Chapter 122: Chasing the Wind and Shadows (6)
"Phew, Phew, Phew!" Mama Liu was very excited, spitting on the ground like a village woman, "It's all nonsense from these people from Xizhao." Aunt Gao has been in Qi Mansion for almost fifty years, and has served three generations of masters, starting from the old country, the large and small ladies and concubines in this family give birth, which is not Aunt Gao is by her side. Thinking that Mrs. Xu, or the wife of the emperor, when she gave birth to an uncle, wasn't she also the daughter of Miss Gao? Why did I get to Mrs. Ye, she is so delicate, she talks nonsense in front of the master, and she has to serve her own nurse...... Now Mrs. Ye insists on not letting Aunt Gao take care of things, how can she refute Mrs. Ye's words and make her lose face, so she had to temporarily transfer Aunt Gao to Garlic Miao Hutong to take care of Mrs. Zheng's family...... You say, if something happens, how can you take Aunt Gao out to talk about it! ”
Speaking of this, she was even more angry: "Mrs. Ye's bullshit nurse, she is so good, how can she say that she doesn't know when Mrs. Ye was pregnant, she is so good, how did she let Mrs. Ye have a blood collapse after giving birth, she is so good, why is it that Mrs. Wei secretly took Aunt Gao back to let Mrs. Ye pick up her life...... If I do, she'll be happy, and if she really does something, she won't be able to accomplish anything...... Don't say anything else, let's just say that He Yingchun, who came from Xizhao to preside over the small kitchen of Dexin Courtyard, didn't understand anything, and dared to go to the stove, chicken and celery were served together, and a lot of garlic was thrown into the dog meat, and bees were added when cooking rice...... "Gu Xiyan remembered the principle of food taboo.
Cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
"I once said a few words, and Mama Yi invited me to admonish her. I only drank a cup of tea there, and when I came back, I vomited and diarrhea, and I almost collapsed. If it weren't for Mrs. Wei who helped me speak a few words, I would have died sooner...... Now that I know my good, I want to go to Peanut Hutong to make medicinal food, I bah, I just nest in Shang Zhengju to provoke people, and I won't take the skills taught by Aunt Gao to serve those people......"
Since I know how to make medicinal diets, I know a little bit of pharmacology. That's it. She even dared to "say a few words", I really don't know whether to sweat for her recklessness, or to congratulate her on her great fortune. \\\\\\
"Peanut Hutong, where Qi Yuzhi lives?" Gu Xiyan asked puzzled.
scolded and scolded, and was angry, Mama Liu's tone was better, and she said stupidly: "Well, that's where Young Master Qi lives." That's not a good lord, who ...... yin and yang weirdly all day long"
Qi Yuzhi. Enigmatical?
Such a sunny beautiful boy.
Gu Xiyan couldn't help laughing.
Mama Liu thought that Gu Xiyan didn't believe herself, and defended: "You little girl's family, what do you know." He is in his early twenties this year, and he does not marry a daughter-in-law, nor does he accept anyone in the house...... Mrs. Xu is dying of this matter! During the interval, I held a flower party in Jixian Courtyard, and brought all the girls with a slight head in Yandi to the house to play...... "Speaking of which. She glanced at Gu Xiyan with a smile: "Mrs. Wei is also very anxious, and from time to time she recruits a girl from her mother's family to come over to accompany her......"
Yes! As soon as the topic changed, it came to her.
Gu Xiyan coughed lightly unnaturally.
Mama Liu laughed: "Follow me to learn medicinal diet, and make it for our master in the future!" ”
Gu Xiyan had to look left and right: "Well, Miss Liu is still waiting to embroider with me." I'm not coming tomorrow! ”
Mama Liu laughed.
At this time, the mouth is not crooked at all, and the eyes are not slanted at all!
Despite this, when Gu Xiyan returned to the house and carefully analyzed Mama Liu's words, she felt that her idea of "making it for our master to eat in the future" was really good. So the next day, Gu Xiyan still went to the small kitchen, and followed Mama Liu with a teasing smile to learn a oxtail ginseng fruit soup, which is said to be beneficial to qi and blood, strengthen muscles and bones, and replenish the spleen and stomach...... All in all, it is a very suitable medicinal meal for men.
Now, she learns to make medicinal food with Mama Liu every morning. At noon, he followed Liu Meier to learn embroidery, and when he was doing these two things, his mouth was not idle, and he chatted about some parents. ^^ Junzitang debuted ^^
Once she asked Mama Liu: "Why is it that you and Mama Wang cook in this house in the same style?" ”
Mama Liu said proudly: "Because Mama Wang and I are the only ones in this mansion who came from the Wei family in Dongxi with our wife, and we make the land, which is authentic Dongxi cuisine." Gu Xiyan joked with her: "Then you must not be as good as Mama Wang's craftsmanship." Otherwise. Why did Madame leave Mama Wang in Huaiyuan and send you to serve Aunt Shui? ”
The corners of Mama Liu's mouth twitched slightly. said coldly: "What Aunt Shui, she is just a girl with a slight head and face next to Madame." If Madame hadn't opened her mouth, how would I have served her......" At this, she paused, "You little girls, tell you that you don't understand. After speaking, he turned his head and said something else, no matter how Gu Xiyan asked, Mama Liu just stopped talking about this kind of thing.
