The splendid youth of the farm gate

Chapter 123 Re-entering the Ye Mansion (8)
Qing Guo giggled and said, "That's something new for the old lady. In fact, I'm not as good as those mothers in the house."

Wei Zi smiled, surprised at the exquisiteness of the green fruit.Although she is now a first-class maid beside the old lady, she has also come from a third-class maid step by step, so she can naturally understand Qingguo's thinking that she would rather belittle herself than offend others easily.

"Miss Luo, did you bring any fresh food?" Wei Zi asked with a smile.

Qingguo nodded, asked Luo Xiaojiang to carry the jar over, and said to Wei Zi: "Sister Wei Zi, this is a new side dish made by my family. I will go to the kitchen to make a dish later, and the old lady will pay for it. Please come later Give me some good words in front of the old lady!"

Wei Zi smiled and said: "Ms. Luo's pair of skillful hands can make the old lady happy, how can I use a good word?"

"Of course I want it!" Qing Guo said with a smile: "Who doesn't know that sister Wei Zi is the most clever and well-behaved, and you can talk funny in front of the old lady, so that the old lady can smile often and prolong her life!"

Wei Zi smiled lightly and shook her head, and told the porter to treat Luo Xingzu and Luo Xiaojiang well, while she led Qingguo to the kitchen.

"Sister Wei Zi. How is the old lady's appetite these days?"

"Well, after the old lady recovered from her cold, her appetite returned to about the same level as usual."

To be honest, the advantage of this pickle is that it is very delicious.But for the elderly, what they pay attention to is a light diet, and this old lady doesn't have a strong taste in the first place!

Qingguo's mind moved slightly, and she made up her mind.

When they got to the kitchen, after the women in the kitchen greeted Wei Zi, Qingguo came forward with a smile, said hello to them, and then said to the woman in charge of the kitchen.

"Mom, can I trouble you to find me a fresh and slightly heavier crucian carp?"

When the old woman saw Wei Zi bringing Qingguo in, she knew that Qingguo was going to cook for the old lady again, so she said without any hesitation: "Coincidentally, a bucket of fish was just delivered from the village this morning, put it in I bought some pools in the backyard, raised a few and said I would cook them for lunch, so let me choose one, girl."

"Hey, thanks mom."

Qingguo followed her mother-in-law, and saw that there were indeed a few two-jin grass carp and a few medium-sized crucian carp raised in the big wooden roots in the corner of the kitchen.

She chose two crucian carp that weighed three or four, brought them to the desk, and tidied them up neatly.

The children of the poor have long been in charge of the family, and the women are not surprised that the young Qingguo can clean up the fish so neatly.But they deeply admire Qingguo's extraordinary cooking skills, so everyone stared at every step of Qingguo's operation intently.

Put the fish and ginger into the pan and fry until both sides are golden. Qingguo grabs two pickles from the jar and puts them in the pan. Add cooking wine, turn it over slightly, then add sugar and salt, and pour in an appropriate amount of boiling water to completely submerge the fish. Body shall prevail.Cook on high heat until the soup in the pot boils, and the soup is milky white. Change to low heat and simmer for about 5 minutes. Remove from the pot and put it in a bowl.

Qingguo chose two shallots and tied them into a beautiful knot, and put them in a porcelain bowl with a blue edge. The emerald green onions are paired with the milky white fish soup, which is really pleasing to the eye.

"Sister Wei Zi, it's fine."

In fact, Wei Zi has been watching from the sidelines. One thing she didn't tell Qingguo is that the old lady doesn't like fish.I don't like the smell of fish, and I don't think it's troublesome to eat fish.

As for why she didn't say anything, Wei Zi looked at the bowl of fish soup on the tray with red lacquer painted with crabapple flowers, and the corners of her lips curled up in a happy arc, thinking to herself, Miss Luo is very lucky after all, the old lady is afraid that she will show her power now. It's going to be useless!
"I'll send it to the old lady, Miss Luo, please sit down for a while."

"Hey, I'm sorry, sister Wei Zi."

Wei Zi asked the little maid behind him to pick up the food box and turned to leave.

Qingguo began to tidy up the things on the stove, and the woman in charge stepped forward with a smile to stop her.

"Miss Luo, this job will be done by someone else, you can rest."

"It doesn't matter, I'm idle anyway." Qing Guo kept talking without stopping.

The woman in charge didn't agree, she directly pulled Qingguo aside, and even politely made her a cup of hot tea.

"Miss Luo, drink a cup of hot water to warm your body." After finishing the sentence, he took out a few pastries from the cook: "I just made this last night, because I made too much, and Miss Luo will pay for the leftovers. "

"Thank you mom." Qing Guo thanked her, took a small piece of pastry, and ate it carefully.

The woman in charge looked at Qingguo with a smile, and after the Qingguo had eaten a piece of pastry, she pointed to the pickles in the jar and asked, "Miss Luo, did you make this yourself?"

Qingguo nodded.

"As for this recipe, I won't ask you for it. But, Miss Luo, can you sell me some of these pickles? My youngest daughter is pregnant and can't eat anything. I see the recipe you just made Fish soup, fresh and sour, very appetizing."

Naturally, Qingguo had no reason to disagree, and quickly agreed.

The woman in charge was thanking Qingguo, when the old lady sent a little maid.

"Miss Luo, our old lady has a reward, please come with me, miss."

Qingguo stood up quickly, and after tidying herself up carefully, she raised her head and said to the little maid: "Young lady, please lead the way."

The little maid nodded, turned around and left, Qing Guo followed.

In fact, Qingguo was very nervous. She believed that Mrs. Ye would never simply ask her to receive the reward.Intentionally, she wanted to ask the little maid for some news, but seeing the little maid who was only half a head taller than her, Qing Guo gave up this idea.

After walking for half a stick of incense, we arrived at Rong'an Hall, the courtyard where Mrs. Ye lived.

Rong'an Hall is located in the southeast direction at the end of the Ye Mansion, and the maids and women shuttled among the high-eaved mansions. Because it is winter, there are no exotic flowers and plants, only a few old plums with gnarled branches in front of the courtyard have a feeling of being alone in the cold. Open cold and proud.

"Sister Wei Zi, Miss Luo is here."

The little maid stood at the foot of the steps, shouting to the inner room with thick curtains.

Not long after, the curtain was lifted, and Wei Zi came out with a smile, "Miss Luo, please come in, my old lady is waiting for you!"

Qingguo smiled sweetly, and walked in through the curtain Wei Zi opened.

As soon as he entered, there was a woman who held a stove on Qingguo's body and smoked it up and down. The warm fire light contained a faint sandalwood fragrance, and Qingguo quietly looked at the two people who were talking softly behind the curtain. woman.

There is a saying that it is red at thirty and green at forty. Although there are many women in the room, they don’t see any wearing red and green. The wife who is about fifty in the first year wears a light brown turtleneck underwear, brown The chrysanthemum-inlaid large squirrel-style wool cotton satin gown with double breasts, and a cloisonne inlaid emerald green cat's-eye gold hairpin in the bun, added a bit of aura to the dignity of the whole person.

(End of this chapter)