【V160】Do it yourself(1/2)
Aunt Meng entered the mansion fifteen years ago. She was the daughter of a serious family. She never said that she had a suitable marriage because her family was in trouble. The wealthy and noble family looked down on her. She looked down on her family. After a while, she delayed her age. Although the women of the Great Zhou Dynasty married later than the women of the previous dynasty, they still did not get married after 17 years. She gradually became worried about her marriage. Her mother took her to the temple to seek marriage. She won a gift. She was overjoyed and thought that the marriage had finally come to an end. In fact, it was true. She encountered several little thieves on the way home and was rescued by the guards of the passing Xiao family.
She still remembers that towering man, like a beast ready to go. She just glanced at him from a distance and felt that she was trembling violently. Such a man is much more terrifying than a thief, but if he was his husband, he would definitely be able to protect himself well.
But the gentle and thin young master walked out of the carriage beside him. The young master asked her if she was injured or needed a doctor. She burst into tears and met the young master's gaze. A trace of unconcealed surprise flashed through her eyes.
It was only afterward that Aunt Meng learned that the tall and mighty man was the famous Marshal Xiao Zhenting. At that time, Xiao Zhenting was not married yet, and the elegant young man was Xiao Zhenting's elder brother, who had married a wife.
Aunt Meng once deeply annoyed that it was Xiao Zhenting's guard who saved her, why wasn't Xiao Zhenting the person who met her?
If she could marry Xiao Zhenting, she would be the real Mrs. Xiao. Unfortunately, there is no if in the world. A few days later, the nanny of the Xiao family came to her house. She was ordered by Master Xiao and asked her if she wanted to enter the mansion to be her concubine.
Compared to marrying into a small civilian family as a wife, she certainly would rather go to Xiao’s house to enjoy the endless wealth and glory. However, she never expected that the Xiao family’s heir was not her master, and her elegant and elegant appearance was just an appearance. Master Xiao was idle and accomplished everything, and he also caused trouble for the Xiao family every day, but he came and he couldn’t regret it.
Fortunately, Xiao Zhenting is a tolerant person. Even if his elder brother does nothing, he will not want to let his brother separate. She thought that as long as she could give birth to a son and half of her daughter for the master, she would not have to worry about her life in the Xiao family in the future. However, she was very blessed and never got pregnant again after giving birth to Xiao Zilin.
Xiao Zilin is her only flesh and blood. She really put a lot of thought into this child. After causing trouble in Prince Cheng's Mansion, the eldest lady asked for family law, swelled her daughter's hand, and punished her daughter to kneel in the cold ancestral hall. Her daughter was so scared that she fell seriously ill, and she had not improved slightly until today.
Aunt Meng hated the eldest lady for being ruthless and also hated Yu Wan for being scheming. But she had learned about the eldest lady’s methods and had no courage to fight with the eldest lady. However, Yu Wan looked at her young age and heard that she had married into the young master’s house by climbing into the bed. No matter how she looked at this girl, she was just a shame. After a while, she would deal with her well and let her know the consequences of bullying her daughter!
Yu Wan, Xiao Ziyue and his group went under the grape trellis. Clusters of green grapes hung under the green branches and leaves. Looking at the heavy, the grapes were planted in a ventilated and quiet wooden walkway. The servants had known that they were coming, so they had all prepared the ladders and stools.
Princess Cheng knows martial arts, so how can she use these? She hits her with a whip and gets a bunch of grapes.
"Wow!" The little sisters opened their mouths enviously.
Princess Cheng was so happy that she was so popular that she picked several strings with a whip, which made everyone envious.
"Let's go pick it too," said Xiao Ziyue.
The grape trellis is not tall, and a figure like Poria can be picked with bare hands. A daughter of normal height needs to be used for tools. The ladder is supported by the servants, but there are still daughters who dare not go up, so they step on a stool.
Xiao Ziyue was timid and wanted to take a stool to pick it, but she saw Yu Wan calmly climbing the ladder, and she also asked for a ladder. Two powerful women from Kong Wu clamped the ladder on the pillar and supported it with four hands.
Xiao Ziyue stepped on it carefully and cut off her first bunch of grapes with scissors.
Yu Wan had already cut seven or eight bunches. She was used to farming work, so when she picked grapes, she was naturally not comparable to those of these pampered daughters. She had almost finished picking them. When she turned around, she saw Xiao Ziyue looking at her with a grievance. She thought about it and handed over the bunch of grapes she had just cut.
Xiao Ziyue seemed to have obtained her beloved candy, and she smiled and caught it with a basket.
