The voice of the girl in blue is like a clear spring, which makes people happy to hear it.

"Lan Niang went and turned back, but something?" Xu Shi beckoned her over and sat next to him, and Lu Yunying, who was sitting on the other side, asked her maid to add another pair of chopsticks, and said affectionately, "Fifth sister, why don't you have some breakfast together, my mother's food here is excellent, and I often have a greedy mouth." ”

Xu Shi said angrily, "You kid, you don't know what Lan Niang is doing, so you hurriedly let your subordinates set the dishes and chopsticks - how can your fifth sister refuse?" ”

Lu Yunying smiled and grabbed Xu's arm, with the delicate look of a girl beside her mother.

"Isn't my mother willing to have an early meal?"

While talking, the maids placed the dishes and chopsticks neatly, and Lu Yunlan sat down at the table with her skirt.

The food in Lancui Courtyard is light, and there is no meat in the breakfast. Lu Yunlan glanced at it, and saw that the staple food was a thick rice soup made of millet, accompanied by various side dishes. There is nothing wrong with millet to nourish the stomach, but she clearly remembers that Xu's love for drinking a dessert called almond tea in the past.

Zhu Yizun wrote in "The Secret of the Food Constitution": "...... Soak the sweet almonds in hot water, add a pinch of furnace ash, enter the water, wait for cold, that is, pinch and peel off, rinse with water, and then measure into the water, such as grinding tofu method with water and grinding. Squeeze the juice with a silk bag to remove the slag, mix and cook with the juice, such as white sugar frosting. ”

The production process of almond tea is not cumbersome, and it is sweet and delicious, but it is easy to vomit and diarrhea when eaten with millet.

It stands to reason that the Lu family is a first-class duke, and the food and clothing are excellent, and there will never be a problem of this kind of food collision, and the Xu family should have a knowledgeable grandmother around her to consider her. Look at today...... The maids in the courtyard came and went, and no one said a word in front of Xu's face.

Don't you know? Or do you pretend not to know?

Lu Yunlan went through it in her heart, but she didn't realize it on her face, she only took a bite of it with a spoon and put it into her mouth, and exclaimed.

"This millet porridge is glutinous and thick, it is indeed the most stomach-nourishing, but it ......" she frowned slightly, deliberately provoking the topic, "I asked the maid next to me to go to the kitchen yesterday to ask for a few pieces of ice, and I ran into the small kitchen making an almond dessert for my mother." ”

After speaking, she deliberately looked at the big girl Wutong who was standing behind her and waiting.

"Yes," Wutong hurriedly said, "Madame uses some desserts every morning, sometimes seasonal fruits, sometimes all kinds of snacks...... However, it is generally made small and delicate, and it will not hinder the lady from having lunch. ”

Lu Yunlan raised her eyes to look at her and suddenly laughed.

"I just said it, Wutong, you can speak."

Wutong was looked at by those dark eyes, and her heart suddenly sank, but she had served in the mansion for many years, and she was a first-class maid by Xu's side, so she smiled after settling her mind, "If you return to the fifth miss, the slave maid serves the lady, so naturally you have to remember the lady's habits on weekdays, how can it be said that you can speak well'?" ”

Lu Yunlan pursed her lips and smiled, and did not continue to ask.

Lu Yunying already frowned when she heard these words, "Fifth sister, do you think there's anything wrong?" Mother has been eating like this for ......," she paused and hesitated, "...... Since I was a child, my mother used to eat this almond tea, but she didn't drink it every day.

After saying this, even Xu's expression changed slightly.

Lu Yunlan lowered her eyes, a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and her voice was clear and leisurely.

Lan Niang once skimmed Wu Rui's book "Daily Materia Medica", millet is cool and sweet, and the spleen is good for the kidneys, boiled into rice soup is to nourish the stomach, but once eaten with almonds, it will make people vomit - I heard my father say that my mother has always been weak, so I eat it together...... It's self-defeating. ”

Ruan was not a good poet, and although a master taught him to read and write, he was limited to reading some medical skills. Lu Yunlan grew up under her knees, and she also learned a lot about medical skills, medicine and food. At this moment, she is eloquent, with a name and a source, which is very convincing.

Xu Shi was stunned, and there seemed to be a little nostalgia in his eyes, but he quickly returned to his usual expression.

“…… Indeed, the doctors who have treated me over the years always say that I have a poor spleen and stomach and need to be 'raised', so the small kitchen boiled millet porridge every once in a while and sent it to ...... In this way, it has been eleven or twelve years. ”

"Then dare to ask Mother," Lu Yunlan sighed slightly, and there was a hint of softness in her voice unconsciously, "What kind of side dishes does Mother use to accompany breakfast every day?" ”

Lu Yunying was fascinated by it for a while, and replied first.

"Mother doesn't like meat, and the doctor instructed her, so the lighter the breakfast, the better, usually only with white water, cucumbers, mung bean sprouts, etc., ......" Lu Yunying pulled the handkerchief and said in a lost voice, "Could it be that someone deliberately -"

"—Big sister, don't say that."

Lu Yunlan's tone was soft, but it was more than enough to interrupt Lu Yunying's words, she only raised her eyes slightly to look at the sycamore standing with her hands hanging on the side, and met Xu's gaze again, "Maybe there is a lack of sensible people in the small kitchen, and no one is on the side to mention something, so they are a mess." ”

Although the Xu family is in decline, in the end, everyone is from a background, and she may not be clear about the twists and turns in the courtyard of the house, but - she looked at the girl with a calm look - but she has a new understanding of Lu Yunlan.

