delicious little cook

Chapter 140

When I got back to Wenling Yard, the small kitchen was cooking lunch. Bai Kou ate a ready-made one, and then I was busy with moving back to Zhongming Yard, counting all kinds of objects, sealing them and packing them, and waiting to move them to Zhongming Yard. Those that are no longer in use will be sent away to the warehouse.

Under the busy schedule, the last few days of June have just passed, and it will be July in a blink of an eye.

The most important thing for the family in July is to sign up for Qiu Wei, but this matter does not need to be handled by the two young masters in person, and even the servants do not have to go out to do it for them. , the required paperwork has been done by the officials below him.

The preparations for the small kitchen in the second young master's Gu Jingyuan on the other side of the third room were completed, and the transfer order was officially issued. Mengmei was transferred to the third room as the special chef, and the monthly routine was consistent.

The cooks and cooks couldn't help laughing at Mengmei's monthly rule that she couldn't earn a tael of silver even as a professional cook, and she was losing a lot.

With the support of her new master, Mengmei straightened her back again, and took Bai Kou out to ridicule her for being a third-class kitchen with [-] renminbi. Kou also has a monthly case for the deacon of the ice cellar.

Some old cooks couldn't help sneering when they thought of the silver lilacs shining on Bai Kou's ears, and didn't refute Mengmei's words, letting her enjoy herself.

Of course, Lu Doudou would not say that Bai Kou took two liang of monthly special chef from the third young master every month, so as not to make people talk about the third wife being too stingy.

Bai Kou has already passed the novice stage of learning horse riding. There is no problem in riding a horse around the field alone.

To be able to go out with the young master, one must have the ability to ride a horse and trot on the city streets, and also have the ability to respond to emergencies. Bai Kou had to practice riding as hard as he practiced martial arts.

Gu Yun received more and more entertainment invitations these days. Except for the regular activities of Bajingfang, other invitations were arranged after Qiu Wei. There were also a few people in his circle of friends who were going to compete this year, so everyone I don't want to be distracted in this last minute before the exam.

Arranging these invitations in chronological order became Bai Kou's job, making her most urgent need now a calendar notepad instead of a shelf, because she wanted to move the yard and give as many boxes and cages as she wanted. The required storage racks are temporarily put on hold, and they can only be added after the move is completed.

But this calendar notepad, Bai Kou, felt that she couldn’t wait. She had to order a few copies by herself when she was able to go out. The invitations received by the third young master were all scheduled for the end of the year. Going to next year.

There are a lot of people who want to invite the fresh and hot young prince of the Duke's Mansion, which gives the clan brothers who live in the ethnology school a lot of opportunities to earn extra money. The unreliable invitations sorted out by Bai Kou are all clan brothers The brothers changed hands, and all the dates within Qiu Wei were taken to the small kitchen as a kindling paper.

This afternoon, Gu Yun was walking home from the ethnology school. When he was walking along the west wall outside the Duke's Mansion to the west door, a beggar who was described as filthy and carrying a burden by the wall suddenly jumped at him.

Gu Yun dodged quickly, and when he was about to scold, the female beggar raised her head, brushed off the long hair that covered her face, and wiped off the pot bottom that was intentionally blackened on her face, revealing her original dirty face.

"Auntie?!"

Gu Yun turned pale with shock, he didn't understand why the eldest daughter-in-law of the Third Grandpa's family became like this, but at this moment he couldn't help asking, he quickly motioned for Ou to get up and follow him in.

The guard at the gate looked strange, and didn't understand what the young master was doing with bringing a female beggar back. Gu Yun vaguely said that it was the servant girl he had just bought and fooled the guards.

Gu Yun led the people straight to Jicheng Hall, and shouted excitedly when entering the door: "Mother! I bought a servant girl, you can see if it's useful."

Just like that, Gu Yun easily led Mrs. Ou into the annexe where the eldest lady lives and works.

Bai Kou was also in the penthouse, and she showed the eldest lady the things booklet of Wenling Courtyard, and she wrote down what she moved or not.

The two of them were discussing this matter when they heard Gu Yun chatting outside the door, then the curtain was lifted and a woman was ushered in.

"There is no shortage of people at home, so why buy a good one?" The eldest lady frowned slightly as she looked at the dirty woman.

Mrs. Ou took two steps forward and knelt down, lifting the hair on her face.

"Ah?!" The eldest lady, Mama Pang and Bai Kou in the room were all startled. Fortunately, they had been discussing matters and didn't call other girls inside.

"What's going on?! In the past few days, I have written letters to your family repeatedly, and even sent people to your door to ask for an interview, but I have never heard from you at all. How did you become like this today?!"

"Ma'am, they want to use my dowry to open joints for my father-in-law to keep his official position. I would rather die than give them a dime!" Shi Shi rolled up her sleeves and showed everyone the bruise on her upper arm The injury was obvious from the first glance that he was beaten with a stick.

"How dare they...!?" The eldest lady showed an angry look on her face.

Mrs. Ou picked up her bag, and Bai Kou hurriedly handed it to Mama Pang. Mama Pang opened it on the table, and inside was a box containing sheets of paper with special patterns and ledgers.

"This is my token certificate in the bank and the deeds of all the paved fields. My daughter Hui'er is entrusted to the eldest lady!"

As Qu said, she kowtowed heavily, but Bai Kou forcibly straightened her body after only one kowtow, but there was already a big bump on her forehead, and she refused to help her up again, so she had to let her She is on her knees.

"Isn't your husband on your side?"

Mrs. Ou smiled sadly, "It is well known that everything he has now depends on his father. If my father-in-law really loses his official position, he will not be able to keep his current job. He always complains that I can't give birth to a son and makes his knees empty. I don’t even look at how many maidservants he slept with at home, but someone gave birth to a son and a half daughter?! His health has long since failed.”

"Then what's going on with you?"

"Jiazheng is being retaliated by political opponents. I know that they want to clear my joints and save themselves by taking advantage of my dowry. They want to force me to agree to the transfer of property. After all, I am the daughter-in-law of their parents. The maid didn’t search me when she locked me up. She didn’t know that I had a dagger hidden on my body. In the middle of the night, I tricked the guards outside to go in and stab her. Put on your clothes and crawl out of the dog hole."

"When did it happen? I started writing to you in July, but I haven't heard back."

"It started at the end of the month. They knew that the eldest lady had hired an imperial physician for Hui'er, and she was found to be in poor health. They were afraid that I would give her all my private money to treat her illness. I didn't know about your letter to me at all."

"The child's diagnosis result came out. I used the reason of inviting you to discuss the August festival and wanted you to come home to discuss what to do about the child's future. Unexpectedly, something happened to you first."

"Ma'am, I can't go back once I escape. My family, Hui'er, is entrusted to you. I don't ask her to marry and have children. I only ask her to live in peace and grow up to be a normal girl."

Ou kowtowed again and again.

(End of this chapter)