Chapter 5: Cooking Without Rice

"Where is that?"

When Aunt Sun heard this, her face changed slightly.

"This tea is I bought a new tea yesterday, to put it mildly, this will just enter the spring, this year's new spring tea has not yet been listed, but the family is a day without tea, I will temporarily buy a little last year's tea, and then buy another spring tea on the market, although so, but it can not be said to be an old tea."

"Auntie is good at pretending to be garlic."

Yu Wanning threw the lid of the tea bowl with his hand, and it fell on the table with a clang.

"This is clearly the old tea from two or three years ago, do you dare to say that it was last year's tea?"

"This ...... What are these words? ”

Aunt Sun was immediately anxious and immediately argued.

"Third Miss, you are only eight years old, and you haven't been drinking tea for a long time, how can you insist that this is old tea from two or three years ago?"

She turned to look at Yu Deling, with a look of grievance.

"Master, you have to be considerate of the concubine, the drink and food in the house are all taken care of by the concubine herself, and it is the duty of the concubine to serve the old lady, and it is the duty of the concubine to work harder, but the third lady, she can't wronged me, isn't ......"

She was about to cry out, but was interrupted by Mrs. Yu.

"A-Ning is right, this tea is indeed the old tea from two years ago."

Mrs. Yu was rare to be stern, her face sank, and she stared at Aunt Sun with a pair of beautiful eyes.

"Even if A-Ning is still young, is it possible that I don't understand? Back then, in the Ye family, I hadn't seen anything good, how could I not even distinguish a tea? ”

Aunt Sun: "......"

How did she forget this stubble, Mrs. Yu has always been gentle and gentle, and rarely bothered with her, so she gradually forgot the identity of this wealthy lady.

When Yu Deling heard this, he immediately stretched his face, although he has never been very particular about food, but he respects his wife very much, knowing that she is delicate by nature, and her requirements for living expenses are very fine, so he often reminds Aunt Sun to pay more attention in this regard, and never take bad things to perfunctory.

I didn't expect her to dare to do such a thing.

And although Yu Deling's son is rough, he is not stupid, and when he saw that Aunt Sun and his concubine did not drink this tea, he guessed that the use of their room must be good.

Thinking of this, my heart naturally moved.

This is really the opposite, a little aunt, let her take care of the house, and dare to deduct the use of the main room, is this still necessary?

"Sun, tell me clearly?"

Yu Deling was furious, and threw the tea bowl in his hand on the table with a bang, and the tea splashed on the table.

"Sir, don't be angry......"

Aunt Sun was startled, and hurriedly stood up again, bending slightly to reply.

"This matter is the concubine's mistake, but the lord you also have to listen to the concubine to argue a few words, you also know, the year before last year's flood, last year's drought, the acres of land in the village are almost no harvest, the housekeeper of the grange every time he comes to the concubine crying and begging, it is really impossible to hand over things, the concubine also knows, the heavens are not beautiful, and manpower can do nothing, even if you kill the steward of the grange, you can't peel off a few catties of meat.

But there are so many mouths in the general's mansion, people eat horses and chew horses, the expenses are not small, and it is difficult to continue many times, and the concubine is anxious for a while, so she squeezes out some silver, and wants to learn from my father to do some leather business, so as to make some money to supplement the use of the house, who knows that the Hu people and the Qiang people in the northwest are fighting again, and the goods are not passable, and even the people and goods are lost in the war, and the silver invested in the early stage is also lost.

The concubine really has no choice, she can only squeeze and save money everywhere, in fact, the people's use has long been reduced, that is, even the concubine herself has not received the monthly silver for several months, but she has not dared to touch the old lady's side.

The mother-in-law of the previous library came to report that the tea was gone, and when buying tea, the concubine was blinded by lard for a while, and bought a bargain greedily to save money, and thought that anyway, there were not many purchases this time, and it would be ten days and a half months, and the new tea would be purchased again this spring, but she ignored that Mrs. could not drink such a thing. Although the concubine does have difficulties, in the end she has done something wrong, please punish the old lady. ”

The system set by the Dayin Dynasty since the founding of the People's Republic of China is that all the officials' salaries are not rich, at most they are only enough to feed two or three family members.

But in an official position, he often has to support a large family, especially such a noble family, and the sum of the upper and lower masters and servants often exceeds 100 people.

Coupled with socializing with colleagues, New Year's gifts, and personal contacts, such a large amount of expenses, the idea is almost negligible.

Therefore, the officials were rewarded for their meritorious deeds, and the grange they gave them to make a living, and the greater the merit, the greater the reward for the village, and the higher the income.

There are also some noble families, all of whom rely on the family background handed down from their ancestors and live a life of bells and food.

Others, who are active, ask the family's capable servants to take care of their business outside and collect some money.

As for the General's Mansion, although it is also a noble family, it does not have the grace of the ancestors.

The Yu family is a big family of the Dayin Dynasty, and their status is respected, and even the current queen is also the daughter of the Yu family.

It's just that although the door is large and there are many clansmen, those who are really valued and can inherit the grace of their ancestors are just a lineage, and Yu Deling is only the son of a concubine, so he is not taken seriously.

In addition, his talent for learning literature is limited, and he can only engage in military practice, so he can't be treated by his father, who values literature and light martial arts, and his ancestor Enyin naturally has no relationship with him.

Therefore, Yu Deling completely relied on his own efforts, bloodshed and fought on the battlefield, made meritorious contributions, and earned today's status.

So this family can only rely on Yu Deling's military exploits to earn a living from Zhuangzi's income.

"I see."

After listening to Aunt Sun's complaints, Mrs. Yu's face turned slightly pale.

"Alas, it's also difficult for you, it's difficult for a good woman to cook without rice......"

Yu Deling nodded when he heard this, and thought for a while before saying: "In this case, the usage between me and Shaoting can be slightly reduced, but the usage of Mrs. and Wan Ning is still not sloppy." ”

Yu Shaoyuan's cerebellum is blunt, and he doesn't understand it for a while.

Yu Shaoting and Yu Wanyao immediately looked unhappy, and Mrs. was just that, after all, she was the main housewife, but why could everyone's use be reduced, but she Yu Wanning still had to be pampered? Father, too, is too partial.

However, for Yu Wanyao, there is a difference between her dignity and inferiority, she didn't dare to say anything, but she couldn't help but hug her mother.

"Mother also said that it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, so my father really shouldn't reprimand my aunt like that, and my aunt is really wronged."

When Yu Wanning heard this, she glanced at Yu Wanyao and said lightly: "Aunt Sun is a concubine, and it is her duty to serve the main room, so where did the grievances come from?" Besides, what if Daddy is the head of the family, what if he says a few words about a concubine? Is it your turn to be a junior who is a concubine to talk more? It turns out that Aunt Sun raised you like this? ”