When Mrs. Yuan's family left, they took away the clothes and utensils they wore daily, and during this period, they secretly brought some valuable gadgets to others. Yuan Zhiheng is a man who is informal, he just cares about not seeing it, and he can't lose the shops and fields at home, and the others are too lazy to care about him. This made them leave, and the entire huge Yuan Mansion seemed to be empty.

Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming, Dian Cui thought in his heart that the Yuan family's house was really depressed now, and he had to repair it before the festival. It took a few days to survey the huge Yuan family's house, and had a general idea of how to repair and how to place it, and asked Rose to draw a pattern, thinking that after discussing with the adults, it would be repaired.

"Qiuyue, you go to the small kitchen with me, make a few delicious snacks, and send them with the adults." Diancui thought in her heart that it was rare for adults to take a break today, so she could eat some tea and snacks with peace of mind.

"Madam, what are you doing today, but you are still making ghee snails?" Qiu Yue asked.

Dian Cui thought for a while and said, "Make ghee snails too, and make some fresh food." ”

When Mrs. was making ghee snails, Qiu Yue had done it many times, and her mastery of its cooking and heat was also a little experience, so she took the milk and boiled it in a pot and stirred it.

"Madame made snacks again, and Xin'er also came to help." Xin'er came in with a grin.

"You, the tip of the cat's nose, are you hungry for dim sum." Qiu Yue stirred the milk, and didn't forget to joke with her.

Today's Qiu Yue is much more playful and cheerful than before, often smiling, and treating the little maids below is also very tolerant.

"Xin'er went to fetch some high-quality white glutinous rice, and more japonica rice, a little bit ......of gourd, ginseng, white water, poria, and sand kernels," Diancui instructed, and Xin'er took them one by one according to what she said.

"I plan to renovate this house, the second-story courtyard in the south is not big, not too small, but also elegant, and it is only a plum garden and a distance from the main courtyard where I live with my lord...... "The work in Diancui's hands kept going, and Qiu Yue knew that he was listening to it.

"In the future, you and Xue Dachuan will become close and live here," Dian Cui said with a smile: "Later, you go and take a look, regardless of the furnishings and utensils in it, according to your liking, tell me, and I will instruct someone to do it with you." I think it's good to open a living water from the rockery, dig a lotus pond in the yard, and raise a few fish. ”

"Madam," Qiu Yue no longer said that she didn't like Xue Dachuan now, and everyone knew about the two of them, and she didn't care about blushing now, and her eyes turned red first: "There is a courtyard on the second floor, and the slave and maid can't live there, and the slave and maid know that Mrs. is good for the slave and maid, so why don't you choose an outer courtyard......"

How can any of the men live in the inner court? Even in the outermost courtyard, the master rewarded it, and it was a big/big lift. The courtyard on the second floor was where the master lived.

"Why can't I live, I said that I will live in it, our house is too big, there are a few of us living in it, and the courtyard on the south side is close to me and convenient."

Qiu Yue shook her head and said: "The courtyard on the second floor is only suitable for the young master and young lady in the future, and the lady should not torture the slave maid." ”

Diancui sneered and laughed, You think long-term, there are two courtyards on the four sides of the second floor, four small courtyards, how many young masters and young ladies will live here.

"Don't excuse yourself, it's decided, I'll talk to the adults in a while." Yuan Zhiheng has never cared about these mundane things, she is what she says.

Xin'er took the rice grain, and was envious of Mrs. Qiuyue's placement, Mrs. was kind, and she had never regarded them as subordinates, and now she let Qiuyue's sister live in the inner courtyard, and she regarded them as relatives.

Qiu Yue stirred the milk vigorously, and while she was not paying attention, she turned around and wiped a handful of tears. When she followed the master in front of her before, she was a little worried, afraid that she would not find a good home when she was old. Later, she followed Mrs., but she was indifferent, Mrs. was kind and kind, thinking that if she could follow Mrs. for the rest of her life, she would just not marry. But I didn't expect the peak to turn around, and I still have today's hope.

On the white glutinous rice, and japonica rice 26 points, 1 point of hard work, ginseng, white water, Poria cocos, sand kernel total 1 point, Diancui with a small cup to measure. Xin'er did as she was told, and put them together, and then grinded them into very fine powders with a quick little grinding, and then sifted them and put them in the retort. Diancui burns the white sand sugar until it is boiling/hot, and also pours it into the retort, the boiling/hot white sugar juice will blanch the cake powder, and the Diancui is mixed well, and the burnt sweet aroma in the retort will be scattered all at once.

