After hearing this, the old lady closed her eyes slightly, and the expression on her face could not show joy or anger.

Mama Xiao said with a smile on the side: "I heard that this osmanthus fish soup is the best dish of the third lady during her lifetime, and the second girl made this dish for the first time, and the third young master disliked it, but he still finished eating it." There are so many dishes carefully prepared in the kitchenette, but there is no match for this one. The third young master and the second girl are sisters and brothers after all, and their relationship is still deep. ”

She knew that the old lady didn't like someone to mention the third lady in front of her, so she lowered her head a little apprehensively.

The old lady was silent, and only after a while did she say slowly: "Since Ting'er likes it, this dish will be added to the mansion tomorrow." ”

On the second day, Chunzhi learned the news from the little kitchen maid, she went back and told Ji Yunyun, and said aggrieved and dissatisfied: "The girl just cares about the third young master, what does the old lady mean by this?" The old lady doesn't like girls like that? The girl is also the blood of the third master, not a concubine, let alone picked up on the street. ”

It is said that the old lady of the Ji family is kind and kind, and she is gentle and generous to the top and bottom of the house, but she doesn't think so. The old lady can care for the ladies in the house, and their girls are serious young ladies in the third room, but they have never gotten a smile from the old lady.

Ji Yunyun was in a somewhat complicated mood when she heard this, Chunzhi's sentence picked up on the street, which made her laugh out loud, she reached out and patted Chunzhi's shoulder, and comforted: "The old lady just doesn't like your girl, haven't you gotten used to it all these years?" I'm not angry, and neither are you. ”

Chun Tao is one year older than Chun Zhi, in the end, she is more stable, she didn't say anything, only sighed, and asked, "Girl, do you want to make osmanthus fish soup and send it to the third young master in the future?" ”

Ji Yunyun shook her head, osmanthus fish soup is not just a dish for her and her younger brother, since her brother has eaten it, it means that he is willing to reconcile with himself, and there is no need to do it again.

"Is the small kitchen in the courtyard unused?" She asked suddenly.

Chun Tao replied, "Yes, the girl wants to cook food in the yard by herself?" ”

Each courtyard in the house has a small kitchen, but the one in the splendid courtyard has always been idle. Although the old lady said that she didn't like girls, the girl's monthly money was the same as that of the eldest girl, and there was never a shortage. Although this month's money is a lot, it is not enough to hire the cook to cook in the small kitchen. The other courtyards all have mother's subsidies, but the girl's maternal grandfather has only one uncle, and he is thousands of miles away in Yaozhou.

Ji Yunyun nodded lightly, took out a pen and paper to list some items, and asked Chun Tao to tell someone to go out to buy them.

Her father left the Guogong Mansion and the capital for her mother, and the old lady cut off her father's money in a fit of anger. At that time, there was only one cook in the house, and her mother learned a lot of local cooking skills from the cook. When her mother made it, she watched from the side, and in the year of Zhuangzi, in her spare time, she would also make some small snacks such as sugar cakes according to her mother's method in her memory, which was much more interesting than cooking.

After buying it back, it was still Chun Tao and Chun Zhi who started to help, she made some hibiscus cakes that she had made in Zhuangzi, Ji Yunting sent some, and the old lady and Zhou's Ye gave some.

Zhou was reading the account book in the study, Qiu He came in with a plate of hibiscus cake, and said with a smile: "Madam, this is sent by someone from the second girl's side, saying that it is a unique dim sum from Linzhou, and the second girl made it herself, you can taste it." ”

Zhou put down the account book, picked up a piece and tasted it, it was soft and sweet, and the taste was good. She bit half of it and put it down, then took out a handkerchief and wiped her mouth, and asked, "Only sent here?" ”

"No, the old lady and the second lady have sent some there." Qiu He paused and sighed: "The second girl came back this time and acted a lot more tactfully, and the second girl would not take the initiative to send food to the old lady before. ”

"It's a good thing to be sleek, even if you don't like it, you can't find fault with it." Zhou lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and instructed Qiu He: "The rest of the hibiscus cake will be sent to the master and the eldest girl and the sixth girl, so that they can taste it too." ”

"Yes." Qiu He blessed his body, picked up the plate and retreated.

I freshened up early in the morning, went out to say hello to the old lady, and just turned around the verandah, I met Ji Yunshu and Ji Yunqing, who also went to say hello to the old lady.

"Second sister." Ji Yunqing greeted her happily.

Ji Yunyun stood in place and waited for the two to approach, and walked towards the old lady's courtyard together.

"Second sister, the hibiscus cake you sent the day before yesterday tastes very good, and I haven't eaten it in the capital yet." Ji Yunshu said with a smile.

"It's a local dim sum unique to Linzhou, if the eldest sister and sixth sister like it, I'll make it in the future, and I'll send some to you." Ji Yunyun said with a smile.

Ji Yunqing loves desserts the most, and nodded happily after hearing this, "Okay, okay, don't forget the second sister." ”

The three of them were talking happily, but a cold snort came from behind them, "The pastries are made by their own cooks, and the girls of the dignified Guogong Mansion are not ashamed to cook in person." ”

Ji Yunyun turned around, and saw Ji Yunlan glancing at her coldly with an expressionless face, flicking her sleeves and striding past them and walking away.

"Don't bother with her, yesterday Aunt Feng's cousin came, and she was going to live in the house for a while, and she was not happy." Ji Yunshu said.

