Chapter 57: A Strange Family
Master Li found two houses, Banxia and Su Mu helped them move the things on the carriage, Lu Zifei saw Li Lin on the side like a fly around Master Li and went to prepare to cook, with a female dependent, it is different from before, you need to make some vegetarian food, this needs to think about it, the first meal at least leave a good impression.
Lu Zifei was thinking about the style of the dish, while directing the three cooks to cut the dishes into the shape they wanted, the meat dishes were relatively simple, five-spice sauce beef, beef was obtained by Li Lin from somewhere, cold pork head meat, shallots mixed with tofu, plus the cold skin steamed by the chef, and then a few hot dishes, boiled a light chicken soup, completely OK, think about it and then do it, then you have a clue.
Banxia and Su Mu are ordinary peasant children, and the bottom of Lu Zifei, who let Master Li say a few words, has leaked, and the two silly girls are happy to help people do this and that, Master Li said: "Banxia, what kind of person is your son-in-law!" ”
Banxia said without thinking: "My son-in-law is a good person!" Childe is good to us. ”
Master Li's little maid said: "That's because you know people and faces, but you don't know your heart, he is not a disciple, I have seen him." Before he could finish speaking, he let Master Li gagged his mouth, and Master Li himself blushed like a red apple.
Master Li twisted the little girl's ears and said, "Xiaoya, if you dare to talk nonsense in the future, I will sell you to the Liao, and they will eat you as a sheep, believe it or not." ”
The little girl thought aggrievedly, I saw it, you still don't admit it, and you twist my ears, you taught me not to let me lie.
Master Li continued: "Miss Banxia, can you tell me what kind of good person your son-in-law is? ”
Banxia said: "We just came to Gongzi to make us new clothes, Gongzi also cooked for us to eat, we ate the same meal as him, usually never beat and scolded us, there are not so many rules, and kind, but some places are very strange, he loves to be clean more than girls, the clothes you wear can be old, but never dirty, dirty he will be angry with you, you must wash your hands before eating, and Gongzi loves to farm, these two days always take us to toss the land in front of the door." ”
Master Li said: "You said that your son-in-law personally cooks for your maids? ”
Banxia said: "Yes, what's the matter, the food we cook is not delicious, Childe will take us every time he cooks, let us learn by ourselves, Childe's teacher is also Childe's cooking, Mr. Shao didn't say anything, this Childe must be in the kitchen to help us cook?" I don't know what to do today, so I'll ask a few aunts when I'm done. ”
Master Li listened for a long time to make sure that this maid said this, what a weird family, from the time he entered the door to the present, it has been an hour or two, she herself has seen a lot of different places, several people are okay to sit in the courtyard and drink, either subordinates or guards, Lu Gongzi is obviously not married, but a few children are running around in the backyard, the management of the subordinates is very loose, and they feel that there are no rules, but if they feel carefully, they have the feeling of a family, blending with each other, they have only been in Luoyang for a few days.
Su Mu came in and said, "Miss Li, the meal is ready, please come over and eat." ”
Master Li asked rhetorically, "Aren't you dining here?" ”
Su Mu said: "Of course it's not here, it's in the restaurant!" ”
Master Li followed Su Mu to the so-called restaurant, which was divided into two rooms, two round tables outside, two square tables inside, and the outside of the two square tables was already full of people, looking at the clothes There were guards, scribes, and even farming, there were several plates of dishes on the table, smelling the taste can really arouse people's appetite, and the appearance was also good, she also noticed that the dishes served were very large, and the portions of the dishes were also very large.
Everyone is still very curious to look at Master Li, after all, such a beautiful beauty is rare, Master Li is not leaving, nor is it stopping, Banxia, who has a pungent personality, glanced at everyone and said: "You look at people like this, be careful of corns." Pulling Master Li into the inside, Li Lin and Cao Feng also stood up and invited Master Li to sit down, and said to Master Li after a long summer: "Miss Li, Xiaoya will go out and sit with us, she may be a little uncomfortable sitting here." Master Li nodded.
Li Lin looked at Master Li and said nervously: "I didn't expect to be able to eat at the same table with the teacher girl here, compared to the master girl, she also knows me and Fengzi, right?" ”
Cao Feng said to Master Li: "Cao Feng of the Cao family has seen the master girl. ”
Master Li stood up and made a blessing, and said, "The slave family has seen the two sons, I want to ask the Xia Lu son's family why they eat like this, is there anything particular?" ”
Li Lin couldn't help laughing, and said after laughing: "What's so special about that, Xiucai thinks it's boring to sit there and eat alone, so he tries to make everyone sit at one table to eat, but many people watch him eat, and finally he divided it into two tables, and it has become like this, don't say it, it's interesting to eat like this." ”
After Bi Sheng and Xiao Xuan came in, they saw Master Li stunned for a moment, Bi Sheng nodded and passed it, Xiao Xuan broke away from her father's hand and ran to Master Li and said, "This sister is so beautiful!" I want to be so beautiful when I grow up in the future, sister, are you sister-in-law? ”
Master Li asked along his lips: "Little girl, you are as beautiful as your sister when you grow up, what are you talking about, sister-in-law." ”
Xiaoxuan said: "Many people say that you are my brother's daughter-in-law, isn't my brother's daughter-in-law my sister-in-law?" ”
At this time, Lu Zifei and Huzi walked to the door with the dishes and heard Xiaoxuan's words, no one spoke in the room for a moment, Lu Zifei stood and didn't leave, and the Huzi behind him was so hot that he couldn't hold it and said, "Zifei, hurry up!" Are you going to burn me? This made Lu Zifei's embarrassment a little less.
