Their wives are so rich, but they have never eaten such poor food, and now they have to suffer every day.
I can't spend the money, it's really frustrating.
Jiang Shu didn't want to keep abusing himself like this. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Chu Yu, go and tell Mrs. Jin that we will pay for the expenses of the bamboo house ourselves from tomorrow on. Then we can hire a good cook." Mom, let’s open our own small kitchen.”
"Yes, slave girl, go now." Chu Yu went happily.
It's no wonder that Tanyu complained, she also had a good look at the food she had eaten in the past few days.
Although they are servants, they have followed Jiang Shu since they were young, and their food and clothing are much better than ordinary people.
It was dinner time, and Cheng Jinchu was coaxing Yan Huan to eat. She was a little confused when the maid informed her.
"I've met Lord Marquis, Mrs. Jin." Chu Yu saluted politely.
Shen Changze put down his chopsticks and asked, "What's the matter?"
Could it be that Jiang Shu came to invite him over?
Thinking about not being able to stay overnight a few days ago, Shen Changze felt quite regretful. He was in a good mood today, which was a good time.
"Madam understands that it is not easy for Mrs. Jin to run the family. In order to support Mrs. Jin's decision, I heard that the expenses of the Bamboo House will not come from the house in the future."
Chu Yu quietly glanced at the dishes on the table. Five dishes and one soup were richer than Madam's.
These dishes would be abundant if placed in ordinary people's homes, but this is a prince's mansion, so they are too shabby.
"What does she mean? Does she feel wronged by the poor food in the Marquis Mansion?" Shen Changze's face darkened, feeling very embarrassed.
When he was guarding the pass, he could only eat one meal of meat in ten and a half months. Sometimes he was starved because of food shortages and supplies. He lived in such poverty for six years.
She has only been working for a few days, but she can't stand it anymore?
Too squeamish!
The good mood was gone, and Shen Changze felt greatly insulted, his face turned red and white and turned into anger.
Seeing that something was wrong, Chu Yu hurriedly added: "Master Hou has misunderstood. Madam has been weak since she was a child and has many taboos. I don't want Madam Jin to bother making this decision for her."
"Hmph, she can do as she pleases, and there is no need to report her in the future." Shen Changze threw his silver chopsticks angrily, extremely angry.
Chu Yu didn't dare to get into trouble again, so he bowed and left in a hurry.
Cheng Jinchu ordered someone to bring new chopsticks, and while comforting the frightened Yan Huan, he said: "I was negligent and did not take into account that she is delicate and frail. Tomorrow I will instruct the kitchen to prepare a separate meal for her according to her preferences."
"Don't worry about her. You don't have to worry about her in the future." Shen Changze was frustrated and his good impression of Jiang Shu was wiped out.
Cheng Jinchu took a look at his expression and said nothing.
Chu Yu returned to Tingzhu Tower with a sad look on his face. Jiang Shu took a quick guess and guessed it.
"The Marquis has finally gotten closer to his wife. If this happens, I'm afraid..." After telling the whole story, Chu Yu looked worried.
Jiang Shu pursed her lips, and her heart was very clear: "If you want to wrong yourself in exchange for meager love, then you will probably have to endure endless grievances in this life."
"That's right, Madam has suffered enough injustices in the Hou Mansion." Tan Yu clenched her fists in anger.
Chu Yu thought about it carefully and felt that they were right.
"That's fine. We can live as comfortably as we want in the future. We don't have to worry anymore." Jiang Shu breathed a long sigh of relief and looked at the fish soup with a faint fishy smell floating on the table without any appetite.
Shangjing is surrounded by the Lanjiang River and is rich in fish, so two of the four dishes include fish.
But she doesn't like fish, and the smell of fish makes her sick to her stomach.
Money can make all the difference, so Jiang Shu had breakfast cooked in the small kitchen the next morning.
Beef patties, tofu curd, ghee strips, hot milk, and a few refreshing side dishes, Jiang Shu could eat happily.
Puyu Tanyu and other servants also took advantage of it, and they all ate to their stomachs, making other servants in the mansion envious.
