After serving Aunt Rong and coming back, everyone in the kitchen finished their dinner and affirmed Xiangru's level of cooking for the first time, so Xiangru also ate a very fragrant dinner.

The supper cooked for Aunt Rong tonight is walnut and red date porridge, which nourishes the brain and calms the nerves, and the plump jujube carefully removed from the jujube pit, cut into pieces, and boiled with walnuts and japonica rice in the pot, and then put in rock sugar after simmering for half an hour, and then boil for a while.

This porridge itself is a nourishing and nourishing porridge for women in autumn and winter, sweet and delicious, not only honeysuckle and cloves are praised while eating, but even Aunt Rong thinks it is delicious.

The next day, when Xiangru sent boiling water to Aunt Rong to freshen up, she took the newly embroidered clothes with her, Aunt Rong checked the embroidery on the clothes, and was quite satisfied, so she asked Xiangru to change it for her, and after breakfast, she wore the newly embroidered clothes to visit Aunt Xiao's room.

Entering the door again, I saw Aunt Fang sitting on the edge of the bed to feed Aunt Xiao porridge, today's porridge is the shredded mushroom and chicken porridge made by Chef Jin for Aunt Xiao, for this bowl of porridge, Chef Jin got up an hour in advance, went to the kitchen to kill the chicken, took a very tender piece of chicken breast and cooked it by hand, teared it into shreds and put it into rice porridge and boiled together, only put a little salt and a little shredded ginger to taste, shiitake mushrooms to nourish the spleen and invigorate qi, and the chicken is warm and invigorating qi and replenishing deficiency, which is suitable for Aunt Xiao to eat.

After Aunt Rong entered the door, she set up a stool and sat down at the head of the bed, watching Aunt Fang feed Aunt Xiao porridge spoonful by spoonful like serving her mother, and finally went down to half a bowl of porridge Aunt Xiao waved her hand, Aunt Fang put down and got up to wash her hands outside, temporarily giving up time and space to Aunt Rong. Yu Gui quickly cleaned up the table and took the inferior girl who was working in the courtyard back to the kitchen.

"Aunt Xiao, how do you feel today? Do you feel better? ”

"It's still the same, I don't think it's going to get any better, maybe in the next few days, the chief eunuch above should order me to pack up my things and leave the palace and return to my hometown." Aunt Xiao's voice and breath were full of a sense of weakness.

"Where did Aunt Xiao say, isn't it just the wind and cold, take a few medicines, and then take care of it, and it will be fine soon."

"Alas, I know my body, don't coax me, in the last year or two, I feel more and more uncomfortable, and I was still panicking at that time, thinking that I must not fall ill. Now that I'm sick, I'm at ease, the big deal is to go home early, I've been in the palace for decades, it's time for me to rest and rest, maybe I'll get better when I get home. ”

Aunt Rong leaned over and wanted to answer, but Aunt Xiao gently raised her hand to stop her, and then said: "Aunt Rong, I know that you are thinking about me, but yes, you were not present when Doctor Xie was treating me, I saw her expression, what was such a young girl thinking about and where could I hide it from me, I knew that my body was not good, if I let me leave the palace, it would be the emperor's grace, and it would be too late to be grateful." ”

"But what do you want us to do when you leave? You can't live without you. ”

"What is inseparable from leaving, the so-called people go to tea and cool, and when they leave, they are gone, who else do you expect to care? It's better to make me more delicious food before I leave, otherwise I won't be able to eat it if I want to eat it after I leave. "Aunt Xiao is so open-minded that it's sad.

"What's so difficult about that, the kitchen has everything, and it's a matter of one sentence if you want to eat."

Aunt Rong was thinking about coaxing Aunt Xiao to be happy, when a smell of medicine wafted in, Aunt Rong turned around and saw that Aunt Fang walked into the house with the freshly boiled decoction.

"Aunt Xiao, the medicine is boiled, do you want to drink it now?"

"If you can't drink it, put it on the side, and drink it later."

"Hey, I'll put it on the table for you, drink it when it's a little cooler, it's not good to let it cool, the nourishing soup is boiling on the stove, and it will be fine soon."

"Ouch, I'm going to drink so much medicine? I thought it was only wind-chill soup. ”

"Aunt Xiao, you have to drink the wind and cold soup, and you also have to drink the tonics, so that the body can get better quickly, where is it enough to rely on food alone." Aunt Fang's gaze seemed to glance at Aunt Rong inadvertently.

"Medicine can't be eaten as a meal, you still have to eat when you should eat, and your body is good if you can eat. Isn't it, Aunt Xiao? "Aunt Rong doesn't want to be said like this, and is eager to win back a city.

"Okay, okay, don't make any noise, it's all right, I'm going to take medicine and eat now, but I just don't have an appetite, I can't eat, and I don't feel hungry at all."

