Chapter Twenty-Five: Serving the Taijun
After Xiao Jun saw Mengxi's alienation from himself at the moment when he was awake, the smile on his face disappeared, and he sat there with a black face, without saying a word, and Hongyu Hongzhu came in and saw that the second master's face was not good, so he was careful to wait.
Both of them sighed secretly, this new second grandmother really can't live in peace for a moment, and she provoked the master like this early in the morning, can't she coax the second master well? It's hard to even burden these slaves and maids, doesn't she know the truth of marrying a chicken and a dog and marrying a dog? Don't you know that the second master is her heaven? Don't you know that her happy life in the future will all depend on the second master? The two of them really hated to pull a second grandmother over and teach her a good lesson, knock her head open to see if it was paste. How can you not even follow three from four virtues.
Mengxi sat in front of the dresser, looked at the noble bun that Hongzhu had saved for herself, stretched out her hand to comb her forehead, and turned back to the second master and asked:
"Concubine, let's go to the kitchen, what do you want to eat today?"
After a long time, seeing that Xiao Jun didn't speak, he continued to ask: "How about the concubine go and make a bowl of Yangchun noodles for the second master?" I drank porridge in the past two days."
"Hmm" Xiao Jun responded lightly and walked towards the door.
"Second master, be careful" Hongyu saw that the second master was going out, so she hurriedly ran forward to help.
"It's good early in the morning, what's wrong with the second master?"
Mengxi looked at Xiao Jun's back, confused.
When Xiao Jun came back after stretching his muscles, Mengxi had just brought in the finished Yangchun noodles, Hongyu wet the towel and handed it to Xiao Jun to wipe his hands, the little maid over there had already set the meal, Xiao Jun handed the used towel to Hongzhu on the side and sat on the edge of the table, looked down at the noodles in the bowl, stunned, did not take the chopsticks handed by Hongyu, and looked up at Mengxi suspiciously.
"Second master, this noodle is made by the concubine with carrot juice, green vegetable juice and noodles, so it is this color, the concubine often hears her mother say that the nutrition of vegetables is in the juice, and the noodles made in this way have both the fragrance of vegetables and rich nutrition, this is what the concubine learned from her mother when she was in her mother's house, and the second master will pay for it first, is it delicious?"
Mengxi took a small bowl as she spoke, took a small bowl of noodles with chopsticks, and handed it to Xiao Jun.
Xiao Jun took it, ate a small bite first, paid for it, and then ate up the noodles in the small bowl in a few bites, and then ordered someone to serve it in a large bowl with soup, and ate it with a whirring, Mengxi carefully spread the vegetables next to him, and said secretly in his heart:
"Eat without speaking, sleep without speaking, this rule is really good."
After serving Xiao Jun, he rinsed his mouth, cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and there was already a maid serving tea, Xiao Jun sat there drinking tea, Mengxi changed his clothes under the service of Hongzhu, dressed all of them, got up and said to Xiao Jun:
"The second master has eaten, let's rest first, and the concubine will go to the old lady to say goodbye."
"Didn't grandma say you don't have to go, why do you go again?" Xiao Jun looked at Mengxi and said.
"The second master is not in good health, I haven't gone to ask the old lady for a long time, and now I'm recovering from my illness, although I can't go to ask for peace, but I don't need the concubine to stay in front of me all the time, the concubine has married the second master, and I should ask for filial piety in front of the elders on behalf of the second master, this is the duty of the concubine"
If you want to go to the top leader of the Xiao Mansion, of course, you have to find a high-sounding reason, otherwise the teacher will be unknown and will be destroyed by the second master sooner or later, Mengxi thought confidently, his face was not red, and his heart was not beating and he said in a panic.
When Xiao Jun heard Mengxi say this, he also felt reasonable, nodded and said:
"That's what I said, it's hard for you to have such a mind, go quickly, think about saying goodbye to me in front of my grandmother, accompany my grandmother for me there, don't rush back, just tell grandma, my body is no longer in the way, don't worry, I'm going to go to the study for a while, I haven't had a director for a long time, and I've accumulated a bunch."
