Feng Yi said: "Lord Cheng, do you want to go to the back garden with a few adults at this time, it is really a good place to enjoy the coolness." ”

Cheng Ziyi nodded and said, "It's up to the host, since the eldest lady said yes, then let's go and have a look." ”

A few adults next to him naturally followed suit, and everyone talked while walking.

Cheng Ziyi saw that Wen Rou didn't follow as soon as he entered the door, so he asked, "That must be Master Meng's second lady just now, right?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Back to the words of the adult, exactly. ”

"Why didn't you see anyone as soon as you walked in?"

Xia Fengyi hurriedly explained: "The second lady went to be busy, I'm really embarrassed, the third lady and the fourth lady also came out to greet them in person, but the third lady only ...... a few days ago, and now she is still in confinement, it is inconvenient to come out, I hope the adults will forgive me, the fourth lady Feiyan ......"

Before Xia Fengyi finished speaking, Cheng Ziyi's eyes lit up and said, "Feiyan? It's a name I'm familiar with, and I seem to have heard it somewhere. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Master Cheng, I guess I mentioned it to you when I was eating, so I ......"

Cheng Ziyi sighed, patted his head, and said with a smile: "Look at my memory, it's really bad, in this way, Mrs. Lao took Lord Jian and Lord Song and a few of them to the back garden to sit and cool down for a while, my addiction is coming up again, don't you mind." ”

Xia Fengyi saw Cheng Ziyi turn around to leave, so she smiled and said, "Master Cheng, what are you ......?"

Jian Qi: "The eldest lady is okay with the adult, let Master Meng take us to the back garden." You can take Cheng to the kitchen. ”

Cheng Ziyi: "No, I'll go by myself, you can accompany a few adults, anyway, I've already come in, probably no one will drive me out." ”

Everyone laughed, and Xia Fengyi said: "Then let me lead you there, husband, you can take a few adults to the back garden, and I will come later." ”

Cheng Ziyi insisted: "I really don't need to. As long as there are no dogs in the yard. I'm not afraid of anything else. ”

Cheng Ziyi walked as he spoke. Meng Tianchu saw that Cheng Ziyi insisted on not letting Xia Fengyi accompany him, so he said, "Then let Master Cheng go by himself, it's okay." ”

Xia Fengyi saw Cheng Ziyi walking out of the front yard, and called a maid to whisper a few words, and the maid followed Cheng Ziyi after listening.

Cheng Ziyi found the location of the kitchen with ease, in fact, it is easy to find, and most of the structures of the houses in the Ming Dynasty are the same. Although Meng Tianchu said that he was just a master, the architectural structure and scale of the house were at least the specifications of the third-grade officials as Sima Ru and Jian Qi said, so Cheng Ziyi easily found out where the kitchen was.

Cheng Ziyi came to the door of the kitchen and found that the kitchen in Meng Tianchu's house was really comparable to the kitchen in his own house, in addition to the fact that the size was almost the same, even the kitchen was hung with all kinds of knives, kitchen utensils and pickled game. It seems that Meng Tianchu can really find some delicious things at home.

Thinking of this, Cheng Ziyi's face couldn't help but show an excited expression.

Cheng Ziyi walked into the kitchen. In the huge kitchen, there was only a woman of sixteen or seventeen, wearing a lilac lichen dress. With a hairpin pinned to his waist and a purple hair towel, he stood in front of the desk and cut something neatly in his hand, and said from time to time in his mouth: "The water can't be so hot, and the bamboo shoots that will come out after a while will not be crispy, and they will be tendoned, how many times have I said it...... carp must cramp, carp in this season do not cramp, and eating it is not ......good for the body, it's not like you, you put it first, do it somewhere else, I'm good here."

"Why don't I help you?"

Feiyan heard the sound and looked back to see that it was a tall middle-aged man standing behind her, but she didn't know it.

"Who are you?"

Cheng Ziyi didn't speak, pulled up his sleeves, walked to Feiyan's side, and saw that she was very skillful in cutting vegetables, and the knife was evenly and thick. He smiled, took a boning knife on the knife holder, pointed to a pair of pig's trotters on the table, and said, "Do you want to make sour and hot pig's trotters?" ”

Feiyan nodded, only to see Cheng Ziyi take the pig's trotters in his hand and start the operation skillfully, the cook on the side stepped forward and was about to ask, Feiyan waved his hand, and the cook had to walk away.

