Chapter 23: Father
Mei'er entered the house and saw the young lady sitting quietly at the coffee table, and after saluting, she asked, "Is there anything wrong with the young lady summoning the slave maid?" After all, she didn't belong to the people in this house, and the young lady wanted to talk to Xing'er and Tao'er, and she also retreated with interest. Once upon a time, when Xing'er was still in the old lady's house, the relationship between the two of them was very good. I heard that this time the third lady also asked the wife to invite Langzhong for the two punished maids, although the overboard incident was the reason for the third lady, and Xing'er was even more persuasive, but she was still punished, but in the courtyard of the deep house, not to mention how the second lady abused the people around her, just because the master was not happy, and the maids who died were already countless, she saw too much. Maybe Xing'er and Tao'er are blessed to follow such a kind master.
"You heard my grandmother say that my father will come at dinner the next evening, and I haven't seen him in a long time. I've almost forgotten what my father looked like. Mengyu looked aggrieved.
"Miss, don't be sad, my lord doesn't have time to visit Miss because he is busy with official business." Mei'er comforted.
"Don't you even have a little bit of time? Father definitely didn't like Dream Talk. ”
"How could the lord not like Miss?"
Mengyu suddenly smiled brightly: "Sister Mei'er has been by the old lady's side for so long, she must know what kind of tea and pastries her father likes to drink." Otherwise, Sister Mei'er will tell me about it. ”
Mei'er thinks that the third lady is also a poor person, when her biological mother was still alive, she was very affectionate with the master, even if there were three aunts competing for favor, but the wife was smart, and she always made the third aunt bitter and couldn't speak. Since his wife died in childbirth in order to give birth to the third miss, the old man has been decadent for several years, and he doesn't even bother to ask about the third miss. It should also be because the third lady looks very much like a wife, and the old man is afraid of touching the scene, so he ignores the third lady.
"Miss is so cute, the lord will definitely be very happy to see Miss." Mei'er paused, and continued: "Every time the master goes to the old lady's, he will drink Wuyi, and as for the pastries, when the wife is still alive, the master loves to eat the chrysanthemum cake made by the wife himself. ”
"Chrysanthemum crisp, where can I find chrysanthemum petals now?" Mengyu was disappointed, she still wanted to behave well and make her father love her more.
"Miss, you misunderstood, chrysanthemum crisp is not made of chrysanthemum petals. The main ingredients are only flour and bean paste, which are always available. Just to make a beautiful chrysanthemum crisp, the last step is to knead the dough into a chrysanthemum petal shape. ”
"Just be prepared, Sister Mei'er, why don't you teach me?" Suddenly, Mengyu saw hope.
"Because the old man loves to eat, the old lady also let me learn from the cook. Just let the young lady cook, and the old lady still didn't peel my skin! Mei'er thought that the young lady just wanted to find a kind of master's favorite dim sum to send to please, who knew that she wanted to cook herself, if it was hot and smoked in the kitchen, then how could it be done!
"Sister Mei'er promised me, I promise to be careful, I won't get hurt, and I promise not to tell my grandmother that Sister Mei'er taught me." Mengyu looked at Mei'er pitifully, Mei'er frowned, thinking to herself, even if the third lady didn't say it, the old lady would definitely know. But the third lady did this just to please the master. The old lady is because the old lady has ignored Miss Three for so many years, so she loves Miss Three so much. If the old lady knew that she was the one who taught the young lady because of this, she would not have blamed her more.
Mei'er said reluctantly: "Then wait for Miss Remember to watch from the side first, and when I prepare the materials, you can do it." ”
"Eun, I know that Sister Mei'er is the best, I will obediently stand by and not move." Mengyu nodded hurriedly.
In the kitchen.
In fact, Lin Xiaoruo in the past has been very independent since she was a child, especially after her grandmother left, she has always taken care of herself, cooking or something, although she is not particularly good at it, but at least the standard of entrance can still be reached. Mei'er prepared the oily skin material and the dough material, and at the same time told Mengyu the key points of each step. She was relieved to find that Mengyu was really listening carefully to the side and not messing around.
