Lao Yu gritted his teeth and said his intention quickly. While speaking, his eyes didn't dare to look at Xiaocao's big bright eyes that seemed to penetrate people's hearts.

After all, the two families are blood relatives, and it is impossible to completely break off contact. This is very clear. Looking at the old man who came to ask for help for the first time, Xiaocao sighed deeply in his heart. As the so-called palms and backs of hands are full of meat, for the sake of his youngest son, grandpa has let out this old face.

Xiaocao looked at her grandfather, who was working in the vegetable field and didn't dare to meet her eyes, and deliberately said in a relaxed tone: "An uncle from the official just came over and said that I should also go to the court in the afternoon to testify." I was quite nervous when I went to court for the first time, so let my godfather or godmother accompany me when the time comes. ”

Today, the godfather should have returned from Fucheng. The godmother took the sick Xia Furong to the town hospital early in the morning, and heard that the girl ate a few more pieces of braised pork last night, and she had a stomach trouble in the middle of the night. Alas! The girl in the capital only ate two or three vegetarian dishes, and she was hungry like that!

When Lao Yutou heard Xiaocao's reply, his tense heart relaxed a lot, and the action of pulling weeds was much easier. The vegetable patch in the courtyard of the small grass house is not large, and the grass is quickly removed. After inquiring, Lao Yutou learned that there was no work left, so he got up and said goodbye.

"Grandpa, our Dongshan Village is remote, and it's not easy for the uncle of the government to come here, but you have to entertain it well. We have a lot of dishes, I'll pick some for you. Ignoring the opposition of the old man, Xiaocao went to the backyard and picked out some cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, eggplants, etc. After thinking about it, he took out some spiced salted duck eggs and Songhua eggs from the west, put them all into the basket, and let Lao Yutou take them back.

Old Yu looked at a few mud eggs in the basket and said hesitantly: "How can you eat this thing?" ”

Xiaocao smiled and took a pine flower egg, broke the mud ball outside, and said with a smile: "That's it, first peel out the pine flower egg inside, then cut it into pieces, and mix it with garlic paste...... Forget it, I'd better go over and have a look. Grandpa, you wait a while, I'll get some fans out. ”

Knowing that Zhang's is a door-picker, not to mention meat, even oil and water are difficult to see in the dish. Yu Xiaocao thought that since he helped, he would be a good person to the end! After all, the aftermath is her father's own brother! Not only did she take the vermicelli, but she also cut a piece of pork belly hanging from the well in the backyard, and some of the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar in the kitchen were also divided and brought out.

Lao Yutou looked at the big bags of ingredients and seasonings in his granddaughter's hand, and couldn't raise his head in shame. After glancing at the pork belly with more than a pound of meat, he spoke: "Don't take the meat, your grandmother...... Cough! The Zhang family has already killed a chicken......"

Xiaocao said with a smile: "I heard that there are several official uncles, it's always right to have more meat dishes!" Let's go, I'm going to town after dinner! ”

When he arrived at Yu's house, Xiaocao greeted several officials with a smile. The little girl was originally festive, with a sweet smile, and with a sweet mouth of "uncle and uncle", she quickly won the favor of several officials.

In the kitchen, Zhang's, Li's and Zhang's daughter-in-law were very busy. Xiaocao carried the vegetable basket into the kitchen, directly ignored the Zhang family and the Li family, and greeted Zhang Quan's daughter-in-law with a smile: "Auntie, I heard that you are good at cooking, I have to learn a good hand today!" ”

Zhang Quan's daughter-in-law is also a person who can observe words and feelings, and when she saw that Zhang's expression was not quite right, and Xiaocao turned a blind eye to them, she knew that there must be a story in it. However, she is not the kind of person who likes to dig people's secrets, and the smile on her white fat face kept saying: "Look at what you said, if you want to learn to cook, you still need to learn from your aunt?" Your mother's skills are much better than mine...... Yo, what is it? It's fresh! ”

Xiaocao peeled out the preserved eggs one by one, cut each into four pieces, and quickly poured a sauce with garlic sesame oil and soy sauce on top. She brought over a dozen preserved eggs and cut a large plate full of them. She pinched a piece from it and sent it to Zhang Quan's daughter-in-law's mouth, with a look of begging for praise on her face: "How about tasting the preserved eggs I mixed?" ”

Zhang Quan's daughter-in-law was embarrassed to open her mouth, shook her head lightly and said, "I can't steal food in front of the master's family......

"How can this be called stealing? The chef who cooks in the restaurant has to taste it! Auntie, try to give advice? ”

Zhang Quan's daughter-in-law opened her mouth to catch the preserved eggs. The preserved egg is soft and strong to eat, and the yolk inside is not completely solidified, exuding a faint fragrance. Coupled with a rich seasoning, the taste is really not covered. Zhang Quan's daughter-in-law praised again and again.

Xiaocao deliberately showed a triumphant little appearance. If it weren't for the oil on her hands, Zhang Quan's daughter-in-law would have hugged her for a while. Seeing that there was tender tofu on the stove, Yu Xiaocao soaked the tofu with water, chopped the remaining two preserved eggs, put them on top, and poured the seasoning sauce. A dish of "preserved egg tofu" is made.

