Chapter 44: Cocooning
Zhiqiu heard Zhichun say that the second master was in the red jade house, but he didn't come to visit the second grandmother's illness, and he was afraid that the second grandmother would think too much, so he hurriedly changed the topic, saying that the old lady had sent Zhihua to see it, and casually said that the old lady had temporarily canceled the matter of worshipping the ancestral hall, but Zhiqiu didn't know what the cancellation of the ancestral hall meant to the second grandmother.
Mengxi listened, and only smiled faintly, now for her, it is meaningless to worship this ancestral hall, and waved her hand:
"Let's all go down, shut the door"
"Second grandmother, the slave is here to accompany you"
"No, I want to be quiet for a while."
"Yes"
Zhiqiu motioned for the people in the house to go out and gently brought the door to the second grandmother.
Staring at the pair of red and big double happiness in front of the window, like two big eyes, they were looking at her with a smile, and suddenly showed a hint of mockery, telling her how ridiculous it was to have a lively wedding.
At this time, her pale cry was annihilated by the red annihilation of half of the sky like a fire, burning her heart, and gradually forgetting the pain like ants devouring it, as if the spring silkworm spit out thousands of silks, forming a thick cocoon, and wrapping her heart completely, so that she would not be hurt again, and it would be good to experience crazy things once. Since this place does not belong to her, it is better to let go as soon as possible and watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court; Wandering with the clouds outside the sky.
Letting go of his hands and feet, Mengxi began to secretly think about the future arrangements, and unconsciously fell asleep again.
In a daze, I heard a lot of noise outside:
"Zhiqiu, what's the matter"
"The second grandmother woke up, and it was time for the aunt to say goodbye, and the aunt came over, and the slave saw that the grandmother was sleeping deeply, so she didn't go back, so she let the aunt wait in the hall first."
Zhiqiu heard the call and knew that the second grandmother was awake, so she hurriedly came over to talk back.
"Slave maid, let my aunt come in and serve?"
Zhiqiu saw that the second grandmother didn't mean to get up, so she continued to ask:
"Say I'm not feeling well, I'll be excused today, and send them away."
Since she can't be the head of the house, there is no need to wronged herself to keep this Laoshzi rule, just be happy, so Mengxi sent the aunts away with a wave of her hand, and she didn't have the heart to help Xiao Er Ye manage this group of women at the moment, as long as she didn't bully her.
"The second grandmother can't help it, now the second grandmother is sick, the aunt comes to visit and serve, the second grandmother doesn't let the aunt come over to serve the distance at this time, what I know is that the second grandmother is kind-hearted, I don't know, when the second grandmother is weak and can be bullied, I'm afraid that there will be no second grandmother in the eyes of the aunt in the future."
"Let them go," Mengxi said lazily.
"The three girls also came to greet them, and the second grandmother couldn't see them," Zhiqiu asked again.
"Let's just say that I'm not in good health, and I'm afraid that I'll be sick and give it to the girls, so let them go back."
"Go and ask the second master what he wants to eat, and send someone to the back kitchen to arrange it"
Mengxi remembered the second master's dinner and commanded again.
"Yes, what does the second grandmother want to eat at night, the slave and maid arrange it together"
"Well..., let's cook a bowl of Yangchun noodles," Mengxi said after thinking about it.
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The next day, Mengxi woke up very early in the morning, Xu is the effect of the decoction to calm the nerves, she slept very early yesterday, slept very soundly, got up in the morning and was refreshed, washed under the service of Zhiqiu, and walked to the small kitchen.
Mengxi originally wanted to make pork liver and mung bean porridge for the second master, and prepared the materials, but remembered that yesterday I heard Zhiqiu say that the old lady began to fast for three days today, and went to Jingyun Temple to repay his vows on the eighteenth.
Ordered people to soak the fungus in warm water, wash it, tear it into pieces by hand, soak the daylily in cold water, remove the miscellaneous washing, squeeze out the water, and then add various seasonings to the green onion in a hot oil pan, stir until the fungus and daylily are cooked into the flavor, and finally thicken with wet starch, and a black fungus fried daylily is gorgeously baked.
Then I made fried winter bamboo shoots with straw mushrooms, fried dried tofu with angelica, roasted winter melon with mushrooms, and oyster mushrooms.
This breakfast, Mengxi is quite troublesome, such a person, the mouth has long been raised, the old lady is used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas on weekdays, and now she has to fast for three days, the vegetarian dishes are so easy to make, today Mengxi chooses wild vegetables, not vegetables in the vegetable garden on weekdays, the novelty and her craftsmanship in two lifetimes should be able to enter the eyes of the old lady, now, her only reliance in Xiao Mansion is this old lady, you must have a good beard.
Holding Zhiqiu's hand all the way back to Xiao Xiangyuan, he entered the hall door, and saw that the second master was sitting in the hall drinking tea, Hongyu stood on the side and waited, and stepped forward and said slowly:
"Second Master An"
"Get Up"
Xiao Jun glanced at her lightly and motioned for her to get up.
"The concubine asked the second grandmother to say goodbye" Hongyu saw that Mengxi had asked the second master to say goodbye, so she hurriedly stepped forward to ask Mengxi for peace.
"No need to be polite"
Mengxi gave a boost to the red jade and said flatly.
"Breakfast is ready, the second master will use it now?"
Xiao Jun only nodded.
Mengxi turned around and motioned for the maid to set the meal, and Hongzhu hurriedly stepped forward to take the food in the little maid's hand and put it on the table in front of Xiao Jun with Zhiqiu.
"This dish is called fried winter bamboo shoots with straw mushrooms, and it is ......"
As Hongzhu and Zhiqiu put the dishes on the table one by one, Mengxi introduced the second master one by one, as if the two had never argued.
After Mengxi finished the introduction, seeing that Xiao Jun didn't hold chopsticks, he just stared at the dishes, and said busily.
"Second master, the concubine heard that the old lady was going to fast for three days, so she wanted to make some fasting for the old lady, because she thought that the second master's body was weak, and it should not be too greasy at present, so she made vegetarian dishes together, and the second master repaid to see if it was delicious."
Hongyu was stunned when she heard that the second grandmother called herself a concubine, and then looked at the second grandmother, as if she didn't feel anything, opened her mouth, wanted to correct it, and closed her mouth again after thinking about it, she didn't dare to talk nonsense in front of this second grandmother, she had already made up her mind, in front of this second grandmother, silence was golden.
"Grandma's fasting is to make a vow for me, I should have quit together, let's prepare vegetarian dishes for the past three days."
Xiao Jun only glanced at Mengxi and said lightly.
Even if you still have a little conscience, Mengxi said secretly, took the chopsticks handed by Zhiqiu, and began to make vegetables.
Xiao Jun took a bite of the dish, and secretly praised Mengxi's craftsmanship, vegetarian dishes can be made so delicious, it seems that the past three days will not be too sad. Yesterday she was sick, dinner was prepared in the kitchen, he only ate a few bites, then ordered someone to take it down, a few days of hard work, she has raised his stomach, but these, he will not tell her, peeked at her, saw that her face was still a little pale, and said:
"Go down, just have the red jade waiting here"