frightfiction Chapter 48 Amber Walnut
Chapter 48 Amber Walnut
Tongshan and his wife nodded hurriedly, and Anqiao also nodded happily. This was the best thing that everyone was willing to do, otherwise not doing the work with all their heart would be a very worrying thing.
The Tongshan family is really useful. Tongshan can drive a carriage and cook. Aunt Tong is also a good cook. Now most of the lunch and dinner in the store are made by her.
Tong Yiyi is young, but she is very good at math. In addition to managing the small shop, she is also very good at the extracurricular classes that Anqiao has signed up for. Tong Yao is still small, just a little, but she is cute and adorable.
In comparison, Qi Tao and Koi are more like younger brothers and sisters.
Qi Tao does odd jobs every day, such as seeing off and welcoming guests, ordering dishes and making soup. He has become more and more efficient in his work over the past few months. In addition, he has worked in other restaurants before, so he got the hang of those jobs quickly.
Koi is still young, and An Qiao doesn't plan to let him work hard. Most of the time, he is brought along to help with chores. But apart from anything else, this little brain is really smart, and can learn and do anything. He is very cute and smart.
An Qiao thought that after this busy period, she would let him go to school in autumn or after the New Year. As for making things bigger and stronger, An Qiao always knew that one person cannot survive alone and still needs the strength of everyone.
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"Sir Shaoqing, there is a saying in Jinhuan Tower and the shopkeeper's hometown that giving birth to twins is a bad omen, so when twins appear there, one will be killed or thrown away. Even the most reluctant family may not keep the twins...but we cannot rule out the possibility that someone is secretly hiding twins." Xinhai wanted to say something several times, feeling that the ideas of this place were feudal, but also that the news was always intriguing.
"What do you mean?" Gu Qingyun encouraged him to speak boldly.
"What I mean is, the portrait that Wu Huan painted last night does not seem to be groundless. Some people say that Young Master Luochuan often goes there, but there is no evidence. The eldest girl also said before that she liked her employer. Although she did not describe his appearance, it seems that this person is still alive. Otherwise, why would she be afraid of a dead person being caught?" Xinhai said again.
"So this Young Master Luochuan is either He Yu who didn't die seven years ago, or He Yu's twin brother or elder brother. Is that what you mean?" Gu Qingyun looked at Xin Hai with penetrating eyes.
Xinhai just felt a chill down his spine. No matter which possibility it was, it was extremely terrifying when he thought about it carefully.
"I bought a painting with He Yu from a painter eight years ago. The He Yu in the painting is indeed very similar to the Young Master Luochuan today, except for a slight age difference." Gu Qingyun said as he took out a painting.
The painting was framed very well. It was painted by a painter hired by a well-known shopkeeper eight years ago in order to add some cultural atmosphere. This painter happened to be very interesting. The paper he used every year was different, which he specially asked Dongba people to customize. The floral scents he added each year were also different.
Eight years ago, this artist liked wild chrysanthemums, and this painting really has the scent of wild chrysanthemums, and there are even some wild chrysanthemum residues on the paper. This is exactly the painting from eight years ago, no doubt about it.
"With this, Young Master Luochuan won't be able to escape." Xinhai was a little excited. He didn't expect to have such a big gain.
"Not yet. This painting can only prove the two things I just mentioned, but it cannot prove any connection with Huguang Mansion. At most, it can only prove that he has been there and spent money there. But this does not constitute a serious crime. He just went to the brothel and it just damaged his reputation. We cannot prove it yet, or we have not found out who the owner of this Huguang Mansion is, so there is no way to arrest him." Gu Qingyun said calmly, seemingly without any emotional waves.
"Oh, by the way, I also checked the clues provided by Miss An yesterday, and they are indeed a bit ridiculous. Those people are not very crazy, and they have long periods of sobriety every day, but they are just peripheral servants and are not qualified to enter the main house. They don't even know there is a basement. But they could hear the miserable screams, and they were scared. They pretended to be crazy and stupid to displease their master. A small leader might be afraid that they would go out and talk nonsense, so he brought a bowl of food that was not sure whether it was for humans or animals, and let them go after they ate. After they left, they sent people to beat them every day until the truth was revealed and no one cared about them, so they just went back foolishly." Xinhai felt a little regretful, but he also felt that it was good that these people were cowardly, because at least they saved their lives.
Gu Qingyun thought for a moment and said, "Ask again tomorrow. I guess I'll be able to think of something different tomorrow. Ask more until everything is clear."
Xin Hai nodded and said nothing more. Gu Qingyun frowned, he still felt that he had missed something, it was always like this, he couldn't put his finger on it, maybe he should eat some walnuts.
An Qiao probably thought about the recent situation in Dali Temple, and felt that she was extremely greedy recently, so after dinner she started making amber walnuts in the backyard.
In the morning, Shuanzi and I went to the market to buy walnut kernels. The fresh walnuts exude a faint fragrance. You can smell the fragrance when you eat them dry. When you put them in your mouth, you feel like you are wrapped in a whole forest. The fragrance is indescribable.
In the afternoon, I took some of it and boiled it in a big pot. After drying it in the sun for an afternoon, it was already half dry.
Put sugar and water into the pot and boil them into syrup. When the syrup starts to bubble, add walnuts. Do not add firewood at this time, leaving only the firewood in the pot hole to continue burning. Keep stirring until the syrup is evenly coated on the walnuts, and sprinkle the sesame seeds that have been roasted on a low fire in the afternoon on the walnuts.
Pour all onto a wooden board and let cool. Once they are completely set and cool, you can cut them.
An Qiao cut the walnuts into candy-sized pieces, and amber-like walnuts were ready. An Qiao packed most of them in a takeaway box and told Tong Yiyi to take Koi to deliver them before it got dark.
I also made a pot of fruit tea and sat on the recliner, leisurely nourishing my brain.
It's a rare peaceful time, a rare feeling of not being busy. All the tiredness of the past few days is swept away at once. I am lost in the night breeze, feeling 100% comfortable.
On the other side, Dali Temple received the amber walnuts sent by An Qiao and almost shed tears. He knew that Miss An was a good woman and had Dali Temple in her heart.
While eating walnuts, Gu Qingyun suddenly felt that his brain didn't hurt as much, as if he had come back to his senses. He couldn't help but feel relieved. The money he gave to Miss An on weekdays was not given in vain.
"Miss An has sent walnuts to nourish our brains. As you can imagine, even Miss An has laughed at us for being slow in handling the case. We should hurry up and still work overtime tonight." Gu Qingyun thought to himself, you guys should not rest now since you have already eaten the walnuts sent by An Qiao.
While Zhao Huaiqing was licking his hand that had taken the amber walnut, he thought, "Oh, this life is really not a life for a human being. It would be better if I could just eat and drink every day."