"I know Mama, I will pay more attention in the future and not eat so many supper." He Angelica lowered his head in shame and whispered, "It's just that I don't eat at night, and I smell the fragrance of food at night, so I can't help but eat more." Mama Tang, you don't know, the fourth sister is very good to me, and the meals sent are all kinds of chicken, duck and fish, and there is also a sweet soup made by Inari especially for me, which is really hearty! I really don't know how to thank my fourth sister! ”

"Chicken, duck, fish? Sweet soup? Mama Tang was so angry that she beat her legs, "Third Miss, you are stupid, you eat these things in the middle of the night!" You eat breakfast and lunch in the old lady's house every day, and you eat the best food in our house, why are you still so greedy! Why don't you have a good dinner! ”

He Angelica was reprimanded by Mama Tang like this, her eyes blinked twice in fright, and she explained while tickling: "Mama, you know the taste of your ancestors, she has always preferred spicy food, and every dish on the table has a lot of chili peppers. My ancestor hurt me so much and let me eat at the same table with her, how could I bear to brush off her good intentions and tell the truth that I can't eat spicy food, and I will have a stomachache if I eat spicy, so I don't dare to eat more breakfast and lunch. Speaking of dinner, last time I went to my ancestor to complain, which not only angered the second aunt, but also offended Aunt Wang, the steward of the kitchen, and then the kitchen side did not send dinner to the West Cross Courtyard. ”

"Don't bring dinner to the third lady?" Mama Tang asked in disbelief, "How is this possible!" All the ladies in our family have a regular meal of one or two or eight dollars of silver every day, and the breakfast and lunch in your room have been cancelled for the third lady, and there should be a regular meal of one or two or eight dollars of silver for dinner. Even if you can't eat so much alone, the kitchen should make some fresh milk white fungus bird's nest with the surplus and send it to Miss San, our family has always followed this rule, how dare Wang Qi's family deduct your routine meal without authorization? ”

He Angelica shook his head and kindly defended Wang Qi's family: "Aunt Wang didn't detain it without authorization, in fact, it's all my fault to say this." Last time, my second aunt made a fire at my ancestor's place, and the next day Aunt Wang sent a table full of sumptuous dishes, and I was flattered and very uneasy. However, when the meal was opened, I ate a dozen dishes on the table, and I realized that they were not very appetizing, so I asked the maid to take them back to the kitchen and reprocess them. Unexpectedly, this move offended Aunt Wang, and she sent someone to say, since I am not used to eating in the big kitchen, then go to eat the small kitchen of the West Cross Courtyard, and the big kitchen will send the regular meal of sixty-two taels of silver for the master and slave of the West Cross Courtyard at the end of each month. ”

Mama Tang frowned and sighed, "Third Miss, you returned the entire table of dishes for people to redo?" No wonder Wang Qi's family is angry, her family has been using kitchen knives and pots for generations, and her two brothers are still cooks in the palace's imperial dining room, even if you don't like to eat, you should save some face for her. Doesn't your west courtyard have a kitchenette? Why not redo it in your own kitchen? ”

He Angelica replied ashamedly: "Mama doesn't know, not long after I moved into the West Cross Hospital, there was a plague in my small kitchen, and it has been out of use since then. Speaking of which, it's all because I'm too small, I grew up on the farm, and I always feel that the food is not easy to come by, so I don't want to waste the big fish and meat on that table, so I let the maid take it to get it cooked and eat it. ”

"Eat it when it's cooked?!" Mama Tang exclaimed, "Could it be that the fish sent from the kitchen is undercooked?" ”

He Angelica nodded and recalled: "After I entered the table, I found that all the fish and meat were raw, and Aunt Liu, who came to deliver the food, said that eating some sashimi in spring could cure my deficiency, so I grabbed a chopstick, but I couldn't stand the fishy smell of raw fish, so I vomited." Then I went to pick up a piece of flesh that looked like a sparkling fat, and after biting it a few times, I found that it was still bloody raw meat, and I screamed in fright, so I asked the maid to take it and cook it for me to eat again. ”

Mama Tang was thrilled to hear this, and finally her anger couldn't help overflowing her chest, and she scolded angrily: "That Wang Qi's family is too much, relying on her husband to open a restaurant in Yangzhou Mingshufang, thinking that she is more decent than others, she actually deceived the master!" But Miss Three, since she is willing to give you the amount of money she uses for regular meals, why don't you redecorate the small kitchen in the West Cross Courtyard and eat the small kitchen in your own courtyard? Moreover, you just said that there was a plague in your kitchen, which is also a strange thing, and I have lived in Luodong Mansion for nearly forty years, and I have never heard of a plague anywhere. As far as I know, the house is sprinkled with lime once every three days and once every seven days, and there are no insects and ants in the kitchen, let alone rats! ”

