Chapter 142: Talking
Steward Zhang stood at the door, saw Lin Xiaozhu open the door, with a smile on his face, and said politely: "Miss Xiaozhu, have you eaten?" ”
"I just ate it, Steward Zhang hasn't eaten it yet, right?" Lin Xiaozhu also politely greeted Steward Zhang in this typical Chinese style, and then turned his body sideways, "Steward Zhang, please come in and sit." ”
"No, no, I'll say a few words and leave." Steward Zhang hurriedly waved his hand. It's not good for this lonely man and widow to stay in a courtyard. If Childe misunderstood...... Thinking of this, he hurriedly said: "I came here to tell you that Lao Wang was tortured, and it hasn't been ten days, I'm afraid there is no way to do things." During this time, Childe's diet will be bothered by you. What kind of ingredients do you need every day, you tell me the first day, and I send someone to buy them. Also, don't be busy making today's lunch, Childe was tired all night last night, and he just lay down, and he didn't know when he woke up. If you look at the hour, you will prepare after noon, and you will buy a lot of ingredients yesterday, and you will use ready-made ones today. When the son wakes up, Mama Wu will send a girl to tell you. ”
"Okay, I got it." Lin Xiaozhu smiled and nodded.
"Then you rest, I'll go first." Steward Zhang smiled, turned around and was about to leave.
"By the way, Steward Zhang, I have something I want to ask you." Lin Xiaozhu hurriedly stopped him, "If I want to buy something, I don't know who I should entrust?" ”
There are many rights and wrongs in this house, and when it comes to buying things, she still has to go through Steward Zhang's way to the bright road. Otherwise, if you trust Zhou Yun, it will not be good to be said to be a private teacher.
"At present, it is Zhou Yun who is buying it, which is the second son of the Zhou family and his wife in the big kitchen. What does the little bamboo girl need, just let him buy it. Steward Zhang said.
"Okay, I got it. Thank you, Steward Zhang. Lin Xiaozhu said gratefully.
"Hehe, what a thanksgive." Steward Zhang arched his hand, "In this way, I will leave." ”
"Steward Zhang walks slowly."
Lin Xiaozhu looked at Steward Zhang's distant back, smiled wryly and shook his head.
Such two sentences, no matter who you call to tell her casually, how can you use this housekeeper Zhang who is in charge of the whole house to run this trip in person. He came in person now, but because Tingyu and Lao Wang were punished for her, thinking that she had a lot of weight in Yuan Tianye's mind. So I came to show her goodwill.
It is normal for people to seek profit like insects flying to the light.
Since there was nothing in the kitchen for a while, Lin Xiaozhu became idle again. She returned to the bedroom and thought about how much pen, ink, paper, and inkstone Zhou Yun had bought for her. Take advantage of the free and quiet here. She was going to write down some of the things she remembered in her head. The more time passes, the more blurred the memories of past lives. She had to rewrite them like this often to deepen her memory. Those things. It's her real treasure, and she must treasure it. Of course, as soon as she finishes writing, she burns it. If these things are discovered. It will cause unnecessary trouble.
After calculating, she took the twenty cents out of her belt. Put it in your pocket. Then go to bed and start practicing. In her body, although she had obtained a few pills from Yuan Tianye, her qi sensation increased sharply in a short period of time, and her strength increased a lot. But after all, the physique is not right, and no matter how much medicine or diligent practice is followed, the progress is weak. After practicing martial arts for more than two years, her martial arts are only able to deal with one or two ordinary men. If she wants to fly the eaves and walk the wall like Yuan Jiu, or hit the stone into dust, it can only be a dream for her.
But. It's better to practice than not to practice. Now that I have nothing to do, I can only practice to relieve my boredom.
As soon as this skill is practiced, time will pass quickly. Soon it was nearly noon. Lin Xiaozhu went to the small kitchen and looked at the ingredients inside. It was found that in a small pool made of bluestone slabs in the corner of the wall, several mandarin fish were raised, each of which weighed seven or eight taels; There are a few chickens and ducks in the cage in the yard; We also have a wide variety of seasonal vegetables. She quickly drew up a recipe - on this hot day, boil a duck soup with white seeds, then stir-fry the white with duck breasts, steamed mandarin fish, stir-fry three shreds of vegetarian vegetables, stir-fry water spinach in oil, and finally have a bowl of cold noodles as the main dish.
Yuan Tianye is still a good servant. Although eating is picky about the taste, as long as it is done cleanly and tastes good, you can eat what you give. It's not extravagant, and when there are no guests, it's at most four dishes and one soup.
Kill the duck and make the soup, although no one helped him, Lin Xiaozhu was also neat alone, and he cooked the duck in a while. Then, except for the fish, the others should be washed, and the dishes should be cut, and all the dishes were prepared, just waiting for someone to inform her before she could get into the pot.
Yuan Tianye was probably tired last night, and he slept for four hours. It wasn't until the time when the little girl with a strange face named Shiyang went to the kitchen to inform her to cook. Lin Xiaozhu quickly fried the vegetables, steamed the fish, held it on a large tray, and arrived at the main courtyard.
At this time, Yuan Tianye was sitting in the hall, holding a book in his hand and looking at it. Seeing Lin Xiaozhu coming in, followed by a burst of fragrance, he hurriedly threw the book away, and said with a smile: "The food is finally here, but I am hungry." ”
Looking at the dishes on Lin Xiaozhu's tray again, his index finger moved. didn't wait for Lin Xiaozhu to put the dishes together, he took the chopsticks and the bowl of cold noodles by himself, and started to move.
