When Xu Yongzhi went home, Duan Meimei made a table of dishes, and Duan Zishou was in a hurry to eat.

Duan Meimei didn't allow Duan Zishou to eat, she could see how much she expected the dishes on this table, and any move of chopsticks in advance would destroy the rich artwork on this table.

"Give you a leg of lamb, and you can nibble on it yourself." Duan Meimei also has an exchange plan.

"I don't want to eat lamb shank, I want to eat the Yellow River carp and flower chicken you made!" Duan Zishou saw a table of hard dishes, where was he willing to agree.

"This is for your brother-in-law!" Duan Meimei said.

"He hasn't visited you yet, but I'm your own brother!" Duan Zishou was very clear at this time.

"He has made a great contribution this time, and he must wait for him to eat together!" Duan Meimei began to talk about credit.

"I've also made meritorious contributions, but I'm still a wounded!" Duan Zishou was indignant.

"He is the leader of the mountain character hall, you must wait for him!" Duan Meimei made a killer move.

Now the stupid boy stared dryly, and there was no way.

Ah Crisp took a piece of tender bamboo shoots and crunched and gnawed: "Anyway, it's enough for me to have this." ”

At this time, Meimei saw that she had already entered the house.

"Childe, wash your hands and eat!" As she spoke, she went to the basin of water.

"Don't, I'll go over," Xu Yongzhi walked to the basin shelf in the distance, away from Ah Crisp and Duan Zishou, the two noisy children.

Duan Meimei handed him a handkerchief next to him and helped him straighten his hair.

Xu Yongzhi thought of Zhao Kuangyin's "twice the love", and couldn't help but gently hold her hand and kiss it on the back of the hand.

This made Duan Meimei a little at a loss.

"...... in broad daylight"

Xu Yongzhi looked at the two people, and they were still talking about eating there.

No one can see it.

He pulled Duan Meimei's head and kissed her on the mouth.

Duan Meimei didn't move, as if she was shy and frightened.

But suddenly, she began to respond to him enthusiastically.

I don't know how long the kiss took before one of them knocked over the basin shelf.

"Bang dang!"

Duan Zishou and Ah Crisp both looked over here.

"Big brother-in-law, why are you so grumpy?"

Duan Zishou shouted to this side.

Ah Crisp saw that the two of them were flushed, and pulled Duan Zishou back:

"Don't look at it, little ones!"

"Hurry up, it's time to eat." Duan Meimei hurriedly greeted Duan Zishou.

Xu Yongzhi returned to the table and sat down, and suddenly the servant came in:

"Mr. Li is here."

Li Sigui hurriedly came back, and when he saw Xu Yongzhi coming back, he was like being amnestied.

"Young master, it's so good to be back. Clever ......"

Duan Meimei interrupted him, "It's a coincidence, you came here for dinner again, Mr. Li, hurry up and sit down to eat." ”

Li Sigui was a little embarrassed, looked at Duan Meimei, and sat down with a lot of concern.

"Would you like to have a drink with Mr. Li?" Duan Meimei asked.

"Okay," Xu Yongzhi said, "take the lamb bar." ”

Northwest and Hebei, there are lamb wine, the boiled lamb meat is added to the yellow rice wine, after the wine is cooked, the meat will also turn into distiller's lees, this wine is not strong, it tastes more mellow, but it can not be put for a long time.

Li Sigui looked preoccupied, but Duan Meimei glanced at him vigorously, and he buried his head in eating.

"Sir, this autumn the imperial court will open Enke, Your Majesty let me go, I have never had any experience in the field, nor have I written an outdated text, I hope Mr. can guide me a thing or two. Mr. Xu Jinxian respects a cup. ”

Xu Yongzhi toasted Li Sigui.

"The young master is too polite, I am your subordinate, what advice do I ask, although I am a jinshi of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but the imperial examination of the Southern Tang Dynasty is biased towards poetry, and after reading the "Poems", Yuefu, Ruan Infantry, Tao Yuanming, Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Jia Dao, Han and Liu, it is not a big problem."