He Angelica lowered his head and said sadly: "My mother came to see me before she went to Sanqingguan and gave me a silver ticket of two hundred taels for me to spend, but I didn't ask for it. At that time, I said to my mother that although my daughter had only been in Luofu for two or three days, from the ancestors to several uncles and aunts, they were all very caring for their daughters. When the mother saw that her daughter was resolute not to accept it, she was not reluctant. Later, in the first month of offending Aunt Wang, I couldn't eat dinner, and even the maid mother in the yard was hungry with me. Originally, I also wanted to reopen the small kitchen, so I sent a maid to Uncle Qiao, who was in charge of insect control, to ask for some lime powder and insect killers, and wanted to sprinkle them in the kitchen to get rid of evil spirits. But Uncle Qiao said that the medicines are all the property of the public, and the second aunt who is in charge of the house is a delicate person, and she has to ask for everything in person, so it is not feasible to ask for it in private, he asked me to go to the second aunt to explain the medicines needed and their quantities, as long as the second aunt and aunt she agreed, he immediately sent them to the West Cross Hospital. Alas, such a delay...... The kitchenette was not cleaned up in the end. ”

Mama Tang frowned and asked, "How can this be?" Didn't the second wife even agree to this idea? ”

"The second aunt agreed at first," He Angelica's eyes were full. Shui Guang, who was full of resentment, lowered his head lightly and said, "But when I went to Baoqin Pavilion to find my second aunt, Cousin Wei was also playing there, and as soon as he heard that I was here to ask lime and rat poison to clean my kitchen, he immediately stopped and cried and stopped him. In the end, the second aunt felt sorry for the eldest nephew and grandson, so she didn't let Uncle Qiao give me things. ”

Mama Tang's brain was already overwhelmed by this wave of strange news, and she asked in surprise: "What does this have to do with Wei Ge'er?" Third Miss, you clean up the small kitchen in your own yard, what does it have to do with Wei Ge'er! Why didn't he follow? ”

He Angelica raised his handkerchief and printed the teardrops in the corners of his eyes, and sneered in his heart, in his previous life, everyone in the Luo family said that he was the most resentful and careful eye, and he liked to report to the old lady the most. In fact, at that time, he was the first clumsy person in the Luo family, and he suffered countless losses because of it. Obviously the truth was on her side, but she stammered and said that it was not clear, and those who were not reasonable at all were eloquent, unreasonable, and finally the people of the Luo family gave her a unified comment, saying that her temperament was cowardly and had a lot of right and wrong, and she followed her mother.

Now that Bailuo's family has given her, she has finally learned how to "make a small report" and how to sue behind her back. In fact, the highest level of the complaint is to "string sugar gourds", pulling out radishes and bringing out the mud. When she finishes this complaint, looking at the entire Luo Mansion, there will be no one who is clean and not stained with mud.

He Angelica put down his handkerchief and sighed: "Cousin Wei cried and said that those gray mice in the small kitchen of the West Cross Courtyard were his toys, just because the eldest cousin didn't let him keep them in the Liuli Hall, I was afraid that he would attract illness, so Cousin Wei wanted to choose a good place for them to live again, so he chose the small kitchen of the West Cross Courtyard in a thousand choices. However, Cousin Wei is a three- or four-year-old child, and he doesn't understand the most terrible thing about mice, which is neither stealing rice and grain, nor infectious diseases...... Alas, I'm really worried about the people in Luodong Mansion. ”

Mama Tang hurriedly asked, "What is the third lady worried about?" What's the scariest thing about those things? ”

The corners of He Angelica's mouth curled into a sarcastic arc under the veil, and he said faintly: "There are two most terrifying things, one is reproduction, and the other is making holes. My small kitchen used to be piled with a lot of rice and noodles, but then they spoiled it, so I simply left it to them, locked the kitchen door, and it became their paradise. Sons and grandchildren are born, and holes are made, and children and grandchildren are born, and each offspring makes several new holes...... Alas, the consequences were truly unimaginable. ”

Although Mama Tang is an old mama who has seen strong winds and waves, she can't help but shiver when she hears such a picture described by He Angelica.

He Angelica's voice was shallow and soft, like a gentle poison that touched the seams of bones, leaving an echo of Qing Lingling in the empty room: "Rats are born thieves, they are full of sickness, Mama Tang, you said that such a group of terrible things, if they flow into the various courtyards of the house, today they steal the lunch of the ancestors, tomorrow they gnaw the second sister's makeup, the day after tomorrow they bite the fingers of Cousin Wei, and the day after tomorrow they spread the disease to food and water, Even the sweet well water of the second aunt's Baoqin Pavilion ......"

Mama Tang's eyes unconsciously protruded, and in this room that was as cold as an ice cellar and snow cave, a few drops of sweat appeared on her forehead.

He Angelica was worried: "Mama Tang, you know, the second aunt is a hospitable host, and often invites young ladies from other mansions to do tea party poetry meetings, and often lets those young ladies who have fresh and interesting pictures to make tea with well water by themselves." Mama Tang, you think, those young ladies have a noble status, if they eat something unclean, what is the good thing...... Alas, the second aunt is doing bad things with good intentions, maybe the Luodong Mansion represented by the second aunt will also have a grudge against other families. ”

Mama Tang lost her voice and said, "Resentment against other families? Not so! ”