delicious little cook

Chapter 376

Gu Yun first sent his parents and brother back to Jicheng Hall, congratulated them on the Happy New Year, and then went back to Zhongming Courtyard to go to bed quickly, and he could sleep for more than an hour before Yinshi got up.

Meihuan and these old girls came in handy at this time. They have rich experience. Since the young master became a grandson at the age of ten, it has been like this every New Year. Ten-year-old children also have to get up at Yinshi to accompany their elders. Entering the palace to pay New Year's greetings, it was precisely because of their presence that Bai Kou could go to sleep with peace of mind.

At Yinzheng time, Gu Yun was woken up by the maids. After grooming, he went to meet his parents and eat a bowl of dumplings for breakfast. Then two carriages came from the direction of Rong En Hall to pick up people outside the gate of Ji Cheng Hall. The old matriarch has already been picked up, the eldest lady and her mother-in-law share a car, Gu Yun and his father share a car, men and women are separated.

After sending the masters out, the maids in the Zhongming Courtyard who had been on duty in the middle of the night could finally wash up and go to sleep. The masters entered the palace to pay New Year's greetings. The custom is to give lunch, so they will go home in the afternoon. Rong En Tang and Ji Cheng Tang The girls in the three places and the Zhongmingyuan spent most of the day in their free time, and they could rest and play comfortably.

Bai Kou didn't wake up until dawn. She felt that the room was cold. She got out of bed and went out to light the earth dragon to warm it up, but saw that it was snowing heavily outside, and the whole small courtyard was covered with whiteness. There are ice crystals hanging on them.

After taking a few deep breaths of the cold air, Bai Kou shivered and put charcoal in the chimney of the earth dragon to make a fire, and went back to bed to sleep on the bed again. Anyway, the prince is not here, and now the courtyard is dominated by girls.

It was almost noon, and I was so hungry that I couldn't stand it anymore. Bai Kou finally left the warm room, washed and changed clothes, and walked on the crunching snow to the small kitchen to get something delicious for herself.

Coming out of the corner door and standing under the corridor of the main house, one can see a straight walkway swept out of the snow in the big courtyard, connecting the hallway and the steps of the platform of the main house. very beautiful.

The girls are also making lunch for themselves in the small kitchen at the moment. When they see Bai Kou coming, they all gather around to say Happy New Year to each other, and tell her that many people have given her New Year gifts, because she was sleeping before, so they all temporarily Put it in retreat.

As the No. [-] steward of the inner house, it is normal for someone to give gifts during the holidays. Bai Kou herself prepared gifts for Pang's mother, the housekeeper, and other people of the same level. She smiled and said she understood, then rolled up her sleeves and washed her hands to eat.

The maids were busy with each other laughing and joking, the sixth young master Gu Chen who stayed at home leisurely walked over, smiled sweetly and greeted the maids and sisters a happy new year, then got into the cafeteria and stood in front of the spicy pot to watch What's delicious in it.

Seeing the sixth young master's expression of eating too greasy last night and now he has a poor appetite, Bai Kou asked someone to bring him a pair of bowls and chopsticks for his convenience, while she made new dim sum and waited for the girls to prepare lunch.

More than half an hour later, the snacks were ready. Bai Kou packed two snack boxes, and took the New Year's red envelopes prepared in advance, and went to the ice cellar to celebrate the New Year with her subordinates.

The servants who have errands are often available all year round, so on the first day of the first lunar month, the small courtyard of the ice cellar had to be fully staffed. The third wife of Shui and the daughters-in-law were talking about various auspicious words while cheering from Bai Kou Taking the snacks and red envelopes in his hands, he surrounded her to the hut for a drink of hot water and a rest to talk.

Bai Kou sat in the hut for a short time before leaving, and then went to the second room and the third room to pay New Year's greetings. The ladies and gentlemen sat in the main room all day today, except for the New Year's greeting cards handed in by outside visitors, the servants in the mansion It's also going around in circles to pay New Year's greetings, and can get a lot of extra rewards.

According to the principle of going along the way, Bai Kou went to the third room first. The third master and the third wife were very enthusiastic when they saw her coming to pay New Year's greetings. Soft hands, rewarding servants during festivals and festivals is much more generous than the second wife.

After chatting with the third master and the third wife for a few homely things, Bai Kou saw that there was an endless stream of servants who came to pay New Year's greetings, so she resigned and continued to pay New Year's greetings to the second room.

The atmosphere in the main room of the second room is not as good as that of the third room, and it seems to be more deserted. The second wife is not a warm-hearted person. Seeing her cold smile, Bai Kou only thought she was tired, but the attitude of the second master was quite different. He is very kind, he praised yesterday's New Year's Eve banquet a few times, and the reward he gave is quite decent.

For the sake of the reward, Bai Kou naturally didn't care about the second lady's expression as if she was attending a funeral, and immediately resigned after thanking her, and went back to the Zhongming Courtyard to rest, and the prince was about to return from the palace.

After moving all the New Year gifts piled up in the hall back to his own room, news finally came from the front yard that the four masters who had entered the palace to pay New Year's greetings had already entered the workshop.

The maids hurriedly went to the tea room to heat up the face wash and boiling water, added charcoal to the earth dragon in the main room, Bai Kou straightened her clothes, and hurried to the gate of the courtyard to greet her.

It was only half a stick of incense, the carriage went around into Babu Alley from the east gate, and first stopped outside the Zhongming Courtyard. Gu Yun got off the carriage with a smile, and the servants who followed the carriage moved a big car from the luggage behind the carriage. The box was placed inside the courtyard gate, and then the carriage continued to Jicheng Hall and Rong En Hall.

There will naturally be rewards for entering the palace to pay New Year's greetings. Bai Kou calmly called two third-class maids to carry the box to the bedroom. She and the prince took a step ahead and entered the bedroom. After changing hands in turn, the box was finally moved to the outside room.

I don't know what was put in the big box, it was heavy, the girls were all out of breath, Bai Kou opened the box and saw that there were several boxes in it, and the biggest box contained a pair of treasures. Bottles, other boxes are also full of colorful and various things made by the palace, all of which are traditional items that the palace rewards the courtiers every year, as a sign of festivals and good luck, and there is a small half-foot-high cash cow in one box , Every copper coin is movable, and it shakes up when it is shaken.

This was the first time Bai Kou saw a money tree, and he kept playing with it with great interest, feeling as if he could really get money by shaking it a few more times.

After changing clothes, Gu Yun came out to drink tea and rest outside. The first time he saw Bai Kou holding the money tree with a money-lovers expression, he shook his head and walked over with a smile, and sat down on the arhat couch.

"The money tree is fun, isn't it?"

"It's fun." Bai Kou has always been honest and frank.

"I'll reward you for having fun."

"Thank you, son!" Bai Kou smiled happily and handed the money tree to the little girl beside her, and told her to take it and put it on the window sill of her study. She wanted to work on the money tree every day.

The little girl held back her smile, took the money tree and left quickly.

(End of this chapter)