Lu Yunying is now eighteen years old, and she is still frizzy when she encounters things in the inner house, and she doesn't even have a little defense. On the other hand, Lu Yunlan, a thirteen-year-old girl who talks about medicine and food is not in a hurry, and she has a calm temperament, which not only prevents Lu Yunying from being open-mouthed, but also hints that she can install someone who can be used in the kitchen.

Wutong was nervous and hurriedly explained.

"What the fifth lady said is the Tao, but the slave maid thinks that the people in our house are all old, and there will never be that kind of ...... who deliberately wants to harm the master."

"Yes," Lu Yunlan took the mouth with kindness, stared at Wutong and smiled, "It's just that the cook may not understand the principle of medicine and food, so he almost harmed his mother-Wutong, you are the big girl next to your mother, don't you worry and be indignant for your mother after listening to what I just said?" ”

"Fifth Miss!"

Wutong exclaimed, immediately knelt on the ground, and begged for mercy one by one.

"The slave is the big maid next to the lady, so naturally the lady comes first in everything! It's just that...... Madame's food and drink are provided by the kitchen, and the cook and mother in the kitchen know Madame's usual preferences. And if you want to change people now, the slave and maid are even more afraid that the lady will not be used to it......"

"So, you're a loyal servant?"

"Slave maid...... The slave is naturally loyal to the lady. ”

Wutong hurriedly said a lot, and after speaking, he realized that his words were probably too much, so he simply lowered his head and knelt without saying a word.

"Alright—"

Xu Shi sandwiched a mung bean cake with bamboo chopsticks as white as jade, interrupted the conversation between the two of them, and said slowly, "Wutong, why are you talking so much today?" Lan Niang just asked casually, and besides, it wasn't a big deal to change two cooks...... You go down and make arrangements. ”

……

Leaving Lancui Courtyard, the two teachers arrived in the afternoon.

Furong Yuan is a tall grandmother with a round face, which is gratifying to watch; Fengheyuan is a long-faced Wang Mama, who looks harsh; The two grandmothers are old men, and they have served many dignitaries in the palace, and when they get older, they teach the ladies the rules. This time, they deliberately took the path of the concubine to come to the Qingguo Mansion.

"The slave maid Wang has seen the fifth lady."

As soon as the long-faced grandmother entered the door, she saluted first, Lu Yunlan knew that this kind of high-ranking officials and dignitaries that Mama had seen were like carp crossing the river, with her current status, she should at least regard the other party as a teacher, and she couldn't easily hold it up, so she hurriedly said, "Mama is polite, I should have given you a salute first." ”

Mama Wang didn't smile, and her expression was even more serious.

"Fifth Miss doesn't have to be like this, the slave maid was ordered to come and teach Miss some rules. It's just that these days are short, and we can't make those false courtesies. Mama Wang spoke quickly and directly explained the matter in a few sentences, "Now that it is the middle of the day, please allow the fifth lady to allow the slave maid to clean up the residence first, and after two quarters of an hour, the official lecture can be held." ”

"So fast-" Ruan Shi glanced at his daughter in surprise, this Wang Mama looked at her as a difficult master, and she was about to start teaching the rules when she arrived at the Wind Lotus Courtyard. Although Lu Yunlan is well-behaved and sensible on weekdays, the rules for entering the palace are ...... Where can you learn it overnight?

Ruan Shi couldn't bear it in his heart and wanted to push the time later.

"Mother-Mama Wang is willing to teach Lan Niang more, Lan Niang is grateful!" Lu Yunlan was afraid that Ruan's would intercede for her before teaching Mama Xi, so she hurriedly intercepted the conversation and asked the little girl to lead someone to the side room, "Mama, please." ”

Mama Wang nodded and walked quickly.

"Lan Niang...... Ruan Shi worried, "This mother looks so serious, it must be difficult to get along with." Why don't you make some preparations before meeting her? What if this ......"

"What can my daughter do?"

Lu Yunlan was helpless and funny, so she could only say bluntly, "Mama Wang is strict, you can know it at first sight, but you have to think like this - my daughter is going to the palace to see the nobles, this rule must not be wrong, be serious...... It's better than teaching nothing. ”

Ruan Shi was surprised, "They are here on order, can they still be lazy?" ”

"Although it is ordered...... But I don't know whose life it is," Lu Yunlan lowered her head and whispered, her voice extremely soft, "My daughter has the confidence to learn the rules well and satisfy Mama Wang." ”

Ruan didn't doubt this, she was just afraid that her daughter would suffer too much.

"I don't know if that's the case with Second Miss."

……

In the Furong Courtyard, Mama Gao and Lu Yunmeng also greeted each other.

"The second miss was born well, presumably this rule will not be bad," Mama Gao greeted people with a smile as soon as she came up, and praised Lu Yunmeng again and again, "It is a blessing to be able to teach the second miss!" ”

Who doesn't like to hear that? Lu Yunmeng immediately entered the main house with Mama Gao with a smile.

"Dare to ask Mama, when will we ......?"

"Second Miss, don't worry," Mama Gao was still smiling, she looked at the sky outside, thought for a while, and then said, "The slave maid thought, this is only the first day, and it's not too late for us to study after dinner." ”

Lu Yunmeng was a little surprised, but seeing that Mama Gao's face was as usual, she could only agree with a smile.