Chapter 73: The Gentleman Cooks Far Away
To do good things in this family, it is natural to invite someone to cook, and there are two women in the family, Yun Duoduo and Granny Cui. Whoever can manage the food of such a large number of people, let a woman who has leisure come and help.
The one who invited was the widow Xu in the north of the city.
The widow Xu's family is far away from the Cui family, but the closer Chang'an is to the Cui family, the widow's family is solid, and there are more idle days.
She had nothing to do, and seeing that Cui Pingsheng was back, the more days of the Cui family, the better, and the days of Yun Duoduo were also better, so she was unhappy in her heart. Thinking about coming over and looking for something to do.
It happened that the Cui family was going to hold a banquet to return the gift, so she volunteered to tell Granny Cui that she could come over to help.
Granny Cui originally felt embarrassed, this widow/woman's house is so far away, how can she be embarrassed to trouble others? But where neighbors help each other, they are all neighbors, and the north of the city is far away, and people help you, but you may not be able to help others.
But this widow Xu took Granny Cui's hand with a sincere face: "I, don't you want to get some blessings from your family, your family Langjun travels to study in all directions, has the world's famous teachers to teach, and makes friends all over the world, I am also a person who has no father-in-law, raising his son alone, always thinking that he can be like your family Langjun." ”
When Granny Cui saw her earnestness, she couldn't say anything.
Widow Xu said again: "You also know me, who in Jiangzhou City doesn't know my craftsmanship?" I often cook for people who do happy events, which one doesn't say that I do it well? ”
Granny Cui thought about it for a while, who doesn't want to have a good cook for happy events? Nowadays, this recipe for cooking has to be kept by one family, and many people marry their daughters, and their daughters are not allowed to pass on the recipes for cooking.
The recipe is also passed on to the daughter-in-law and not to the daughter.
Cui's mother-in-law's family is the Li family, and she is also a good family, and her mother's family also has a lot of good recipes and recipes, but when she married into the Cui family, she didn't learn the recipes of her mother-in-law's family, and her mother-in-law passed away......
She learned a few recipes from the women in the Cui family, and she was really a little difficult to get out, she was a person who obeyed the rules, and she usually used some of her mother's craftsmanship to eat at home, and it became difficult to use her mother's things when doing good things.
I'd rather ask someone to come over and help than use my mother's recipe, which will make people laugh. If her mother's family knows, she will also be said to be unfilial.
Granny Cui agreed to ask Widow Xu's wife for help.
He pulled Yun Duoduo and said: "My daughter-in-law is young, but she is very flexible, you are a skillful hand, if you can guide her a thing or two." ”
This is to want Widow Xu/woman to teach Yun to cook more.
Widow Xu didn't shirk either, but said: "That's nature, I naturally want to teach what I can teach." ”
In the afternoon of this day, Widow Xu, Granny Cui and Yun Duoduo were busy in the kitchen.
Yue Chang'an nibbled on a pear at the door of the kitchen and watched them wash vegetables and cook, with a fresh face.
Widow Xu/woman was shocked: "Oh, Yue Xiaolangjun, you are a man, how can you come to such a place!" ”
Yue Changan blinked: "Why can't I come here?" ”
Widow Xu sneered: "Didn't you scholars say that the gentleman is far away from cooking?" I always heard what the teacher next door always said. Probably means that men can't go into the kitchen. ”
Yue Chang'an: "......"
Yun Duoduo came over with a pile of firewood, and after listening to the mythology of Widow Xu, he didn't say anything, but smiled towards Yue Chang'an.
Yue Changan smiled at her helplessly.
When Widow Xu saw such a tacit understanding between these two people, she was not very happy in her heart. Looking at Yun Duoduo's back, his face was a little gloomy.
Yue Changan smiled: "Do you need my help?" ”
Widow Xu said: "Where can I ask you for help, Duoduo girl, you take those beans to wash, and they will be fried in a while." ”
Yun Duoduo just stopped, and when he heard her say this, he had to wash the beans again, she was a little daughter-in-law, and she had never done such a big meal, so she naturally had to listen to the command of Widow Xu.
She sighed and headed into the stream with a pot of beans.
Yue Chang'an said: "Why don't I help you?" ”
Widow Xu/woman said attentively: "How can a person like Xiao Langjun like to drill into the pile of women, you should go outside to drink tea with the masters." ”
Yue Changan leaned lazily on the door: "What's the point of drinking tea with them, I still want to stay in the kitchen, there is a smell of food here." ”
Yun Duoduo: "Puff ......"
Yue Changan took the basin from Yun Duoduo's hand: "Let's go together!" ”
Widow Xu still wanted to say something, the two had already gone out of the kitchen door, she couldn't go out to shout, so she didn't say anything.
