Leisure Chapter 50, Apricot Blossom Day (2)

The old colt has a lot of horses. It's just a combination, singing and dancing wildly. The gold cup is in hand, and the gentleman is suspended. Look at the spring and twilight. Who is tied to Qian and wicker. And don't send it, and urge the city to go. The remnant red was nowhere to be found. All belong to the beehive swallow household. - Lu You's "Apricot Blossom Day"

When she woke up from a sweet dream, Chen Yun freshened up early, casually changed into her usual dress, hurriedly entered the small kitchen, and prepared a few specialty dishes.

Shen Fu was sleepy, and when he opened his eyes, he suddenly found that there was suddenly no one in the brocade quilt, and he was busy looking for it.

Chen Yun heard the sound and looked for it, while lifting the bean green curtain, he said with a smile: "People say that farming does not leave the field, reading does not leave the desk, it is already this hour, don't lie in bed, you should get up and change around, have some breakfast, and go to read the scriptures!" ”

Shen Fu rubbed his eyes that couldn't be opened, and saw that the sun was rising outside the window, and it was too early, so he couldn't help but lie back on the quilt again.

Seeing this, Chen Yun first laughed non-stop, and then went up to slowly fade the brocade quilt.

Shen Fu showed his body and said with a shocked face: "It's still early, why don't you sleep for a while?" As soon as he finished speaking, he crawled out of bed.

"It's different now, how can you still do as you used to?" Chen Yun said, handing Shen Fu a goose white bedclothes.

Shen Fu took it, and while changing his clothes, he asked with a smile: "Now that no one restrains you, why can't you do what you want as before?" ”

Chen Yun was silent for a moment, while packing up the bedding, she said with a pleasant expression: "In the past, I was in the boudoir, and my words and deeds were not concerned, but now I have become a bride, not only to serve my husband, but also to honor my in-laws, where do I dare to be lazy?" ”

Shen Fu knew that she was the most obedient and her habits were difficult to change, so he had to change his words and ask, "What did you prepare for breakfast?" ”

"Stinky bean curd, shrimp and marinated melon, peony lettuce, red bean porridge!" Chen Yun said the same, seeing Shen Fu's disgusted face, he hurriedly asked, "What, you don't like it?" ”

Shen Fugang changed into a robe with a standing collar with a flower pattern of green bamboo, and when he heard Chen Yun ask, he said, "It's not that I don't like it, it's just that I don't like it that much!" ”

"That's probably because you're not used to eating it, especially this stinky bean curd, although it smells foul, it tastes very delicious!" Chen Yun said with a smile on her face, suddenly grabbed Shen Fu's hand, and said, "The food has been served, let's go out quickly, be careful of cold stomach!" ”

Shen Fuman reluctantly followed out, sat down on the edge of the table, and picked up the chopsticks while looking at the food on the table of the Eight Immortals.

Chen Yun took a piece of stinky bean curd and ate it, and saw that Shen Fu was still holding the chopsticks and didn't move, so he hurriedly took a large piece and handed it to Shen Fu.

Shen Fu hated this stinky thing the most in his life, and when he smelled the disgusting smell, he immediately covered his nose and avoided it, and asked Chen Yun to take it away quickly.

Where would Chen Yun call his intentions, he handed the stinky bean curd to his mouth again and again, and said with a smile: "It's delicious, you taste it!" ”

Shen Fu reluctantly pinched it down, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it, and quickly put the stinky bean curd into the blue and white porcelain plate of the tangled peony.

Chen Yun smiled secretly.

Shen Fu heard the laughter, quickly glanced at her, and said in a hurry: "The dog has no stomach, and it likes to eat human feces because it doesn't know what dirty and smelly is. Dung beetles turn into cicadas because they want to fly. Sister Yun loves to eat this stinky thing, should it be a dog or a cicada? ”

Chen Yun was stunned, and said after a long time: "The advantage of stinky bean curd is that it is cheap and easy to make, and it can be used for porridge and rice." I was used to eating this when I was a child, and now that I am married to your Shen Mansion, I am already a dung beetle and a cicada, which can be called a flying elevation, but I still love to eat it, which is drinking water and thinking about the source without forgetting the original. As for this marinated melon, it was taught to me by Mother Wang yesterday, and I tried it for the first time!! ”

Shen Fu didn't think that she said such a thing, thought about it, and said with a smile: "According to what Sister Yun said, is our Shen Mansion a dog cave?" ”

Chen Yun was embarrassed and forcibly explained: "Every family has feces, and the difference is only whether they eat it or not!" For example, if you like to eat garlic, I will always eat a little bit of it, just to please you. Since you don't like to eat stinky bean curd, I don't dare to force you, but this braised melon tastes good, you can pinch your nose and taste it! ”

Seeing that Shen Fu was slightly moved, Chen Yun hurriedly said: "Qi has no salt and no beauty, although the appearance is not fake, but it can't stand up to having a good moral character!" This braised melon, in fact, is just like Zhong Wuyan, as long as you swallow it, you must know that its taste is not bad! ”

Shen Fu listened and hurriedly said, "You are setting a trap and forcing me to be a dog!" ”

"According to what you just said, haven't I been a dog for a long time?" Chen Yunyan smiled, "People say that husband and wife are one and the same, since I have become a dog one step ahead of you, then I will be wronged and wronged you, and try to taste a few bites!" ”

Shen Fu looked at the stinky bean curd in disgust and looked at Chen Yun with the eyes of begging for mercy.

