Chapter 4: The Joyful Events of the Hou Mansion
On September 28, it is auspicious to get married. Early in the morning, the Dingyang Hou Mansion was full of people, the people were wearing brand new clothes, and each face was full of joyful expressions, today is the young master of the Hou Mansion, Pei Anzhi's wedding day, and the mansion is full of red silk hanging lanterns. Rong Xia, as the little maid in the house, also has a heavy task, she was sent to the kitchen and three other little maids, who are specifically responsible for washing dishes.
That's right, a whole day was spent in front of the pool.
The heavy hard work made Rong Xia's arms swollen the next day, and he couldn't lift his hands.
Mrs. Li felt sorry for the girl, so she asked for leave for her, and Rong Xia slept on the kang for most of the day.
At noon, Rong Xia was woken up by the gossip of the women. The walls of their house obviously have no soundproof panels, and the walls are very thin, even if Rong Xia is lying on the kang, the sound of talking outside still comes in one by one. It should be three or five women gathered together, and it seems that there is still her mother Li Shi in the voice, and it is naturally only the master's family that can make these people "discuss" so enthusiastically.
“… I heard that as soon as I lifted the hijab, the eldest young master even changed color, and said bluntly that the eldest young grandmother was dropped by someone. ”
"It's not a problem, if it weren't for Madame's hard press, the eldest young master would have been able to pick his son and leave on the spot. ”
"It is said that there is no hole in the room, and the young lady has been alone in the empty boudoir all night. ”
"Hehe, what do you say the young lady has to be ugly to make the eldest young master so disgusted!"
"Probably a saltless girl!"
"It's a pity, the eldest young master is such an elegant person. ”
"In the past, there were talented people with beautiful women, but now they are talented people with no salt. ”
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There was a lively discussion outside, but Rong Xia was stunned in her heart, it turned out that there was such a thing at yesterday's wedding. However, this place is different from Rong Xia's side, blind dates or free love between men and women are not allowed, both parties are ordered by their parents to determine who they are, and if they want to see the true face of their husband/wife in this life, I am afraid that they can only wait until the moment when the red hijab is lifted. And now it seems that the eldest young master is not satisfied with his wife, it sounds a little pitiful! No! The poor may be the young grandmother who is disliked by her husband! Throwing off the messy thoughts in her mind, Rong Xia sat up slowly, put on her shoes on the ground, drank some water, and she walked outside, Li Shi looked up at her and smiled. Rong Xiajing walked to the back of their house, where there was a rectangular wooden trough, which was called by Rong Xia with the old Rong head, and the green leeks and small cabbages in the trough at this time were growing vigorously.
Rong Xia's spiritual spring space is very magical, except for the constantly surging water in the well, all the qiē seems to have been frozen by time. Put the pink and white freshly killed pork in, and it will still be pink and white after half a month. Fresh shallots are still crispy and delicious after a year of putting them in. But there is one point, except for [Rong Xia], no other living creatures can be placed in the space, neither animals nor plants. However, Rong Xia has a squirrel-like personality and has a habit of "hiding things". Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many things in the space. Because of this different hobby, Rong Xia has collected many kinds of seeds, especially rapeseed and flower seeds. These little cabbages and leeks were sown with rapeseed in the space, these two vegetables are so common, Li Niangzi and Lao Rongtou thought that Rong Xia was asking for seeds from someone in the back kitchen, so it was not surprising.
Rong Xia looked at the fresh green plants in this trough with satisfaction. The water in the Lingquan space can be said to be a god-defying thing, especially for planting plants, however, the water cannot directly act on the human body, that is to say, even if you drink the spring water in a big gulp, people will not be as energetic as plants, and live a long life, but if you eat the food watered with the spiritual spring water for a long time, the body will naturally be conditioned, for example, Rong Xia's brother, because the family was poor, suffered a lot, and hurt the body, but since Rong Xia got this space, he ate the food and vegetables that Rong Xia watered with spring water, but in four or five years, Rong Xia's brother's body was completely strong, the body is as strong as a calf. Rong Xia planted these small dishes, in fact, mainly for Li Niangzi and Lao Rongtou, she didn't dare to show too much, for fear that people would see the clues, and she didn't do anything else, even if it was to let her parents taste the taste of these small dishes, it would be good!
Rong Xia cut a stubble of leeks, pinched a handful of cabbage, and then went back to the house. A few days ago, her daughter made a bowl of cabbage and potato soup, which was called a fragrant ah, so that Mrs. Li and Lao Rongtou almost didn't lick the bottom of the pot directly. Now the old man of her family is interested in the green plants in the backyard, and he specially built a simple grass hut to come out, for fear that the sun will be strong and the vegetables will be damaged. Rong Xia washed the leeks and cabbage slightly with the clean water he fought. In ancient times, children started things early, and Rong Xia's original body was also able to cook on the fire at the age of six or seven and fill his stomach by himself. He Helun is a mature soul in this body now.
