As soon as she heard that Xiaomei was not serving Miss with her, the sense of crisis in Cherry's heart finally let go of half of it, she wiped away the tears on her face, and asked, "Miss, did you also give Xiaomei's name?" It's also the word next to the wooden character! ”

When Cherry and the others were promoted to the eldest girls, they asked the young lady to give them their names. Yu Xiaocao felt that her name was a tenacious and unyielding plant, so she named her girl after the plants, which were: cherry, loquat, willow and sycamore, two fruits and two trees. It seems that each name is taller than the grass......

Yu Xiaocao denied her speculation: "No, people originally called Xiaomei...... You two should be tired after sitting in the carriage for so long! Rest well today, be mentally prepared, and you'll be busy tomorrow and the day after tomorrow! ”

Yang Liu said crisply: "Miss, do you want us to help make braised vegetables?" Although when I was in the General's Mansion, the maid learned a few dishes from Miss You, but the skill of the maid was far less than that of Miss You. However, the maid will study very hard and hard!! ”

Cherry seems to be on a rampage with Xiaomei, staring at people's eyes, like an aggressive little hedgehog. She thought for a while and said, "The slave doesn't know anything about cooking, so the slave and maid don't get involved in the kitchen." The slave and maid usually manage the monthly and seasonal clothes in the lady's courtyard, and it is difficult for the slave and maid to settle accounts or something. The slave automatically asks Ying to help in the pickle shop! ”

Yu Xiaocao didn't pay attention to it at first, thinking that Xiaomei was still a novice, and it was good to let Cherry help by the side. So he agreed to Cherry's request.

Before dinner, the business of Yu Kee's two stores entered the peak period again. With Mei Ziniang helping to take care of the four stove eyes, Yu Caifeng is much lighter. She saw that Liu Yan'er was so busy in the store that her feet didn't touch the ground, and she also came to the braised vegetable shop to help.

The business of pickle shops, although not as good as pickled vegetable shops. There is also an endless stream of people who come to buy pickles, this one is half a catty, and that one catty, Xiaomei was a little busy at the beginning, and later said that the pickles' movements are becoming more and more proficient, and the abacus is also crackling.

However, there was a lively person next to her, who always told the money before she used her calculation to calculate the result. This person is Cherry.

Yu Xiaocao's plan is to let Huang Xiaomei exercise for a few days and let go after she can afford the business of the pickle shop. I've been paying attention to her arithmetic skills just now. Although Huang Xiaomei's oral arithmetic ability is poor, she is very proficient in abacus, and she rarely makes mistakes. If you practice again, Xiaocao will be able to get out of the store and get busy with other things.

But the girl Cherry, as if she deliberately couldn't get along with Huang Xiaomei, relied on herself to learn mental arithmetic with Miss for a few days, and always didn't give Huang Xiaomei the opportunity to practice abacus. After a few times, Huang Xiaomei was very angry. She can see that this maid, who is dressed more flamboyantly than the young lady, is targeting herself!

"What the hell do you want?" Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the store, Huang Xiaomei turned around and looked at the cherry steadily, and asked a little angrily.

Cherry looked innocent: "What's wrong with me?" I stayed in the shop to help, and the lady agreed! Your abacus is so slow, and there are a lot of people in the store, is there anything wrong with me helping you settle the accounts? ”

"If you really want to help, you can help with pickles, and you can help collect money...... I admit that I am not as fast as you in settling accounts, but after all, I have just come into contact with business, and the truth that diligence can make up for clumsiness, and practice makes perfect, do you understand? Huang Xiaomei almost couldn't help but want to scratch her pretending face. She did it on purpose, it must be!!

Cherry raised her eyebrows, as if the more angry Xiaomei was, the happier she became, and said a little arrogantly: "I'm sorry, sister, I didn't bring my old clothes here." This dress was just made in the house this autumn, if it gets dirty, wouldn't it make Miss lose face when she goes out with Miss in the future? Therefore, I can only stand far away, and I am embarrassed to stand dry, so I can help you settle the account. Who knows you still don't appreciate it! It's really kind to be a donkey's liver and lungs!! ”

In terms of verbal disputes, where is Huang Xiaomei's opponent? For a moment, his face was flushed with anger, his eyes were full of water, he stubbornly gritted his teeth, and glared at the cherry angrily.

Cherry pretentiously covered her little mouth with a handkerchief, pretended to be surprised, and said, "Oops! I was kind enough to help, but I offended you? You're not going to sue the young lady in front of you, are you? Although I haven't been with Miss for a long time, I haven't had time to adjust it compared to you, who has just been bought. The girl who teaches is much better! You say, miss, does she believe your words, or does she believe me? ”

"Whoever is right, I will believe whom!" Yu Xiaocao and Yang Liu carried a large jar and walked in with a little difficulty. Replacing the jar that originally contained spicy bean curd, she raised her eyes to look at the demeanor of the two people in the store, and said lightly.

