Diancui was helped back to the kitchen of the west courtyard by Ruohe, and Aunt Xing was startled when she saw her face like ash, so she hurriedly fried tangerine peel water and put a pinch of salt on Diancui. helped a small collapse to rest, and after a while, Aunt Xing brought a thick little yellow rice porridge and fed her spoonful by spoonful.

Aunt Xing's body is wide and her face is dark, she has a big mole on her forehead, and she speaks loudly, which is especially scary when she doesn't speak, but at this moment she whispers softly and feeds porridge beside Diancui.

All this, I only saw those maids on the stove drop their jaws in shock. When he looked at Diancui again, there was envy and jealousy in his eyes.

What's so good about this little girl in the countryside, isn't it that her hands are so diligent and her mouth is so sweet, and she is so good to Aunt Xing, a first-class mother-in-law in the house. What they don't know is that Aunt Xing was also born in the countryside earlier, what hardships and sins have not been suffered, and what treachery and evil have not been seen by careful eyes, and their careful thoughts have already seen through it.

When Diancui eased up a little, and her belly was warm, Aunt Xing beckoned everyone to go out to work.

In the days that followed, Diancui concentrated on making some dim sum that she had seen and tasted in her previous life, and the young masters in the West Courtyard were also happy to eat, and they did not forget to secretly ponder the hairpin-making skills they learned from that idea when they were empty. was taken care of by Aunt Xing again, and others were unhappy, but they didn't dare to show it in person.

Until one day, Aunt Xing's hometown sent a letter saying that the old mother was seriously ill, she was in a hurry to take a leave of absence with her wife and the second young master, and then withdrew a year's salary from her wife, and hurriedly returned to the countryside with her burden.

As soon as Aunt Xing left, there was a lack of a temporary steward in the small kitchen in the west courtyard, and the second young master leisurely pointed to a mother-in-law to take care of it temporarily. This mother-in-law's family name is Li, everyone calls her Mrs. Li, she came to the kitchen of the West Courtyard no later than Aunt Xing, she is still honest, but such an honest person is in charge, it is difficult to do it after all.

The well in the kitchen yard was covered with moss on one side, and if one stepped on it carelessly, it was very likely that he would be planted in the well, which was a danger to the top. When Aunt Xing was there, someone was still cleaning, and as soon as Mrs. Li came up, no one refused to scrape the slippery/greasy moss anymore.

Every morning, the maids and maids fetch water from the well, wash vegetables, wash dishes, kill chickens, and slaughter fish...... Everyone came early, gathered on the side where there was no moss, only the little green came, there was no place, the maids and women did not look at her, they all stood on their own one acre and three points of land, should kill chickens and chickens, should slaughter fish and slaughter fish. Sometimes Diancui came early, and they squeezed her around, pushing her to the other side.

Especially Xiaomei's maid is the most powerful, whether it is bad or following to watch the excitement, they all follow Xiaomei, I just want to see if Cui runs away in anger one day, no one will talk to Aunt Xing about this.

But this Xiaocui is not annoyed, what should she do and what to do, but she has a lot less words, and she will not lick her face to please others, she only buries herself in work, only when the two maids come to Ruohehan, she laughs softly with them and a few words, Yurou sometimes comes to see her, and she happens to meet Xiaomei who is unreasonable and scolds her hard, threatening to sue the second young master, but she was stopped by Diancui.

In the early morning of this day, the maids and women went to the well to wash the vegetables, but saw that the thick moss on the other side was gone, clean and clean, and a thin layer of lime was sprinkled on it, and then looked at the four sides of the well, a few small bamboo stools were quietly placed there.

At this time, a maid said softly that she came out to the thatched house last night, and saw Diancui scraping moss under the moon with a brick knife, and thought that she had put this lime face and these bamboo stools.

Xiaomei sneered, what a good person, and went to fetch water and wash the dishes. The stool did not hesitate to sit, only squatted there.

"If you don't sit, I'll sit," said an old woman, "and I'm old, and my waist and legs are not good, and there is a stool that sits just right, and this stool is so small that it doesn't delay washing the vegetables and washing the dishes." ”

Seeing her sitting, a few hesitant maids and ladies also sat up, but the voice was not delayed.

At this time, Dian Cui also came, holding a wooden basin in his hand, and a small empty sauce jar in his arm, in the basin was a half-heavy fish, a short mouth pot of rice wine, a kitchen knife, a small cutting board, and another bag of oiled paper wrapped in spices.

Everyone watched Diancui coming, especially those who were sitting peacefully on the small bamboo stool, their faces were red, they were not sitting or standing, but Diancui didn't seem to see them, so he went to the well where the lime was sprinkled, fetched water, and began to wash the fish.

After the fish was washed, the scales were scraped, put on the cutting board and chopped, half a pot of wine was poured and mixed into the sauce jar, Diancui began to open the bag of spices, fried salt, pepper, fennel and ginger, Shenqu and red yeast rice, put them into the jar one by one, and finally poured the remaining half pot of wine, which sealed the mouth of the jar.

The maid had already stopped her hand and looked at her, and the old woman couldn't help asking, "What did Miss Diancui do here?" ”

"Fish sauce," Dian Cui said with a smile, fetching water again, cleaning his hands on the side.

"Diancui, you can also make fish sauce?" The round-faced fat girl sitting on the stool also smiled: "I don't know the taste, the shortbread square made a few days ago tastes good." ”

Dian Cui said: "It will be good in ten days, and everyone will try it together at that time." ”

The fat girl is fond of eating, and she responded sweetly when she listened, and felt embarrassed after responding, she sat on someone's stool, ate someone's snack, and squeezed out others together, so she blushed all of a sudden, and after blushing, she couldn't help but spill her anger on Xiaomei on the side, glared at her fiercely, and snorted coldly.