Granny Cui asked Cui Pingsheng to borrow a wooden bucket to come over to steam rice, and when she saw Widow Xu's wife in a daze, she asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Widow Xu mysteriously pulled her to the corner of the stove, and said with a worried face: "I am looking at your little daughter-in-law, and I am too close to that Yue Xiaolangjun." ”
Granny Cui's face was not very good, and she looked: "What are these words!" ”
Widow Xu whispered: "That's what I said, don't you think the two of them are too close?" ”
Granny Cui said: "Both of them are young, they are still half-grown children, what are you talking about, I said that you are a smart person, how can you learn from those people who spread rumors outside!" ”
Widow Xu glanced at the door and said with a smile: "This is not small, both of them are sixteen years old, many people's daughters-in-law have babies, your family is eighteen years old this year, he is more stable, he will not attract girls, your little daughter-in-law naturally chats with Yue Xiaolangjun, you have to worry, don't let them have any problems!" ”
When Granny Cui heard her say this, she also felt that it made sense.
At the moment, he sees that Yue Chang'an is a childish mess, but he can't keep Qi Yun Duoduo more in tune with him.
My son is back, and he doesn't look like a child in his life, so he will inevitably get along with his daughter-in-law a little awkwardly.
This Chang'an has a lively temperament, and he can talk to his daughter-in-law a little.
At the moment, although the two of them are very polite, but if they can't keep it together, it will take a long time, and something has happened. Didn't you say it, this woman who has outsiders in her heart, looks at her own man like an enemy.
What if Yun Duoduo and Yue Chang'an look at each other one day?
The more Granny Cui thought about it, the more scared she became.
When Yue Changan and Yun Duoduo came into the door laughing, Granny Cui's face was not very good-looking.
Yun Duoduo is such a smart person, she can see it at a glance, she didn't say anything, so she brought something to Widow Xu/wife, and watched her cook seriously.
Widow Xu/woman said without yin or yang: "Does this woman cook, it is the same as the housekeeper, you must think about the man wholeheartedly, so that the family can be good, and the dishes can be done well, if the mind is crooked, the man will not be better." ”
Yun Duoduo sneered: "Drag your blessing, I must learn to cook well, take good care of my father-in-law, and ensure that he lives a long life and is healthy." ”
Widow Xu: "......"
When Yue Chang'an heard her say "My father-in-law", his heart was empty, leaning on the kitchen door and watching, and he refused to leave.
Widow Xu's wife was ridiculed by Yun Duoduo, and she felt uncomfortable, so she scooped a scoop of dirty water from the pot and walked to the door, and when she saw Yue Chang'an, she said: "Why hasn't Xiao Langjun left, is it something to see?" ”
Yue Changan blinked: "I see you cooking, I want to learn to cook." ”
Granny Cui: "What do you learn to cook as a boy?" ”
Widow Xu/woman said: "Xiao Langjun's mind is bad, how can a boy cook, if a man is allowed to cook, then a woman is not virtuous." ”
Yue Chang'an: "......"
Yue Changan sighed: "You say this, it can be seen that women should also study, otherwise, this mind will be crooked." ”
As he spoke, he explained: "The meaning of the sage is not that men can't cook, but that gentlemen should not do cruel things, and that the sage thinks that killing chickens and fish is a cruel thing, and since you can't avoid eating, it's best to eat less, and you shouldn't kill chickens and fish with your own hands!" ”
Widow Xu: "??? ”
I don't understand it at all!
Yun Duoduo didn't say anything, just silently followed Granny Cui to pick vegetables together.
Widow Xu looked at Yun Duoduo and seemed to be laughing, thinking that she was laughing at herself, and she became unhappy: "What Xiao Langjun said, I don't understand it as a woman, I only know that if a woman asks a man to follow her to wash vegetables and cook, like Cui Xiaoniang, it shouldn't be." ”
"Why shouldn't it?" Yun Duoduo raised his eyes and looked at her.
Widow Xu/woman was stunned, usually which woman uses this kind of words to suppress other people's little daughters-in-law, the little daughter-in-law is too scared to speak, this pulls the man to busy the kitchen with herself, but it is a big crime, she will be scolded!
Yun Duoduo would even ask himself why!
"Everyone says this, how do I know why, you ask your mother-in-law about this, but I didn't make it up, when you were a girl in your mother's family, didn't your mother's family tell you? To be a woman is to serve your own masters! ”
Yun Duoduo sneered, she didn't know where this widow Xu came from so much hostility, but she was not a weak person, so she said lightly: "That's a coincidence, when I was at home, I taught reading and martial arts at home, but I never taught this, and my husband didn't say it, and when I came to my mother-in-law's house, my mother-in-law didn't say it, so it can be seen that my mother's family and my mother-in-law's family don't have this rule, but I don't know where your Xu family's rules come from." ”
The mother's family is the scholarly Jiang family, and the mother-in-law's family is the famous Cui family. These two lintels are higher than the Xu family.
Widow Xu was speechless for a while, glaring at Yun Duoduo angrily.
Yun Duoduo said with a smile: "I'm just a little daughter-in-law, I don't dare to change the rules of the family without permission, wait until I tell the patriarch and ask him, if our Cui family wants to learn the rules of your Xu family." ”
Widow Xu: "......"
Granny Cui said lightly: "Okay, let's do things well, everyone has their own rules, how can every day be the same in the world?" The poor teacher didn't want to cook, so he used the saint to fool his own lady, and my husband and son were both scholars, and I didn't see them say that a man couldn't go into the kitchen. ”
Yue Chang'an: "Poof......"