"The exam of the Great Song Dynasty is estimated to be more about strategy, talking about a rich country and a strong army, etc., in addition to the middle of the arguments, the young master might as well read articles like Meng, Xun, and Jia Yi." Li Sigui has already given Xu Yongzhi a question.

"Do you want to read a little bit about the Art of War? For example, "Sun Tzu", "Liutao", "Three Strategies" and so on? ”

"Is the young master going to be a literary champion or a martial champion?"

"Of course, it's Wen Zhuangyuan."

"The art of war is not examined."

"Let's read it."

"You don't have to read it."

"It's a loss if you don't read it."

"How do you suffer?"

"My daughter-in-law and my military advisor have something to hide from me, and you won't be able to see it if you don't read the art of war." Xu Yongzhi looked at Duan Meimei.

I can't hide it.

Duan Meimei looked at Xu Yongzhi.

"Sister Qiao is gone, we've been looking for it for the past few days, I'm afraid you'll go out without eating, I want to wait until you're done eating." Duan Meimei said.

Xu Yongzhi nodded and didn't speak for a while.

"I'm sorry," Duan Meimei seemed to be waiting for Xu Yongzhi's storm.

"Let's eat." Xu Yongzhi greeted everyone.

"Okay!" Duan Zishou actually kept his mouth open.

"I am most worried about this book," Xu Yongzhi said to Li Sigui, "I am afraid that I will not have time to memorize all this book." ”

"But you don't need to, it's enough to eat through "The Mean" and "University"," Li Sigui said, "In the Book of Songs, these two articles are the essence of the essence, and as for the Book of Songs, you can also put down ......."

Li Si returned and wanted to say more, but when he saw that Duan Meimei's face was no longer right, he quickly stopped his mouth.

"Childe, if you want to scold me, scold me." Duan Meimei said.

"Meimei, although we have experienced so many lives and deaths together, when will I go to scold people? Have it? Xu Yongzhi said.

"If you scold me, I'll feel better." Duan Meimei said.

"You sit down," Xu Yongzhi folded off the chicken wings called Hua Ji and sandwiched them in Duan Meimei's bowl, "Eat, I'll tell you what I'm thinking about." ”

"Yes!" Duan Meimei said.

"Don't answer yes, if it's the same way I go home like I'm in the barracks, why should I come back?" Xu Yongzhi said.

"Yes...... Good. Duan Meimei said.

She slowly finished eating the chicken wings and waited for Xu Yongzhi to fall.

"It's no wonder to you about this, because Sister Qiao was taken away by Li Lianqiao." Xu Yongzhi said.

"It's this woman again!" Li Sigui said.

"What was Mr. Li just going to say?" Xu Yongzhi asked.

"Our people have searched all the inns, nearby post stations, and docks in the city, and there is no trace of Sister Qiao." Li Sigui said.

"By the way, she can only be in three places, one is to go to the party, and she has been handed over to Li Yun; One is Jinling, controlled by Lianqiao's people; Another possibility is that you are still recuperating in the city of Tokyo, waiting for the transfer. Li Dechen heard from Li Lianqiao that Sister Qiao was in her hands seven days ago, and at this time, Li Lianqiao may use the portal to send Sister Qiao anywhere. Xu Yongzhi said.

"So, there's no way to check it anymore?" Duan Meimei rubbed her hands uneasily.

"It's not your fault why you're afraid of being like this." Xu Yongzhi said.

Duan Meimei looked at Xu Yongzhi and said hesitantly:

"What if it's my fault......"

"What happened when I wasn't home?" Xu Yong's face was helpless.

"I ...... I had a fight with her. Duan Meimei said.

"Tell me about it!" Xu Yongzhi said.

Before the advent of the industrial age, life was very hard work.

Whether it is using firewood, grass, or charcoal as fuel, cooking is very hard, and the firewood stove often requires two people to work together, one person burns the fire, and another person cooks the food, the charcoal is better, and one person can also cook.

But in a yard, many people live together, and the rhythm of life is different for everyone.

