Chapter 7: Little lady, please eat braised pork
In the Marshal's Mansion, who else can be called a little lady, of course, only the daughter of the general.
"The slave family greets the little lady."
Lou Zheng smiled and helped them up, "Aunts don't have to be so polite. ”
These women are the wives of General Lou's old guards, the wives of old subordinates who fought side by side with General Lou, not the servants of the Shuaifu, although they are poorly dressed, they also deserve Lou Zheng's "aunt".
Although the women have heard the head of the family say that General Lou only has this one pearl in his palm, but they have never seen it, they originally thought that it would be a high-ranking arrogant and noble girl, but they didn't expect to be so friendly and polite, and they immediately had a good impression of Lou Zheng.
Steward Wu saw that these generals' mothers-in-law could get along with the little ladies, and his smiling eyes narrowed.
In fact, the most precious property around a military attache is these family generals who will never leave it, which is also the symbol of the military general's family.
In the future, Lou Zheng will marry, if there can be a few families in the marriage, it will be more faceless than how much real money and silver.
This kind of glory can only be found by the young lady of the general's family, even if it is a royal princess.
Lou Zheng sat and chatted with the mothers-in-law of these generals, asking them what they did on weekdays, and whether they had any other income except for the silver issued by the Shuai Fu.
Mother-in-law likes to talk, and when you talk about me, you tell the situation about the same.
By the time Lou Zheng got up, it was almost noon, and she specially instructed the medicine slave to make a lot of braised pork rice bowls, and she was going to invite the mother-in-law and children of these generals to lunch today.
When it's time for lunch, seven or eight tables are set up in the backyard. A large pot of braised pork is placed on each table, and the large bowl is next to the rice bowl, and you can serve it yourself as much as you eat.
If the large pot of braised pork on the table is finished, let the medicine slave refill it.
The women didn't expect the little lady to invite them to dinner, and they all smiled, thinking that the general's little lady was really friendly and sympathetic.
With no one to wait, the women were even more relaxed.
Lou Zheng sat at the main table in the center, and then waited for the women to come to the table to eat.
As soon as Steward Wu shouted to start eating, a lot of children poured out of those small courtyards......
The big ones drag the small ones, and the small ones drag the smaller ones. All the tables were packed in an instant...... Lou Zheng finally knew that she was telling Steward Wu that she was going to invite these women to dinner. The strange expression on Steward Wu's face was why.
In this rough count, each family has at least three or four children, the oldest of whom is thirteen or fourteen years old, and these women are really capable of giving birth......
As the saying goes, half the size eats the old man. Lou Zheng finally realized it today.
The women gave up their seats to the children. I stood at the table with my chopsticks.
Lou Zheng hasn't stretched out his chopsticks yet. That big pot of braised pork has already bottomed out......
The women touched their faces embarrassedly, and their faces were all very red, it was really too hard to live in Liangzhou. The generals have little silver, and they still have to feed this big family, so it's good that the children can eat enough, where can they eat meat, not to mention the braised pork made by Lou Zheng who specially taught the secret recipe for medicine slaves.
These children devoured their tongues in their stomachs.
Lou Zheng didn't eat it either, put down the chopsticks and let the medicine slave who was stunned and stunned in place with a spoon add vegetables to each table, fortunately the medicine slave made a morning of braised pork today, and the portion was enough, so it was barely enough to eat.
When the women led the well-fed children home to the courtyard, they were all grateful.
Some women even wanted to give their half-grown daughters to Lou Zheng, but Lou Zheng refused with a smile.
"Aunties, don't worry, I have something to ask to come to you in a few days! I am afraid that you people will not be enough when the time comes. ”
With Lou Zheng's promise, the women were also relieved, and they had already heard what Steward Wu said, and now the home of the Shuai Mansion is a little lady.
"Little lady, don't look at how much these women and children eat, in fact, the work in the marshal's mansion is basically done by them, from the procurement in the marshal's mansion to the sweeping of the yard, even the teenage boys and girls don't eat white rice."
On the way back to the front yard, Steward Wu was busy explaining after listening to the medicine slave complaining that these people ate the braised pork of two pigs in one meal.
Lou Zheng glared at the medicine slave, turned his head to Steward Wu and said: "Uncle Wu, I have never disliked these aunts and children, it is a good thing to be able to eat, it means that they are healthy, besides, it's just two pigs, four dollars, I can still afford it." ”
Steward Wu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "What the little lady said is true." ”
How could Lou Zheng treat these women and children badly, what she has to do depends on the women's men, and if she wants the family to be convinced of her and work hard for the Dashuai Mansion, of course, she must first envelop their wives and children.
After eating at noon, Lou Zheng went to see his father's property in Liangzhou in the afternoon, accompanied by Steward Wu and Lu Hongxiu.
I prepared some practical cotton and linen cloth as gifts for my father's uncles who took care of the business.
This trip went straight for an afternoon, Lou Zheng's physical strength is very good now, but the elderly housekeeper Wu has a sore back, and he rested early when he returned to the Dashuai's mansion.
Lou Zheng arrived at his father's study, just when he heard the old man in the house talking to his father about what he did today, General Lou laughed heartily, and saw his daughter coming back out of the corner of his eye, and hurriedly waved to Lou Zheng.
"Sit down and rest, Jiaojiao ran for a day today, but are you tired?" General Lou looked at his daughter's delicate little face and said distressedly.
"Dad, I'm not tired, it's just half a day, my daughter has been getting up every morning for more than a year to practice the five poultry operas you taught her daughter, and when I was in Yaowang Mountain, I didn't feel tired after following the master to pick medicine for half a day."
General Lou nodded, he was in good health, Lou Zheng's mother was too weak and accidentally poisoned before childbirth, which led to dystocia.
That's why General Lou insisted on teaching his daughter Wufowl opera, Lou Zheng was forced to learn before, and rarely practiced, but after coming back from a circle, she realized how important it is to be healthy.
"Jiaojiao, Dad heard about it when he came back, you visited Daddy's generals today, you did a good job, Daddy has always felt indebted to them, and now you take care of it, Daddy is comforted."
"It's nothing, since my father let me be in charge, my daughter should do her best."
General Lou laughed out loud and stroked his daughter's soft black hair, "Look, my Jiaojiao also looks a little bit like a housewife." ”
Yu Jiu heard the general's hearty laughter outside, and he was moved to wipe his tears, since the little lady came, the general's smiling face has increased.
Otherwise, if you work hard every day to manage the affairs in the barracks, even if the general is in good health, he will be dragged down.
(To be continued.) )