Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Day of Regaining the Dignity of Men
When Xie An returned to Donggong Mansion after sending off his eldest grandson Xiangyu, it was almost dusk.
Returning the carriage to the family in the front yard of the Donggong Mansion, Xie An sighed and returned to his room.
In the beautiful afternoon, it was inexplicably gone, he was going to have a few drinks with Li Shou and Wang Dan, but the woman who couldn't stand the boredom urged him one by one, and Xie An didn't even have the interest in drinking.
finally sent the woman back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but she didn't expect her to say that tomorrow morning, she would go to the Donggong Mansion to find Xie An, and ask Xie An to prepare some interesting things in advance, which made Xie An quite depressed.
"What did my uncle do in the afternoon? The people in the house said that my uncle went out before noon......"
On the way back to his room, Xie An ran into Yi Yi, this little girl was a little worried about Xie An's absence from the house all afternoon, after all, Liang Qiu Wu had told Yi Yi to watch Xie An, so that this guy would not sneak to the Qinglou in the city to eat and drink.
After all, according to Liang Qiu Wu's earlier investigation, Xie An has not gone to that kind of place to play and relieve boredom in the past, and this is really intolerable for Liang Qiu Wu.
"Don't worry, I just went to the palace of Yi'an Le Wang......"
Yi Yi glanced at Xie An when he heard this, lowered his head, and said softly, "Since you are going to the Anle Palace, why doesn't my uncle let the family members in the mansion go with you?" Anyway, there is a ...... Uncle won't be ......"
Xie An was a little sullen when he heard this.
Indeed, when he went out in the afternoon, the family in the front yard wanted to serve with him, but Xie An refused, and warned them quite harshly not to follow him, as for the reason, it was nothing more than that he stayed with the woman of the eldest grandson Xiangyu all afternoon, although this was not his intention, but he didn't want Liang Qiu Wu and Yi Yi to know, after all, Liang Qiu Wu had said to let Xie An stay away from that woman, Xie An didn't want to make trouble.
hugged Yiyi and patted her buttocks lightly, Yiyi screamed in pain, looking at Xie An's expression a little aggrieved.
"Let you guess!" Xie An bluffed with a straight face, but when he saw Yiyi's aggrieved and lost expression, his heart couldn't help but soften, he gently hugged her, and said in her ear, "Didn't I say it last time, if you want to drink to relieve boredom in the future, you must find Yiyi to accompany me, my Yiyi is much more beautiful than those sisters in the Qinglou......
Yi Yi's whole body trembled when she heard this, especially when the hot breath in Xie An's mouth blew in her ears, her whole pretty face became red, she bit her lip slightly, and said with disgust and shame, "How can my uncle be so cruel to slaves and maids, and compare slaves and maids to those shameless women in the Qinglou...... Although she said that, when she heard Xie An praise her beauty, she couldn't help but faintly show a little joy in her eyes, and fell softly into Xie An's arms, not daring to raise her head.
Xie An also knew that women from big families such as Liang Qiu Wu and Yi Yi had always despised those dusty women in the Qinglou who were pleasing men in order to make money, and they didn't care when they heard the words, they just coaxed her with good words.
Coaxing, Xie An suddenly saw a red cloth package on the table in his room.
"What's that?" Xie An asked in surprise.
Yi Yi followed Xie An's gaze and glanced at the red cloth package, and said softly, "Vice President Xiang came to visit, and when he saw that his uncle was not in the house, he left this package......
"Third Brother Xiang?" Xie An was stunned, and then seemed to think of something, his spirit was shocked, and a little smile barely appeared on his face, and asked, "Yiyi, you didn't look at the contents of this package, did you?" ”
Yi Yi shook his head and said, "Deputy General Xiang said that the slave maid should not touch this package, and when the uncle comes back, the slave maid did not dare to move......