Xin'er's eyes were bright and she looked at Diancui and cut the snow-white cake into the shape of apricot blossoms, which was very touching, it seemed to be delicious and beautiful, Xin'er swallowed her saliva carefully.

Diancui picked up a piece and threw it into her mouth, Xin'er smiled happily and was fascinated by the sweet fragrance and warmth in her mouth.

"Delicious! The rice fragrance is a little bit medicative, and a little sweet, not too sweet, delicious! What's the name of this snack, ma'am? Xin'er swallowed and grinned.

"Five-spice cake, but he doesn't like sweetness very much, let's make some salty and fragrant goose meat and greasy cakes with him as tea."

Diancui asked the mother-in-law in the kitchen for a cooked fat goose, and she went to the goose bones, so that the fat was cut into strips the thickness of the little finger, and placed in the center of the large white cup of fine porcelain. Then blanch the leeks, ginger shreds, and white silk calluses, blanch the fungus shreds, dried bamboo shoots, and pickled red apricots and cut them into strips, and line them up next to the goose meat strips. He also made a greasy cake, cut it into a thicker and smaller size than the spring cake, poured the hot goose juice on top of the greasy cake, put it on a celadon plate, and put it in one place with the goose meat and vegetable shreds.

Everything was ready, Xin'er stayed in the kitchen to nibble on goose bones and arrange a few fresh melons and fruits with the mother-in-law in charge of the kitchen. Diancui and Qiuyue took the food box and went to the study in the inner courtyard.

Dian Cuixing rushed into the study, but saw the quiet fragrance of books in the room. Yuan Zhiheng in a bamboo-green home-style robe was immersed in painting, Qin Qingqing in an emerald skirt was grinding ink with a smile on his face, the window of the study was open, and a silver cinnamon tree outside was full of branches, and the cinnamon fell one after another when the wind moved.

It's a picture of flowers blooming fragrantly, quiet years, and adultery.

Mo said that Diancui looked at all this as an eyesore, and even Qiu Yue frowned frequently.

With such a picture, Diancui suddenly felt a little stunned and wanted to leave, but when he thought of the courtyard, he still had to discuss with him, and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Qiuyue's family affairs should also be prepared, and these naturally had to be discussed.

Diancui came in hard, Yuan Zhiheng found her coming, and said with a smile: "Why do you have to be idle today, the affairs of the house are over?" ”

After only a year of marriage, two houses have been changed, and each time I go to one place, Diancui has to be carefully repaired and taken care of inside and out. This time, Diancui came back from Qianjiang County, and he didn't care about getting along with himself more, so he was busy repairing the house, and Yuan Zhiheng said this with a little fun.

But when he heard Diancui's ears, he felt inexplicably aggrieved.

"The house is so big, I am the only one Cao Xin, and it must be ten days and a half months to finish." This house can be surnamed Yuan, after all, it is the home of the two of them, but now everything has to be taken care of by themselves, he is good, good or bad, and he is still here to paint beautifully.

Originally, Dian Cui also wanted to mention the matter of raising Qin Qingqing as a concubine, but now seeing that this Qin girl is very unknown, she went to the adults three times and twice, and she didn't know how to avoid suspicion at all, which was really infuriating.

Diancui decided to put her advance aside, and it was better to find a teacher to teach her mother-in-law to teach.

"Don't worry, this house is big, three days and two days can be busy, in the future, there will be kung fu to repair it for you, what delicious food did you make today?" Yuan Zhiheng put down his brush.

Dian Cui stepped forward, and Qiu Yue took out the three-point dim sum and put it on the small table one by one.

"This is a butter snail, these two dim sum dishes are a novelty, what are they?" Yuan Zhiheng saw that Diancui seemed to be displeased, and deliberately looked for words.

"This is a snack," Dian Cuiqing said crisply: "The name is called, eat and drink for nothing, and a branch of red apricot will go out of the wall." ”

"What's this weird name?" Yuan Zhiheng was curious and puzzled, that Qin Qingqing was calm when he came in, and after hearing this, his face changed slightly, but he forced himself to smile and said: "A few days ago, I was fortunate to eat the butter snails made by my wife, which is indeed very delicious." ”

"She's a little clever when it comes to eating." Yuan Zhiheng smiled proudly, turned his head and asked Xiang Diancui again, you haven't said where this strange name came from.

