The cook is very busy

Chapter 31
However, as soon as Ziqing left, many people poured in from outside the door, so Du Juan could only stand still, watching several servants bring over several copper basins filled with ice lumps.

The one in the lead said that it was given by the second wife. The sun has been getting hot recently, so I was afraid that the old lady would get hot, so I put some in the room to cool off.

"It's kind, I have Lao Er/Grandma." Du Juan smiled and let it go in, and stood at the door watching the servants go away before going back to the house.

After such a short time, the room was really refreshed, which made Yunque and the two maids sleepy in the tea room.

Du Juan brought a basin of ice lumps, looked back at them and mentioned a few words before entering the back room.

The old lady propped her head on one hand and half-lyed on the couch, feeling a bit of coolness, she couldn't help but groaned twice, "Who called the ice delivery?"

Du Juan lightly put the pot on the table, and hurriedly came back to reply, "It was Er/Grandma who asked to send it, saying that she was afraid that you would be cooler in the room after the summer heat."

After hearing this, the old lady opened her eyes, sat up, looked around the room and said, "Well, why don't you see Qing girl?"

Du Juan grabbed a soft silk cushion and put it behind the old lady's back, and said, "I just came, and it is said that new plants have been replaced in the garden, and I came here because it blocked the road and detoured for a long time."

The old lady paused, and asked doubtfully, "It's been changed again? Aren't the crab claw orchids in the garden just now blooming beautifully? Why did they change them? How many times has this happened?"

Du Juan kept it in mind, and went to bring a cup of tea, "This is the third time, almost all the gardens have been changed."

The old lady took a sip of her hand and stopped asking, but said elsewhere, "Have you changed your clothes, girl Gangqing? How are the materials?"

Du Juan has been with the old lady for many years, and it is not uncommon to see good things, and you can tell whether something is good or bad.

The old lady took another sip, and she frowned bitterly. Du Juan looked at it and brought up a plate of soft cakes. The old lady took a piece in her hand, but didn't put it in her mouth. The big house is used to stealing oil, how come the second and third rooms have learned!"

As he said that, he threw out the soft cake in his hand in disgust, seeing that the old lady was angry, Du Juan dared not persuade her, and just went to pick up that side of the sweet cake.

This is the old lady's family matter, she Du Juan can't persuade her, and it's not her turn to persuade her. This is nothing more than keeping the money from the public in each house for private pockets. What can she say as a girl.

That is to say, their old lady, who has been in charge of housework for decades, really let go of it once they don't hear it?

If it's an ordinary family, she can persuade her a few words, and if she is old, she has to enjoy life in peace, so why bother with so many things, but in this big house, even if she is really kind, she will be treated as a donkey's liver and lungs.

At this time, there was a sound outside the door. It seemed that the skylark was playing with the two dead girls again. The old lady was angry at this moment. If she made a mistake, she would hit the muzzle of the gun. .

Du Juan took a look at the old lady, and hurriedly lifted the curtain and went out. After staying for a while, she came in again with a smile on her face, "Old lady, just now Mu An came to send a message, saying that the master will return to the house in a few days, and the uncle and the third master will be together." Too."

When the old lady heard this, her face softened a little, but she was a little happy, no matter how lively the crowd is, the eldest and third child are here, and they are better at coaxing people than the fourth child.

Then the old lady slowly lay back on the soft couch, regained her usual gentle demeanor, and raised her eyes again, her eyes were full of shrewdness.

She asked Du Juan, "Where is Mu An?"

Du Juan said, "Go back to the old lady, Mu An is waiting outside the house, do you want him to come in and ask questions?"

The old lady waved her hand, "No need, just give him ten taels of silver and let him go home for two days to recuperate..."

Du Juan Fushen responded, but felt strange, this Mu'an is fine, no bumps, why did the old lady tell him to go home to recuperate?
"You just tell him to go back, and you just let him rot in his stomach about the master's return to the mansion, and you can't tell anyone."

Du Juan hadn't figured it out yet, when the old lady said this again, she was even more puzzled, and when she looked at the old lady again, she had already closed her eyes.

Du Juan didn't know what to do and didn't dare to ask, so he had to follow the old lady's order...

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It was said that when Ziqing returned to the other courtyard, he put his clothes into the closet, and then sat on the bed to take a breath. Songlan, Cuizhu and Meixiang, the Suihan three friends, came in with a food box.

These three girls lived in the same room with her, and they were always together for whatever reason, so Ziqing secretly gave them different names.

Song Lan and Mei Xiang carried the food box to the table and took out the food, "I'm hungry, it's our turn to eat."

Cuizhu wiped off her sweat with a handkerchief, and went back to look at Ziqing, "Sister Ziqing, come over for dinner."

Ziqing responded and went over, looked outside, "Why don't you see a magpie?"

Songlan was hungry, so she took a bite of the steamed bread, and said vaguely, "The magpie went to pass food to the front yard, and won't be back for a while."

"And yes, I think we should eat first." Cui Zhu and Mei Xiang also sat aside and ate on their own.

Ziqing looked at it and didn't say much, first took out two steamed buns and a bowl of porridge, then pulled out some small menus to put aside, and then sat down to share with them.

After about half a quarter of an hour, the magpies came back, Cuizhu and the others were chatting teeth with other maids under the eaves after eating.

Ziqing looked at the magpie's listless look, and asked her what's wrong?

The magpie just flattened her mouth and said, Fourth Young Master didn't know why, she didn't have lunch after going to the garden, saying she didn't have an appetite, she went to the back kitchen to change the tricks several times, Fourth Young Master still didn't even look at it Have a look.

The magpie said with a sad face, and kept beating his legs, "Hey, my foot was broken by running. After a while, the kitchen will bring the food box, and I have to carry it."

Ziqing pursed her lips, "Then what should I do, why don't you eat your meal first."

Magpie turned pale and shook his head, "No, I'm too hungry right now, I'll wait until I get back..."

The two of them were talking, Cuizhu came in with a food box, saying that the back kitchen made lunch for the fourth young master, and asked her to pass it on.

The magpie responded feebly, and then heard someone calling her, so she had to give the food box to Ziqing, and went out first.

Out of curiosity, Ziqing opened the food box and took a look, and saw a colorful porcelain bowl inside, filled with thick barley porridge, with a layer of oil floating on it, presumably it was boiled with stick bones , There is also a plate of cut square honey meat on the side.

Ziqing frowned, it's a hot day, it's strange that people can drink such a greasy porridge.

After thinking about it, she took one of the steamed buns left for the magpie and put it in the food box, and then used a small white porcelain spoon to skim off the layer of oil on the barley porridge. Talking, there seems to be a servant behind him.

Looking back, Ziqing picked up the remaining steamed bun, broke open and put a few pieces of honey meat inside, and then put the plate of red oil sauerkraut in it.

A few pieces of meat were used instead of big white steamed buns and sauerkraut. After all, Si Shao took advantage of it.

Ziqing smiled, no matter, you helped me today, I'll let you have an appetizer.After catching the magpie in, Ziqing was about to talk to her when she saw that her legs gave way and almost fell down.

Ziqing hurriedly supported her, seeing that she might be hungry, and hurriedly handed over the steamed buns, "You girl, why are you trying to be so strong, the only thing that matters is when your stomach is full."

Magpie shrugged and shook his head, saying that the meal hadn't been handed over from Si Shao, so there's no reason for the girl to eat first.

Seeing that she didn't stop, Ziqing had no choice but to hold her down, put the steamed bun stuffed with honey meat into her mouth, and just said, anyway, she's fine at the moment, so let her take it.

(End of this chapter)