green bamboo dream

In the evening, when Yuzhu went to pay her respects, she was stopped outside for the first time, and the little maid serving outside said apologetically, "Second Madam, you should go to the cubicle for a while, Sister Minghuan is inside, the old lady ordered this No one is allowed to disturb you for a while. ╠fěi3asuzw26nbsp;╣”

His expression was inexplicably complicated.

Yu Zhu asked suspiciously: "Who is Ming Huan?" Could it be the pregnant Tong Fang.

Just as the little maid was about to answer, the felt curtain in the inner room was lifted, and Mama Yang, who was wearing a ochre-colored fu-pattern jacket, came out, stepped forward to hold the rain bamboo, and said with a smile: "The old lady asked the second lady to come in."

Being supported by an old man who was more than three times her age, Yu Zhu felt a little uncomfortable, and struggled slightly. Mama Yang observed her words, immediately let go of her hand with a smile, and went to open the curtain herself.

In the middle of the room, there is a five-storey gilt lotus base carved auspicious animal heater, with plenty of charcoal fire, which exudes melting heat.It was cold outside, and it suddenly warmed up once entering the room. Yu Zhu was slightly uncomfortable with the alternation of cold and heat, so she took off her emerald brocade and feather satin cloak and handed it to Hua Ruo, before walking forward.

The Siqian hall always has a serious and orderly appearance, from the furniture to the decorations are all dull colors, the pot of darkly fragrant red plums in the corner was sent by someone, at least it adds a bit of color.

Mrs. Xie was wearing a homely dark-coloured long jacket with gold brocade and rhinestone pattern carved in silk, pine flowers inlaid with beads and wiped her forehead, and a crystal clear jasper hairpin in the middle of her bun. She was sitting on the kang with a solemn face. The cold expression melted a little, and he beckoned her to sit beside him.

Yu Zhu noticed the beautiful woman dressed as a maid sitting on the embroidered pier at the bottom, and when she saw herself coming in, she hurriedly stood up and saluted.He couldn't help looking at Mrs. Xie, his eyes full of doubts.

"This is the newly mentioned Aunt Huan." Xie Shi and Yu Zhu explained, and then said to the woman: "Since you have a body, you don't need to be so polite. Sit down."

Aunt Huan——Yuzhu understands that this is the Tongfang named Minghuan. Generally, women who are brought in from the outside with a clean family background are called Aunt Jia. Only the aunt who was born as a maid in the house uses a word from her name. ...

At this moment, Mama Yang came in with a bowl of steamed scallops and eggs, Xie said, "Eat some padding first, I still have a few words to say."

The freshly steamed eggs are tender and fragrant. After a spoonful of them, the smooth and tender eggs are wrapped with delicious scallops, diced cooked ham, and fresh winter bamboo shoots. They are extremely fresh and delicious. People can swallow their tongues.Yu Zhu squinted her eyes and ate spoonful after spoonful, feeling extremely happy.

Ming Huan glanced enviously, then lowered his head to listen to Mrs. Xie's instruction.

"...Now there is no mistress, so I will decide to lift you up as an aunt. The grandpa has few heirs, so you have to be careful. Don't be aggressive and aggressive, and you will hurt the child in your stomach...I will send it later. Two experienced mothers will follow you back, do you know what to do?"

Aunt Huan had been shocked by Xie's generosity just now, and now is the time when her blood boils, and she is holding back her energy to give birth to a healthy brother, so she promises again and again.

After beating the new aunt, Mrs. Xie breathed a sigh of relief. The first son of the big house is temporarily unable to give birth, and the concubine does not dislike it. That's luck.

He was thinking about how to choose a few good maids to serve, when he saw Yu Zhu holding a spoon in his mouth, he couldn't help sighing, he had to worry about one or two of them.

When Cheng Xungong came back and found out, a bit of joy appeared on his always stern face.The old man didn't react much, it's nothing more than a trivial matter for a maid to lift her aunt up.The servant girl led her to the clean room and changed out of the robes soaked in the cold air, and then ordered the meal to be served.

It's still extremely cold in the capital, and even though they used insulated food boxes, the dishes were still cold very quickly, so everyone speeded up their meals, and they finished eating in a short time.

The servant girl served boiling hot tea, and what Yu Zhu and Ji Shi alone gave was hot golden silk red date tea.

Mrs. Xie ordered the little maids to draw up the curtains, seeing that the sky was so dark that it seemed that it was going to snow, so she hurriedly sent them back, "The three men want to talk, so don't wait, the weather is not good, and you two are both If you are pregnant, you should go back earlier."

Ji Shi and Yu Zhu looked at each other, and stood up with a smile at the same time. Since Xie Shi's body has declined, and what happened to Cheng Shi, it seems that his temperament is not as cold as before, and he is gradually becoming an ordinary old lady. changing trend.

Not long after resigning from Mrs. Xie and going back, snowflakes fell, and the weather suddenly became very cold. Several maidservants went to battle together, and the mother-in-law, who directed the rough envoy, hung up heavy curtains to prevent the cold, and the fire wall and the stove were on fire. , Yuzhu saw that Hua Ruo brought in another box of good incense charcoal from outside, and frowned slightly.

Why is it so cold this winter?

After the beginning of winter, it has snowed several times, and the temperature has dropped every time. If this continues, people in Beijing may freeze to death.

