Lunch was cooked by two siblings, Zhu Cui and Cheng Mao.
It's simple noodles.
The minced meat is stewed with soaked dried beans and poured onto the white, tender and smooth noodles. It is a very common home-cooked dish.
Zhu Cui’s craftsmanship is not bad, and the noodles are not amazing, but the taste is mild. With the braised pork head meat brought from home, everyone ate a big bowl.
In the afternoon, Song Jingyun went to the academy to study, while Jiang Michia took Zhucui and Chengmao to get familiar with the conditions of each house at home, explaining what they had to do every day, as well as her and Song Jingyun's habits.
On the second day, Jiang Michia took the two siblings to the street to get familiar with the nearby streets, as well as several shops and restaurants she often went to on weekdays, as well as the location of Wende Academy. It was so convenient. Instruct the two of them to run errands.
Jiang Michia explained carefully, Zhucui and Chengmao also listened carefully, and secretly wrote it down in their hearts.
After about three or four days of hard work, the two siblings were almost familiar with the surrounding situation, and they could walk smoothly wherever Jiang Michia told them to run errands.
If they really encountered someone they had never been before, the two of them would no longer be afraid.
After all, there is a mouth under this nose. If you can’t find it, just ask.
Jiang Michia was quite satisfied with Zhucui and Chengmao when she saw that Zhucui and Chengmao were serious and down-to-earth in their work, and that they were not so rigid and ignorant of flexibility when doing things.
The work plans of Zhucui and Chengmao have also been initially decided after these few days of running-in.
Basically, Zhu Cui is in charge, and Cheng Mao is in charge. The two of them were originally siblings, and their cooperation at this time can be regarded as a tacit understanding.
At noon, Cheng Mao got the order and went to the restaurant to buy bad goose, boil it in dry shreds, and bring back Dongpo pork, which he served with Zhu Cui's steamed rice and boiled cabbage soup for lunch.
Chengmao was very familiar with the road to the restaurant, and because he had gone there frequently in the past few days, the waiters in the restaurant also knew him. He put the prepared dishes into a food box and gave it to Chengmao.
Although Chengmao is only twelve years old, he is taller and bigger due to Ding Fu's tall stature. He looks like he is fifteen or sixteen years old, and his strength is not small. Even with a heavy food box, It can also be carried securely without spilling any liquid.
Walking back from the restaurant, when I walked into the alley, I met Mr. Niu.
Because he lost his front teeth, Mr. Niu doesn't like to go out these days, and he doesn't like chatting with others. He wants to go out now because it's noon, and the people selling vegetables outside have been there all morning. There must be some that can't stand it anymore and will be sold cheaper, so you can buy very cheap vegetables at this time.
Niu originally went out with his head down, but because he smelled the aroma of the food, he couldn't help but look up, and saw Cheng Mao coming towards him.
Niu had never seen Chengmao and didn't know him, but when he saw his tall figure and walking in this alley, he immediately became wary, "Which restaurant are you looking for?"
Mr. Niu has no front teeth, and his speech leaks, causing his words to be slurred.
Chengmao was stunned and shook his head, "I don't want chili pepper."
This time, Mrs. Niu was in a daze. After a while, she realized that because of the leakage of her words, the young gentleman in front of her heard wrongly. He was anxious and angry in his heart, but he couldn't get angry on his face. He just asked word by word, "You - Find someone’s home.”
"Oh, you're asking me which house I'm looking for." Chengmao suddenly realized, "I'm not looking for any house. I'm going home. Well, my house is over there."
When Chengmao spoke, he pointed.
Following the direction of Chengmao's finger, Niu saw Jiang Michia and Song Jingyun's house.
"Are you a relative of her family?"
"No." Cheng Mao shook his head, "I am a servant of Lady Jiang and Langjun Song's family. My name is Cheng Mao."
Servant?
Niu lowered his head and saw the heavy and large food box in Cheng Mao's hand. He immediately remembered what Song Jingyun had said before, because Jiang Michia had a hard time going out to buy food every day, so he wanted to buy someone for Jiang Michia. .
Mr. Niu was very angry at first when he heard this, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that the reason why Song Jingyun said that was just to protect his own face and not want to lose his position in front of others. In addition, he also wanted to deliberately make her angry.
But in general, it’s just a casual remark. After all, if you want to buy someone, you need one or twenty taels of silver each, and not only do you eat and drink after buying it, but you also have to pay a monthly salary. Such a small knife cuts flesh. The land provides money, which is not something ordinary people can afford.
Unexpectedly, Song Jingyun really bought the servant back, and he really had to run errands for Jiang Michia to buy food in the restaurant.
How irritating!
Mr. Niu stamped his feet, gave Cheng Mao a hard look, then turned around and went back, slamming the door shut.
The force was so great that the dust on the door fell fluttering down.
Chengmao was stunned again and again, and scratched the back of his head again and again.
Did you say something wrong?
no.
Why is this person so angry?
This is really strange...
Cheng Mao was so surprised that when he carried the food box to the door of his house, he didn't forget to look twice.
"What are you looking at?" Jiang Michia was building flower branches in the yard so that the flowers and plants could survive the winter smoothly. When she saw Cheng Mao looking at the door, she asked.
"I just met a strange person."
Cheng Mao told Jiang Michia everything about what had just happened, and finally said, "That man is really strange. He speaks with a loose mouth and seems to have lost his teeth, but he doesn't look too old at all." Da, I think it’s not time to lose any teeth yet.”
Anyway...
Weird!
Jiang Michia had recently heard that Mr. Niu had lost his front teeth. When he heard this, he guessed that the person talking to Chengmao was Mr. Niu.
As for the reason why Mr. Niu was angry, he probably saw that his family had indeed purchased a servant.
As Chengmao said, this Niu family is really interesting.
Instead of living your own life, you focus on how other people are living their lives.
Jiang Michia shook her head, and told Cheng Mao and Zhu Cui not to pay too much attention to Niu when they met in the future, but if Niu said something annoying or hurtful, they had to retaliate when they should, and they must not let themselves suffer. No grievance at all.
Although Zhucui and Chengmao didn't understand the reason, since Jiang Michia asked them to do this, there must be a reason for doing so. They didn't need to ask more, they just did it.
Furthermore, since they are on such good terms with their master, since Jiang Michia said that they can talk back, it only means that Mr. Niu is not a good person!
Here, Mrs. Niu, who is not a good person, got sulky for the first time in the yard, and didn't even want to go out again, so as not to encounter people and things that would upset her again.
But when he thought that after noon, those selling vegetables might all be sold out, and there would be no vegetables to eat today, he still went out.
Homework for a certain naughty child: Have you seen similar phenomena in your daily life? Please describe it briefly.
The naughty boy answered: I have never seen anything like a sharp point (yes, I made a typo, my fist is already hard!)
(End of chapter)
