Chapter 10: The Kitchen Turmoil
The closer to the day of my cousin's wedding, the more lively this house becomes, the suona musicians invited to live in the house in advance, people who come and go pass by their yards, although a little noisy, but it does not hinder themselves, every day half of the brocade handkerchief that has not been embroidered is placed on the table, one hand supports the chin, and the other hand turns over the books on the lap to relieve boredom.
The things in "Mr. Yan" are better than "Poems" Rich a lot, probably because it was compiled by students, the content of it is very lacking, the book says that most of the coastal cities now use Western-style weddings, wear white robes, make vows, seek true equality and harmony, long introduction, at the end there are pictures, black and white lines, I can't see clearly, Fang Yanqing gently touched the pictures on the book with his hand, these things, I have seen them before, but the two years in my uncle's house are too long for me, and I can't remember the past for a long time, and I am gradually used to living day after day nowγ
In the courtyard outside the window, the sun covered the entire yard, and the eyes of the people who were exposed to the sun were uncomfortable, listening to the sound of footsteps, the sunny girl walked into the house with her clothes in her arms.
"Girl, I sent you the clothes you wore when the young master got married tomorrow, let you try it, if there is anything inappropriate, I can take it and change it immediately. β
Fang Yanqing looked at the Qing girl, stood up, reached out and touched the fabric on it, the Qing girl saw that Fang Yanqing touched the texture of the clothes, and hurriedly said, "It is said to be silk, light and thin, cool, the girl quickly feel it." β
The clothes were really light and thin in his hands, and Fang Yanqing's hands were still on the clothes, and the person was pushed to the back room by the Qing girl, loosened the curtain in the back room, put it down, and put the clothes on the bed, "The girl tried it in the back room, I went out and closed the door and guarded outside." So saying, he lifted the curtain and walked out.
The clothes are divided into tops and skirts, the skirt is apricot pink, smooth and soft, much more breathable than their own body, it looks like it should not be cheap, Fang Yanqing put the skirt on, and put on a long-sleeved cheongsam with a placket, embroidered with flowers and birds, but Fang Yanqing can't see what kind of animal it is, but I think the embroidery is very good-looking, if you let yourself embroider, ten days and half a month may not be good embroidery.
"Girl, have you changed?" asked the girl in the outhouse.
"Alright, come in. β
Qing girl opened the curtain and saw Fang Yanqing who had changed into a new dress, and praised, "Girl, you are really good-looking, and you look better and better." β
"It's sweet in your mouth. Fang Yanqing said with a smile, turning around slightly, "I feel that there is nothing wrong with this body, and there should be no need to change it." β
Qing Yatou nodded, "Well, okay, I said it when I took the clothes, no problem just take it." Halfway through speaking, the girl's voice suddenly lowered, "Girl, when I just passed by the ear room, I heard a few girls gossiping. β
Fang Yanqing raised her eyelids, Qing Yatou is usually not a person who likes to collect this kind of gossip, this sudden opening is strange, so she followed Qing Yatou's words and asked, "What gossip?"
"It was said that the young master of the grandchildren of the Wei family came back, and the old lady Wei was interested in setting a family affair for the young master in the old city, and sent a quartz clock a few days ago, and also said that she was coming to attend the young master's wedding, just because the old lady took a fancy to the girl. said that the wife originally raised the girl just to look at the girl's face and the reputation of the talented girl before, and now it can be sold for a good price, which is also a good deal. β
Listening to the words of the Qing girl, Fang Yanqing smiled a little, "It's just a gift, they made it up properly." Fang Yanqing looked at the girl and instructed, "Just ignore those who talk about it." β
"Isn't the girl angry?"
Fang Yanqing smiled, "I was angry at first, but then I was angry, and I just felt funny." β
Fang Yanqing looked at the clothes on his body, there was nothing wrong with what those girls said, although they were connected by blood, and they wanted to help in times of crisis, but they inevitably had other thoughts, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, good and bad are difficult to distinguish, that is, his uncle, who has been together for so many years, laughed and talked together, and after the death of his father, he also had a hideous face to fight for family property, and later moved the idea of kidnapping his mother and younger brother.
