Wang Mama is the servant of the Wang family, the ancestors have served the Wang family for several generations, Wang Xi's mother married when there were only two maids around her, Wang Mama is Wang Xi's grandmother was selected from dozens of maids of appropriate age to serve Wang Xi's mother. Later, he won the trust of Wang Xi's mother, so he became a nurse for Wang Xi, and let Wang Xi recognize Wang Xi as a nurse brother.

She didn't mention it for the time being, Wang Xi would definitely follow Wang Xi to her husband's house at that time, and at worst, she would become the chief manager who helped Wang Xi manage the marriage, if Wang Xi was more capable, maybe he would become the chief steward of Wang Xi's son in the future.

Wang Xi and their family are masters and servants who share honor and disgrace.

This time when she came to the capital, Wang Xi's mother entrusted her daughter's safety to Mama Wang.

Mama Wang entered the Yongcheng Hou Mansion and naturally started to play twelve points, and within a few days, she counted all the things that should be dotted up and down the Yongcheng Hou Mansion, and if there was a wind and grass in the Yongcheng Hou Mansion, even if she couldn't know it immediately, she couldn't hide it for long.

Wang Xi asked about Mrs. Tai, and Mama Wang immediately smiled warmly: "Her old man drank half a bowl of white porridge, half a bun, and a small plate of cold sprouts this morning, and then rested again, and she hasn't woken up yet." ”

It is said that the Hongluo Temple in the suburbs of Beijing seeks the most spiritual marriage, yesterday Mrs. Tai took Wang Xi to the Hongluo Temple, or because of the day round trip, the road was too urgent, Mrs. Tai came back and felt tired and panicked, this morning let the maid notify the rooms, so as to avoid their good morning.

Wang Xi nodded when he heard this, and said, "You send a little maid to take a look, if Mrs. Tai has a good appetite, make soup with two anchovies with fresh ginger, and send one to Mrs. Tai." If Mrs. Tai has a bad appetite, then use the Xuanwei ham sent by the big shopkeeper two days ago and steam it with spring bamboo shoots, and then go to Mrs. Tai's for dinner together. ”

Since she entered the mansion, Mrs. Tai has eaten with Wang Xi every night, and then left her to talk for a while.

Mama Wang smiled and replied "good" and praised Wang Xi: "If it weren't for this time, I wouldn't have known that the eldest lady is so capable." The eldest master, the eldest wife, the eldest uncle, and the second master must be very happy to see the eldest lady like this. ”

She was very pleasantly surprised.

When she was at home, Wang Xi didn't care about everything, and she didn't talk to her about the people at home, which was also because the eldest lord and the uncle felt that the eldest lady would have to leave the cabinet sooner or later, and if she became someone else's daughter-in-law in the future, she would have to take care of the housework, and she was used to petting the relationship. She had been worried about what to do after entering the mansion, who knew that the eldest lady was the eldest lady, with a flat face, a little similar to the eldest master, and she could calm people.

Then she presented the recipes that the two cooks had sorted out in the past few days to Wang Xi.

One of the two cooks is good at kimchi and pickles, and the other is good at stir-frying.

Mama Wang said, "Do you want to buy another one that is good at making Soviet-style dim sum?" ”

Wang Xi likes to eat dim sum very much, but the dim sum of Yongcheng Houfu is either pea yellow, donkey rolling or chrysanthemum crisp, dry and firewood, and it is not as delicious as Gui Shunzhai, a time-honored brand in Beijing, and it cannot be compared with those Jixiangzhai and Qiaojiapu who make Suzhou-style dim sum.

"Okay!" Wang Xi never wronged himself, "Then buy another cook who makes Suzhou-style dim sum and come back." ”

When the time comes, send a few plates to each room in the Yongcheng Marquis Mansion, so that they know what kind of dim sum is.

However, speaking of which, the people of the Yongcheng Hou Mansion are also quite pitiful, the craftsmanship of the kitchen is so poor, I don't know how they have come over all these years.

It is said that when the old marquis was in charge, he was more "simple", as long as the food was hot, and the snacks were sweet as long as they were sweet. I like to make clothes, and I will make new clothes every year all year round.

Fortunately, her mother married into their family.

There are seven or eight cooks in their family who make Soviet-style dim sum, and five or six who make Cantonese dim sum.

Speaking of this, she remembered their puff pastry lotus paste buns and water chestnut cakes, and she said one more: "Buy another one that can make Cantonese dim sum." ”

Mama Wang responded with a smile and went down with the two cooks.

Wang Xi continued to study the pattern of the eldest princess's mansion with Baizhu.

After a while, Bai Guo came back, saying that Wang Xi had gone out of the house to see their family's big shopkeeper in the capital, and asked Bai Guo to bring her two boxes of hawthorn cakes, saying that yesterday and a steward of the Yongcheng Hou Mansion went out to drink, passing by the big fence in the East City, he saw a bunch of people around a dim sum shop to buy hawthorn cakes, he tasted a piece, it was quite delicious, so he brought two boxes back, if Wang Xi ate it's okay, buy it for her again.

Wang Xi tasted it, sweet and sour but soft in taste, neither too sweet, nor too sour, the taste was not bad.

She rewarded a box to Bai Guo and the others: "This is the best hawthorn cake I have eaten since I entered Beijing." ”

Bai Guo and the others all laughed.

Red Silk said even more lively: "Who knew that the mother-in-law on the stove of the Hou Mansion was so bad." ”

It's really a quarter of an hour without looking at it and starting to talk nonsense.

Bai Guo looked at the red silk and sighed helplessly.

