Let the maids pack up the cages, Shen Qiange didn't delay for a quarter of an hour, and directly left Guiyanju with people and went to the side courtyard of Ningshoutang.

Walking to the gate of the courtyard, Shen Qiange paused, and then turned to look at the plaque of "Return to Yanju" at the gate of the courtyard.

In the previous life, she didn't want to leave here, and then she was forcibly kicked out. Unexpectedly, just when she came back, she didn't have a trace of nostalgia here. Under the veil, the corners of her mouth were raised, ridiculous but not to the bottom of her eyes.

What's so good about this return to Yanju, near the water, wet and cold in winter and hot flashes in summer, there are many mosquitoes, heavy humidity, the yard is still small, there is not even a small kitchen, everything is taken from the big kitchen, she is not favored in the Shen Mansion, she needs a homely thing on weekdays, and she is also constrained by the big kitchen stewards.

The area of Shen Jiaojiao's yard next to Guiyanju is twice as large, the spring, summer, autumn and winter are green and evergreen, and the flowers are continuous, the main house where she lives sits in the north and faces south, and the study next to the water is only used in the cool summer and in the warm hugging building in winter. Next to Baoxia is a small kitchen with all kinds of organs, and the aroma of daily soup in the small kitchen has not been broken.

She used to think that she and Shen Jiaojiao lived in an adjacent courtyard, even if Lord Shen and Mrs. Shen had some partiality towards Shen Jiaojiao, it was not serious, and she could still win them to her side with her hard work.

Before, it was really her who was blind.

Shen Qiange came back to his senses, didn't even bother to look at the courtyard door, and left with a step.

Just about to leave, Liangchen behind her hurriedly ran in front of her, she lowered her head and hesitated.

Shen Qiange didn't wait for her to finish speaking, and said directly: "If Liangjing is unwell, let her recuperate in Guiyanju!"

She has two big maids, Liangchen and Liangjing, both of whom were allocated to her by Mrs. Shen when she returned to Shen's house.

In her previous life, Liangjing found an opportunity to follow Shen Jiaojiao a few years later, and now she has fulfilled her in advance.

Hearing the second miss say this, Liangchen immediately raised his head and his eyes widened in shock, obviously not knowing why the second miss could guess this matter, and the second miss didn't trust Liangjing the most before?

At this moment, Liangchen suddenly woke up a lot, and he did his best beside the second lady.

"Yes, Second Miss, the slave will go and inform Liangjing. Liangchen said respectfully.

Liangjing, who was pretending to be sick in the room, heard Liangchen's words, and even forgot to pretend to be coughing, and the whole person was stunned.

In the past, the second lady relied on her the most, why did she leave her in Guiyanju without saying a word at this time.

Liangchen was speechless when he saw Liangjing, endured it, and finally couldn't help but say: "Liangjing, the second lady is our master!"

Liangjing didn't expect that Liangchen, who was cowardly on weekdays, would actually teach her a lesson at this time, and said angrily: "I don't need you to teach me a lesson!"

Liangchen glanced at her, left a good sentence and hurried away.

Soon, the Shen family knew that Shen Qiange had moved with the people in the yard.

After listening to the report, Mrs. Shen was stunned, "What did you say?"

Mama Liu had the courage to repeat it, "Ningshoutang is in the courtyard......"

Shen Jiaojiao was also full of surprise, she didn't expect that Shen Qiange not only agreed to marry King Yan today, but also moved out of Guiyanju...... What the hell did she smoke today?

She hugged Mrs. Shen's arm, and said as if worried: "Mother, Ning Shoutang is inhabited by my aunt...... Wouldn't it be bad for my sister's reputation?"

The aunt and grandmother...... Whoever gets involved probably doesn't have a good reputation.

If the old lady hadn't wanted to protect this daughter, she wouldn't have lived in the most remote part of the Shen Mansion.

If it was in normal times, Mrs. Shen would definitely go and drink Shen Qiange back immediately, this Shen Mansion is still her master, why is it so unruly, she can move if she wants.

