Everyone took the time to eat around a table, Ruan Mianmian ate a lot because of his work on eating and broadcasting, and at this time he only held a bowl of sour plum soup to sip it.

"Brother Mu, that incident, how can you see that Xiaohu is lying to us." Ruan Mianmian couldn't figure it out, and admired Mu Ruqing and Jiang Xinyue's thoughts even more.

"That day Xinyue called me to the second floor, and told me everything she found in detail, I was not at ease with this boy at that time, since there is a master slaughtering the village, how can this little boy not be searched, and according to what he said is a quarrel with his family at night, so how can he not hear someone slaughtering the village in the middle of the night. That's where the irrationality lies. In addition, when I arrived at Yipinxiang, I saw that he had no grief after the loss of his relatives, and asked him if he was willing to stay, he agreed without thinking, and blurted out that he knew that we were Yipinxiang. ”

"Yes, I brought him blindfolded all the way, and I put a hat on him, and I took it off when I entered the yard, and we came in through the back door, not through the front door, how did he know that we were a pinch? It can be seen that it has been planned for a long time. Jiang Xinyue said coldly.

"Thanks to Brother Mu and Sister Xinyue, otherwise, Yipinxiang would be slandered." Ruan Mianmian still has palpitations when he mentions it now.

Everyone was busy until the middle of the day, and an unusual guest came to Yipinxiang. The girl was dressed simply, but the clothes were all made of satin, and there were two small beads on her head, and two delicate and small beaded flowers were inserted.

Mu Ruqing saw it at first glance, this person was not from an ordinary person, so he stepped forward and asked the reason: "This girl, but you want to eat?" ”

The woman looked at the people eating around her, and said in a low voice, "Does your restaurant have a private room?" ”

"Yes, you're here." Mu Ruqing made a gesture of invitation and led the woman to the second floor.

The woman looked at the screen-style environment on the second floor, and then nodded. "I am Miss Anyang Houfu's personal maid, my young lady has heard about your hot pot for a long time, but it is inconvenient to come because of her identity, so let me come and ask if I can make a hot pot and send it to Houfu."

As she spoke, the girl took out a silver ingot and put it on the table. Mu Ruqing heard this, and was a little surprised in his heart, although the business of Yipinxiang is booming now, it is only circulated among ordinary people, if he takes this opportunity to break into the aristocratic circle, then he will really make the restaurant bigger.

Mu Ruqing was pleasantly surprised, but his face was not obvious, he pushed back the ingots on the table, and said: "It is the honor of the small shop to prepare food for the Hou Mansion, how dare you charge any more remuneration, please tell the young lady that the small shop will be done." I wonder how many people ate this meal in total? Prepare enough ingredients at the bottom. ”

"My young lady plans to use it with Mrs. Hou and Mrs. Hou, plus other masters, I'm afraid there are more than a dozen." Seeing that Mu Ruqing was so easy to speak, the little girl suddenly had a good impression in her heart, and said: "By the way, the young lady said that she wanted to invite the girl who was doing food broadcasting outside to perform in the house, and asked the boss to ask the girl what she meant." ”

"It's natural, I'll tell her."

"Three days later is my young lady's birthday, so this meal will be set for that evening, and it will be delivered early." The girl still put down the silver, "The Hou Mansion has strict family rules, the boss must accept this money, otherwise I will not be able to make a difference." ”

The girl put down the silver and Shi Shiran went downstairs, Mu Ruqing sat at the table and thought, since the young lady invited Mianmian, she must have a good impression of Mianmian, this is a great opportunity to push Yipinxiang to the nobles, but the nobles are fighting openly and secretly, he really doesn't want Mianmian to get involved in the fight, so let's ask Mianmian's opinion.

After the guests left that night, Yipinxiang and everyone still gathered together for dinner as usual. Uncle Hua steamed the white and soft steamed buns, and made a few pickled vegetables, and everyone rolled up their sleeves and took the steamed buns to eat without formality.

