Probably because the male owner in the house was not there, the atmosphere of tasting porridge was not very high, and it was all hasty. Then the Ulanara clan said something that was not salty or light, and everyone dispersed.

Along the way, the wind-blown man's cheeks hurt, and Huizhu's master and servant hurried back to their courtyard. Entering the house, Huizhu took a big breath and said, "It's better to have your own place, as soon as you enter the house, you will feel comfortable." Yuehe smiled: "Master, take the cloak first, let Sister Xia Mei wash your hot hands and cover your cheeks, and the slave will prepare hot almond tea for you and Sister Suxin to warm your body." With that, he took off Huizhu's cloak and put it away, and went to the outer compartment to prepare refreshments.

The landlord class really enjoyed it. Huizhu washed her hands with hot water under Xia Mei's service, covered her face with a hot cloth with just the right temperature, and reclined comfortably on the hot kang before she felt a breath of heat and air. In the room with silver charcoal, Su Xin also warmed up, and said with a smile: "I didn't see that there was no snow this year, but I didn't expect it to be so cold, and the wind was scary." Master, it's almost noon now, and you haven't eaten much in the Fujin house, so if you don't go and get some hot dishes, you can eat some too. ”

Huizhu said: "Ah, I forgot, you haven't eaten anything since morning, you will eat some snacks later, and I will let Xia Mei go to the kitchen to prepare for lunch." Yuehe, who was carrying two bowls of almond tea and two plates of snacks, entered the house and said, "Master, I think that the other masters in this mansion are busy preparing meals in the kitchen, and it will probably take a long time to wait in our courtyard when it is our turn." I just heard what the master said, the master and Sister Su Xin didn't eat much, if you don't dislike what the slaves and maids eat, use some first. Yuehe suddenly smiled quietly: "Master, Sister Xia Mei and Mama Zhang boiled Laba porridge in their room at the fifth watch (3-5 o'clock) this morning, and they should be almost ready to eat now." Huizhu asked, "Hey, isn't the house ready for you?" You still boil it yourself. Yuehe looked at Xia Mei and was silent. After a while, Xia Mei replied: "The status of the slaves and maids is not high, and the seats where they live are a little biased, and when it is our turn, it is almost past noon, and the porridge cannot be eaten." Therefore, second-class servants like us in the house, who were born in the family, secretly boiled some laba porridge by themselves. ”

I think it's because I serve myself that the place where I live will be biased, and the children of ordinary families are very good in the house, Huizhu smiled: "It's just right, let's spend Laba by ourselves in our hospital today." When the porridge is ready, remember to serve it to me and Su Xin. Mama Zhang usually does some rough work outside and works hard, well, I remember that Mama Zhang's whole family is waiting in the house, so let Mama Zhang go home to rest for two hours in the afternoon, anyway, I'm not busy, by the way, I don't have to thank Mama Zhang anymore, just do things well in the future. Then he gave Su Xin a look, and Su Xin took out two copper coins to reward Xia Mei Yuehe respectively, and asked Xia Mei to bring the usual reward to Mama Zhang. Yuehe Xia Mei hurriedly knelt down and thanked Xie En After retreating, Huizhu and Su Xin drank some almond tea and talked to pass the time.

Half an hour later, the steaming laba porridge was served on the kang table, along with two side dishes and a plate of golden silk siu mai. Huizhu saw that although the Laba porridge served by Yuehe was not as delicate as those in the Wulanala clan's house, it looked more tempting. Huizhu took a bite with a spoon into her mouth, sticky and soft, sweet and delicious, but the taste was not very much like a faint salty porridge, so she looked through it carefully, there were soybeans, peanuts, diced meat, white radish, carrots, white beans, chestnuts, ginger cinnamon and other condiments. I tasted it again, although there were not many ingredients, but it was very flavorful, but it still didn't look like the taste I was used to eating in the past ten years, so I simply asked: "This Laba porridge is very refreshing, but it doesn't taste like what I've eaten?" ”

Xia Mei replied: "This is Sichuan-flavored, so it's not like what the master is used to." The slave's grandmother is from Sichuan, so the slave and maid have been making Sichuan-style Laba porridge with her mother since she was a child. Xia Mei raised her eyes and saw that Huizhu was very interested in listening, thinking that she usually brought herself very generous and kind, so she pointed to the two small dishes on the table and said: "This is a kimchi made by the slave maid, and I usually eat some appetizers." This dish is ginger and garlic, although it is sour but a little spicy, and it tastes good with white porridge; This dish is diced carrots and cucumbers, and it is also kimchi, but the master has to taste it, this is the slave maid only soaked last night, and it is the best to eat now, crisp and delicious. ”

Huizhu Yiyi picked up the chopsticks and tasted them, they were very refreshing, and praised: "It turns out that Xia Mei's craftsmanship is so good, why did I find out now." Well, Su Xin, we cleaned up the small miscellaneous room next to the west chamber, put a few stoves, although we can't make any big dishes, you can also cook something to eat when you're hungry, you don't have to go to the kitchen so troublesomely, and the food that will come is not very good. Eh, Xia Mei, you must not do this alone. Xia Mei replied with a little blush: "The slave and maid also know some skills, as long as the master does not dislike it." Huizhu smiled: "Don't dislike it, you just make something delicious." Okay, without further ado, go down and eat porridge, and just serve in the house with a plain heart. ”

After Yuehe Xia Mei left, Su Xin said: "I didn't expect Xia Mei to be usually wooden and have good cooking skills." Looking at this porridge, the slave and maid remembered that last year, the master and his wife cooked eight porridge together at night, which was fragrant and hot. Huizhu put down the spoon in her hand and said a little gloomily: "Now Eniang, they should also be eating laba porridge." After a pause, he looked at Su Xin, who had been with him from the beginning to the Qing Dynasty, and looked at himself with some concern, so he pulled Su Xin to the kang and said with a smile: "Sister Su Xin, now in Baylor Mansion, my closest person is you, sit down and eat Laba porridge with me." In previous years, there was Ama Eniang, and this year there are you with me. Su Xin nodded to Huizhu, and said with a little moist eyes: "Thank you, master." And he said no more.