Gu Xiyan had no choice but to change the topic: "You have stayed in the small kitchen in the outer courtyard, and served your grandfather's food, do you know it, master, what does he like to eat the most?" ”
mentioned Qi Maosheng, Mama Liu opened her eyebrows and smiled: "Our lord is good-tempered, he has never been a picky eater, what you do and what he eats." After speaking, he winked at Gu Xiyan very ambiguously, and Gu Xiyan was embarrassed to goosebumps. She couldn't help muttering: "Then what tears do you shed, maybe that guy likes to eat big white steamed buns and pickles......
Mama Liu didn't hear clearly for a while, and asked, "What did you say?" What did you say? ”
Gu Xiyan rolled her eyes and said, "I said, since this is the case, why do you still learn such a complicated health soup, why don't you make pork belly stewed vermicelli, pork belly stewed cabbage, and pork belly stewed radish...... It's nutritious and delicious. ”
"You dead girl," Mama Liu was unhappy and ignored her for a long time.
Fortunately, Mama Liu's anger came and went quickly.
When the next day, Gu Xiyan talked about Qi Han's death from what Qi Han likes to eat.
After all, I have been serving for many years, how can I not have a little emotion.
Mama Liu wiped her tears: "...... After lying in bed for so many years, the ginseng fruit flowed like water for him to use, and finally ...... When the grandfather of the old country was alive, he took away his ranking, so the funeral was also quiet. The lord buried him next to Aunt Shui and erected a small stone monument......"
I just mean, how can Qi Xiao be called the third master when he is the fourth in the ranking?
Gu Xiyan said curiously: "Why did you take his rank?" ”
Mama Liu shook her head: "Specifically, I don't know. It seems that the uncle was still alive at that time. What did he say in front of the grandfather of the old country, so ...... Later, although the lord inherited the title, it was decided by the grandfather of the old country, and he couldn't make the decision to write the ranking of the lord on the family tree......"
Gu Xiyan turned the topic to Qi Yu: "How did the uncle die?" ”
This may be something that everyone in Qi Mansion knows, so Mama Liu has no scruples, and said: "One year, it was Mrs. Xu's birthday, and somehow, the old grandfather suddenly said that he wanted to give birth to Mrs. Xu. At that time, there was a flowing water seat in the house, and the opera troupe and juggling team were invited to be lively, because it was in winter, the uncle may have played too late at night and suffered from the cold, but there were many people in those days, and everyone did not pay attention to it, and waited for the birthday banquet to pass. The uncle has already started to have a fever, and when he asks the doctor to come and see, it is already late......"
Compared to Qi Han's situation, Qi Han's death seems to be normal!
Gu Xiyan couldn't help but sigh: "Then Mrs. Xu should be very sad!" ”
Mama Liu nodded, and regret flashed in her eyes: "It's not just sad." It's insane. After the uncle's death, Mrs. Xu blamed the incident on a concubine in his house, saying that the concubine was not frugal. caused the uncle to suffer from the cold, and forced the little concubine to hang himself that night......"
Gu Xiyan's eyes flickered: "Then, what about Qi Yuzhi's mother?" ”
"You said grandma." Mama Liu said, "As soon as the uncle died, she also fell ill and went without surviving the winter." Because of this, the eldest young master followed Mrs. Xu in the inner courtyard until he was eighteen years old, which was really inconvenient. Only then did he divide the government order and go over. ”
The two chatted while doing things, and Gu Xiyan turned the topic to Qi Maosheng: "I heard that the master once fed two white tigers in the Chengxi Courtyard, have you seen it?" ”
Mama Liu was unhappy and said, "Who said that?" At the age of seven, he went to the Northwest Camp. The days at home all year round can be counted in the palm of one hand. How can I have time to raise those! It was secretly raised by the third master, not only raising the tiger. The third master also raised four Haidongqing, two wild dogs, and ate two hundred catties of meat every day, and these expenses were counted on the head of Chengxi Courtyard. At that time, Aunt Gao also checked the accounts of our small kitchen for this matter......"
In other words, Qi Maosheng used a tiger to scare Liu Ruer......
Gu Xi's face was solemn.
The busy days are like flowing water, and in a blink of an eye, it is the twentieth day of the lunar month.
Mrs. Wei called the people in the needlework team to make clothes for Gu Xiyan and Liu Mei'er.
The woman who measured their height was about thirty years old, and her appearance was very ordinary, with rough fingers, and the thimble on her index finger was embedded in the flesh, and she was full of compliments, and she looked like a person running the rivers and lakes. During the period of measuring the height, Bao Niang always accompanied the whole process, pointing and pointing from time to time, and the woman kept following Bao Niang's words. It may be that the woman's attitude is good, or it may be that the compliment came to Bao Niang's heart, and in the end, Bao Niang made a decision, and the original plan to make four sets of clothes for Liu Meier and Gu Xiyan suddenly became six sets each, as if the woman was happy or something.
The next day, the Yanguo Mansion began to give the servants of each house the New Year's festival money, just like the current New Year's welfare fee. Despite this, the people in Huaiyuan still maintain that kind of coldness, and everyone looks honored and disgraced when they get the monthly order. As for Mother Liu, who did not belong to Huaiyuan, she was very happy, and she told Gu Xiyan: "After eating the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and greeting the wives on the first day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, there are still red envelopes to take." ”
Gu Xiyan remembered Qi Maosheng in his heart, and he didn't know when he would come back for the New Year, even if he came back for the New Year, he didn't know if the two would have a chance to talk.
I didn't want to be so indifferent, Qi Maosheng is still very popular at home.