"I heard that Miss Diancui can also make hairpins, so Miss Yurou wears it on her head and you make it, really?" The old woman asked with a smile again.

Diancui immediately waved his hand and said: "I can't afford it, I just know some three-legged cat kung fu, but Sister Yurou's hairpin was repaired by me, but I really didn't do it." ”

"Hey," Xiaomei, who was snubbed on the side, sneered and said, "People only make hairpins for those who have heads and faces, where will they take care of you who can't be on the stage." ”

"Sister Xiaomei's words are bad, we are in the kitchen together, if you can't get on the table, then everyone is the one who can't be on the table," Diancui sneered, the more Xiaomei ignored her, the more she got an inch, and she didn't provoke her, but she wanted to keep provoking!

"Diancui is not talented, hairpins dare not say, but if the grandmother sisters have old or broken head jewelry, you can bring it, I encourage you to try, if you can repair it well, you will have a good time, if it is not repaired, don't bother me." Diancui said with a smile.

When the mother-in-law and maids heard what she said, they were all happy, and said that we would not be polite to the girl. A few young lovers of beauty also offered to go back and get the old jewelry for some cui repair.

Diancui smiled and responded one by one, thinking about it afterwards and couldn't help beating his chest, the teacher's front foot will tell everything not to come out, this time it was good to be provoked, and his mind was hot, and he forgot the teacher's words cleanly. If you are in the mansion next to you, it doesn't hurt to repair the jewelry for everyone, but this is the return of the dignified head of the family, she repaired the jewelry for others in the mansion, and spread it out, isn't it Lu Ban selling big axes in front of the door, and playing big knives in front of Guan Gong.

But since she had already accepted it, she didn't regret it, so she had to hope that everyone was just joking, and she wouldn't really let her repair the jewelry.

Unexpectedly, these people were really not joking with her, and the round-faced maid came the day before.

With a pair of half-old silver wire earrings around the pipa, and a small piece of broken silver, about a penny, they were all put in front of Diancui, and asked expectantly: "Can Diancui girl fix this?" These earrings were brought by the fat maid when she was young, and when her mother went, she kept them as her thoughts.

Diancui picked it up and looked at it carefully, although the material of this pipa earring is average, but it is vaguely seen that the workmanship is not bad, and a few silver wires are broken, which makes the shape of this pipa ruined.

When the fat girl heard Diancui say that it could be repaired, she was excited, and took her sign to thank her incoherently, and said that this was her mother's relic, and she had also asked the son of the family who worked in the workshop in the house to help repair it, but people said that it could not be repaired.

In fact, it's not that you can't repair it, but this job is not big but it is very troublesome, the thumb belly beats a small pipa-shaped earring, and the strings on it are even smaller, and you must use the thin silver wire to carefully wrap it, which not only tests the stability of the hand but also the eyes are good. Those days are busy making hairpins in the workshop, and their eyes are tired for a day, and no one wants to boil oil lamps at night to repair a pair of worn-out and worthless earrings.

Seeing the fat maid's happy and excited appearance, Dian Cui also smiled, and put the money back into her hand, such a rough maid as them, a month's share is only three dollars of silver.

"You don't need to use so much silver wire, you can just find a small piece of silver jewelry that you can't use." Diancui Road.

"I'm only a white fungus bell, the size of a soybean grain, is it feasible?" The fat girl saw that Dian Cui didn't accept cash, and said with some embarrassment.

Diancui Dao should be enough, take it. The fat maid happily went to find the ear bell, and a woman here approached the edge of the cui and said that you repair earrings for her, and you don't charge money with great effort, you are too good at talking, if everyone looks for you in the future, see how you are.

This was just heard by Xiaomei passing by, people who sell their reputation are used to some small favors, everyone is looking for you to repair jewelry, my Xiaomei will not, not rare.

Diancui sneered, didn't look at her, and only smiled at the mother-in-law: "Mother-in-law is bad, I don't want anyone to ask for it, this matter not only depends on the craftsmanship, but also depends on the eyes, and I don't do it when some people beg me!" ”

"You!" Although Xiaomei is looking for trouble every day, she can't get any benefits every time, at first she tolerated Cui in words, and then saw that she had to take an inch and bring a knife.

Seeing that she couldn't get any benefits, Xiaomei's heart was frustrated and unwilling, and she thought that she must think of a way to cure this point.

Since the fat girl's earrings were repaired by Diancui, the other maids in the kitchen of the West Courtyard couldn't sit still, looking for some cui to repair a hairpin today, Ming'er asked her to repair a distraction, or a bead hoop, and even someone brought a circle of copper wire and silver wire in exchange for her to weave a few hairpins to cover the sideburns.

Diancui is kind and kind, as long as the person who comes sincerely asks for it, and what she can do, most of the people who come do not refuse. During these days, she said that she had helped everyone, but when she was repairing all kinds of jewelry, she couldn't help but pick up the hairpins that were about to become unfamiliar, and she had more of her own opinions and experience.

Later, whether it was the kitchen in the west courtyard, even the envoy girl on the side of the big plane tree came to her, especially if she raised her head, everyone had no worries, and they looked for her more diligently.

On this day, the second young master came to ask for peace to the Wu family, and at the end of the Wu family asked: "I heard that a little maid makes hairpins for people in the house?" ”

The second young master scratched his head, there is such a thing, but it is not a hairpin, it is just a jewelry that has been repaired for those subordinates.

Wu Shi was unconsciously funny, what did he do when he returned home?

There is a huge jewelry workshop in the first business, and the whole capital and even the whole world are not full of their shops.

A little maid actually came to the house to openly smash the field, which is okay.

What's the name of this maid?

"It's Diancui, ma'am." Grandma Lu, who had been silent, suddenly said in a muffled voice.