"I'll just say, how could she really bring food to the child who came out of the house, it's definitely just to find a stubble to frame a pinch, seeing that we asked her to sign an agreement, she couldn't climb us, so she threw away the dishes, but it's a pity that such a good dish, but it's all the blood and sweat of Dafu and Qin Feng, so it was poured out in vain." Ruan Mianmian pouted, her face full of pity.

"Huh? Mianmian you are well-informed, where did you hear that his family has a child? Liu Xin'er looked at her gossip and raised her chin to signal her to speak.

"I eat in the lobby every day, and I can't hear any news. It's a petty official who came to dinner last time, and when he first entered Beijing, he borrowed it for a month in the Duke of Wei's mansion, so he knows some details. ”

Ruan Mianmian smiled slyly at the corner of his mouth, beckoned them to come over, and whispered, "He drank too much, so he told some secret history of the Wei Mansion." It is said that the second room of the Wei Mansion can not have children, many years before giving birth to a little girl and died, the old lady Wei gave the waiter a few beautiful but not high birth concubines, since then the second room is also flourishing, within a few years gave birth to five or six children, there are men and women, the eldest is seven or eight years old, the small is only two years old, but the main room has no concubine after all, so the concubine has a grudge, the surface is kind and generous, and secretly tried all means to grind. ”

"Tsk, there is still such a thing in their family?" Mu Ruqing is also very interested, in his previous life in modern times, he often watched the female classmates around him chasing costume court dramas, the official eunuchs in the play are all women intriguing in the backyard, and it is indispensable to have such a vicious heart on the face and on the soft back, but now he didn't expect that there was such a thing around him, so he was naturally curious.

"Yes, and he also said that Mrs. Shilang is not from a high background, and the reason why she can still make the seat in the main room so stable without giving birth is because she took the handle of the waiter, and the waiter did not dare to divorce his wife, otherwise, the wife who is so jealous and can't have children has already been divorced because of the name of the seven." Ruan Mianmian lowered her voice, a little proud that she knew so much gossip, and couldn't help but puff up her chest and show a smug smile.

"It's no wonder, otherwise you see that when he appeared in court to question Wei Xunyi, the squire had to look at Mrs. Squire's face first, and it looked too wooden, not like an ordinary husband and wife, in my opinion, Mrs. Squire was too strong." Jiang Xinyue grabbed a handful of melon seeds, took the embroidered phoenix handkerchief given by the emperor and snorted it.

"Hey, it's terrible, how can you say that these people can endure to live in fear, they are tired to death when they think about it. However, everyone has their own fate, and we can't experience that kind of life, as for the Wei Mansion, if they don't provoke anymore, we don't have to pay attention to it anymore, their family's wealth and glory will not last long, and I don't know what Mrs. Shilang wants. Liu Xin'er waved her hand, touched Ruan Mianmian's teacup, and lifted the teapot to refill everyone.

As he was talking, there were two more knocks on the door, and he went out and muttered to the man for a while, and came in and replied: "It's a post from the Shandong Governor's Mansion, do you want to see it?" ”

"What kind of post is sent to the Shandong Governor's Mansion, take a look." Jiang Xinyue nodded, but she also didn't understand, could it be because of today's Wei State Mansion's false accusations? But it's okay, you can also take this opportunity to probe into the affairs of their mansion and see if it is possible to have anything to do with Fang Dacang's background.

He jumped out for a while and then came back in, holding a delicate flat wooden box in his hand.

Holding the lamp and putting down the wooden box, everyone saw the appearance of the wooden box clearly. The wooden box was square, only one or two inches high, and directly above it was the shape of two wooden doors carved out, the hollow carving was exquisite, Ruan Mianmian stretched out his hand and pinched the small door knocker and opened it, revealing the worship post inside.

The worship post is made of thick gold paper, the soft and hard in the hand is moderate, the feel is quite good, see the thickness or several layers of paper pressed into one, it is really luxurious, the worship post is written with a few words in small block letters to worship a fragrant rice village, and a plant of orchid grass is also depicted on the corner, which is elegant and extraordinary.

Ruan Mianmian handed the greeting note to Mu Ruqing, let him open it and spread it on the table, only to see that the general meaning written on it was that tonight, the governor's wife and the eldest young master visited Yipinxiang, and gave gifts, hoping that Yipinxiang would not feel abrupt.

"The governor's wife is coming to visit? Do you want to bring Jin Jiaoyang? Ruan Mianmian was a little surprised, and leaned closer to look at the prayer post, a little incredulous, but it was indeed written on the worship post.

"His family has nothing to do with our Yipinxiang, which one is this?" Liu Xin'er flicked the luxurious greeting post with her fingertips.

"Whatever, since you're coming, and it's not a feud, just treat him as a friend, you sit down first, and I'll go and reply to an invitation." Mu Ruqing got up in a dashing manner, took the greeting post and went out, and everyone watched him walk through the courtyard to the county lord's mansion, which specially prepared a study for him.

As soon as the news came out that Jin Jiaoyang's mother was coming to visit, Yipinxiang's people were in a hurry a little more than usual, especially in the kitchen.

