Wearing straw sandals on his feet, not warm at all, a pair of feet were purple and red from the cold, and they were full of chilblains, probably itching and scratching, and dry blood scabs.

But the face and hands are clean, and the appearance is passable, so I think it was specially cleaned.

She stood honestly in the courtyard, shivering from the cold.

"What will you cook?" Lin Meiyi asked her.

Xiangping raised his head slightly, looked at the tip of her nose, and tried his best to be bold and let out a loud voice to answer her question.

At first, she was a little stumbling when she spoke, but later she saw that Lin Meiyi didn't show any dissatisfaction, and the more she spoke, the smoother it became.

After careful calculation, there are quite a few dishes that can be cooked, but most of them are home-cooked vegetarian dishes, and there will only be a few meat dishes.

Lin Meiyi also understands this, poor people can't eat a stew all year round, and it's normal to not be able to cook it, as long as you have the talent, you can learn it.

After thinking about it, Lin Meiyi motioned for her to come into the house, pointing to the stool next to the charcoal basin, "You sit and warm up first, and then follow Xiao Hei to buy vegetables, at this point, it should be too late for lunch, right?" ”

Xiangping nodded, "It's too late." ”

Saying that, a little flattered, he hurriedly waved his hand and said that he didn't need to roast the fire, and he could go out now.

Lin Meiyi glanced at her unhappily, and the young woman somehow annoyed her, and her expression became more and more worried.

"Xiao Hei, tell her about the rules in our house." Lin Meiyi commanded. Sit down directly in front of the charcoal basin, while drinking hot tea, looking at the two of them over and over again.

Xiao Hei first pulled the woman to the vacant seat opposite Lin Meiyi, pressed her to sit down, and then said seriously:

"Your current life is the master's, if you freeze to death and die of illness, it will be a betrayal of the master, so that she will suffer, so in our family, the first thing is to take care of yourself, so that you can have the ability to take care of the master's family."

"The master asked you to bake the fire because he was afraid that you would freeze to death if you went out for a while, so you have to be obedient."

"Whatever the master says, understand?"

Xiangping was already stupid when he looked at Xiao Hei's black face, how dare he say that he didn't understand? He nodded hurriedly and said that he knew that he would not make this mistake again today.

Seeing this, Lin Meiyi nodded beside her, and instructed Xiaohei: "When you go out in a while, take her to the embroidery workshop to find the shopkeeper Qiu to ask for two thick clothes and shoes, and then go grocery shopping." ”

Xiao Hei responded, squatted down to roast the fire, warmed his body, and then got up to get the vegetable basket, and led the flattered Xiangping to prepare to go out.

"Little Black Big Brother, wait a minute." Xiangping suddenly shouted to stop, turned around, and asked seriously, "What does the girl want to eat at noon?" ”

Lin Meiyi replied with a faint smile, "Buy a chicken and come back to stew." ”

Xiangping silently read it twice in his heart, and made sure that he remembered it, so he left with Xiao Hei.

When the two came back, Xiangping had already changed into a thick cotton jacket, and secretly happily carried the basket to the backyard to prepare lunch.

Xiao Hei led her for a while, and when she was familiar with it, she immediately returned to the hall and said to Lin Meiyi:

"Master, Shopkeeper Qiu said that they are here, please come to the restaurant for dinner in the evening."

As he spoke, he took out an invitation note from his chest pocket and presented it with both hands, "This is what the young owner of the embroidery workshop asked me to pass on to the master." ”

Lin Meiyi raised her eyes to look at him, "Have you seen the young owner of the embroidery workshop?" ”

Xiao Hei nodded, "Well, the invitation was handed to me by him." ”

Lin Meiyi picked up the invitation, opened it and glanced at the content.

[Luxian Embroidery Workshop Mo Qing Chengjiu heard the name of Miss Lin, and today set up a banquet in the Lilac Pavilion on the second floor of Hongfu Restaurant, and we are waiting for you to come]

"Mo Qingcheng ......" Lin Meiyi read the name in her mouth, feeling a little interesting, and put away the invitation with a smile, "What does he look like?" Is it good-looking? How old are you? Uncle or Little Fresh Meat? ”

Xiao Hei recalled for a moment and replied, "It's pretty, it looks pretty small." ”

He doesn't understand the aesthetics of the Han people, if the master is good-looking, the young owner of the embroidery workshop should also be considered right?

Xiao Hei was not sure, but Lin Meiyi did not ask for details, and the discussion about the appearance of the young owner of the embroidery workshop ended here.

Xiangping brought the prepared meal, a fried winter bamboo shoots, a scrambled egg, a fried green vegetables, plus a pot of old chicken soup, put them in front of Lin Meiyi one by one, and handed the rice and chopsticks, then took a step back slightly, and stood behind Lin Meiyi nervously waiting for her evaluation.

Lin Meiyi picked up the chopsticks, tasted all four dishes, and nodded at her with a chuckle under Xiangping's nervous gaze.

This chuckle, in Xiangping's eyes, is hope, thinking that he can finally meet a good family and stay here, so excited that he doesn't know what to say.

Lin Meiyi didn't need to listen to her flattery, raised her hand and pointed to the vacant seat opposite, and said to her and Xiao Hei: "When there are no outsiders, sit down and eat together, we are small households, not so particular." ”

Xiao Hei was already used to it, so he immediately ran to the kitchen to fetch himself and Xiangping's food, and sat down and ate it in a big gulp.

Xiangping didn't expect the Lin family to have such rules, so she only prepared Lin Meiyi's dishes and chopsticks just now, and now looking at Xiao Hei's reaction, she knew that she was wrong again.

She wanted to apologize, but Lin Meiyi didn't bother to listen, raised her eyes and shook her head gently, and saw that she shut up, so she continued to eat.

Looks like the dog will be able to eat a good meal when he comes back tonight.

As for the pot that was blown up...... It should have been left by the previous owner, and as time went by, if the fire was a little bigger, it exploded, and it had nothing to do with her.

Lin Meiyi got up to leave after eating, Xiangping hadn't finished eating, but when she saw that the master's house was gone, she didn't dare to eat anymore, and was about to put down the dishes and chopsticks, when she heard Xiao Hei say vaguely with rice:

"Only when you are full can you have the strength to work, and the master does not like useless people."

When Xiangping heard this, the bowl he was about to put down immediately picked it up again, and he was full of hiccups, so he put down the bowl and chopsticks.

"Little black big brother, the master looks ..... It's a little cold-faced, do you usually punish people? When he was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Xiangping remembered that Xiao Hei took care of himself quite a day today, so he wanted to ask him a question or two, so as not to violate the taboo in the future.

She can be fed and clothed here, she really doesn't want to anger the main family and be sold again.

Xiao Hei didn't think about it so much, the good days have been too long, he is about to forget what he suffered at the beginning, and now seeing Xiangping's trembling appearance, he thought of his former self, and said kindly:

"The master is actually very good, as long as you do your own thing and listen to her orders, you won't provoke her."

There is another point he didn't say, that is, in front of outsiders and in front of his family, the master is actually two things.

However, Xiao Hei didn't have a chance to tell Xiangping, because Lin Meiyi was already calling him to let him go to the horse, and she was going to the banquet tonight.

Mo Qingcheng, this is her serious partner, although she knows that this meeting is definitely not as simple as just meeting each other, but she still has to give face for a meal.

Lin Meiyi changed into the skirt she wore during the New Year, with a red jacket with a stand-up collar and a five-color phoenix tail black bottom skirt, her long straight black hair was lazily draped behind her, and she wore a pair of long tassel earrings with a gold background on her ears that had just arrived.