Zhang Quan's daughter-in-law first made a chicken stew with mushrooms, with white flour cakes pasted on top. These white noodles were the last stock of the Yu family, and the Zhang family was distressed for a while.

Xiaocao made a "pork stew vermicelli" on another stove that most northerners like, and stir-fried a few vegetarian dishes with oyster sauce. Since several workshops of the Zhou family were put into production, Xiaocao, a shareholder, has no shortage of seasonings such as oyster sauce and monosodium glutamate, and the vermicelli and preserved eggs are also as much as they want. said that the money was deducted from the dividends, and Wednesday Shao has always been generous to her, and these two jujube dates don't care at all.

The officials were satisfied with this meal, and praised the taste of the dishes one after another. Especially Yue Zhutou, who once went to Zhenyulou to eat, said again and again: "I didn't expect that there are masters in cooking in this poor and remote country!" This craft is almost catching up with the chef of Zhen Yu Lou! This preserved egg tofu and pork vermicelli are almost impossible to eat out of the Zhenyu Building. I didn't expect your Yu family to have this way, and you can buy vermicelli and preserved eggs that can't be bought on the market......"

Yu Bo, who was accompanying the guests on the side, hurriedly said: "How can my house have that way?" It's just that my second brother has a good relationship with the young owner of Zhenyulou, so I got these fans and preserved eggs or something. No, entertaining distinguished guests has been fried. ”

"Your second brother really has a way, the oyster rape in Zhenyulou is an exclusive secret recipe, and you can also learn it? Then the relationship between your second brother and the owner of Zhenyulou is really unusual! Yue Zhutou put away the contempt in his heart, and a slight smile appeared on his face.

Yu Bo saw that the officials were eating happily, and their attitudes were even more enthusiastic. People often say: Hades is easy to see, but the little ghost is difficult. These officials have relied on their own identities to be powerful, and today they have entrusted the blessing of their little nieces to serve these guys comfortably, and there are many fewer moths in the afternoon meeting.

After lunch, Yu Hai learned that his daughter was going to the county government in the afternoon, so he hurriedly packed two carts of watermelons in advance and went on the road with the little girl and the officials. Also on the road were Zhang's mother and son, as well as the old man who was not worried about coming over.

The carriage of the Yu family was deliberately filled with less watermelons, so that several officials squeezed to sit on it. Xiaocao skillfully sat on the handlebars of the donkey cart. When a few officials came, they walked with a sore soles of their feet, and when they went back, they could have a free carriage to do, and they were in a better mood, but they didn't feel embarrassed about them.

When they arrived in the town, Xiaocao and Zhang's mother and son were taken directly to the county office. Yu Hai was worried about his daughter, so he didn't care about driving the car to the melon shop, so he hurried to the house in the town.

Coincidentally, in front of the Fangfu Gate, I met the house town that had just returned from the Fucheng and had not had time to get off the horse. This girl is still a daughter slave than Yu Hai, and when she heard that the baby girl was going to court, she hurriedly turned her horse's head and ran all the way towards the county office. For fear that she would go slowly, the girl was frightened by the guys in the county office.

The porter of the house, seeing that the master came to the house and didn't even get off the horse, went straight to the county government and went back to the steward. The steward naturally knows the status of Miss Yu in the heart of his master, but the master's return still has to be reported to his wife first.

Mrs. Fang was in her sick niece's room at this time, and when she heard that her daughter had been taken to the county government by the officials, she immediately left her niece who had just taken medicine, changed into the clothes of a lady of three grades, and took a carriage to the county office. Thinking of the delicate and weak grass, facing those wolf-like officials in the county government, I don't know what to be scared of, Mrs. Fang urged the coachman to hurry up again and again.

And the little grass that was missed by the fathers and mothers, at this time, it was like traveling to a certain scenic spot, looking at the county government office curiously, there were two rows of officials with wooden sticks standing on both sides of the court, and there was a wooden case facing the door, on which was placed a piece of shocking wood and a bamboo tube containing a few wooden sticks. Directly above the back of the wooden case are written the four big characters of "honest and honest".

Yue Zhutou saw that there was no fear in the little girl's round big eyes, but instead wrote the word "curious" brightly, and couldn't help coughing, and whispered to remind her to kneel. Xiaocao found that Zhang's mother and son had already knelt in front of the hall.

She scratched her nose and knelt down with great reluctance, muttering in a whisper: "The old society of all evils ......"

Before the crossing, Xiaocao really never knelt except for being unbelievable when she was very young and was punished by her mother for kneeling. Ever since she crossed over, her poor little knee had suffered. During the Chinese New Year, you should kneel to greet your elders; When recognizing the godfather and godmother, you must kneel and kowtow; I don't believe that when I collide with the little king, I have to kneel and apologize; In front of the fifth master, if you accidentally say the wrong thing, you have to kneel...... Alas! She touched her poor little knee, would she grind out the calluses?

was resentful, but was startled by the shout of "Sheng-Tang-". When Wu Xianling walked out of the back hall, he saw a thin figure with frightened eyes, sitting on his feet, like a frightened little squirrel. He almost didn't maintain his majestic image and laughed, but his eyes were full of laughter when he looked at Xiaocao.

Yu Xiaocao's big round eyes looked at Wu Xianling in an official robe fixedly, and walked out of the back hall with square steps...... No, wait for the opening of the class.