifty-four and fifty-five, I thought it was too coincidental, so I came to talk to the prefect."

When the prefect heard this, he was shocked and a little confused.

In fact, yesterday he felt that Mrs. Wen looked like a mother, but he just felt that Mrs. Wen was not the right age. Now he heard Mrs. Wen say that, if the old woman in front of him is really the eldest sister, it is normal for her daughter to look like her.

It's just that the old woman in front of her is really the eldest sister?

Based on these two points alone, he can't judge.

It was too coincidental, and he was disappointed too many times. He was even more afraid that the old woman in front of him was not the eldest sister, and his mother was also disappointed.

Gui Shi asked with a trembling voice, "Master, can you remember what the courtyard of the house looked like when I was young? I have a very vague impression of my childhood, but I remember that the door of the courtyard was a wooden door, shabby and old, with a few cracks in the upper left corner. There's another hole."

As soon as she said these words, Zhu Zhu's expression also changed.

Having lived in the home for more than ten years, he naturally remembered that the wooden door of the home was indeed cracked and there was a hole.

What Gui shi said next made Prefect Zhu cry directly. He heard Gui shi say, "Because it's too long ago, I can't remember anything else, and I can't remember my name, but last night, I dreamed that a woman behind the dilapidated wooden door called, a little girl about four or five years old outside the wooden door called Shu Niang, and called Shu Niang to go back to the house for dinner."

Prefect Zhu's head was buzzing and he wanted to say something, but found that he couldn't make a sound.

The wooden door at home, and the name of the eldest sister's boudoir, Zhu Taishou and his mother have never spoken to outsiders, they are worried that someone will pretend to come to recognize their relatives, and being able to name the eldest sister's boudoir will naturally explain everything, not to mention the present. The old woman even said the appearance of the wooden door at home, and there was nothing wrong.

Seeing the prefect like this, Mrs Wen and Mrs Gui already knew it.

Gui Shi also burst into tears.

Prefect Zhu choked for a long time before the elder sister finally shouted.

Gui Shi also covered her mouth and cried. It has been fifty years, but she does have a trace of happiness. Although fifty years have passed, her mother is still alive, and she and her mother can still meet each other, and they have no regrets.

If it wasn't for the opportunity that Yu Niang got, I'm afraid she and her relatives would have really missed it.

Wen Shi also wiped away tears.

Even if she knew that the old woman in front of her was probably the eldest sister, Prefect Zhu still had to know what the birthmark on her waist looked like.

The shapes of birthmarks are all different. In the past, the women who pretended to be the eldest sisters could be dismantled because of the different shapes of the birthmarks on their bodies. As long as the birthmarks on the old woman in front of him matched, he could take her there to meet him. Madam.

Prefect Zhu wiped his tears and told the two about the birthmark. Gui Shi also smiled and wiped away his tears, "It should be."

Prefect Zhu led the two back to the main courtyard.

He didn't dare to disturb the old lady, so he invited the two of them to go to the side room, and then went to the old lady's house and called Zhu Shi.

Pulled Zhu Shi to the side room and told Zhu Shi about this.

Zhu Shi was a little shocked, it was too coincidental, but the other information could be matched. In fact, without looking at the birthmark, she knew that the old woman in front of her should be the lost daughter of her mother-in-law. Got a wish.

When Prefect Zhu left, Mrs Gui took off her clothes, revealing the birthmark on her lower back.

Mrs. Zhu has never heard the master say what the birthmark on the back of the eldest sister looks like, she just needs to draw it when she sees it.

She drew the shape, size and shape of the birthmark on Gui's back waist, and showed it to Taishou Zhu.

The prefect Zhu looked at it, then wept again, and said in a trembling voice, "God has eyes, God has eyes, thank you, Lord." Let the old lady end the most regrettable thing in her life before she died.

Zhu Shi breathed a sigh of relief.

Waiting for Mrs. Gui to put on her clothes inside, the prefect Zhu knocked on the door and entered. The two met. This time the prefect Zhu couldn't bear it any longer, knelt down in front of Mrs. Gui and cried, "Eldest Sister".

Gui also cried so hard that she couldn't speak, and pulled her up.

Both Wen and Zhu felt uncomfortable.

