The courtyard where Sikong Xiao lives is not so much low-key and simple, it can even be said to be a little shabby, with newly grown moss under the corners of the bluestone brick exterior wall, and the courtyard gate is not overly decorated, only the door frame has painted animal patterns.

Huamian enters the courtyard through the courtyard gate, and the whole yard is dominated by green, blue and gray hues, even if the plants planted are only some bamboo, pine and cypress, and less than half of the flowers can be seen.

There is only a bamboo pavilion and a set of stone tables and chairs in the front yard, and the material of the tables and chairs is also ordinary stone, probably the same as the paving in the house, fortunately, the stonemasons are highly skilled, and all the patterns of the stone itself are used for modeling, so that such tables and chairs are matched with bamboo pavilions and have a unique flavor.

Walking through the bamboo pavilion with a food box is the residence, a two-story small building with bamboo curtains hanging everywhere, so that people cannot see through the windows.

"Is there something wrong with this girl?" , A person dressed as a squire saw Hua Mian enter the courtyard gate and came over to ask.

"I'm the head chef of the big kitchen, this..."Hua Mian lifted the food box to the person standing in front of her, "I'm here to bring lunch to the Ninth Young Master"

"Big kitchen? But Young Master Xiao's lunch has been delivered before"

"The Ninth Young Master has finished eating?" , a little frustrated, it was difficult to cook for him.

"After Young Master Xiao came back from outside, he went into the clean room to meditate, and he hasn't eaten yet."

"That's just right, wait for the ninth young master to come out and give him this, and tell him that it was sent by Huamian from the big kitchen", hearing that Sikong Xiao didn't have time to eat, Huamian's tone was a little happy, and handed over the food box, "You don't need to wash it, you can send someone back."

"But Young Master Xiao doesn't seem to eat much of the food in the big kitchen recently, his meals used to be delivered by the big kitchen, but somehow now he always goes to the canteen in the backyard to eat, so he doesn't really use the food sent by the big kitchen."

"It's okay, you tell him as I say, the package ticket will definitely be eaten"

The attendant took the food box in Hua Mian's hand in disbelief, and Hua Mian thanked him and left.

Before I entered the courtyard of the big kitchen, I heard someone shouting in the distance behind me, "Sister Huamian stays"

Looking back, isn't this the little maid in the eldest lady's room, who has already come to return the food box?

The little girl trotted all the way to catch up with Hua Mian, stopped in front of Hua Mian and took a few breaths, stroked her chest, and handed over the food box and a small rectangular wooden box that was not much bigger than a palm, "Madame asked me to transfer this to you."

Hua Mian took the wooden box, the style of the wooden box is ordinary, the lid of the box is pull-out, push open the lid, and there are two light blue velvet hairpins lying inside.

"Mrs. said that it was the first time to eat tofu in this way, and the freshness of the mushroom soup melted into the tofu", and said close to Huamian and whispered, "Thank you sister for letting me help taste the taste, I am also the first time to eat such a delicious dish, no wonder everyone in the courtyard rushed to come to get a meal for the eldest lady." ”

"The hairpin is the day before yesterday when the sixth lady returned to the house to ask for filial piety to the eldest lady, I heard that it is now the fashionable fresh style of the ladies in the royal capital", the little maid said with some envy in her eyes, "The eldest lady said that this pattern should be worn by a young girl to look good, these days after eating the dishes you made are delicious, it is difficult for you to follow Yang Gu to learn the craft, these two hairpins are rewarded to you, I hope you can improve your craftsmanship more"

Hua Mian took out a hairpin and turned it around twice in her hand, and handed back the wooden box with another hairpin in her hand, "This one for my sister"

The little maid's eyes lit up instantly, and she wanted to reach out to take it, but she said in her mouth, "How embarrassing is this, this is the eldest lady's reward for my sister"

"Give it to you, you will take it, and since it has been given to me, I have the right to deal with it"