self-improvement as a cook

Chapter 73

I have heard it, I have heard it, but I will not believe it if I have not seen it with my own eyes, but I have seen it, I am really shocked by An Ran's cooking skills, and Xie Niang has also learned cooking skills.

Because her appearance is not outstanding, her mother tried her best to make her a virtuous name. There is a saying that a woman is virtuous if she has no talent, and she tried her best to teach her three obediences and four virtues, needlework, and even cooking skills.Not to mention how good she is, at least she can cook a few specialty dishes. The path her mother chose for her is quite far-sighted now that she thinks about it.

Although the Xie family is a family member, the glory of so many years, to put it bluntly, depends on the marriage. From Duan Jing to the queen mother, to the princess, and even the original spouse of Jiangnan governor Shangguanyi, all of them come from the Xie family, and have also brought dozens of Xie family. years of family glory.

Therefore, women in the clan pay more attention to women than men, especially women with outstanding appearance, they will focus on cultivating them. Among the many sisters, Xie Niang is not outstanding in appearance and qualifications, but because her mother is a decent wife with a noble status , has also received much attention.

It's a pity that in Xie Niang's generation, the Xie family has already declined. Although the daughters who went out from the Xie family gained noble status, even respected the queen mother and received the emperor's love, they died early, so that the Xie family had just stepped into the palace. In its heyday, it then declined.

With the rapid rise of the Wang family's power, the Xie family's position became more and more embarrassing. Such a large family, without support, is like a building without a roof beam. It is precarious and may collapse at any moment.

This is not the most difficult thing, the most difficult thing is that there is no money, and you have to try your best to support the face of the family, and the money everywhere is flowing out, how can you stand up like this.

Even the Xie family had some money-making Zhuangzi businesses, but due to poor management, they did not make much money. In addition, there were many dudes in the clan, and within a few years, they were already stretched.

Xie Niang, the dignified daughter of the Xie family, when she was in her natal family, made her own clothes, shoes, and even the tents in the house by herself. The room is managed by yourself.

To be honest, the real way to live a life without worrying about money is after marrying into An's family. I also have to say that I am lucky, and I am not born too outstanding.

My two most outstanding cousins ​​were both sent to the palace, and one died quietly within a few months after entering. I heard that she had some kind of sudden illness. When the family rushed, they even saw the dead body. It's just a jar of ashes, which was taken back and buried.

The other one was named a beauty by the emperor, but she was not very favored. Xie Niang came home last year and heard her mother mention that that cousin was not doing well.

Money is everywhere in this palace. Those concubines are counting on their natal family to send them in. The Xie family is not as good as it used to be. Where did they get so much money? If there is no money, it is naturally incomplete. The days in the palace can be imagined .

For this reason, the aunt came here specially and said a lot of New Year greetings to herself. The inside and outside of the words were to help her cousin. Xie Niang couldn't help sneering. When she married into An's family that day, she remembered the meanness of the mother and daughter. In other words, what is it like to say that I married into a family of merchants, but now I let myself help them, what do I think.

After saying a few words of promise, he said embarrassingly that he married the second master of the An family. Although there are many businesses in the An family, they are all set up by the elder alone.After evading it with a few words, seeing the face of the aunt at that time, I was very relieved.

It was only after marrying An Jiayan that Xie Yiniang realized how lucky she was. Her husband was a young man with good morals, and An Jiamu, a powerful uncle, was behind him. Her husband's official career was smooth sailing, and he sat in the high position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials at a young age.

Then look at those wives who are similar to me, who doesn't worry about money, who doesn't know that the bigger the official, the more money he uses, or else, how did he come to be such a corrupt official? To put it bluntly, he was forced.

The more officials you have, the more money you have, the more money you have, the more people come and go, the people in the house, there is no place for money, counting on that little salary, but it's a joke, if you are not greedy, how can you pay for it, but if you are greedy, once things fail, you will be dismissed from office. Luck, there are also family ransacks and family exterminations.

It was precisely because her husband was an honest and honest official that he was appreciated and valued by the emperor, and he was promoted all the way to the current high position. Xie Niang knew very well that if there was no uncle and An Jia poking behind her, the husband and wife would not be able to survive.