The steamed buns that had just come out of the pot were still steaming in the fog, Ruan Mianmian reached out and grabbed a steamed bun, blowing whirring, and kept changing his hands, although it was very hot, he still refused to put it down.

"Let it cool before eating, I'm going to cry if I burn my mouth." Jiang Xinyue was a little funny, took her steamed bun and broke it in half, and put it aside to dry.

"Steamed buns have to be hot to be delicious, I'm not afraid of being hot." Ruan Mianmian smiled shyly.

"Mianmian, would you like to go to the Marquis of Anyang Mansion for a meal?" Mu Ruqing told everyone what the maid of the Marquis of Anyang Mansion said during the day.

"I can do it, I haven't been to the Hou Mansion yet, maybe I can earn a good reputation for Yipinxiang." Ruan Mianmian has no opinion on where to eat, after a long time of being hungry, she just needs to eat enough.

"These aristocratic families, how can there be anything to get along with, don't go to sleep, just be safe and sound in Yipinxiang." Uncle Hua is a little resistant to high-ranking families, after his father's accident, he felt that those deep mansions and compounds were all dirty calculations, and he was very reluctant to contact them again.

"Yes, Mianmian, although we believe in your ability, we are not willing to let you do risky things." Fang Cannon looked at her with some concern.

"It's just going to have a meal, it's not Longtan Tiger's Den, let Sister Xinyue accompany me when the time comes, it will definitely be fine." Ruan Mianmian's eyes narrowed with a smile, as well-behaved as a little rabbit.

The matter was settled in this way, Ruan Mianmian still did a food broadcast outside the door during the day to attract customers, and at night he and Mu Ruqing learned aristocratic etiquette together.

For this banquet, Mu Ruqing specially invited Master Xi Yun, a well-known etiquette instructor in the capital, to teach Ruan Mianmian. This Lord Yun's real name is Yun Yan, she is an old palace maid from the palace, she was a maid by the queen mother's side in the palace, and when she got out of the palace, she opened a etiquette team, specializing in teaching the ladies of rich families etiquette, and Lord Yun is the honorific title of others for her.

She came to teach Ruan Mianmian, but Jiang Xinyue said it favorably, after all, such a woman is also a disciple of Jiang Daxia, so she naturally wants to give some affection.

Mu Ruqing saw Ruan Mianmian practicing salute in a half-squat body under the guidance of Lord Yun through the screen, from the beginning of the swaying to the end of the body steady, it was only an hour. Ruan Mianmian doesn't look bad, she is cute and clever and likable than ordinary little girls, but it's a pity that she has never been exposed to aristocratic etiquette, so she has developed an innocent temperament, and now that she has learned etiquette, she looks a little gentle and gentle. Mu Ruqing couldn't help but think of Ruan Mianmian's life experience again, and sighed a little, if she was in a wealthy family and had such a good look and conduct, she would have a better opportunity at that time.

Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day of the birthday banquet of the Hou Mansion. The moon hung like a round jade plate in the sky, the soft moonlight sprinkled on the winding corridor, and the flowers and plants trembled and cast shadows.

In the corridor, a girl in a pink skirt is walking to the backyard under the leadership of several maids.

Today she combed a double-ring bun, two pompoms with pompoms on her hair, pompoms jumped back and forth between actions, very playful and cute, the rest of the hair was loosely tied behind her, and two small silver bells fell on the pink hairband of the same color as the dress, which made a crisp and pleasant sound from time to time.

"Miss Ruan, our young lady is waiting for the girl in the backyard, and the girl will come with us." The maid in front of her turned slightly sideways and led Ruan Mianmian forward, it was the maid who came to Yipinxiang that day. There are also two little girls carrying lanterns in front of them, and their gestures are very well-behaved, which can't help but make Ruan Mianmian feel that the tutors and cultivation in this Hou Mansion are excellent.

