in spring

Chapter 46
He stared at Chunying for a long time, until the wrinkles between Lan Xiang's brows were almost knotted, Man Ru and Qing'er's complexions gradually turned pale, and then he asked slowly: "The steamed eggs with milk... You made it?"

Manru's face turned pale, but Qing'er's eyes flashed a gloomy look.Chunying was stunned for a moment before saying: "I was the one who did it the first time, but it was all done by Sister Cui afterwards."

Li You raised his eyebrows: "She made things according to the way you thought, and won a big reward, so you have no idea?"

Chunying was a little confused, what would she think? "That's not what I thought. I've seen others do it before. Besides... I just did it once..." Chun Ying hesitated, secretly looked at Mei Xiang's face, seeing that she was fine, she thought to herself It shouldn't be a big problem to answer this way, right?
Mei Xiang smiled at her, then turned to Li You and said, "Although they made mistakes, Chun'er and Xia He are still young after all, the third young master will show them a lesson." Seeing that Li You had no objection Ignoring the angry look on Lan Xiang's face, he said to Xia He: "Don't be so rash in the future, this time it's just a snack, if you drop any antiques in the future, no matter how much the third young master pities you, you won't be able to I forgive you lightly."

Xia He was so moved that she was about to cry, but Lan Xiang gave her a glare before turning into sobs.Mei Xiang smiled, then turned to Chunying and said, "Although you are not the one who came up with steamed eggs with milk, you should be the one you are most familiar with. These days, Manru is making steamed eggs for the third young master in different ways, but always If you think it’s not as delicious as the one made that night, you can help her think of a way.”

Manru's face warmed up a little, but when she looked at Chunying, she begged a little more.Chunying thought that she had nothing to lose, so she agreed.

Li You has been observing the few of them, and when Chunying agreed, she immediately said happily: "Okay! You can steam a bowl for me now, they have already sent milk, but in the morning I eat Manru's. If you feel like it’s almost tasteless, go ahead and do it like you did that day, and make three bowls! No, five bowls!”

Chunying's eyes widened. No matter how delicious the steamed eggs are, you can't eat so much, right?Although the third young master is young and needs nutrition to grow his body, he usually eats a lot of good things. After all, these are eggs!So she whispered: "Is it enough to eat one egg a day? What's more, there are two in a bowl... It's not good to eat too much..."

Lan Xiang glared: "Nonsense! I've never heard of such nonsense! It's not that the small family outside can't afford eggs. The third young master tells you to do it, and you do it! So talkative, do you want to be lazy? !"

Feeling wronged, Chunying hurriedly explained: "This has nothing to do with the poor and the rich. Although eggs are good, you can't eat too much. If you eat too much, you won't be able to digest it. If it accumulates in your body, you will get sick after a long time."

"Are you cursing the third young master? How courageous!"

Chunying was so angry that she laughed instead: "Sister Lanxiang, how can you wrong people indiscriminately? I am obviously thinking of the third young master. Would you rather indulge the third young master to eat whatever he wants, regardless of his body?"

"What did you say?!"

Chunying shrank her neck and restrained her tone a little: "I'm not talking nonsense... No matter how delicious the food is, you will get tired of eating it every day. Sister Cui's craftsmanship may not be a problem, but the third young master eats a lot of steamed eggs. I feel that the taste is bland, and it will be better to stop eating for a few days..." In a word, eating hurts.She watched Manru study what to use to steam the eggs every day, but she didn't know that the third young master had eaten so much, and the chicken mother had a fit of temper, so she couldn't help but speak out.

Lan Xiang wanted to fight again, but Li You stopped her with her hand, so she reluctantly shut up.Li You smiled at Chunying, and said: "You are right, so you can steam a bowl for me tonight. I want to eat it in two days, so I can tell you to do it." Then he signaled the four of them to retreat Down.