With Yu Wan's help, Xiao Ziyue's basket soon became heavy.
"Sister Yu helps me, help me!" A young sister named Zhang also handed over the basket.
Xiao Ziyue called Sister Yu Wan. It was hard for the little sister to follow her, so she called Sister Yu instead, which seemed more intimate than calling the princess directly.
"Okay." Yu Wan cut a string and handed it to her.
"I, I, I... I want it too!" Another young sister came over.
"Give it to you!" Before Yu Wan could pick it off and give it to her, Princess Cheng whipped it with a whip, and a bunch of green grapes fell steadily into her basket.
"Princess Cheng!" The young sister ran towards Princess Cheng.
With the help of Yu Wan and Princess Cheng, everyone's baskets were soon filled with fresh grapes. Although they were not picked by themselves, they took them by themselves! It was much more interesting than throwing a pot!
"Let's go to the brewing bar!" Xiao Ziyue said happily.
Everyone nodded together.
The winery hired this time is the daughter of the owner of a winery in Beijing, a few years older than them. It is said that he was recruiting a son-in-law at home. Now he has inherited her father's business. Because it was a woman named Xiao, Mrs. Xiao, who made an exception and allowed Xiao Ziyue to invite people into the mansion. However, the wine brewing location cannot be selected in Xiao Ziyue's Rose Courtyard.
In the words of Mrs. Xiao, it was her daughter's boudoir, and not anyone with inferiority is qualified to enter.
"In Bixia." Xiao Ziyue said with a smile.
Bixia lives west of Xiao Mansion, not far from the large kitchen in Gongzhong, and will pass by a vegetable garden.
The vegetable garden in Xiao Mansion was planted by the servants when they were free, and Shangguan Yan didn't care about it.
"What is that?" a young sister asked.
She was referring to a kitten passing through the vegetable garden, but Yu Wan regarded it as a vine that was worn by the kitten. Yu Wan said: "It's sweet potato leaves, you can cook."
"Ah?" Xiao Ziyue was surprised, "Is that one able to cook?"
Yu Wan nodded. It was the time to eat sweet potato leaves. It was fried with vegetarian oil garlic cloves, which tasted better than other vegetables. She remembered that when she was a child, there was a large sweet potato field at her house. In summer, my aunt would pick sweet potato leaves and stir-fry them for her to eat. She could still feed her endless sweet potato leaves to pigs, killing two birds with one stone.
Xiao Ziyue has never eaten it, but since my sister-in-law said she could eat it, she would definitely be able to eat it.
Xiao Ziyue called Ganoderma lucidum: "You ask the kitchen to fry some sweet potato leaves."
"Ah?" Ganoderma lucidum was stunned. Isn't that thing used to feed pigs? But since the second lady wanted to eat it, she just asked the kitchen to make it.
She doesn't understand the world of Miss Qianjin...
Ganoderma lucidum went to the kitchen to explain, and the kitchen immediately did as it did.
On the other hand, the maid who was sent out by Aunt Meng to keep an eye on him came back and reported the whereabouts of the group of people all morning in detail.
Xiao Zilin was also there. When she heard that her sister and they were picking grapes and making wine, she was so jealous that she was going crazy. At such a fun party, her second sister didn't call her!
Aunt Meng thought about it in her mind. The country bumpkin was just a country bumpkin. She actually wanted to fry the things she used to feed pigs to a group of wealthy families. It would be fine, so she let the group eat bad stomachs and see how she ended up!
This group of people who are alienated from her daughter deserve this!
Aunt Meng got angry some time ago and had abdominal pain and bloating. The doctor prescribed a bottle of croto flour, once a day, no more than half a spoonful at a time. Aunt Meng gave the croto flour to her confidant maid and asked her to put it all in the dish.
The taste of croton is somewhat similar to moldy spicy peanuts. The processed croton flour removes the moldy smell and is only a little spicy. It is not easy to detect when stirred in the dish.
But now it was almost time for dinner. My confidant maid mixed all the croton flour into the sweet potato leaves that were about to be added.
My daughter cannot know about this kind of maid. Aunt Meng ordered her confidant maid outside the yard, so she stood outside while shaking a round fan while waiting for her confidant maid to come back. However, her "seemingly" look was seen by Master Xiao, who was passing by.
Aunt Meng was able to catch Master Xiao's eyes because of that face. So many years have passed, Mrs. Xiao is already old, but Aunt Meng is still graceful. Master Xiao framed his legitimate sister in the past few days to punish Xiao Zilin, but he has not set foot in Aunt Meng's yard for several days. Suddenly, when he saw Aunt Meng's charming look, how could he resist it? He immediately walked towards Aunt Meng.