But Baizhu was still in the mood to continue arguing with her: "You can just say this in front of us, but you can't be so casual outside." ”

"I know!" Red Silk had an instinctive instinct for danger, and she pulled her legs and ran, "I'm going to see how lunch went?" ”

Baizhu, like Baiguo, smiled helplessly.

The red silk touched the green silk that entered the door, and the green silk hurriedly helped the red silk and said, "Panic, what are you going to do?" ”

"I'm going to see lunch!" Red Silk replied vaguely and ran away.

Qingsu shook her head, came in and saluted Wang Xi, and said, "Mrs. Tai is going to have lunch alone, I don't know if you will still be accompanied by dinner." ”

"Then I'll eat a little bit at noon." Wang Xi was still thinking about who the sword dancer was, and said, "It's time to make a cold noodles with shredded chicken." ”

This was originally a summer breakfast in Shuzhong, but she wanted to eat it, who would care if it was breakfast or dinner?

Bai Guo agreed with a smile, some went to the small kitchen to spread the word, readjust the lunch meal, some helped Wang Xi clean up the table, and some accompanied Wang Xi to the dining hall, and began to help her remove her makeup and change into her regular clothes...... When Wang Xi sat down at the table, the green silk cloth was filled with dishes and chopsticks, a bowl of cold noodles mixed with shredded chicken, shredded cucumbers, fungus, etc., and a small bowl of chicken soup sprinkled with green green onions were served in front of Wang Xi.

Wang Xi took a bite and said, "This cucumber in the capital is not bad." ”

Qingxi pursed her lips and smiled, after serving her for lunch, she took a nap, Wang Xi wanted to continue to stay in the study in the afternoon, they handed over the people to Baizhu, and then retreated and rested.

In the evening, Wang Xi wrote back, saying that the big shopkeeper had asked around, and the major shops did not have the clairvoyant mirror that Wang Xi wanted, but everyone promised to help pay attention to and find a way, and the family also sent letters to let the branches everywhere help with the purchase.

Wang Xi nodded, feeling that the harvest in the afternoon was still quite large, and when he went to Mrs. Tai's place, he said to Bai Guo: "I have already known which direction is the northeast and where the southwest is according to what the second brother told me before." ”

"Congratulations, Miss!" Bai Guo sighed in his heart.

Since the second master told the young lady that the top of the drawing is facing north, the eldest lady can distinguish the south, east and northwest, but if the person is standing in the courtyard and the direction of the sun is not obvious, she still has to say "this way" or "that side" to show the way to the eldest lady.

The two talked all the way, but after a cup of tea, they arrived at the Yuchun Hall where Mrs. Tai lived.

Mama Shi, the housekeeper in Mrs. Tai's house, was waiting at the door.

She immediately stepped forward, and when she saw Bai Guo carrying a food box, the smile in her eyes became stronger, and her demeanor became more respectful: "Mrs. Tai hasn't seen Miss Biao for a day today, and she will come over with righteous thoughts." Please come in! ”

also personally opened the curtain for Wang Xi.

Mrs. Hou came over in the morning to talk to Mrs. Tai for a while, and they already knew that Mrs. Hou had sent two anchovies to Qingxue Garden. Of course, Mrs. Tai will not covet Wang Xi's two anchovies, but since Wang Xi entered the house, Mrs. Tai is afraid of melting in her mouth, holding her in her hand for fear of falling, and her own granddaughters are all standing back.

Wang Xi went to the east to see Mrs. Tai.

A few maids are setting the table.

Mrs. Tai was already full of smiles when she heard the sound, and she was even more happy to see Wang Xi, her face was full of smiles, and she said lovingly: "Have you rested today?" Your aunt has found a cook again, and today the cook made her specialty back pot meat and spicy chicken, you can see if it suits the taste. ”

Mrs. Tai is a native of Baoding and does not eat spicy.

Wang Xi had mixed feelings in his heart.

Goodness is cause and effect, and she doesn't want to get too close to the people of the Yongcheng Marquis Mansion.

But the old lady's gray hair and cloudy eyes made her unable to refuse such kindness.

She coaxed Mrs. Tai: "It must be delicious." I eat these two dishes a lot at home. ”

"Really?" Mrs. Tai laughed even more heartily when she heard this, and hurriedly asked Wang Xi to sit down and asked her, "Does your mother like to eat these two dishes?" Last time you said that your mother can also make kimchi, how can she learn to make kimchi? When she was a child, she didn't like to go into the kitchen the most. When I asked the master to teach her and her sister about the stove, she always made excuses not to go. I didn't expect to see her for more than 20 years, she has a ...... temperament."

Or not a turn of sex.

It was those years when I didn't know where I was wandering, and I learned to bow my head.

Mrs. Tai's eyes couldn't help but glow again.

Wang Xi sighed secretly, asked Bai Guo to bring up the food box, and said: "In the morning, my aunt gave me two anchovies, and it is rare that I am still alive. ”

Mrs. Tai no longer thought about those sad things, and said "yes" repeatedly, and the maid with her own eyes helped put the fish on the table, and Mama Shi served beside her, and handed a pair of chopsticks to Mrs. Tai.

Mrs. Tai continued with a blue and white porcelain dish and tasted it.

Without salt, the meat keeps the anchovy tender, Xuanwei's ham brings out its deliciousness, and the new aroma of spring bamboo shoots masks its fishy smell.

This is the most delicious steamed anchovy that Mrs. Tai has ever tasted.

"Delicious! Delicious! Mrs. Tai nodded again and again, and the topic unconsciously turned to Wang Xi's mother, "Can you eat anchovies from time to time there?" Does the cook at home also have such skills? ”