After both of them had cried, Mrs. Zhu wiped her eyes and said with a smile: "It's a good thing, let's go to mother-in-law's side now."

After Zhu finished speaking, he hesitated and asked: "Master, elder sister and niece have unusual identities, can you tell the children?"

"No need." Prefect Zhu's voice was still a little hoarse, and he waved his hands and said, "You can't tell the public about this matter. When mother sees elder sister later, I will talk to mother, and mother will definitely understand."

If this matter spreads to the outside, and the two elder brothers in the capital know that he is from the empress' mother clan, he will not be able to stay in the prefect position.

He is not purely for himself, but also for the eldest sister's family. If he really wants to tell the two that the queen has an uncle who is the prefect, he is also the prefect of the southwest, and he also holds part of the military power. The queen mother will try every means to get rid of the fourth prince and elder sister's family.

So this matter must be kept a secret. Except for Mrs. Zhu, he doesn't intend to tell anyone, including his own children and grandchildren. He is afraid that they will say it out loud. He knows Mrs. Zhu's character, so he can rest assured with her.

Zhu Shi nodded, and she knew very well in her heart.

A few people went to the room of the old lady Zhu next door.

Mrs. Zhu was still in a coma, and Gui Shi cautiously came to the old lady. Seeing the old lady's thin face and body, tears couldn't help dripping down again.

Even though can't remember many things when was a child, the scene of the woman in the dream calling her "Sun Niang" and asking her to go back to eat is still vivid in memory.

"Mother." Gui called out in a low voice.

No, it should be Zhu Shi at this moment.

After Zhu's shouting, she thought that the old lady would not respond, but unexpectedly, the old lady moved her fingers and shouted in a daze, "But my lady is back?"

"Mother." Zhu Shi couldn't help crying.

The old lady woke up completely now, she could no longer see anything, but she could hear the voice clearly.

She murmured: "Could it be that I have already returned home by riding a crane?" She thought she was dead, so she heard Shuniang calling her.

Zhu stepped forward to hold the old lady's hand, and tears dripped down on the back of the old lady's hand, "Mother, I'm Shu-niang, I'm back, mother."

"Ms. Shu? Is Mrs. Shu back?" The old lady was so startled that she struggled to get up.

The prefect Zhu stepped forward to help the old lady up, let her lean on the big soft pillow, and then told her the ins and outs of the incident in detail, and also told the old lady what Zhu Shu had experienced in her life, and even the queen Wen's matter is not hidden.

"It's so, it's so, my mother's Shuniang has finally been found, I'm sorry, mother should apologize to you." Mrs. Zhu, the old lady, struggled to get out of bed. Will be lost, and how can I endure so much suffering.

Mrs. Zhu struggled to get off the bed, but was stopped by others, and panicked again.

Fortunately, after a while, the old lady finally calmed down, holding Zhu's hand and refusing to let go.

He just didn't say anything, just took Zhu's hand and called out to Shu Niang.

The eyes that had been blind for a long time were crying while shedding tears.

Zhu Shi also responded in a loud voice, not displeased at all.

Taishou Zhu looked at the eldest sister and the old lady, and turned his head to signal Zhu Shi and Wen Shi to go to the side room and give it to the mother and daughter.

After passing the side room, the three discussed what to do in the future.

The old lady didn't have a few days to live, and the prefect Zhu wanted to let the eldest sister stay in the prefect's mansion and stay with the old lady.

But the children and grandchildren in the family asked, and it was difficult to find a reason. Although the children and grandchildren were not guarding the old lady, they would come to say hello every day. When he asked, he couldn't say that the eldest sister was a servant invited to accompany the old lady.

For a while, Prefect Zhu didn't know how to deal with it.

Everyone didn't eat Chaoshi, so go to eat Chaoshi first.

The old lady also sent it over here, but the old lady was the same as a few days ago, she couldn't eat it, even if she found her daughter, she couldn't eat it.

Zhushi coaxed the old lady to eat a few mouthfuls, but the old lady didn't want to eat, and fell asleep again. This time, she held Zhushi's hand and refused to let go, so Zhushi could only stay with her first.

Wen Shi was worried about her mother and about Yuniang's side at home. Yu Niang's restaurant must be opening today, and the shopkeeper should have asked Meng Shi to help, but she was also thinking about it and wanted to go back to help Yuniang.

