That night, the north wind swept the snowflakes, and it rained all night. When I got up in the morning, the yard was covered in white and silver, and the ground I saw was white.

"This Cher is so big." Fleur tightened the jacket on her body and said a word to Xia Meizhen.

Since Xia Meizhen was promoted to the eldest girl, Furong has developed a sense of affection for her - this feeling is like the days before her parents sold her, she was very good to her every day, and she was willing to give her anything, of course, the situation is different now, Xia Meizhen treats her well, but she doesn't have to worry that she will betray herself.

So every day is even more heartless.

"No, it's going to be the New Year soon." Xia Meizhen smiled and pulled the newly picked red plum branch in her hand.

When Fleur saw it, she said: "Look at you, the young master has said that you don't have to pick these flowers every day, but you don't listen, look at your hands are frozen red." ”

"It's okay," Xia Meizhen put a hand to her mouth to warm up, and then continued, "Although the young master said so, but we can't really take it seriously as maids, the young master faces those books every day, and there are always times when he is tired of reading and upset, so at this time, he can see a cluster of gorgeous and fresh flowers in front of him, and his mood will be much better, and the young master is in a good mood, so let's not be scolded a little less." ”

Hearing this, Furong suddenly understood where her kind of intimacy came from, so she stretched out her finger and poked Xia Meizhen's head, and said, "You have a lot of ghost ideas, no wonder the lady and young master favor you." ”

As they spoke, they had already arrived at Chaohui Courtyard, so they said, "Okay, let's talk about what we have to say, I'll go see if Madame is awake." ”

Since she found out that she was pregnant, Aunt Zhu fell asleep with thirst, and she couldn't wake up until the hour every day, and her dietary requirements were much higher.

"You go, then I'll go and see the ingredients." Xia Meizhen nodded, and after sending Hongmei to the study, she went to the small kitchen again.

On the way to the kitchen, Xiao Si had already shoveled the snow in the yard to a path, and when she saw Xia Meizhen coming, they greeted her one after another.

"Sister Mi-jin is here." There is Xiao Sidao, "The dish is delivered early in the morning, you can go and see if you are satisfied." As he spoke, he led the way.

"You bastard, don't grind here anymore," Xia Meizhen glanced at him and joked with a smile, "I'll just go over by myself, you can go your way." ”

These words immediately made Xiao Si unhappy, and he said with a depressed face: "Sister, don't say that, I...... I just heard that someone sent a few crabs today, which are all liked by people in the south, and this is the first time I have seen it, sister, you can let me see it. ”

Xia Meizhen stood still, seemingly disbelieving, "You mean crabs?" She hadn't seen crabs since she crossed here, and she thought that people here didn't eat crabs, but it turned out that the people here didn't know the deliciousness of crabs.

"It's crabs," said the little guy, "and when they unloaded, I glanced at them from afar, and they were all things with their feet tied. ”

Xia Meizhen became excited when she heard this, "Hit me and take a look." ”

All the way to the kitchen, sure enough, I saw several Xiao Si surrounding something, and when they separated the crowd, they saw eight crabs with their claws tied in a wooden basin.

These crabs have claws with fluffy hairs, blue shells, and white bellies, which are really clear water crabs, also known as hairy crabs. Just as she was looking at the crab, a man in a thick leather jacket next to her saw that everyone had an unusual attitude towards this beautiful woman, so he curiously asked Xiao Sida on the side.

"Who is this little lady? Why didn't you talk when she came? ”

Xiao Si said: "You don't know this! He said proudly, "This is our girl in the house, Sister Meizhen, who said that she is an expert in watching food, you, wait and see." ”

The man in the leather jacket looked incredulous, but because it was the first time he came to deliver the goods, he didn't dare to say anything about it, so he had to watch from the sidelines.

"This is the crab you sent?" Unexpectedly, the beautiful woman would talk to herself, and she was a little stunned for a while.

"Yes, it's our crab," he said hurriedly, "Grandma said that it was the New Year, and there was a happy event in the house, so I added some fresh ingredients." ”

Xia Meizhen nodded, reached out to play with the crab with her hands and feet tied, and said, "That's really embarrassing for you, this crab is produced at the junction of seawater and freshwater, and it's not easy to transport it." ”

As soon as he heard such an insider's words, the man suddenly didn't care about the difference between men and women, and the bitter water in his heart poured straight out, "Isn't it, we two big boats came over, and we can survive and CD is too much." ”

"Okay," Xia Meizhen stood up, wiped her hands with the handkerchief handed over by Xiao Si, and said, "I know everything you said, although this crab is not fresh, but it can still be eaten, you go and talk back to the steward, just say I have seen it." ”

"Oh, well." The man nodded, and added a small Si to lead the way for himself, and hurriedly followed, wiping the sweat from his forehead in fear, and shouting from the bottom of his heart: I met the master, I met the master!

Although he is only in his early thirties, he has been to many inland areas, but this is the first time he has met such a powerful person in the inland, so powerful that he can't help but break out in a cold sweat, and shout in his heart: I have met a master, I have met a master!

Even if it's me, I don't dare to say that I can know the origin of this crab by looking at it!

Xia Meizhen didn't know what was happening here, she checked the other ingredients that had been newly delivered in the kitchen, and after giving words, she returned to the wooden basin with the crabs and thought about it.

The Dai family is eating crabs for the first time, and it is possible that they have wasted this excellent ingredient because of its fishy smell, and there are pregnant women at home, so they can't eat such a cold thing.

Then she thought that this crab was purchased by Mrs. Dai herself, I don't know if she knows that pregnant women can't eat crabs?

If she knew but the aunts didn't, if she went to prevent the aunts from eating it, it would inevitably cause a bloody storm. On the other hand, if the aunts know that pregnant women can't eat crabs, then the mystery must be surging and indescribable.

"Sister, do you know how to make crabs?" Xiao Si, who led the way to the man, came back and saw that Xia Meizhen was still looking at the crab, so he asked.

This can't be blamed on her, it can only be said that since Xia Meizhen began to check the ingredients, she has brought too many surprises and surprises to the kitchen.

Take the Laba Festival a while ago, the house cooked the customary Laba porridge and sent it to the masters, but when the aunts wanted to eat Laba porridge, Xia Meizhen stopped them, and warned the aunts that the barley rice and longan in this Laba porridge are not eaten by pregnant women, and it will make the fetus bad. Later, Aunt Zhu never mentioned eating these things again.

Later, one day the chef Wang Dayou in the kitchen was injured by the cold, so he did not cook himself, but let the apprentice under his hand to do it, this apprentice was nervous for the first time to cook for the master, and he actually used sugar as salt, and burned a plate of braised pork to provoke the goods, fortunately Xia Meizhen, who checked the dishes, saw it, and returned to the pot to burn it again, and a plate of braised pork became sugar crispy pork ribs, which made the second lady who didn't eat meat couldn't help but eat two pieces.

That is, after these two incidents, the affairs in the kitchen were asked by the housekeeper Cheng and Xia Meizhen.