There was not just one matchmaker in the house, but a group of matchmakers. The old housekeeper thought that he would have to talk to the girl and discuss the rules.
After being filial piety, the girl has reached the age of marriage. In the future, there will be more and more such things. When a matchmaker comes to your door, it is always inappropriate to refuse every time.
But now there is no elder in the house who can make the decision for the girl, so we can only discuss it with the girl.
Thinking that the girl's life-long matters must be discussed with her herself, the housekeeper couldn't help but feel aggrieved for his girl again.
He began to look forward to the girl returning home, but he looked forward to it, looking forward to March, looking forward to April, looking forward to April, looking forward to May, looking forward to May...
"What? The girl came out of Tea Mountain and went directly to Wanhua Village?"
"Yes!" the boy who came to deliver the message replied truthfully, "The girl said that it is much closer to go to Wanhua Village from Mingshan County than from the mansion, so she went to Wanhua Village first and then returned to the mansion."
"But why is the girl going to Wanhua Village?" The old housekeeper was puzzled.
"The girl heard that the lotus flowers in Wanhua Village were in full bloom, so she wanted to take a look and see how the rice flower fish looked like."
So that’s what happened.
The old housekeeper suddenly realized.
The girl thought she had been bored in Chashan for too long and wanted to go out for a walk, so he said nothing more.
Things in the house... I thought it wouldn't be too late to discuss it with the girl after she comes back from Wanhua Village.
Unexpectedly, the next day, another matchmaker came to the door.
This time, it was the matchmaker invited by Wang Yuan's family. She made a lot of noise about Wang Yuan's favored old man, and then tried to find out the girl's birth date from him. The old housekeeper was so angry that he almost wanted to use a broom to kill him. Blast out.
An old man from outside Yuan Wang? One is not a legitimate son, not the eldest son, because he is born from the womb of the king's favorite concubine. He is much pampered compared to other concubines. He was pampered since he was a child, and he eats, drinks, whores and gambles when he is older. He even wants to marry someone like this. His girl? dream!
The old housekeeper invited the matchmaker out with a dark face and started walking back and forth. What should I do? If you don't make up your mind about this matter, any dirty person will dare to send a matchmaker to your door!
"No! I have to talk to the girl as soon as possible!"
The housekeeper decided to go to Wanhua Village.
"Sikong, have you not shown your account for the first half of the year to the girl? Let's go! Follow me to Wanhua Village to meet the girl."
Reporting to the matchmaker couldn't be made public, so the accountant was used as an excuse.
Sikong: "..."
Okay, he is just a tool man.
…
In that compartment, Xu Yin and his party arrived at Wanhua Village in a carriage.
She also accidentally heard Xu Kui say that Wanhua Village has grown two acres of lotus roots this year than in previous years, and the lotus flowers in the five acres of lotus pond are in full bloom. They are so beautiful that she can't help but feel moved.
I saw the maids chattering about the beauty of lotus flowers and the freshness of lotus seeds, so I decided to go to Wanhua Village before returning home. Living in a villa on the top of the mountain, I usually don’t have much chance to go out, so this time it was just for team building.
When Zhuangtou learned that the girl was coming, he immediately asked people to clean up the courtyard of the master's house. During this period, Xu Yin was sitting at Zhuangtou's house drinking tea.
At noon in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the sun was scorching like fire. It was too hot to enjoy the lotus, so I planned to go out for a walk in the evening.
Zhuangtou asked his mother-in-law to bring some seasonal food from Zhuangzi. In addition to the water chestnuts that Xu Kui had brought to the tea mountain earlier, there were also some showerheads that could be picked and eaten.
Xu Yin peeled the sweet and crisp lotus seeds and chatted with Mrs. Zhuangtou:
"Is everything okay at Zhuangzi?"
"Thanks to the girl, it's great! This year, ten acres of rice fields have raised rice flower fish. At first, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to keep them alive. But I didn't expect that after raising them according to the girl's method, not only the rice flower fish are alive and well, but the rice earing is also better than in other fields. It's early in the morning, there are still a few months before harvest, and the grains are already bulging. My boss said that this year will definitely be a good harvest year!"
Mrs. Zhuangtou was a very talkative person. She was a little reserved at first. Seeing that Xu Yin was gentle and listening to her chattering about the growth of the rice, she didn't feel impatient at all. She gradually relaxed and started pouring beans into the bamboo tube. Say what you say, say what you know.
Xu Yin enjoys communicating with people of different types of work and can always learn some blind spots in her own knowledge from them.
Besides, this is the Xu family's property, what's the harm in knowing more about it?
Xu Yin peeled lotus seeds and drank tea, listening with great interest.
Until Zi Yuan came in and said, "Girl, the food is ready. Do you want to use it here or go back to the main courtyard?"
"Just eat something here and save the hassle of carrying it around."
"Why."
Zi Yuan and Hong Qian brought the food boxes in.
Xu Yin looked at the dishes and smiled: "Is it made with rice flower fish?"
Zi Yuan said with a smile: "Zhuangtou went to the rice field to pick out a few big fish and came back. He said that the girl came up with this fish and it is suitable for the girl to eat it first."
The accompanying cook cooked rice flower fish for two meals, one braised in braised sauce and the other stewed in soup.
There were several fish in each dish. Xu Yin could not finish them all by herself, so she shared some with the maid and mother-in-law.
"You go and eat too, don't worry about me."
She drank a bowl of fish soup first. The fish soup was simmered over a slow fire. The soup was milky white and only seasoned with salt. No other condiments were added, so it was very fresh.
The braised one is more flavorful than the clear stewed one and is suitable for eating with rice.
Xu Yin ordered a shallow bowl of rice and a spoonful of braised fish soup. She was quite satisfied.
Mrs. Zhuangtou came in and gave her a plate of melons and fruits. She went back and said to Zhuangtou: "I used to think that the girls in the house were noble people who never left the house. I must not like this place very much. I didn't expect the girl." So kind."
Especially when she brought melons and fruits in, the girl closed her eyes and looked like she was enjoying it, which made Mrs. Zhuangtou couldn't help laughing.
"The way she eats is really similar to Qing Yatou."
Qing Yatou is their daughter, two years younger than Xu Yin. Zhuangtou has a lot of monthly income for a year. The whole family eats and drinks in the village, and the expenses are not much, so they send their daughter to the embroidery building to learn embroidery. I go home once every ten days and a half, and I feel so satisfied eating the rice at home.
Zhuangtou heard what she said and frowned: "You can't say this outside. After all, the girl is a girl and she is the head of the house. You can't be disrespectful."
"Of course I know that. I just want to say a few words to you in the room. I just feel that she is still a little girl!" Mrs. Zhuangtou couldn't help sighing when she thought of the master and his wife who had been deceased for three years.
Perhaps she felt pity for the girl, and after that, Mrs. Zhuangtou sent some food that her daughter liked to Xu Yin, including last year's sun-dried lotus root, ground into a paste of sweet-scented osmanthus mixed with lotus root powder, and fresh water chestnuts cut into shreds and fried. There are water chestnut glutinous rice cakes, sun-dried mushrooms known as water ginseng, and lotus seed soup stewed with dried lotus seeds and red dates.
Xu Yin: "..."
how?
I saw her finish the fish soup mixed with rice in just a few mouthfuls, so I thought she was a big eater or something?
I have just eaten, how can I eat so much?
Xu Yin deliberately kept some for afternoon tea later, and let Zi Yuan and others share the rest.
