Sipingguo means square, peaceful and peaceful. In the countryside, this fruit will be fried with noodles during the Dragon Boat Festival every year, which is not only a snack for children to satisfy their cravings, but also a meaning for children to eat peace.

Although it was only the beginning of spring and there was still a period of time before the Dragon Boat Festival, Aunt Rong and the others were not worried about Jiang Quinoa and they went out far away, so they fried some square fruits overnight for them to eat, and insisted that they bring a lot of food on the road. The square fruit is fried golden brown, and it is crunchy when you bite into it, and it is particularly crisp and sweet to eat.

There are also fried shredded sweet potatoes, sweet and crunchy, and they are also children's favorite snacks.

If you want to inquire about the news, of course, you can't go empty-handed, Jiang Chun packed some square fruits and sweet potato shreds and went to the kitchen. The kitchen is private, the fumes are dirty, and the ladies are not happy to go, but the little maids like to revolve around the stove when they have nothing to do, hoping that the cook will enjoy the delicious food.

When she was out of the house, she was trapped in this poor countryside because of the heavy rain, and the cook racked her brains every day to make some delicious food for the master, but because there were no ingredients, it was difficult for the clever woman to cook without rice, not to mention the tooth sacrifice for the little maids. Jiang Chun's idea is novel, and the implication is good, you can chew a handful of Sifang fruits for a long time. At this time, Jiang Chun was sitting in front of the stove, listening to the little maids talk about the Xu family.

"I bought it from outside, not the Xu family's son, Sister Yaoqin, Sister Yaoyin, Sister Luluo and Sister Luliu next to Madame's side are all born in the family, they are decent." The little maid said enviously.

"Are the children born in the family more decent than those bought from outside?" Jiang Chun asked curiously.

The little maid's eyes suddenly widened: "You don't even know this?" Without waiting for Jiang Chun to answer, she looked suddenly enlightened: "Oh." I see, you bought it from outside, right? Don't you have any children in your family? But also, look at how shabby your young lady is dressed. I'm afraid my family isn't very rich. ”

Jiang Chun couldn't see that others said that Jiang Quinoa was not good at all, and his face suddenly pulled down.

The little girl was talking energetically, but she didn't notice it, and said: "The family has children, that is, the old sons and mothers of the family are all doing things in the house, and the people are intertwined, which is also a great help." Such a person has a whole family behind him, and he is more loyal to his master. The little maid said suddenly. "Of course, we are also very faithful in this way. It's just that the master thinks that we are only one person, and there is no restraint. I don't feel at ease with it, so the first-class and second-class maids around Mrs., Miss, and Young Master are all selected from the family children. ”

"You are so lucky, there are no children in the family, and your young lady relies on you so much. I will take you with me when I go to the capital. The little girl said in a slightly sour tone. I thought of returning to Beijing to report on my work because of the expiration of my lord's term. Mrs. thinks that there are too many people in the family and it is inconvenient, and she wants to sell a batch of people, if she hadn't gotten the news in advance and walked the way of Madame's mother Tian, she would have been resold. Who knows what kind of family it will be sold to, the Xu family is familiar anyway, it is better to stay in the Xu family, and when you reach the age to match the little girl, or do a good job and be appreciated by the young lady and the young master to become a first-class maid. That's the way forward.

He was indeed quite lucky, Jiang Chun thought it was difficult to answer. He laughed dryly and asked, "Then you will settle in the capital in the future?" ”

The little maid thought about it and said, "I don't know much about this, but there are houses in the capital." The little maid looked around, and saw that the cooks were busy, and a few little maids were chatting with melon seeds at the door, so they leaned into Jiang Chun's ear and said: "One night I fetched water for Sister Luliu to wash her feet, and listened to her talk to Sister Yaoqin, it seems that this time Mrs. took the second lady to the capital, in addition to congratulating Prime Minister Wang Cheng on his birthday, she also wanted to find someone in the capital for the second lady, and I think I should stay in the capital for a long time." You see that our second miss is a fairy-like person, she treats people kindly, never beats and scolds her subordinates, we all say that being able to be a maid for the second miss is a blessing that our ancestors have accumulated for several lifetimes. The color of the eldest lady of our family is not as good as the second lady, and she is married to the Bofu, the second lady is so beautiful, she must be married to the prince's house, if it weren't for the fact that the lord has been an official outside the country for several years and delayed the second miss, the second lady's filial piety has been played out in the capital, that is, she has married into the clan. ”

Jiang Chun thought deeply when she heard it, let's talk about Jiang Quinoa if she didn't say it from afar, she was kind enough to let herself be a maid for her, but the mess outside said that she was arrogant and domineering, bullying the clan sister, and her reputation was ruined, Jiang Quinoa was thirteen years old, and there was no matchmaker who came to say goodbye. But since the imperial court issued a holy decree, there was no need for others to correct her name, and Jiang Quinoa's filial piety and good name spread throughout the county overnight, and there were even matchmakers who went to Jiang Licun to inquire about Jiang Quinoa's situation. If Uncle Xun and his aunt were in Jiangli Village, they wouldn't have to say that the threshold of the family would be trampled by the matchmaker.