The scale of the kitchen has now expanded more than twice as much, originally only Uncle Hua was busy working alone, but now Wang Xun came first, and then there were two skilled juniors Qin Feng and Long Dafu, and Mu Ruqing specially transferred the small servants and servants from the Hou Mansion of Anyang to wash vegetables and do chores, Rao is still busy sweating profusely.

Uncle Hua is old, but he doesn't want to take a back seat, now he only cares about boiling and preparing hot pot soup ingredients, one person stares at four cauldrons, and the guests in front of him are always on order, he will take a boiled pot bottom from the pot and put it into a small copper pot and then send it by the small maid, which is not very tiring. I heard that there were important guests tonight, so he arranged a hot pot and made two soup bases, a seafood pot and a tomato pot, all of which are unique characteristics of Yipinxiang, and the guests who want to come from afar have never tasted it.

Wang Xun is in charge of pastry dishes, and he completes the recipes of the entire southern cuisine alone, and at this time he is also carrying a steamer to pay attention to the state of the pastries, for fear that he will accidentally oversteam these precious pastries such as lotus cake. Qin Feng and Long Dafu are mainly responsible for stir-frying, and the physically demanding work of flipping the spoon and lifting the pot still requires them young people to come, and Qin Feng has the ability to be talented, so he is even more comfortable in water.

As soon as the sky darkened, Yipinxiang had already turned on the lamp, and Ruan Bai carried the lantern to illuminate the "Pike" wall, and even the huge portrait of Jin Jiaoyang in the middle reflected the red light. Yipinxiang is also a lantern from the porch to the courtyard, although there are not as many diners as during the day, but those who stay are talking and laughing and eating barbecue in the light, so this is the most lively time for Yipinxiang.

The sound of the creaking carriage stopped at the door of Yipinxiang, and the coachman jumped down and set up his pedals, and saw two beautiful maids poke their heads out first, and then helped a beautiful middle-aged woman out of the car. Jin Jiaoyang turned over and dismounted, and also stretched out his hand to help, it seems that this middle-aged woman is the wife of the governor of Shandong, Jin Jiaoyang's mother.

Ruan Mianmian, Mu Ruqing, Jiang Xinyue, and Liu Xin'er were already waiting at the door, and when they saw Mrs. Jin getting out of the car, they immediately greeted them.

"Hello madam, sleep well." Ruan Mianmian smiled enthusiastically and bowed slightly, and the others also saluted at the same time, which was regarded as a sign of respect for the elders.

It stands to reason that at that time, the Duchess of Wei insisted on not saluting when she met Ruan Mianmian, that was because there was really no need to salute in terms of identity, but today, although the identity of the governor's wife did not need to be saluted by the two county lords, she had the intention of showing goodwill, on the one hand, it was the respect that several people should have for the elderly, and on the other hand, it was a faint affection because of the matter of Fang Cannon.

Mrs. Jin's eyebrows were gentle, and at first glance she was gentle and graceful, and before she could speak, she smiled all over her face, and walked over affectionately and patted Ruan Mianmian's hand and pulled her up: "The county lord must not let it, the concubine should salute you." ”

Ruan Mianmian was willing to let her really salute, just looking at Jin Jiaoyang's face next to her was full of unhappiness, if she really let her do this salute, maybe Jin Jiaoyang would immediately lift a pin of incense, so he hurriedly pulled Mrs. Jin inside: "That's not good, Madame is an elder, Mianmian is just a little girl, Madame, please come in, the box prepared for you by the small shop is clean and elegant, you must like it." ”

Along the stairs to the second floor, Ruan Mianmian held Mrs. Jin's hand, although the two of them met for the first time, they had some meaning of seeing each other, Mrs. Jin also likes to be lively and talkative, and the kung fu of walking these two steps also kept talking, which made Ruan Mianmian a little shy.

The wing room is rearranged, with the largest fish tank room, the most exquisite is the clear water fish tank in the middle of the round table, a group of small goldfish swinging their light yarn-like tails and swimming very interestingly. Some of these fish were bought by Mu Ruqing from the street, and some were caught from Zhuangzi by Fang Dacang for Ruan Mianmian last year, and the small fish tanks that had been kept in her room before were now moved to these large tanks.

As soon as Mrs. Jin sat down, she looked at these goldfish and was dumbfounded, and sighed again and again: "It's really good, we have heard many famous names in Shandong that are a taste of incense in the capital, but I didn't expect that there would be such exquisite thoughts, and it is indeed the first restaurant." ”

Ruan Mianmian, Jiang Xinyue, and Liu Xin'er sat opposite Mrs. Jin, Jin Jiaoyang also sat down next to Mrs. Jin, and Mu Ruqing went to the back kitchen to watch, he was not good at this kind of communication between noble ladies, so he simply threw it to the girls and didn't come to get involved in it.

"Madame is really overrated, let's let them serve the food first." Jiang Xinyue clapped her hands, and a maid pushed the door in, and walked to the table in a neat row, with all kinds of delicacies in her hands.

The seafood pot and tomato pot prepared by Uncle Hua are placed on both sides of the round table, and other small dishes of ingredients are placed around the edge of the pot, and some signature dishes of Yipinxiang are also served, which is the essence of all the dishes of Yipinxiang, which also shows how much Ruan Mianmian and the others attach importance to this meeting.