Meng Xuan saw that He Angelica ate sweetly, so she peeled out half a bowl of crystal white japonica rice and persuaded her to eat more and keep up with her good sister Liao Qing'er.

He Angelica has always had no surplus silver in his hands, and he has never pursued luxury in food and clothing, but he is not stingy with himself. However, although she is used to living a rich life, bird's nest porridge is only used as an ordinary soup, but she has never been used to eating refined white rice. In the past, Cicada Yi checked the scheduling of her diet, and it has always been a combination of thickness and fine, and sometimes it was impossible to buy new rice with an inner shell on the market, so she simply asked people to drive to a small deserted village outside Rabbit Town, and Cicada Yi wanted to go to her own field.

Brown rice and japonica rice are mixed and eaten, He Angelica's appetite has also been raised, and she has changed several places to live in the past few months, and she is not very happy with the rice. Now that I think of the missing cicada clothes, I can't help but put down my chopsticks and start silently.

Meng Xuan didn't know the reason for this, so his hand that was picking up the fresh and tender meat of the river stopped, and asked with a smile: "What's the matter, it's really such a small amount of food?" In the future, the people of our garden will be blessed to be able to eat the same level of food as their masters. The implication is to give the food to the next person.

This is also the custom of the Meng family, since beating the old lady, it is customary. For example, at lunchtime, a table of food in the old lady's room is enough for ten pot-bellied mothers-in-law to eat, but when the meal is opened, it happens that the daughter-in-law and granddaughter can't accompany her, and she can't eat much at all. With a few chopsticks, she picked up a few of the most delicious dishes and sent them to her grandchildren and grandchildren.

The old lady held it in the palm of her hand, except for the eldest grandson Meng Ying, and then the second granddaughter Meng Wan and the third granddaughter Meng Xue, all of whom were brought up by the old lady herself.

Because Meng Xuan didn't like red clothes and arms, he rode a horse and shot arrows when he was four or five years old, unlike Meng Ying. And because of her age, Meng Ying is thirteen years younger than her eldest brother Meng Xian, and she has the same child-like temperament, so even the women of her sister-in-law Shang are not shy about it, and she is very comfortable with daily jokes.

There is a saying that the biological one is not as good as the one that is raised, which is very reasonable, Meng Ying, the little overlord, has a heavier position in the old lady's heart than the other brothers combined, and even Meng Xuan, the most outstanding grandson, is not as precious as Meng Ying.

Therefore, this kind of treatment of being "appreciative of the meal" by the old lady, among the boys, Meng Ying gets the most, and Meng Xuan may also have some times when the old lady thinks of it, but people don't often live at home, so they miss the grace.

Among the three young ladies, Meng Jing, the eldest daughter born to Aunt Hong, was criticized by Xiangshi for hitting Mrs. Su, saying that it was unfortunate that she caught up with Mrs. Su's lingering sickbed at that time. So, without waiting for Mrs. Su to say anything, Aunt Hong, who had always respected her, didn't say a word, and directly sent her biological daughter, who had just been full moon, to the family temple. Later, after Mrs. Su recovered from her illness, she couldn't help it, and for her illness, she separated her mother and daughter. Therefore, Mrs. Su made the decision, and gave the young fourth son Meng Zao, who lost her mother, to Aunt Hong, so that these two people, a concubine and an aunt, became a mother and son.

Since Aunt Hong entered the Meng family, everything has been based on Mrs. Su's horse, and she has fought against several other noble concubines, and Mrs. Su has also supported Aunt Hong's affection, and how well she is treated is obvious to the family.

So, a full-moon daughter and a one-year-old son came, and Aunt Hong still earned it. Although the fourth son, Meng Zao, is not her biological son, but Meng Zao's mother's death is not good, and it is taboo to even mention it at home; The second is that a one-year-old child can't understand bullshit, whoever is good to him, he will be close to whom, and human nature dictates it. Aunt Hong has no good news after giving birth to a daughter, and she has been carefully irrigated since Meng Zao was one year old, and she has been raised until she is seventeen years old, and she is not much different from her own child.

After eight years have passed, there are Xiangshi criticism, the time when the year is unfavorable has passed, the eldest lady Meng Jing's eight characters are not only Mrs. Su, but also a prosperous husband's life, and it is very good to be allowed to marry in the future, and it is also helpful to her mother's family, and Mrs. Su is happy after hearing it. So, Meng Jing, who lived in the temple until the age of eight, was carried back to Mengfu in the south of the city by a small sedan chair with a green mantle from the family temple in the west of the city and became the eldest lady again.

The difference is that He Angelica was sent to the farm, which was purely wild stocking and labor reform, not only Luofu didn't care, but even his mother was afraid of gossip and didn't visit once. And Miss Meng, her parents are all complete and healthy, although she is a concubine, there is no flaw in her identity; Although the real reason for sending the temple was that the eight characters collided with her mother-in-law, and it was called "unfilial piety" to the worst of all, Mrs. Su couldn't bear to bear such a burden at a young age, so she declared to the outside world that Meng Jing had a relationship with the Buddha, and reciting scriptures in the temple was to pray for the elders and fulfill her filial piety.

And Mrs. Su is very good at being a person, and she does not spare money. The second lady Meng Wan and the third lady Meng Xue in the family eat and wear the food, the eldest lady in the temple is not bad, and the account room makes a book every month for Mrs. Su and so on, and the comparison of the three young ladies on the account is clear at a glance, clean and beautiful, and when you say it to outsiders, this thing is also beautiful; What kind of master and grandmother did the young ladies have been invited to train at home, and the temple is correct, sometimes the three of them share a teacher, sometimes they use a batch at home, and another batch is used in the temple, Meng Jing teaches one-on-one, but she is more VIP than the two younger sisters in the family.