Fang Yan cleaned up the hem of his skirt and said, "When I see Sister Yunfang again tomorrow, I will call her sister-in-law, and today Granny Zhang will also go back to her aunt's side, she must be very nervous now, I will have a meal later, I will go over and talk to her to relieve her boredom." β
"The girl is really kind-hearted. β
When Fang Yanqing heard Qing Yatou's words, he said with a smile, "How do you all say that I have a good heart, I just compare my heart to my heart." β
"Naturally, the girl is kind-hearted and can't help but praise her," the girl said, asking with a little thought, "Everyone? β
"Well, my teacher Xi, you haven't seen her, she has been helping her aunt prepare for her second brother's wedding these days, and you will be able to see her when she is done. Fang Yanqing nodded and said, "You go out first, I'll change my clothes back first." β
"Good. The girl replied, and exited the back room again.
The clothes were changed after a while, Fang Yanqing folded the clothes and put them on the stool next to her, the Qing girl opened the curtain and came in, looked at the square clothes folded on the chair, and pouted, "The girl is really, robbing me of my work again." β
"As soon as I changed it, I did it without paying attention. Fang Yanqing was a little helpless, after all, he had lived alone for too long, and he had almost cleaned up every time, and the girl came in and found that Fang Yanqing had already cleaned up more than half of it, and felt that she had failed to be a girl, and she couldn't rob her own girl.
Lunch was usually picked up by the Qing girl who carried the food box to the kitchen, and when she thought that after her cousin's wedding tomorrow, she would no longer be able to enjoy such treatment, Fang Yanqing felt deeply sad. The feeling of eating alone is so wonderful, and no one will come into the courtyard to look, and as soon as the door is closed, you can ask the girl to sit and eat with her, without worrying about the etiquette, and eat much more cheerfully. Although there are not many rules for eating at home, but when eating with the elders, you can only clip two or three plates in front of you, and every time you pray, don't put the dishes you don't like in front of yourself, of course, these prayers are useless in many cases, which also indirectly leads to your own inability to eat, every time you finish eating, the chopsticks that pick vegetables are only moved twice, and the meaning is that the aunt sees that Fang Yanqing eats less, and she wants to ask distressedly, this time she answers, and she is tired enough, so every time she eats, for Fang Yanqing, it is very tormentingγ
"Girl, today's dishes are all cold dishes, as well as your favorite cold powder. Qing Yatou opened the lid of the food box and brought out the dishes one by one, "Fortunately, I went early, and when I packed the dishes and came out, I saw the jade girl coming to find trouble in the kitchen." β
Bringing out the three layers of food and rice in the food box, Fang Yanqing took a pair of chopsticks from the basket in the shelf, handed them to Qing Yatou, raised her head slightly, asked Qing Yatou to close the door, and asked, "Looking for trouble?
"It is said that the jade girl thinks that the kitchen is cutting corners, looks down on her, and loses her face. Qing Yatou took the chopsticks with one hand, covered the door with the other, and said.
"What do you mean by that?"
Qing Yatou sat down and whispered, "Because there are three dishes and one soup in other courtyards, the only girl and her wife have a soup." β
Listening to the words of the girl, Fang Yanqing lowered his eyes, looked at the chowder with red dates, pears and wolfberries in the small bowl on the table, and said with an indescribable face, "It's because of this." "A few days ago, there was suddenly more soup like this, Fang Yanqing was still unhappy and muttered two sentences, saying that it was not delicious, and he was full after drinking white fungus soup and vegetable soup, so he added one more, it was not good to finish all the rest, at least half of it had to be eaten, and every time he and the girl were a little and a half of the difficulty.
