Yueniang finished her work in Fang's house, said hello to the back kitchen and hurried home, as soon as she entered the door, Aunt Wang greeted her: "Yueniang, take time to go to the temple in two days to put incense on the Nannan, and pray for the Bodhisattva!" ”

"Incense? What's wrong with Nannan? When Yueniang heard this, she went directly into the back room without having time to rest, and said, "What's uncomfortable!" ”

"It's okay, grandma just thinks I don't have a good memory, it's not a big deal, mother, hurry up and rest!" Luo Qinghe looked at Yueniang with an anxious expression, and hurriedly comforted her.

"That's good..."Yueniang breathed a sigh of relief, took out a small cloth bag from her arms, and said, "Look what Niang brought back for you!"

As he spoke, he opened the small cloth bag, and saw a pair of silver bracelets lying inside, which was very exquisite, with a little plum blossom engraved on it, shining under the candlelight.

"Where did you get the silver bracelet?!" The shopkeeper Wang was very surprised, and took it over to weigh it, these two silver bracelets also have eight or nine dollars, which is quite valuable for the Wang family.

"The second master of the Fang family will be rewarded today!" Yueniang said, sat down with a smile, and continued: "Isn't it, the maid who delivered food to each room today has something urgent, so let me send it for me, but I just happened to bump into the second lady preparing the New Year's jewelry, and then the second master saw me and asked a few words, I heard that I made yesterday's dim sum, praised the deliciousness, and rewarded this pair of bracelets!" ”

"The host's reward?!" When the second elder of the Wang family heard this, his face was full of joy, but Luo Qinghe's heart sank.

"The second master rewarded it?! Mother, this bracelet must not be accepted! You must take it to the second lady tomorrow to apologize and explain the ins and outs of the delivery! ”

"Send it back?!" Yueniang thought about how good her daughter looked when she wore it, and when she heard Luo Qinghe say this, her face suddenly felt a little lost.

"Nannan, my mother knows what you mean. If this bracelet was secretly rewarded by the second master, it would be fine, but when the bracelet was appreciated, the second lady was also there, and she smiled and asked me to take it, saying that the great cause of the Fang family was originally used to reward the next person, and I took it back with confidence! ”

Seeing that Yueniang still didn't care, Luo Qinghe was anxious and hurriedly said, "Mother! You don't add it up, either! There are so many people in the Fang family, if there is really a lack of food delivery maids in the master's room, and there are more people who volunteer to send them, how can it be your turn to be a new person?! Did you just meet the second master? It's probably someone who deliberately led you there! ”

"Shhh...... That's right......" When the shopkeeper Wang heard this, he felt that what she said made sense, and analyzed Luo Qinghe's words: "How many maids are there in the second lady's room, and they still need to go to the back kitchen to find you?" And the second master rewarded you in front of so many people, if the second lady refutes, it will seem stingy, and the second lady's sentence of 'specially rewarded to the next person' sounds a little deliberate, I am afraid that I will see that your appearance is acceptable, and I suspect that the second master has something to think of you, so I will suppress it, so that you can understand your identity! ”

Yueniang pondered for a while, but she believed the words of the king's shopkeeper, but looking at this bracelet, she was still a little reluctant: "But this silver bracelet is a dowry, and it is very decent......."

"Girl, retreat." Aunt Wang also understood more or less in her heart, and said: "You Ming'er took the bracelet to the second lady, kowtowed and explained the matter clearly, so that they know that you are not a greedy person, if the second lady insists on rewarding, it is most likely sincere, and you will be relieved to take it when the time comes, right?" ”

Hearing this, Yueniang was a little unwilling but finally nodded. Luo Qinghe saw that Yueniang was a little unhappy, so he went back to the house and took out his purse and said, "Mother! You see! This is the silver left by my cousin! I found it when I was drying the quilt, we don't have the bracelet and the silver! ”

Looking at the silver, the clouds that had just shrouded her heart because of the bracelet suddenly dispersed, and Yueniang's eyes lit up and said, "That's just right!" I'll return the bracelet tomorrow, it's cold, I'll go to the tailor's sister-in-law Gu to weigh a few catties of cotton for you to make a cotton jacket to wear! ”

"Don't forget to make yourself too!" Luo Qinghe hurriedly instructed.

"I can't wear new clothes when I work all day, and it's so hot that I wear thick clothes! When your jackets are ready, I'll use your old ones to change them! Let's save some money! ”

"How can this work!" When Aunt Wang heard this, she was anxious, and pulled Yueniang to reprimand in distress: "You have frostbite on your hands!" We are all old bones, and we don't go out on weekdays, what are we doing wearing so thick! You yourself are in the Fang family, you are too shabby, and it is easy to make people cheap, if you don't wear a new one, then I won't wear it as a mother! ”

"Grandma is right! If my mother doesn't do it for herself, then I don't have to do it either! Luo Qinghe agreed.