"If you feel it and get blind," Diancui snorted and said, "But it's sweet here, if you don't like sweetness, you can just take a greasy cake and roll goose meat and white silk to eat." ”

Turned around and said to Qiuyue to make some Longjing tea to get tired of the adults.

is so weird, Yuan Zhiheng is only thinking that she is tired of repairing the house, and she is not angry.

"I didn't like to eat sweets before, but it's good to eat some later to fill my stomach, so I don't care what is sweet and light. However, I love the sweetness you make. Yuan Zhiheng came over and sat with Diancui on the side, then moved his chopsticks and said with a chuckle.

"Qingqing also come and eat some together, my wife's craftsmanship is that even the chef of Qingxianglou in the capital has to come to visit and ask for advice."

"Remember, it's the cook of the candy shop." Dian Cui smiled at this time.

Yuan Zhiheng chuckled, he naturally remembered, just deliberately said something wrong, just to make Cui talk.

"Brother Xie Yuan, Mrs. Yuan's kindness, I have a poor appetite these days, so I won't eat." Qin Qingqing said softly.

She doesn't eat, but she doesn't leave. The cinnamon who only sat in front of the window and quietly looked at the tree, gentle and demure.

Diancui looked up and felt that with the osmanthus of that tree, she was originally dull, and her whole person was vivid and beautiful.

Diancui hurriedly glanced at Yuan Zhiheng, but saw that he didn't notice the "beautiful scenery" over there, his handsome eyebrows and eyes were lowered, and he was focused and serious like a child when he ate/snack.

"This cake is fragrant, and the mouth is long, and the sweetness will be good. There is also a faint medicinal fragrance in the fine taste, but there are white clouds, poria and other things? ”

Diancui held his cheeks, bowed his head slightly, and put ginseng.

Ginseng is expensive, so he made a snack, but Yuan Zhiheng didn't feel anything wrong, and picked up a piece and put it in Diancui's mouth.

Eat it carefully, it is really sweet and silky, and it is very delicious.

"This cinnamon is very good, can Brother Yuan allow me to draw a few strokes?" The two of them were happy to eat here, and Qin Qingqing sat motionless under the window, feeling bored.

"Qingqing will still be danqing?" Yuan Zhiheng was surprised, he only remembered that she could sing Kunqu Opera.

Qin Qingqing didn't say a word, slowly walked to the front of the case, and worked carefully.

The maid Qiuyue frowned slightly, although the adult was informal, he was not very willing to let others touch the things in his study. Seeing that Yuan Zhiheng didn't stop her, she just let her fiddle with the bookcase, her heart tightened, and she blurted out the words:

"Miss Qin is a young woman, I'm afraid it's not suitable to live in Yuan Mansion like this......"

Qin Qingqing's figure was slightly paused, but the pen in his hand did not stop, as if he did not hear it. Qiu Yue gritted her teeth hatefully, pretending to be deaf.

"How inappropriate, Qingqing is not an outsider, she can live in my Yuan Mansion for as long as she wants." Yuan Zhiheng didn't know why Diancui suddenly said such a thing, and interrupted her very unhappily.

Qin Qingqing grew up with herself, and she has some affection, plus she still has a life-saving grace for herself and has not yet repaid it, Dian Cui is too willful this time.

Yuan Zhiheng rarely spoke to himself in such a tone, but this time he reprimanded himself for this other woman, and tears filled his eyelashes, but he tried to endure it:

"My lord misunderstood what I meant, I mean that it is always inappropriate for Miss Qin to live in the Yuan Mansion without a name and no point like this, so it is better to pick a good day to enter the door. As for the name, Miss Qin has a life-saving grace for adults, and she is extraordinary, so she will be a noble concubine first, what do you think, my lord? ”

Since you can live for as long as you want, you might as well live for a lifetime.

When Diancui said this, he thought it would be uncomfortable, but he didn't expect it to be very smooth to say, but also, these words have been in Diancui's heart for a long time. finally said it, there was no sadness or joy on Diancui's face, and there was some relief.

But this mouth, there is a little bitterness, even the sweet cake is not helpful at this time.