Ping An came into the Nuan Pavilion with a red lacquer lunch box engraved with a magpie climbing the plum blossom pattern. When he heard Gu Jingzhi sneezing, he asked with concern: "What's wrong? Is the second master still feeling cold?" He picked up the iron clip and stabbed it. Stirring the fire in the charcoal basin, he moved towards the bed.
He set up the kang table and put the rice on the bed. His hands were busy with work and his mouth was not idle. "The water is so cold in the cold winter months. Even my iron-clad body can't stand it. The second master must listen to the younger one this time." Stay in bed for a while and take good care of yourself."
Why didn't I know that Ping An was so verbose in the previous life, but what he said was exactly what Gu Jingzhi thought. You have to take medicine, eat well, and nourish your body and bones before you can take revenge, right?
Tingxuexuan also has a small kitchen, but it doesn't usually open a large fire, and meals are served from the big kitchen.
A shredded ginger and radish soup, best for sweating when you have a cold, stir-fried mutton with green onions, soft and delicious, stewed beef with chestnut and garlic, glutinous, and two light stir-fried vegetables, four dishes and one soup, Gu Jingzhi is at least cold. , these are the most suitable to eat, which shows that they have been carefully prepared.
Seeing the two plates of snacks on Ping An's table, including jujube and yam cakes and colorful glutinous rice cakes, Gu Jingzhi couldn't help but "haha". In his previous life, due to the great physical exertion of martial arts training, he often ate some cakes at night to satisfy his hunger.
Song Wanru said that these things were all added with ingredients. She was unable to do what she wanted during sex and had no children in her life, all because of the contribution of these cakes.
"These two snacks are for Jin Ling, no, they are wood incense." He asked her to taste the cakes. Gu Jingzhi paused and pointed at the chestnut beef, "This is for Cai Lian and the other two." These two little ones The girl is too thin. She will have to reward her with more delicious food in the future to gain weight.
Mu Xiang moved to the west wing where the third-class maid lived. Although she was unwilling to do anything about it, she had no choice but to throw her baggage on the canopy bed. She hadn't packed it away yet. She just sat there blankly without lighting the charcoal basin. The room was cold and her heart felt even worse. Like entering an ice cellar.
The mother-in-law brought the snacks and said, "Congratulations to Miss Muxiang, the second master has given me the cakes." The things the master eats are the most meticulous in the kitchen, not to mention whether the food is good or bad, the master can reward the leftovers. , but extremely decent.
Mu Xiang was overjoyed and took out a dozen big coins and said, "Thank you, Mom, for running so far. Use it to buy tea." The mother-in-law took the money, with a smile on her face, and thanked her again and again.
Mu Xiang sent her mother-in-law away and closed the door. She pinched a jujube yam cake and put it in her mouth. She chewed it carefully. It was sweet and soft. It was a colorful glutinous rice cake in five colors: red, yellow, white, green and blue. It was so beautiful. I have never seen it before. Such exquisite snacks.
The second master must not be really annoyed with himself. He focused on the charcoal basin. There was warmth in the room and his heart became hot. There was no little girl to wait on her, so she went to the hot water room to get a basin of water. When she leaned over and took a photo, a hibiscus face appeared in the water. What man wouldn't love such a beauty? Of course, ignore the red marks on your cheeks.
Mu Xiang smiled, washed her face, felt happy in her heart, hummed a little tune, rummaged for a piece of clean cotton cloth, carefully wrapped some snacks, and asked her mother-in-law to bring them to her home tomorrow, so that her parents and brothers could have a taste, and the master would value her. , The family members in the back alley also have straighter backs.
Caiwei and the two are eating. The food for the second-class maid is much better. Japonica rice and white rice, one soup, one vegetarian and one meat, three delicacies tofu soup, vegetarian stir-fried cabbage, crispy whitebait, fried whitebait until brown and crispy, Cailian bites Take a bite and give a thumbs up.