The old lady woke up and fell asleep, calling Shu Niang all the time. Every time she woke up, she told the prefect that she had a dream.

It wasn't until Mu Shi that the old lady became fully awake, knowing that she had really found her daughter, Mu Shi still didn't eat a few mouthfuls, even if she couldn't eat it, it wasn't because she didn't want to eat it on purpose.

Zhu felt that it would be impossible for the old lady not to eat like this. Even if the doctor said that the old lady was only a few days away, she still had to eat. She was thinking that if the old lady could eat, maybe her body would recover and she could live longer, and she would be able to show more filial piety in front of the old lady.

So Zhu thought, the old lady is willing to eat the food made by Yu Niang, but Yuniang can't come to Raozhou City to cook food for the old lady regardless of her livelihood. In addition, her identity with her daughter's family is not suitable for others to know that they are with her. The prefect's family is related by blood, so we have to hide it. It's not easy to hide it when she stays in Raozhou City. If the old lady goes back to Yuanbao Town with her, she can eat the food made by Yuniang.

It can be said to the outside world that the old lady can only eat the food made by Yuniang, so she sent it to Yuanbao Town to raise her body.

Maybe if she eats comfortably, the old lady can recover a bit.

Zhu Shi discussed with Zhu Taishou and Zhu Shi.

Zhu Taishou thinks this is okay, the old lady looks like this, and I am sure everything is based on the old lady's wishes.

In the evening, the prefect Zhu asked the old lady, and the old lady was also happy, and said that he should leave now.

Qi Chengzi is definitely not good now, Zhu Taishou went to invite the doctor, and asked the old lady if she could go to other places to take care of her body in a carriage, saying that the old lady can eat the food of a little cook in Yuanbao Town right now , so want to send it over to be raised.

The old doctor said: "It's just going to Yuanbao Town. It's fine. You can run slowly on the way. The carriage is covered with a thick mattress, so it's good to send it there. If the old lady can eat a few more bites, she might be able to live longer. of."

The old doctor said it was ok, Zhu Taishou asked Mrs. Zhu to help pack the luggage, and he will send the old lady there tomorrow, and then stay there for a few days.

Naturally, have to talk about this matter with the children and grandchildren of the family. The prefect Zhu also told the children and grandchildren that the old lady only eats the food made by Miss Xu, so she sent it to Yuanbao Town to take care of her body.

But the children and grandchildren feel that it would be good if a little cook is invited to the prefect's mansion.

The prefect Zhu told his children and grandchildren with a stern face that it was good to come to the restaurant opened by him yesterday, how could he use his status as the prefect's mansion to force him to come to the prefect's mansion, teach his children and grandchildren a lesson, and the children and grandchildren also obediently admit their mistakes.

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Yuanbao Town.

It was already dark when Xu Qinyu returned home from work in the restaurant, and it got dark quickly in winter, and it was Brother Cheng who sent her back.

When she got home, Xu Qinyu washed up first. Ning Jie knew that she would be back around this time, so she helped prepare the hot water. She thanked Ning, and Xu Qinyu went back to the room to wash. smell.

At the beginning of winter, she made a copper pot to boil mutton.

A lot of copper pots were specially ordered, with charcoal fire burning inside and pots around the outside, to cook some clear soup, and use the clear soup to rinse all kinds of mutton and eat.

First rinse the mutton tail oil, so that the pot has an oily smell, and then start to boil all kinds of mutton. The standard sesame sauce seasoning is used for the mutton pot. The sesame sauce is also boiled by herself. Water, and some other seasonings, pour in sesame oil, and finally add chopped coriander and chopped green onion, a bowl of fragrant and refreshing sesame sauce seasoning is just fine.

The seasoning of sesame sauce means that there is only one word of fragrance, which is fragrant in the mouth and fragrant in the stomach, and that fragrance can be smelled all the way.

The mutton tail oil has a strong muttony smell. The mutton tail oil after rinsing is dipped in sesame sauce. Although it is a bit oily, the muttony smell is much less, and it is oily and satisfying. It is also very fragrant.

After rinsing the sheep tail oil, you can blanch all kinds of mutton with black hairy belly. The meat of the mutton is delicate and tender. It can be scalded in the pot for a few seconds, and then dipped in sesame sauce. It is really delicious and delicious. can not stop at all.

