Chapter 7: The Nobles of Shangdu (1)
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Mo Zi walked into the kitchen compound.
Aside from the small kitchen brought by Zhang's mother and son and Sanniang's courtyard, the food of hundreds of people in the Qiu family comes from here, and the busy situation can be seen. The largest in this courtyard is Mrs. Liu, who has served the Qiu family for more than 30 years, and her ancestors have stayed in the emperor's kitchen. Therefore, although this Mrs. Liu is loyal to the deceased eldest wife, that is, Qiu Sanniang's biological mother, and has some disagreements with the Zhang family, her irreplaceable cooking skills make the Zhang family have to swallow their anger.
The single mother-in-law Liu accepted the fatherless and motherless Bai Lotus as her goddaughter, and taught her cooking skills. And the kind-hearted Bai Lotus is also filial to Mrs. Liu's mother-in-law. Today, Bai He's craftsmanship is on par with Mrs. Liu, but she still comes over whenever she is free. said that he was learning art, but in fact, he was just helping the elderly in their fifties.
Without having to go into the kitchen, Mo Zi saw Bai He busy by the well.
"I thought you had learned some good dishes again, and you actually started the work of a little girl. When I turned around, I told Lu Ju that she must say, you wash the vegetables, you might as well guard the door for her. ”
Bai He raised her head, and the sunlight reflected in the basin shone on her face like a silver plate, her facial features were gentle and graceful, and her personality was decent. A small black mole on the side of the mouth, smiling pretty.
"Mo Zi? When you come out, who will serve the girl? "Bai He is also a person who is wholeheartedly for Qiu Sanniang.
To get such a loyal Yahuan, Qiu Sanniang can be called lucky. However, Mo Zi didn't count herself. At best, she is working for Qiu Sanniang, receiving monthly money to do things for others, adhering to the professional ethics of hello and me.
"The girl took Lu Ju to the courtyard of the ninth girl, and asked me to come and find you back." Mo Zi replied steadily.
"Oh." Bai He didn't ask anything first, he scooped up the vegetables and put them in the rattan basket three times and two times, wiped the white cloth clothes covered by the spring skirt with both hands, picked up the basket, and walked inside as he spoke, "You wait for me for a while." ”
"I'll wait for you outside the hospital." Mo Zi thinks there are a lot of people here.
Bai He went to the kitchen to put down the dishes, picked up a cup of white porcelain soup that had just come out of the pot, took an orchid bowl, held it on a peach wood plate, went out of the small door, and walked to the godmother's house.
Mrs. Liu has been unwell for the past two days and has been resting in the house.
"Godmother, I steamed a cup of crucian carp consommé, hurry up and drink it while it's hot. The girl told me that I had to go back first. I wanted to help you, but the girl was in front of us four girls. Bai He poured out a bowl of tofu white soup, warmed it, and handed it to the half-lying godmother, "When the banquet is over, I will tell the girl again and come and take care of you." ”
"I've been lying down for two days, and it's much better." The fish soup is delicious, and the girl's cooking skills are perfect, Mrs. Liu is pleased, "You take care of yourself and take care of the three girls wholeheartedly, you don't have to worry about me." ”
Bai He opened his hand and poured a bowl of fish soup and put it in the hand of the godmother, "The fish soup is the fastest way to replenish the body, you have to drink it, and there is not a drop left." "To her mother, she is stable, and she also exudes the delicate state of a little daughter.
"Okay, okay." How can Mrs. Liu not.
"Then I'll come when I go." Bai He walked out of the house, called a little girl, and gave instructions carefully, so that he was a little relieved.
The three-story red lacquer food box was lifted out of the courtyard, but there was no black purple figure. Thinking that she couldn't go first for no reason, Bai He searched nearby for a while. Sure enough, at the base of a secluded wall, I saw Mo Zi sitting on a flower platform, and an eight or nine-year-old girl was biting her ear.
Bai He wanted to walk over, but found that the little girl was Xiaohua, the granddaughter of Mrs. An, so she stood in place.