It is easy to say in the big family, it is generally the mother-in-law who is in charge, and the mother-in-law is not moving, either a daughter-in-law is assigned to be a housekeeper, or several sons are separated from each other, and the Jia Mansion in "Dream of Red Mansions" is the granddaughter-in-law Wang Xifeng's housekeeper.

You can't cook your own meals if you want to, so everyone has a uniform meal time, but there will definitely be some people who need to have a small kitchen.

The last emperor Pu Yi once said that the emperor's dinner can only be eaten with a few dishes nearby, and I don't know how long it has been left in the distance, and some dishes are even fake - the emperor eats a hundred dishes at a meal, which is pomp, but only ten dishes can be eaten, because you must allow the people around you to embezzle.

Pu Yi himself grew up by eating the small fried and stewed soup on the old lady's small stove.

Sister Qiao has gradually shown her body in the past few months, and her appetite is not as good as in the past, sometimes she wants to eat some strange things, and she is not very cold to Duan Meimei's northern food, so she wants to make a little by herself.

"Sour and spicy girl, she must be a dragon." She once said to Duan Meimei triumphantly nibbling on sugar hawthorn.

Sister Qiao is rich, and Emperor Chai treated her well back then, but she didn't bring out the money back then.

However, in the past few months, working in Shanzitang, Xu Taishi figured out what Xu Yongzhi meant, and the treatment was very good, after cooking a few times, Sister Qiao found that cooking was inconvenient and too tiring, so she hired a cook at her own expense.

This is a Fuzhou woman, her husband's surname is Qin, she died last year, she came to Tokyo to join her mother's brother, her sister-in-law disliked it, so she came out to do things, everyone called her Qin's sister-in-law, Qin's sister-in-law was twenty-seven or eighteen years old, not young in that era, but her eyebrows and eyes were born very well, and she swept her eyebrows lightly, and she had some charm.

The most powerful thing is that the flavors of Jinling and Ezhou, Qin's sister-in-law can pick it up.

Sister Qiao used Sister-in-law Qin for a few days, and she felt that she was feasting, and she also invited Xu Taishi and Duan Meimei to eat a meal of Ezhou-style dishes, and everyone thought it was good.

But Duan Meimei felt that there was something strange about this dish.

For example, Qin's sister-in-law often makes Wuchang fish burned with tempeh perilla, which is clearly a southern flavor characteristic, but this Kaifeng is located in the Yellow River, and it has always been difficult to have this southern fish on the market, so someone has to transport it from the south.

Duan Meimei knocked on the side and asked Sister Qiao a few words, but she didn't feel the point, but Sister Qiao told Meimei that Sister-in-law Qin worked and brought materials, five times a month, and she didn't need to wrap it.

It's a bargain.

It's like a cooking enthusiast sticking money to play tickets, and the feeling of never sleeping.

Duan Meimei also went to inform her father-in-law Xu Taishi, but Taishi also persuaded him: "Sister Qiao is a noble person, we have to tolerate her a little." ”

"I'm not jealous or resentful of her, I think the person next to her is quite suspicious."

Although Sister-in-law Qin's craftsmanship is good, there is a big problem.

Too lazy to clean up.

Duan Meimei was born in an inn, and the kitchen in the back kitchen is clear, the kitchen she manages, the salt is salt, the sauce is the sauce, where the vinegar is, and where the slurry water is, it is clear.

But after this kitchen was borrowed by Sister-in-law Qin, it was terrible.

The oil drips outside, the vinegar is sprinkled on the stove, the slurry water stains the cloth and does not clean it, and the fried peppercorns are out of sight when they are pulled to the ground.

This man was not trained in the profession and was not a cook.

At the same time, this style of mile-la-la is not at all the practice of a sister-in-law living in a small household.

It's like a pampered rich woman who suddenly learned a few southern dishes and came here to show off her skills.

Duan Meimei hurriedly went to find Huo Yizun, wanting him to follow Sister-in-law Qin and see where she went after work, but Sister-in-law Qin was very cautious, and passed through Huo Yizun's unfamiliar shop several times, passed through the back door, and got rid of him.