Back in the front yard, Xia He burst into tears, Chunying tried to comfort her, but suddenly someone slapped her hard from behind, looking back, it turned out to be Qing'er, she said resentfully: " What are you talking about in there?! You won’t receive credit for your achievements, are you really a fool?!”

Which one is this?Chunying took out a handkerchief and stuffed it for Xia He, looked in the direction of the main room, lowered her voice and counterattacked: "Who is a fool who doesn't know! How could the third young master and sisters Mei Xiang and Lan Xiang know about this? Could it be you who told me the secret? Don’t forget, this matter is also related to you! We have been punished, so can you escape?” After all, she is the culprit of this matter.

Qing'er gritted her teeth: "If I tell the secret, I will die! Don't wrong a good person! Who knows what bad mouth is doing it?!" She sneered and glanced at Manru: "Maybe someone is proud of you!" It's too much, it's not pleasing to the eye, but it's hurting others!"

Manru pulled Chunying away with a cold face, and said to Qing'er: "You know in your heart whether you told the secret. But I have something to tell you, if you do too many bad things, you will be punished! You Just accumulate more blessings for yourself!" After finishing speaking, regardless of Qing'er's darkened face, she turned her head and said softly to Chunying: "Today is really thanks to you, but later on when you told the third young master to eat less steamed eggs, I was taken aback. A few eggs, how can people be eaten up? If you say that, be careful that the people in the kitchen know and want to hunt you down."

Chunying said awkwardly: "I think if he is too well nourished at a young age..." he will grow into a fat man.But she didn't dare to say this, she just said: "What kind of tricks can steamed eggs make? It's better to eat other things. I saw you talking about putting rock sugar and honey in the eggs the day before yesterday, but some things can't be messed up." Let it go, if something happens, you won’t be able to escape, even if there’s no problem, steamed eggs can’t be eaten as a meal, or you’ll be malnourished. Old ladies and wives know it, and you’ll be scolded as well.”

Manru didn't understand half of what she heard, but she also thought about it: "That's true...but the daily meals are taken care of by the kitchen..."

Qing'er saw that they were only focused on talking and put herself aside, trembling with anger, stomped her feet and said: "You guys should be arrogant! Be careful that you will be pecked by wild geese! Don't get me involved!" After saying that, he walked away.

Now even Xia He glared at her, but they heard Lan Xiang come out and stop them: "Don't go!" Everyone looked back to see what was going on, and saw Lan Xiang holding a half-used ruler in her hand, looking at her. It looks like it is made of wood, and the surface is very smooth.She said with a straight face: "Although the third young master asked you to withdraw, he didn't say that you can be exempted from punishment. If you don't teach you a lesson, there will be no rules in this courtyard! Give me your hand!"

Chunying hesitated, seeing that Manru and Xia He had both stretched out their hands, and then stretched out their palms forward. Seeing that Lan Xiang's hands were raised and lowered, she had already been hit by her palm three times, and she blinked before she felt it. Seeing a burning pain in his hand, Xia He cried out again.

Lan Xiang said sternly: "This time, I will ask you to have a long memory, and see if you dare to pretend to be a ghost in the future!" Then she turned her head to look at Qing'er: "Stretch out your hand!"

Qing'er was ashamed and angry.This is the front yard, there are people on the left and right corridors, even the cleaning woman is looking outside the door, almost everyone is looking at her.She asked herself that although her status was lower than Mei Lan's, she was an old man who had served the third young master for many years, and she had never been punished in public.If Lan Xiang really beat her, how can she meet people in the future?

Seeing that she was not moving, Lan Xiang didn't say much, took her hand, hit her on the head three times, then looked around at the crowd, and said loudly: "In the future, no matter who makes mistakes, no matter who they are, I will never forgive them lightly! "After that, he turned and went back to the backyard.

