Chapter 10: Sweet Soup
As a newly favored person who was quickly lifted from the body of a slave to an aunt, it was of course easy to bring someone into the kitchen, but this act could not hide from anyone's eyes.
"The new Shanyun is Aunt Mo's person."
"Sure enough, he was born as a cheap slave, and even his henchmen are all lowly people." The cooks talked a lot behind their backs, pushing all the dirty work to Changning.
And Changning just arrived, but the things were in place, and the cooks were even more dissatisfied with the lack of any baskets.
"This is the old lady's glass cup, the old lady is Mrs. Hou, she has been honored all her life, and she refuses to drink it unless she is a glass cup, you have to look carefully." The chef in charge, Mrs. Qian, stuffed the glass cup to Changning and instructed her to send it to the old lady's dining hall.
Changning sneered at the colorful glass cup in his hand, and pinched the lid and body of the cup with a hard squeak.
What non-glass cup refuses to drink.
Half a month ago, it was a dilapidated settlement, and I hadn't even seen a glass bead, but now I came to fill the big head.
Also noble.
When the old lady's mother's family, Chengyang Du's family, ran to Qing'an County to fight the autumn breeze, she still made her brother pay for it, and now she is boasting about her scholarly family, and she has been honored all her life.
"What are you doing in a daze, go quickly!" Chef Qian urged.
Changning sighed.
Chef Qian looked at her back and sneered, this sweet soup was called by the old lady, but it was half an hour ago, the old lady was the most magnificent after entering the Hou Mansion, this soup was delivered late, of course Changning suffered.
Even if it takes a few boards, it is enough for her, not to mention that they have already made arrangements.
Relying on this routine, she cleaned up how many restless little girls.
"Go and tell Miss Lanxiang that it's done." Chef Qian commanded, this big kitchen is still Aunt Gu's world, and she can't tolerate others to interfere.
The words were quickly handed to Lan Xiang.
At that time, Lan Xiang was holding a pot of water soaked in hibiscus petals, and the fragrance of the flowers was striking.
"That's a good job." She lifted her chin and entered the door proudly.
Gu was grooming in front of the window, she was coquettish, her eyes were bright, and the big girl behind her was plum-scented with hibiscus water to comb her hair.
"Auntie, it's done." Lan Xiang said in a low voice.
Gu snorted lightly, playing with the newly arrived ruby hairpin, obviously not caring much.
"It's not the slave maid who said that you also gave that Qingnuan Pavilion face, but it's just a swarthy girl, where is it worthy of your shot." Mei Xiang flattered Gu Shi while giving her hair.
Gu Shi looked at himself in the mirror, and the flowing clouds were in a bun, so delicate.
This Mei Xiang's skill in combing her hair is really nothing to say.
As soon as I was in a good mood, I answered.
"The big sesame seeds also open their mouths and seal them, so you don't have to worry."
Mei Xiang got a face, and she was full of smiles: "You are really amazing, you are so beautiful, and you have to be treated sincerely by the Hou Ye, this is a good thing, you are all rushing here." ”
Gu chuckled: "Just count your sweet mouth." ”
Lan Xiang next to her didn't look very good.
Although she is also a big girl, she has always followed the Gu family, that Mei Xiang only came from behind by virtue of her combing skills, and this Hou Ye has only been in charge of the Hou Mansion for a long time, and she has such a face that she talks and laughs with her aunt, and even she is left aside.
"Lan Xiang," Gu called.
"Hey!" Lan Xiang suddenly came back to her senses and replied crisply: "Auntie." ”
Gu smiled: "What are you doing in a daze, go to the old lady to inquire, don't leave any tail." ”
Lan Xiang bit her lip, she wanted to stay by her aunt's side and serve, if she continued like this, she would be squeezed by Mei Xiang sooner or later.
"Sister Lanxiang, my aunt told you to do something." Mei Xiang is pretty.
"Yes, slave and maid will go." Lan Xiang didn't dare to say more, put down the hibiscus water and retreated.
She was a little absent-minded, but as soon as she got out of the house, the little girls called Sister Lanxiang crisply, making her gradually straighten her spine.
In the final analysis, she is still her aunt's most powerful confidant.
"What's going on inside?" She went around to the back door of the dining hall and called the sprinkler girl who had been bribed early in the morning.
"Not so much." The girl looked dazed.
Now it's Lanxiang's turn to be at a loss, okay?
The old lady's residence is called Zhaitang, and she looks compassionate, but her heart can be ruthless.
A mouthful of scholars, the family rules are strictly marked, which maid makes a mistake, it is all punished to death, and there is no ambiguity at all.
In fact, it is the export of resentment.
As Lan Xiang, who followed the Gu family early in the morning, knew very well what kind of virtue the now prominent Song family mother and son were in the past.
At that time, Qing'an Houfu was still Qing'an Bofu, and the second room of the Song family took the title of the long house and drove their mother and son to the west courtyard of the mansion. If General Liu hadn't taken care of the old relationship and promised the marriage of the eldest young master and Miss Liu, they would have been kicked out a long time ago.
In this way, it is still Miss Liu's perennial help, and the Song family's mother and son can be decent.
Now that the old lady has finally become the owner of this mansion, of course she has to pick up and down and vent her evil anger.
Lan Xiang still remembers that every time she followed the Gu family to visit, Song Yisheng only dared to talk to the Gu family with Miss Liu behind her back, and she was so sneaky.
Now, there's no need to be sneaky.
Lan Xiang shook her head, what did she want to do.
Even if the people in Manqing'an County say that Qing'an is ungrateful, she can't say it.
"Sister Lanxiang?" The sprinkler girl called: "Sister is fine, I'll go back first." ”
"Hey, don't go, there's really nothing else going on in your yard? The one named Shanyun was not punished by the old lady? ”
"My sister is talking about her, the old lady was originally going to be punished, but somehow, she was not punished again." The girl only works in the yard, and if she is punished, of course she knows, but the things in the house are not clear.
Lan Xiang was puzzled, could it be that Shanyun was so lucky, driving the old lady to be kind?
She returned to Qingshu Courtyard with nothing, and saw that Gu was preparing for a banquet with a smile on her face, it turned out that Song Yisheng handed over the message and said that she would come.
"No movement? Why didn't there be any movement, didn't Sister Lan Xiang inquire clearly? Mei Xiang smiled: "Auntie, when I first went to prepare refreshments, I asked the flower spikes in the old lady's room, and she said it was because of the bowl of sweet soup." ”
"Do you still know Flower Spike?" Gu was surprised, Hua Sui, like Mei Xiang, was a newcomer bought back after Song Yisheng entered the mansion, and he was embarrassed because he could make desserts from the old lady's hometown.
didn't expect Mei Xiang to know her, which made Gu Shi impressed.
Lan Xiang gritted her teeth: "Isn't it because the sweet soup was delivered late that she had to be punished." ”
"Sister is wrong," Mei Xiang said crisply, her smile was cute and cute, but in Lan Xiang's eyes, it was completely provocative.
"It's because the bowl of sweet soup is so delicious, and the old lady didn't pursue it as soon as she was in a good mood." Mei Xiang said, raising the corners of her lips triumphantly.
Gu's willow frowned slightly, and asked Xiang Lanxiang: "What is the Qian family doing?" ”
"Auntie, don't worry, the slave will ask." Lan Xiang hurriedly said, but before she took two steps, she heard the little girl report in a panic: "The old lady is angry, saying that the sweet soup is too unpalatable, and she wants to scold the Qian family!" ”