Taking advantage of Cheng Xunxun's absence, Yao's mother raised the curtain and came in to tell Yu Zhu what happened after she left—this is also a rule, the mother in charge is fine with punishing and kicking out people or even killing them directly, but she must not hide anything from her.

It turns out that it's been too cold outside recently, except for women who do rough work like sweeping and cleaning, they can't rest, decent mothers and second- and third-class maids are all nestled in the room with a brazier, relying on the master's forgiveness, the mother also Not very restrained, they all started joking around, some were throwing dice and wiping cards, some were laughing and playing, and some pooled up some money to go to the kitchen to get some marinated chicken feet and melon seeds tea, and ate a lot of melon seed shells and chicken bone.Mother Yao saw it all, she just turned a blind eye and watched, waiting for the opportunity.

It wasn't until the evening that something happened that Yao's mother broke out.

"...drinking some wine and losing my mind, a few of them got into a fight over the handsome guy outside the second door." Yao's mother showed disdain in her eyes, and she even trained this kind of shameless maid. None of them are interested.

"Young servant?" Yu Zhu didn't think of this, and said depressedly, "How did they see it?" What's wrong, the servant is not allowed to enter the inner house, could it be that these maidservants are so bold as to sneak into the outer courtyard to have a look man.

Mother Yao sighed, Deyuan is treated like an iron bucket by his wife, and the master works in the study outside, so of course there is not, but how many places like Deyuan are there?She patiently explained to her master: "Sometimes it's okay, for example, some heavy work in the yard can be led in by the women. But it's not for this reason, the second master sometimes... a little careless." Mother Yao Said it very implicitly, "But it may also be that the servant girl is not easy to use."

"Deng De, beside the second master, and a pair of brothers named Shuangrui and Shuangshou have both come in, especially Deng De, who is most relied on by the second master. For a while, he went to the inner courtyard to deliver things for a few days in a row. Come on, the fight is also for him." Mother Yao knew that Yuzhu intended to betroth Hua Ruo to Deng De, so she couldn't bear with these maidservants especially.

Yu Zhu turned her head to look at Hua Ruo, seeing her calm face, she didn't force her, and said to Yao's mother, "I understand, mother, let's go and do it, don't worry about it." Seeing Yao's mother nodding, she asked again: " Looking at it for such a long time, the rules must be in place... Those who are not honest, gossip and evade, have all been separated? ”

Mother Yao straightened her back. She has been training maids for decades, and these are all basic skills, so she replied: "Madam, don't worry, if you want to move, the servants will not miss a single one."

Yuzhu nodded, at the beginning of the new year, there must be a new atmosphere.

Before Yao's mother went down, Ruan's mother came again, holding a black earthen pot on a small ebony tray in her hand, the body of the pot was placed in a thick insulation nest made of straw, followed by a silver chain holding a bowl and spoon.

"Madam is back." Ruan's mother put down the things in her hand first, put the dishes forward by the silver chain, and explained to Yu Zhu: "I'm waiting for this pot of soup, it's late." Then she pointed at the pot again Said: "I'm afraid it's too late, so I brought it from the stove. The hot water chestnut fresh oyster mushroom slice soup can nourish the spleen and stomach, eliminate heat evil, drive wind, dispel cold, relax muscles and activate collaterals. Drinking it in winter can clear the stomach and nourish the stomach. It's so cold right now, drink it while it's hot after the second master comes back later." Ruan's mother nagged.

With a warm heart, Yu Zhu gave her a sweet smile: "Oh, Mom, I can't help but drink it first, why is the vegetarian soup so delicious?"

It is a wonderful thing for Hua's thoughts to be recognized, and Mother Ruan's round face turned into a flower with a smile, jokingly said: "My wife gives a lot of rewards during the New Year, and I feel uneasy if I don't do more. "

After talking and joking for a while, guessing that Cheng Xunxun was coming back, the two of them planned to leave. Mother Ruan remembered something after walking a few steps, and turned around and asked, "Tomorrow is the fifteenth day. I wonder if the small kitchen should make some preparations?"

This reminded Yu Zhu, she suddenly remembered that she hadn't been to the small kitchen yet, she hesitated for a while, and planned to sneak to have a look when Cheng Xunxun didn't come back, anyway, it was at the back of the yard, very close to the main house.

Hua Ruo hurriedly took the emerald-patterned brocade and feather satin cloak he was wearing just now, and waited for Yu Zhu to put it on, and then carefully helped Yu Zhu to go to the small kitchen at the back. The back said it was a small kitchen, but it was actually a small yard , the lights are still on.

When I went in, I saw that the kitchen was very clean, the pots and stoves were well supported, and there was still a slight reflection of light on them, and there was no trace of dust in the corners. The clay pots for the seasonings are neatly arranged.There was only one stove that was still glowing red, and it was obviously the one that Ruan's mother had made soup just now... There were a few small bags piled up in the corner of the room, and a few women were squatting on the ground and busy.

Seeing Yuzhu enter the door, the women hastily put down the things in their hands and knelt on the ground.

Quickly let them get up, Yu Zhu raised his eyes to look around, and nodded in satisfaction.Just as he was about to go out, a little maid came looking for him. It turned out that Cheng Xunxun had already returned. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe and reward. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

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