delicious little cook

Chapter 137

"What happened to your four nephews and daughters-in-law?"

"The nephew and daughter-in-law don't plead for the father-in-law, don't cause trouble for the family and the father-in-law, just want to let Hui'er have a shelter and keep her growing up safely. I beg the old lady to allow Gu Hui to take care of her. All expenses will be borne by me.”

"What did you say, Mrs. Ou! As the eldest daughter-in-law, how could your family not have a place for your daughter, and you still want to foster her in our Duke's mansion?"

"Does the old lady think that our family's situation is really suitable for raising a child? Our husband and wife have only one child after more than ten years of marriage, and we have grown up like this. My mother-in-law is crying at home every day and is about to die. Blame me for not giving her more golden grandchildren. But can it really be blamed on me?" The Ou family gave up the face of the eldest daughter-in-law, disregarded the principles of filial piety, and wept about the sad things at home.

The old lady and the eldest lady looked at each other speechlessly for a moment.

Gu Yun looked at his cousin Gu Hui's expressionless face, and he had an idea, pointing to a girl, "Go two people, go to Wenling Courtyard and East Kitchen separately, and call Bai Kou here."

The first-class girls standing on both sides of the hall immediately came out, and the two quickly searched for her.

"Don't worry, Aunt Tang. Wait for the special cook for my nephew to come over and listen to what she has to say. Get up and have a cup of tea first, and calm down."

Gu Yun said this with a smile, and immediately the two girls went up to help Ou Shi, helped her to sit on the chair, and then put down a cup of tea by her hand.

"Is Shizi's chef so good? Do you still need to listen to her opinion?" Ou's mood was so disturbed by Gu Yun that he couldn't get on the road.

"Aunt Tang wants to foster her younger sister, and also hopes that she can regain her health, and we are not good at this, so it is better to listen to the opinion of the cook."

The old matriarch and the eldest lady looked at each other suspiciously, not knowing what Gu Yun's plan was, but they didn't expose him on the spot, but followed the child's words, persuading the Ou family to buy some tea and snacks.

The girl who was looking for someone found the East Kitchen all the way. Bai Kou grabbed a roasted pigeon leg and ate it deliciously. Hearing that Rong Entang had something urgent to ask her, she swallowed the pigeon meat in two or three bites, washed her hands and wiped her mouth, and followed the girl out. .

After leaving Third Aunt Nie's door and walking in the straight narrow alley, Bai Kou asked why she was so anxious to find her, and took the girl to the ice cellar to take away a box of candies and half an ice pack.

The candy box was packed in an ice bag and rushed to Rong En Hall as quickly as possible. Bai Kou entered the door and saluted the old ladies, ladies and young masters present. The girls helped her open the candy box, poured half a bag of ice into the ice tray, The most softening nougat is placed on an ice tray.

Listening to the girl's description of Miss Gu Hui's behavior along the way, Bai Kou somewhat understood the little girl's situation, but now seeing a living person with her own eyes, she found that her imagination was still too weak.

The third old lady's perverted vegetarian habit is probably useless for this eldest granddaughter.

Mrs. Ou was also taken aback when she saw Bai Kou coming in, "Is this the son's cook? How old are you?"

"Returning to Madam, the maidservant is thirteen years old, and she comes from Yachifang Cooking Art Workshop, and has studied art for five years." Bai Kou said with a humble and respectful salute.

"I can't believe it! A thirteen-year-old girl can grow so tall?!"

Ou raised her hand to gesture at Bai Kou's height, and then looked at her daughter. Suddenly, her heart ached, tears welled up, and she bit her handkerchief to hold back her crying.

The old lady and the eldest lady sighed silently.

Two girls who are almost the same age, one is just a cook, the other is the eldest daughter of an official's family, but the little cook is a head taller than the official lady. It is not difficult to imagine how this happened.

"Bai Kou, see how my little sister should take care of her body so that she can regain her health?" Gu Yun broke the stiff silence, and changed the topic to the business of calling Bai Kou.

"Miss Hui's body is weak, so let's ask the imperial physician to feel the pulse first, and prescribe the prescription to see what kind of medicine to eat and what kind of medicinal diet. Now, if you have to give me an opinion, Miss Hui looks like this today, since she was a child. Caused by a lack of meat."

Ou suddenly let out a mournful sob from behind the handkerchief covering her mouth, and everyone present couldn't help trembling when they heard it.

"This kind of conditioning will take a long time, right?" Gu Yun asked on behalf of the elders.

"Miss Hui has not eaten meat for more than ten years. If she wants to save her life, she must resume eating meat. Her internal organs have to make new adaptations in order to restrain meat. This is not something that can be recovered in a day or two. Yes, and this recovery process may be difficult and painful."

"My sister vomited once at the banquet today."

"Vomit?" Bai Kou looked at Gu Hui sympathetically, "The survival instinct of life and the living habits since childhood are about to tear Miss Hui in two."

"Don't be a godsend, talk like a human being." Gu Yun glared at Bai Kou.

"Third young master, do you want to tell the truth?"

Ou's body trembled violently, and she hugged her daughter tightly into her arms. They were talking so lively, Gu Hui still stared at a certain place on the floor without any reaction.

Mama Pang waved her hands to the first-class girls with interest, and all the girls immediately filed out.

"Okay, there are no outsiders you shouldn't listen to, so tell your truth."

"Third young master, the truth is not pleasant to listen to. Do you want to protect this lady first?"

"No, no need, I can bear the truth no matter how ugly it sounds, just tell me." Ou took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.

"Old Majesty, Da Furen, Third Young Master, Madam, regarding Miss Hui's physical condition, the servant thinks that there is only one conclusion. Miss Hui is basically a disabled person. It is a miracle that she can survive until now."

After a few inhalations of different lengths, the room fell into a brief silence. Bai Kou looked at Gu Hui, went to the table to open the candy box, took out two lollipops made of maltose, and held out one Gu Hui swayed left and right in front of Gu Hui, only then did he attract Gu Hui's attention to the candy.

Bai Kou licked her own candy, and Ou reached out to take the candy for her daughter, but Bai Kou's hand flickered away, and Ou had to withdraw her hand embarrassingly, and asked her daughter to take the candy.

Gu Hui's reaction was extremely slow, and she didn't see the joyful expression of the sweets at all. Bai Kou squatted in front of her and coaxed her to take the candy, like a horse gait. After a while, the young lady finally reached out to take it. Looking at Bai Kou, he licked it carefully.

"Even the strictest vegetarians will not refuse sugar and salt. That's why there is only one type of people in the world called fat vegetarians. Has Miss Hui never even eaten sweets since she was a child?"

Apart from shaking his head, Ou couldn't say anything.

Bai Kou licked a mouthful of the lollipop, and silently stood behind Gu Yun.

"Master Ou, does your family know about your decision to foster your daughter?" the old lady opened her mouth.

"I know, no one objected. Anyway, no one likes my Hui'er. They dislike her for being thin, weak, inactive, stupid, and slow to learn. They say that I was born a fool. The eldest son of the second sibling's family, Brother Hong, is the family. The biggest treasure, but the younger brother and sister have always complained about them, and they only take the children back to visit during the New Year's day all year round."

"What's the trouble with your family, it makes your descendants restless."

"They broke my body, and now they dislike me for not being able to give birth to a son. They have never been kind to me, so why should I think about them anymore? The most important thing is that my Hui'er can live. The old lady , please save her, I no longer ask her to marry and have children, my dowry can afford her life, I only ask the old lady to give her a place to live."

Ou's tone was full of mother's despair and resentment towards her husband's family.

(End of this chapter)