Although An's family has tens of thousands of family properties, they are all earned by the uncle alone. In the final analysis, they are all big house owners. It is only because the uncle loves the two brothers that he doesn't take the money seriously, and has been living alone.

The Shilang's mansion is the same as the An's mansion in Jizhou. All the expenses are included in the calculation of the total kilometer, so that they can live so calmly. In addition, although the husband is the second master of the An family, the uncle has never remarried, and Jiashu has never married. She is the only hostess in the entire An family.

Because the eldest house does not have a wife, the uncle entrusted many things to himself, just like taking care of the mansion in the capital, this is what makes Xie Niang most satisfied.

And An Ran's appearance caught Xie Niang by surprise, without even a little preparation, this An's family has a decent first wife, and as the second wife's wife, she naturally has no choice.

Fortunately, An Ran came from a humble background, and she was very different from her. Although she complained to her husband that her uncle shouldn't have married a girl, she was grateful in her heart.

Earlier I heard that Shangguan Yao intends to get married, but it kept her awake for several days. If the governor's daughter became the eldest wife of An's family and her own sister-in-law, where would she go?

But it never occurred to her that this seemingly lowly girl is actually a famous chef, and even though her family background is low, she does things quite methodically, and the meeting ceremony she made made her compare herself, which made her unable to bear it. Thinking back to when they got married and met Jiashu back then, the meeting gift given to my brother-in-law was really too shabby compared to An Ran's.

Therefore, although the gift from An Ran in this meeting was expensive, it turned out to be distasteful.It also forced Xie Niang to take the initiative to come over to show her kindness, but showing her kindness is the only way to show her kindness, and only she knows how she feels in her heart.

If there was such a sliver of luck before, now seeing An Ran's cooking skills with her own eyes, the luck would have vanished. Moreover, Xie Niang was sensitive to find that this sister-in-law, even though she came from a humble background and was young, seemed not as good as she thought before. deal with.

Xie Niang knew better than anyone else what kind of virtue a servant in the mansion is, and he would not be too respectful to An Ran, who was born as a girl, so that today's incident was also expected by Xie Niang.

From what she thought, when encountering such a thing, An Ran would only have two reactions, one is to endure it for the time being and try to trick her later, the other is to run back and complain to her uncle.

If she forbears, the people below will feel that she is easy to bully, and they will intensify it. In the end, she can't stay in the capital, and she leaves early and falls down.

If she files a complaint with her uncle, she will definitely get angry because her uncle likes her, and then take care of these servants. However, she might have some complaints about the new lady in her heart. After all, as a housewife, even the wife It's very embarrassing to go to complain to your husband if you don't understand what's going on in the yard. How can such a person be the mistress of An's family?

Moreover, this mansion is full of old people from An's family. If others think about it because of the new wife, they may hate An Ran, but they will think of their tolerance even more.

Therefore, no matter which of An Ran's reactions, it will not lose to him, but will benefit him, but Xie Niang never thought that An Ran would directly find her.

After seeing her culinary skills, Xie Yi Niang was even more worried if she didn't know. Her culinary skills are so superb, if she really wins the imperial chef in this culinary competition, who would care about her background? Mrs. Chief, who cares.

The more Xie Niang thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, but she also pretended not to know: "No wonder people outside said that my sister-in-law is a superb cooker. Seeing you today really made my mother know better. It's hard for my sister-in-law to be so young. How did you practice such a skill?"

An Ran: "I was originally a cook, and I also like to cook. I don't find it difficult if I like it. There is a lot of oily smoke here, and I'm afraid it will smoke my younger siblings. Let's talk in the yard." She walked out of the kitchen with Xie Niang on her arm.

As soon as the old woman saw the two people coming out, she knelt down to Xie Niang: "Madam wants to make the decision for this old slave, but this old slave really didn't say anything. For some reason, Da Furen became annoyed."

Xie Niang pretended to just know about it: "You are a cunning woman, if you say that, it means that the eldest lady wronged you innocently."

"Everything the old slave said is true. The eldest lady asked the old slave what the second master likes to eat. Thinking that the old slave lives in this house all year round and does not serve the second master to eat, who knows what the second master likes. The eldest lady asked the elder Master, this old servant was thinking, the eldest lady had worked in Jizhou Orchid Courtyard and was also a famous cook, how could she not know what the elder likes, so she said she didn't know, and the eldest lady was annoyed."