"She's supposed to be a local, or at least someone who's lived there for years." Duan Meimei said.

"You're too optimistic, I think she's a dark stake." Huo Yizun said.

"Grab it and ask?" Xu Taishi was ready to act.

"Slow down, some of the hidden piles may not be the enemy's people." Li Sigui persuaded him.

"Who else could there be?" Duan Meimei said.

"Your Majesty's people." Li Sigui looked serious.

Duan Meimei shuddered.

There is no father and son in the heavenly family, and it is normal for the emperor to arrange eyeliner in the minister's house, but when things come to him, he still feels a little uncomfortable.

"Meimei, you persuaded Sister Qiao to let her break up Sister-in-law Qin's errand, our Shanzitang also has an inn in Ezhou, and it is not a simple matter to find a cook for her." Xu Taishi said.

"That's good, if it's really His Majesty's person, it also leaves dignity." Li Sigui nodded.

Early the next morning, Duan Meimei went to find Sister Qiao, Sister Qiao was resting today, she was busy and bored at home, and when she saw Duan Meimei coming, she felt a little strange, Duan Meimei has always been a hostess, and Sister Qiao doesn't like it.

And Sister Qiao's disgust has a strange justice:

I am Zhaoyi's confidant, you are Zhaoyi's rival, it's strange that I can give you a good face.

"Sister Qiao, are you familiar with the background of Sister-in-law Qin?" Duan Meimei went straight in.

"What's wrong with Sister-in-law Qin?" Sister Qiao looked guarded.

"We checked, and this person's origin is a bit strange." Meimei said.

"What's weird?" Sister Qiao's face changed.

"I don't understand my background, at least what she said about Fuzhou people and just came to Tokyo City are lying." Duan Meimei said.

"If you want to be weird, is there anyone in your store who isn't weird?" Sister Qiao asked.

"What do you mean by that?" Duan Meimei said.

"Zhaoyi was rescued by Xu Gongzi from the horse thief's den; You were bought by Xu Gongzi with gold; Xu Taishi is a deserter harbored by Xu Jin's father; Huo Yizun's daughter is a tanuki, a group of people are strange and strange, and they also say that my people are eccentric! Sister Qiao said.

This is what the world is most afraid of.

I'm talking about this, that, your answer to your people, my people.

There's no way to talk about that.

"Listen, Sister Qiao," Duan Meimei suppressed her anger, "You are not the owner here, this shop, my father (Xu Taishi) has the final say, in this courtyard, I have the final say, I tell you, the person you use may be the enemy's secret stake, which will put you in danger, this is for your good!" ”

In fact, if Xu Yongzhi or Xu Taishi were asked to say this, maybe Sister Qiao would have listened to it, but for Duan Meimei, Sister Qiao felt extremely disgusted.

"You have the final say?" Sister Qiao looked at Duan Meimei, "Are you the boss lady?" ”

"Xu Jin hasn't married you yet," Sister Qiao said, "Do you know why?" ”

When bickering, changing the topic is generally accumulating energy, and the next step is personal attacks.

At this time, if you pull it back and say, "I don't want to discuss this, what I want to tell you is that Sister-in-law Qin may be Li Lianqiao's secret pile!" This topic was pulled back, but Duan Meimei couldn't help it when she heard such a little child as Sister Qiao mention this topic.

"Because the old lady has passed away for less than a year, she can't do a happy event!"

"Okay, men will always make excuses when they lie to you."

"And why do you say?"

"He's waiting for Xiaogui, Xiaogui is much more beautiful than you, look at you, your buttocks are so big, you look too dirty."

This sentence is too ugly to hear, everyone has no grievances.

When Sister Qiao didn't know, she quietly regarded Duan Meimei as the role of "queen", she always felt that she was the concubine under the fence, her emotions came up, how to relieve hatred.

And let's be honest, Duan Meimei's figure is very good-looking, but the skeleton is big, the chest is the chest and the hip bone is the hip bone, according to today's words, she looks like a Western beauty.