Many of those masters are very high-bound, and after a year of learning Go, the price is so expensive that people are staggering, three hundred taels are less to say, and the things of the readers, can money explain clearly? You don't have to do anything to lay the foundation, you can't come for five hundred or seven hundred taels. Over the years, the expenses for Meng Jingshan to invite a master and teach Mama Xi are almost two thousand taels of silver with an abacus. And the dowry of the daughter of a prince's mansion is about this amount.

Therefore, although Aunt Hong can't see her daughter often, the cause is Mrs. Su's illness, but Aunt Hong can't help but be grateful to Mrs. Su for her handling of things so that people have nothing to say, two words, justice.

Eight-year-old eldest lady Meng Jing, in the family temple to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, female celebrity cooking, one hand to copy Buddhist scriptures, grasp the rosary, is really the heaven will descend on the Si people, must be sent into the temple first. The small sedan chair with a green mantle was carried into the Meng Mansion in all directions, and when she entered the hall to meet her mother-in-law, Mrs. Su took a look at it, ho! Could it be that the water and soil in the temple can't support people? is only an eight-year-old child, look at this eyebrows, look at this bearing, and compare two younger sisters who are about the same age as her! The three little girls stand together, just like a young lady with two maids!

However, the eight-year Buddhist scriptures could not untie Meng Jing's heart knot, she hated her biological mother Aunt Hong for the future of abandoning herself for the future, the milk did not milk her daughter, and she milked the fourth brother Meng Zao. Therefore, no matter before or after people, Meng Jing only calls Aunt Hong "Aunt Hong", and only recognizes Mrs. Su as her mother, "Mother, Mother, Mother" is very smooth, and she is a very clever and well-behaved sweet-mouthed girl. Mrs. Su was naturally happy, and she loved her eldest daughter as if she were her own child, and what Aunt Hong felt in her heart, only she secretly digested it.

On the other hand, the old lady has never taken this eldest granddaughter Meng Jing with her own hands, and in addition to Meng Ying, Meng Wan and Meng Xue can enjoy the high-end treatment of the old lady's "meal appreciation".

But Mo underestimated the one or two plates of dishes that the old lady had tasted a few bites, which was the greatest grace in the Meng family. To put it bigger, just look at the Three Kingdoms in the past, Cao Cao brought Guan Yu back to Xudu, and he was very fond of Guan Yu's loyalty and martial arts, so Cao Cao even had a meal and a drink, and he had Guan Yu in his heart. aroused the envy and jealousy of the generals: Prime Minister is partial, we have lived with him for more than ten years, and our loyalty is a hundred times better than Guan Yu, but we have never received such treatment for half a time!

The dishes on the old lady's table, in addition to Meng Ying, Meng Wan, Meng Xue, occasionally the eighth son Meng Yang, the ninth son Meng Lin, and a few young children below, have been honored two or three times, and they have eaten all of them with big watery eyes. On the old lady's side, after the best dishes are divided, the remaining dozen or so items, the old lady usually rewards a few close girls to eat, and then takes them to the small kitchen, and then ranks three, six, nine, etc., and there are still points. As long as you can share the master's appreciation, you can be regarded as a person with a good face.

When the old lady didn't go to live in the temple, Mrs. Su had to accompany the old lady to eat and fulfill her duties as a daughter-in-law. However, as soon as the old lady went to the temple with her front foot, Mrs. Su excelled in the Meng Mansion with her back foot. The wives and concubines of the eldest and second and fourth had to come over to eat with her, and as soon as the roles changed, Mrs. Su's "meal appreciation" became the greatest grace in the house.

Meng Xuan, who doesn't live at home, still has no share, the first place is Meng Jing, followed by Meng Ying, Meng Lin, Meng Yu, these sisters-in-law, no matter how rich they are, they are always afraid that their sons will not have enough to eat.

This is the custom of appreciating meals in Mengfu, which does not conflict with the normal meals, eleven brothers and three young ladies, each with a fixed number of regular meals, according to the concubines, rankings, etc. Each courtyard also has its own small kitchen, a fixed number of miles are not enough to eat, and then pay for the silver to buy ingredients to do, the three side doors of the Meng Mansion have a small morning market, fresh fish, meat, vegetables, vegetables and fruits are everything, very lively, widely loved by the master and slave.

There are only one or two masters in each courtyard, and if the aunts, rooms, and grandmothers are counted as half masters, there are no more than fifty masters in the entire Meng Mansion, so the endless dishes on the main table are rewarded to the subordinates, which is what every master will do, and it is also the consistent welfare of the subordinates.

The old lady and the wife's appreciation can discharge the favor of the masters, and in the same way, the appreciation of the masters in each courtyard can also clearly distinguish the three, six, nine and so on of the people. The nurses and maids who are closest to the master often eat about the same as the master, and those who are the farthest away from the central power may not even be able to share the leftovers of the soup, so they have to eat ordinary meals.

This is the two or three things that must be said about the regular meal and the appreciation of the meal in Mengfu. In fact, it is not uncommon for large families to deal with meals like this, which belongs to the "moral politics" that is not only economical but not wasteful, but also makes the upper and lower happy.

However, after Meng Xuan briefly introduced the situation, He Angelica stopped and said: "Seventh Master, don't be busy rewarding people first, the concubine still has something to say." ”