"Yo, let me see, where did my sister find the little village woman?" A somewhat sharp voice suddenly appeared in the elegant environment, Ruan Mianmian looked up at the same time as feeling abrupt, and saw a girl in a bright red gauze skirt leaning in front of the moon gate leading to the inner door.

The girl looked about the same age as Ruan Mianmian, with a crown of gilt hair on her head, golden tassels hanging down from the crown just on both sides of her face, swaying, and a red dress embroidered with peony flowers with gold thread, looking domineering.

。 Seeing this girl in a red dress, Ruan Mianmian couldn't help but think of Jiang Xinyue, who also liked to wear red clothes. However, this girl is beautiful when she describes her demeanor, but she reveals some frivolity and debauchery, and Jiang Xinyue is heroic and charming, and that kind of temperament is incomparable to the person in front of her.

Seeing that the woman was stopped on the side of the road, and there were two maids behind her, and she called to invite Ruan Mianmian's young lady to be her sister, Ruan Mianmian understood that this must also be a young lady from the Hou Mansion, so she turned sideways and made a half-salute.

The maid who led the way for Ruan Mianmian whispered at the right time: "Miss Ruan, this is the second young lady." ”

"Ruan Mianmian of Yipin Xiang Restaurant, see Second Miss." Ruan Mianmian did not panic, and calmly saluted according to the etiquette taught by Lord Yun.

Mu Ruqing is a delicate person, how could he let Ruan Mianmian come to the banquet unprepared, in the past three days, he and Jiang Xinyue have inquired a lot about the situation of the Marquis of Anyang, in order to make Ruan Mianmian prepared.

Mrs. Anyang Hou is the younger sister of the queen of the Middle Palace, born in the Fan family of the Qing Dynasty, and has a son and a daughter, and the daughter is the eldest daughter of the Hou Mansion of Anyang, named Liu Xier, who was born gentle and quiet, and is very loved by the Hou Ye and Mrs. Hou, and the eldest son is named Liu Zheng, who has been crowned the son of the world, and is now practicing in the frontier. And several concubines in the Hou Mansion only gave birth to daughters, and the second lady Liu Xin'er in front of her was born by the favored Aunt Zhao, and the second miss from this concubine is naturally not as good as the eldest lady in all aspects, so her temperament is extremely stubborn.

The second young lady flicked the tassel on her head, walked to Ruan Mianmian's side and looked her up and down: "My sister is really filial and kind, she keeps thinking about making her father and mother happy, are you invited by your sister to sing the song, or is it a trick?" ”

In this era, although the common people do not attach so much importance to the status of the noble, the likes of the drama are still a lowly business, and it is insulting to compare people to the drama.

Ruan Mianmian was not angry, but bowed slightly and saluted again: "Mianmian is just eating and broadcasting, it is not worth mentioning." ”

"Eating and broadcasting? What is it to eat and broadcast, Miss Ben has never heard of it, and I'm afraid it's also a trick that can't be played on the stage in the countryside, hum! At first glance, Liu Xin'er was stunned, but she has always been proud, she only felt that there were no good things in the world that she had not seen, and she didn't even want to listen to Ruan Mianmian's explanation, so she took her own girl and left.

Ruan Mianmian did not look annoyed, but kept wearing a gentle and decent smile, and the maid who had been secretly observing Ruan Mianmian couldn't help but think a little higher about Ruan Mianmian, such a provocation was not out of shape, which showed that Ruan Mianmian's concentration was extraordinary.

In fact, in Ruan Mianmian's opinion, there is nothing, after all, during the time she came to Yipinxiang, Mu Ruqing has always guided her to face up to her past, in the most unbearable environment of the orphanage, she has not suffered any humiliation and abuse, and in order to eat and not starve to death, she has to please the housekeeper and mother-in-law, such a painless provocation really can't make Ruan Mianmian feel a little turbulent.