Yang Liu looked at the cherry and said, "What are you causing trouble again?" Expression. Cherry glared at her secretly, and said to Yu Xiaocao with a smile: "Miss, the slave maid helps Sister Xiaomei settle the account, she may be afraid that the slave maid will rob the credit, and she is a little unhappy." Miss, the slave and maid argued with her for a few words, and everyone cried. Please! ”

Huang Xiaomei's chest rose and fell a few times, and she screamed, "It's not like this!" The young lady asked me to practice abacus and arithmetic more, and she always told the account the moment before I calculated the answer! She did it on purpose!! ”

Cherry looked surprised and said, "Oops! Just now, I have a lot of people waiting for me, and I am afraid that the guests will wait for a long time, so I will help you settle the account. It really doesn't mean anything else!! Besides, how do you know that Miss is cultivating your arithmetic skills? He still had a "Why didn't you say it sooner" expression on his face.

Yu Xiaocao glared at Cherry a little helplessly, and said, "I look at you very hearty and generous on weekdays, why did you get on a par with Xiaomei today?" ”

When Cherry heard this, her eyes turned red, and her voice was choked: "Miss, you have added a new person by your side, don't you need a slave?" ”

"How could you think that? Didn't I tell you? Xiaomei will be in charge of the pickle shop in the future, and she will not have any conflict of interest with you? Cherry, you and Yang Liu are the four of them I personally picked the big girl! What is a 'close-fitting' maid? Wherever I go in the future, you will follow! You and my little sister, one is responsible for my diet and daily life, and the other helps our family take care of business, each with its own authority, what is there to compete for? ”

Although Yu Xiaocao's body is not yet twelve years old, the souls in it add up to more than thirty, can you see through the mind of the teenage girl Cherry?

Hearing what the young lady said, the cherry powder was slightly hot, and she glanced at Huang Xiaomei embarrassedly with a red face, lowered her head and said softly: "Xiaomei, it was me who was wrong just now." I apologize to you! When the guests come later, you just have to settle the accounts and collect the money, and I will call the pickles! ”

Huang Xiaomei is not unforgiving, she finally understands the reason why Cherry targeted her, because she is afraid of being favored by her. Huang Xiaomei smiled crisply: "Speaking of which, it's actually nothing!" If you're not busy, Sister Cherry, you're right by the side and helping me look at it. If you're busy, help collect money and change. Your clothes are so beautiful, if you get soy sauce or something, you can't wash them off! ”

Cherry shook her head and said, "It's okay! Miss, is there still a smock like that on Miss Watch, and the slave maid changed into that one to help. This time it was a real help! ”

There were enough people in the store, and Yu Xiaocao was finally liberated. At Yang Liu's strong request, she instructed the studious big girl in the small kitchen in the front yard to cook a few good dishes. In the evening, the dishes on the two tables of the master and servant of the Yu family were much richer.

In the evening of the next day, Yu Xiaocao took out the chickens and ducks killed in the ice cellar to thaw them and marinated them all night. On the morning of the prefect's birthday the next day, she got up early in the morning and directed the two girls to prepare the ingredients for the peach cake.

Yes, she is going to make a peach cake for dessert at every table of the birthday party. also brought his uncle Liu Hu and cousin Liu Junping over to work as coolies. There is no way, if you want to point at the three little girls and make cream, your arms must be tired.

In summer and autumn, when the farm was busy, Yu Xiaocao made a lot of canned peaches, canned strawberries, rose sauce, strawberry jam and other snacks. When I came to Fucheng, I also brought a lot of them to fight tooth sacrifices. It's all available at this time.

The cake is baked into a circle wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, cut it horizontally with a knife into two finger-thick slices, and a layer of pickled peaches and strawberries is spread in each of the slices, and cream is smeared on the outside to make the shape of a longevity peach, and then the tip of the peach is brushed with rose sauce or strawberry jam. The bottom of the peaches is stained with spinach juice and squeezed into the shape of a leaf. A beautiful and delicious longevity peach is complete.

In the backyard of the prefect's yamen, the guests greeted each other and laughed. Just as the prefect and the prefect's wife beckoned the men and women to sit down and prepare for the feast. The steward of the mansion hurried over and whispered a few words to the prefect.

The prefect's eyes suddenly lit up, and the smile on his face became even bigger. He instructed the steward a few words, stood up and said to the guests: "This time, the lady has a good birthday, and the old man was originally going to be in the Zhenyu Building, and invite all relatives and friends to be lively." Na Cheng thought, the business of Zhenyulou is too good, and there are really not so many tables. The old man deeply regretted that he was not well entertained. ”

Whether it was the people on the male side, or the female guests across a few screens, they responded one after another, saying that the prefect was polite.

The smile on Ning Zhifu's face did not decrease, he raised his voice, and continued: "The old man has a little friend, and his ability to make roast duck and roast chicken is no worse than that of Zhenyulou. It's a pity that the shop she opened only sells a limited number of 10 duck and roast chickens a day. I believe that many old friends know about this, right? ”

Most of the people who came to congratulate the prefect were people from the prefecture, so naturally I heard that when the Yuji braised vegetable shop opened opposite, the prefect went to congratulate him. I didn't expect that the owner of the store in the prefect's heart was so important.

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Today, I cleaned up the shrimp, squatted for a long time, and coded words for a few hours, and my back hurt badly. I feel like my waist is completely ruined!