Shangshi female official

"I'm not afraid of your jokes. I'm not married. I call myself a widow. When I chat with people, I say that my character is not good. I killed my husband. I settled down here and saved a lot of trouble."

Wang Yifu admired Nanny Chen's exquisite thoughtfulness, and she must have inquired about these things before letting the two of them settle down here.

"Master Chen Shangshi asked us to come to you, so I'll cut to the chase. She asked us to stay here with you. I don't know how long it will be. I wonder if it's convenient for you?"

"It's convenient, even the young lady's daughter is also my master. Tell me what you need, and I'll go to the street to buy it tomorrow."

Wang Yifu shook her head, and said: "We don't lack anything, but we just want to disturb your peaceful life, lest we cause trouble for you."

"When you come here, I still have someone to accompany you, so you won't be lonely anymore. Otherwise, I will just go to Baochan Temple, listen to the monks recite scriptures, and donate some incense to the young lady to recite the transcendence."

"Remember my mother, you have a heart. Since you are not a widow, I'd better call you aunt. If someone asks, it can also be used as an excuse."

"Hey, Miss, you can call me anything."

Aunt Zhu's farm house is very simple. The west side is a pigsty with a few pigs, next to the latrine, the northwest room is a kitchen, and the living room has a pot of fire in the center, a kettle hanging on it, and a few chairs around it. .

She lived in the house on the east side, and there was a spare room in the northeast corner and a spare room in the north side. Aunt Zhu was busy all afternoon, so she packed up those two rooms for them to live in.

Originally, Aunt Zhu let Wang Yifu live in the room to the east of her, but Wang Yifu refused repeatedly, saying that she was the master, and there was no reason for doves to occupy the magpie's nest, so Aunt Zhu gave up.

It's a pity that it was getting dark, thinking of Du Jingmo, Wang Yifu couldn't fall asleep again.

When he was still alive, the appearance of him pushing the door with the consultation box on his back that day would not have been so clear. After he left, the inadvertent glance at each other became more profound, and then he chased after him with a lantern. Her face appeared again, as did the face earnestly promising her to save Shen Ci.

Only at this moment can she realize that Du Jingmo has been with her for so long, and then suddenly disappeared. Death suddenly made people confused, and she sat like this until dawn. At dawn, she was sleepy and fell asleep.

Aunt Zhu wanted to wake her up in the morning, so she patted her lightly, but she couldn't open her eyes, and when she saw Wang Yifu awake again, it was dark again.

Wang Yifu helped Aunt Zhu make dinner, Aunt Zhu always stared at her, but dared not speak after watching her, Wang Yifu smiled and said, "If you have anything to say, Auntie, just say it."

"Did you not sleep well last night? Do you want to get a new bedding? Otherwise, you'd better sleep in my room. Maybe Feng Shui is good and you can sleep more peacefully."

"Auntie misunderstood, I just can't sleep at night, I sleep well during the day, it has nothing to do with the bedding and the house."

"That's not okay. Day and night are upside down, you can't get the sun, and you'll miss two meals."

"Auntie, I just feel tired now, as long as I can sleep, please allow me for a while."

Seeing her persistence, Aunt Zhu couldn't force it, so she said, "Okay, I'll cook more tonight."

"New Year's Eve is coming soon, let me help my aunt prepare something to eat. Every time during the festival, I cook a large table of dishes with my friends, and it's lively when everyone eats together."

"Okay. Brother Yue gave me a lot of money today, and I just happened to buy some more vegetables."

Every day when Wang Yifu woke up, it was already dark. Aunt Zhu bought a lot of things at home, and posted couplets and blessings on the door. When she was young, she asked someone to kill a pig. Every night, Wang Yifu There are tons of things to do.

She used an iron spoon to spread omelets and made a big pot of fresh meat and egg dumplings, fried a small basket of beef balls, made a lot of dumplings, and made a lot of pastries. After working all night, she was so tired that she lay down in the morning.There were a lot of finished things, so I asked Aunt Zhu to buy oiled paper and wrap them up as gifts.

Yue Hong also brought a few strings to give to his friends and Sister Biao, and asked Sister Biao to find a way to send them to Chen Shangshi in the palace as New Year's greetings.

On New Year's Eve, Aunt Zhu opened the gate, and fires ignited from time to time in the direction of the capital. Wang Yifu went to the door to look for the light. She vaguely remembered the real appearance of those fires. Many people gathered together to drink that night. The golden light shines on everyone's face.

On the square wooden table in the house, there is a charcoal-burning copper pot stewing chowder soup, which contains fried meatballs, quail eggs, egg dumplings, pork skin, fungus and green vegetables, as well as a bowl of sweet and sour pork ribs, braised elbows, cured pork Steamed three treasures, shredded chicken with scallion oil, stewed old duck soup and a steamed fish.

Seeing her busy all afternoon, Aunt Zhu was already amazed that Wang Yifu could cook all these dishes by herself, while she and Yue Hong only washed the vegetables and helped them.

This dish is very beautiful in appearance, just the elbow, surrounded by a circle of green vegetables, and the amber gravy sauce on it is thin and shiny, which is more delicate and beautiful than the elbow in Sifanglou in the capital.

Yue Hong lit firecrackers not far from the door, and the crackling sound made people tremble with fear. Aunt Zhu smiled and shouted: "Come and eat!"

The wine had already been filled, and the three of them came to the table to eat, somewhat depressed.

Yue Hong didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "I've eaten so many of your good craftsmanship in the past few years, but every time I see it, I still drool. The fragrance is so tempting."

"Brother Yue, stop boasting. In previous years, Shen Ci was in charge. If the food is not good this year, don't be disappointed."

"How could it not be delicious?" Aunt Zhu said happily, "I don't know how much better the good restaurants in the capital are, but I took advantage of the young lady's luck to have the opportunity to taste the delicacy in this palace. "

"Auntie, eat quickly, or the food will be cold."

Wang Yifu took the ribs for Aunt Zhu, and Aunt Zhu took the bowl with both hands, but did not eat with chopsticks. Wang Yifu had to take a bite first, and then each dish, before Aunt Wang could taste it with confidence.

It’s always like this when eating these days, she doesn’t move, Aunt Zhu doesn’t move, she persuaded several times that there is no need to do this, Aunt Zhu just smiled and said yes, it will be the same after serving the table, about when Aunt Zhu also returned to Chi’s house, that was A fond memory of hers.

Yue Hong drank a bit too much today, one sip of food was one sip of wine, and the two small altars drank to the bottom, Wang Yifu was wondering if he should persuade him, Yue Hong took advantage of the wine and asked: "Yifu, the fifteenth capital city There are lanterns inside, let's go and have a look."

Aunt Zhu's eyes flicked left and right, she thought about it a few times, and immediately smiled: "I heard that many people watch the lanterns every year, it's fun, if you don't like lanterns, it's good to go and see the excitement."

Wang Yifu smiled lightly, but did not answer.

"Eve, why don't you go out and have a look?"

Yue Hong was so drunk that he seemed to be a little dizzy, and asked cautiously, unlike his previous strong temper, Wang Yifu couldn't bear to refuse, and said: "Okay, I just happened to go to see Sister Biao too. "