After a few days like this, when Jiang Shu went to greet Mrs. Shen and Mother Shen as usual in the morning, he was left to have a meal.
"Eat, it's just us mothers, no need to be formal." Mrs. Shen drank the porridge slowly.
Mother Shen warmly gave Jiang Shu a bun and said, "Eat it while it's hot."
Jiang Shu couldn't resist, so he could only pick up the chopsticks and eat bravely.
The third-generation mistress, one porridge, one bun and two side dishes, half of the table was not full. Jiang Shu wanted to add vegetables but didn't know what to add.
"What's wrong? But you're not used to eating?" Mrs. Shen asked caringly.
Jiang Shu understood that the old lady did it on purpose.
"It's not Shu'er's fault. I'm used to eating delicacies, so I'm a little uncomfortable with it." At this point, Mother Shen changed the topic, looked at Jiang Shu with burning eyes and said, "I heard that you hired a cook from outside. I don't know if the cook How is your art?"
Mrs. Shen put down her spoon and looked at Jiang Shu.
According to common sense, Jiang Shu should invite them to taste it together. They praised its deliciousness, and Jiang Shu shunned the donkey down the slope to give them a portion every day as a sign of filial piety.
Of course, not only breakfast, but also lunch, dinner and refreshments are included. Everything she, Jiang Shu, enjoys should be given to them.
However, Jiang Shu smiled and said sarcastically: "The cooks outside are not as good as the chefs in the Hou Mansion. What they cook are all inferior Jianghu dishes, which cannot be tasted by grandmothers and mothers."
What's not allowed is because she can't bear to part with it!
Mrs. Shen's face instantly darkened, and Mother Shen's face also stiffened.
As elders, it was the limit for them to be so groveling, but she didn't even recognize them at all.
After returning to Tingzhulou after an unhappy reunion, Chu Yu knew that Jiang Shu was not full, so he ordered the small kitchen to cook a bowl of fresh meat wontons for her.
"Miss Zhong's craftsmanship is so good." Jiang Shu's empty stomach was filled with delicious food, and Jiang Shu's mood brightened.
Seeing that she was in a good mood, Chu Yu suggested, "I just saw the peonies blooming in the garden. Madam, would you like to go for a walk?"
Ever since Cheng Jin first entered the Hou Mansion, Jiang Shu had lived in seclusion and had not visited the garden for a long time.
No matter how beautiful the scenery of Tingzhu Tower is, I get tired of seeing it every day.
Jiang Shu became interested when he heard it, stood up and said, "Let's go, bring a pen and paper, let's go arty too."
There is only one man in the Hou Mansion, Shen Changze, and the other rooms are all in separate houses, so the female family members don't have much time to visit the garden.
After finding a location with a great view, he set up a table, stools, paper and pen. Jiang Shu sat down and looked at the newly opened peonies with a pen in hand, feeling a little embarrassed.
They say everything is difficult at the beginning, and the same goes for painting.
After frowning and observing for a long time, Jiang Shu finally put pen to paper.
Jiang Shu, who was concentrating on painting, didn't notice that there was a pair of eyes staring at her from the corridor behind for a long time.
Jing Nu Qishu, as gentle as jade, makes people unable to take their eyes away.
"Master Marquis, it's time to go. Master Sun, the commander of the heroic cavalry, is still waiting." Guard Huo Chong glanced at the sky and urged.
General Zhongwu was originally an idle official, but the emperor took a fancy to Shen Changze's experience in fighting at the border and ordered him to guide Captain Xiaoqi in training the cavalry.
Since business was important, Shen Changze focused his attention away and left quickly.
"Madam, the painting is really good." Tan Yu took a look at the painting and then at the peony in the garden, feeling they were exactly the same.
Jiang Shu finished drawing the last leaf and put the pen down. After looking at it carefully, he was not satisfied.
Although the peony she painted resembles in shape, it has no spirit or rhyme, just like a person with a beautiful skin but no interest in life.
Jiang Shu looked at the beautiful peony and was lost in thought.
