It snowed for a few days, and the weather was dry and cold, with a fresh smell.

Such a cold day is the most suitable for making rock sugar gourds.

Seeing that the sugar in the pot gradually became thicker, Zhen Shi Niang took a piece of chopsticks and shook it in the cold water, handed it to her mouth and bit it, it was crispy, not sticky to her teeth at all, and turned around and called Qiu Ju in the house, "...... Bring the hawthorn over! ”

"Hey!" Qiu Ju put down the half-strung hawthorn, picked up the skewered hawthorn and walked out, "...... Can Miss really make a sugar gourd? While asking, Qiu Ju's tooth hall was sour.

"You'll see it when you look at it." Zhen Shi Niang smiled and stirred the syrup in the pot, "Remove the heat from the lower level." As he spoke, he reached out and picked up a hawthorn and rolled it in the syrup, slamming it the greased wooden board that had been prepared earlier, and then picked up another ......

Lowered his head and withdrew a few firewoods from the stove, as soon as Qiu Ju looked up, Zhen Shi Niang had already rolled more than a dozen channels, one was red and gorgeous, crystal clear, and Qiu Ju drooled when she saw it, "...... That's fine, it's that simple? And he said, "...... Miss will do this, why didn't you do it in previous years? Every winter, she and Jian Wu lost their teeth when they watched people eat sugar gourds.

Usual?

In previous years, how could I have spare money to do this?

This is still thanks to Xiao Yu's blessing, and the day before yesterday he sent a car of New Year's goods, and there happened to be a bag of hawthorn.

"How easy are you?" Seeing Qiu Ju looking at her directly, Zhen Shi Niang smiled, "Tell you, this syrup is the most difficult to master, and the sugar sticks to the teeth and is hard like a stone; It's too big to taste bitter, and it's too late to worry about life in previous years, who is impatient to do this? Pointing to the half pot of black paste crystalline syrup on the side of the stove, "I just boiled a pot." In previous years, she had to die of distress, but this white sugar was bought with silver.

Qiu Ju stuck out her tongue.

“…… Slaves and maids try it too? Seeing Zhen Shi Niang's good work, Qiu Ju was eager to try.

"Hmm......" Zhen Shi Niang dodged to get out of the way. The thinness of the sugar should be blocked, otherwise the sugar will be coagulated and unevenly wrapped, and it should be thrown hard when it is put on the board, so that the sugar at the bottom of the sugar gourd will be connected into a large piece, which is beautiful and delicious...... "Reached out and grabbed a handful of sesame seeds and sprinkled evenly on the wrapped sugar gourd.

Qiu Ju is serious about learning, but the syrup is uneven. "Slaves are too stupid!" Looking at the two hairless sugar gourds wrapped in himself, he grinned.

"Mother, mother!" Jian Wen Jianwu's voice came, "Oh no, no! There are many people in the front yard, and Aunt Magpie tells you to hide quickly! The voice changed with a sense of fear of impending disaster.

Jian Wu Jianwen has always been naughty. was bold and angry, and hated to be able to poke a hole in the sky, Zhen Siniang heard their nervous voices for the first time, and they all changed their tune. With a sigh in his heart, he hurriedly threw a sugar gourd that had just been wrapped in his hand on the wooden board, and instructed Qiu Ju, "...... Remove the heat and bring the pot to the snow to cool, and be careful not to burn your hands. ”

Rubbing his hands on his apron, he turned to meet the two children who pounced on him, pulling them aside. Dodging the hot sugar pot on the stove, he asked, "...... What's going on? ”

"Aunt Chu is here......"

"Aunt Magpie Makes Mother ......"

Jian Wen and Jian Wu spoke at the same time. At the same time, they closed their mouths and glared at each other.

Look at Jian Wen, and look at Jian Wu. Zhen Shi Niang said, "Brother Wen said first. ”

"There are a lot of people outside, Aunt Magpie said that she is Aunt Chu in the General's Mansion, and she is here to find her mother, let me tell my mother to hide......" Jian Wen finished speaking in one breath, pulled Zhen Shi Niang and walked out, "Mother leave from the corner gate in the backyard, my brother and I will go to find my uncle!" ”

Influenced by Zhen Shi Niang since childhood, naughty is naughty, Jian Wen has always believed in the principle of running away if he can't fight, and the hero does not suffer immediate losses, especially when the enemy is outnumbered, he must not rush up like a stupid roe deer, and must adopt a roundabout policy.

Save your life first, and then go to the rescue.

"Who are they?" While untying her apron, Zhen Siniang's brows twisted into pimples, this place is far away from the General's Mansion, she lives a widowhood life wholeheartedly, why do these people just refuse to let her go?

“…… There are six of them, all of them, and they are all women! Jian Wu added, "There are also two men watching the carriage at the door. ”

"Did they see you?"

"As soon as Aunt Magpie heard that they had registered, she asked me and my brother to hide first, and we secretly saw them from the corner and made Aunt Magpie kneel down as soon as they entered the door......"

"What!" Zhen Shi Niang's voice changed, "They made Aunt Magpie kneel on the snow? ”

Aunt Magpie immediately knelt down. Jian Wen and Jian Wu nodded at the same time.

“…… Qiu Ju, come with me to have a look! On this cold day, it was not a joke to let the magpie kneel on the snow, and he pushed Jian Wen Jianwu, "You guys go find Uncle Magpie and come over!" ”

Having already put away the stove, he was walking out with the prepared sugar gourd, hearing this, Qiu Ju hurriedly put the sugar gourd on the shelf in the courtyard, turned around and helped Zhen Shi Niang to leave.

