Chapter 15: The Servant

Shen Yafei staggered Mrs. Shen's longing eyes, and said calmly, "I have never complained." Sheng Gu often taught her disciples that the body should be fully absorbed by their parents. Filial piety is the greatest. ”

Although this is not complaining, when the calm face is waveless, there is no trace of joy to reunite with the family. He behaved generously and decoratively to his family, and did not overdo it, but that was not the meaning of estrangement.

General Shen couldn't stand this atmosphere, coughed twice, and said, "Let's set the meal." ”

The atmosphere during the banquet was tense, Shen Fu, and people gave Shen Yafei a few dishes, and Shen Yafei politely thanked her, without any of the happiness of the past.

After finishing the meal, the children of the Shen family all got up and retired. The Shen brothers went to the martial arts training ground in the backyard together. Lin Wanxin wanted to come up and hold Shen Yaru's hand, Shen Yafei looked at them with her eyes, Shen Yaru took a step back and staggered, Lin Wanxin stood aside awkwardly, and hung her head aggrievedly. Shen Yafei looked at this farce with a smile, put Lin Wanxin's resentment into her eyes, and led Mama Hu and Ah Xiu to leave the scene first.

In the Fengyi Hall, Mrs. Shen sat on the edge of the bed with red eyes, and General Shen stood beside the bed and patted her back comfortingly.

"Brother Hao, she still complains about us. We have lived in Huancheng for eleven years, and I always thought that we had a farm and a family temple there, and she would be able to live well. But they don't know, but they don't know ······." General Shen hugged Mrs. Shen tightly, and Mrs. Shen leaned on his arms and continued, "We have had a good time in the capital all these years, and we have almost forgotten her existence, and we have not passed the letter for ten years. And now that her temperament has become so calm and sensible, I feel even more distressed. She is no longer like when she was a child, and every time she saw me, she shouted for her mother to throw herself into my arms. ”

General Shen pityfully wiped the tears from the corners of Mrs. Shen's eyes and said, "Yes, she has grown up." We have treated her badly all these years, and in the days to come, we will compensate her. ”

"But, what about the third prince? The third prince had the best relationship with Fei'er when he was young, and Fei'er liked to stick to him the most. When they were young, they promised each other for life, and Fei'er also said that she would marry the third prince when she grew up, and she would not let go of that person if she dared to be a strong man with her. Empress Rongde also promised her that she would marry her when she grew up. If she knew that the third prince was happy now, what would Fei'er think in her heart? Mrs. Shen said worriedly.

General Shen held Mrs. Shen's hand, gently rubbed the back of her palm with his fingertips, and waited for Mrs. Shen's emotions to calm down before he spoke: "Those were all ignorant when I was a child, just joking, and joking, how can I count?" It's been so long, and she's been so young at the time, it's long since she forgot it. ”

Shen Yafei returned to the Summer Palace, but she didn't see Zhiyu and Dabao, the courtyard was quiet and empty, and even the rough envoy who was watching the courtyard gate was gone.

Shen Yafei didn't care too much, knowing that these two people must have gone to find something to eat. It should have been something that he did when he was looking for food to alarm others to watch, Shen Yafei had no doubt about the ability of her two maids to attract people's attention.

It was indeed as Shen Yafei expected.

Zhiyu and Dabao originally went to the dining room of the subordinate under the leadership of the Shen family to eat, but they didn't want the subordinate to send only six or seven dishes, and there was only one plate of rice. The rest of the subordinates' meals were shared, and they were too embarrassed to take them. rushed directly to the kitchen of the Shen Mansion to find food, but there was nothing to eat in the kitchen.

