Chapter 20: The Cook
Unexpectedly, there would be male guests from the Zhao family, and the three of them were stunned for a moment.
The young man dressed in a sky blue brocade shirt hurriedly stood up, politely sideways to avoid it, and the corner of his eye swept over and lowered his eyes. The girl next to the old lady got up to look at Fu Yi and Fu Ying, and finally her eyes fell on Fu Ying.
Fu Ying looked back without avoidance, with a playful smile in his apricot eyes.
Interesting, this girl who has never met seems to be a little hostile to her?
The last thing she was afraid of was to look at people, and the girl who stared at her generously unconsciously turned her face.
The old lady was rarely kind and pleasant, "Eldest daughter-in-law, this is Sister Fang and Brother Lan, you probably forgot about it, right?" Sister Fang is the youngest daughter of your cousin Bo, and Brother Lan is the eldest son of your cousin Yong. β
The Song family shook his head when he heard this, and said with a smile: "The Zhao family is a big family, and it is really difficult to remember all the people in the five rooms together, if my mother doesn't introduce it, I really can't tell the difference." β
The Zhao family has a total of five rooms, the old lady is from the long house, and the current head Zhao Bo is the old lady's own nephew. Zhao Bo's heirs are difficult, and he only has three daughters, so the next head of the Zhao family can only choose the best ones from the sons and nephews of the same clan to inherit.
And Zhao Zilan, who came today, is the eldest son of Zhao Yong, the master of the fifth room, and is the leader in this generation.
Zhao Liufang and Zhao Zilan saluted before approaching the Song family, "My cousin and aunt are fine." β
"Hurry up, you don't need to be so polite." Because the Song family was unprepared, they didn't have any gold ornaments on their bodies during the defense period, so they glanced at Aunt Yu.
Aunt Yu quietly retreated.
Song led Fu Yi and Fu Ying to the front and introduced, "These are your fourth cousin and seventh cousin. β
Zhao Zilan smiled and said: "Fourth cousin, seventh cousin." β
His voice was deep just after the change period, and he politely controlled his tone in a cordial and non-offensive Cheng dΓΉ.
The second aunt looked at Zhao Zilan, her eyes were full of praise, and then she looked at Fu Ying, snorted coldly and rolled her eyes to the side.
Fu Ying blinked her eyes inexplicably, and she really wanted to persuade the second aunt not to give up the treatment, and the medicine not to stop.
Fu Yi looked at the old lady's expression thoughtfully.
"Didn't my sister-in-law go to Guangyuan Temple to offer incense and pray for blessings? Why did you come back so early? Compared with the second aunt, the third aunt's tone was as usual, much calmer.
Song said: "I was going to go, but I encountered something in the market. After hesitating for a moment, he said to the old lady: "Mother, my daughter-in-law wants to say a few words to you alone." β
In this way, the second aunt and the third aunt have to avoid it, even the guests have to avoid it, and talking alone will not be to ask the old lady to go out and talk to her, right?
The second aunt snorted coldly this time: "It's all a family, you don't have to say it behind your back." β
Although the old lady was not satisfied with the second daughter-in-law's straightforwardness, she also felt that the Song family was making a tone, so she suppressed her displeasure and said: "None of them are outsiders, you can say anything you want." In front of the guests, she didn't believe that the Song family would make any unreasonable demands.
Song understood what a few people meant, and sneered in his heart.
"Since my mother said so, my daughter-in-law has no worries." I told you what happened in detail.
The more the old lady listened, the more ugly her face became.
"You say, Hai Ge'er was beaten by a sergeant?"
"Yes. Because of his theft, the people will immediately turn him over to the yamen. I was worried that it would be too ugly and insulting, so I saved him. β
Deliberately! This goblin must have done it on purpose! Deliberately provoked, she allowed her to open her mouth, and wanted to say it in front of everyone to make her shameless!
Although Zhao Zihai is not talented, he is also the bloodline of the Zhao family, and he almost became the "son-in-law" of the Song family, and it is too embarrassing for such a mess to happen today! The old lady chose such a family business for Fu Ying's "good", but she didn't expect that the object was not only a gentleman who had died of two wives, but also a thief!
This is really a slap in the face of the old lady!
The second and third aunts both lowered their heads and avoided the old lady's gaze. Although they have such a heart for Changfang, they also understand the Song family's personality, and they will never talk about this kind of thing. I don't know how to persuade the old lady to calm her anger, and don't open the long house, so that both of them are silent.
Seeing that the old lady's face was already "swollen", Fu Ying said with concern: "Why does grandmother need to be so angry? Zhao Zihai is not taught by you personally, if you want to worry, others will naturally worry, it really does not hinder your wisdom, you must be careful...... This only shows that you don't have a good eye for choosing people. β
Seventh girl, are you sure you're trying to persuade rather than mend the knife?
Zhao Liufang frowned, and couldn't help but glance at Fu Ying a few more times.
Zhao Zilan said: "What the seventh cousin said is that my aunt and grandmother don't need to take it to heart, it's all Zhao Zihai's own and has nothing to do with you." After that, he looked at Fu Ying and smiled knowingly.
Say yes? Is it "unhindered wisdom" or "bad vision"?
The old lady was heartbroken, and she felt more and more angry at the harmless pure eyes of Shang Fu, so she waved her hand and motioned for them to stand down.
The Song family didn't care what the old lady thought now, she had already replied, even if the Zhao family came again, she didn't have to care if someone added or subtracted words indiscriminately. She didn't bother to look at the old lady's bitter gourd face, so she took Fu Yi and Fu Ying to leave.