"It's a pity that I don't know anything but the fire, otherwise it's better to go to the second lady's courtyard to be a sprinkler and sweeper." The little maid sighed.

Jiang Chun felt a little funny, grabbed a handful of shredded sweet potatoes and handed them over, and comforted: "It doesn't matter if you can't go, I think these cooks in your family have real skills, you follow along and learn, and when you learn good kung fu under your hands, your young lady will always remember you in the future." ”

The little girl's eyes lit up and said, "Yes, I can study hard, and when I learn the skills of a few mothers in the future, the second lady will take me away when she gets married." Sister Chun'er, you're so nice. ”

Jiang Chun didn't expect her casual words to make this little girl enlightened, she used to only bury her head in the fire, but from this day on, people are diligent and sweet, and they often rub aside to help when the cook cooks vegetables, and steal the teacher when they seize the opportunity.

"I heard the grandmother who taught us say that my old lady was an old man in the pavilion when he was alive, and the current old man is also a big official in the capital, but my old man doesn't seem to be the same mother as the eldest master," Seeing Jiang Chun's puzzled face, the little maid lowered her voice and said: "My master is a concubine, and he is very unpopular with the old lady. Over the years, I have been an official outside, and everyone has praised my master, and the back house is also managed by my wife alone, how happy and happy I am, but it delayed the second lady's family affairs. ”

Although there are several big families in Changzhou, it is difficult for the children of these families to be suitable. is that suitable, Master Xu and Mrs. Xu came out of the capital, and they always felt that the people in the capital would be better. Such a look and character of his own daughter. That is, it is also a pity to marry into the family of the Duke and Earl, and it is a pity to marry in this poor country. Therefore, the husband and wife have a total, so it is better to take advantage of this time to go back to Beijing to report on their work and find a good family for their second daughter.

"The little maid doesn't know much about the situation of the Xu family in the capital, she heard it from others, and I think it's quite rich and noble." Jiang Chun was a little discouraged: "After spending so much food and only hearing this little news, it's really a loss to my Quartet." ”

Jiang Quinoa finished practicing the words. He put down his pen and washed his hands, and said with a smile: "It's good to get so much news, at least we now know that the family has a child compared to the maid bought outside." It's more decent to have children in the family. ”

Jiang Chun rolled her eyes, she knew that she wouldn't talk about it, she really shot herself in the foot.

It's raining heavily, so it's hard to brave the rain. Jiang Quinoa: They were trapped in the small courtyard. She doesn't like to go out. In the room, he read books and practiced calligraphy, and occasionally took out needles and threads to practice his hands. After Miss Xu Er came to visit her once, she was bored in the house all day long, but she didn't come to look for her, and she was also happy.

Jiang Chun couldn't sit still, last time she took the square fruit and sweet potato shreds to please the little maid who burned the fire, and was seen by other maids, she would talk to her when she went to the kitchen again and extended an olive branch to her.

"I'm too lazy to talk to these people. There are too many eyes to say, and I have to flatter them with things. Jiang Chun said impatiently.

Jiang Quinoa originally wanted to know a little bit about the capital. That way, you won't be blinded when the time comes. Jiang Chun inquired casually here, only to find that what she thought was still too simple, as far as her father's official position was concerned, they were not in the same circle as the Xu family at all. The news she inquired about was okay as a pastime, but it didn't help her purpose in going to the capital.

"If you're idle, talk to them, and if you don't like to listen to them, don't go." Jiang Quinoa didn't care much.

Jiang Chun thought about it: "Forget it, those people took the initiative to taste our Quartet fruit yesterday, I'll take some more and let them taste it, Ming'er doesn't care if it's raining or not, I won't talk to them." ”

After eating at noon, Jiang Chun put away the dishes and chopsticks and put them in the basket, and did not take them directly to the kitchen like the first two, but took the needle and thread out, embroidered a pair of insoles, and then loaded some square fruits and sweet potato shreds, and slowly went to the kitchen with the basket.

There was a lot of laughter and talking in the kitchen in the next morning, and Jiang Quinoa faintly heard some voices coming from the house, among which Jiang Chun's voice was particularly loud, and he couldn't help but shake his head, saying that he didn't want to talk to those people, but he still wanted to do it in his heart.