Feiyan saw that Cheng Ziyi was dressed well, and his gestures were not like a cook, and he was wondering, only to see a maid come forward and whisper a few words in Feiyan's ear, Feiyan looked at Cheng Ziyi in surprise, and then walked quickly to Cheng Ziyi's side, bowed down, and said: "Lord Cheng, the concubine didn't know it was you just now, it's really rude." ”

The speed in Cheng Ziyi's hand did not slow down, he only looked at Feiyan with a smile, and said: "In the kitchen, I am the same as you, where are there any adults or not, by the way, are you Meng Tianchu's fourth lady, what is your name...... What a delphinium. ”

Feiyan saw that Cheng Ziyi actually knew his name, and nodded happily.

Cheng Ziyi nodded approvingly, and said, "Meng Tianchu is really blessed to have such a virtuous lady as you, okay, let's start working, what do you need me to do." ”

Feiyan said: "Cheng Daren, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right?" ”

"There's nothing wrong with that, I said, there are no adults in the kitchen, and if there were adults, I wouldn't come into the kitchen."

Feiyan saw that Cheng Ziyi didn't mean to joke at all, so she smiled and said, "Okay, just do what you want, let's start working." ”

Meng Tianchu and the others came to the back garden to see Xia Fengyi, they had already arranged tea and fruits in the pavilion, as well as some exquisite snacks, and after everyone sat down, they were full of praise for Meng Tianchu's courtyard.

Xia Fengyi saw that everyone had started chatting, so she left quietly. As soon as he walked to the front yard, he saw Lao He Tou talking to the Yang family at the door, Xia Fengyi frowned and stepped forward.

As soon as the Yang family saw Xia Fengyi coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and begged: "Big lady, I beg you, let me see Meng Ye, it's today that he went to see my family He Ding, he is sick." Probably because the injury on his knee was not dealt with properly the day before yesterday, he is getting older again, this is a person who is about to enter the ground, and he has to do such a thing, he can't stand this blow in his calm mind, I beg you, let me meet Meng Ye, and see if I can release my family He Ding first

<: You. ”

After speaking, he knelt in front of Xia Fengyi, Lao He Tou stepped forward to pull Yang's family, where was Yang's willing to get up, holding Xia Fengyi's feet stubbornly, his face was full of tears.

Xia Fengyi sighed. Squatted down and comforted softly: "Aunt Yang, it's not that I, Xia Fengyi, don't help you, our lord has rules, and we women can't inquire about and interfere in the affairs of the yamen, otherwise, I'll go and tell the master, you wait for me here." ”

Yang wiped away his tears. said: "Big lady." I know that you have a good heart, and you also feel sorry for your master, if your master is in the same situation as my family. Will you feel distressed? ”

Lao He Tou immediately said: "Yang, don't be so rude, how can you compare my master with your He Ding." ”

Yang Shi smiled sadly, stood up, looked at Xia Fengyi and said: "I have asked many scholars, they said that He Ding's case may be condemned to death, you can help me ask Meng Ye, is it really no turnaround?" ”

Xia Fengyi nodded and said, "Aunt Yang, why don't you go back first, I will definitely help you ask, I really don't know about your family's He Dingdi case, my lord has been very busy recently, and he will never mention the affairs of the yamen to us female dependents at home, but I promise you, I will help you ask, okay?" ”

Yang nodded gratefully, and said: "Then I will come back tomorrow, the eldest lady is to sell the land and sell the land, and I will find a way to rescue my He Ding, and I hope you will say a few more words for my family He Ding in front of Meng Ye, and my Yang family will repay your great kindness in the next life as a cow and a horse." ”

Lao Hetou: "Okay, Yang, you see that my eldest lady is also very busy now, since she said to help you ask, she will definitely help you, you better go back first." ”

Yang nodded, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, turned around and slowly left the Meng family.