When I got outside, I met Aunt Yu who came back from picking up things.
"Madam, the concubine has prepared a small gold coin for the fifth son, and this set of heads, you see ......"
"I don't have to." Song smiled and closed the lid of the box brought by Aunt Yu, and said, "Let's go back and talk about it." β
Aunt Yu knew what must have happened, and nodded with a smile.
Returning to the East Cross Courtyard, closing the courtyard door, Ruiyue brought green plum tea to serve a few people, Fu Yicai pondered and said: "Mother, I don't think it's normal for Zhao Zilan to look at the seventh sister." I'm afraid my grandmother is thinking of matching again. β
Song shook his head, "Obviously. I'm afraid that it is the trouble caused by the emperor's reward, your seventh sister was named Mrs. Mu Enbo, if anyone marries her in the future, who will be Mu Enbo, now that is, we can't hold a banquet and don't participate in the banquet in our system, otherwise we may not be able to provoke people to fight. β
Aunt Yu said with a smile: "The seventh girl is beautiful, talented, and has a high background, even if those noble sons step through the threshold of our mansion, it is not unusual." β
Fu Ying smiled bitterly, "It's not a good thing. However, this time, the candidate is much better than Zhao Zihai. It seems that the Zhao family is not all loaches, and a big fish can be produced even if it is cold. β
"Haunting, do you want to look at him?"
"Where can I be?" Fu Ying rolled her eyes: "Even if he is the number one chef in the world, I don't think about it, the Zhao family is a fire pit, and I would be stupid to jump into it." β
Several people were silent. I always feel that the focus of Fu Ying's sentence is a little weird.
However, since she was not interested in Zhao Zilan, the Song family was also relieved.
"Mother, there are two serious things to do." Fu Ying's delicate voice was slow and reasonable, but it made Song, Fu Yi and Aunt Yu all pay attention.
"What do you say?"
"First, I think I should still be sick."
"Sick?" Song was thoughtful.
Fu Ying shook his fan and smiled: "If I guessed correctly, that Zhao Zilan and Zhao Liufang should be able to stay, and it is inevitable that they will encounter each other every morning and dusk, and it will inevitably cause extraneous branches, so I will simply hide from them." β
Song was very pleased, took Fu Ying's hand with emotion, and said approvingly: "Yingying has really grown up, and she is very thoughtful. β
Fu Yi and Aunt Yu also nodded in agreement.
Song asked gently: "You said that there are two things to do, but what about the second one?" β
Baptized by the approving eyes, Fu Ying said calmly: "The second thing is very important, that is, we still lack a cook." β
Song: ......
Will she be able to take back the compliment?
Aunt Yu and Fu Yi couldn't help laughing, and Song agreed to let the housekeeper and grandmother go back to pay attention to the cook who was good at cooking vegetarian dishes, and then instructed Ruiyue to carefully let the little girl pay attention to the situation outside.
But in an hour, Zhao Zihai's mother came to the old lady to cry. claimed to be wronged, and asked the old lady to call the shots.
But the old lady sent people away with a word: "This is the Fu family, not your Zhao family's backyard, do you still want to be wild here?" Go back and take care of your son! β
Fu Ying listened to the little girl's colorful description of the old lady's look at that time, and couldn't help but sigh that the recoil of the casual sentence was quite large.
The next day, when Song went to wake up, he returned to the old lady Fu Ying, who was sick, and he couldn't come to ask for peace these days. It really made the old lady depressed again.
In the afternoon of the same day, Mother Qian, who was in charge of personnel in the house, appeared in the backyard of Yuelai Inn.
"You're a vegetarian cook?" Mother Qian followed Mrs. Zhang into the wing room, and asked the handsome offspring in front of her suspiciously.
The young man was dressed in an ordinary gray cloth and short brown, but he looked clean and unclean.
"Hello two mothers, I'm not a cook, he is." Pointing to Archer with a black face on the side, "He spent time in Dalong Temple when he was a child, and he was responsible for chopping wood and cooking, and the selection of vegetables was first-class." β
"Dalong Temple? But the Great Dragon Temple of the Great Zhou Dynasty? β
"Exactly." The young man grinned, revealing two small tiger teeth, and his eyes were crooked, handsome and pleasing.
The blood trough of the two middle-aged grandmothers was empty, and they couldn't help asking: "Junhousheng, he is a cook, what are you doing?" How old are you? Are you married? β
Archer was about to speak, but was stopped by Ah Yuan.
The young man stretched out his long arm and hugged Ah Yuan's shoulder, and said with a smile: "The two of us don't have any skills, we can only serve tea and water, and do both long and short jobs." β
Qian's mother is in charge of personnel, and large families often ask for help from short-term workers, so she pays attention to such a handsome young man.
"That's it, since it was sponsored by Zhang's mother, I also believe you. What is your name? β
Archer arched his hand: "Villain Archer." β
"What about you?" Mother Qian's chin pointed at the tiger-headed teenager.
"Yuan."
"Jun Housheng, what about you?" Facing the teenager, Qian's mother was obviously full of smiles.
The young man pointed to the tip of his nose: "Me? My name is Aso. β
"What's wrong? Okay, I remember you, it's not easy for you foreigners to make a living in Shengjing, although this inn is small, you have to pay rent. There is a shortage of cooks in the house today, so I will take your brothers into the house to work for the time being, and if you do a good job, you will stay. When there are any short-term jobs such as planting flowers and trees, or chopping wood and carrying water, I will think about you first, little brother. β
Ah Cuo smiled heartily and emptied Mother Qian's blood tank again, "Thank you." β
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