Chapter 102 – Meeting Chu Lan and the others in the government city

On the tenth day of the ninth month, Yun took Wei Ruo and Wei Qingwan out to the capital city.

Traveling with them, in addition to the coachman and guards, were the three men’s attendants, Cui Ping, Cui He, Xiu Mei, and Sister Zhang.

Mrs. Zhifu’s invitation was on September 15, but because the road would take a day or two, and Yun was worried about any accidents, she set off four days earlier.

Xing Shan County was remote, and they set off in the morning, arriving at the capital city in the evening.

The streets of the Prefecture should have been chilled out in the evening, with stores proofing and pedestrians returning home.

However, when the Wei family’s carriage was halfway through the journey, they saw a crowd of people fighting in front of them, and the light of swords and shadows was very scary.

The driver wanted to turn around immediately, but the road was not spacious enough, so he couldn’t turn around for a while, and was forced to freeze on the side of the road, not knowing what to do.

Yun and Wei Qingwan in the car were nervous.

Wei Ruo was likewise a bit alarmed, who would be so bold as to fight and brawl on the important streets of the Prefecture?

Wei Ruo carefully lifted a slit in the curtain.

Through this gap, Wei Ruo saw a familiar figure among the fighting crowd – Lu Yuhong.

If Lu Yuhong was here, wouldn’t that mean Chu Lan was also involved?

As expected, as Wei Ruo’s line of sight swept across the block, he saw Chu Lan, who was being escorted by a few guards, in the corner next to him.

He didn’t make a move, these minions in front of him weren’t worthy of his personal action.

At the same time Wei Ruo saw Chu Lan, Wei Qingwan, who was sitting in the seat opposite her, also saw it.

Her face was a mixture of surprised panic at witnessing this chaotic scene, and a hint of unconcealed delight.

After about an incense stick of time, the commotion outside diminished.

After a little while longer, Lu Yuhong walked over in the direction of the Wei family’s carriage.

“I apologize for disturbing your driver, things have calmed down and you may continue on your way.”

In order to avoid suspicion, Mrs. Wei didn’t lift the curtain, but returned through the curtain, “No harm done, it’s good that it’s fine, I’m grateful to you, sir.”

Lady Wei had already recognized Chu Lan and Lu Yuhong, and knowing the identity of the two, she naturally didn’t dare to make any slights.

After the simple conversation, Lu Yuhong should have just let the Wei family’s carriage leave, but suddenly Lu Yuhong, not knowing whether he recognized the Wei family’s carriage or the Wei family’s subordinates who accompanied the carriage, asked, “Is the Wei family’s eldest young lady in the carriage?”

Yun and Wei Qingwan looked at Wei Ruo in unison, their eyes showing surprise.

Wei Ruo thought for a moment and replied, “What do you want, Your Excellency?”

Lu Yuhong said, “There’s nothing else, I just want to ask you, do you still have the sauce you gifted to Miss Xie?”

Sauce? Mushroom sauce?

Wei Ruo remembered that she had given Xie Ying two jars of shiitake mushroom sauce, and at that time, Xie Ying had said that she would share one jar with her brother.

Wei Ruo knew that recently Jue Xie was also in Taizhou Prefecture, and should have been in the same place as Chu Lan.

Listening to Lu Yuhong’s words, it should be that he had eaten the mushroom sauce at Jue Xie’s place.

Wei Ruo pondered for a moment before saying, “I’m sorry, Mr. Lu, I didn’t bring this with me when I was out and about.”

Wei Ruo privately does not want to give Lu Yuhong, although it is not something valuable, but she is not very fond of Chu Lan, and also along with it, Lu Yuhong does not have much good feelings.

But she couldn’t refuse outright, and she didn’t dare feel free to lie and say she was out of it, but she really didn’t have anything with her.

Wei Ruo had said so, and the average modest gentleman would have nodded off, not to chase after a jar of mushroom sauce just for the sake of it.

But Lu Yuhong was clearly not a traditional son of the world, and he said bluntly, “Then when I go to Xingshan County in a few days, could Miss Wei send me a jar?”

So direct and straightforward to ask for something, Wei Ruo is still the first time to encounter, the key she and this Lu Yuhong is not familiar with ah!

While thinking about how to answer, Chu Lan’s voice came from outside again.

“Brother Yu, you’re being too abrupt with your words.”

Lu Yuhong scratched his head in embarrassment, “I’m sorry, brother Chu, I just thought of asking for the mushroom sauce to eat, who told Jue Xie to be so stingy, said his sister gave it to me, only willing to give me a spoonful to let me mix a bowl of noodles, and then said nothing more than refused to give it to me, and there is no other place where the sauce is available, it was not easy to meet the main owner, and I’m so greedy that I’m forgetting the rules and etiquette! “

Lu Yuhong’s nerves are relatively large, and he tends to do things without so many rules and regulations.

After Chu Lan’s reminder, Lu Yuhong also realized that his action of asking for mushroom sauce in the middle of the street from an unacquainted lady of the house was very inappropriate.

Then he apologized, “I’m sorry Miss Wei, it’s because I’m confused, I won’t bother you.”

After saying that, Lu Yuhong made way.

Yun ordered the carriage driver to continue on his way, and when he passed by Chu Lan and Lu Yuhong, Wei Qingwan carefully lifted the bamboo curtain of the carriage window and glanced at the duo behind him.

Yun, on the other hand, asked Wei Ruo, “Ruo’er, what’s the deal with that sauce that was mentioned just now?”

Wei Ruo replied calmly, “It is the sauce I made with minced meat and mushrooms in my spare time, I gifted two jars to Xie Ying, probably Xie Ying gave it to her brother, and now Xie Ying’s brother is also in the Prefecture, so I guess he is friends with the gentleman who was just there, so they tasted it together.”

Wei Ruo had originally given it to Xie Ying, which was reasonable and sensible, so there was no need to worry about being held accountable by Yun.

“So it is.” Yun nodded, and then said, “It’s just some sauce, if the next time that gentleman asks you for it again, you can instruct your subordinates to give him some, and send it to him openly without having to hide it.”

Some food is harmless as long as it’s not private to the woman’s personal belongings.

Wei Ruo didn’t answer, while Wei Qingwan asked Wei Ruo with some curiosity, “Does sister still make sauce?”

Wei Ruo leaned against the wall of the car and replied in a lazy and casual tone, “Rural women make a lot of their own food with their own hands, and I learned some from them.”

“Sister can you teach me how to make it next time as well, I also want to learn.” Wei Qingwan expressed her desire to learn.

“Sister, what you should be learning is how to be a lady of the house and future mother of the house, skills like sauce making can take a back seat. But if you’re genuinely curious about this skill, you can go and discuss it with the cook at home, she surely knows about it as well.” Wei Ruo replied.

Bringing it up in front of Yun trying to make her unable to refuse and then teaching her to make mushroom sauce? What are you thinking?

“Mansion cooks are certainly not as capable as sister, the gentleman is from the capital and has eaten quite a lot of food, he is praising sister in this way, it must be that the sauce made by sister is superior.” Wei Qingwan said.

Wei Ruo not slow: “Sister forgive me, I recently have a lot of things and miscellaneous, do not have the time to teach sister these, in fact, the method of making sauce are similar, sister with who learn the same, my sauce into the eyes of the gentleman, perhaps the gentleman is used to eating fine food, the first taste of this countryside sauce feel novelty.”