Chapter 307: Leave for Food
Listening to her son's words of gratitude and happiness, Mrs. Tuesday nodded and said, "Sure enough, good intentions are blessed!" Hearing this, Miss Yu is also a loving and righteous person. Let's get the guests in! β
The porter stood outside the second gate, anxiously and apprehensively awaiting an answer from inside. How he hoped that the mother-in-law of the inner door could spread the news that he "didn't know" or "didn't see". But he didn't wait for the mother-in-law or maid at the inner door, but what he was waiting for was the hurried figure of the master.
"Where's Miss Yu?" Wednesday Shao passed by the concierge and asked in a slightly urgent tone.
The cold sweat of the concierge in the winter was pouring down, and he stumbled: "Back to the master, Miss Yu is still waiting outside the gate......"
"Nonsense!! Chow Tai Fook, you have been working in the concierge for more than 20 years, don't you even remember the hospitality of our Zhou Mansion? Wednesday Shao's anxious footsteps paused, and then he looked at the porter, and saw the uneasy expression on his face, and immediately deduced that this dog slave must be looking down on people again!
This week, Dafu relied on himself to be the son of Mrs. Tuesday's nurse, and he did a lot of things in the concierge. However, there were nurses staring at them before, and they were relatively restrained, and they didn't cause any trouble, but on Wednesday, the young mother and son turned a blind eye and didn't see it. Who knew that this dog slave was unrepentant, and it has become more and more serious in the past two years!
"Don't follow, take the board to the stable and raise the horses!" Wednesday Shao knew that this slave must have seen Yu Xiaocao dressed in general and was a child, so he treated her so slowly.
Zhou Dafu repented and knelt in front of Zhou Shao, his head slammed on the ground, and begged for mercy: "Master, the slave knows that he is wrong!" Please see that the slave's mother has no merit and hard work to serve the second lady, so give the slave another chance! β
Wednesday Shao's footsteps kept bypassing him, leaving a sentence: "It is impossible for the nurse to protect you for a lifetime, her credit has long been overdrawn by you, an unscrupulous son!" After saying that, give him a ruthless back.
Chow Tai Fook regretted that his intestines were about to be broken. From the porter with the most oil and water, he was suddenly demoted to the stinking and tired groom with the least oil and water, and it fell from the sky to the ground all at once! Who would have thought that a little girl who doesn't look amazing can be so valued by the master!
The newly appointed porter has always taken this incident as a warning, and has never treated anyone slowly after taking office, especially the family surnamed Yu. This made the prestige of the second room increase a lot unconsciously...... That's an afterword.
Wednesday disposed of the porter and almost trotted all the way to the gate. As soon as I went out, I saw Yu Xiaocao, who was talking to the big shopkeeper with his hands and stomping his feet, and his white and tender little face was red from the cold.
"Xiaocao, why are you here at this time? Come with me into the house and warm up! Zhou Zixu felt pity in his heart, and was a little annoyed by the doorman who had no long eyes, regretting that he had just dealt with it lightly.
Yu Xiaocao took his hand out of his sleeve, rubbed his somewhat frozen face, gave him a fierce look, and said, "My family has planted some vegetables on the kang." My dad said thank you for taking care of my family, and I had to send some over! Who knew that the threshold of your house was so high on Wednesday that we ordinary people couldn't get in......"
The big shopkeeper didn't expect that the little girl Yu, who was always smiling on weekdays, turned out to be a little pepper, their future head of the Zhou family, she also said that she would stab! He coughed violently twice, and relieved the master: "Miss Yu, it's that slave who looks down on people and has nothing to do with the master......"
"How can it not matter? This shows that he can't see people well, and he can't know people well! Yu Xiaocao pointed to the bamboo basket on the donkey cart, and said to Wednesday Shaodao with a bad face, "Ah! That's a dish for your family, unload it quickly, I'll go back in a hurry! β
Wednesday Shao personally took the bamboo basket off the donkey cart and said with a smile: "Okay! It's all my fault, okay! The first time you come to the door, you have to go in and drink water. Otherwise, if it spreads, it will be said that our Zhou family does not pay attention to etiquette! β
"Humph! They all drove the guests out, and they were still afraid of what people said? Yu Xiaocao still didn't have a good face, pointed to his little donkey, and said, "My little ash is drying here?" Can you afford to freeze it? β
Wednesday Shao knew that the little donkey of the Yu family was not inferior to the horse in terms of foot strength, and it was very humane, which was extremely rare, so he hurriedly said to a few minions behind him: "What are you doing in a daze?" Quickly unloaded the donkey cart, and led the little ash to the stable to serve the fine grain. β
A few minions unloading the donkey cart of the unloading cart, the donkey of the donkey. There was a slave who flatteringly wanted to pick up the bamboo basket in the master's hand, but was dodged by Wednesday Shao: "I'll just hold this basket, what should I do!" β
In this way, Wednesday Shao personally invited Yu Xiaocao into the door with a bamboo basket. The second room of the Zhou family is a courtyard with four entrances, next to the gate is a row of inverted seats where people live, and a few steps inside the door is a tall shadow wall, and a corner enters the outer courtyard. The outer courtyard is a rectangular courtyard, through the weeping flower gate is the main courtyard where the master lives, and the verandah through the mountain connects the east and west wings where the children live. There are few people in the second room of the Zhou family, and only one person lives in the second courtyard on Wednesday. The third is the courtyard where the elders live, where the hostess of the Zhou family, Mrs. Tuesday, is the mother of Wednesday. The fourth is the back cover room, which generally lives in the boudoir daughter, but now it is also idle.