Xie Niang's face darkened: "Presumptuous, you still have to talk nonsense, what orchid courtyard? What cook? You are in charge of the kitchen here, and the eldest lady asked you, shouldn't you, but you asked the master instead, but what is the rule? Don't you see? Seeing that the eldest lady is easy to bully when she first enters the door, it will not work to deliberately embarrass the master."

"This old slave doesn't dare. How courageous is this old slave? He dared to challenge his master, but he was just telling the truth. How could he poke the lung tube of the eldest lady? The old slave was wronged. Madam, you don't care. You have known Lao Nu here for many years, and Lao Nu is a person who knows the rules best."

An Ran secretly snorted coldly, it was really a good show, this old lady didn't take herself seriously, she deliberately mentioned Lanyuan, and even plainly satirized herself, don't put madam in front of them They know their details, but Xie Niang's few words seem to be scolding, but when you think about it carefully, each sentence has a deeper meaning, as if you are the one who picks things up and finds fault.

An Ran didn't want to get stuck with Xie Niang, because she was very aware of An Jiamu's feelings for her two younger brothers. An Jiamu seemed shrewd, but sometimes he wasn't.

He can be ruthless and use tricks to outsiders, so he can be invincible in the business field, but when it comes to his family, he is extremely tolerant and even has no principles.

Of course, the two younger brothers, Jiayan and Jiashu, are quite sensible, and they also recognized her as a sister-in-law from the bottom of their hearts, but Xie Yiniang was different. If we said that when we met for the first time yesterday, I thought she was not simple and kind. If it is an illusion, then now, she is very sure that Xie Yi Niang does not welcome her as a sister-in-law.

No matter how kindly she smiles and how respectful she looks, she still can't hide the disgust in her heart. An Ran really can't figure out where she is hindering her.

However, since this is the case, why should I be polite? I wanted to maintain the status quo before because I felt that I would not be able to stay in Beijing for a few days. Xie Niang has been in charge of this place for so many years, so let her continue to take care of it. Now it seems that I take it for granted up.

Moreover, if she takes a step back, she will take a step further. If she endures this time, there will be more outrageous things in the future, and now she is not only An Ran, but also An Jiamu's wife, the legitimate master of this house.

These people are the servants of the house. To put it bluntly, they eat the master and bully the master in turn. If such a slave is not severely punished, he will really treat himself as a display.

Originally, An Ran invited Xie Niang to come here to give her face, if she was the governor, she would kick this woman out without a second thought, and there was talk between the two of them, but now there is no need for it.

An Ran sneered, looked at the old woman and said, "If you were from the house of your younger siblings, you should ask your younger siblings if you are not in the right place, but now you are in my house, why do you ask your younger siblings? Could it be that younger siblings have clairvoyant eyes? Are you here?" Mistakes made in the Bian Mansion, the brothers and sisters will know about it in the Shi Lang's Mansion."

Xie Niang's complexion changed, the meaning in the words was not pleasant, but An Ran suddenly changed her voice: "Although I have only met my younger siblings twice, I often hear Jiamu mentioning my younger siblings, who were famous far and wide before they were married, the most virtuous Shude, no matter how good-tempered my brother and sister are, it’s not something you slavish slaves can talk about casually, and it’s a bad idea to treat this place as a place where you can do whatever you want.”

An Ran's words were extremely cold, her small face suddenly became stiff, and the woman couldn't help shivering, probably because she didn't expect An Ran to be so tough, suddenly felt something was wrong, and looked at Xie Niang for help.

An Ran: "Because the second brother is here today, I invite my younger brother and sister to come over and have a simple meal together as a family, but you are not here to talk about it." He said to the servant woman next to him: "Go and tell the housekeeper, if the result of a foreign hire If she bought it, I will give her a favor and return the deed of sale to her, and let her find another way to make a living. I can't afford such a person here."

The maidservant went away.

The old woman's face turned pale. The errands in the Anfu are leisurely and lucrative. Where can I find such a good errand? What's more, I can do it by myself. My man and the two boys in the family are all there. An's family is on errand, if I go out like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep the errands of my man and the two boys.

