Ying Fang went to the wooden housekeeper to ask for a pattern, and the wooden housekeeper asked what she wanted, Ying Fang said, what her aunt wanted, said that she would just take some back to Bicui Garden and embroider it as it was, so as to pass the time. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info wood housekeeper heard that it was Aunt Qian who wanted, where did he dare to slacken, he personally took Ying Fang to the embroidery room in the house, and found the housekeeper of the embroidery room, Mama Wei, to take some new patterns, and asked Ying Fang to take it back and ask Aunt Qian to choose it, and Mama Wei, who could not be selected, went to get it back. Ying Fang took the trick and thanked the wooden housekeeper and Mama Wei, and went back to Bicui Garden.

Back to Bicui Garden, the master and servant began to pick up, the pattern of this Hou Mansion is very chic, with a good pure white rice paper to ask the painter to carefully trace the pattern, but also with a good color color, and then painted the pattern of the rice paper and then paste a piece of rice paper, and finally use gold leaf to seal the edge. In this way, it can be stored for a longer time, and even after a few years, it is still bright and can be used normally.

Qian Yuning took a fancy to a picture of Pisces playing lotus, two fat carp are playing under the lotus leaves in the lotus pond, a layer of wide round lotus leaves is spread on the water surface, the lotus flowers on the lotus leaves are blooming, it is very good-looking, the two fish in the water are vivid, and the fish tail is spitting bubbles in the water lines, which is very lovely.

Ying Fang chose a red plum in the snow, because her daughter was born in the cold winter wax moon, when the snow fell, the red plum blossoms bloomed, so her daughter named it red plum. Ying Fang thought to herself, she must be happy to embroider this red plum in the snow for her daughter, thinking that she would be able to see her daughter in a few days, Ying Fang was both apprehensive and happy in her heart.

The two of them chose a few more, which are the flowers blooming and rich, the peony in front of the hall, the horse galloping, the bamboo forest Xiaoyue, the double butterfly playing with flowers, the dragon and the phoenix are auspicious, the eagle flies in the sky, and the peacock opens the screen. I plan to do it slowly in the future, anyway, I am idle every day now, and I can pass the time by doing embroidery.

The two of them sat down and embroidered, from time to time you said, I replied, time flies and is happy, and after doing it for more than an hour, Qian Yuning felt a little sore in his neck, and just asked Ying Fang to pinch it twice. Mama Liu came in with a big bowl of chilled sour plum soup: "Auntie, you're tired, take a break, drink a bowl of sour plum soup, Xiang Mama from the big kitchen just sent it." As he spoke, he put the tray holding the sour plum soup on the table, took a small bowl and gave it to Qian Yuning.

Qian Yuning was feeling a little hot and thirsty, so he took two sips and said, "Mama Liu, you and Ying Fang can also use some, this day, it's weirdly hot." ”

Mama Liu said with a smile: "It's very hot, it's a hot day, drinking sour plum soup is the best way to relieve the heat, this is different in the Hou Mansion, and ice cubes are used, which is like a small family, it's good to have sour plum soup to drink, who has seen ice cubes in a hot day!" ”

Ying Fang said on the side: "This mother-in-law Xiang also has a heart, and she personally brought the sour plum soup when she returned, I heard that other aunts' yards were sent to get it by themselves, and it was too late to go." Every day, the only people who can be delivered to the door in person from the kitchen are a few serious masters and those two. As she spoke, Ying Fang pouted in the direction of Gui Xiangju.

Indeed, in this Hou Mansion, in addition to a few serious masters, where are the pregnant Aunt Jiang and the old Hou Ye's Aunt Guan who personally deliver food in the big kitchen. Now, it has been more than half a month since Xiang Xiang's mother-in-law rushed to deliver food to Qian Yuning to please her, Qian Yuning thought about it and felt that it was better to see her.

