Chapter 35: Laneige and Qiuxia
Ding Chen was playing with Xiao Chen at home, and suddenly heard the familiar sound of a horse barking, so he carried Xiao Chen out of the living room and walked out, Cuilian followed closely behind Ding Chen. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Dashan, are you back, this is?" Ding Chen saw two young women get out of the carriage after Ding Dashan came down, and Ding Yiyi helped Lanzhi and Qiuxia to jump out of the carriage.
Ding Chen saw Ding Yiyi get out of the carriage and looked at her with a smile, this child told her father to buy a servant, only to hear her say that she wanted to buy a maid and a mother-in-law, could these two young women be the mother-in-law they bought?
"Mother!" Ding Yiyi ran to her side after seeing Ding Chen, raised her face and said with a smile: "This is the newly bought maids Aunt Lan and Aunt Xia, they both fled from the south. ā
Ding Dashan also smiled and nodded, Lanzhi and Qiuxia knew that this was Mrs. when they heard Miss call this middle-aged woman, and the two said in unison: "Lanzhi has seen Madame." "Qiu Xia has seen Madame."
Ding Chen saw that the two of them were indeed dressed differently from the northerners, so he asked, "Are you southerners?" I heard that there was a flood there, and many people fled to the north, is the disaster serious? ā
"Mrs. Hui's words, Liuyang County in the south was seriously affected by the disaster, and many people died, and we all fled from Liuyang County." Laneige replied when he heard Ding Chen's question.
"Oh! Come on! Come into the house and speak! With that, he walked into the courtyard with Xiao Chen in his arms. Ding Dashan led the carriage to the side to tie the horse, and Ding Yiyi beckoned the two into the yard.
When everyone entered the living room, Ding Yiyi sat on a chair and looked at Ding Chen, Ding Chen and Ding Dashan sat on the upper seat, Cuilian stood behind Ding Yiyi, and Lanzhi and Qiuxia stood in the middle of the living room.
"There are no rules in my family, as long as you are diligent and responsible, you can just treat this place as your own home when you come, we are about the same age, you don't have to be too restrained." Ding Chen looked at the two and said.
"Yes, ma'am, we will do our duty." Laneige replied, with a respectful look on her face, she felt that the Ding family could give them a way to live was her reborn parents, and there was no one in the family, and this would be her home in the future, and she would be very satisfied with a man living here with her.
"I will also abide by my duty and serve the old lady well." Qiu Xia lowered her head and said, she was not good at words, and she didn't want to say more because she was uncomfortable, she was alone and helpless, and the Ding family was her future home, and she didn't know where else to go except here.
"You are all southerners, if you are not used to coming here, just tell me, I will take care of you, and I am not so bored and panicked with you as my company." Ding Chen saw that they were a little restrained, and smiled gently.
"We're used to everything we fled all the way, except for some unaccustomed things at the beginning, but now it's much better, thank you Madame for your concern." Lanzhi and Qiuxia looked at Ding Chen's family gratefully, and they both said that the wives of big families were above the top and disdained to talk to the maids.
Naturally, they didn't know that the Ding family was actually a nouveau riche from the countryside, so naturally they would not be harsh with them, but treated them like when they got along with their neighbors.
Ding Yiyi is not a person of this era, and his education is also the concept of equality for everyone, so how can he look down on people.
Seeing that it was time to make dinner, Laneige and Qiuxia asked where the kitchen was to make dinner, and Cuilian took the two to the kitchen.
Ding Yiyi and Ding Dashan, Ding Chen sat in the living room and chatted, and Xiao Chen was nursing in Ding Chen's arms.
"Mother, I heard that southerners like to eat rice, and we northerners all eat pasta, do you say that they won't be annoyed when they eat rice every day? Rice porridge in the morning, dry rice at noon, and rice porridge in the evening, then it's time to eat and vomit. Ding Yiyi imagined the life of three meals of rice a day, which was a little chilly.
"Also, we all eat pasta, and I heard them say that they have become accustomed to the water and soil in the north after fleeing, and they must be used to the food here. They were all poor people, and they must have suffered a lot on the way to escape. Ding Chen's face was full of sympathy, and he was so good now that he was thanking God for blessing.
Ding Yiyi came to the yard with Xiao Chen in his arms, only to hear the sound of ping-pong in the kitchen, the smoke of cooking in the chimney, and the smoke of cooking curled up, like clouds and mist.
There is a sunset in the distance, and the red and blue are very beautiful. At this time, the sky was blue, not as gray as the sky she remembered.
Since it was the middle of October, the weather was gradually getting cooler, and the leaves on the trees were almost gone, and there were not many leaves left on the old locust trees in the yard.
I'm going to move out soon, and Ding Yiyi still has feelings for living here for a while, but I can still come here to live here in the future.
Xiao Chen was hoarse and didn't know what to say, Ding Yiyi sniffed, it was so fragrant, I don't know what Aunt Lan and they would do again, she remembered that there were fish and meat at home, as well as rice and white flour, and the food in the south was not the same as in the north, and asked if the fragrance should be the fragrance of the fish wafting out.
Ding Yiyi gave Xiao Chen to Ding Chen's and ran to the kitchen by himself, and when he saw Aunt Lan and the others busy making dinner, Ding Yiyi asked, "Aunt Lan, what are you making so fragrant!" ā
"Miss Hui, Qiu Xia and I saw that there was a fish in the kitchen, so we made a boiled fish, and also made a dish of tamales, a dish of shredded potatoes with green peppers, a dish of shallots mixed with tofu, and boiled some rice porridge, I don't know if it suits your appetite." Laneige replied with a smile, the shovel in her hand kept stir-frying in the pot, and Qiu Xia was burning the fire below, and the red flames reflected her delicate face, but she had a sad look on her face.
"Miss, you'd better go out! Choking in the kitchen. Qiu Xia saw that Ding Yiyi was looking at her, and immediately woke up from her daze.
"Oh! Then get busy! I'll go out first, Cuilian, you come here. Ding Yiyi didn't forget to call Cuilian away, Cuilian was in the kitchen to help wash the vegetables, and now that the chores were done, she took off her apron and put it aside when she heard the lady call her.
"Miss, are you looking for me?" Cuilian looked at Ding Yiyi curiously.
Ding Yiyi glanced at her and smiled: "If you don't think the kitchen is panicking, you can go back." ā
When Cuilian heard that the young lady was afraid that she would be choked inside, she kindly asked her to come out: "I was chatting with Aunt Lan and them inside just now!" I heard from them that the disaster in the south was very serious, and many people died. ā
"Yes! Natural and man-made disasters are unpredictable, and we can only cherish the days in front of us. Ding Yiyi said with emotion, didn't she just accidentally pass through? I knew that she wouldn't go out in this way.