Now I really regret that my intestines are green. The reason why I dare to wear Anran's shoes like this is because I know the details of Anran. I have an old sister who works in the Lanyuan in Jizhou. When I went back to Jizhou to visit relatives last year, I heard from the old sisters Speaking of the girl who failed to crawl on the bed and was sent to the outside kitchen by the aunt, I talked about it as a joke for a long time, saying that the girl is a stupid girl who has no calculations, and this is the bottom line.

Although she somehow became the eldest lady, she didn't notice it, how could such a stupid girl be her own master, the imbalance in her heart, naturally she would not regard An Ran as her master, but she forgot, and thought to herself Don't worry about it, no matter how lowly An Ran's status was before, now that she is married back by the elders, three matchmakers and six hires, she is a justifiable eldest wife, and it is only a matter of saying a word to herself.

Figured it out, he hurriedly walked a few steps to An Ran, and cried with snot and tears: "Madam, Madam, you have a lot of adults, don't worry about it with the old slave, it is the old slave who made a mistake, the old slave forgot Rules, if you hit, scold, punish, this old slave is willing, but you just don’t want to drive this old slave out, the whole family of this old slave is counting on errands to eat, this old slave will never dare again..." He said , Kowtowing his head, his forehead hit the bluestone bricks in the yard, blood immediately seeped out, looking very pitiful.

Seeing that An Ran didn't speak, the woman hurriedly begged Xie Niang again: "Madam, please help this old slave to plead for mercy."

Xie Niang said: "I knew why it was so in the first place." But she looked at An Ran with a look of reluctance: "Sister-in-law, although this woman has neglected sister-in-law, she is an old man in the house, and she is so pitiful. Otherwise, I will forgive you." This time, she will be sent to the outer courtyard to do rough work."

An Ran laughed: "My brother and sister really have a bodhisattva heart, since the younger brother and sister have spoken, the sister-in-law will not be able to refute the face of the younger brother and sister."

Xie Niang was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but An Ran said: "It's just that I am the most afraid of trouble, and my servants don't listen to me, so I don't have time to teach them. Your elder brother also knows my temperament, and I have made mistakes. All of them were kicked out. Now that the siblings have talked about love, it can be seen that this woman is indeed capable. It is a pity to be kicked out like this. It is better than this. I will give this woman to my siblings today to see if my siblings are training her. Whatever it is, it's all up to the younger siblings."

Xie Niang looked at her in astonishment: "The mother-in-law in the sister-in-law's mansion, how can Niang take it easy?"

An Ran took her hand: "We are all a family, so we are so clear about what we do, and we are not afraid of being laughed at by our younger siblings. An Ran is just a girl from a family background and has no knowledge. She is not as good as her younger siblings. , the most appropriate, brothers and sisters don't refuse."

As he spoke, he looked at the old lady: "From now on, you are from the servant's mansion, pack up quickly, and go to work in the younger brother's and sister's mansion, I hope you have learned the lesson from today, and you will be more restrained in the future." .”

Tell the servant woman next to her: "When the housekeeper comes, take her to the servant's mansion first. It's time to eat now. After eating, the siblings will go back and deal with this matter."

Pulling Xie Niang: "Yesterday, my brothers and sisters picked up the wind, and today I will try my sister-in-law's craftsmanship..." While talking, he dragged Xie Niang out of the kitchen yard, as if he hadn't seen Xie Niang's ugly face, he directly pulled She arrived in the small hall ahead.

Seeing Yi Niang, An Jiayan couldn't help being stunned: "Why are you here?" Seeing that her face was not very good-looking, he asked again: "But what's the matter?"

An Ran laughed: "Look at what the second brother said, you brothers can communicate with each other, but can't we meet each other between sisters-in-law and sister-in-law? What can I do? I invited my younger brother and sister over, thinking that I was with you yesterday. In the mansion, in honor of the brother and sister's favor, a reception banquet was held, seeing the second brother coming today, he simply invited the younger brother and sister over, and the whole family had a light meal together and made out with each other."

An Jiayan nodded: "Sister-in-law is right."

Seeing that the servant wanted to set up a screen, An Jiamu waved his hand: "What are you doing with this son of a bitch? It's just a family meal. How come there are so many rules. You two, sister-in-law, sit down too."

