Xu Jiao saw that he had slept quietly, and she was really tired when she thought about it, thinking about whether she should behave if she had eaten him and lived with him these days, otherwise she would really become a white-eyed wolf.

Thinking so, she came to the small kitchen, turned over the vegetables in the basket, picked out a chubby white radish, a lotus root, and two pears, and told Dong'er to go to the big kitchen to bring pig bones and two catties of pork ribs, and then began to work in the kitchen.

She first went through the pork bones and pork ribs in boiling water, waited for all the blood to be drained, fished out the ribs, changed them to clean water and began to stew.

Xu Jiao cut the radish and lotus root, carefully peeled two pears, and picked the pear core for later use.

The little girl who looked at the fire under the stove couldn't help but sigh: "It's still like this, and the firewood burns things quickly and deliciously." ”

The little girl was none other than Ruexiang, and Dong'er was instructed by her to go to the big kitchen to get spices and condiments.

Rue Xiang heard her say this, so she said: "This is also in the palace, the slave maid still remembers that when I was a child, I didn't like to burn a fire at home, there was no such good firewood at that time, I burned some yuba rotten leaves or wheat husks, once it burned up and the house was full of smoke, the slave and maid still remembered that at that time, I would rather work on the slope than cook at home with my younger brother." ”

Idle, Xu Jiao became interested and asked, "Do you still have a younger brother?" ”

"Well, the slave's younger brother is sixteen years old this year, and he is a young man, and my mother is talking to him." Rue Xiang talked about her brother's face full of happiness.

Xu Jiao asked again: "What is he doing now?" How did you work in the palace? ”

Rue Xiang said: "A few days ago, my father was working on the slope and met a big wild boar, I didn't have time to run, I was bitten off a leg by a wild boar, and the family finally praised a few years ago to save my father's life, and it was easy for my father to survive, but my mother was injured because of excessive worry, and she was sick for three days, and the family life was out of place for a while. ”

Xu Jiao really didn't expect this girl to carry such a heavy burden, but she likes this girl's temperament, she does her duty, and never makes a sad look, not to mention that she just heard that her mother is doing things for his younger brother Zhang Luo, it seems that her family has passed the most difficult time.

"Have you signed a deed of sale with the house?" She asked.

"No, I was going to sign it that day, because the monthly money for signing the deed of sale was much higher, but the slave's younger brother stopped me from signing it, saying that it was easy to sell my body and difficult to redeem myself, and my brother said that he would come and take me back when the family was better, and he wouldn't let me work hard outside." Rue Xiang replied as she added firewood to the stove.

Xu Jiao said sincerely: "You have a good brother." ”

Rue Xiang smiled shallowly: "Many times at home, I look like a younger sister." ”

Xu Jiao didn't know what it was like to have brothers and sisters, she had been one of herself since she could remember, and she didn't even have a cousin or cousin. Then he said with some envy: "It's good." ”

Rue Xiang pointed to the pot and asked, "What is Niang Niang going to do?" Those big bones have been boiled for a long time. ”

Xu Jiao got up, untied the lid of the pot and saw that the bone broth had been boiled milky white, so she took out the big bones, put a small piece of ginger in the pot, then put in the pork ribs, and covered the pot to continue to stew. ”

Rue Xiang smiled: "Niangniang is really naïve, where did the corn come from this season?" ”

Xu Jiao pouted: "One day, I will grow corn in such a season." ”

When Dong'er brought the condiments, Xu Jiao's pot of pork rib soup was ready to get out of the pot, she reached out and took the condiments in Dong'er's hand and asked while putting them in the pot: "Let you go and get a condiment, why did you go for so long?" ”

Dong'er said: "There was a man in the front yard, saying that he was here to take Rue Xiang away, the housekeeper said that the time for the work contract signed by Rue Xiang had not yet arrived, and he was not allowed to lead the person, so the man made a fuss with the housekeeper, and the housekeeper was afraid of arguing with the prince, and he was afraid that he was more excited to find Rue Xiang to come, so he asked me to persuade a few words, who knew that the kid had a tendon, and he was stunned to not listen to persuasion, and I had no choice, so I came to ask Niangniang, can I let Rue Xiang go and see?"

"A man, who is Rue? Isn't that your future husband? Xu Jiao looked like she didn't think much of it was too busy.

"The mother made fun of the slave maid, the slave maid had discussed it with the slave maid's fiancé, and he would not come to make trouble." Rue Xiang shook her head firmly in explanation.

Xu Jiao said: "Let's go, go and see." ”

So the three of them went to the gate.

When she saw the man at the door, Rue Xiang smiled first: "Mumu! What are you doing here? ”

Xu Jiao also laughed, Ruxiang's "Mumu" made her suddenly think of the protagonist of a certain popular TV series "Xu Mumu" in a certain year!

Look at that Mu Mu again, he doesn't look "woody" at all, and even his eyes are full of intelligence, a pair of eyes look like he can speak, and his complexion is a little dark.

Seeing her hurriedly running over, Na Mumu took Ruxiang's hand and said, "Xiangxiang, come home with me, let's find the nearest auspicious day of the zodiac, and let you and your brother Xuan handle the family affairs first." ”

Ruxiang's little face was slightly red, and she pulled him and pointed at Xu Jiao: "What nonsense?" This is the Ninth Princess, hurry up and salute. ”

Xu Jiao waved her hand indifferently: "No, no, who are you?" Why take rue with you? ”

Mu Mu showed a surprised expression, shook her shoulders and said excitedly: "You are the Ninth Princess?" How did you become the Nine Princesses? Don't recognize me anymore? Take a good look at it, it's me, Big Wood! Don't you say you're a girl from a big family? How did you become the Nine Princesses? Oh yes, you're the unpopular little girl in the Guogong Mansion, no wonder you told me that she was a girl. ”

Xu Jiao was stunned by his inexplicable words, and dared to love this guy is an old acquaintance with this deity! Oh buy karma, don't you want to be so coincidental!

Xu Jiao looked at Dong'er in a daze, expecting Dong'er to know something? However, after all, she was disappointed, Dong'er hadn't recognized this kid for a long time before, so naturally she wouldn't recognize it at this time.

"Don't talk nonsense, how can you know the Nine Princesses?" Rue Xiang interrupted Mu Mu's eager thinking in time and said, "Hurry up and reply to Niangniang's words." ”

Na Mumu shook his head and said: "I won't admit it, she is the little girl back then, Xiangxiang, you forgot, she rescued us from the beast pit back then." ”

Oh~ It turns out that there is a life-saving grace. Xu Jiao added another sentence in her heart.

Rue Xiang looked back at Xu Jiao, knocked on the wooden head and said, "Where is it like?" Back then, the little girl had a gray face, thin and small, and the clothes and shoes on her body were tattered, so you believed that she was a girl from a big family, and she was obviously a rural village girl, why did you still worry about it all these years! ”

Xu Jiao also heard Mu Mu muttering: "It's obviously her, how could I be mistaken?" ”