The cook is very busy

Chapter 34
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The next morning, Ziqing changed into the coarse clothes at home and came out. The magpie waited for her at the door, and went to the back kitchen with her.

She didn't know the way much, so last night Magpie volunteered to take her for a walk to know the way.

Poor little girl got up early in the morning, yawning all the way, holding her by the hand, her little head still a little bit.

In order to refresh his mind, Ziqing asked her to tell about the back kitchen. It happened to be accompanied by the morning mist, and it would be good to look at the lush trees and admire the astonishing purple and red flowers.

Magpie rubbed his eyes, thought about it, and then talked to Ziqing. In fact, there is nothing difficult about the back kitchen, but the work and rest are not on time.

I have nothing to do on weekdays, but I am free. I just have three meals to fill my stomach, or the master wants to have a tooth festival, have a supper, and set up a small stove to work for a while.

However, if there is a banquet at the mansion, I would like to have a few more hands. There are many guests passing by the mansion, but there are only so few people in the back kitchen, and it will be exhausting if you are really busy.

Ziqing listened and responded, and suddenly remembered that the former son was in the carriage. Grandma Sun asked the magpie, what kind of person is she, when she mentioned the manager of the back kitchen?

At this point, the magpie came alive, with a lot of hatred in his eyes, and he said harshly in his mouth.

"The woman in charge of the back kitchen is from Zhang Meng's family. She is a cousin of the eldest wife's natal family. This woman is always a bad-hearted person. Whoever enters the back kitchen should feed her, or she might be told in the first few days. How are you ravaging!"

Ziqing looked at the magpie, not knowing what she would say, and walked silently through a corridor without saying a word.

Although she was sick since she was a child, she didn't feel sad because she was accompanied by her parents and hurt her. But last night when the sisters had a heart-to-heart talk, Magpie said that she had sold herself to the Mu family since she was a child and worked in the back kitchen for several years. Good stubble, I really don't know how much she suffered at that time.

Seeing that Zigui was in a daze, Magpie spoke more seriously, which made Ziqing feel frightened, so he hurriedly said.

"Sister, don't worry too much. Although Zhang Meng's family is a villain, they are not confused. Yesterday, Sister Yunque came to send a message, saying that sister, you can continue to live in another courtyard, and you don't have to follow those rough women in the back kitchen. Crowded into a small room, maybe I will ask you to go back to the house to serve in a short time, on this point, the Zhangmeng family will not dare to go too far!"

Magpies usually call her "Sister" in private, and add her name in front of others, but Ziqing is not what she said.

Ziqing understood the magpie's worry, she held her hand, and said that it was really not easy for her to fight from the back kitchen to the front yard, thinking that she had underestimated her before.

Now seeing Magpie's straightforward temper, without hypocrisy, arrogance or twitching, it can be seen that she is a good woman.

Magpie was praised, so she pursed her lips shyly, and only said that if it wasn't for Si Shao, she might not know how long it would be before she could wait in the front yard.

Ziqing listened for a while, then raised his eyebrows suspiciously, how could he have such kindness as the fourth young master?

Seeing Ziqing's expression, Magpie thought she might have misunderstood it, saying that she didn't expect that the Fourth Young Master in the house would take pity on a rough girl, and asked the old lady to keep her by her side to serve her.

As he said that, Magpie became sad again, "In the early years, Fourth Young Master went out and lived in the open air for more than ten months. If he had brought Magpie to take care of him, he would not be called Fourth Young Master's body..."

The magpie was very sad, as if regretting why he didn't jump in the carriage and go with you.

Ziqing listened with a calm face, and said that that guy went out to play in the mountains and ruined his body. After all, he is a son of a rich family, he is really weak!

Now that they passed the front yard, Ziqing stopped chatting with magpies, but walked along the road. She couldn't keep calling for people to show her the way.

Walking along the veranda for a while, out of the tree garden, when the land was wide open, the magpie took Ziqing along a stone path and came to a courtyard.

A few laughing words, accompanied by misty cooking smoke, came out of this independent courtyard.

This Ziqing is happy to see it, since she entered this Mu Mansion for more than ten days, she has never seen an iron pot and earthen stove, and now she puts it on the door, making her feel like she is in Yugou Village .