I don't know what method Mo Zi used to get around, the little girl often came to report the news from the main courtyard.
When Mo Zi mentioned it to the girl, Bai He didn't take it too seriously, because she thought that a little girl could be of any use.
Mo Zi said that Xiaohua's grandparents are the henchmen of Zhang's mother and son, and her parents are also the real power in the house, and she is an eight or nine-year-old female doll.
At this time, Xiaohua finished speaking, her eyes looked at Mo Zi, and she stretched out her little hand.
Mo Zi took something out of his sleeve and put it on Xiaohua's palm.
Bai He was curious about what it was, but saw that the thing suddenly flew up. Under the sun, a butterfly with black and gold tassels, flapping its beautiful wings. I can't figure out how to hide a living thing in the black purple sleeve, and then look at it closely, and the butterfly stays on Xiaohua's hand. It was as if what she had just seen was nothing more than an illusion.
Xiaohua sighed, gently picked up the tip of the butterfly's wings with both hands, and the tip of her nose almost touched it.
Then, Mo Zi said something.
Xiaohua nodded again and again, carefully tucked the butterfly into her sleeve, and jumped away.
Mo Zi stood up, raised his eyes and saw Bai He, who was focused on being distracted, and frowned slightly. The child is innocent and does not want a moving butterfly to think of complicated places, but she does not want others to see it.
"How?" At that moment, after making up his mind, approaching Bai He, Mo Zi asked.
Bai He pulled up the sleeves of his dark purple coat and raised them to look inside, "Let me see, what else are you in this sleeve?" Bunny? Birdie? Actually conjured up a living butterfly. ”
Mo Zi's vigilance relaxed because of Bai He's rare playfulness, and he opened his sleeves, "you." Tomorrow, I'll go to the rabbit and catch the birds, put them in your sleeves, and see how you dance. ”
"But I saw with my own eyes that you pinched a butterfly out of your sleeve and flapped its wings." White lotus is really confused.
"Two pieces of thin wood are sandwiched, colored like butterflies, and coax Xiaohua to play. You have to stand far away to see a real butterfly. Mo Zi said simply. In fact, she cut the fir wood into paper-thin wood chips, using modern splicing methods and the principle of axial drive, so that the lightweight model spreads its wings in the wind. How can you not confuse the truth with the false?
"Made of wood?" Bai He suddenly realized when he heard this, thinking that he was indeed standing far away, and it was reasonable to take it seriously, "It turns out that you are not only good at carpentry, but also good at painting." ”
"That's called coloring, what kind of painting skills do you need? The embroidery skills of green chrysanthemum are applauded. Last time, she embroidered butterflies on the veil and attracted real butterflies. The dexterity of her left hand is increasing day by day, and she is amazed at the effect of every gadget, from rotten wood to realistic. If you stay by Qiu Sanniang's side who runs silk tea and rice for the rest of your life, as I said before, it shouldn't be of much use. But for some reason, she naturally breathed a sigh of relief.
The present days are not the best. The family is intrigued, calculating with each other, and secretly competing with each other. Because the male masters are profligate, there are many unscrupulous slaves and servants in the house, and they follow the trend and compete for the branches one by one. made Mo Zi have to rack her brains to put a gray tone on herself, and she didn't show up in everything to avoid the poisonous eyes of snakes and scorpions. Fortunately, there is Qiu Sanniang. This young lady is on the cusp of the Qiu family's waves, attracting all the ill-intentioned eyes, allowing her to fully practice the theory that the most dangerous is the safest.
"Not really. The girl praised her, and she was beautiful. Bai He asked Mo Zi to take the ribbon around without noticing, "The girl asked me to go back, but for tonight's banquet?" The kitchen is busy. My godmother is sick, but most of the time she needs to cook herself. There is a vegetarian banquet, except for her old man, who has the ability to buy it? ”
Mo Zi's heart moved: Shangdu nobles eat vegetarian fasting?