delicious little cook

Chapter 117 Appointed by the Second Wife
"I have a new job for you." Gu Yun lifted the corner of his robe and sat down at the main seat in the hall.

"Third Young Master, please tell me." Bai Kou followed to the table and picked up the teapot on the table and poured Third Young Master a cup of herbal tea.

"The second lady wants to borrow it from you."

"how to use?"

"It's not considered a formal filial piety until the death date. It's a folk thing for 27 months."

"Uh, could it be that the second lady has some kind of female family banquet that she has to attend? I heard that she was married from another place and has close blood relatives in the capital?"

"Look at you, I'll just say a word, you pick up so many!"

"It's the servant girl who is talking too much, please forgive me, Third Young Master." Bai Kou hurriedly lowered her head and acted obediently.

"However, how do you know they are relatives? Guess?"

"For friends, if it's a friendly relationship with mutual consideration, wouldn't you know that the other party's filial piety is inconvenient and deliberately give an invitation that is hard to refuse? For relatives, it is possible, such as something that only female relatives can participate in..."

Bai Kou's voice became softer and softer, and Gu Yun watched with a sudden enlightenment expression on her face.

"Important events attended by the relatives' relatives, girls' wedding ceremony! It's only a few days before the death day. Is the second lady planning to take the two young ladies out together?"

"The second lady's natal family is hundreds of miles away from the capital, but it is a family of poets and books that has existed since the previous dynasty. After the establishment of the new dynasty, her family's uncles and brothers have been officials in the capital for several generations. The middle and rich families are married, and now she has a direct elder brother who is in the Hanlin Academy, and Jiji's daughter is his youngest child. As a direct aunt, she should have dressed up to attend, but the order of the emperor did not follow, and everyone had to live on tight skin. "Gu Yun explained the antecedent, and answered Bai Kou's question tactfully.

Bai Kou heard it very clearly.

"Oh, if the second lady and the young ladies don't go, what's the point of being a maidservant?"

"The gifts for celebration have been prepared long ago, but the third lady wants to back up the refreshments for the time being. I know that you are good at cooking and have a lot of tricks. I will lend you some of them. If you do well, you will be rewarded."

"For the ladies or for the wives? Do you want everyone to share? Or just for the master?"

"You think too much, first make a small amount and show them."

"Okay, maidservant, think about it."

"Move quickly, the ceremony on the ninth day of May, the gift will be delivered in the morning."

"In such a hurry?" Bai Kou took a deep breath, not daring to slander the efficiency of the second wife and ladies, and bowed to the third young master and said goodbye, "Maid, go back to the room and think about it."

"It's so late today, even if you think about it, you don't have time to let you try it out. Why don't you tell me what the three of you were talking about earlier?"

"Third Young Master, are you not going to read tonight?"

"It's okay to take a break, don't you want to make up a story?"

"No, the background check was done quite well, the young man named Zhao Qi's family seemed to be honest and responsible, so they were talking about whether to invite him out to meet, drink tea, and chat. "

"The maids who wait in the back house are kept in small households as young ladies, and they are all so delicate. Taking them out is such a hassle."

"Third young master, seeing each other is a very important step, and it cannot be avoided."

"Why do I feel that every time you act like you are convincing others, you are already calculating."

"No! The maidservant's sincere heart can be learned from the sun and the moon! The maidservant sincerely hopes that the sisters will live a happy life!"

"Then tell me, how do you take them out to meet men?"

"When the young master takes the girl out, the most common thing is to play."

"Such a hot day?"

"There is a very common and simple way to burn incense. There are temples in many squares. Find a day and choose a temple in our Tianshuifang that is in the middle of the two places. Devotees and believers will burn incense together. Who can spot a pair of them?" Are men and women here to see each other?"

"You didn't bluff me? Is this a common practice?"

"It's common for maidservants to swear at Yachifang. If matchmakers match up people in other places, they do this. Parents and children meet secretly in pilgrims. After burning incense, they come out to rest. It's time to talk to each other. So when pilgrims get together In the resting place, if you see adults and children sitting together, they are either real relatives, or they were arranged by a matchmaker to meet each other."

"What's Meilun's opinion? Which one do you like?"

"From the survey, it looks good. If it weren't for the young man's unlucky drive, he would have been the father of the baby at his age, and it would be Sister Meilun's turn to pick it up, so her decision was to look at each other. .”

"That is to say, the young master must play a show and take them to the temple?"

"Third young master, there is still time to do it after the formal filial piety, just to see if the man's family is reasonable. The conclusion of the investigation is very clear. Their family wants to marry Sister Meilun, but they want to use Sister Meilun to make good maidservants If you have the opportunity to make friends with our Duke's Mansion in the future, that young man named Zhao Qi can serve as an errand for the mansion."

Bai Kou knew that everyone in the mansion had to tighten their skins so that there would be no further disturbances, and they could not do anything that might be gossiped about, no matter how urgent they were, they had to obediently wait until that day passed.

"Look at it, your calculations are really fast, and your brain turns very fast when something happens."

"Third young master, this maidservant is called to make plans early, so that if there is a change in the future, you will not be in a hurry."

"It's fine, fine, don't play tricks with you, tell Mei Lun to let her wait at ease, everything will be discussed later."

"Yes, Third Young Master."

"Second lady, hurry up, the third lady is the oldest lady in the mansion now, be careful not to touch her bad luck."

"I heard that Miss San is eighteen years old this year?"

"Well, her birthday is in July."

"That's not... her wedding ceremony... is in time for Rexiao." Bai Kou suddenly sympathized with Miss San.

"Nothing, just the female relatives of the family closed the door and celebrated briefly. Their relatives and friends sent a lot of gifts, but it is not good to invite guests to make big arrangements at home."

"My maidservant, let's make some cute snacks. I will ask Uncle Yan to prepare the ingredients tomorrow."

"What do you want to do?"

"It's a bit of a vague idea, and I'll know if the second lady and the two young ladies like it when it's done."

"As long as you don't use your brainpower to calculate people, it's pretty good."

"Third young master, the maidservant works in this huge mansion, and whenever there is a conflict of interest with others, the maidservant strictly abides by one principle, that is, I will not offend others if no one offends me."

"I'm not strictly against you calculating others, but don't make your face too obvious when you're thinking. There are a bunch of idiots in the kitchen who can't tell. But if you want to take over Mama Pang's class, you have to be smart."

Bai Kou immediately beamed with joy, "Yes, third young master, the servant girl will follow my orders."

After saluting and retreating, Bai Kou went back to the room and wrote the list by hand, asking the warehouse to prepare red beans to make red bean paste, and wrote another private letter to Yan Bo, telling him to meet Zhao Qi's family after the filial piety, and Then ask him how Zhao Qi's uncle's cousin is doing.

(End of this chapter)