The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 166
The mother-in-law pouted at Fang Fangguan, and looked back: "Here, it is said that the girl has lost a lot of weight in the past two or three days, and she is cooking Bazhen soup for the girl!"

Fangguan followed the mother-in-law's eyes to look in, but saw a figure squatting behind the curtain at the back of the big kitchen.Fangguan handed the hot cake plate to the people around him, lifted the corner of his skirt, and walked back.

The women looked at each other, and there were mocking and envious smiles on their mouths. When Fang Guan completely disappeared behind the curtain, the women gathered together again, chatting and joking, killing time.

At the back of the big kitchen is a small kitchen that was specially built to serve Lu’s confinement. Now Lu’s is not in use, and the girl has not asked anyone to dismantle it. It is all used to make big tonic soup for the two nannies. Everything should be It's new, and the ingredients should be good too. I'm so envious of these ladies who cook on the stove, and I don't know how to think, why didn't this expensive job fall on me!Now it is provided by the master's family with good food and drink, and in the future, it will also take credit for raising the young master, right?
A while ago, Meilian often sent Fangguan to the big kitchen to ask for things. Fangguan seemed to be familiar with the place, and knew the west gate as soon as he walked through the east gate. Except for a few women in charge of the stove, they were brought from Jiangnan. Among them, the rest are also the wives who have just bought into the mansion. These women are also very different from each other. They flatter the former old people, but they are overtly and secretly ostracizing the later colleagues.

Aunt Guo is a special existence in the back kitchen. She never talks too much, and never steals credit. If you say that the girl values ​​her, this Aunt Guo never makes do with the front yard.It can be said that she is not satisfied with her, but the girl often sends someone, and she only asks Mrs. Guo to cook soup and send it in.

That is to say, Mrs. Guo is not the kind of publicity person, otherwise she would have been hated by some people.

Fangguan entered the inner room and said with a smile: "What is Aunt Guo busy with?"

Aunt Guo was wearing a blue coarse cloth jacket, with a snow-white and light apron around her waist, her hair was tied with a hairpin, and was neatly combed, and what was even more rare was that the apron around her waist did not see any oily stars.

When Aunt Guo saw Fang Guan, she was startled for a moment, and then panicked, she subconsciously looked over.Fang Guan picked up the nearest table and sat down, waved his hand indifferently: "Don't worry, no one is following me, I found an excuse to come to you!"

"The rumors are tight these days, didn't they tell you to be careful and don't come here to find me!" Aunt Guo lost her panic and yelled at Fang Guan in a low voice with a very ugly face. "People come and go here, aren't you afraid of being seen?"

Fangguan took an egg on the table and threw it casually, and said indifferently, "Auntie is not afraid, what do I have to worry about?" Disagree: "This is the topping on the dish, what's the use if you don't have to play with it."

Fang Guan sneered: "Auntie thinks I'm noisy, that's easy to handle, you go and talk to me"

Aunt Guo hurriedly covered Fangguan's sandalwood mouth, noticing from time to time whether there was anyone hiding behind the curtain. "Are you crazy? Can you say this at this time?"

Fangguan shook off Aunt Guo's hand fiercely, and the two of them took half a step away: "Although this matter didn't work out, you can't go back on what my aunt promised me back then. I know you have your connections, But my Fangguan is not a vegetarian, at worst, no one will be happy, let's go to the girl to talk and talk, and see who the girl punishes lightly!"

Aunt Guo thought that she had never done anything wrong in the past forty years, but this time she not only did it, but also got someone to take advantage of her.Looking at Fangguan who refused to give in at all, Aunt Guo could only laugh patiently and said: "I know Miss Fangguan is wronged, so let's go, I'll go to them to judge, no matter what, I agreed to your conditions at the beginning. I'm not vague at all."

After Fangguan heard this, his face turned better.He also put his hand on Aunt Guo's forearm: "Auntie, don't blame me for being ruthless. You are urging you so hard, it's all because my mother can't get by in the country. If I can subsidize them, what's the point of saving their lives?" the difference?"

Fangguan is a native of Yangzhou, the second in his family, with an older brother who is about to get married, and two younger sisters and a younger brother.Fangguan's mother was cruel, seeing that her eldest son couldn't make up the gift money, she sold Fangguan to a dental shop for ten taels of silver.Years ago, Ling Guan, who was also sold into Beijing, returned home in fine clothes. Only then did Fang Guan's mother know that her daughter was not only lucky, but also ate, drank, and dressed every day. The more Fang Guan's mother thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt. , Hastily asked someone to write a letter to the capital, all of which were words of bitterness, and finally asked Fang Fang for 50 taels of silver.

Blood is thicker than water, moreover, Fangguan was unwilling to reconcile, and always felt that with Meilian and Mio around, there was no room for her to show her skills.

Since you can't reach the sky in one step, it's better to plan your own major events as soon as possible.

This is how she and Aunt Guo's business experience started.

Aunt Guo stared at the medicinal materials such as angelica, chuanxiong, rehmannia glutinosa in the soup cup, extinguished the heat, carefully removed the Bazhen soup from the fire, and whispered in her mouth: "This soup of mine is a good thing for nourishing qi and blood. Go back and ask the girl to taste it, if the taste is okay, I will make another cup tomorrow."

