Crossing the Homeland

Chapter 50

"Why are you wearing a veil?" The steward, Mrs. Wu, had a cold face and a bad tone.

"Ugly, I can't bear to dirty the nobleman's eyes." Xia Junyan lowered her head and said in a low voice.

"Pick it!" Mrs. Wu's tone was very firm, "No one here cares about your beauty or ugliness, otherwise go back!"

Hearing the movement at the corner gate, Sun Ze, who was about to leave, turned back again, stuffed a dime of silver to the steward's wife, and explained: "This is the nameplate of Jufulou. I have shown it to Steward Xu just now. She is The cook of our Jufulou."

Mrs. Wu weighed the silver, slipped it skillfully into her sleeve, and softened her tone: "The photo of Jufulou, our county lord, is of course trustworthy. It's just that you really can't wear a veil when you enter the mansion. We are all servants on errands." , I also hope that shopkeeper Sun will not make things difficult for us."

Xia Junyan sighed, she knew she couldn't be tough anymore.Silently took off the veil, although half a month had passed since the face soaked in chili oil, there were still some marks on it.Seeing that reddish cheek, Sun Ze couldn't help frowning.

"The little girl is still quite handsome, and it's a big deal to have some pimples on her face!" Madam Wu didn't realize that this was a big deal, so she waved her hand and let Xia Junyan enter the house.

The rules in the county lord's mansion are strict, and as soon as he entered the mansion, another woman in charge took him to change clothes, and changed into the coarse clothes of the third-class maid in the county lord's mansion.Then he was led to the courtyard again, and after a while, people wearing the same clothes came to the courtyard one after another.

"Every lady is a good family, and the old lady also knows that you have some embarrassment outside. But these two days, you are here to serve the county magistrate. If you have suffered any grievances, after these two days, the old lady will come to you in person to make amends. .”

The mother-in-law who spoke was the eldest mother in the county lord's mansion. She came out of the capital and was very dignified.

"These days you are resting in the Lanting Courtyard, every day from [-]:[-] a.m. a girl in a blue shirt will come to take you to the dining room. If you need to find the stewardess for something, you need to go with the two of you. If you wander outside at night for no reason, the old woman will send you away from the county lord's mansion no matter how much face you have outside!"

Xia Junyan wrote down these one by one, and finally found that if she wanted to see the county lord, there was no other way but to let the county lord call her.Encountering noble people in the garden or something, it really is an unreliable plot.

After receiving the training, everyone was taken to the dining room.This place is already very busy, many rough women and maids are preparing for tomorrow's banquet.The woman in charge also set up a table at the small entrance and exit, checking the name tags of the people who entered and exited.

Xia Junyan and the others are from good families, so both the maid and the housewife are very polite to them.Xia Junyan looked at the companions beside her. Besides her, there were four other cooks, all of whom looked to be in their forties.Two specialize in dim sum, and two specialize in soup.

"Miss Xia, this is your stove. If there is anything missing, just tell me." The woman in charge of the dining room politely led the cooks to their respective stoves, and paid special attention to Xia Junyan. Take care, after all, this is the only cook who cooks hot dishes.

Xia Junyan thanked the mother-in-law politely, and then began to get busy.Both carp and grass carp were placed in the water tank, and someone was watching them. Xia Junyan went over to look at them for a while, and said: "Be careful, they must all be alive."

The rough maid is used to doing this, and replied: "Don't worry. According to the order of the girl and our steward, this grass carp was caught the day before yesterday and started to be hungry. It is fresh."

When it was time to eat, everyone was taken to the compartment.Walking through the corridor, all the way through is the courtyard of the servants of the county lord's mansion, so everyone can relax for a while.

(End of this chapter)