Chapter 6: Ambiguous posture
Jiang Mansion also has a Western pastry master, but usually my grandmother is here alone, and she doesn't like to eat Western things, and the pastry master doesn't come often, but everything is complete, I just need to do it.
After thinking about the time, I probably remember that in my previous life, it was at this time that Master Zhang of the Yamen felt a cold, coughed nonstop, and couldn't get better no matter how many medicines and injections he took, and then a doctor from You Fang made him a kumquat cake or something, and he didn't cough after eating it anyway.
At that time, everyone was joking about this matter, and the recipe for the cake was still circulating in Xiping City, and every household knew it.
Moreover, Lu Cheng became a currying favor with An Yunmei and let me make a lot of Western cakes and desserts, and in order to do a good job, I also learned from the master.
It's just right for today.
I took half a pound of kumquats, and asked people to go to the herb shop to pick up some herbs to boil into syrup and add them to the cake.
When it was done, I secretly tasted a small bite, the taste was not bad, in order to look good, I also used milk slices to melt and twist into a rose, it is said that Mr. Zhang's daughter's favorite is roses, and Mr. Zhang's favorite little daughter, even the nickname is called rose.
My grandmother was not at ease, and she still came to see it when she was restless outside, and when she saw that I had already packed it, she was stunned and couldn't help but say, "Chihiro, you really know how to make cakes." β
I smiled and untied my apron, wiped my hands, and said, "I will have a lot of them, and I will often come over in the future to make food for your grandmother." β
Grandmother nodded with satisfaction, but the sadness in her eyes still couldn't stop: "Hey, if only your mother were still here, your uncle wouldn't listen to anyone, and he could listen to your mother's words, but look at the way he looks now......"
"Don't worry, Uncle will understand."
I comforted my grandmother a few words, and went out with the cake and Xiaoliuzi, I didn't speak all the way, thinking about my uncle, according to the situation in my previous life, my uncle was fighting with someone for a prostitute, and was beaten to death when he smoked a big cigarette in a tobacco house.
In this life, if I can, I hope to make him a little responsible.
Xiao Liuzi and I went directly to the Yamen of Xiping City, and asked someone to bring the cake in from the back door to Mr. Zhang, and after waiting for less than half a cup of tea, Mr. Zhang came in person: "You are the granddaughter of Master Jiang?" β
"Exactly, Shen Qianxun has seen Master Zhang."
I stretched out my hand to shake his hand, and now the etiquette of Westerners is popular, this adult Zhang is very advocating Western culture, and he dresses and speaks very much like the new school of literati, and I just like it.
Sure enough, Mr. Zhang shook hands with me, and his expression was very happy: "The cake is delicious, you are not old, but you are very delicate, and you have invited a Western pastry chef at home?" β
"My sister at home invited, I watched and learned."
I smiled faintly, and by the way, I also cheated An Yunmei, An Yunjiao was a child born to a woman in the outer room, and even the surname was not the surname of the Shen Mansion, but I was able to invite a Western pastry chef in the Shen Mansion, and I, the young lady of the Shen Mansion, still had to watch and learn, which can be imagined.
At the beginning, my father was helped by Lord Zhang, so he could say a few words in front of his father, Lord Zhang looked at me more and said, "Don't worry, when your father comes back from Shaoyang, I will tell him in person." Why can't you, the eldest lady of Shen Mansion, even hire a pastry chef? β
I made a look of sincere fear and thanked me repeatedly.
Master Zhang nodded: "Okay, don't worry, I have already sent someone to the smoke house to negotiate about Jiang Gongzi's matter, and recently there is news from the military government, saying that smoking and gunpowder are going to be banned, and everyone who smokes big cigarettes in Xiping City has to be arrested, you let him pay more attention." β
"Shen Qianxun thanked Master Zhang." I know that since Lord Zhang is willing to make such a promise, it proves that my uncle will be sent back to Jiang's Mansion safely, "If your lord believes me, then I will make a cake and send it a few more times, and your cough will definitely be cured soon." β
Mr. Zhang's face was a little happy, I knew that if it was done, this Lord Zhang would definitely owe me a favor, and I would like to ask him for help in the future, and I don't need to bother.
Xiao Liuzi and I waited outside the smoke house for a while, and then saw my uncle thrown out by the people in the smoke house, and fell in front of me with a puff, he wiped a handful of dust on his face, looked up, and it took a long time to see my face clearly, and immediately jumped up and pointed at me and shouted: "It's you again!" β
"Young master, it was Miss Chihiro who entrusted Master Zhang to send someone to save you."
Xiao Liuzi hurriedly explained.
Uncle snorted coldly, and his anger did not decrease: "I know, it must be that you have nothing to do, I am fine in the smoke house, what do you mean now?" Do you think ......"
Syllable!
I was too lazy to talk nonsense, so I raised my hand and slapped it over, and my startled uncle froze in place.
It's really strange, reliving a life, in just a few days, I have been rewarded with a total of two slaps.
