Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 69 Congenital Insufficiency
Before one entered the Wenjingyuan, one could hear chattering voices coming from inside. When one turned into the courtyard, one saw a pile of bamboo sticks and many white papers with patterns on the porch of the side room, and several maids were gathering together. Together, discuss what style of lanterns to tie.

Lu Xingwan was wearing a silver-red coat trimmed with fur, and stood aside holding a hand stove, watching the girls at work with great interest.

"Girl, Miss Wen is here." Nanny Chen led Wen Shu in and greeted her.

Everyone looked over.

Lu Xingwan slightly nodded towards Wen Shu, and said with a light smile, "Yinhong and the others are making lanterns, do you want to join me, little lady?"

Wen Shu originally didn't like these handicrafts, but thinking about the next half month, she agreed with a smile.

Seeing this, Mother Chen said: "The little lady, give me all the burdens on your body, and I will put them in the Westinghouse for you."

Wen Shu nodded, took off the blue cloth bundles on her shoulders, and watched Nanny Chen put them into the side hall of the west room.

She brought a total of two bags today. One bag contained personal items such as daily change of clothes, medicine bottles and daggers, and the other bag contained an iron box, a vanity box made of danmu, and some washing stones.

In order to prevent people from seeing the angular box inside, she purposely wrapped the box with a padded jacket, so that it is impossible to see what is inside from the outside, and you can only think that she is carrying both bags. clothes.

Nanny Chen went to put away the burden. Wen Shu blessed Lu Xingwan at night, and knelt down to tie the lanterns with Yinhong and the others.

Her father, Wentai, can be regarded as half a carpenter, and she has been familiar with these handicrafts all year round. When Yinhong and the others discussed whether to make rabbit lanterns or tiger lanterns, she helped Wanzhumi fix the lanterns.

She has great strength and dexterity in her hands, those bamboo sticks are as soft as silk threads in her hands, and they can be bent into shape easily, which attracted Yinhong and the others to praise them repeatedly.

Lu Xingwan also looked at it strangely, and said with a smile: "Miss Wen has two skillful hands, so I don't know how she cooks?"

Wen Shu smiled slightly, and said modestly: "Barely able to enter."

Although she said this with a sense of humility, she actually felt that the cooking skills of the cooks in the Hou Mansion must be extraordinary, so it's better not to show her humble skills.

Lu Xingwan just asked casually, and smiled when he heard this, and didn't say anything more.

After Tong Yinhong and the others tied up three rabbit lanterns and two lotus lanterns, the time flickered to noon, and the scent wafted from the kitchen in the courtyard.

Lu Xingwan was supported by the eldest maids Yinhong and Luliu into the flower hall, Wen Shu followed behind, sniffing secretly, guessing what delicious food was going on in the kitchen.

Tadpole Soup, Silk Rice, Jiao Formula.
One dish after another flashed across her mind, not because her nose was so good, but because these dishes were a must-eat during the Lantern Festival, and she was already familiar with the aroma.

Sure enough, within a short while, Yin Xin and Lu Xin, the two little maids who were the first to tie up the lanterns, came in together with a woman in her early thirties carrying a tray.

Wen Shu took a closer look and saw that there were eight dishes in total. Although the portions were not large, it was too extravagant for Miss Lu to eat alone!

She clicked her tongue secretly in her heart, and she heard the woman who came in pointing to a soup and said: "According to the girl's order, this soup is made of spring onions and garlic. Girl, try it, can you still eat it?"

Lu Xingwan nodded slightly, picked up the spoon at the side, took a sip, pursed his lips and said with a smile, "That's right, I'm here to help the cook."

"Don't dare." The cook blessed Fushen: "It's my duty, as long as the girl likes it." After finishing speaking, she went down with an empty tray.

Standing behind Lu Xingwan, Wen Shu looked at the eight delicious dishes on the table, almost drooling, and seeing a pair of bowls and chopsticks on the opposite side of her, she couldn't help guessing secretly, could someone still come over later? dine together.

a?
Master Hou? Madam Hou?Or Master Lu?

