The Reborn Aristocrat’s Daughter
Chapter 186 Old Deng’s Home (1)_1

Chapter 186: Chapter 186 Old Deng’s Home (1)_1

Old Deng didn’t look for Situ Xin, but since he had found such an excuse to leave the house, Situ Xin simply flagged down a taxi at the entrance of the compound and told the driver to head to Zhongnanhai.

When the taxi driver heard Situ Xin mention Zhongnanhai, he just glanced at her in the rearview mirror and then stepped on the gas, hitting the road. This was a taxi hailed within the military compound; had it been outside, the driver would surely think she was either playing a joke or wasn’t right in the head if she said she wanted to go to Zhongnanhai.

Taxis couldn’t enter Zhongnanhai, so, at a place a little distance from Zhongnanhai, the taxi driver stopped the car. "Kid, I can only stop here."

"Oh." Situ Xin knew the rules and, after taking out her wallet from her bag, she handed the driver a big Mao-faced bill, opened the car door, and got out.

Situ Xin must have visited Old Deng at Zhongnanhai quite a few times, and with Old Deng’s instructions, the guards at Zhongnanhai all recognized her and knew she was Old Deng’s honorary granddaughter. Therefore, Situ Xin didn’t need to make any report or show any ID; she was allowed into Zhongnanhai without any obstacles.

Even though Situ Xin didn’t need any documents or notification to enter Zhongnanhai, the guards around Old Deng got the message that Situ Xin had arrived. So, when Situ Xin reached Old Deng’s house, both Old Deng and Old Lady Deng were already sitting on the sofa waiting for her.

"Yo, what kind of wind has blown our Xiao Xin lass over today?" Every time Situ Xin visited Old Deng’s home in the past, it was after she had been invited by Old Deng and Old Lady Deng over the phone. Her uninvited visit this time was a first.

"What’s the matter, Grandpa Deng? Don’t you welcome me?" Situ Xin said with a feigned hurt tone, but she still moved closer to Old Lady Deng. "If you don’t welcome me, then I’ll be off." Saying this, Situ Xin turned her head to look at Old Lady Deng: "Grandma Deng, since Grandpa Deng doesn’t welcome me, I’ll take my leave now. If you miss me, come visit me at my place, will you?"

Although Old Lady Deng knew that Situ Xin was pretending to be pitiful, she couldn’t help feeling heartache seeing Situ Xin’s pitiful look. She glared at Old Deng and then wrapped her arms around Situ Xin, saying, "He wouldn’t dare not to welcome you. Xiao Xin, let’s ignore this old man. Grandma will prepare some snacks you like in a bit."

Old Deng felt wronged when he caught the glare from his wife; after all, he hadn’t done anything and was just joking with the young girl.

"Yeah, yeah. Thank you, Grandma Deng." As she spoke, Situ Xin suddenly remembered the flower tea she had started to make recently in her space. "Grandma Deng, I have some flower tea here for you to try first. If you find it delicious, I’ll bring more next time." With that, she took out several small packets of flower tea from her bag.

The flower tea was an idea that came to Situ Xin when she saw a wine-making recipe on the Jade Token in her mind. Besides the usual wine recipes, the Jade Token also listed methods for making fruit wines, including Hundred Flowers Wine.

In her previous life, Situ Xin was a connoisseur of good wines. Although she liked drinking, she wasn’t a drunkard; rather, she enjoyed tasting wines from all over the world. Thus, she was excited when she saw the wine-making formulas on the Jade Token.

When she visited the basement storeroom previously, she had noticed some wine-making tools. Upon checking, she found the tools to be quite complete.

Since the wine-making tools were available and she had the recipes, Situ Xin wouldn’t miss such a great opportunity. Her space had an abundance of various fruits, which could be immediately used for making fruit wine.

As for the Hundred Flowers Wine, which required different types of flowers, she didn’t have the necessary ingredients in her space. She had to use the seeds of flowers she had collected earlier to replant her space after reorganizing the soil.

Since she couldn’t brew the Hundred Flowers Wine yet, she started with fruit wine. In her previous life, she drank grape wine the most, which is also the most common among fruit wines. Therefore, grape wine was the first she made.

After making the grape wine, Situ Xin successively brewed wines from all the fruits available and suitable for wine-making in her space—fortunately, there were plenty of fruits to experiment with.

Once the flowers Situ Xin planted blossomed, she began making Hundred Flowers Wine. In her eagerness to make wine, she planted too many flowers. Now, after making the wine, many different types of flowers had sprung up in her space.

Although the flowers grown in the space were beautiful and more fragrant than average flowers, Situ Xin felt it was a waste of land to have so many flowers; she needed to clear the land to plant vegetables. Since bringing vegetables from her space to the outside world, the Loo Family and Situ Family hardly ever bought vegetables from the market anymore.

It wasn’t just because the vegetables Situ Xin provided were sufficient, but also because once they had tasted the vegetables from her space, it was hard to swallow those bought from outside.

Even though Situ Xin felt the flowers were a waste of soil, the thought of uprooting and discarding them pained her. While she was troubled with this dilemma, an idea flashed through her mind, solving her problem instantly. She decided to pick the petals off these flowers and make flower tea after drying them.

Indeed, the small packets of flower tea Situ Xin took out from her bag were made from those surplus flowers.

"Flower tea, ah, I like that." If someone else had given it, Old Lady Deng would not have accepted it; even if it were something inexpensive, she surely wouldn’t have taken it. But since the donor was Situ Xin, Old Lady Deng had no qualms, and she boldly accepted the assorted flower teas Situ Xin offered.

Then, in front of Situ Xin, she opened the packets, bringing them to her nose to smell.

"Grandma Deng, I wasn’t sure which type of flower tea you liked, so I prepared a little bit of each for you," Situ Xin explained as Old Lady Deng inspected the flower tea she had brought. "After you’ve tried them, tell me which one is your favorite, and next time I’ll bring that one specifically for you."