After taking a sip of the sour plum soup in the small bowl, Qian Yuning put down the bowl and said to Mama Liu: "Mama Liu, go and invite Mama to come in, people have been here many times, how can you see them." ”

Mama Liu said "hey", responded, turned around and went out of the door and called the mother-in-law in the big kitchen.

The afternoon sun is very scorching, fortunately there is a big osmanthus tree in the green garden, you can shade and enjoy the shade, Xiang Pozi is standing under this osmanthus tree, because she is a little fat, even if she doesn't do anything, she is so hot that she sweats profusely, and the sweat on her face and back flows down the whole stream.

Mama Liu waved to her mother-in-law in the shade under the eaves, smiled at her mother-in-law, wiped the sweat on her face, and walked over to Mama Liu.

Qian Yuning sat on the yellow rosewood chair in the room, watched a person walk in the dappled sunlight outside the house, stepped into the shade under the eaves, and walked towards the house under the guidance of Mama Liu.

She was a little fat, and she was wearing a dark green half-new coarse silk cloth, which looked pretty good, but the clothes were stained with oil on the east and west, and she thought that she was doing things in the kitchen, and her cheeks were red from the sun, and she could smell the smell of kitchen fumes when she got closer.

As soon as she came in, she knelt down to Qian Yuning, who was sitting, and said, "Slave Xiang, I've seen my aunt, please be safe!" "Don't look at the flesh on her body, but she is still agile.

Qian Yuning said with a smile: "Please ask Mama, on such a hot day, it is hard for you to bring me sour plum soup." ”

Xiang Xiang's mother-in-law got up and waved his hand: "It's not hard, it's not hard, it's my aunt's business, how dare the slave and maid not be unsatisfied!" ”

Qian Yuning said kindly: "Please sit down with Mama." He gestured to a low, cushioned stool next to him.

Xiang mother-in-law rubbed her hands on her clothes twice, and said embarrassedly: "The slave and maid will not sit, for fear of soiling my aunt's stool." She glanced at the stool, and the upholstery was made of fine silk, delicate and small.

Seeing this, Qian Yuning didn't force her, but said, "Mama Xiang, what are you doing in the kitchen?" ”

Xiang mother-in-law twisted her body embarrassedly and said, "Back to my aunt, the slave maid is also a miscellaneous worker, and she has no ability." ”

Qian Yuning asked again: "Does the big kitchen have to make chilled sour plum soup every day?" ”

Xiang said to the mother-in-law: "Yes, I have to do it every day, in the summer, it is best to use sour plum soup, but in other courtyards, the maid is to pick it up by herself, and the slave maid thinks that the aunt has not yet been set aside by the maid, and I think that no one will come to take it, so I sent it to the aunt by myself." ”

"Oh, I have a heart for Mama Xiang." Qian Yuning said to Mama Liu: "Mama Liu, bring two small silver fish and two small silver ingots to Mama Xiang and reward them to her." ”

Xiang mother-in-law was clever, and when she heard Qian Yuning say this, she quickly knelt down and thanked her: "Slave and maid thank Aunt Xie for the reward!" ”

When Mama Liu heard this, she walked to the side of Duobao Grid, took out a box from the third row of lattices, opened it and took out two small silver fish and two silver ingots with exquisite workmanship, and closed the box again. Xiang Mama's eyes were sharp, and she glanced at it, and saw that the box was full of gadgets made of silver, including small fish, small gold ingots, silver locks or something, as well as a few golden melon seeds and golden peanuts, a shiny box.

Mama Liu came over and took the two little silver fish and two small silver ingots to Mrs. Xiang, she also shirked at first, Qian Yuning said with a smile: "Mama Lao always runs around like this, if I refuse to accept it, I won't dare to work Mama in the future." ”

When Xiang mother-in-law heard this, she took it and put it in her arms and said, "The slave and maid will accept it, Aunt Xie's reward." ”

Qian Yuning said: "You don't have to be polite to Mama Xiang, I think it's better to sit down and talk, Mama Xiang, it's really tiring for you to stand, look at your sweat on your face." ”

Seeing that Qian Yuning had a gentle temperament, Xiang Zizi had just rewarded himself again, so he dared to sit down and thanked him again.