An Ran sat down graciously. She was also annoyed by these rules, so naturally she would not obey them. The reason why she avoided An Jiashu in Cuiyuan was because of the incident in Jizhou, when she faced An Jiashu, I couldn't help but think of the absurd things that night, although I don't remember what I did, it happened.An Jiayan was different.

Xie Niang was rather awkward, but seeing An Ran sitting, she could only sit sideways, she looked calm on the face, but her heart was boiling like a pot, knowing that she underestimated this new sister-in-law, don't look at her humble background , is by no means an easy character to deal with.

Today, this incident was originally beneficial to me, but I didn't want to. In a blink of an eye, it was completely reversed. I should have been a good person, but in the end she was a good person, and I took the opportunity to plead for mercy , directly pushed the woman to himself.

In this way, if I kicked this woman out, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of myself? If I didn't drive this woman out and stayed, it wasn't my own mercy. A scheming trick is something that a girl can use.

Three of the four enjoyed the meal to their heart's content, but Xie Niang couldn't swallow it.

After the meal was over, after enjoying the fragrant tea, An Ran said with a smile: "Everyone says that my cooking skills are so superb, but now it seems that the name is not worthy of the name."

An Jiayan was stunned: "How could sister-in-law say that? The dishes cooked by sister-in-law are the most delicious delicacies that Jiayan has ever seen and eaten in his life. I can't blame elder brother for not being able to eat the dishes from my house. After tasting sister-in-law's The craftsmanship is really hard to swallow."

An Ran shook her head: "Don't praise my sister-in-law, you don't count, you have to eat well, the younger siblings just didn't eat much, it shows that the sister-in-law's cooking skills are not good."

An Jiayan actually noticed it too, and couldn't help but glance at his wife. Xie Niang's expression froze, and she hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law is joking, the dishes cooked by sister-in-law are naturally delicious, but my mother has no appetite these days, and she was greedy when she first came here. , I ate a few pieces of dim sum that my sister-in-law sent over yesterday, so I couldn’t eat any more.”

An Ran nodded: "So that's the case, my younger siblings really scared me, I just thought, what's wrong with these few dishes."

An Jiamu glanced past Xie Niang and landed on An Ran, paused for a while, didn't say anything, waited for Jiayan and his wife to leave, then embraced her and asked, "What's the matter with you and your siblings?"

An Ran blinked and looked at him: "Are you afraid that your siblings will bully me?"

An Jiamu laughed, and nodded her little mouth: "This is tricky. I don't know what kind of temper you are. Although you are a little lazy, you are not a good-tempered person. If anyone bullies you, it will not last long." eyes."

An Ran laughed: "So, you are afraid that my sister-in-law will bully your siblings."

An Jiamu shook his head: "Hao Siniang came from a noble family, and no one from this noble family is simple-minded. Tell me, what's the matter?"

An Ran pursed her lips and smiled: "If you are a man, don't meddle in the matter between us, I have my own reasons."

An Ran understands very well that some things can be left to her husband, but some things must be handled by herself. The relationship between sister-in-law and sister-in-law is already the most difficult to handle. I am incompetent.

Regardless of whether she likes it or not, she is now the eldest wife of the An family, and she can't face the affairs in this house if she doesn't want to. Although she doesn't want to provoke anyone, she can't even think about bullying her.

After An Ran fell asleep, An Jiamu called the maid over and asked, her expression turned a little ugly. Although she always knew that Xie Niang had a lot of thoughts and tricks, she never thought that she would turn her thoughts on An Ran's head superior.

At first, I thought, why should a family be so clearly divided? It’s too much. Now that something like this has happened, I have to think about it carefully. It’s just that a servant dares to bully the master, and it’s impossible to treat yourself as a dead person .

An Ran woke up from a nap, but found that she was in the carriage, and An Jiamu, a super pervert, was eating tofu while he was asleep.

The carriage was quite wide and stable, and An Jiamu was holding her in her arms. It was so comfortable that An Ran woke up only now, pulled his unruly hand away, and asked with a blushing face, "Where are you going?" It's a culinary competition."

An Jiamu bowed his head and kissed her: "Don't you like water? Let's go to another hospital for a day and come back tomorrow night. It won't delay our business."