Seeing Lu Zifei, Xiao Xuan ran to him and said, "Brother, that beautiful sister said that I can be as beautiful as him when I grow up." ”
Lu Zifei picked her up and put her on a special chair, helped him wrap a tissue around him and said: "Our Xiaoxuan is very beautiful now, and she will be even more beautiful when she grows up, you are not allowed to take the eggs and secretly eat them for Rhubarb today, otherwise you will not be beautiful." ”
Xiaoxuan said: "It's not that I want to feed the rhubarb, I can't finish it and let Brother Nanxing eat it, and if he doesn't eat it, he will let me feed the rhubarb." ”
Lu Nanxing glanced at Lu Zifei with some embarrassment, he was very sensible, but the days of the past few days made him a little carried away, he lowered his head and said to Lu Zifei: "Brother, I'm sorry, I will never do it again." ”
Lu Zifei said with a smile: "Now that you are growing your body, it is good to eat more eggs, and you can't eat more in the future, as long as you don't waste it, an egg is fine, and if you eat rhubarb, you should be rewarded for the hard work of rhubarb over the years, eat!" Look at what I'm doing, Miss Li is here, won't you eat? ”
Lu Zifei first sandwiched a chicken leg for Xiao Xuan and Nan Xing, and then ate it himself, the atmosphere at the dinner table was a little weird, no one spoke, and the sound of eating could be heard, Xiao Xuan suddenly remembered the smell of the courtyard today and asked Lu Zifei: "Brother, what is the smell in the yard today, it's so fragrant?" ”
Lu Zifei said: "What fragrance, why don't I know." ”
Huzi said: "It's spices, didn't you send them back?" ”
Lu Zifei remembered that he wanted to make the soap taste more fragrant before he bought it, and he said to Xiaoxuan: "Don't touch that thing, my brother buys those that are useful, and tomorrow I will make the first one for our Xiaoxuan to use, which will definitely make you fragrant." ”
Xiaoxuan said happily: "Really? Does any sister smell good? Xiao Xuan was referring to Master Li.
Lu Zifei almost squirted out the rice again, and hurriedly interrupted and said, "Nanxing, you help me at night, I will give you the preparation method later, and you will make it for our own use in the future." ”
Nanxing said: "Brother, I don't know anything, can I?" ”
Lu Zifei said: "What's not to do, simple things will naturally become familiar if you do them twice, and you will never do them if you don't do them." ”
Li Lin said: "When I came back in the afternoon, someone reported to me that someone in Kaifeng maliciously bought more of our wine, it seems that they want to accumulate it, and when we sell it out, they will make a move, should we also change our thinking." ”
Lu Zifei snorted and said, "How many bottles of wine are there at one time now?" ”
Li Lin said: "It's still 10,000, and the rest of the wine is prepared for other big cities, and the first batch of wine in Luoyang should come soon." ”
Lu Zifei said: "Let them collect, don't worry about the other cities, let it go, supply the wine in a centralized manner, transport it more, or sell 10,000 bottles at a time, but save a little more in the wine cellar, when they sell at a high price, we still sell at a normal price, I see who can't bear it first, chop off their hands at a time, don't give them a chance, and then give a notice to the other side, don't let them shoot, it's not fun to startle the snake." ”
Huzi also said: "There is no news from Shaanxi yet, I don't know if it is the transfer of the yamen or the border army. ”
Lu Zifei said: "Tell them that everything is still up to us, we are helping them by the way, if someone has too much appetite, it is a big deal to break up, we just give up that part, what's going on recently, how things are coming one after another." ”
Huzi said: "After all, it is the first time in Shaanxi, and many things are not smooth, and I believe that it will be much better next time." ”
Lu Zifei also understands this situation, this year is 1041, before 1043, he must be prepared enough to face that big storm, the people he accepts are not professional, and he is much worse than professional people, but he has no good way, he still has to rely on the strength of others.
Lu Zifei said to Li Lin: "I want to write two letters to Kaifeng, and I can arrive in a few days at the earliest." ”
Li Lin said: "If you don't change horses, you can get there in three days, and if you reply to the letter over there, it will take at least seven days." ”
Lu Zifei said: "Let people get ready and set off tomorrow morning." ”