Chapter 70: You Can Meet Him Everywhere You Go
While eating, Zhou Yue listened to Xiao Quanzi talk about what happened in the kitchen, he is now a twelve-year-old boy, and he is very clear about which little maids around him are pure in mind and which have other ideas. Mai Xiaohuan's words he believed, and he also knew that the sisters wanted to go home, and they did not cling to Qi Ningshan and their own thoughts.
This Mama Li! I saw that she had served her mother for a while, so she tolerated her a lot, how could she see a girl and suspect that people wanted to climb high branches!
And that Mai Xiaobad, what does her words mean, she seems to dislike herself, it's good if she doesn't think she's thin and deflated, she still dares to pick on the east and west, it's just too much.
She shouldn't have been allowed to go out tomorrow...... Forget it, for the sake of her sister's grievances today, although her craftsmanship is not very good, she is still dedicated, and she will make an exception tomorrow, and she will not deduct their New Year's holidays. Where can I find a master who is so kind-hearted and tolerant as himself! That girl is really bad against herself every day.
When Xiaoquanzi went to deliver the letter, the sisters couldn't believe their ears, and Mai Xiaohuan carefully plucked out her ears and asked Xiaoquanzi to say it again.
"Childe said that Miss Xiaofang was wronged today, and giving your sisters two days off will be regarded as compensation, and it will not deduct your New Year's holiday, so you can go to the county guard mansion for two days with peace of mind! The new clothes are here, be more energetic tomorrow, don't embarrass Childe and Yifeng Yuan, you know? ”
"Got it." The sisters cheerfully agreed.
Mai Xiaohuan personally sent Xiaoquanzi out, and when they were leaving, Mai Xiaohuan told Xiaoquanzi out of gratitude that if he had a bad stomach, he would try to eat less sour and spicy things in the future and drink more porridge that warmed his stomach.
Mama Li and the doctors in the palace didn't say that, they said that the strange illness of the son had nothing to do with eating, who should they listen to?
When the door was closed, Mai Xiaohuan regretted it, why did he do this more, just make Zhou Yue uncomfortable, anyway, it has nothing to do with him.
Hearing such good news before going to bed, Mai Xiaohuan urged the second sister to hurry up and freshen up, go to bed early, and strive to leave early tomorrow.
The next day was a good day, Zhou Yue didn't look for trouble anymore and let go very happily, even the porter was more attentive than before, and kept sending the sisters' car to the intersection.
It seems that if you want to have a better life in the Lotus Courtyard, it is very necessary to have a good relationship with Zhou Yue, he just went to the small courtyard where he lived to eat once, and the missing maid came back obediently, and Mama Wang also smiled.
As soon as the carriage of the Lotus Courtyard arrived at the gate of the county guard's mansion, Tang Yujun rushed over: "Xiaofang, Xiaohuan, are you here?" I've been waiting here all morning. ”
This Tang Yujun is persistent enough, but he doesn't know what it will be like in the future, I hope he can always put the second sister in the most important position in his heart, even if he encounters difficulties and resistance in the future, he can not change his original intention.
After meeting Qu Zhiyi and Lin, who were rarely on vacation, Mai Xiaohuan smiled and said to Qu Hao, "Congratulations!" ”
"No wonder my brother mentions this girl with his mouth open, it's really good, it's not enough to just meet the eldest brother, our sisters haven't met yet!"
"Yes, this girl hasn't been called the second brother yet!"
Mai Xiaohuan had to follow the sound and meet one by one, Qu Hao's eldest sister is the young grandmother of the Hou Mansion, and the second sister is married to the son of the Hanlin family, as for the chubby, meaty kid who is estimated to be not much older than himself, it should be Qu Wen, the youngest child of the Qu family.
Qu Hao played his younger brother and warned him not to bully people, if he remembered correctly, the two of them should be the same age.
After reporting each other's birthdays, Mai Xiaohuan sadly found that he was half a month younger than this fat man. Looking at the little fat man who grinned to the root of Mei's mouth, Mai Xiaohuan was deflated and thought that this was probably his life in this life, not counting the youngest in the family, and the Mai family girls were also ranked last, and now they were bullied by a little fat man, which was really embarrassing.
Qu Wen saw that Mai Xiaohuan was unwilling to call himself his second brother, so he provoked trouble around her, and disliked her for being thin and small for a while; I want to compete with her for a while to write big letters. Lin was afraid that Mai Xiaohuan would be annoyed, and wanted to reprimand his youngest son for a few words, but he heard the eldest son open his mouth lightly on the side: "Xiao Huan! You haven't researched anything fresh to eat recently, and we won't make the yellow rice and purple potato flour you sent over last time, but we can keep it for you! ”
This girl will make delicious food, no matter how she looks like it! The eldest brother is scheming, he must have said this deliberately because he wanted to help the little girl, so he wouldn't be fooled!
Mai Xiaofang had already seen that the little fat man next to her was not pleasing to the eye, and she also guessed Qu Hao's intentions, so she continued Qu Hao's words and said: "The rose rolls made by my sister are both beautiful and delicious, and the steamed dim sum can smell the fragrance from afar." ”
There is really such a thing, Qu Wen picked up Mai Xiaohuan and ran to the kitchen, and the girl said that she wanted to taste the craftsmanship of her sister now, if she could really make delicious snacks, let herself call her sister.
