Chapter 10 Everyday Life
At this moment, I feel very domineering, and I can be regarded as understanding my sister and said that I don't have to be afraid of other people when I enter Qingzhu Courtyard.
But Mrs. Wang changed her words and said: "But if there is a hardship to come to the door, you can't admit it if you kill it, so as not to tell the truth and affect the reputation of the young master, saying that the young master is not strict in discipline and conniving at the servant."
Did anyone see it at the time. ”
I cautiously replied, "Probably not, then I'm the only one." ”
"In the future, if you do things and give me a snack, you will stab Lou Zi, and the young master and I will not help you carry it, you understand."
I nodded frantically in response, indicating that I understood.
"This time, you also did a good job, do you know what it is?"
I don't understand it, I've done everything wrong, and there will be things that I did right, I don't understand.
When Wang Po saw my puzzled look, she said, "The only thing you do right is to say that if you do something wrong, people are still honest, if you wait for the bitter master to come to the door, you will be willing to say that you will be driven away, and then you will be left to fend for yourself."
Forget it, bring a bucket of water, wash the vegetables, pinch the bean sprouts to remove the tail and take the middle, if there are yellow spots or insect bites on the leaves, don't do it. ”
After a while, I washed all the leaves, threw away the yellow spots or insect bites, pinched the bean sprouts and put them one by one, and peeled the yams and turnips.
I guess the yam is stewed with radish and beef bones in the morning, the bean sprouts are stir-fried, and the green cabbage leaves are boiled in plain.
The green peppers will definitely be fried with beef, but it feels like the green peppers are darker in color and should be very spicy.
When I brought the washed ones into the kitchen, Wang Po was cutting the eggplant into long strips, with the pork left over from the morning next to it.
Pork was previously hung in a well to keep it fresh by using the cool air from the well to avoid mosquito bites. Beef is also treated like this.
"Once you've put things down, grab a cutting board and shred the green peppers."
"Mother-in-law, I'm not so tall, I can't cut it."
After speaking, he compared the height of himself and the stove with his hand.
"Stupid girl, isn't it okay to put a low stool, it's really stupid."
I smiled sheepishly and turned to get the low stool.
Standing on a low stool is convenient in height, but the knife is heavy, especially the back of the knife, and I can't hold it steadily on one hand.
"Mother-in-law, the knife is too heavy, it can't be held steadily, and it will cut into your hand."
Wang Po said with some displeasure: "You dead girl is really a lot, you wait." ”
He stopped the kitchen knife, took out a knife from the cabinet that seemed to be a special knife, and handed it to me.
The knife was light, but sharp, and I guess it was used to remove meat from the bones.
After a few tries, it felt like it suited me well, so I started cutting the green peppers.
I cut it for a while, and Wang Po turned her head to look at the green pepper shreds I had cut, and saw that the shape of the cut green peppers was still far from the shreds.
Just said directly: "Are you silk, forget it, go wash your hands, and then you go to wash rice." ”
Hearing Wang Po say this, although she felt uncomfortable, she still put down the knife and prepared to go to wash rice.
The knife was very sharp, and I didn't dare to put my hand too close, and although the green pepper was a long strip, it was still not easy to cut, and if I wasn't careful, I would cut my hand.
After scooping up the rice and putting it in a steamer, I waited for it to steam slowly, and Wang Po called me over to help.
"Go and take this stove outside, and then put this soup on it, and simmer slowly, carefully watching the fire, not too small, not too big.
Also, pay attention to the fire in the stove, otherwise it will sandwich the raw rice. ”
After listening to Wang Po, I didn't have the slightest complaint to move the stove, fake.
The stove was heavy, really heavy, heavy. The outside of the stove was also covered with a layer of iron sheets. I panted as I moved, feeling like my hands might not be mine.
When the stove was moved out, I had to keep the fire burning in the stove.
Take out a piece of firewood from the burning stove and walk out slowly, and the fire on the firewood will be extinguished as you go.
I walked a total of two times, and the first time there was a gust of wind in the yard, and the fire on the firewood disappeared in an instant.
The second time was safely escorted to the stove, and then a handful of thatch was quickly put on to make the fire bigger.
The second is the flammable twigs, and when the fire is stabilized, the last is the fine wood chopped by the axe.
My careful soup pot is placed in the three protrusions of the stove, which are also specially designed to place the pot, and at the same time, the flames can come up from the gaps to make the soup taste better.
The current job is to add firewood, one is to add firewood to the stove in the courtyard, and the other is to add firewood to the stove in the kitchen.
In this way, time passed by the burning of firewood, and even the light and heat generated by the burning of firewood could be clearly felt because my face was really hot.
I don't know when, Wang Po came out of the house to see the soup situation, but I didn't notice it, and I was addicted to the heat.
"Dead girl, I told you everything, the fire can't be too big, the soup won't taste good, and the taste is poor, do you want the young master to eat pig food, don't you hurry up and come out."
I hurriedly said, yes, of course the answer was the latter.
It turned out that in the eyes of Wang Po, the things I ate before entering Qingzhu Courtyard were pig food that could be eaten by pigs.
But I didn't think much about it, and quickly withdrew two or three of them that were burning vigorously, and poured two more ladles of water on them to extinguish the fire.
"Fire is fine, don't add more firewood."
I bowed my head and said, "I see, mother-in-law." ”
When Wang Po saw that I was so obedient, she didn't say anything, and went into the house and began to stir-fry.
When I went into the house and added firewood to the stove, she said that at this hour, the young master was coming back, and asked me to watch the stove outside, and if the young master came, let the young master go to the study and wait for a while, saying that the meal would be ready immediately.
So I added firewood, went to the courtyard to watch the stove, and waited with great anticipation for the young master to come back.
It's strange to say, I've only seen the young master a few times, and I'm full of affection for the young master.
Maybe he saved me and changed my life invisibly.
In this way, while I was looking forward to it, the young master finally returned.
The young master walked in front of me with his hands behind his back with great interest, and said, "Erya, you are looking at the stove here, is the princess still busy?" ”
Isn't that obvious?
But I still said, "Yes, young master, my mother-in-law is still stir-frying in the room, young master, you go to the study and wait for a while, and then you can eat." ”
"Oh, that's it, Erya, I have something good for you."
After speaking, the young master took out a string of rock sugar gourds from behind him, and continued: "This is what I asked Lao Zhao to buy from a hawker, I just made it this morning, you can taste it." ”
I hesitated for a while, but I still took the rock sugar gourd in the young master's hand and ate it in a big gulp.
But why did I eat while the tears couldn't help but fall, was it my brother who was still thinking about my parents and wanted to tell me stories?
"Erya, why are you crying?"
"Young master, I'm so happy, because I haven't eaten rock sugar gourd for a long time, thank you, young master."
The young master was a little puzzled when he heard this, but he didn't continue to ask me, and only shrugged his shoulders and went to the study.
I breathe a sigh of relief because I still don't want to reminisce about the beginning, to show the scars to others, even if this person is important to me, I still don't want to.