6. Mung bean cake
Liu Run is a little eunuch, and Ah Fu didn't know what to call him when they came up. His voice was not as gloomy as the two green-clothed eunuchs who went to Ah Fu's house to select, but compared to Brother Pinggui, of course, he was sharp.
Jiang Xing'er asked curiously, "How long have you been in the palace?" ”
He said: "It will be ten years before the Chinese New Year. ”
"Ahh It's been so long! Jiang Xing'er's eyes widened: "Then how old are you in the palace?" ”
"Six." He didn't want to say more, Jiang Xing'er was not very good at looking at people's eyes, and Ah Fu secretly pulled her and didn't let her ask again.
The six-year-old child was sent to the palace as a eunuch, and the bitterness and pain of this cannot be explained in one sentence.
Ah Fu felt that it was unfortunate for them to enter the palace, but compared to Liu Run, they were too lucky.
"So what are we all going to do? I also asked this brother to give me more guidance and teaching. ”
Sixteen-year-old Liu Run looks thin and delicate, if he changes into a dress like Ah Fu, then he can't tell that he is a eunuch at all. He looked at Ah Fu and then at Jiang Xing'er, and suddenly smiled.
"Don't be afraid, there is no other place in the Defu Palace, and I will not beat you up. Be diligent with your hands and feet, listen less, talk less, and do more. ”
Why do she and Jiang Xing'er not look as good as Chen Huizhen, but they can pick the advantages and disadvantages of Defu Palace-
Probably thinking that they had just come over, what they had to do was simple, just prune the failed flowers and wilted branches and leaves, and the small scissors were handed over to the two of them by Liu Run, and then returned to him when they were finished. The cut leaves are packed in a basket and taken outside for disposal.
"Why don't you just bury it in the ground?" Jiang Xing'er was puzzled.
Liu Run was very patient and explained to her: "Some leaves may have diseases and insects, and if they are buried closely, they may cause the rhizomes of these flowers and plants to be infected with diseases." ”
"Oh......" Xing'er nodded: "It's the same as in our hometown, the dead chickens should be buried farther away to save other chickens from having a plague." Liu Run nodded: "That's right, that's it." ”
His calmness and gentleness somewhat calmed down the mood of the two newcomers.
Liu Run looked at the hot red faces of the two of them, pointed to the basin and asked them to wash their hands, and took out a coarse porcelain dish with two pieces of snacks in it.
Jiang Xing'er looked at the dim sum and then at him.
"Eat."
Ah Fu and Xing'er glanced at each other, thanked each other, and each took a piece.
Xing'er took a big bite first: "It's delicious!" ”
Ah Fu smelled it, this snack has a mung bean fragrance, the color is also light green, made into a five-petal flower shape, very delicate and lovely.
"Well, this is plum blossom mung bean cake, which was rewarded by the Queen Mother."
"Too, the Queen Mother rewarded it!" Jiang Xing'er was in awe, holding the dim sum in both hands, as if holding a bottle of Buddha.
Ah Fu directly thought of it, when was this snack made? Could it have been left for a long time? Is there a possibility of spoilage? Also, I don't know if anyone has tried it or touched it first...... Is it unhygienic?
Liu Run saw that she didn't eat it, and said gently: "It's okay, let's eat." Such a reward always exists, and you will have it in the future. “
Ah Fu nodded, holding the snack and taking a bite. The pastry tastes good, sweet but not greasy, and you can swallow it almost without chewing it.
Indeed, this plum blossom mung bean cake is just the beginning,
Later, Ah Fu and the others also ate other dim sum one after another, such as lotus leaf steamed cake, melon cake, and salt leaf crisp roll...... However, Ah Fu always felt that the delicious taste of the mung bean cake he ate on the first day was incomparable. It is unmatched by any later delicacy.