"Sugar gourd!" Jian Wu stretched out his hand to grab it, but was stopped by Zhen Shi Niang, "...... If it's too hot, it will sour your teeth, and it will taste good when it is cold. Pushing the two of them out together, "You go to Uncle Magpie first, and when you come back, you will sit in this courtyard to eat, and you are not allowed to go to the front yard!" ”

"Got it!" Looking back at the red and bright sugar gourd on the shelf reluctantly, Jian Wen and Jian Wu swallowed hard, and disappeared with a smoke.

As soon as she turned the corner door, Zhen Siniang gasped.

I saw a few flowery women pointing around the magpie kneeling in the middle of the ground, as if someone shouted, and a little girl with thin shoulders raised her foot and kicked it towards the magpie's round belly.

“…… Stop it! Zhen Shi Niang shouted, and her heart instantly jumped to her throat.

If this kick goes down seriously, if it doesn't make trouble, it will be one corpse and two lives!

Hearing the shouting, the little maid hesitated, Qiu Ju had already flown over, swept past everyone, pushed the little maid away, and dodged in front of the magpie.

Don't look at Qiu Ju's long dry and thin and small, but she is used to the rough work of carrying water and firewood, but she has a lot of brute strength in her body, how can these little maids with fine skin and tender meat withstand her pushing, not to mention that she has run a long way and used all her strength in a hurry, only to see the little girl fly out more than a foot away with a whoosh, fall to the ground on her back, and the back of her head hit the hard ground like a frozen piece of iron, and her eyelids rolled and she fainted.

"Wu'er!" Someone in the crowd exclaimed, a little maid quickly ran over to help the maid named Wu'er, and the others surrounded Qiu Ju with a hula.

Qiu Ju was also really anxious.

Seeing everyone surrounding, she rushed to the edge of the courtyard, reached out and picked up a shovel and waved it towards everyone, "...... Whoever dares to come up, I will fight with you! "A pair of eyes are covered with red threads.

The people who can go out with Aunt Chu are all big girls in the general's mansion, they are so noble that they are almost as noble as ordinary young ladies, they speak slowly and softly on weekdays, and they can't wait to run away when the wind blows, so have you seen this formation?

One by one, they were so frightened that they withdrew from the distance, looking at Qiu Ju tremblingly, not daring to step forward.

What kind of people are raising gods, birds!

That Zhen Shi Niang was arrogant, and the maid she raised was also rude like a madman, seeing Qiu Ju like this, Chu Xinyi snorted coldly in her heart, and stood there motionless looking at Qiu Ju.

As the master, she must have the momentum she should have, and she can't retreat like a maid.

Although her legs were also tendoned in the face of the fierce Qiu Ju, Chu Xinyi still stood there motionless, and asked Qiu Ju compulsively, "...... You're also grandma's maid? What is your name? As long as this little girl dares to admit that she is Zhen Shi Niang's maid, she is not afraid.

In the general's mansion, there is always dignity and humility.

The other maids saw that their master was calm and no longer fled, but they didn't dare to step forward, and they came behind Chu Xinyi tremblingly, and confronted Qiu Ju from a distance.

After all, it was not spicy, Qiu Ju was also forced to be anxious just now, and now seeing that everyone didn't dare to step forward, she also stopped, only holding a shovel and glaring at everyone fiercely.

Seeing that the magpie was fine, Zhen Shiniang let out a sigh of relief, she quickly walked around the magpie that everyone came, "It's cold on the ground, you get up quickly." At a glance, he saw that both of the magpie's faces were swollen, and he exclaimed, "God, why did you fight like this?" ”

"The slave is fine." The magpie shook his head and refused to get up, and lowered his voice and said, "Miss hasn't seen it, she is Aunt Chu, the real person in charge of the back house of the general's mansion, we can't afford to offend ......" pushed Zhen Shi Niang out, "Miss don't care, just let the slave and maid kneel, she will not embarrass you anymore if she gets angry from the slave." "Otherwise, it would not be a joke to let her go back and sue Shen Zhongchi.

“…… I wasn't going to care about you! Zhen Shi Niang's voice was cold, with a rare anger, "It's just that you don't get up again, you move the tire and slip the tire, be careful that you can't have children in the future!" ”

After living for two lifetimes, she has never seen such a wretched person!

Kneeling there silently makes people beat hard, they are not as good as her little Qiu Ju, no matter who he is, the guy.

This worked, the magpie's face turned pale in shock, she didn't dare to kneel anymore, she helped Zhen Siniang to stand up, her eyes crossed Zhen Siniang and looked at Chu Xinyi behind her, her body couldn't stop trembling, she was often beaten when she was in the Zhuangyuan Mansion in the past, she was used to it, she was not afraid at all, she was only worried that her young lady would be punished by Shen Zhongqi for this, and Shen Zhongqi would find an excuse to get out of the ancestral house.

This Chu Xinyi is no one else, she is Shen Zhongchi's heart, I heard that Shen Zhongqi spoiled her to the sky, and she didn't dare to give the moon to the stars.

As abandoned women of others, how can they afford to be provoked?

Seeing the magpie looking behind her in horror, Zhen Shi Niang slowly turned around.

I gasped.

I saw Chu Xinyi wearing a hibiscus-colored gold silk embroidered narrow jacket, a snow-white silver fox fur coat, a pair of red deerskin boots with turned out, stepping on the white snow, extremely dazzling, and a crystal inlaid with pearls was obliquely inserted in the cloud temples, and a huge ruby hung down to the forehead.

The eyebrows are like ink paintings, the eyes are like autumn water, and a delicate little face is indescribably soft and delicate.