"It's nothing, I've been a maid, and I've endured hardships even more when I was a child, and since I was five years old, I've been chopping vegetables and cooking in the kitchen."

As soon as these words came out, Sanniang's eyes widened, she put down the rice spoon, and looked Qiu Wen up and down again in disbelief: "My God, is this true?" You are the future general's wife, how did you endure so many hardships? No, I don't see it, you look at Wen Jing, sit there, stand there, it's a standard lady. You must have deliberately joked and teased me, so I won't be fooled by you! ”

Qiu Wen's voice was soft: "It's true, Sanniang, I was a maid, and I was also a girl in General Shi's family." At first, I wasn't the girl with a head and face he served, but a girl with a fire in the kitchen. ”

"What?"

Sanniang couldn't believe it anymore, and was so shocked that she even dropped the flint.

"Autumn Pattern girl, you're making too much of a joke! Are you afraid that I will have low self-esteem, so you deliberately make up these jokes so that we can be closer and closer? This is really the case, I advise you that you don't have to, first, I am not inferior, and second, no matter what your identity, I see you as kind and kind. ”

Sanniang let Qiu Wen sit and light the fire in the stove by herself.

Autumn Wen said that he would come by himself.

"No, no, I'll light the fire quickly."

Sanniang said with her mouth, but the action in her hand was not fast. She grew up in Monan, and the people of Monan used the embers left over from the natural volcanic eruption to make fire, and when she used it, she would take a wooden stick and bring it back, or cook or barbecue meat. The Yanshan people use flint and steel commonly used by the Central Plains people for cooking. Sanniang has been in Yanshan for more than half a year and has learned to speak the local dialect, but when it comes to cooking, as soon as she picks up the flint, she still can't play.

This is a waste of time.

Usually there are customers in the store, wrapping wontons, lighting a fire to cook soup, although it takes some work, but the diners know her origin and do not complain too much. But today is different, today is General Shi and his future wife eating, Sanniang's heart is very anxious, the more anxious, no matter how the flint in his hand knocks, only smoke, but not sparks.

Sanniang couldn't help it, and scolded in her mouth.

Autumn Wen said, "I'll come." ”

She took the flint and tapped it, and a blue spark came out, and Autumn Pattern quickly took the fluffy weeds and lit them, and when the fire was hot, she threw them into the hearth.

Sanniang's wonton shop burns firewood in the kitchen. Charcoal is too expensive, it is used by rich and noble families. There are many mountains in Yanshan, there are many woods, and there are many weeds, and everyone who opens a shop here uses firewood for cooking and heating.

"Hit the flint like this, you don't need to use force, the lighter the force, the better, once there is smoke, quickly add hay, extremely lit."

Sanniang tried again according to the method of autumn patterns, and sure enough, the fire was lit again.

At this time, Sanniang completely believed Qiuwen's words, sighed and said: "Looking at your posture, you know that you are a person who can work." I believe your word. You are capable. General Shi likes capable people. Now that I've learned, you still sit still, I'll cook, you just have to talk to me. ”

Sanniang didn't think it was appropriate to say this. In the end, Autumn Pattern's identity is different from her. No matter if she is a maid, even if she is a beggar, she can't speak so rashly. Anyway, she is now the general's person.

Sanniang laughed again: "I haven't studied, I can't read, what I think in my heart, I just say it." If I accidentally neglect you, don't take it to heart. ”

Autumn Wen said: "Where will I be?" I am also from a bitter background, and I am most sympathetic to the suffering people in my life. I don't have those shelves. Besides, what a lady is not a lady is just the general's own statement, and it still doesn't count with me. ”

Qiu Wen also opened her heart to Sanniang.

Women are different from men. If a woman sees the right eye with a woman, even if she has just met her, it is as good as if she has known each other for hundreds of years.

"Why doesn't it count?"

"Because, the general is the son of a large family, and his marriage is not up to him. I am his maid, Tianyun Country has a strict hierarchy, and a person who has been a maid cannot be the master's wife. So, I'm still self-aware. ”

Autumn Pattern's face was calm, but his expression was gloomy.

Sanniang stopped her work, shook her head and said, "You must not think like this." In our Monan, marriage is free, as long as men and women look at the right eye, there is nothing to do with their parents, just follow their own hearts and go to the past. I'm from here, although I've never been married, but when I was in Monan, I also had a good time with a few men, although in the end, they all became negative men...... Alas, not to mention it. However, when I see the way the general looks at you, it is full of love. Whoever a man likes and who he doesn't like, with just a pair of eyes, he can see everything......"

Qiu Wen made wontons with her: "I know, it's useless to think about it all day." Once you come to Yanshan, you have to establish some meritorious deeds like men. I think that a person's background cannot be changed, but it can be acquired and worked hard. Actually, I've already wanted to open it, but I haven't completely opened the shackles yet. ”

After that, she smiled at Sanniang again.

As he spoke, Qiu Wen had already wrapped three wontons in a row.

Sanniang was surprised that she made wontons so quickly, picked up a wonton and looked at it, and found that it was different from her own, so she asked Qiuwen what the trick was.

Qiu Wen said: "But it's a bit tricky." You are the owner of the shop, so there is no need to say more about whether it tastes good or not. This soup should be cooked quickly, and the wontons should naturally be made quickly, and there are some special methods that I learned in the Shijia kitchen before, you see...... First, dip the thin crust in water on both sides, and roll it up in turn to paste the meat filling ......"