One slapped Lu Cheng back, and the other directly hit his uncle.
In my previous life, I was only beaten by others, how could I have what I look like today, and the little six sons who followed me on the side were so frightened by my actions that they hurriedly covered their mouths.
I took a step forward and stood in front of my uncle: "Jiang Shuhui's younger brother turned out to be a piece of garbage. If you continue to be so decadent, the Jiang family's property and grandmother will all be left to me, my granddaughter, and then I will drive you out, so that you, the eldest young master of the Jiang family, can have a good experience of what it is to live as a beggar who sleeps in the open air. β
"You!" Uncle stared at me, probably because he didn't expect me to say such a big rebellious thing, he gritted his teeth and pointed at me angrily, "Why did my sister give birth to such a shameless thing as you!" Your surname is Shen! Like your father, they think about their grandfather's things every day! β
"So what? Who made you waste? I hooked my lips coldly, if I don't say these words, my uncle will still have a mess in this life, I said this for my grandmother, "You smoke a lot, play with women, do all the things that are in the bag, I guess your ending is not much better, either die on a woman's belly, or smoke a lot of cigarettes to death, the Jiang family's things are not given to me, is it difficult to give it to you?" β
After speaking, I turned around and left, my uncle seemed to have been hit the head, and suddenly he was enlightened, clenched his fists, and shouted excitedly: "Shen Qianxun!" Listen to me! In the future, you are not allowed to step into my Jiang family for half a step! The things of my Jiang family are not something that a granddaughter with a foreign surname can covet! You wait for me! β
Xiao Liuzi sighed worriedly beside me, and whispered in my ear: "Miss Shen, the young master left in a huff." β
I pursed my lips and stopped, and when I turned around, my uncle had already run in the direction of Jiang's mansion.
"If my uncle can take my words to heart, then I will be worth it today, and the Jiang family will not be without a queen, my grandmother is in poor health, you and Aunt Zhou take care of it more, before my uncle is really angry, I am afraid that I will not be able to go to the Jiang Mansion."
With a slight sour feeling in my heart, I shook my head and looked back.
To tell the truth, my uncle is not an uneducated person, on the contrary, he used to be a new-school young man who returned from abroad, working in the largest civilian newspaper in Xiping City, young and promising, and my mother is also a sister and brother.
It's just that my mother was too weak, but she had to give birth to me, which led to his death later, and he has always been haunted, plus my grandfather helped Lu Cheng and Shen Mansion a lot for me, and my uncle's mustard for me became deeper and deeper.
Later, my grandfather also passed away, my grandmother took pity on me as an orphan girl, without a mother, and my father did not care for me, and wanted to take me to the Jiang Mansion to raise me.
In the final analysis, my uncle will be like this, and there is also an indirect factor in me.
If I can change back to my former uncle, the Jiang family will be saved, and my grandmother will not die with regret and sadness like in her previous life, then it is okay for me not to go to the Jiang Mansion for the time being.
Xiao Liuzi couldn't help but ask, "...... the old lady?"
"Just say it, my grandmother knows me best, and knows what I mean by doing this." I calmly explained to Xiao Liuzi, who seemed to be a little hesitant, but still agreed.
Counting the days, today is the day when my father came back from a business trip in Shaoyang, and my father went to Shaoyang with An Yunmei's mother An Meiling.
An Meiling's family is in the countryside, and she lives a life of selling her sons and daughters and wives to survive.
When her grandfather and grandmother returned to their hometown one year to worship their ancestors, An Meiling's parents took her and sold her to a rich old rich man in the village.
It's just that I didn't expect that An Meiling got involved with my father behind my back, and she gave birth to An Yunmei only two months later than my mother gave birth to me, which can be imagined.
The reason why An Yunmei does not follow her father's surname is that her grandmother strongly opposes it, if my father accepts An Meiling as a house-filler, replaces my mother's position, and makes An Yunmei surnamed Shen, then the Jiang family will no longer have any financial and network support for my father, so no matter how troublesome An Meiling is and how wronged, my father can only admit it.
But even so, An Meiling was treated as the original wife in the Shen Mansion, and the other two aunts and wives still had to look at her face to do things, which was very powerful.
I walked slowly all the way, and when I walked to the street, I inadvertently turned my head and saw Lu Cheng and An Yunmei side by side in a ready-to-wear store.
In Lu Cheng's eyes, An Yunmei looks good in everything, and when she saw that she liked it, she directly took out her wallet and gave it money, An Yunmei smiled like a flower, Lu Cheng reached out to help her pluck the hair on her forehead, and her posture was very ambiguous.
I squinted, these two people were dating so openly behind their backs, it was amazing.
Compared with my calmness, Xiao Liuzi's eyes widened, and he was surprised: "Miss Shen, what ...... Isn't that Miss An and Mr. Lu? They...... Why do they seem so close? Then Lu Cheng is your fiancΓ©, right? β