Black hairy belly is wool belly. It is also scalded for a few seconds. It tastes refreshing and crispy, and then it is covered with sesame sauce. After eating, the mouth will be covered with sesame sauce. The sesame sauce is as fragrant as the hairy belly. When paired with tenderness, the aftertaste is endless.

There is also hand-cut mutton leg, which is blanched for a few seconds, and eaten in the mouth. The thick mutton leg is wrapped in sesame sauce, and the gravy is rich.

Hand-cut lamb brains, fat and thin.

Vegetables include cabbage, radish, bean sprouts, winter bamboo shoots, tofu, and lotus root.

When the mutton pot first came out, Waitang and Brother Cheng in the restaurant ate it for several days in a row, saying that it made people confused.

Even the diners in the restaurant almost ate for several days in a row.

After the winter, this mutton hot pot is the most popular. Almost every table must order it. Few people order other foods. Only some diners eat for several days in a row before switching to other stir-fried vegetables and stews. The next day, started to eat boiled lamb again.

In fact, Xu Qinyu wanted to make hot pot.

But for hot pot, you must use butter to make the bottom of the pot.

Usually, the hot pot is made of butter and spicy pot with different flavors of pot bottoms, such as tomato pot bottom, big bone soup pot, pork belly and chicken pot bottom, mushroom pot bottom and so on.

But there are no tomatoes here, and the mushrooms are not easy to serve to the diners. If it is a separate big bone soup pot, the taste of eating hot pot will be much less.

When she can buy beef and butter in the future, she can cook some butter and spicy pot bottom for her family to eat.

After washing and falling asleep, both Wen and Gui hadn't returned yet. Xu Qinyu knew in her heart that Gui must be the blood relative of Zhu's family. Arrange, see how it is planned over there.

In the afternoon of the second day, Mrs. Zhu and her party arrived at Yuanbao Town.

I ran really slowly on the road. After running for three and a half hours, the prefect Zhu came with Mrs. Zhu. The two came and put the old lady at Pei's house first. The old lady refused to give up the small house, she said she wanted to live in Osmanthus Alley, and then she bought a yard in Osmanthus Alley that was about the same size as Pei’s house, and found someone to tidy up the house, and the cost of food and clothing was low. All ready quickly.

Originally, Wen wanted the old lady to live in the house, but there were still a lot of Yuniang's jars in the house, and she was afraid that the old lady would be crowded.

And living outside can also dispel other people's suspicions, otherwise the old lady is in Yuanbao Town to support her health, so why did she live in Pei's house?

So after discussing, still bought a yard nearby, which is not separated by yards, and it can be reached in a few dozen steps, and Zhu Shi also lived directly there.

In less than two hours, the old lady moved to the new yard.

The evening food was the mutton pot that Wen's used to serve at the restaurant.

Wen's went to the restaurant, Xu Qinyu is not busy at the moment, because the mutton pot is easy to prepare, and Xu Qinyu doesn't need to worry about the ingredients, it's brother Cheng, Xu Feng and others who are preparing to wash and cut vegetables for serving For dishes, she only needs to cook clear soup and mix sesame sauce. The weather is colder than in early winter these days, and there are more diners eating hot pot. Almost all the restaurants come to eat hot pot hotpot.

Seeing Wen Shi, Xu Qinyu was relieved, and the two went to the utility room to talk for a while, and when they learned that their grandmother was indeed the lost daughter of Mrs. Zhu, Xu Qinyu was also happy for the two of them, but couldn't help it. In the bottom of heart, scolded the traffickers fiercely. No matter what era, human traffickers are worse than animals.

In the evening, Taishou Zhu and Mrs. Zhu also eat and live here, and they will stay with the old lady for a few days.

Xu Qinyu asked Brother Jiugong and Xu Feng to take a trip to Osmanthus Alley with a pot of ingredients.

So wish the prefect and the old lady the first night when they visited Yuanbao Town, they ate hot pot of mutton.

This evening meal was eaten in the old lady's yard in the past, and Sister Ning and Sister Feng and Sister Xian went there.

Sister Ning didn't hide this matter from her. When she saw the old lady, she obediently called out to her great-grandmother. Although the old lady couldn't see her, she still touched her hand and said a few words to her.