What does the other courtyard have to do with water?
Only when An Ran saw the huge hot spring pool in front of her did she understand, but she couldn't help complaining about An Jiamu's extravagance. This courtyard was built in the suburbs of Beijing. Although it was smaller than the other courtyard in Jizhou, it was more refined. No less.

What's even better is that there is a hot spring here. It's a big hot spring pool, similar to a small swimming pool. The whole thing is made of white marble. It's very luxurious. If you live here in winter, you can soak in the hot spring from time to time. A day like a fairy.

Moreover, this is a real hot spring, which is different from the modern ones that use hot water to pretend to have a faint sulfur smell.

Suddenly, An Jiamu came over from behind: "Stupidly looking at what to do, but I remember my wife's water quality, when I was at the edge of that puddle, I plunged into it, and my husband thought you couldn't think about throwing yourself into the river."

Mentioning this matter made An Ran laugh, and she couldn't help sighing secretly, people's mentality really changes with current events, when I came out of Jizhou, I didn't want to think about everything that happened to An Jiamu, hated it. It is better not to forget forever.

Now that I think about it, it’s not only funny, but also kind of inexplicably sweet, including the things he lied to himself. Now that I think about it, I won’t be angry anymore. Instead, I feel that these experiences have enriched their emotional journey and made the relationship between husband and wife even stronger. Intimacy, when the two of them are old and gray-haired, it will be more warm to think of these...

"Ma'am, this is not the time to be distracted..." An Ran felt something was wrong and looked down, her little face blushed. After such a short time, the dress had fallen to the ground, and only her belly was left on her body. , pants, and An Jiamu's hand was pinching the thin strap around her neck, and when she loosened it, An Ran hurriedly pushed him away and jumped down...

An Jiamu laughed. After being married for so long, this girl is still so shy. It made him miss the little girl by the puddle. She took off her clothes so neatly. At that time, she fainted, but today she has to Feel the feelings, this mandarin duck playing in the water is a great joy in life...

An Ran soon discovered that An Jiamu, a landlubber, seemed to be a different person in the hot spring, because he was extraordinarily tall, and the water level of the hot spring did not pose the slightest threat to him, on the contrary, he was like a fish in water, full of tricks.

The two lived in the other courtyard for two days and one night. Before leaving, they were carried into the hot spring by this man and tossed for a long time, so that when they returned to the city from the other courtyard, An Ran still fell asleep all the way. When he reached the gate of the mansion, he woke up.

An Ran was afraid that An Jiamu would hug her in again. After all, she was the eldest lady, and it was really outrageous that she was always being hugged in and out by her husband. Moreover, the servants in this mansion were not easy, they all stared at her and hated her. You can't read jokes, it's better to behave yourself to save trouble.

However, An Jiamu leaned over and kissed her: "Don't worry, you can do whatever you want in the future, don't worry about what others think, you are the biggest when we settle down."

An Ran couldn't help laughing, reached out and tapped his lips: "Master's mouth is getting sweeter now, I don't know, I thought Master ate candy."

Seeing that the little daughter-in-law was smiling, and there were still a few traces of spring in those brimming watery eyes that hadn't fully dissipated, An Jiamu's heart skipped a beat, and she was about to kiss her on the mouth, but was caught by An Ran. Stretch out your hand to block it: "This is not a place for nonsense..." Leaving aside, he got out of the car first.

An Jiamu couldn't help laughing, and let her go for now, anyway, the monk can't escape the temple if he can run away.

An Ran couldn't help being stunned when she got out of the car, she was not the housekeeper before, but a very familiar kid, none other than Liu Xi'er.

Liu Xi'er stepped forward and saluted: "Liu Xi'er pays respects to the Eldest Master and the Eldest Madam."

It took An Ran a long time to recover, pointing at him and saying: "You, you are Liu Xi'er, really Liu Xi'er, why are you here?"

Liu Xi'er chuckled: "The slave doesn't have the ability to be good and happy, but he can take care of some trivial matters. The old man transferred the slave over. From now on, Liu Xi'er will follow the eldest lady. Wherever the eldest lady goes, Liu Xier will go."

Liu Xi'er is so happy that I don't need to mention it. Speaking of it, he only found out that Miss An became the eldest wife of their An Mansion a few days ago. It was a pretense, so he didn't dare to think about it.