Xia Fengyi sighed, and was about to say something, when she saw a maid walking quickly and said, "Big lady, the little master is awake, but the nurse hasn't come back yet, what should I do?" ”

Xia Fengyi hurriedly said to Lao Hetou: "Hurry up and find someone to pick up the nurse back, now that the child is so young, how can you say that you can just leave?" ”

Lao He Tou hurriedly looked for someone to go, Xia Fengyi patted her forehead, and then beat her slender waist, recently she felt that she had not had a good rest, the whole person was always in a state of high tension, I felt that there were not as many things at home in a year as these days, I was so hard, I really wanted to lie down and sleep well.

Seeing Xia Fengyi's haggard expression, the maid said carefully, "Big lady, you don't have anything to do, right?" I see that your face is not good, do you want to go and take a break? ”

Xia Fengyi shook her head, now that the whole family is busy, there is no reason for her to hide aside and rest, and said, "Nothing, by the way, how is the preparation of the second lady?" ”

The maid bowed down and replied: "I just came back from the second lady's side, and the preparations are almost, the second lady prepared a set of jade dishes that she brought from her mother's house to accompany the marriage, and it is said that they are all big people, and the things in the banquet cannot be underestimated." ”

Xia Fengyi nodded and said, "It's hard to be gentle, okay, you go and get busy." ”

The maid left, only to see a subordinate person dressed in filial piety clothes walked to the door, and was about to come in, the subordinate at the door hurriedly stopped the person at the door, and said viciously: "You come in this body, aren't you happy for my family, which family are you, what is the old Mengfu doing?" ”

Xia Fengyi felt that this subordinate was familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while, so he stepped forward, and as soon as the subordinate saw Xia Fengyi, he knelt on the threshold, and Xia Fengyi hurriedly stepped forward and motioned for him to get up and speak.

Although the man did not cry, his expression was very solemn, first bowed to Xia Fengyi, and then said, "Greetings to the eldest lady." ”

Xia Fengyi: "I see why you are so familiar, which slave are you?" ”

Subordinate: "If you go back to the eldest lady, I am what you bought back, have you forgotten?" ”

Xia Fengyi suddenly understood that this subordinate was bought by herself for Murong Zhenxue's family, and she bought two at that time, one maid and one subordinate, but when you look at this person's appearance, isn't it?

Xia Fengyi: "I remember, why are you dressed up like this, is it who in Murong's family went?" ”

The subordinate nodded and said, "It's the master who died, and the young lady asked me to report the funeral." ”

When Xia Fengyi heard this, she hurriedly said, "Then you come in quickly, don't stand at the door." ”

One foot of the subordinate stepped into the threshold, Lao He Tou hurriedly blocked it, Xia Fengyi said angrily: "Old He Tou, don't be like this, at this time, the subordinates of the Xue family, since they are here to report the funeral, they can't let the family talk at the door." ”

Lao He bowed down and said: "Please let the eldest lady calm her anger, at the beginning of this year, the third lady said that you must not see white things at home, if someone does white things, you must not enter the door, the third lady said, several people in our family are fated today, you must be careful." ”

When the man heard this, he quickly put his foot back and said carefully: "Madam, what the housekeeper said is right, you should be careful." ”

Xia Fengyi saw that Lao He Tou was very solemn, so she had no choice but to do it.

Xia Fengyi: "Then I'm sorry, you go back and tell Yu Xue, when I go back and I'm busy with family affairs, when my father is the first seven, I will definitely go to pay my filial piety, please tell your young lady, just say that it was my lord who said it, please mourn." ”

The servant nodded quickly, and then left.

Xia Fengyi let out a sigh of relief and said, "Why did you catch up all at once, I really don't know what to be busy with." ”

Lao Hetou: "It's better for me to hang filial piety in Miss Murong's family, you and the lord and the four ladies are not suitable to see each other this year." ”

Xia Fengyi: "Where is there so much exquisiteness, Zhen Xue will soon be a member of my Meng family, it's okay if the master doesn't go, because he is the pillar of the family, he can't make any mistakes, but if none of the four of us doesn't go, then it can't be said." Let's talk about it, let's wait for the masters in front of me first. ”