Zhumen Chunshen

Chapter 360
Grandma Lu knew something bad was going to happen when she saw Lu Ying's expression, she didn't have time to wink to stop Lu Ying, Mrs. Shen had already noticed it, her eyes dimmed, and she said with a faint smile: "Grandma Lu is a distinguished guest, you can go there yourself What? Besides, maybe things are going to be chaotic over there right now, and our family will be rude if we don’t entertain you properly at that time! Grandma can just sit here and stay here for lunch!"

Grandma Lu was almost furious, secretly angry that Lu Ying was meddling, and Mrs. Shen had a clear attitude, but she couldn't say anything more, so she agreed with a smile.

When Yao Cunhui arrived at Lu Shi's side, although Lu Shi was screaming loudly, she knew the pulse as soon as she got the pulse.Yao Cunhui looked lightly at Lu Shi, and Lu Shi happened to look at her with half-closed eyes, their eyes met, and there was a faint smile in their eyes, and then they moved away calmly.

Yao Cunhui comforted Lu Shi with a decent word of kindness, and then ordered Mama Mei and Liu Er to wait for the doctor, and then stayed at the side to wait for the doctor.

The doctor came and took the pulse, prescribed two doses of calming medicine, told me to rest well and not to be tired, and then left.Yao Cunhui watched Mama Mei wait to boil the medicine, watched Lu Shi take it, until she fell asleep peacefully, guessing that Grandma Lu's family had left, and then went to Mrs. Shen to answer.

When Mrs. Shen heard that Mrs. Lu was fine, she was relieved and ordered Yao Cunhui to go back.

Since receiving the two errands, Yao Cunhui has to meet and entertain guests, care about Mrs. Xiao's health, and take care of Xi Hetang's affairs, and has to ask about errands from time to time.The affairs of the garden flowers and trees are still easy to handle, but the family banquet for the Lantern Festival is imminent.

This time, the kitchen staff behaved well, and without waiting for her order, they took the initiative to bring her the old cases from the past three years, including the New Year banquet, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival banquet and other big family banquet menus. .

Yao Cunhui praised Lian Mama, the kitchen steward who personally delivered it, rewarded her with silver, and asked with a smile: "It's hard for Lian Mama to have a heart, did Second Aunt ask Mama to send it?"

Lian's mother thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "Returning to the princess, the second lady told me that the old slave must cooperate with the princess and listen to the princess's ideas. The old slave dare not neglect! Thinking that this thing may be useful, I will Send it to the princess!"

Yao Cunhui nodded with a smile, and ordered her to go first, and then look for her when he needed it later.

Lian's mother secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly bowed back.

Yao Cunhui's face turned cold, Yao Cunhui didn't want this thing, so she sent it in advance, if she said it wasn't from Mrs. Xue's order, she wouldn't believe it.For an old man like Lian's mother, as long as she does her part well, she will remain steadfast, and there is no need to take the initiative to curry favor with Yao Cunhui without saying a word.

A mature and respectable slave, most of his pursuits are to follow the master's orders and do errands, and he will never do much without the master's orders.Unless the master's personality is different from the norm, he is a slave who likes to take the initiative and guess his own mind.

Lian's mother sent the case sheet, and when Yao Cunhui asked her, she obviously hesitated for a moment, and she answered the next few words even more impeccably, and it was obvious that she was defending Xue's family.

Yao Cunhui couldn't help frowning, feeling a little more preoccupied.

After looking through the list of previous years, Yao Cunhui called Lian's mother and other three or two who were in charge of the kitchen, and after thinking about it, he also called Fu Huan's family who was in charge of purchasing, and together they drew up a list of dishes for the family banquet.He also asked Mother Lian, etc., among these ingredients, is there anything that the master in the house should not eat?

Lian's mother and the two mothers-in-law looked at it carefully together, and replied "no" with a smile.

Yao Cunhui actually wanted them to explain in detail the food taboos of everyone in the mansion and ordered someone to copy it down. Then she thought that as a princess, she would lose her status by doing so; Well, I was only in charge of handling a family banquet, so it seemed a bit impatient, and it was out of style, so I gave up my mind.

Anyway, since even my mother said no, of course she didn't.If she dared to say this in front of her face, and turned around to find other excuses, Yao Cunhui treated her like a princess, even if she was an old servant with several generations of dignity, she would not be able to bear it.

"Then put it here first, I'll take a look, and I'll leave it to you tomorrow! Get ready in the next few days! Make a list of what's missing and hand it over to Fu Huan's family to be in charge of purchasing!"

Lian's mother, Fu Huan's family and others hurriedly agreed to leave. , knowing that she probably wanted to take the list to Mrs. Xiao for advice.

After reading it, Mrs. Xiao pointed out that two of them were changed, and explained the reason to Yao Cunhui in detail, and if there was no other problem, she taught her to return it, and asked her to return it to the kitchen for preparation.

Mrs. Xiao also taught Yao Cunhui a lot of experience in managing the kitchen in detail, from daily purchases, purchases of expensive and fine goods, warehouses, settlements, utensils, ingredients and auxiliary materials, daily management, and some rules and conventions that everyone has agreed in private, etc. , I told her everything, and asked questions from the side to guide her from time to time.Seeing her listening and memorizing, showing a suddenly enlightened expression from time to time, Mrs. Xiao also showed relief.