"Yi Yi is so good!" Hearing this, Xie An couldn't help but kiss Yiyi on the cheek, then let go of Yiyi, who was red-faced, stood up and walked to the table, reached out and pinched the red cloth package, and then carefully opened a corner.
Yiyi, who was successfully attacked by Xie An, turned red, covered her cheeks with her hands and asked curiously, "Uncle, what is it?" ”
At this moment, Xie An had already seen the contents of the red cloth package, and when he saw Yi Yi coming over, he hurriedly tied the package again, coughed, and pretended to say, "Well, it's something I brought to the third brother two days ago...... " As he spoke, he saw Yi Yi looking at the package with a curious face, moved it quietly, waved his hand and smiled, "Don't care, don't care, it's not a big deal......
Yi Yi tilted her head to look at Xie An, her eyes full of doubt.
Finally coaxing Xiao Nizi to stop asking about the contents of the package, Xie An found an opportunity, and quietly slipped to the kitchen in the inner courtyard while Yi Yi was not paying attention.
In the inner courtyard of the Donggong Mansion, there are three kitchens, and as for the chefs in charge, there are more than a dozen people, after all, there are more than 100 housekeepers and maids up and down the Donggong Mansion, if there are not enough cooks in charge, it is really difficult to take care of three meals a day.
And among these dozen cooks, there is a cook surnamed Zhang, he is the head of this place, he has been in the mansion for some years, and his skills are much higher than the rest of the cooks, perhaps it is precisely because of this that Yi Yi appointed him as the steward here, and now, what Xie An is looking for is him.
Far away, Xie An saw the burly, fat-headed, big-eared Chef Zhang by the well outside the kitchen.
"Fat Chef!"
Because Yi Yi has always called this Chef Zhang Fat Chef, that's why Xie An also called him, as for the [brother] in the back, that is Xie An's personal habit.
Xie An, who has been an orphan since he was a child, knows that he has to be tactful in the world, unless he has a deep hatred, otherwise, Xie An has always been very polite when talking to others.
In Xie An's opinion, it doesn't take much effort to say a few good words that others are willing to listen to, so why not do it?
"Auntie, aunt?" Chef Zhang, who was carrying a bucket, heard the shout, glanced back, hurriedly put down the bucket in his hand, greeted him with a smile on his face, and said with a wry smile, "Uncle is called like this, but it's a small one......"
As the steward of the kitchen in the inner courtyard, Chef Zhang naturally knew Xie An's identity, after all, the daily meals of Liang Qiuwu, Xie An, and Yiyi were prepared by him personally.
"Huh!" Xie An raised his hand, picked up Chef Zhang, who was about to salute, and said with a smile, "Fat brother's craftsmanship, the younger brother is very respected, don't hide it from the fat brother, I used to be an errand in the palace, the chef in the palace, that craftsmanship, compared with the fat brother, is really ......" Saying, Xie An shook his head.
Chef Zhang's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and he waved his hand again and again and said, "Uncle has won the award, and the little one is not difficult to be a ......" As he spoke, he lowered his head slightly and said in a low voice, "Uncle came to the kitchen today, I don't know what to send?" "After all, this Chef Zhang is not a stupid person, and he knows that Xie An is probably in trouble.
"Well, the little brother wants to ask the fat brother for a favor......"
"Uncle, but it's okay to say!"
"That's the case," Xie An licked his lips and said with a smile, "Deputy General Xiang gave the little brother a meal today, and the little brother doesn't know how to cook, so it's ......" As he spoke, he handed the red cloth package in his hand to Chef Zhang.
Noticing that Xie An's expression was different, Chef Zhang carefully took the package, opened it and looked at it a few times, and then, with a little smile on his face, he said continuously, "I see, uncle, ......please rest assured," he blinked.
"Dance over there......"
"Uncle, rest assured, the little one will never talk to Miss and Sister Yiyi...... "Because Yiyi's status in the house is not ordinary, it is why Chef Zhang calls Yiyi with an honorific title.
"That, there's Brother Lao......"