Looking at the few children who ran away in an instant, Lin sighed long, this little son! All spoiled by his grandfather and grandmother.
In order to deter the little fat man, and also to reward Brother Qu and thank his father-in-law, Mai Xiaohuan worked in the kitchen for a morning, not only making several delicacies that everyone has seen and eaten, such as fried meatballs, fried sweet potato fries, shortbread, and pumpkin pie...... These snacks, which have never appeared in Xirui, were also put on the table, and Mai Xiaohuan also drew a few patterns, so that people could hurry up and make molds, ready to take the kitchen people to make some novel and chic snacks, and keep them for tomorrow to entertain guests.
At the reception banquet at noon, only Mai Xiaohuan accompanied Qu Zhiyi and his wife, the two young grandmothers from the capital and Qu Hao to eat. The other three people had already gone out for a walk together because they had eaten too much.
The Qu family was full of praise for Mai Xiaohuan, and Qu Hao also felt that he had a good vision, and he actually found a treasure in the small village. Qu Zhiyi also asked about sweet potatoes, if the people can plant some, it will solve a big problem.
Not all places in Xirui are as rich as Qingcheng County, and there are still places where there is not enough food and clothing.
Mai Xiaohuan told Qu Zhiyi that while the weather was not too cold, he should send some people to go around the surrounding mountains now, dig up those wild sweet potatoes and store them, and they can be raised and transplanted next spring.
She promised to write down the planting method of sweet potatoes in the afternoon, and as long as she followed it, the people would be able to complete the seedling raising and transplanting by themselves.
"You...... You are really willing to provide a planting method for free! Qu Zhiyi asked in surprise, you must know that even if Mai Xiaohuan uses this matter to negotiate with him, the county guard, as long as it is not too harsh, he will meet it, and this kid actually didn't mention a single request.
"You and your stepmother love me so much, and Brother Qu thinks about me everywhere, I don't know how to repay your kindness! If I can help, of course I am willing to provide sweet potato cultivation methods for free. To tell you the truth, my family has tried to plant it this year, and it looks pretty good. In fact, not only sweet potatoes can be planted, many medicinal herbs and flowers can be cultivated artificially, as long as the method is appropriate, the benefits will be several times or dozens of times that of growing food. ”
After listening to Mai Xiaofang's words, Qu Zhiyi and Qu Hao both fell into deep thought, and her words were like opening a new door, raising the eyes of the father and son to a new height.
"Father-in-law agrees with your statement, but at least for now, Xirui still has to focus on growing food, and he can only think about other things after solving the food and clothing of the people!"
"It is not enough to just bury one's head in farming and rely on the weather for food, so we must make more efforts to increase grain production and quality, apply farm fertilizer, build water canals, and turn over the land in autumn.
The mother and daughter next to them were stupid, they didn't expect Mai Xiaohuan to know so much and think so far, this ...... Is this a little girl who came out of a small village and has never seen the world?
Qu Zhiyi even asked someone to bring paper and pen, and Qu Hao quickly recorded the conversation between them.
"If Xiao Huan has any ideas in the future, he will come to his father-in-law and say, what do you want to do, my father-in-law and stepmother will provide your own grange for you to experiment, of course, the rewards will not be less, we are not short of silver, what we lack is talent."
"Then I'll thank my father-in-law and mother-in-law first, and when I have a mature idea, I will definitely come to my father-in-law."
The meal that had been eaten for more than an hour had just ended, and the people who went out for a walk had also returned, Qu Wen's attitude towards Mai Xiaohuan was now a 180-degree turn, and he greeted her first when he entered the door, squeezed Mai Xiaofang away, and sat next to her, almost serving tea and pouring water.
The people in their family were thinking that if Mai Xiaohuan promised to help him make food now and let him call his sister on the spot, he would nod and agree.
"It's not productive." The two sisters said in unison.
"Shame." Lin felt that his face had been lost by this little son today.
Qu Wen's heart fell on Mai Xiaohuan, it was not right to say so, to be precise, he was attracted by Mai Xiaohuan's cooking skills, and the ridicule of the old lady and sister was as if he hadn't heard it.
"When are we going to make a new snack to eat?" Qu Wen rubbed his hands and asked, he saw it just now, the new mold that Mai Xiaohuan wanted had been delivered.
Mai Xiaohuan is also the first time to see such a greedy person today, they are all fat and still eat like this, if he had already thought about losing weight.
"Prepare everything tonight and make snacks tomorrow morning."
"Why not tonight! If I can't eat new snacks, I won't be able to sleep soundly. ”
Who will believe this? There is no better sleep in the whole family, and this kid is a master who won't get up if he doesn't call five or six times in the morning.
Like him, there is Tang Yujun, who has to stay here at night, and people have found a high-sounding reason for themselves, tomorrow they want to help the county guard to entertain guests, and the county guard wants to accompany Yue Gongzi and officials, and the rest of the people Qu Hao himself can't greet him.
Zhou Yue is coming! Can't this guy let himself have two days of peace? You can see him everywhere you go!