Jiang Chun came back at dinner in the evening.

Jiang Quinoa wanted to make fun of her, but who knew that when she looked up, she saw that her face was wrong, and she was a little puzzled, didn't she smile happily, why did she come back at night with a drooping face.

"What's the matter, what are you?" Jiang Quinoa helped set the meal and asked casually.

Jiang Chun went to Nunuzui in the direction where the Xu family lived: "I have found out, which family has more face, but it is just more good at pretending to be faced." ”

When Jiang Qu heard her indignation, she knew that something must have happened again that she didn't know about.

"That pothos, when he entered the kitchen, began to attack those little maids, saying that they were cheating and slippery, lazy and not working, hiding in the kitchen and gossiping. If the Xu family asks the subordinates to do anything but not out, they will sell the long-mouthed maid when they go to the capital. Jiang Chun snorted: "She didn't know about it, didn't she just show me her face." ”

Jiang Qu was funny when she heard it: "You have no grievances with her, why did she throw her face?" ”

"How can there be no hatred and no resentment, I just found out today, didn't I serve rice that is said to be made with the Xu family's rice on the second night of our stay here, so I also provoked a little maid to get punished?" Jiang Chun said that he was even more angry: "That little maid is a relative of the pothos family, and it was she who guaranteed to enter the Xu family as a maid, and it is said that she was originally going to serve Miss Xu Er in the future, but because the second-class maids and third-class maids around Miss Xu Er were full, she was asked to learn the rules with the housekeeper's mother, and wait for Miss Xu Er to be by Miss Xu's side in the future." The little maid usually has to be strong, because she has a relationship, the maids next to her let her, and she is even sharper than her habitual teeth. Last time, because I served the meal, she was reprimanded by Green Willow, and she resented me in her heart. I heard that Luluo and Luliu both want to be Miss Xu Er's intimate person, and both of them look at each other unpleasantly, and Luliu gave Luluo's relatives no face in public, and she must not be convinced. Originally, the two were in a hostile relationship, and it was nothing to add this experience, poor me was innocently affected and implicated. ”

Jiang Quinoa listened to it bluntly: "This is still going to be twists and turns with what is sung on the stage, and these maids and women have so much dirt in private." No wonder the book says that there is a lot of privacy in the mansion, and a mistake may be lost.

Jiang Chun agreed with this sentence very much, and regretted that she couldn't control her mouth and legs, which gave others the opportunity to show her face. From this night on, Jiang Chun didn't go to the kitchen anymore, but even took rice and bowls, and asked Jiang Shun to bring them over.

Fortunately, after another day of waiting, the heavy rain finally stopped.

Early that morning, Scar had a message to be heard, and after breakfast, they set off.

After staying in the house for a few days, Jiang Quinoa also felt that the whole person was lazy, and when she was fine, she was even more homesick, if the rain hadn't stopped, she wanted to say that she wouldn't go to the capital and go back. Anyway, it was only two days away, and it was not far from Jiangli Village.

When Jiang Quinoa and the others got into the carriage, they found that the subordinates of the Jiang family were also packing their things, and the carriage and everything were ready.

Scar said hello to the Xu family's Fang guards, and didn't care about their cold attitude, just maintaining a superficial politeness.

The carriage walked out slowly, Jiang Quinoa lifted the curtain and looked out, just in time to see Miss Xu Er's brows furrowed and staring at the muddy road with a disgusted face, reprimanding the Fang guard beside her, she took a look and lowered the curtain.

The rain delayed the journey for two or three days, and Scar calculated that he still had to hurry on the road, otherwise he would not be able to meet the delivery date.

Jiang Chun's face wrinkled together as soon as she heard that she was going to hurry, and the bumps in the road on the rainy day were still in the depths of her memory.

"It's raining heavily, and the ground is wet, so you can't hurry even if you are in a hurry." Jiang Quinoa said, and as soon as the words fell, there was a commotion in front of him: "The wheels are stuck in the mud." ”

Jiang Chunha burst out laughing, and Jiang Quinoa couldn't help laughing, listening to the sound of the carriage being shouted outside.

"One or two hard, one or two hard, lift." Scar shouted through gritted teeth.

Jiang Quinoa looked over at the carriage, and it turned out that it was a small pit, because the rain was wet, and the carriage was loaded with heavy goods, and as soon as it was pressed up, it sank in.

The men in the dart board were all strong men, and they had a lot of strength, and they quickly carried the carriage out. Before it was rectified, the voice of the Xu family's guards came from behind. (To be continued......)