(111) A false alarm and suspicion
"Just now, you should have accompanied the children of the family to eat, drink, play the piano and enjoy the paintings, but you were born in our pavilion for so long, didn't you be laughed at for nothing?"
"How can you laugh? As everyone knows, I stayed in that pavilion because I was all here for you. β
The corners of Gu Beichen's eyebrows raised and he smiled, and that smile was far more dazzling than the sun. Lin Mengyao wanted to take a sip of him, but for some reason, her eyes were slightly moist, and she was also moved in her heart: when she was in love in her previous life, Meng Nanjun was afraid that she had never treated her like this. As for the future, if Meng Nanjun gave her the slightest trust, then she would not have lost her two children, and finally committed suicide and died with hatred.
"Why are you in tears? It's not like I'm saying something wrong. β
"I didn't ...... It's nothing ......" Lin Mengyao took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes, but she still smiled with tears in her eyes: "You...... It's good......"
As he spoke, he turned around shyly, and without waiting for Gu Beichen to react, he took Huizhu and trotted away to the kitchen. As for Gu Beichen, watching her delicate figure go farther and farther, she still recalled her sentence "You are good".
When Lin Mengyao arrived at the kitchen, Ye was checking the ingredients one by one with the recipe, and then instructed the people in the kitchen to prepare the ingredients according to the menu, and prepare the dishes to be cooked on the stove. Xu was Lin Mengyao's tolerance before, and Ye's managed the kitchen in an orderly manner.
The dinner went very smoothly, and the last dish of white fungus and red date soup was served on the table, and it was ready. However, as soon as Lin Mengyao was about to leave the kitchen, a little maid about ten years old held her stomach and moaned.
"What's wrong with you?" Ye asked.
"Sister-in-law of the Kong family, my stomach hurts!" The little maid hugged her belly. Poor complexion.
The trivial matters in the kitchen are handled by the Ye family, and Lin Mengyao will not interfere, but when she doesn't want to leave, the words of the Ye family and the little maid caught her attention.
"You girl, you're always greedy, but you have a bad stomach?"
"Woo, sister-in-law of the Kong family, I just secretly drank a bowl of red dates and white fungus soup, and I really didn't eat anything else!" The little maid cried and defended, and then couldn't hold it back. A string of farts: "Oops." I can't help it, sister-in-law of the Kong family, I'm going to the thatched house-"
The little maid ran out in a hurry, and she didn't even have time to salute Lin Mengyao.
"Young lady. Thank you for your understanding. This girl is rudeβ"
Ye stepped forward. Lin Mengyao opened her mouth, but she said something else: "Sister-in-law of the Kong family, hurry up and serve a bowl of red dates and white fungus soup!" β
It is said that large families are the most likely to go wrong at the banquet. Could it be that today's Gu family's feast is on this soup?!
Lin Mengyao's heart was flustered, the Ye family had already brought red dates and white fungus soup, Lin Mengyao tasted it, and her face changed greatly: There was croton added to it! If it was something else, Lin Mengyao might not be able to taste it, but she wouldn't be wrong with this croton. In her previous life in the Xiangfu, Yao Ziwen's fourth aunt had put croton in her diet for nearly half a month, and the amount was not large each time, but it had just caused her diarrhea. In that half a month, her whole body collapsed!
The man with this chin bean also took a lot of effort to grind it into powder and mix it into soup.
"Sister-in-law of the Kong family, how long has the red date and white fungus soup been on the table?"
Zhang's is not stupid, seeing that Lin Mengyao is so nervous, he knows that there is something wrong with the soup, and said: "I guess that it is being served at the moment, and it is too late to take it down." Young lady, is there a lot of things in this soup? β
"There's croton powder added to it!" Lin Mengyao said coldly, "Who is in charge of this red date white fungus soup?" β
"It's the sister-in-law of the Jiang family!" Cuizhu answered, and then went to the kitchen, and found out the Jiang family's daughter-in-law Xiao who was laughing with a few cooks.
Everyone was amazed and did not know what was going on. The Xiao clan was also very panicked: "Oh, young lady, is the slave doing something wrong?" β
Xiao Shi asked tremblingly, Lin Mengyao didn't pay attention to her, the person behind him was small at the moment, and how to solve the siege on the table was the top priority.
"Sister-in-law of the Kong family, hurry up and order someone to find some apples!"
Lin Mengyao gave an order, and the Ye family hurriedly ordered someone to find the apple.
"Quickly wash and dice the apples, add water and put them in the steamer to steam them!"
Everyone was puzzled, but Lin Mengyao didn't have time to explain, so she only urged everyone to quickly follow her prescription. Apples are sweet and sour in nature, flat, slightly salty, non-toxic, and have the effects of quenching thirst, invigorating the spleen and stopping diarrhea, and reducing stomach inversion. Raw apples are laxative, but cooked apples are antidiarrheal medicine - in the previous life, the fourth aunt of Yao Fu gave croton, and it was this method that was used to effectively stop it-I think that at the beginning, Yao Fu also didn't believe in this recipe, but after an apple was used, it only took half a cup of tea to see miraculous results.
After the apples were cooked, Lin Mengyao was worried that someone would not be able to take the Tao, so she specially ordered everyone to put the apples in a small cup and hand them to each guest, and report back in time to see if anyone had not used them.
"Mrs. Hui, the table that the slave is in charge of is used."
"The table where the slave is in charge is too!"
"Slaves too."
It didn't take long for the maids to come back one by one, and Lin Mengyao finally gave up, and she had time to interrogate Xiao.
"Sister-in-law of the Jiang family, I will never believe that you did it at this time, but you have to clear your name!"
"Young lady, the slave really doesn't know!" Xiao Shi raised his head with a calm face: "The slave is the slave of the Gu family, and he will never do anything that damages the face of the master, please be aware of the young lady!" β
This kind of calmness is very different from the previous confusion.
Mortals who are caught doing evil or receive a wish will be excited, but this Xiao Shi is too calm!
"This matter must be investigated, but if something happens to the soup that is in charge of the sister-in-law of the Jiang family, it is always difficult to escape the blame, otherwise, who in this house can still be loyal to their duties!" Lin Mengyao slowly got up, walked around the Xiao family twice, and chuckled: "Sister-in-law of the Jiang family, what if you are really punished?" Alas, I heard that Jiang Dayong had a bad temper, and he drank a few pots of wine a few days ago...... Tsk, such a face-saving person......"
Jiang Dayong, Xiao's husband, is short-tempered on weekdays, but he cherishes face. If Xiao Shi is punished now, it will definitely lose his face, how can he give Xiao a good life?
Xiao Shi didn't have time to surprise Lin Mengyao how well they knew about their family's affairs, and when she heard that she was using Jiang Da, her face had already changed. This Xiao Shi has not received Jiang Dayong's fists, she has not done anything wrong on weekdays, and she has been subjected to two punches and three kicks from time to time, if it reaches Jiang Dayong's ears today, I am afraid that I will die.
"Less...... Young lady ......"
"Young lady-" Xiao Shi just opened his mouth, but Hongxuan came in from outside, saluted Lin Mengyao, and said in his ear: "Madame knows about the soup, her old man has orders, there is no need to investigate-"
Not to be pursued?
Lin Mengyao was very surprised: Such a big matter, don't pursue it? If this hadn't been discovered in time, there would have been a big mess today...... (To be continued......)