Lu Ying did not break her promise, and soon brought new clothes for each of them, not to be made of figures, the skirt was long, and the top was fatter, Lu Ying took a needle and thread for them, and Ah Fu folded the skirt waist into it and sewed it up, instead of cutting off the excess with scissors. After all, they may still grow taller - although the possibility of Ah Fu growing taller is not high, Jiang Xing'er always has to grow taller. There is room for clothes, and even if you grow taller in the future, you can continue to wear them.
"Sister Afu, your female celebrity is doing really well." Jiang Xing'er was very envious, she had a few stitches by herself, crookedly. I haven't done much when I'm at home, and it's really hard to do it now.
"It's okay, I'll help you later."
"Thank you, Sister Afu."
"You're polite to me."
Lu Ying glanced at the stitches and was a little surprised: "The craftsmanship is good, and I have caught up with the needle workshop." ”
Ah Fu lowered his head, smiled and continued to make up.
"Learned?"
"Well, I studied with the neighbors for two days."
"Okay, then I have to trouble you if I have any sewing work to catch up with Ming'er."
Ah Fu still smiled and nodded.
Say less, do more.
In the evening, I actually ate a large bowl of white rice, as well as stewed rotten meat and vegetables. Xing'er picked the fat chunks to eat, and Ah Fu ate two pieces, probably hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and felt a little greasy and uncomfortable. In the middle of the night, Apricot had a stomach upset and got up several times in a row. Fortunately, there are only the two of them in this room, otherwise they would have woken up others. In the morning she looked so haggard that she couldn't stand on her feet.
"You'd better rest, I'll bring you the food later."
"How can that work......
"If you go headlong into the ground, it's even worse. It's okay, I'll go find Liu Run, the work is not heavy, you lie down. ”
She went early, Liu Run just cleaned up, only to see her and asked, Ah Fu explained that she had diarrhea, Liu Run nodded and didn't say anything. In addition to them, there are also several elderly internal supervisors who are also taking care of them here. Liu Run spotted a lilac-colored double-petaled camellia, picked it off with bamboo scissors, and held it on a small plate.
Ah Fu looked at him curiously and cut a few other flowers, including rhododendrons, Lingbo flowers, and two kinds of Ah Fu who couldn't be named, but they were all very good-looking. The cut flowers were handed over to a palace maid to take away, and Liu Run said, "That's for the nobles to comb their hair." Prepare some more bottles. There are a lot of flowers on this side of the pool, but there is no view. The flower pond rockery in the garden on the east side of Defu Palace is better, you will know when you see it, the flowers over there are all kept for enjoyment, and the use here is different. It's Yao Neiguan over there, and I'm mainly taking care of it here, and there used to be a Mrs. Tu......" When he said this, he suddenly stopped talking.
Ah Fu memorized everything Liu Run said with his heart, and if he didn't say it, he would never ask more than half a word.
He blurted out half a sentence, what was going on with Mrs. Tu in the past, Ah Fu would never let himself be curious.
Originally, Ah Fu also thought about it yesterday, the garden here is so big, Liu Run is a little eunuch and a few old internal supervisors to take care of it, it feels a little weird. Probably the previous Mrs. Tu had something to do with this garden, but ...... Probably there's something wrong with her.
In the palace, there must not be much to say.
Ah Fu is quick and diligent, and when the errand here is over, he will go to get the meal and bring her and Xing'er back together. There is a small kitchen in the Defu Palace, but Ah Fu's food still needs to go to the large dining room to receive it. The food box was heavy, and when Ah Fu walked back, someone suddenly called out to her.
"Ah Fu."
"Hye-jin?"
Chen Huizhen also carried a food box in her hand, smiled at her from afar, and hurriedly followed the person next to her.
Chen Huizhen and Hong Shuxiu went to Yulan Palace, and Ah Fu remembered in a trance that there was a lady living in Yulan Palace, a princess and a young prince.
I don't know how other people are doing......
Ah Fu quickened his steps and walked back, the front hall of the Defu Palace was full of shadows, gorgeous costumes, and faintly heard laughter and laughter, showing that he was very happy.