Qing'er burst into tears, covered her face and ran back to her room.Manru stared at her as she left, turned her head and smiled to comfort Chunying and Xia He, then turned and went to do her own thing.Next to her, a girl who had a good relationship with Xia He came up and took her to apply the medicine, and then asked how Chunying was doing.

Chunying endured the pain, looking at the red marks on her palms, she always felt that something was stuck in her throat, but she couldn't get it out.

I always hear people say, being beaten, being slapped, etc., but she always feels that she has not made a big mistake, and those things will not fall on her, but if she is really beaten, even if it is just a ruler, it is also aggrieved. no.

She is just a little girl, even if she did not make a mistake, she would still be beaten...

Li You was talking to Mei Xiang in the room at this time, when Lan Xiang came back and said that she beat each of the four maids three rulers, she blinked and said with a wry smile: "I actually didn't intend to punish them..."

Lan Xiang said sternly: "If you make a mistake, you should be punished! If you let them off today, and someone cheats you tomorrow, how can you discipline them? The third young master is too indulgent to the girls. Not only did he treat Man Ru She was rewarded too much, which made her act out of proportion, that Rouge is obviously healed, but she is still lazy and does not do anything, and stays in the room all day long. If the third young master is not pampering them, would they dare to do this?!"

Li You said helplessly: "Forget it, it's been more than half a month, what's the use of bringing it up now? The old lady doesn't know, and the second aunt has also gone to the south. Now if there is any trouble, it's not for the old lady Do you want to add trouble?" Seeing that Lan Xiang wanted to say more, he quickly stopped her: "Since you hit me, forget it, it's not a big deal." He raised his head and smiled at Mei Xiang: "Turn around and say a few words to comfort them, and then everyone For a hundred dollars, I still have to be ordered around, don't make them feel uncomfortable." Mei Xiang agreed.

Lan Xiang resisted the urge to bring up the rouge again, took a few deep breaths, and said: "In the final analysis, the third young master always clamors to eat steamed eggs, isn't it because the people in the kitchen can't use it? Those women are too hateful Why don't you tell the old lady and find someone else who can handle you?"

Li You pondered for a moment, then turned to Mei Xiang: "The old lady and the lady, have you heard anything?"

Mei Xiang nodded: "The old lady went back that day, and she mentioned it to the wife at dinner. The wife searched for the crimes of the woman in charge, and wanted to remove her, and it was settled once and for all. Unexpectedly, she and Mr. Wang are related by marriage. The words moved Wang Momo to intercede in person. The third young master also knew that Wang Momo was the most nagging, and the old lady couldn't bear it, so she finally let go. The wife had to withdraw the woman's helper, but temporarily moved her No."

Li You sighed: "Since that's the case, I can't do anything else. Lan Xiang, tell your aunt, don't let the woman in charge get too proud."

Lan Xiang's aunt is now working in the kitchen, but she is not as decent as the woman in charge.Lan Xiang complied, feeling a little regretful.

Mei Xiang smiled and said: "Although I can't move that person, there is another way to not be angry with her. Now that it's getting colder today, why don't you go back to the old lady and set up a stove in the tea room in the front yard for us In the small kitchen in the courtyard, I need another daughter-in-law who can cook. Wouldn’t it be convenient for her to bring Manru and Chun’er to cook what she wants to eat every day?”

Li You clapped his hands together: "Good idea, I'll tell grandma about it tonight!"

Lan Xiang watched Li You discuss with Mei Xiang, and her heart felt a little sour. She was obviously the same as Mei Xiang, so why did the third young master treat Mei Xiang more kindly?Although they didn't avoid her when they talked, she just felt uncomfortable...

But Li You was thinking about another thing: With a small kitchen, it is much more convenient to do things, even if you need to make another tonic...

Looking at the books borrowed from Zhou Nian on the table, an idea slowly formed in his mind.

It's just...he needs to find someone he can trust first...

(PK is counting down...have the audacity to ask for a pink ticket~~~>_<!)
(End of this chapter)