"Hey, Childe, drink the soup first." Lin Xiaozhu scooped a bowl of soup and put it in front of him. I wanted to snatch the cold noodles from his hand, but when I saw Mama Wu coming out of the room, I quickly retracted my hand and stood up straight.
Yuan Tianye noticed her action, turned his head to look at Mama Wu, and said, "Mama Wu, there's nothing going on here, you go and rest." Then put the cold noodles down.
Mama Wu was a little stunned. However, he quickly reacted, replied respectfully "yes", and bowed down.
Although Lin Xiaozhu has never been a girl, she also knows that when the master eats, the girl and the mother-in-law should be on the side. At this time, Yuan Tianye drove Mama Wu away, and Mama Wu didn't know what to think of her. At the moment, he said with some anxiety: "Childe, is this a little inappropriate?" ”
"Hey, what's wrong." Yuan Tianye waved his hand absently, took a sip of the soup, and then said, "These people are circling around all day long, and they are very annoying. So I'd rather stay in the lodge. ”
"You're the master, it's not up to you to decide what you like? Why is it annoyed by a subordinate like this? Lin Xiaozhu couldn't figure it out.
Yuan Tianye glanced at Lin Xiaozhu and said, "They are all sent by my mother to serve me, and they represent my mother's wishes. He put down the soup bowl and stared at her with a hint of apology in his eyes, "So, I can only go so far with this morning's punishment, otherwise it will be unfilial." However, they won't embarrass you again in the future. ”
Here's the explanation? How did he punish his subordinates, did he need to explain it to her? Lin Xiaozhu restrained himself from thinking too much, and instead smiled: "Ha, it's okay. What's the point of embarrassing me? It's a big deal to give you white porridge again! ”
Yuan Tianye laughed out loud, revealing his white teeth: "It's not good to control people, it seems that I deserve to suffer!" ”
"That's it." Lin Xiaozhu also laughed.
Yuan Tianye was already hungry, so he smiled heartily at this time, and suddenly his appetite was great. He glanced at the cold noodles greedily and asked, "You haven't said why you didn't let me eat the noodles first, and let me drink the soup first." ”
"Drink soup before meals, the more you drink, the healthier it gets; Drink soup after a meal, and the more you drink, the fatter you get. Lin Xiaozhu said.
"Is there such a statement? Why haven't I heard of it? Yuan Tianye raised his eyebrows suspiciously and looked at Lin Xiaozhu.
Lin Xiaozhu had only heard this from his friends in Guangdong before, so he remembered it. So at this time, I couldn't say any reason, so I had to play the scoundrel and say, "Believe it or not." ”
Yuan Tianye shook his head a little helplessly, and picked up the soup bowl: "Then I'll drink the soup first." ”
"Childe, please." Lin Xiaozhu put the dishes on the table, then stepped aside and stopped talking.
I don't know if Yuan Tianye is too hungry, or if the food cooked by Lin Xiaozhu is more suitable for his appetite, these four dishes, one soup and one staple food, and the portion is so large, Yuan Tianye was stunned to eat most of them, then put down the chopsticks, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and said, "It's delicious." ”
Lin Xiaozhu pursed his lips and smiled, and stepped forward to clean up the table.
"Put things there first, I have something to tell you." Yuan Tianye got up, walked to the chair next to him and sat down, saw Lin Xiaozhu put down his things and walked over, pointed to the chair opposite him and said, "Sit down." ”
"Thank you, Childe, Xiaozhu is still standing." Lin Xiaozhu was reluctant to sit. In the past, Yuan Tianye was the biggest in the villa, as long as he didn't care, he could do anything, and she also liked that kind of casual and equal relationship. But here, the people in the house are all sent by his mother, and people like Mama Wu are definitely his mother's eyeliner. A woman, as long as she has a marriageable son, must be like the axe thrower in the parable of the axe thief, and any girl who is not in touch with her thinks that she is a thief, and wants to steal her son's heart, so that she can climb the high branches. So she didn't dare not pay attention to the rules, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to herself.
Yuan Tianye also understood this truth, so when he saw Lin Xiaozhu insisting on standing, he was no longer reluctant, muttered for a moment, and said: "This morning, Tingyu and Lao Wang were each beaten with thirty boards, but for the sake of their service to me for eight years and never made any mistakes, I didn't kick them out." So this old man has to stay in the small kitchen with you. What are your thoughts on this? ”
"Everything is up to the son, how dare Xiaozhu have any ideas?" Lin Xiaozhu replied in a proper manner.
Yuan Tianye didn't let her go, and asked: "But if Lao Wang, Mrs. Li, and Mrs. Ma hate you and stumble on you, what should you do?" ”
Lin Xiaozhu smiled: "I don't have any deep hatred with Master Wang and the two aunts, it's just that Master Wang thinks I'm here to rob him of his job." As long as Gongzi doesn't snub and find fault with Master Wang because of me, after a long time, he knows that I don't have the idea of trying to suppress him, so he will naturally be fine. ”
"But I just snubbed and found fault with him because of you, and he is a person who holds a grudge?" Yuan Tianye frowned and stared at Lin Xiaozhu.
(In order not to delay so many classes for students, although I am still on sick leave today, I also went to four classes, so today's two chapters will be updated late.) (To be continued)