Qian Yuning saw Mrs. Xiang sit down, so she asked, "Mama Xiang, do the other courtyards in this house also use sour plum soup?" ”

Xiang Mama said: "The aunts and several serious masters all use sour plum soup, except for Aunt Jiang of Guixiangju and Aunt Guan of Youlan Courtyard use iced bird's nest soup, saying that she is pregnant and has no appetite, so this iced bird's nest can still be eaten." ”

Qian Yuning nodded and said, "Oh, yes, people who are pregnant probably have the same taste." ”

Xiang Mama nodded yes: "Yes! However, in the past two days, Aunt Guan in Youlan Courtyard has a worse appetite, and she can't eat anything, and the kitchen is simply busy for her every day, eating food like flowing water, and bringing it out like flowing water, and many of them have not touched chopsticks. I heard that the old marquis went to accompany him every day, and he bought a little food, otherwise I am afraid that the child would not be able to keep it. ”

Qian Yuning: "Oh, and this, why is this?" ”

Xiang Mama looked left and right, mysteriously leaned closer to Qian Yuning, and said: "I heard that Aunt Guan's Youlan Courtyard hanged a maid, which frightened Aunt Guan, crying every day, crying eyes swollen to the size of walnuts. ”

Qian Yuning: "Why did this maid die so well?" ”

Xiang Mama shook her head and said: "This slave and maid are not very clear, but the slave and maid listened to it, and said that she had stolen the master's golden hairpin or something, and it was discovered, and Aunt Guan said that she would send her to the laundry room, but the girl was scared and actually hanged herself." ”

Qian Yuning frowned and said, "It's just going to the laundry room, how can you be afraid of hanging yourself?" ”

Xiang Mama flattened her mouth and said: "Auntie, you don't know, all the maids who make mistakes in this house will be punished to the laundry room, where the mama is amazing, can torture people to death, just last winter, asked a little maid to wash three large basins of clothes alone, the little maid did not wash for a day during the day, afraid that her mother would punish her, so she continued to wash at night, who knew that the water was too cold at night, and she froze to death." The next morning, a maid went to the well to fetch water, and she was found frozen to death by the well, and her whole body was frozen hard and became a popsicle. ”

Qian Yuning only felt nausea in his heart, and said with a pale face: "Don't say it." ”

Xiang Mama was talking energetically, and when she was drunk like this, she was stunned for a moment with white saliva bubbles in her mouth, and looked at Qian Yuning, who was pale, and didn't know what to do.

Seeing this, Mama Liu hurriedly stepped forward and said to Mama Xiang: "Mama, don't talk about it, our aunt, she has the kindest heart, and she can't listen to these people dying or something." ”

Mama Xiang knelt down to make amends as if she had reacted: "I shocked my aunt, is it a slave." ”

Qian Yuning's face eased, his hand raised slightly, and said, "Okay, I'm a little unwell, so I won't stay with Mama today, and we'll talk another day." ”

Seeing that Qian Yuning's face was not good, Xiang didn't dare to stay any longer, so she retreated knowingly, and was accompanied by Mama Liu all the way out of Bicui Garden.

Ying Fang stepped forward and patted Qian Yuning on the back two or three times, and asked, "Auntie, are you better, why are you suddenly uncomfortable?" ”

Qian Yuning raised his head and smiled reluctantly: "It's okay, probably the weather is too hot, and I'm upset." Ying Fang saw that her aunt didn't want to say more, so she didn't speak again, and the two of them were silent for a while.

After a while, after a few breaths of relief, Qian Yuning's face was a little better, only to feel that something was surging back and forth in her heart, she remembered that she almost froze to death in Jiangning's broken house that year, it turned out that human life is really like a mustard, sometimes, if you say no, it will be gone.