The mother-in-law knocked on the door and congratulated the two Cai Lian, "Congratulations to the two girls. The second master has given me a big dish, beef and chestnuts. It will never be so honorable." Cai Lian's legs were full of energy, and she took the dish and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mom!" " After closing the door, the mother-in-law didn't receive the reward, so she took a "poof" dissatisfied and walked away.
Cai Lian took the vegetables and cheered, "Cai Wei, beef!" In ancient times when productivity was low, cattle were very important helpers in farming. Killing cattle for no reason was punishable by jail time, so people rarely ate beef. Beef is exquisite and expensive. The year before last, two cows in the village had a fight and one of them died. I ate it once while picking lotus.
The two Cai Fen ate a bowl of beef, soaked the rice in cabbage soup, and left only half a plate of fried fish. They didn't finish it, leaving it for Cai Lian to make teeth at night.
Both of them were full. Cai Lian patted her belly and smiled with satisfaction, "It's so delicious. It's better to eat it in the second master's yard!"
After resting for a while, I picked the lotus and refused to let the weed move. I went to the hot water room and drank two hot pots, put them under the quilt to warm the bed, and filled a basin of hot water. The two of them soaked their feet in a basin, which made their feet red. Hong, whose body was warm, got into the bed and said comfortably, "This is how people live."
At nine o'clock on the second day, Caiwei opened her eyes and saw Cai Lian looking at her with her hands on her hands, "Caiwei, I don't know when the second master got up in the yard. I listened for a long time and there was no movement."
It's always good to get up early. Caiwei quickly put on her cotton coat and trousers, and put on her dress. "I'm going to take a look. I'll get some hot water and wash up first."
Hot water had been heated in the hot water room long ago. Seeing Caiwei come to fetch water by herself, the woman on duty smiled and said, "Girl is second class now, someone will bring water to you."
This little girl was originally a rough worker. She had great luck and fell into the eyes of the second master. She was promoted to the second class. She was afraid that she didn't know the rules in Xuexuan, so she said, "The second master is charitable. On weekdays, he is a good person." If you don’t need us to wait on you early, we’ll be waiting in the yard at 2:00 p.m.”
Caiwei thanked her with a smile, and the mother-in-law said hurriedly: "I don't dare to thank you like a girl. I will bring you water." She took a basin and a pot of warm water and sent it to the west ear room.
After Cai Lian got dressed, she opened the door and took it. She asked Cai Wei to wash it first and then took the tooth powder and toothbrush. "I have never used these. I heard Liu Erya show them off and said they were brushes for cleaning teeth."
Unexpectedly, there would be tooth powder and toothbrushes at this time. Caiwei chuckled, "It's not a brush, it's called a toothbrush, tooth powder." I used to read novels about wicker salt and other things used for brushing teeth in ancient times, but I haven't brushed them since I came here. I only wiped my teeth with a handkerchief inside and outside.
I brushed my teeth and my mouth immediately felt refreshed. I combed my hair and applied facial grease. The hair of a second-class maid was much better than the rough hair.
Mother Li knocked on the door and asked Caiwei if she was properly dressed. When she saw Caiwei coming out, she looked up and down and asked, "Why didn't you take the scented tablets when they were given to you?"
Caiwei went back to the house and put some incense tablets in her mouth, and the two of them went to the bedroom. After opening the curtain and going in, Gu Jingzhi was still in the same position as yesterday, leaning on the head of the bed, leaning on one leg and looking down at a book.
Mother Li asked, "How did the second master sleep last night?" "Not bad!"
After listening to the second master's answer, he then reported: "Caiwei is too young and needs to learn the work in the house. Should we wait a little longer to start now?"
Gu Jingzhi raised his eyes and replied, "Let's do it today!"
The little girl had her hands folded and was curtsying. When she raised her eyes, she froze. On the index finger of Caiwei's right hand, there was a round red dot, which looked like it was painted with oil paint. I originally thought it was Cai Lian's sister-in-law who reached out to pull me, but it turned out to be Cai Wei, the maid.