There were only two live chickens and one fish left in the kitchen, and Uncle Zhong, who was in charge of the kitchen, pointed to the chickens in the cage, and wanted the little guy below to make them for the two of them, but Zhiyu and Dabao shook their heads. Uncle Zhong had no choice but to ask the people around him, "Is there anything else?" ”

Another servant stepped forward and said, "I bought two live pigs this morning, and one was not killed." ”

The subordinate brought the live pig over, and Zhiyu picked up the big kitchen knife from the cutting board, raised the knife in his hand, and cut the pig's throat with a bang. Dabao immediately filled the big wooden plate on the side with two spoonfuls of water, grabbed two handfuls of salt, and put it under the pig's throat to catch the pig's blood, and the action was very neat.

The chef and the others were dumbfounded, and they always felt as if the sharp knife had fallen on them, and they trembled slightly, and their throats were so uncomfortable that they couldn't make a sound.

Immediately afterwards, Dabao took out the hot water in the pot with a bucket in one hand, and a kitchen knife under his arm. The hot water was placed on the pig, and the knife was neatly scraped back and forth on the pig's body, and before half an hour came, all the hair on the pig's body was shaved clean.

Zhiyu raised his right hand, sighed, just like a knight on the rivers and lakes throwing darts, slashed at the big pork leg a few times, clicked a few times, and in an instant, the pig's head and four pig legs were separated from the pig's body, and Zhiyu did not have a drop of blood on his hand. Another knife fell, and a knife broke the pig's belly. Everyone felt that it was not a pig that was being cut with a knife, but themselves.

The Shen family members who were watching from the side felt a cold wind blowing through the back of their necks, and they all tightened their necks, and their hands involuntarily touched their stomachs or legs through their clothes.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhiyu and Dabao cleaned up the pigs, but not a drop of blood stuck to their bodies, as if they were born to kill pigs.

After killing the pig, Dabao cut the two big pork legs into two pieces and put them in hot water, blanched the water, sorted them out, threw them into the pot, put them in the medicine bag with them, and made them braised in the pot. The other two, clean up and brush the material, and fry them in the pan. Zhiyu took out the ribs whole and made roasted ribs; He cut the pork belly whole piece, took up the pot, and hung it in the stove to burn; Clean the internal organs and stir-fry······

Half an hour, the dish plus a pot of rice, all baked, full of fresh fragrance. The onlookers drooled greedily.

Zhiyu and Dabao ignored the onlookers, picked up the wooden spoon, and ate it. The sound of a chirp resounded throughout the kitchen.

"Are these two people really brought back by the second lady?"

"Oh my God, I've never seen anyone eat like this."

"That's right, it's even more terrible for them to kill pigs, even Zhu Da in the front street is not so powerful. Could it be that they and the young lady are pig killers in the countryside? ”

"What nonsense are you talking about, our Shen family has a farm in Huancheng, so it's worth killing pigs."

"These two haven't eaten for a few days, and they're hungry like this."

"Haven't you ever eaten meat?"

"It's horrible."

"It's vulgar. It's really rural. ”

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When the steward received the news and walked into the kitchen, he happened to see a bunch of people gathered together, and the tempting smell of meat filled the entire kitchen. When the subordinates saw Steward Ma, they gave way one after another.

Steward Ma stepped forward and happened to see Zhiyu and Dabao, one of whom was holding a big pork leg and devouring it. The oil juice overflowed from the corners of Dabao's mouth, slid down the collar, and the thick waxy fingers sank into the elastic pork legs, and the entire large palm was shiny, as if he had never eaten meat in his life.

Steward Ma stumbled, but fortunately, Uncle Zhong, who was quick-eyed and quick-witted, supported him, and Steward Ma's eyebrows jumped, and the corners of his mouth kept twitching. He has seen the eating appearance of this big black bear, but such an intuitive scene is still very shocking. But why does this girl who looks very normal and moves slowly and methodically eats like this, and she is so thin, is she not afraid of breaking her body after eating so much?

Oh my God, what kind of people are around these two young ladies? Steward Ma felt that his head hurt, and when he heard the next person talking to him and describing the scene of the two killing pigs, his heart and lungs hurt even more.

