Hearing this, the cat bent over and quietly slipped out of the courtyard of the small kitchen. He rolled his eyes and headed towards the main hall.

In the past two days, she has been half-cooked in this mansion. She has a sweet mouth, and in the eyes of outsiders, she is an innocent little girl. Everyone in the mansion knew that she had met the eyes of the second lady and came from the Changfeng Marquis Mansion, and they were all kind and kind to her. She is also generous, often takes sweets and pastries and invites others to eat, and she is very familiar with the teenage girls in the house.

Hearing this, he entered the warm pavilion on the west side of the main hall, and saw Jin Yi sitting in front of the embroidery frame, so he took a cup of tea and went in, stood beside her and watched, and did not squeak.

After a while, Jin Yi stopped to rest, took the tea cup from her hand, and glanced at her again: "Where did you go to play again?" ”

Hearing this, he was a little sullen, and only after a while did he say: "The people in the small kitchen said that the young lady did not give them the New Year's reward, and said a lot of unpleasant things there." ”

Jin Yi listened, shook his head, and sighed with a smile. This matter has been making her a little annoyed since Cai Jing vaguely mentioned it once yesterday.

She was a little helpless. In front of Uncle Cheng, he always seemed self-reliant and calm, just like he used to suffer in Shangxiutang, and he never mentioned it to him.

But now it seems that I am afraid that I still have to go to Uncle Cheng to ask for money. No wonder it is said that heroes also have to bend their waists for five buckets of rice, let alone their own little woman.

Uncle Cheng's shops in Jianye have only been open for less than a year. Originally, those were just a façade, and Jinyi did not see them as profitable industries. But since Uncle Cheng is still in charge of Yishantang for Mr. Ji, he won't even be able to take out the reward money.

Jin Yi said to the listener: "Call your sister Qianmo in." ”

"Sister Qianmo went out early this morning, saying that she would come back at noon." Listen to the words and answer.

Jin Yi sighed, stood up, and walked all the way out, while saying to Tingyan: "Follow me to the small kitchen......" At a glance, she was so excited that she was so angry, "Learn how to make medicinal food with me!" ”

She was so disappointed when she heard this, she thought that the young lady was going to teach the cooks a lesson, so she had to say "oh" and follow behind a little dejectedly.

The crowd in the small kitchen had long since dispersed. As soon as he saw her coming, he hurriedly came up to greet her with a smile on his face, "The second lady came to make medicinal food for the old lady again?" ”

Jin Yi used to be polite and polite to his subordinates, and today is no exception, smiling gently, but there seems to be a faint lack of anger and self-authority in his eyes.

The cooks just chewed the root of their tongues behind their backs, and at this time they were all a little weak-hearted, and then they saw her eyes that were a little different from the past, and they were even more careful.

Jin Yi didn't pay attention to them, she still chose the ingredients by herself, let her listen to the words and wash the vegetables, while doing it, while teaching her carefully, and did not shy away from other subordinates listening to and stealing from the others, the people who were gossiping behind their backs before were a little embarrassed on their faces.

After it was done, I heard that I held the food box, Qiao Wei also came out of the house, and the three of them went to Fuxi Hall together.

In the past few days, Qiao Wei has often taken care of flowers in the greenhouse of the inverted house, and secretly made secret weapons for Sima Yulou. This work can't be seen by outsiders, so Qiao Wei is sneaky all day long, and she only comes out when Jinyi is going to Fuxi Hall.

Today's lunch is extraordinarily complete. The Lin family in the big room took the eldest daughter-in-law Kong and Qin Xiang, the Xu family in the second room brought Jinxiu, and the An family in the third room brought Qin Lian.

The fourth room is still Xie alone, and Jinchen only has the last acupuncture today, which is a great improvement compared to the previous two days. Although his speech was still not clear, he was able to speak several sentences in a complete and coherent manner.

After the meal, everyone sat in one place and talked, all talking about the New Year's gifts received in each room.

It is customary to give New Year's gifts between families, and some relatives give special gifts to each person, plus the accounts on the private property of several daughters-in-law of the Qin family, which are also paid at the end of the year. Even Qin Xiang and Qin Lian, their respective mothers-in-law also dressed them in new clothes and jewelry.

Xu's maiden brother sent a few carts of Lilly today, one of which was specially given to Jinxiu, 30 pieces of silk brocade, ruby and gold filigree jewelry, gouache, snails, rouge ......, and many exquisite and small pen and inkstone paperweight ornaments......

Xu specially invited a craftsman for her to make a complete set of gilded filigree peony pattern inlaid with red jade. Jinxiu's mood is much better than the previous two days.

She sat between Qin Xiang and Qin Lian, wearing a Chunluo jacket with a pomegranate red stamen butterfly pattern, and gave two strings of red agate bracelets to the two of them, "This is what my grandmother sent today, I look at the color is not bad." ”

The two of them took it, and they both thanked her with smiles on their faces.

There are no concubines in the big house and the third room, so the two of them are also favored under the knees of their respective grandmothers, and the new clothes and new jewelry for the New Year's holidays have never been broken. But it's still too far from splendid. Xu's hands are generous, and he has his mother's family to take care of him, and the silver spent on Jinxiu is like flowing water.

Only Jin Yi is still wearing daily clothes, a jade ethereal hibiscus pattern jacket, the bottom is a Buddha emerald blue eight-piece Luo skirt, only a jade hairpin on the head, and the hairpin is covered with a pale Yingluo.

With a proud smile on her face, Jinxiu handed her a pink tourmaline bracelet, "Second sister, I see that this pink color matches your complexion, and this bracelet will be given to you." Her laughter was clear, "The second sister doesn't have anything to send to celebrate the New Year, but with her mother taking care of her, there will be no shortage of your New Year's gifts." ”

Xu Shi also smiled and said, "I have prepared things for you in the morning, four tribute silk satins, and some jewelry, and I will send them to your room later." ”

Xie on the side frowned slightly, generally the concubines of the family or the main room do not use pink. The one that Jinxiu gave to Qin Xiang and the two was still quite suitable, but the one given to his eldest sister was humiliating.

Even the Lin family and the An family were a little disdainful, they gave the two concubines, each of whom had eight pieces of clothing, no matter how Jin Yi said it, he was also a descendant, how could he be so shabby.

For a while, the eyes of everyone in the hall were a little strange.

Old Madam Qin has used Jinyi's medicinal diet and ear acupuncture in the past two days, and with the medicine of the imperial doctor, she has been much better, and she is no longer bedridden today. She saw all these in her eyes, and secretly annoyed that she was sick and confused a few days ago, and she didn't have anyone to give Jinyi Zhang Luo New Year's gift.

Old Madam Qin was about to speak, when Jinru's voice came from outside the door.

Jinru was also busy receiving New Year's gifts in the Changfeng Marquis Mansion for the past two days, and only came to see Jinyi for dinner every day and ate with her.

Jin Ru was still dressed in red, and came in excitedly, shouting with a smile: "The New Year's gift is here, hurry up and get the reward." ”