But he is not a fool. After he was suddenly transferred to another courtyard and worked under the steward of Anyuan, he became confused. He had no roots and no leaves. Because of this, he would nest in the kitchen outside the bird Doing odd jobs in a place that doesn't shit, who is An Yuan?But the chief steward of the other courtyard is at the same level as Ding Shoucai in the Anfu, the most respectable person in front of the master, and his subordinates, even doing odd jobs, are not good jobs that ordinary people can find, so how could it be their turn.

Moreover, he paid much attention to promotion for himself, and recognized himself as an apprentice, so that in a few days, he, who was a handyman, became a manager.

Then, Liu Xi'er found out that not only herself, Aunt Liu's family, Defu, needless to say, their errands are more decent than her, but even Ma Dajiao and Aunt Jiao in the outside kitchen got a good job, and they gradually got better. Some understand.

Although these people seem to have no roots or leaves, when you think about it carefully, they all have something to do with Ms. An. Could it be because of Ms. An?But I was not sure, until the head housekeeper called me to go over and let me go to Beijing quickly, I was still at a loss.

The big housekeeper Bai waited for him to pat him: "You kid usually looks very clever, but why are you so stupid at this time? Don't you think about it. Just relying on you, how could you be transferred to me in one step? To tell you the truth! Well, the new wife married by our Elder is Miss An back then, you are lucky, you have made friends with your wife early in the morning, and you may be more respectable than Master and me in the future."

Only then did Liu Xi'er suddenly realize, and couldn't help but be happy. He never thought that what he said that day would become true, but he also knew that An Yuan was good to him and taught him like an apprentice. I will never forget Master, when you grow old, wait for me to honor you."

An Yuan nodded: "You have some conscience, but I have to tell you that the mansion in Beijing has always been managed by Mrs. Xie, our second house. The old man suddenly transferred you, it must be For the sake of the new wife, I measure the relationship between you and the lady, and I want to give the lady a place of my own. Although there are a few Anpings who go with you, they are all used to the master, and they are all smarter than monkeys. , you don’t care about what they do, just think about who you are today because of, remember this, and you will have the bottom of everything.”

Liu Xi'er is so clever, once the master said it, he understood that he would be his wife's person in the future, and it was right to look after his wife in everything. Once he came to the capital and saw the virtues of these servants, Liu Xi'er understood, and acted like a big housekeeper Come on, the new official took office three fires, dealt with a few thorns severely, and then smoothed out the house.

Anping and the others are the entourage of the great master, they will not interfere in these matters, but they also envy Liu Xi'er from the bottom of their hearts, secretly thinking that this person is really lucky, just like Liu Xier, yesterday was a boy doing odd jobs in the kitchen outside, and in a blink of an eye Became a big housekeeper, this is simply an eight-step jump, whoever is not envious, but envious is useless, Liu Xi'er is lucky, she climbed up to the new wife early, who has such a foresight, would have thought that such a girl would have become Madam, this is less believable than a dream, but it has become a reality.

An Ran was also very happy, went in and called Liu Xi'er to him, and asked a lot about Jizhou, Liu Xi'er told them one by one, and then said that Defu went to Suzhou with An Zhi.

An Ran was stunned for a moment, but felt that it was a good thing, the two seniors were in Suzhou, and they could learn the craft well after going to Telford, which was better than following an unreliable master like herself.

After asking for a long time, Liu Xi'er was asked to go down. Looking at the man who had been listening silently to the side, he said seriously, "Thank you."

But An Jiamu didn't like to hear it anymore, and stretched out his hand to wrap her in his arms: "From now on, you are not allowed to say thank you to my husband. If you really want to thank your husband, you might as well make some delicious food for your husband."

An Ran: "If you say that, doesn't it mean that everything I cooked before was not delicious?"

An Jiamu shook his head: "It's not bad, it's just that it's almost Qixi Festival, seeing Liu Xi'er today reminds me of the dumplings you made when I celebrated Qixi Festival in another courtyard."

An Ran couldn't help laughing: "What's so difficult about this, I'll make it for you." After thinking about it, she remembered the same thing: "I'll make goldfish dumplings for you today..."

(End of this chapter)