Qing Yatou nodded, "Just because of this, that little girl still wanted to explain, but the jade girl slapped her, and scolded, 'The lowly servant still dares to play tricks with me', which startled me, and hurriedly hurried back." After the girl finished speaking, she nodded with trepidation.
I had heard the story of Pan Yuxiu saying that the wind was rain, and she greeted her with a smile the next moment and got up and scolded angrily, but she still felt a little scary, Fang Yanqing looked at the Qing girl, and instructed, "The next time you encounter this kind of thing, stay away, don't stay and listen, I'm afraid it will affect you." β
Looking at Fang Yanqing's worried eyes, Qing Yatou nodded hurriedly and said, "I know, I will sneak away quickly next time, and I won't let her catch the opportunity to scold." β
After eating, the girl said to let Fang Yanqing rest for a while, and then went to return the dishes and chopsticks and then went to Miss Liu with Fang Yanqing, but Fang Yanqing didn't follow, saying that she had just finished eating, and her stomach was also supported, and she just went all the way to eliminate food.
Qing girl persuaded helplessly, so she had to follow Fang Yanqing, walked to the kitchen yard, listened to the sound and didn't make any sound, it should have been over, a small guy used a dustpan to fill a dustpan with a broken porcelain bowl and then went outside, a little shaky, almost bumped into Fang Yanqing's body, fortunately, Qing Yatou quickly dragged Fang Yanqing.
"You, don't be careful," Qing Yatou said with disgust, looked at Fang Yanqing, and hurriedly asked, "Is there something wrong with the girl?"
"Miss Yan is okay, are you? I..."The man consciously collided with his master, a little frightened, and knelt down holding the dustpan in fright, "The girl is angry, I'm blind, I..."
"It's fine, I didn't touch it. Fang Yan smiled lightly, "You are also unintentional, don't kneel on the ground, hurry up and do things." β
Originally, it wasn't a big deal, Fang Yanqing patted the ashes on his clothes, but the man knelt down and startled Fang Yanqing, he had been at his uncle's house for so long, I thought I was used to seeing the precepts, but I didn't expect that I was still not used to seeing people kneel.
"There are a lot of girls, thank you for your kindness. β
Fang Yanqing watched the kneeling man stand up slowly, and sighed in his heart, if he went to help him at this time, he would definitely be panicked again, so forget it, thinking so, he turned around and walked towards the kitchen. Qing Yatou frowned and glanced at the person holding the dustpan, and then followed as well, and said next to Fang Yanqing, "That's the person who was just beaten." β
Fang Yanqing stopped his steps, turned around and looked over, the little guy walked up and limped, maybe he was beaten.
returned the food box in the kitchen, and saw the broken bowls on the ground, Fang Yanqing couldn't help but sigh Pan Yuxiu's arrogance, it was clear that she was a guest, but she lost her temper at the host's house, and she didn't know how her mother got into such a bad place, even if Tang Yiyun thought about her mother's goodness, she must be extremely tired of her.
Walking on the way back to the yard, the girl was a little unhappy on her face, and said sullenly, "It's too much." β
Fang Yanqing glanced at the indignant Fang Yanqing, and said lightly, "No matter how unhappy you are, you can keep it in your heart, don't let others comment on it." β
Qing Yatou listened to Fang Yanqing's words, pursed her lips, suppressed the look on her face, and continued to follow behind Fang Yanqing.
"If you meet him this afternoon, give it to him. Fang Yanqing took eight coins of silver from his sleeve pocket and stuffed it into the hand of Qing Yatou, this money was all he had left when he went out to buy things with Ding Sanniang last time.
Qing Ya looked at the eight coins of silver in her hand and said, "Girl, how can this be done." β
"It's not much, it's just a heart, you give it smartly, don't let people find out. β
"The girl doesn't have much money a month, and this heart is also rare. β
"Okay, don't talk about it, the more you talk about it, the more you can't finish it," Fang Yanqing said to divert the topic, "It's important to look at Sister Yunfang now." β