"It's okay, Aunt Xiao, this is all temporary, it will get better in a few days after taking the medicine." Aunt Fang stepped forward and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"If you don't have an appetite, I'll go back to the kitchen and make you some appetizing meals, sweet and sour are the most appetizing."

"Doctor Xie said, Aunt Xiao's spleen and stomach are not good, don't get some things she can't eat."

"Yesterday's mung bean porridge was a moment of negligence for me to let the cook pick up the food box, but I don't know who didn't take the sweet potato porridge that was sent together, but took the mung bean porridge?" Since the other party wants to provoke this topic, of course Aunt Rong doesn't mind taking advantage of the situation to fight back.

"You ......" Aunt Fang was speechless to argue, and it was not good to be in front of Aunt Xiao, she glared at Aunt Rong hatefully and swallowed her anger.

"Aunt Xiao, hello and rest, I'll go back to the kitchen and get you something delicious for noon." Aunt Fang's expression at this time made Aunt Rong feel good, and she saluted Aunt Xiao with a smile and said goodbye.

Aunt Xiao quietly watched the confrontation between the two eldest aunts in front of her, of course she knew what these two people were for, but before the deadline for making a decision, she still wanted to observe more.

A few days ago, she had heard of Aunt Rong whipping people to the point of injury, and she was not very satisfied with Aunt Rong's increasingly irritable temper, but as the eldest aunt in charge, she still did a very competent job. To be honest, among the existing aunts, it is true that only she and Aunt Fang from the pharmacy have the most advantages, but neither of these two is a fuel-efficient lamp, so it is not easy to make a decision, it is better to hang it first and seek some benefits for yourself.

Aunt Rong returned to the kitchen, picked out three of today's ingredients and handed them to Chef Jin, explained what to cook for lunch, and then supervised the whole production process on the side, from ingredients to cooking, she watched from the side.

And the kitchen is also because of Aunt Rong's behavior, the tension is rising out of thin air, originally the kitchen girls are used to talking loudly at work, but at this time, everyone's voice is as thin as a cat, and amiable, people in and out of the head bowed, for fear that they would do something wrong.

Before leaving, Aunt Rong told Chef Jin to make a soup for Aunt Xiao every afternoon, the snacks are not easy to digest, or the soup is better for the patient, and she will send it herself.

You can't always let that woman serve Aunt Xiao's meals.

Aunt Rong is dedicated to serving Aunt Xiao, so she has no time to find fault with her subordinates, so Xiangru finally has a stable life after seven or eight days, and she doesn't have to worry about Aunt Rong suddenly losing her temper when she eats well, and she doesn't have to worry about what embroidery work she has to do suddenly, but she is still very attentive to supper every night, and her mood is good, so she can better coax her.

Chef Li has also recovered in the past few days and returned to the kitchen to work.

After she came back, Xiangru immediately took off the work of a temporary cook and returned to the ranks of handymen, and the days immediately became idle, in addition to doing every job, the rest of the time was completely at her own disposal, and she finally had time to do private work, making a new belly pocket for herself, the four seasons clothes rewarded by the palace did not include a close-fitting belly pocket, and she was at the age of development, and the old ones were worn smaller.

Xiangru wholeheartedly prepared to design a beautiful embroidery style for herself, and it took two days just to draw a draft of the pattern, but before the final finalization, this work was forced to be temporarily suspended, and Aunt Rong's bad temper broke out again.

When Xiangru came to deliver dinner, Aunt Rong was not in the house, and after waiting for a while, she saw Aunt Rong coming in from outside with an angry face, and when she saw the food box on the table, she didn't say a word, she directly overturned it, and the food box rolled to the ground, the lid was opened, and the food inside was spilled all over the ground, and the pots, cups, spoons and other pieces were all over the ground.

Xiangru was so frightened that she didn't know what this was for, so she quickly knelt on the ground and begged Aunt Rong to calm her anger.

Fortunately, Aunt Rong didn't get angry this time, she spilled her own dinner and walked around the house a few times in a frenzied manner, yelling at Xiangru to call Chef Jin over.

Xiangru crawled out of the house, and the people who were still eating in the kitchen listened to Xiangru's words, and looked at Chef Jin in surprise.

Chef Li, who had just recovered from her injury, couldn't help but think of what happened to her, worried that Chef Jin would be sent back paralyzed for a while, and suddenly she was so nervous that her whole body trembled and couldn't help herself.

In Aunt Rong's house, Xiangru was sent to stand in the corner, and she was not allowed to step forward to get in the way, Chef Jin knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, whining and begging for mercy, Aunt Rong shook the rattan whip in her hand and jumped like thunder, and accused sharply.