Mrs. Xiao is willing to teach, so Yao Cunhui is naturally willing to listen.For generations of meritorious families like the Shen family, there are many established rules and regulations, which are unknown to those who have not experienced it.Mrs. Xiao had told her all about it, which would save her a lot of detours in the future.

"Your second aunt is getting more and more outrageous, and the Lu family is so aggressive, what your mother taught you, you have to remember carefully, in just one or two months, the power of giving must be handed over to you! From now on, if you don’t understand anything, just ask Mama Li, she has been with me all her life, and she knows everything!" Mrs. Xiao said to Yao Cunhui with a smile, and then sighed softly: "In the future, I will have to work hard on you! "

"This old slave is as loyal to the princess as he is to his wife. If the princess asks, this old slave will know everything and never dare to hide anything!" Mama Li said with a smile.

Yao Cunhui smiled at her and nodded. For some reason, after hearing Mrs. Xiao's words, she felt a little sour in her heart. Seeing that she was a little sluggish, she must have talked too much, so she hurriedly brought tea to her, and said with a smile : "Daughter-in-law is stupid, I can't remember it after listening too much! Mother, you love my daughter-in-law, so let's talk about it today. You should have a good rest. My daughter-in-law and the prince will come to see you at night!"

Mrs. Xiao took the tea from Yao Cunhui with a smile, "Mother knows that you are very busy these days. I have Mama Li, Jin Ying, and Jin Mei here to take care of you! Go ahead and get busy! Tonight I want to go to bed early , you don’t have to come here, get some rest earlier!” Madam Xiao glanced at Yao Cunhui as she spoke, and jokingly said, “Mother is still waiting to hold her grandson!”

Li's mother, Jin Ying and others all laughed when they heard this, Yao Cunhui's face became hot, she smiled sarcastically, and lowered her head in embarrassment.

After breakfast the next day, another female guest came to the mansion, so Yao Cunhui hurriedly changed clothes and went to greet Xue Shi together.These were just ordinary friends, and after sitting for two or three cups of tea, they left with a smile without any food.

Yao Cunhui and Mrs. Xue saw it off once, seeing that the time was not up or down, they went to sit with Mrs. Shen together, and had a talk with the old man before going back separately.

Yao Cunhui had just returned to Xihe Hall to change her clothes when Rong Ma came in and said with a smile: "Princess, the lady of the Han family who is planting flowers outside the back garden said that she has something important to report to the concubine. I wonder when the concubine will be free?"

"Miss Han?" Yao Cunhui raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard the words, and said unhurriedly, "Don't Xiaoxing and the others keep in touch with her almost every day? Just let her tell you if there is anything!"

Now the Chinese New Year is busy, the winter is not over, the garden is still lonely and desolate, the deciduous trees have not sprouted, so what is the important thing in the garden?

Rong's mother felt the same when she heard the words, she nodded and smiled and said: "What the princess said is that the old slave will tell Xiao Xing to go when I turn around!" You have to beat and beat, don't think that the princess is very idle every day, even a little trivial matter Trouble the princess as something urgent.

In just a few days, the concubine got busy late at night, and the lord's complexion became a little bad. Yesterday, he gave them a lesson behind his back, and told them to take care of the concubine's worries and don't tire her!

"Wait!" Yao Cunhui suddenly stopped Rong's mother again, and said after a moment of pondering, "Is Xiao Xing here now? You call her here!"

Yao Cunhui has met Mrs. Han several times, she is not the kind of frivolous and impetuous person, if there is really something important, she would never dare to say such a thing.Since she said it, she must have her reasons.Although she thought about it, she couldn't think of what would happen.

Rong's mother agreed, and called the little girls to find Xiao Xing when she went out. After a while, Xiao Xing opened the curtain and came in with a smile and bowed her knees to say hello, "Princess, are you calling your servant?"

"Ms. Han said you have something important to tell me in person?" Yao Cunhui nodded and hummed.

"Yes," Xiao Xing nodded hurriedly, "She also said it's urgent, and it's best to see the princess today and tomorrow! The servant asked her what she was and she refused to say, and told the servant not to talk to others! Slave, look at her The expression on her face seemed to be very anxious and anxious, the servant did not dare to neglect, so she immediately talked to Rong Ma!"

Yao Cunhui thought for a while, then raised her head and said to Xiao Xing: "Since that's the case, you can quietly bring her over after lunch! Then go and talk to her!"

Xiao Xing quickly agreed to go.After the meal, as expected, Mrs. Han was brought.

Lady Han rarely had the opportunity to enter the residential area of ​​the inner house. When she stepped into the Xihe Hall, she couldn't help but feel nervous. behind.

Entering the house where Yao Cunhui used to live, Mrs. Han felt dazzled by the splendor, and her steps became a little weak.

Xiao Xing directly led her into the Nuan Pavilion, where Yao Cunhui was sitting on the edge of the Kang with his arm.

Xiao Xing reported to Yao Cunhui, and when she saw Yao Cunhui nodding and waving at her, she knelt down and stood guard outside.After entering the warm pavilion, Mama Rong stood by and waited on her.

(End of this chapter)