"Where, uncle, polite......" As he spoke, Chef Zhang paused, lowered his voice and said to Xie An, "The small one will be stewed over a simmer, stewed for two hours, and sent to the aunt's ......room around the end of the day."
"There's Brother Lao!"
"Don't dare, don't dare to ......," said Chef Zhang, who clasped his fists at Xie An and walked into the kitchen with the red cloth package.
Looking at his departing back, Xie An couldn't help but smile and hummed a minor tune back to his room.
"You seem to be in a good mood today? ――Did you encounter anything good? It was time for dinner in the evening, Liang Qiuwu obviously noticed the smiling look on Xie An's face, and asked casually.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Xie An raised his head and looked at Liang Qiu Wu, who was holding a soup bowl, and smiled viciously in his heart.
Wait, you stupid woman!
Look at how my brother cleans you up at night!
"......" Liang Qiuwu looked at Xie An inexplicably, and her intuition told her that her husband in front of her seemed to be plotting something.
As for what it was, Liang Qiu Wu had no interest in asking, in her opinion, as long as Xie An could keep to himself every day and don't do anything to ruin her Liang Qiu's family, the rest of the things, even if it was up to him, it would be fine, after all, Xie An was also a person who knew the severity.
After dinner and washing, Xie An went back to the room early.
Idle, he lay on the bed and looked at the words hanging on the other wall.
[The grace of a meal will be repaid, and the grievances of the eyes will be repaid!] ]
I have to admit that the calligraphy written by the eldest grandson Xiangyu is very imposing, at least much better than those calligraphers in Xie An's memory, not to mention himself.
"The grace of a meal will be repaid, and the grievances of the eyes will be repaid......" Pillowing his hands and slowly closing his eyes, Xie An slowly read these two sentences.
In fact, the eldest grandson Xiangxiangyu misunderstood, these two sentences are not just for Xie An, it should be said that they are just Xie An's principles for dealing with the world.
The grace of dripping water is reciprocated by springs; The resentment of the eyes should also be repaid tenfold! An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth!
[Why do you want to help Li Shou like this?] ]
Looking at the words, Xie An couldn't help but recall the incomprehensible question of the eldest grandson Xiangyu in his mind.
To be honest, not only the eldest grandson Xiangyu, but also Liang Qiuwu and Yiyi didn't understand why Xie An wanted to help Li Shou.
They won't understand that the reason why Xie An helped Li Shou was to repay his kindness and forgive his sins, although the fault that time was not his ......
Around the end of the day, Chef Zhang in the kitchen brought a small jar of hot soup from a small earthen pot according to Xie An's instructions before.
Taking a deep breath, Xie An dispelled those bad memories in his mind, picked up the crockpot, and poured most of the jar without a spoon.
I have to say that this kind of aphrodisiac soup is indeed extraordinary, and not long after drinking it, Xie An felt hot all over his body, and he couldn't wait to fight Liang Qiu Dance for 300 rounds immediately.
But to his surprise, as the sky got darker and darker, Liang Qiuwu did not come to his room for a long time.
Isn't she coming today?
It's not that tricky, is it?
Xie An tossed and turned on the bed, and was disturbed by the lust in his heart, and he didn't feel the slightest sleep. In the end, Xie An had no choice but to run to the well in the backyard and take a cold shower with a bucket of cold water.
But even so, the lust in his heart has not retreated.
"Damn! - Is that stupid woman coming to Aunt Grandma today? Unexpectedly no-show? Scolding, Xie An returned to his room.
The moment he stepped into the room, Xie An was stunned, because he found that the candle in the house had been blown out by someone.
Vaguely, he seemed to see the bed as if someone was ......
Hey!
Thinking that the shame of the previous two days was about to be washed away, Xie An, who had been made horny by the aphrodisiac soup, immediately pounced......
Dididi, the horn of counterattack has sounded, and tonight is the time to regain the dignity of men!