in spring

Chapter 43 It's hard to guess the minds of the ancients...

In the main room, Li You was talking with the old lady, gradually getting tired, and asked inadvertently, "Why hasn't the meal been delivered yet?"

Mei Xiang stepped forward with a smile and said, "I've asked someone to remind me again, now it's not meal time, maybe I haven't made it for a while."

"You don't need to bother, just make porridge..." Li You glanced at his grandmother secretly, a little embarrassed, "Grandson feels hungry..."

The old lady gave him a white look: "You know you're hungry, right? Let's see if you dare not eat in the future!"

Li You rolled into her grandmother's arms with a smile, and acted coquettishly again.The old lady noticed that he was listless, so she persuaded him: "Take a nap first, I'm tired too." Turning her head, she called the girl who followed: "Ask someone to bring a brazier, the room is getting colder in the afternoon .”

Today by her side are two first-class maids Zhu Zhu and Shan Shan. Hearing this, she hurriedly went to the Nuan Pavilion with Qing'er, Lu'er and other girls from Huanhuaxuan to tidy up a sleeping couch and light a brazier. Let their grandparents sleep on a bench and sleep on a couch, warm and comfortable.Li You talked with grandmother without saying a word, and after a while, the old lady fell asleep first.

Seeing this, Li You glanced at Mei Xiang, and the latter pretended to tuck the blanket for him and came over, whispering in his ear, Li You pondered for a moment, gave some instructions, and closed his eyes to rest.

After sleeping for more than half an hour, Mei Xiang entered the Nuan Pavilion as ordered, called Li You softly a few times, and then approached his ear as if to report something, Li You suddenly raised her voice: "Don't mention this matter again, turn around Don't let the old lady know, lest she get angry."

"What's the matter?" The old lady woke up in a daze, and Li You hurriedly apologized: "It's all right, grandma is awake? But grandson is bothering you?"

The old lady asked about the hour of Pearl, and she was about to get up: "So it's been so long. By the way, the food from the kitchen hasn't been delivered yet?! It's time to have dinner any later! Brother You, how can you not be hungry like this?" Bad?!" Her face darkened, and she ordered Shan Shan to go to the kitchen to find out.

Mei Xiang stepped forward with a smile and said, "It's already been delivered, but seeing the third young master sleeping so soundly, I couldn't bear to call him, so I'll ask someone to bring it up." That's all for the old lady.

After Li You finished washing and cleaning, the maids brought up the food. It turned out to be a bowl of bird's nest porridge and four or five kinds of appetizers, but they were not what the old lady ordered.The old lady was a little displeased when she saw this, but Li You couldn't wait to take a mouthful of the porridge, then took another mouthful of pickles, frowned slightly, then immediately restored her smiling face, and started to eat the porridge in big mouthfuls.

Seeing that her grandson was eating deliciously, the old lady was also happy, and suddenly felt that she was also hungry, so she ordered Pearl to scoop up a bowl for herself, but Pearl replied in embarrassment that the kitchen had only sent a bowl, and Li You dug a bowl to flatter her. When the spoon was delivered to the grandmother's mouth, the old lady put away all her displeasure, and ate it with her grandson.

After eating, Li You talked with the old lady again, as if casually said: "Don't blame them, old lady, it's not a serious meal, it's embarrassing... the grandson will eat well in the future, don't worry about this little thing , get angry with the kitchen, lest..." He lowered his voice, "...Second brother has an ugly face..."

Pearl and Coral looked at each other, but they didn't understand why, but the old lady understood, and couldn't help but sigh for the sensible and considerate little grandson.As soon as the bird's nest porridge took her mouth, she already tasted the taste she is used to, because she likes sweet and soft food, as usual, there is more rock sugar in the bird's nest, and the porridge is too hot, it is obviously leftovers from her morning meal, the kitchen The person who reheated it and brought it up again.Looking at the few small dishes, they were all prepared and stored in the jar. They were taken out, cut up, mixed with hot sesame oil, and then they were ready to eat.It's cold today, and the oil has formed a thick layer. It's strange that my grandson frowned when he ate it.

The old lady was very angry. The people in the kitchen knew that they were here, but they dared to neglect the young master like this. Not only did the delivery of the food be late, but they also cut corners. It really owes a lesson!Others told me that Brother You's little girl was arguing with the kitchen, and the reason seems to be debatable!But they dare to be so bold, is it really because of Brother Chang?

The old lady pondered for a moment, she still didn't believe that her beloved second grandson would do such a thing, it should be the people in the kitchen who did it on their own.She lowered her face, and decided to let her daughter-in-law tidy up the mansion after she went back, and she had to pick and choose from the common rooms in the second-grandson's house, and drive out those who caused trouble as soon as possible!

But she still kept an eye out and told Shan Hu to ask the people in Huanhuaxuan what the little grandson told "don't let the old lady know".
Soon Coral, with the help of Qiu Yu, learned the "truth" from Lan Xiang who went to the kitchen to pass the meal.It turned out that she had another quarrel with the woman in charge of the kitchen, and the woman uttered wild words, telling the third young master to stop torturing them!If she hadn't argued hard, the woman would still have refused to order her subordinates to make porridge, but in the end, the porridge was leftovers and cold dishes.

Lan Xiang didn't mention that because she was unhappy, she didn't tell the old lady about the Huanhuaxuan during the quarrel, and she didn't reveal that the porridge and side dishes were actually delivered half an hour ago, in the front yard. Let it cool down, and then heat it up with a tea stove, so Coral replied to the old lady like this.

In the end, the old lady left Huanhuaxuan in anger. Li You seemed to be ignorant of this, and reluctantly sent her to the outside of the courtyard before turning back to the main room.