Just as he was guessing wildly, he heard Lu Xingwan say: "Nurse, you and Yinhong and the others should also go to have dinner, as long as Miss Wen is here to accompany you."

what? What?
Wen Shu pulled back his thoughts, but froze in place.

It was as if a monster was roaring in his heart, why did Yinhong and the others leave her behind after they all went down to eat? She is also very hungry, okay?

"Yes." Nanny Chen and the others agreed and withdrew.

Wen Shu looked at the backs of them leaving, and felt so much reluctance in her heart that she almost stretched out a hand and shouted: Don't, take me with you!
Just as he was resentful in his heart, he saw Lu Xingwan turned his head and said with a light smile, "Little lady is hungry, sit down quickly."

what?
Wen Shu stared at her blankly, not understanding the meaning of her words, was it the meaning she understood?Miss Lu wants to invite her to dinner?

She tentatively said: "No, no, I can eat with Yinhong and the others."

Seeing this, Lu Xingwan smiled and said: "Miss Wen, don't be restrained. My brother told me everything about you. Since the lady is not a real member of the Hou family, there are some rules that I don't have to follow. Although I don't know why my brother must Please accompany me to Cangzhou, my lady, but since I am invited by my elder brother, I should be treated with courtesy, please sit down quickly, my lady."

Wen Shu was still a little hesitant, so she heard her say again: "Miss is the first time to enter the mansion today, I specially asked the cook to cook a few more dishes for you, if the mistress doesn't eat, how can I eat it alone?" , my brother always said not to waste it, but the little lady wants to make me scolded."

Now that it's all said and done, Wen Shu will not refuse. She was already hungry for these dishes, so she thanked her immediately and sat down opposite Lu Xingwan.

Lu Xingwan was weak and his appetite was not good, so he ate half a bowl of rice, and then dropped his chopsticks. Wen Shu, who was restraining his eating, was stunned, embarrassed to eat alone, so he tried his best to invite her to eat together.

But Lu Xingwan shook his head resolutely, only said that he had no appetite, and then told her to eat freely without restraint.

Wen Shu looked at the table full of dishes, thinking that you don't even have an appetite for such delicious dishes. This is too much. In the spirit of not wasting, she cleaned up six of the last eight dishes on the table.

The remaining two were still afraid of scaring Lu Xingwan, and secondly, they didn't want to make people think that she was like a refugee, so they deliberately spoke mercilessly.

But even so, it also refreshed Lu Xingwan's understanding of her. She opened her mouth slightly and looked at Wen Shu in surprise, as if she never knew that a woman could eat so much.

Wen Shu was a little embarrassed. She had great strength since she was a child, so her appetite was bigger than ordinary people. In addition, the food in the Hou Mansion was too delicious.
Thinking of the two dishes she deliberately slurred, she sighed softly. If she had known that this would cause surprise, she would not have slacked off and pretended to be a lady.

"Scared the big girl." She said awkwardly, scratched her head and said, "I have a big appetite since I was a child, and I made the girl laugh."

"No." Lu Xingwan came back to his senses and said enviously, "It's a blessing to be able to eat, but I hope I have the same appetite as a little lady."

Only with a good appetite can one have a good body. She thought about it and was alive and kicking like other women, riding horses through the streets, enjoying spring tours and enjoying flowers.

Seeing her envious expression, Wen Shu asked casually, "I see that the eldest girl's complexion is not very good, and she didn't eat much just now, but what's wrong?"

Lu Xingwan smiled wryly and said: "The weak disease brought out by the mother's womb, I have taken more medicine than food for more than ten years, and I have long been used to it."

Keeping her words in mind, Wen Shu thought, maybe one day she could come across something that could cure her illness in the iron box, and it would definitely sell for a good price.

(End of this chapter)