After Fangguan heard this, he stared at the dark brown old Tang without blinking.

"Don't make random guesses, this is a serious thing," Aunt Guo warned Fang Guan, "The girl is not so easy to fool, you should be careful, and you can't do it lightly until you are fully sure."

When Fangguan was about to leave with her things in hand, Aunt Guo grabbed her again, "Don't hurt anyone's life again!"

Fangguan smiled disdainfully, shook off Aunt Guo's tugging, and went out the door with a soup cup in his hand.

Unexpectedly, I just ran into Zijuan who came to fetch hot cakes at the door.Zijuan was being surrounded by several women, when she saw Fangguan appearing from the small kitchen, she couldn't help laughing loudly: "Why are you here? When I just came, Mio was looking for you everywhere! "

Fangguan smiled: "Sister Zijuan, did you hear me wrong? It's not my turn to be on duty in the house today!"

Zijuan's watery eyes fell on the soup cup in Fangguan's hand, "From Mio's point of view, she seems to have caught some cold, and she is afraid of getting sick to you girls and Fu Geer."

Fangguan felt uncomfortable, staying up late was the most thankless job.The girl went to bed late but got up early.For a while, he put Fu Geer on why he should rest, Fangguan really didn't want to take over this job.

Zijuan put hot cakes in a small basket, and a flattering woman had long held an umbrella for Zijuan, insisting on sending him back.

So Zicuckoo walked in front, standing side by side with Fang Guaner.

"I see that you are a little absent-minded today, but you have been scolded by your two sisters?" Zijuan looked at Fangguan with concern, but Fangguan didn't appreciate it, and said nonchalantly: "Sister Zijuan, don't worry about it, I'm in front of the girl It's decent, even sisters Meilian and Miying don't dare to blame me. Who told me that I came from the Rongguo Mansion! For the sake of the old lady, you must be considerate of me!"

Zijuan frowned, not liking Fangguan's arrogance, so she stopped those persuasive words.As soon as she turned her eyes, she saw a fleeting blue-gray shadow on the rockery at the corner, which seemed to be the little maid in Miss Xing's room.

Sure enough, the people behind the rockery thought that Zijuan and Fangguan hadn't noticed, so they poked their heads and looked out.The heavy snow hit the little maid, but the other party didn't care at all, and just watched with all her heart.
Zicuckoo slowed down a little, and saw that the little maid's gaze was actually following Fangguan.Zijuan's heart skipped a beat, and she deliberately called Fang Guan in front of her: "Good sister, I just remembered that although this hot cake is good, it's still not the same. I'll hurry back to get it, lest our girl laugh at me Forgetful."

Fangguan didn't doubt that he was there, he waved his hand casually, and went alone with an umbrella.

Of course the woman in the big kitchen followed Zijuan, and the other party looked at Zijuan with a smile: "What happened to the girl? Why do you need to go there yourself, or I have quick legs, and I will definitely send it to you in the yard properly. "

Zijuan didn't hear what the mother-in-law asked at all, her eyes were fixed on Fangguan and the figure behind the rockery.

When the lights came on and dinner was over in the mansion, Mrs. Lu hugged her son and took a rest in her own room. Xing Zhong was busy discussing business matters with the two masters.Xiuyan and Daiyu played two games of chess, but there was a fight between their upper and lower eyelids.

Daiyu looked at the dazed elder sister and felt distressed: "Did sister not sleep well yesterday?"

Xiuyan cheered up and said with a smile: "I only slept for two hours, and I woke up before dawn."

Daiyu hurriedly asked Meilian and Miying to make up the beds, and asked Fangguan who was standing blankly by the side to follow Zijuan to get incense in her room.

"This incense is called Shen Han, just grab a small handful, put it in the incense burner, walk around the room, and make sure my sister sleeps soundly at night."

Daiyu tucked up the quilt of Yexiuyan, put down the veil with her own hands, crept to the coat room, and whispered to Fangguan: "Don't bother big sister, you sleep lightly at night, I live next door, what's the matter?" Just ask someone to find me!"

Fang Guan smiled and nodded.Meilian closed the door, the little maids turned off the lights in the main room and made the floor bunks, Fangguan lay on the burning kang, listening to the girl's slight and even breathing, Fangguan couldn't calm down no matter what.

The girl smoked the incense, and Meilian and Mio weren't there outside, and those little maids didn't dare to come in casually even if they had the guts to do so.This opportunity is really rare!If she can find something valuable to send to the Ouyang family, then she will be a successful minister. What is 50 taels of silver, the Ouyang family must reward herself with 500 taels, 5000 taels!

The more Fangguan thought about it, the more lively his heart became.She stabilized her mind, and from a long distance, she softly called out: "Girl? Girl? Are you asleep?"

On the other side was still the sound of steady and even breathing.Fangguan was determined, stepped off the kang with bare feet, and moved towards Duobao Pavilion step by step.Fang Guan remembered that the girl had a carved solid wooden box, and there were letter papers in it!

(End of this chapter)