Magpie led her in, but stopped when he reached the outer room, took out the handkerchief and held it in his hand, and shouted, "Sister-in-law Zhang is here!"

Ziqing took advantage of this moment to look around, there are two entrances to the back kitchen, the first one is where Ziqing and the magpie are standing now, and there are four sinks on the left and right.

The one next to her was presumably used for picking and washing vegetables, and there were still a few vegetable leaves left in the trough.

Next to the wall is a row of pots and stoves. There are four or five big pots cooking porridge, and there are three or more large steamers piled high, which are slowly steaming.

In front of the pot and stove is a wooden table half a person high, with more than a dozen chopping boards and more than twenty vegetable knives on it, and three little girls are putting stacks of dishes on it.

There is a small single room in the innermost part, presumably it is a firewood room, and two women are slipping out a few bundles of firewood in it.

There are a few rooms with door curtains on the side. The door curtain in the middle was raised, and a well-dressed woman came out yawning.

"This early in the morning, who shouted... Ouch, Miss Magpie, why are you here today when you have time? Don't let this smoky mess dirty the girl's embroidered shoes."

Seeing that it was a magpie, Zhang Meng's family hurriedly pulled up an apron and came over with a smile on his shrewd face, saying good things.

Magpie put on a pretty face coldly, and smiled without a smile on her face, "Sister-in-law Zhang, I love what you say, and tell me a few more words to make me happy."

Zhang Mengjia's face froze, and the grin on the corner of her mouth was almost unstoppable, but she still endured it, because she didn't want to make trouble early in the morning!

The magpie's face became more and more complacent, but thinking that Ziqing was still here, he didn't show his quick tongue, and talked directly to Zhang Meng's family.

"Come on Mrs. Zhang, we'll have plenty of time to chat in the future. A while ago, didn't you always say that you were short of manpower? The old lady sent you one from her room."

Ziqing didn't expect that Magpie's conversation would change and he would talk about himself, so he couldn't help being stunned, and then he came back to greet Zhang Meng's family, "Hello, sister-in-law."

Zhang Meng's family also descended the donkey along the slope, and laughed again, but there was no surprise, "Oh, it's a good feeling, after all, it's the girl in the old lady's house, and this little mouth can make trouble."

Magpie laughed and snorted twice, pretended to be unfamiliar, said a few words to Ziqing, and left.

When the man stepped out of the yard, Zhang Meng's family immediately turned cold, stared outside and spat secretly.

Little Hoof really thought he had climbed a tall branch by himself, and it won't be too late when he climbs onto Si Shao's kang!
Although Ziqing didn't know what Zhangmeng's family was thinking about, but looking at her appearance was definitely not good, she cleared her throat, rolled up her cuffs, "Sister-in-law Zhang, what should I do?"

Zhang Meng's family restrained themselves fiercely, looked back at Ziqing, looked Ziqing up and down, saw that there was nothing valuable on her body, and groaned, but didn't make things difficult for her, after all, they were caring.

But when she tied up the apron on her hand, she changed her mind a few times, seeing that the woman was average-looking, lacking in wit, she thought it was because she didn't like the old lady, otherwise she wouldn't have been sent here.

The one from Zhang Meng's family made up her mind to take a hand from Ziqing. She tied her belt and patted her protruding belly, her tone was flat, "Don't worry about it. Since you are here to work in the back kitchen, why don't you tie it up?" Come with the baggage, I will be busy in a while, but I have no time to ask you to go back and pack it!"

Ziqing remembered what the magpie had told her on the road earlier, so he laughed and said bluntly that she had packed up yesterday, but in the end the old lady sent Lark over and said that she would be allowed to live in another courtyard, Save yourself the hassle of moving around.

Hearing this, Zhang Meng's family thought about it and raised their smiling faces again, "That's right, that's right, the old lady will think of your kindness again, girl, and maybe she will recruit you back again, if you don't clean it up, it will save you trouble in the future."

Ziqing just smiled, but didn't say clearly that he rushed to work here because he offended the Fourth Young Master, and only said that he wanted to lend her a good word.

Zhang Meng's family happily said, "Well, from now on, you will go to the counter to cut the side dishes, and I will ask someone to take you. Hey, just now you said that you are from Hegou Village. It just so happens that that girl is from the same village as you. Two Ah!"

(End of this chapter)