Looking at these courtyards, Yu Xiaocao couldn't help but think of Ouyang Xiu's poem "The courtyard is deep and deep, a little ......"
The courtyard where Mrs. Tuesday lived was simply and elegantly furnished, and it could be seen that the owner was a peaceful-minded person. A dexterous little girl outside the main room, seeing that the master was leading a little girl over, hurriedly smiled and opened the door curtain, and said crisply inside: "Madam, Miss Yu is here!" β
A gentle voice came from inside: "Pleaseβ"
"Young Master, Miss Yu, Madame let you in!" The little girl smiled very sweetly, glanced at Yu Xiaocao with a little curiosity, and immediately turned her eyes away.
Yu Xiaocao, who often accompanies Princess Jing to talk, has seen bigger battles, so she naturally won't be restrained. With a soft smile, she nodded to the little girl and followed Wednesday Shao into the house.
There was a fireplace burning in the house, and as soon as she entered the door, a warmth hit her, and Yu Xiaocao felt that she was finally alive again. Being left out for a long time on a cold day, I really don't want to try it a second time.
Mrs. Tuesday was not a beautiful look, but she was gentle and kind, and she said with concern in her eyes: "Good boy, is it frozen?" Warm up by the fireplace! β
Yu Xiaocao politely and thoughtfully saluted Mrs. Tuesday, and then sat down by the fireplace generously. Mrs. Tuesday was slightly surprised in her heart, didn't she say that this little girl surnamed Yu was born in a fisherman's family? How can you talk and behave more calmly and politely than some of the ladies in the town?
Yu Xiaocao chatted with Mrs. Tuesday without any pressure: "Madam, our peasant family doesn't have any gifts that we can come up with, everyone wants to eat a few bites of fresh vegetables this winter, my family tried to plant some green leafy vegetables on the kang, but I didn't expect it to be planted." My father and mother said that Wednesday Shao has taken good care of our family over the years, so he picked a few handfuls of green vegetables and gave them to his wife and Sanshao to try. β
Wednesday sat down at the bottom of his mother's head and lifted the quilt on the basket, revealing the green and tender vegetables inside.
Mrs. Tuesday looked at the joy in her heart, and said with a smile: "I don't dare to say anything about it, if you want to say that your Yu family has given Xu'er a lot of help." This vegetable is so well grown that it makes people look very appetizing. β
Mrs. Tuesday's personal maid Qiu'er smiled and said, "Miss Yu's gift of vegetables is really intimate!" Our wife is a vegetarian on weekdays, and the saddest thing is winter. In winter, the vegetables except radish and cabbage are not new. Every winter, our wife has to reduce a lot! With these vegetables, our wife will be able to eat an extra bowl of rice at noon today! β
Yu Xiaocao's lips showed two cute little dimples, and her big eyes were crooked: "If Madame doesn't dislike it, I'll send you some when you're almost done." β
Mrs. Tuesday hurriedly smiled and said, "I'm afraid your family doesn't grow much, so keep it for the New Year and eat something fresh, right?" β
"Madam, don't see outside, we don't dare to say that the vegetables grown by our family are for you to eat in your house, and the amount for you and Sanshao is more than enough!" Yu Xiaocao saw that Mrs. Tuesday did not look down on her because she was a small peasant girl, and spoke to her with an amiable attitude, and her heart was completely relaxed.
Wednesday Shao also helped: "Mother, Xiaocao never says kind words, she said to send it to us, it must be sincere." Don't think she's an outsider, see more outsiders! β
"You're not polite at all, kid!" Mrs. Tuesday glanced at her son lightly and smiled helplessly.
Wednesday Shao said with a hippie smile: "Mother! If Xiaocao hadn't been unwilling, I would have become a brother and sister with her. Doesn't my mother often sigh that she doesn't have a caring daughter? It's a pity that Xiaocao has already recognized her godmother......"
"You, kid, have you asked for the consent of Miss Yu? Wishful thinking! "Mrs. Tuesday also likes this girl who is not humble, not arrogant, polite and polite.
Yu Xiaocao hurriedly smiled: "Madam, you can just call me Xiaocao!" Even if you don't recognize your relatives, the relationship between our two families can't be changed! β
The three of them talked and laughed for a while, and the atmosphere was very warm. At noon, Mrs. Tuesday left Yu Xiaocao for lunch, and Yu Xiaocao also showed her hand and made a few delicious vegetarian dishes, such as "Thousand Silk Tofu", like "Steamed Choy Heart with Garlic Vermicelli", as well as "Baked Mushrooms", "Vegetarian Three Silks", "Shredded Sweet Potato" and so on. Eat to the praise of Mrs. Tuesday.
In addition to vegetables, there are also more than a dozen catties of potatoes sent over this time. Yu Xiaocao taught the recipes of several kinds of potatoes to the chef of the Zhou family, so that the vegetarian Mrs. Tuesday had a few more dishes on her favorite dishes in winter.
Wednesday saw business opportunities from potatoes again, and he heard from Xiaocao that there would be a lot of potatoes planted next year, so he made a plan to make sure that all of them were booked. and bought all the recipes about potatoes in Yu Xiaocao's hands at a high price. I believe that in the coming year, the turnover of Zhen Yu Lou will reach a new high!