I opened the cupboard in the stove and dug out some flour from the bowl, and their noodles were coarse and looked a little yellow. Rong Xia is really good at cooking, especially some home-cooked snacks, even if you don't use the golden finger of Lingquan Space, the taste is also quite good. And while Li Niangzi and Lao Rongtou didn't pay attention, Rong Xia actually did some tricks, for example, the basket of eggs under the bowl rack, Rong Xia was all replaced with those stored in the Lingquan space, these eggs are all eggs laid by the hens raised by Rong Xia himself, all of them are one egg and two yolks, not to mention the taste. The soy sauce in the soy sauce bottle was also dropped by Rong Xia, which she learned from an old lady in an online food forum, and the taste of soy sauce is very unique and delicious. Anyway, Rong Xia racked his brains and carefully did these things that might be very "insignificant".
Beat four more eggs with quick hands and feet, stir them into a golden egg wash with chopsticks, and chop the leeks. Rong Xia plans to make a leek egg cake and a cabbage in thick soup. Rong Xia's cooking speed was extraordinary, and within two quarters of an hour, a strong fragrance began to appear in the entire stove. floated out, causing the mothers-in-law who were talking under the wall to look straight into the house, but Mrs. Li didn't even be polite, she entered the house directly with a smile, and locked the door back.
"Mother, it's time to eat!" Rong Xia put down the dishes and chopsticks and greeted Mrs. Li a little shyly.
Mrs. Li sighed, looking at the plate of golden leek cake mixed with bright green on the table, and felt drooling. I don't know how her daughter got it, it's still the same thing, why is the taste so bad! The two of them had lunch, and when they were happy, there was a sudden knock on the door outside, and a young man's voice shouted outside: "Is this Rong Xia's house?" Unexpectedly, the scholar standing outside was the second young master, and Rong Xia remembered that his name was He An.
"Brother He. What are you looking for me?" asked Rong Xia with a little uneasiness.
He An smiled at the little girl in front of him, and just as he wanted to speak, Mrs. Li's voice came from inside the room: "Isn't this Xiao He in charge?
When Mrs. Li saw that it was He An at the door, she immediately showed a warm smile on her face, and she pushed inside vigorously. He An just wanted to say no, however, bursts of seductive food aroma suddenly poured into his nose, and his stomach grunted very uncontrollably. He An's young man's face turned red all of a sudden, and he said with some embarrassment: "No need, I'm here to ask Miss Xiaoxia about something." ”
Mrs. Li rolled her eyes twice, pursed her lips and smiled, and when she returned to the house, she took out two pieces of oiled paper and rolled two of Rong Xia's leek egg cakes into it.
Here, He An and Rong Xia are still talking.
He An asked straight to the point: "Miss Xiaoxia, let me ask you about something, where did you get those buds of rice that day? I also asked the people in the big kitchen to bake the buds, but they didn't taste like that, so I wanted to come over and ask you... If you still have it, take it out, and I can buy it from you." ”
When Rong Xia heard this, he immediately became nervous, and stammered, "No." No, the buds were bought from the merchants who carried the burden on the streets. ”
He An suddenly showed a look of disappointment on his face when he heard this. Since it is a traveling merchant walking the streets, it must be impossible to find anyone.
"Alas, I'll tell you the truth, the second young master seems to like to eat those grains very much, and it's been easy to ...... over the years Alas......" He An shook his head again and again.
The two said a few more words, and He An was about to leave.
Mrs. Li walked over, enthusiastically stuffed the leek cake wrapped in oiled paper into He An's hand, and said, "This is made by our family Axia, it tastes very good, Xiao He will take it and eat some!"
He An smiled honestly, didn't refuse, thanked him, and left.
"This Xiao He is in charge of things, it's very good!" Mrs. Li looked at Rong Xia and said with a smile.
Rong Xia: "......" (completely wooden to understand the meaning of her mother's words)
The two of them had lunch, Rong Xia went to brush the dishes and chopsticks, and then said to Li Niangzi: "Mother, there are still a few hot leek cakes in the pot, I will send them to my father." Mrs. Li touched her old belly and sighed. Lao Rongtou is a gardener in the Hou Mansion, and the place on the errand is a huge greenhouse covered with bricks, when Rong Xia arrives, Lao Rongtou is squatting in front of a daffodil to prune the flowers with miscellaneous leaves. Rong Xia walked over and called Dad. When the old man saw his daughter, his wrinkled face suddenly showed a happy look: "The girl is here!"