Although Li Lianqiao is an enemy, he has a good comment:

"You and I are both women with very beautiful hips."

"And you're not finished, are you, you're a man, you'll always mind."

This was said beautifully, and I was angry for a while.

Since she was plotted by Li Lianqiao and insulted by the bad guys, everyone has paid attention to various aspects to avoid this matter.

Let's put it this way, since then, the boy chicken has not eaten again, and all associations about this matter are not allowed to appear.

Now that she was poked by Sister Qiao, Duan Meimei's tears fell all at once.

Duan Meimei is a hard-working little girl, but when she met a warm person like Xu Gongzi, she changed her mother's life from then on.

From the younger brother to the son, and then to the mountain character hall, all people, whether they are elders or younger brothers and sisters, she has to worry, care and love.

It's just that Sister Qiao has been a bad girl since she was a child, growing up with her grandfather and being lawless.

Such a child, like Xiaogui, to negotiate deals with her and manipulate her to do things, she is happy.

If you pay attention to her and do her good, she will panic extremely and get rid of you in all kinds of ways.

"Who do you think you are! You say such abominable things! Duan Meimei rubbed her eyes and cried.

"You came to my house with an unknown child, and the son kindly took you in, firstly, to see the affection of the little noble sister, and secondly, to be afraid that you would die on the street in vain, in fact, what does your life and death have to do with our family!"

"Unknown child?" Sister Qiao glared and said, "I am the granddaughter of the Southern Tang Dynasty Zhengqipin Imperial Doctor, the court doctor, I was given to the Emperor of the Great Zhou, and I am also a medical girl, the emperor spoiled me, that is my blessing, my man is Chai Rong, a great hero who stands up to the sky, you can insult me, don't insult my child, his father is not ordinary!" ”

"Who admits it? Who knows? Duan Meimei retorted to her.

"I'm going to let people admit it very quickly, and I'm going to let everyone know!" Sister Qiao began to pack her clothes.

"You, don't go!" Duan Meimei grabbed him.

"Someone! The pharmacy has kidnapped a woman from a good family! Sister Qiao let go of her voice and shouted.

"You!" Duan Meimei sat down in her chair in a daze.

"You have such a big store, the owner is still a general, don't talk about the collusion between officials and businessmen, do you still want to set up a private court?" Sister Qiao has to ignore it.

"Childe took you here, you wait for him to come back before leaving." Duan Meimei's momentum weakened all of a sudden, she was worried that Sister Qiao was really gone, and Xu Yongzhi couldn't explain there.

"Take in?" Sister Qiao laughed, "Hahaha, do you know how many rich patients and customers I have who want to invest in my own medical clinic?" You Shanzitang are simply squeezing me and using me! ”

"Two hundred yuan a month, I really didn't treat you slowly in terms of money!" Duan Meimei felt that Sister Qiao couldn't understand it.

"I'm sorry, the first doctor of the palace, I can earn more if this signboard is played!" Sister Qiao shouted.

"You can't reveal your identity!"

"You~Tube~No~!"

Sister Qiao picked up the baggage, opened the door and left.

There was already a figure waiting outside the door, Duan Meimei chased it out, and vaguely saw that it was Sister-in-law Qin, Sister-in-law Qin helped Sister Qiao to a car, Duan Meimei hurriedly called people and led horses, but there was a cattle seller who drove cattle through the gate, those cattle cut off the road, and when everyone came out to chase, people didn't know where they went.

"That's the way it is. Childe, punish me, I'll ...... Wrong. Duan Meimei said.

"You don't need to punish anyone," Xu Yongzhi said, "This is a well-prepared game, even if you don't go to Sister Qiao, she will turn her face with you." ”

"The top priority now is to find Sister Qiao, and the key to finding Sister Qiao lies in Sister-in-law Qin." Li Sigui said.

"I had to go find that person," Xu Yongzhi shook his head, looking depressed, "I really don't want to look for it." ”

"Childe is talking about ......," Li Sigui dipped in wine on the dinner table and wrote a word.

Xu Yongzhi nodded: "Hey, it's him!" ”