Qing'er cleaned up the cups and plates unwillingly, and complained: "How long is the third young master going to endure?! The people in the kitchen are obviously abominable! If this continues, only one person in the house will be able to bully you!"

Li You smiled, looked up at Mei Xiang, Mei Xiang nodded with a smile, the former looked more relaxed, and lay down on the bed: "I was sleepy just now, let me squint for a while, call me when I have dinner, I'm going Have dinner with grandma."

Mei Xiang agreed with a smile, and covered him with a thin quilt, but Lan Xiang felt a little uncomfortable, went to the bedside and added two pieces of incense to the incense burner, and asked: "The little girl Chun'er who went to the kitchen to pass the message that day, is there anything else?" Man Ru, who offended the second young master just now, how will the third young master deal with them?"

"Deal with?" Li You opened his eyes, "Why do you need to deal with it?"

Lan Xiang was a little surprised: "They did something wrong, shouldn't they be punished? I heard that you just sent a message in front of the old lady to punish them. If you let them go lightly, what should the old lady do when she asks? "

Li You smiled: "That's true. I have been so ill, and I will send letters to my elder brother-in-law and elder sister to reassure them. There are uncut flower papers at home, in two colors of apricot red and copper green. You pick one knife each, tell Manru and the others to cut it off, then it will be regarded as a punishment."

This was obviously dealt with lightly. Although Lan Xiang had other ideas, she couldn't say anything else, so she turned around and went to find paper.Li You closed his eyes and rested, with a hint of complacency in the corner of his mouth.

Qing'er leaned outside the Nuan Pavilion and watched all the time, feeling a little sour in her heart.

Chunying was sitting in the room, ever since her sister left, she had been worried, not knowing how the third young master would punish her.Although she was found to be in a relationship with the young master's girl because she was careless, she was still very unconvinced about the kitchen matter. It was obvious that someone else did something wrong, so why should she be punished instead?Could it be that she still has to swallow her anger when she hears other people mocking her face to face?Since Wen Wen entered the mansion, she has always been honest, and she has been as friendly as possible with other maids. It can be said that she has never had any conflicts with others except Qing'er. Want to come to your door?That kitchen woman, even if she really had the chief manager behind her, it would be too much to frame her a little girl like this, right?That is simply turning black and white!
Could it be that... that old woman wanted to strike first? !Before he denounced her, beat her up first? !

That's abominable!

Chunying bit the small handkerchief resentfully, while Shi'er cautiously asked next to him: "Chun'er... are you okay?"

"It's okay!" Chunying tore off the handkerchief and told herself to be patient!In any case, her goal is to leave the Hou Mansion safely, those intrigues have nothing to do with her!
Suddenly, she heard someone calling her outside the door, and when she looked up, it turned out to be Manru.The face of the other party was much better than before, and he waved to her with a smile: "Come with me quickly, the third young master has already sent a message, and he is going to punish us."

Since they were going to be punished, why was she so happy?Chunying followed her to the backyard puzzled, and entered a small room. There was a long table in the middle, with tall shelves on three sides. On the shelves were bags and boxes. Most of the items are wrapped in paper or silk, and I don't know what is inside.There are also several large tile vats in the corner, each containing dozens of scrolls of various sizes and thicknesses.She moved closer to one of the shelves and smelled ink from several boxes.

Lan Xiang took out two large stacks of paper from one of the shelves, threw them on the long table, put down two silver scissors, and said angrily: "Cut these papers for me, and you won't be allowed to have dinner until you finish them! The third young master is kind, let you go gently, next time I meet you and cause trouble for the third young master, see if I don't fry your skin!" After saying that, he turned and left.

Chunying opened her mouth, held back her breath, and sat down at the table, staring at the two stacks of colored paper in a daze: "Do you want to cut this? How big will it be?"

Manru smiled and took out a stack of colored paper from the shelf: "Just use this size, the third young master likes to use this size of colored paper to write notes to people, I have seen Qing'er do this." She picked up the silver scissors, Then cut it according to the colored paper.

Chunying spread out one of the green papers, and found that it was at least one square meter in size, with faint lines on it, exuding a faint floral fragrance.She murmured in her heart that the third young master liked to be arty at a young age, and she also followed Manru's tailoring.

While cutting, she thought to herself: Just now, she thought she would be beaten. Didn't Qiuyu say that wages will be deducted for those who are lucky?Actually just cut a few pieces of paper and finish the job?What are those high-ranking young masters thinking?

She sighed low.Originally thought that as a modern person, even if she was not smarter than the ancients, she would at least have more knowledge, but she didn't expect that the twists and turns in the ancients' hearts made her completely unable to understand.Forget it, she should calm down a bit, she is still far behind playing tricks with these ancients...

The matter passed like this, and dinner was eaten on time, Chunying was a little bored, so she planned to go back to her room, and practice more needlework as Qiuyu said.

After practicing for a long time, she felt tired, so she threw away her things and wanted to go out of the courtyard for a walk, when she inadvertently heard voices at the gate of the courtyard.The girl said: "This is a snack made by the cook brought back by the second master from the north. It is best eaten with milk. The second wife asked the old lady to taste it. The old lady was thinking about the third young master and asked me to bring it over. , and told the third young master to eat while it’s hot, go to bed earlier at night, and not stay up late.”

Manru took the tray and said with a smile: "Understood, don't worry." The girl left, and Manru walked towards the backyard with the tray in her hand. She was stopped by Qing'er halfway, and she frowned: "You What's the matter?"

(Chun Ying's crisis MS has just passed, and the opportunity seems to be coming? What will happen next? The editor has notified me that it will be on the shelves on New Year's Day, please continue to support~~~)
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