"You have been working in the kitchen for more than ten years, how can you cook at this level, Aunt Xiao doesn't like to eat those soups at all, a cup of soup is sent over, only eat a few bites and don't want it, and take most of the rest back. Forgive you once, twice, three times, it's been four, five or six times, and you haven't improved until now, what the hell is going on in your head? ”

Chef Jin leaned on the ground and didn't dare to get up, "I do everything according to my aunt's instructions, and make spleen-strengthening and appetizing soup for Aunt Xiao every day, these soups have been made before, and I have never heard Aunt Xiao say that she doesn't like to eat them." ”

"How dare you quibble? Aunt Xiao is now a patient, and of course her taste is different from that of a healthy person, you are obviously too lazy to use your brain and want to be perfunctory. Aunt Rong whipped her heavily on the ground, causing Chef Jin and Xiangru to scream in fright.

"Auntie, don't be too anxious, give Chef Jin a little time, Aunt Xiao drinks so many medicines every day, it will definitely affect her appetite, except for the soup in the afternoon, the other three meals Aunt Xiao doesn't eat much, which means that her appetite has not recovered." Thinking of Chef Li's experience, Xiangru's sense of justice broke out again, and she risked her life to advise.

"Shut up!" Aunt Rong pointed her whip, and Xiangru covered her mouth with both hands and immediately silenced.

"Auntie, give me a little more time, I will definitely find a way to restore Aunt Xiao's appetite." Aunt Rong's whip danced around her, and Chef Jin was so frightened that her legs were weak, and she kowtowed like pounding garlic.

"What if it's still useless?"

"Aunt Ren's punishment." At this time, it can't be controlled so much.

"You'd better do what you say, that woman takes tonic medicine for Aunt Xiao every day, it's not good for me, if I lose, you won't have a good life."

"Yes, yes, I understand, I understand, I will live up to my aunt's expectations."

Aunt Rong stared at Chef Jin for a long time, and finally slowly put away her whip, "You two clean up this and get out." ”

"Yes, Auntie."

Finally escaped the whip, Chef Jin wiped the sweat from her forehead and got up from the ground, picked up the food box on the ground with Xiangru, and cleaned up the garbage all over the ground to make sure that no debris was hiding in any corner, and then retreated.

When I returned to the kitchen and saw everyone's concerned eyes, Chef Jin's legs and feet were weak, and she almost sat on the ground, and was helped by everyone to sit down, panting for breath.

"How? You okay? ”

"I was scared to death, but fortunately, Xiangru helped me speak."

"What about Xiangru? Why didn't you see her? ”

"She was throwing out the garbage, and Aunt Rong knocked over the food box to the ground, and the food was spilled everywhere, and it took the two of us a long time to clean it."

"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, why did Aunt Rong get angry this time?"

"It is said that Aunt Xiao doesn't like to eat the soup every afternoon, and she doesn't want to eat a few bites, but Aunt Fang waits for it every day with tonics, Aunt Rong is in a hurry, if it weren't for Xiangru to help me speak, I don't want to escape this whip." Chef Jin patted her chest, still palpitating.

"This is really difficult, of course you have to take medicine when you are sick, Aunt Fang has an advantage, our Aunt Rong is indeed not comparable to her."

"No matter how good the medicine is, drinking too much will ruin your appetite, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it even if you make the elixir, and you have to compete with Aunt Fang, unless you let her stop taking the medicine."

"It's not nonsense. Aunt Fang just relied on the convenience of taking medicine, so she served Aunt Xiao so tightly, otherwise she had never seen her so diligent, and we usually had to be embarrassed by her when we went to the pharmacy to get some medicine. ”

"That Aunt Fang simply treats the pharmacy as her family, and most of the doctors are from pharmacy girls, this is all counted in her credit book, of course she is the one who sits firmly in the second place in this female medical hall, and now Aunt Rong competes with her, where can she tolerate it, she must fight to the end."

"That is, although Aunt Xiao is said to be the eldest aunt in charge, in the final analysis, she is also a subordinate, how can a subordinate person be eligible to enjoy the tonics, Aunt Fang is here to take the best tonic medicine and serve her every day, of course her heart will be biased to that side, where will she put our Aunt Rong in her eyes."

"But if our aunt loses the competition in the end, we are afraid that we will not have a good life."

These words reminded everyone, and they were speechless for a while, and many people sighed silently, "That's okay, Aunt Rong is our eldest aunt after all, we must help her, helping her is helping ourselves." ”

Xiangru cleaned up the garbage outside and walked into the kitchen, and saw that the kitchen was surrounded by a bleak atmosphere of wind and cold rain, and her colleagues who had been working for many years were all sad.

"Are you all right?"

"Xiangru, what do you say will happen if Aunt Rong loses?"

"That'...... Let's tighten the skin. Xiangru shrugged irresponsibly

"Alas......" The bleak wind and cold rain turned into a larger storm, blowing the cold in people's hearts.

Having just escaped from a ferocious storm, Xiangru was mentally and physically exhausted, too lazy to comfort these colleagues who were also frightened, and went to fetch food for herself.

It's not that she doesn't know what everyone is worried about, but unfortunately, she can't do anything now, she doesn't know what Aunt Xiao's current health is, and she can't give Aunt Rong enough advice, otherwise, why do you need to live in such a frightened life every day.