Finally, Mei'er approved Mengyu to do it. Mengyu washed her little hands, followed Mei'er's example, put a small piece of bean paste in the center of the mixed dough, and then completely wrapped the bean paste with the dough, and finally flattened it. But after Mei'er pressed the flattening, she only saw the group, and did not see the bean paste. And she has the bean paste filling that has leaked out of the dough. Patience Xingzi, tried several times, and finally succeeded in one. Then, on the failed work, she began to use a knife to cut out equal eight equal parts, exposing each small part of the bean paste inside, rolling up the bean paste surface, forming a chrysanthemum shape. After scrapping many more works, it was not easy for her to complete a somewhat strange chrysanthemum pattern. Yumeyu took a deep breath and began to concentrate on all the steps on the dough that had only succeeded before. Finally, the hard work paid off, and this chrysanthemum crisp is also decent.
Next, the finished chrysanthemum pattern is made into a finished product. Of course, at this step, Mei'er will never allow Mengyu to do it. Mengyu watched the chrysanthemum crisp she made by herself freshly baked, not to mention how happy she was. She believes that as long as she is willing to put her heart into it, her father in this life will definitely love her like her grandmother.
Mengyu returned to the room with a plate of peach blossom cakes made by herself, and it just so happened that Lianrong was instructed by the old lady to come over and invite the young lady to Xile Ju for dinner.
"Has Father arrived?"
"If you go back to Miss, as soon as the master comes back, he will already go to Xile House to say goodbye to the old lady after changing out of his court clothes."
"Then you go back and tell your grandmother, I'll be there to change my clothes."
After Lian Rong repeated what the third lady said to the old lady, the old lady asked curiously, "Hasn't she been back for a long time?" Why haven't you changed it so far? Lian Rong thought of the scene she saw when she arrived at the Falling Cherry Pavilion, and said, "When the slave maid went, it happened that the third lady came out of the small kitchen, and she was still wearing the same clothes that participated in the flower banquet, and the clothes were still stained with flour. Miss Xu is the third lady cooks herself. When the old lady heard this, she blamed: "It's really nonsense, let her have a good rest, how can she run to cook." As he spoke, he glanced at the silent old man sitting next to him.
"Dream whispers to my grandmother, father, and mother." As soon as Mengyu entered Xile Residence, she saw a man in his forties sitting on the Taishi chair next to the old lady, presumably he should be her father.
"The three girls are here, come quickly, come to Grandmother's side." Mengyu glanced at her father in the hall, took small steps, and walked to the old lady in an orderly manner.
"Lianrong said that I saw you coming out of the small kitchen, why did you run to cook? What to do if you get hurt! ”
Grandmother was relieved that Mengyu was not injured. Mengyu made her father's favorite chrysanthemum cake. As he spoke, he glanced back at Mei'er, took a plate of strange-shaped chrysanthemum cakes from Mei'er's hand, and handed it to the table next to the old man happily: "Father tasted it, Mengyu did it for the first time, and it was not beautiful, but the taste was mixed by Mei'er, and Mengyu tasted it, it was delicious." Master Lin looked at Mengyu, his eyes were a little deep, as if he was looking for traces of someone through Mengyu. Glancing down at the pastry on the table, he gently twisted a piece and put it in his mouth. He saw Wanjun busy making chrysanthemum cakes for him in the kitchen, saying that it was her best pastry; The chrysanthemum crisps that have been pinched out by Wanjun's skillful hands are so beautiful; Wanjun always knows how much sugar to put in is the most suitable for his taste......
Mengyu looked at Master Lin with a look of hope: "Father, is it delicious?" Master Lin put the last bite of chrysanthemum crisp in his hand into his mouth, touched Mengyu's head, and said with a faint smile: "Mengyu has a heart, Mengyu is as smart as your mother." ”
"Really? Dream talk will be done for my father next time. No matter what the reason is, Master Lin has neglected her daughter a lot, but she will enter his heart little by little.
The old lady looked at the harmonious scene in front of her, and her eyes couldn't help but have tears. instructed Peony, who was standing next to him, to prepare for the feast, and as he spoke, he walked to the dining room next to him.