Ji Yunyun remembered that there was such a thing in the previous life, that cousin girl was from Aunt Feng's brother's family, her name was Feng Qingqing, she was fifteen this year, and she was slightly older than her and Ji Yunlan. Feng Qingqing looks like Aunt Feng, and she is also a beauty like a flower and jade.

She had come to live in the house before, because her family was a wealthy businessman, she was not short of money and silver since she was a child, and her temperament was a little arrogant, and she had several conflicts with Ji Yunlan, and Ji Yunlan didn't like her very much. This time I was able to come to live in the house again, presumably because Aunt Feng relied on the favor of the second uncle and blew the wind on the second uncle's pillow to get the second uncle to agree.

Although the Feng family is a wealthy businessman, it is still a lot worse than the Guogong Mansion. Aunt Feng saw that her niece was beautiful, so she thought that she wanted Feng Qingqing to climb to the Guogong Mansion. She originally wanted Ji Yunhong, but Feng Qingqing had a high vision and fell in love with Ji Yunyuan, so she was unmoved even if Ji Yunhong followed behind her.

Thinking of the scene in the previous life when the Ye family and Ji Yunlan entered the door because Ji Yunhong cried and shouted to marry Feng Qingqing, the corners of Ji Yunyun's mouth couldn't help but bend.

When the three of them went to Rongshan Hall, Aunt Feng had already led Feng Qingqing in the hall and was returning to the old lady's questioning.

The three of them stepped forward to ask for peace, Ji Yunyun sat down next to Ji Yunshu, and looked at Feng Qingqing standing in the middle, wearing a lotus-colored pleated Ruyi skirt, goose egg face, willow eyebrows, white and delicate skin, delicate and delicate, delicate and well-behaved, he was well taught at a glance, and he was not timid at all in front of the old lady.

"I remember I was only eleven or twelve years old when I came here, and now I'm a big girl." The old lady smiled slightly.

Aunt Feng smiled with her and said respectfully: "Yes, I haven't seen it for a few years, and when I saw it yesterday, I was also shocked, the girl's family is changing fast, and I almost can't recognize it." ”

The old lady gently instructed: "It's not the first time I've come back, there are many girls in our house, and there is not much difference in age, so you can talk more together when you have nothing to do on weekdays." What is lacking and what is needed, just say that you can live in the house with peace of mind, and there is no need to be restricted. ”

"Yes, thank you, old lady." After Aunt Feng finished speaking with a smile, seeing that the girls were all here, she led Feng Qingqing and said, "Come, I've seen the sisters and sisters in the house." ”

went to Ji Yunshu and Ji Yunqing first, then Ji Yunyun, and finally Ji Yunlan and a few sisters. After a lap, Feng Qingqing has always behaved decently and politely. Ye's face is not very good, but she can hide things better than Ji Yunlan, even if she is unhappy, people can't see it. On the contrary, Ji Yunlan had a straight face, which made people see at a glance that she was unhappy.

The old lady saw it herself, and when Feng Qingqing saw someone, Aunt Feng took her to sit down behind the Ye family, and the old lady smiled and beckoned to Ji Yunlan: "Girl Lan, come over to grandmother here." ”

Ji Yunlan arrived in front of the old lady, the old lady pulled her to sit down beside her, touched her face and asked with a smile, "Who made our Lan girl angry?" Say it out and grandma will give you a breath. ”

In front of so many people in the mansion, she couldn't say that she didn't like Feng Qingqing and didn't want her to live in the mansion, so she had to say coquettishly to the old lady: "Who makes me angry, it's just that my grandmother is so good to my aunt's cousin, it's just a little tasteful." ”

"It's really a girl who loves to eat, it's rare for your aunt's cousin to come back, so naturally she has to entertain her." The old lady stretched out her hand and twisted Ji Yunlan's nose, and suddenly asked Aunt Fang, "By the way, I remember that the girl from your sister's family also came to the house around the Lantern Festival last year, as if she only stayed for a day or two and left?" ”

Ji Yunrou's face froze, Aunt Fang's hand in her sleeve tightened, and she replied with a smile: "Yes, I originally said that I would stay with me for a few days, but I suddenly had an emergency at home, so I only stayed for one day and left." ”

"It's a pity, I haven't seen what the girl in your sister's house looks like, if she is free, let her come to live in the house for a few days, there are many girls in the house, and it is also lively." The old lady said.

Aunt Fang glanced at her daughter soothingly, her fingers clenched in her sleeves, and she smiled with a smile: "Thank you, old lady, it's just that my sister moved to Yaozhou with her brother-in-law last year, and it's a long way from the capital, so I'm afraid it's inconvenient." ”

"That's it." After hearing this, the old lady stopped asking, turned to Aunt Shen and said, "I remember that your brother's family has two sons, and there are two girls in your sister's family, the eldest one is about the same age as Rong'er, and she is free, so let them come to live in the house and accompany you and Rong'er." ”

"Thank you for the old lady's kindness, it's just that my sister sent a letter a few days ago to say that the eldest girl in the family, Xing'er, was infected with the cold, and I'm afraid I can't stay in time." Aunt Shen said.

"The wind chill can be big or small, and it is necessary to raise it at home with peace of mind." The old lady nodded.

Seeing that the old lady no longer asked, Aunt Fang quietly reached out and patted her daughter's hand, and the two of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Ji Yunyun accidentally saw Aunt Fang and Ji Yunrou's movements, and was puzzled, Ji Yunshu pulled her sleeve next to her to talk to her, and she quickly put her doubts behind.