Yueniang was helpless, so she could only reluctantly agree: "Alas... Okay, good, I'll do it! But now Sister-in-law Gu is very busy, I will wait until the end of the New Year to let Sister-in-law Gu be mine, maybe I can spend less silver. ”

"If you don't plan to let Sister-in-law Gu be your own, I'll let Sister-in-law do it!" Aunt Wang knows her daughter best, Yueniang is just perfunctory, and when the time comes, she doesn't know what reason to shirk, so she stuffed her purse into Luo Qinghe's hand and said: "Nannan, you will go to Sister-in-law Gu early tomorrow morning and ask her to make four jackets!" ”

Luo Qinghe promised to take the money just as soon as Yueniang snatched the purse and said, "Forget it!" It's strange cold outside, Nan Nan was originally infected with the wind cold, if this toss is serious, you have to spend money to see Langzhong, I'll go by myself tomorrow! ”

Seeing that Yueniang finally agreed, the shopkeeper Wang said happily: "That's right!" A family is polite what! It's been a busy day, hurry up and eat! ”

Saying that, after greeting his family and He Meimei to finish dinner, Luo Qinghe volunteered to wash the dishes, and after waiting for the second elder to sleep, he found that Yueniang's clothes had not changed, so he leaned on the side of the kang and fell asleep.

Looking at her tired appearance, Luo Qinghe was very distressed, and hurriedly fetched a basin of hot water to prepare for Yueniang to wash up. But as soon as he took off Yueniang's shoes, Luo Qinghe burst into tears.

I saw that Yueniang's feet had several chilblains, and some of them were broken and suppurated, and the blood came out and stuck with the socks.

Luo Qinghe was crying, and at the same time carefully took off Yueniang's socks, maybe it hurt to tear, Yueniang woke up with a soft hum.

"I'm sorry, mother, I hurt you......" Seeing Yueniang wake up, Luo Qinghe hurriedly wiped her tears and said guiltily.

"It's okay..."Looking at her daughter's tearful eyes, Yueniang was very distressed, and wanted to say a few words of relief, but she was so tired that she didn't even have the strength to speak, and she muttered and fell asleep.

It's been another morning.

Luo Qinghe got up early, was busy cleaning up, and saw that Yueniang was hurriedly grooming and preparing to go to Fang's house to work, so he told a few words about what he was going to do yesterday before saying goodbye.

In two days, it will be a small year. Although it is said that the four walls of the house burned by a fire, it is always necessary to be prosperous and prosperous, Luo Qinghe thought so, and was busy inside and out.

After looking for a few laps, Luo Qinghe found a few potatoes in the frame in the backyard, picked them up and checked them, and Luo Qinghe had a plan in his heart.

Back in the kitchen, Luo Qinghe picked up the kitchen knife and peeled the skin in three or two clicks, cut half of the potatoes into pieces, sprinkled them with sugar and put them in the pot to steam, and took the other half and shredded them finely.

Aunt Wang looked puzzled and asked, "Nannan, what are you doing here?" ”

"Grandma, I'm going to fry potato balls! Just right, you give me some flour over there, and ah, by the way, salt! ”

"Why are the potatoes still steaming in the pot? I've never seen a potato cube with sugar in it, so how can you eat it? Aunt Wang asked while handing the flour to Luo Qinghe.

"Don't eat potato wedges!" Luo Qinghe smiled and explained: "It's not that I heard yesterday that you and your grandfather don't digest very well and always eat rice and pickles, I just happened to see potatoes, so I will press some mashed potatoes for you to eat, and it will be easy to digest if you change the taste!" ”

"Look at how much we can live! Cooking a meal still remembers our two old bones! The shopkeeper Wang was very pleased to hear this, and his beard shook with joy, "It would be great if we had a dim sum shop still open!" ”

As soon as she heard the shopkeeper Wang mention the dim sum shop, Aunt Wang's originally happy heart suddenly sank, and she sighed: "Alas...... It's a pity, otherwise during the New Year, we will eat as much as we want to eat this dim sum! ”

Seeing this, Luo Qinghe comforted: "Grandpa! You've eaten dim sum all your life, either this sugar or that cake, you're not tired of me! ”

"You girl, you're used to comforting people!" Seeing her coquettish appearance, Aunt Wang couldn't help laughing, "There is still half a bag of sesame seeds here, grandma will make you a few baked cakes later!" ”

Sesame? Luo Qinghe was talking to the potato balls, and when he saw this sesame seed, he suddenly had a plan, and said, "No need grandma!" This time, I'll use this sesame seed to make you delicious! ”

After taking the bag of sesame seeds, after frying the potato balls, he mysteriously went to the house and took out two eggs, came back and knocked the eggs into a bowl, added a little flour and sugar, and then poured the sesame seeds into a paste, poured them into a hot pot and spread them into a thin cake.

"That's it! You taste it! When it was fried to golden brown on both sides, Luo Qinghe hurriedly served it out and served it to the second elder of the Wang family.

"Hmmm! It's so fragrant! Better than the dim sum in our shop! "Shopkeeper Wang took a small bite while it was hot, and only felt that it was crispy and delicious, and it was very delicious.

"Isn't it! I didn't expect sesame seeds to be so fragrant! Aunt Wang savored the sesame cake, her face full of surprise.

"That's nature!" Luo Qinghe was not modest, and said happily: "In fact, there is still a lack of some peanuts and melon seeds, if the ingredients are all ready, this cake will be even more fragrant!" ”

"Let your mother bring some back from town in two days!" While eating, the shopkeeper Wang looked at the small sesame cake and said, "Nannan, you have just the right grasp of the heat!" Not to mention the golden on both sides, the sesame seeds are not mushy at all! ”

As soon as he heard this, Luo Qinghe unnaturally shrank his arm, hid the scar on his arm deeper, and said casually, "Isn't this a coincidence......

Fortunately, the second elder of the Wang family only had crispy sesame cakes, and he didn't find anything wrong with Luo Qinghe.

After taking two bites, Aunt Wang quickly pulled a piece of cloth from the cage drawer and wrapped the sesame cake and said, "This cake, you must leave a few pieces for your mother to taste!" ”