Sanniang also did it seriously, and the speed of making wontons was really much faster.

She sighed: "Although I only know you, I really obey you." Actually, I open a wonton shop here, and I don't know that the people in it only think that I am ingenious and good at this, but in fact I can't. Because I am from Monan, I don't know how to be a woman, and I don't know how to do family affairs. Thinking about it, I want to stay here, and I only have one wonton specialty, and we Mo Nan people are the same as you, and we can eat wontons at home. At that time, I liked the general in my heart, so I thought of a way to stay for a long time. Opening a wonton shop in the barracks can not only earn some money, but also meet the general often...... Unexpectedly, the general did not come often...... Alas, in short, I am self-inflicted...... But I'm the one who thinks the most. The general is my benefactor, and if I can repay one point in this life, that is one point. If I still think about the woman who is a general, I don't know what to do. You are better than me, if you are a young lady from an official family, relying on the prestige of your parents, and marrying a general in the right place, I still don't look down on it in my heart? The general may not really love you. That's it. This shows the difference between the generals and your specialness. ”

This Sanniang looked very grinning and playful. Sao looked, but I didn't expect that my heart was not a hollow big radish.

Qiu Wen took her hand: "The general is right. I see that you are kind-hearted and capable, and you will definitely be able to find a good man. ”

"It's hard. I'm like this, the high is not low. Find a Huang Hualang, but I'm not a yellow flower girl. Find someone who has a dead wife and a doll, I'm unwilling. ”

"Wait."

Qiu Wen comforted, and the two worked together, quickly wrapped the wontons, and made a table full of dishes.

When it was time to eat, Akimona brought up all the plates, and the table couldn't be placed. It's not that there are a lot of dishes, but Yanshan's plates, the chassis is large, the plate is wide, and a stack of four or five can fill the table. Sanniang poured wine again and added rice bowls, making the small table even more crowded.

Ximo simply hugged Huan'er on her lap.

The ravioli are indeed delicious. Huan'er ate two large bowls in one go, and he hiccuped from eating.

Ximo patted him on the back: "I will chew and swallow slowly in the future." ”

After noon, Ximo took Autumn Pattern to see the house. Huan'er followed her. The house that Ximo prepared for Qiu Wen was also the family of one of his subordinates before. Later, the subordinate said that he didn't want to join the army, and just wanted to go back to his hometown and guard the paddy fields for thirty miles with his wife and children, and live a quiet life.

Now there is everything in that room, beds, bedding, tables and chairs, and people can live in it if they only need to be disturbed.

Sanniang watched Huan'er really follow Qiu Wen, and she was reluctant. She called Huan'er: "You will come to eat my wontons often in the future." I know you love to eat. Come on, I'm not going to beat you. ”

Huan'er said, "I know, I know." I didn't go far, but I was still in the barracks. Don't worry, I'm with Qiu Wenniang, and I'll still call you Yan Niang. Although I don't have a mother, I have two more mothers, and I am only happy in my heart. ”

Huan'er can speak well.

What he said made Sanniang really like it.

"It doesn't matter if you're true or not, I just need to call you, if you don't come, I won't care about you in the future."

Huan'er smiled: "I'll come naturally." Yan Niang, aren't you yelling all day long that there is no good man to marry you? When I go back to the barracks, I will definitely take a good look at it for you. After a few years, you give birth to a few big fat boys, and I will take care of them for you. ”

He patted his chest like a little adult and promised.

"You little one, you think long-term. At a young age, you have such thoughts, and I see that when you grow up, you are also the material to be a general. ”

Huan'er also likes to hear this.

The two of them smiled tacitly.

Sanniang said that she would follow Qiu Wen to clean the house, and Qiu Wen shook her head: "No, I know you must be tired." It's just that since you treat me as a good sister, I still have to say that this store will still do business well in the future, and don't use it as a casino. If you can't get busy, come to me. ”

Sanniang's face was slightly red: "I know." At the beginning, it was just to get a few more silver, but I didn't think about it. Thankfully, the general didn't punish me. Even if I want to be punished, I will obey everything. ”

Autumn pattern is good.

She felt that Sanniang's brain was not confused, but she was also a tendon when she had something to do, and her enthusiasm came up, and when she saw it, she didn't care about it.

It's not good.

Whether she likes to listen to it or not, she still has to warn.

This reminded her that in Shi Mansion before, Mrs. Shi held on in the middle of the night, and searched for people to gather to gamble for money, and this search pulled out a lot of things, pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud.

If the casino has been open for a long time, it must not be good, and it is better to do business quietly.

"Yes, I know it all. The general is back, and he brought you, I'm not lonely, it's okay in the future, I just go to bother you and talk to you. ”

Sanniang blushed and didn't let Qiu Wen continue.

When Ximo led Huan'er out of the barracks with Qiuwen, he walked on a nearby path, where large patches of tulipsticks were planted on both sides of the path, and there were clusters of wild lilacs on the ground.

Autumn pattern thinks it's not bad here.

Behind the tutu are rows of brick huts, not tall, but thick. It was late autumn, and the walls of the rows of huts were covered with green creepers.

Huan'er clapped her hands at those green plants: "Oh, if you don't come for a few days, the grapes here are all red and ready to eat!" ”