Aunt Meng's heart was thrilled, and she hurriedly bowed: "Master."
These days, I was worried about Xiao Zilin and became haggard, but I felt more and more pity. Mrs. Xiao instantly threw away the eldest lady's warning and took Aunt Meng's hand into the yard.
Maybe he should pay attention to the rules of his wife, so there is no need for concubines. Master Xiao plans to send him off at noon after lunch.
Having made up his mind, Master Xiao hurriedly asked someone to urge the vegetables.
Master Xiao’s eldest son went to the kitchen, which was preparing lunch for Xiao Ziyue and his daughters. This was what Mrs. Xiao ordered. She and the master made it later and took good care of her daughter and guests first. No one expected that Master Xiao would ask the servants to come and deliver the dishes in advance.
"Just let's do this and this." Chang picked up a few dishes, put them in the food box and took them away.
Those are steamed dishes. There are still many in the steamer. Take them away. It may be a good idea. Unfortunately, the plate of freshly cooked sweet potato leaves are gone, and the dishes next to them can be replaced. Only the sweet potato leaves are what Xiao Ziyue pointed out to eat.
The chef couldn't do that, so he had to ask someone to pick another basket, and now he was frying it for Xiao Ziyue and the others.
Master Xiao is from the city, and Aunt Meng is also a native lady in the capital. Even if her family is in trouble, she has never suffered from the suffering of ordinary people. The only person who can let her down and serve her is the two masters of the Xiao family's eldest house. As for the Madam and the Second House, it is not her turn to serve her.
"I'll do it, you all retreat." Aunt Meng took the food box and was so virtuous that she put on the dishes.
Xiao Zilin was very happy that her father came to see her.
Aunt Meng was also happy. Even if her daughter made a mistake, as long as the master spoiled her, she and her daughter would have a good life.
The family of three walked down to eat. I don’t know if it was because of the good mood. The meal was very delicious, especially the fried vegetables. I don’t know what kind of dish it was. It was refreshing and smooth, with a light spicy, spicy but not dry, which was very suitable for Master Xiao’s appetite.
When Aunt Meng saw that he liked him, she picked up more for him.
In Bixia Pavilion, the sweet potato leaves that Xiao Ziyue wanted were also served on the dining table.
The daughters worked all morning and were so hungry that they were roaring. After washing their hands, they started to have meals.
"Which is the sweet potato leaf?" Xiao Ziyue asked.
Ganoderma lucidum pointed to the plate in the middle: "This, lady."
Xiao Ziyue picked up chopsticks for everyone and tasted them himself. It was really delicious than cabbage.
Princess Makoto was born in the grassland royal court. She ate a lot of mutton and not many kinds of vegetables. At least she had never eaten such a "vine" and looked no different from ordinary vegetables!
But she tasted a chopstick, and it was not as bitter as other vegetables, it was smooth and tender, and it tasted great!
A plate was not enough to eat a few small rice buckets. I added another plate to stir-fry and a cold dish in the kitchen, which made the few people enjoy their enjoyment.
Mr. Xiao also enjoyed his whole life in Aunt Meng’s yard, but after he was in good condition, he suddenly had some stomachache, and it was very painful soon, which was extremely painful!
He covered his stomach and ran to Gong's room.
"Auntie..." Xiao Zilin's stomach also hurt.
"You two are you..." Aunt Meng frowned strangely. Just as she was about to say something, her belly began to turn over.
The servants in the yard didn't understand what was going on. Why did the old lady and the third lady go to the toilet? They didn't have enough of their own, and they even took over their servants'!
At first, everyone thought it was just diarrhea, but after a while, they gradually realized something was wrong.
"Quick! Report to the eldest lady!"
Master Xiao followed him to the eldest lady's yard and told the eldest lady about the three of them having a stomachache. When Mrs. Xiao heard that the dead ghost actually went to the concubine's yard again, she was so angry that she said: "I deserve it!"
Chang Sui lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything.
Mrs. Xiao was so angry that she was her husband and her child's father. She wouldn't really ignore her. She took the doctor to the yard of Aunt Meng. The three of them were so weak that their faces were pale.
The doctor of the government hurriedly took some bentonite and let the few people take it.
Bentonite has a strong antidiarrhea effect. Aunt Meng and Xiao Zilin ate less and stopped quickly. Master Xiao was not so lucky. Seeing that he liked the dish, Aunt Meng put most of the dish into his bowl to please him.
The huge movement also shocked Xiao Zhenting and Shangguan Yan.
To be continued...