When Mengxi came to Shouxi Hall, the eldest lord, the eldest lady, the eldest uncle Xiao Qing, the eldest grandmother Zhang, and the third master Xiao Yun had already come over, and they were talking there, and the old lady had already ordered the rice, and when she saw Mengxi coming in, she asked:
"Didn't you say you didn't use it to say goodbye, why did you come again, how is Jun'er doing today?"
Mengxi saw the salute, asked for peace, and stepped forward to reply:
"It was the second master who ordered his granddaughter-in-law to come over, and the second master said that during this period of time, his health was not good, and he couldn't be filial piety in front of the old lady, so he asked his granddaughter-in-law to do his filial piety for the second master, and let the granddaughter-in-law go back to the old lady, the eldest lord, and the eldest wife, the second master's health has been great, and the old lady, the eldest lord, and the eldest lady should not be worried."
Mengxi in the 21st century certainly understands that it is better for a daughter-in-law to praise her grandson in front of her husband's grandmother than to boast about herself, and when she saw that the old lady had a smile on her face, she continued:
"The second master wants his granddaughter-in-law not to rush back, the second master wants to go to the study to go around, so that the granddaughter-in-law can serve the old lady, the eldest lord, and the eldest lady here."
"It's hard for Jun'er to have such filial piety, among the grandchildren, Jun'er is the most filial, and he really doesn't hurt him in vain on weekdays, but I just want to go back and tell him that he is just sick, don't be tired"
Mengxi hurriedly nodded in response, and the old lady had already smiled at this time, nodding again and again, not caring about the faces of the uncle and the third master on the side. Of course, the uncle and the third master are not happy, but there is no way, who asked someone to marry such a clever daughter-in-law, the uncle looks at the daughter-in-law of the family is demure and dignified, and then looks at the grandmother, who is also very virtuous, but will not please in front of the grandmother, so that he sits here, and the grandmother says that he is not filial, but when I think of the poor Mengxi who was not treated well by the second brother, I can't hate it.
The eldest lady on the side heard her mother-in-law praise her son like this, and the corners of her mouth also showed a smile, and the old lady saw that the meal had been brought in, and motioned to the maid to set the meal.
The eldest lady stood behind the old lady and gave the old lady vegetables, and the old lady saw that Mengxi and the eldest grandmother Zhang were there, so she said to the eldest lady:
"Daughter-in-law also sit, just have two granddaughters-in-law waiting on the side"
The eldest lady thanked her, and sat down on the left hand side of the old lady.
Mengxi carefully gave the old lady, the eldest master, and the eldest lady all the dishes, how did she know the old lady's preferences on weekdays, and her liver fluttered carefully, but her face was still calm and calm, carefully observing the old lady's eyes, and seeing which dish her eyes fell on, she sandwiched the plate in front of the old lady, Mengxi knew that the old man didn't eat much on weekdays, so he sandwiched very little every time, and saw that the old lady still wanted to use it after eating, so he would clip some more, The theory that modern people eat buffets less than many times is brought into full play, and the meal is finally used up under the mention of the old lady's maid and her observations, and finally nothing went wrong, seeing the appreciative gaze of the old lady, Mengxi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
The old lady had eaten, and rewarded a few untouched dishes to the eldest grandmother and Mengxi, and let them use them in the hall, so she ordered someone to remove the table, and the eldest lady retired because he wanted to deal with the business of the Xiao Mansion, and went to the outer study with Xiao Qing, and the eldest lady also retired because it was time for the daughter-in-law in charge to report the affairs, and the old lady just waved her hand:
"Let's go, this big family is waiting to come back, just have two granddaughters-in-law to accompany me" After the eldest lord and eldest lady left, Mengxi and the eldest grandmother sat down again and began to chat with the old lady about family life.