Chen Yun did not relent.

Shen Fu had no choice but to pick up the bamboo chopsticks and stuff the stinky bean curd into his mouth.

Covering his nose and chewing twice, Shen Fu felt that the braised melon was crispy and delicious, so he happily looked at Chen Yun and said indistinctly: "It's not bad!" As he spoke, Shen Fu let go of his palm and chewed a few more bites, feeling that it was delicious, so he smiled and said, "It's really good!" ”

"I persuaded you to eat it just now, you don't think it smells good, but now what's the matter, and you can't praise it?" Chen Yun laughed stupidly.

Shen Fu ignored it, and Wu Zi sandwiched a few more pieces of braised melon.

After eating breakfast, the little couple chatted for half an hour, Shen Fu was tired and helpless, so he simply took the carriage and went out to meet friends.

Chen Yun didn't dare to be as relaxed as him, so he had to pick out a blue lotus-colored Su Xiutang Yuguiyan placket and change it on, and then hurried to Chen's courtyard.

Entering the courtyard, the surroundings were quiet, only a few dozen phoenix tail bamboos swayed with the spring breeze, sending a trace of coolness.

Chen Yun wondered in his heart, and climbed the stone steps with light steps. When I got to the porch, I caught a glimpse of my mother-in-law accounting by the window through the window, so I entered the house lightly, and then quietly approached Chen's side and greeted: "It's too early! ”

Chen put down the account book in his hand, raised his eyes and smiled: "You came just in time, I was calculating the accounts and had a headache, you are here, I can have an assistant, just save it!" ”

Chen Yun smiled faintly and said, "I just arrived, and I don't know much about the situation in the house, so I'm afraid I won't be able to help my wife much!" ”

"It's been a long time, and I don't ask you to do it overnight, as long as you have the heart, you can learn slowly!" Chen's expression was dignified, and while he took the lead in sitting down, he looked at Chen Yun and said: "I have only turned over a few account books, and I am worried when I see that this income is getting less and less!" ”

Chen Yun listened to her mother-in-law's tone of discussion, and hurriedly smiled: "Although I have no experience as a housekeeper, I have heard people say in the past that this big family is the most redundant staff, and a room is divided into more than a dozen girls and mothers. ”

Chen nodded and said: "Yes, when the old lady was alive, he made a few windfalls, and later people were prosperous, so the house bought more maids and mothers-in-law to serve, but now there are fewer masters, and the people in the house are still not cut, which is inevitably a little redundant!" ”

"Yes, if the subordinates are not enough to call and buy more, it will be understandable, but at the moment, there are dozens of people in our house, which is too much!" Chen Yun slowly expressed her opinion, "Although the eldest master and the second master are not under our control, but there is always inconvenience in living in a house, coming and going, not to mention, there are more than a dozen people on our side, and there are too many people to call, it is inevitable to distinguish between high and low, I heard the close mother Wang say that the girls in the house are still divided into three, six, nine and so on, and they are also divided into slaves and slaves among slaves, which is really not like words!" ”

Chen Shi heard her say this, and it was reasonable, and he couldn't help but nod and be convinced: "That's the reason!" I also moved the idea of cutting people, just to move the whole body, and most of the mothers-in-law in the house are two or three generations of old people, who is not laid off, it is inevitable that they will hurt their faces, and there are even more big masters and second masters, and I can't intervene, so this matter has been delayed again and again, and it has dragged on until now! ”

"I'm young, I don't know what to say or not?" Chen Yun said, deliberately glanced at Chen's family, and saw her signal to continue, before he said slowly: "The eldest master, the second master's side, I don't want to talk nonsense, just take our side, there are too many errands, and the steward can't keep an eye on everything, it is inevitable that some people will steal and play tricks, and they don't want to serve the main family, and even forget their mission. ”

"I also saw the signs coming, the green plums and Qingyun in Aunt Ma's courtyard are like this, their hearts are higher than the sky, and they are pretentious." Chen said slowly, couldn't help but exhale, and said: "In the past, I looked at Aunt Ma's face, I turned a blind eye, and I couldn't see what these two cheap hooves did, but now I listen to you, I can't help them to show off their amorous feelings in private, another day, I have to find a reason to drive them out of the house together, so as to save the court!" ”

Chen Yun listened silently and answered at the right time.

Seeing that she was very talented as a housekeeper, Chen smiled and pulled her to sit down at the round table, and threw her a few inventory books for her to study carefully.

Chen Yun spread out the account book, looked down line by line, and saw that the account book listed in detail the expenses of coal consumption, fire consumption, fuel consumption, food consumption, and capital consumption, and the name of the person in charge and the price of the adjacent months were indicated under each expense.

Chen Yun hastily looked at the page and found that the expenses in the house were really not small, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he had to do oral calculations and check the accounts one by one.

After being so busy for a long time, Chen Yun finally finished checking the inventory, and he didn't even dare to stretch his waist at the moment, and hurriedly reported his results to Chen.

When Chen heard this, he couldn't help but be pleased, so he praised Chen Yun's ability to do things, and wanted to hand over the family to her.

Chen Yun refused again and again, made up another excuse, and left Yimei Courtyard in a panic.