After a long while, Steward Ma completely calmed down, straightened his collar, and solemnly retreated from the onlookers: "Shouldn't you all work around here?" Is it too much monthly money? If you don't leave quickly, if you don't leave, you will be deducted a month's monthly money. ”

After speaking, he wiped the sweat on his forehead, thanks to his ability to hold it steady, otherwise the majesty of the housekeeper he had carefully managed for more than ten years would collapse, but after all, he was old, and the heart's ability to bear it was weaker.

Everyone left the venue one after another, and the two who were waiting for Zhenghuan were unconscious, and after gnawing the pork legs, they grabbed the ribs with their hands and gnawed them directly.

I was bluffed by these two people just now, and the eating appearance of this Zhiyu is also simple and rude, but the body is extremely clean, and I just look at the lower half of my body and think that I am chewing slowly!

"Ahem." Steward Ma rubbed his eyebrows, put his hand to his mouth and coughed embarrassedly, the two still didn't react, Uncle Zhong and the rest of the kitchen guy covered their mouths and snickered. Steward Ma's face was pale, and his eyes stared at the two of them with resentment. Are these two pigs so edible?

Steward Ma pulled up his sleeves and wiped his forehead, sighed decadently, waved his hand weakly at Uncle Zhong, and said, "That's it, let them eat." Remember to do more for them tomorrow. ”

After seeing Steward Ma leave, Uncle Zhong turned around and saw the two people who were still fighting with food, and his eyebrows also hurt. According to the way these two people eat, they need to cook as many dishes as they need to cook every day to be fed. What to do is the most difficult thing, look at their mouthful of a large piece of meat, how big the meat has to be cut to be appropriate, think about it stomach hurts.

No, I'm afraid there aren't enough people in this kitchen. Uncle Zhong recruited a little servant and asked them to stop Steward Ma and ask Steward Ma to send a few more men over tomorrow.

Uncle Zhong looked at the roof helplessly, God, in this battle, the food is even more difficult to cook than the masters.

There are a lot of interesting things in the mansion in the capital, but this is really the first time that the descendants of the Shen Mansion have seen such a strange thing.

Therefore, the news of this kitchen spread throughout the Shen Mansion before the masters fell asleep.

The corners of the three brothers and sisters of the Shen family twitched when they heard this.

Lin Wanxin laughed with the personal girl.

"It's really rural, it's really vulgar." It was hard to hide the smile in Luyi's eyes.

Lin Wanxin snorted in agreement and smiled meaningfully.

"The dignity of these two young ladies must be pretended, why are her two girls so rude?" Hongyan said with a smile.

"Maybe it's so, these people say that one side of the water and soil raises the other, and the two maids are like this, and the young lady is not much better." Green burst out laughing.

Lin Wanxin's fingertips gently pressed against the bracelet, and her heart was warm. The bracelet is a rare high-quality mutton fat jade, the texture is delicate and smooth, but it is not pure mutton fat jade, the heart of this mutton fat jade has a colorful color of the long tail and broad wings of the bird inlaid inside, the wings tightly around the bracelet outside the body, as if using life to protect an extremely precious thing. The pattern of a bird on the bracelet is a natural occurrence, and the shape of this bird looks very similar to that of the mythical bird depicted in the legend of the southern border of the Celestial Empire. Legend has it that this bird is called Weier, as long as you have such a bird, you can have a pair for life, it is the only one, it is none other than you. The bracelet is a trophy that King An brought back from the frontier two years ago, and it is the only one in the Great Celestial Empire.

From this, it can be seen that King An has intentions for Lin Wanxin, so even if King An still has affection for Shen Yafei, it is only the love of his childhood, and he is afraid that he will be disgusted when he sees such a vulgar maid. Although Lin Wanxin never thought that Brother An would be snatched away, she smiled even more reassuringly after listening to the words of the maidservant.