The cook is very busy

Chapter 26

Down the veranda, Magpie took Ziqing to a remote yard.

The woman in the back room half-dozed off, saw that the magpie was slightly taken aback, then laughed again, and asked the fourth young master what orders he had.

As soon as the magpie said that Ziqing was left behind by the old lady herself, the old woman immediately got excited and started to work diligently.

The woman's eyes were very poisonous, she knew Ziqing's size by scanning up and down, and helped her choose the clothes.

I took the clothes and went out, and walked back for a while, the scenery gradually improved, there are willows and flowers everywhere, the fragrance is refreshing and attracts people to stay.

However, Ziqing had no time to take care of it, and followed the magpie to another courtyard.

This place is different from the one just now, there are houses on all sides, on the stone steps and under the eaves, there are four or five servant girls sitting chatting.

When Jud saw the stranger, he raised his head to look a little more, but didn't mutter much.

Magpie led her into the big room directly opposite the door. Although the room was big, it only had five beds and five lockers, so it was quite spacious.

She pointed to He Ziqing who was at the back and said, "You are here today. Sister Yunque just moved into the old lady's room and she was free. You will sleep there from now on, and you happen to be next door to me... "

"The people in the big room are really getting more and more crazy, that little hoof still dares to let me bring it into the house, I'm the girl in front of the old lady!"

"Who says it's not, I'll go back to the old lady tomorrow, give her a few boards, and make her eyes go up to the sky... Hey, Magpie, you're here."

"Huh? Who is this person? Why did he come into our yard? It's so unruly!"

Two maidservants passed by the door laughing and saw the magpie and came into the house, one was dressed in red and the other was in green, and they couldn't stop looking at Ziqing.

The magpie only said, "She was asked to stay by the old lady's house, and she will live here today."

Left by the old lady herself? !
As soon as the two heard it, they immediately surrounded him with smiles, and asked Xi Que Ziqing what his name was, so they could call him that.

The magpie was suddenly dumb, and couldn't answer for a while, she didn't know what it was called, so she didn't ask.

Seeing this, Ziqing explained it for her. The two thought that she was new here, and the old lady hadn't changed her name yet, so they didn't ask any more questions.

It's just that the maid in red kept looking at Ziqing, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and said with a smile to the one beside her.

"I said, why does my sister look so familiar? I've seen it before. The old lady ate some good peach kernel cakes earlier. Let's take some to the eldest room. When I passed by the garden, I saw my sister saying goodbye to her family. "

The green-shirted maid was stunned for a moment, then remembered, and pushed her with a smile, "Yes, yes, yes, you are still cursing, complaining about someone with such a loud voice that it startled the birds on the tree. "

The maid in red glanced at Ziqing, and smiled awkwardly, "You, what are you talking about? When did I say that?"

Ziqing looked at the two and said that it was not her family who said goodbye to her, but an old woman from the same village. Her father broke his leg when he went up the mountain and asked for money to see a doctor, so that woman brought her to the house.

This matter happened to let the old lady know, and the old lady took pity on her poverty, so she rewarded her two taels of silver to stay in the house to wait on her.

At that time, she was asking the old woman to take the silver back home so that her father could use it in an emergency.

The two girls' eyes lit up when they heard that there was a reward for money, and they were thinking about how to share it, but then Ziqing said that she asked someone to bring the money home, so they couldn't help being happy for nothing.

Besides, she was there to see a doctor for her father, so there was nothing to complain about in a reasonable way, so the two maids exchanged a few pleasantries and then left.

Seeing this, Ziqing didn't take it seriously, took the bundle and clothes to the bed and put them away, unlocked the locker and opened the cabinet, and packed it up.

Magpie stared at Ziqing thoughtfully, remained silent for a while, the corners of his mouth moved, but he didn't say anything.

I just entered the house, closed the door, and told her to change the clothes I got and wash them up, and she had to take her to see the old lady.

Ziqing did as he said, changed his clothes, put all his things in the cabinet, closed the lock and went out with her.

All the way back, the same as when they came, the two of them didn't talk much, they sent Ziqing to the front yard and told her to go into the house by herself.

Just now, he was in a hurry and didn't pay much attention to it. Now that he was stuck in the yard, Ziqing looked around with some curiosity.

I saw a lot of vines hanging on the white wall at the side, full of greenery, quiet and silent, accompanied by bursts of fragrance, compared to those gorgeous flowers, it is more pleasing to the heart.

"Hey, why are you standing here, why don't you go in?"

At this quiet moment, someone suddenly interrupted, Ziqing was startled, and when she looked back, it was Du Juan standing behind her with a plate of fresh fruits.

Ziqing just said in a daze, seeing that there was no one in the yard, she was afraid of frightening the old lady by rushing around, so she waited outside.

Du Juan was just about to go, but she stood still after hearing this, and turned her head to take a closer look at Ziqing, as if at this moment, she was looking straight at her.

Afterwards, Du Juan handed her the plate in his hand, and said with a smile, "You are quite clever, the old lady sent everyone out during the lunch break, if you just broke in without thinking, now But where will the guarantee be against the board?"

Du Juan said lightly, but when he heard Ziqing's ears, his spine felt chills, mother, it's a big loss this time, I can't get ginseng soup to drink, and I have to pay attention to my upper body.

Seeing her panic, Du Juan raised the corners of her mouth and asked her to wait first, then turned around and opened the curtain to enter the room.

After waiting for a short while, there was a noise in the room, and a little girl came out, calling for Ziqing to come in.

The old lady in the house has already woken up, and she is leaning on the soft cushion chatting with Dujuan and Lark, when Chad sees Ziqing and sits up with a "Yo".

And looked up and down, Ziqing's body is thin and thin, but he is tall and tall, wearing these few good clothes, it is a bit eye-catching.

The old lady faced Du Juan, pointed at Ziqing, "Oh, is this the same country girl from earlier?"

Du Juan covered her red lips halfway with her handkerchief, and said with a smile, "The old lady is such a noble person, she forgets her things so much, she doesn't care about it after a while, then this girl will be very sad."

Upon hearing this, the old lady scolded Du Juan with a stern face, "You girl, you are always sharp-tongued, I dare you to spoil you."

Yunque also laughed, but when she turned around, she saw Ziqing still standing there, so she yelled for her to come over.

"Hey, let's talk about you, why don't you just stand there, you're a piece of wood, so why don't you come here to greet the old lady."

Upon hearing this, Ziqing hurriedly put the plate of fruit in front of the old lady, and saluted with unfamiliar gestures.

Seeing this, the old lady waved her hands, and said kindly, "Okay, don't scare this girl, just teach her the rules slowly."

With a smile on his face, Du Juan stepped forward and pulled Ziqing's bijia, "After all, Er/Grandma took care of it well. This ultramarine bijia has been missing for some years. I didn't expect Curry to still have it."

The old lady also looked at Ziqing's dress, her eyes flickered, "Well, the clothes are good, and the person is also good, I'll be down in a while, and I'll get two more and let me see."

Yunque was very envious when he heard it, and couldn't help but glared at Ziqing, "What are you doing standing there stupidly, please thank the old lady quickly!"

Ziqing sighed softly, lowered his head and bowed his body to thank him, his expression was hard to see, but he must have been overjoyed.

Yunque was still sour, and went to tug on Ziqing's sleeve, "Knowing the old lady's kindness, I will have to work hard here in the future!"

Ziqing frowned in pain, this damn girl is pinching her flesh!

(End of this chapter)