After lunch, I talked to Su Xin about doing manual work, and took a nap. Huizhu began to freshen up and dress, and just after the unitary hour (17 o'clock - 19 o'clock), she took Su Xin to the main courtyard for a banquet. Huizhu also dressed up a little tonight, with a moon-white satin jacket, a blue satin jacket with Beijing embroidery, a jade flower-sprinkled crepe skirt, and a burnt blue inlaid gold flower on the "shelf head", a large ear-digging hairpin and a beaded hairpin. In fact, Huizhu likes ornaments such as hairpins very much, in addition to hairpins are indispensable jewelry for Manchu women to comb all kinds of hair buns, but also because hairpins always give themselves an indescribable different style.

"Niu Hulu Gege" In the voice of the servant, Huizhu entered the main house. At this time, the only people in the house were the Wulanala clan, the Wu clan, and the Geng clan, and the concubines were not qualified to come. Huizhu saluted the Ulanala clan and saluted the Wu clan and the Geng clan, and then sat down next to the Geng clan at the end. As soon as I sat down for a while, I heard the outside world say: "Li Fang Fujin, Second Elder Brother has arrived", "Song Gege has arrived".

I saw Li's combing Ruyi hair, with a little emerald inlaid beads on his sideburns, a gold-inlaid jewel flower, a peach-colored large silk flower, wearing a peach sprinkler jacket, a stone blue carved silk squirrel cloak, and a dark red crepe silver mouse skin flag skirt, pink and glossy, like a national peony flower. At this time, the Li family was holding a little boy about five years old, who should be the second elder brother Hongyun in the house. This is the first time Huizhu has seen Hongyun, and she can't help but look at it, Hongyun looks very cute, her face is white and red, she is wearing a red robe embroidered with a unicorn pattern, and she is wearing a brown hairpin hat. Walking on the other side of the Li family is the Song family, the Song family's own small family jasper, delicate and lovely, but the Song family, who is dressed in light and elegant clothes, looks plain and unremarkable against the backdrop of the glamorous Li family.

The group walked to the middle, and after the Li and Song families saluted the Wulanala clan, they heard Hongyun's childish childish voice, and saluted uprightly: "Hongyun greets his mother, and the three mothers say goodbye." After hearing this, the Wulanala clan was full of smiles, but a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, and he stopped Hongyun in his arms and said with a smile: "Our little Hongyun is really good, I haven't seen you for a few days, but I miss me." Then, I heard Hongyun say, "My son, I miss you too." Due to the heavy workload, I rarely come to greet you. Although he was born by the Li family, he was a beloved child, and the Ulanala clan kissed Hongyun and read: "What a good child, little baby." ”

Li Shi looked at everyone proudly, and pretended to scold: "Hongyun, why do you not know etiquette so much, as soon as you enter the house, you are tired of Fujin, where are the rules that you Ama and Mr. handed over to you." Hongyun listened, and hurriedly got up and stood beside Li. The Ulanala clan didn't seem to mind at all, and asked with a smile, "Why didn't Sister Li bring Little Brother and Da Gege here?" Li replied: "I wanted to bring the third elder brother and Da Gege to meet their Ama together, but Hongshi was too young and it was windy outside, so he didn't dare to take him out." Fu Jin also knows that Da Gege has always been introverted, and the wind has been scary in the past two days, so he let her stay in the house when he was frightened, so he only brought Hongyun with him. Oh, we Hongyun can miss him Amma, and he always urges me to come early, so that I can see my own Amma. However, the master hasn't come yet, I guess he's busy," said, as if Li Shihao suddenly found out, and seemed to be puzzled and muttered to himself: "Hey, what, why didn't my sister come yet?" Seeing that Niu Hulu's sister is also there, why is she a newcomer to the mansion, she is always waiting for people.

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Although the voice was not loud, it just reached Huizhu's ears. The Li family has two sons and a daughter, and no one in the house can go past her except Fujin. Just thinking about it, I heard the Ulanala clan say: "Sister Li, you are careful. Let's wait for the weather to warm up, and then let the little brother go out. Da Gege, but the only daughter of the lord must also be taken care of, so it is better for me to ask Mama Wang to send some frightening supplementary food to Sister Li's yard. As for Sister Nian, we also have to be more considerate and considerate, she is weak, and she has a little wind and cold today. However, an hour ago, Xiao Luzi had already come to report and said that he would come later. After hearing this, Li smiled apologetically at the Ulanala clan, and then turned around to talk to Hongyun.

Xiao Luzi, it turns out that Yinzhen is in Nian's place, and it seems that the Li family also knows. Thinking of this, Huizhu glanced at the women in the room, except for Song's obvious dissatisfaction, Wu's still smiled lightly, but unexpectedly found that Geng's was a little gloomy. Huizhu gently covered Geng's hand, Geng smiled a little helplessly, and then said some interesting little things to Huizhu, as if nothing had happened.

After half a cup of tea, the servant woman outside said again: "The master and the year side of the blessing have arrived." ”

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