But just now, Shen Qiange "sacrificed" herself for the sake of Shen Mansion and agreed to her marriage with King Yan, how could she open this mouth to restrain her.

That's it, King Yan doesn't have a good reputation, anyway, the marriage between Shen Qiange and King Yan has been decided, even if the reputation is a little worse, it is more than enough to match King Yan.

Mrs. Shen took Shen Jiaojiao, smoothed her sideburns, and sighed, "Jiaojiao, Qiange's marriage is decided, and she hasn't been at home for a long time, since she wants to move, she can move, and she can't move out of the Shen Mansion left and right, with me and your father taking care of it, nothing will happen." ”

"Yes, mother. Shen Jiaojiao didn't care about Shen Qiange moving out of Guiyanju, she was worried that her father and mother would feel that Guiyanju had treated Shen Qiange badly, and if she was asked to let her go out of Douchun Garden, she would be reluctant.

As for where Shen Qiange moved, she didn't bother to care.

However, it really surprised her that this sister actually chose Ningshoutang's side courtyard, did she really start to give up on herself?

In the Buddha Hall of Ningshoutang, a mother-in-law hurriedly came in and said something in the old lady's ear.

Old Madam Shen, who was closing her eyes and knocking on the wooden fish, suddenly opened her eyes, and she glanced at the mother-in-law beside her, "But really?"

The mother-in-law nodded and pointed in the direction of the door, "The second lady has already brought someone to move things over." ”

Although Ningshoutang is remote, the courtyard is very large.

Old Madam Shen lives in the main courtyard with her daughter, and the side courtyard next to it has been vacant, and the arch connecting the main courtyard and the side courtyard has long been blocked, so it is no different from the two courtyards at this time.

Old Madam Shen quickly calmed down, and re-fiddled with the Buddha beads in her hand and knocked on the wooden fish.

Seeing the master's appearance, the mother-in-law whispered: "Old lady, do you want the old slave to invite the second lady over to talk?"

On weekdays, Mrs. Shen and her daughter live their lives behind closed doors, rarely asking Mrs. Shen about Mrs. Shen's side, she also saves others from morning and dusk, and only occasionally hears people mention the two young ladies in the house, in fact, they have never met once a year, at this time, she naturally doesn't want to care about it.

Old Madam Shen shook her head and said softly, "Don't worry. ”

The mother-in-law turned around and left the Buddha hall three times in one step.

Shen Qiange's choice to move to the side courtyard of Ningshoutang was certainly not chosen randomly.

One is that my grandmother and aunt are actually very good people, and the other is the convenience of this Ning Shou Tang!

Mama Ge and Liangchen took a few little maids and followed the second lady to the gate of the courtyard of Ningshoutang.

Shen Qiange stretched out his hand and pushed open the old courtyard door.

When she stepped into the yard, she found that it was much better than she expected.

Of course, the side courtyard is not as large as the main courtyard, but the victory is that the courtyard is spacious around the week, and there is a huge jujube tree planted in the yard, at this time in late spring, the green leaves on the jujube tree rustle with the wind, verdant and dripping, the whole side courtyard has not lived for many years and is still clean, it must be the grandmother who lives next to it often orders people to come and clean.

Mama Ge and Liangchen, who were originally nervous, were relieved when they saw the layout of the side courtyard at this time.

Mama Ge hurriedly instructed the little maid to pack her luggage, and she said to Shen Qiange with a smile: "It's okay to move here, this place is big, and it's not adjacent to the water, so it's a good place to recuperate." ”

Even if it is a partial courtyard, it is larger than Guiyanju.

On the other side, Liangchen said in surprise: "Second Miss, Mama, there is a small kitchen behind here." ”

Shen Qiange's face also smiled, "Since you have a kitchen, then I'll show you a hand tonight!"

Mama Ge immediately stopped her, "Second Miss, how can so many of us let you cook." ”

"Happy today, Mama, we've all moved here, and we don't have to care so much, just cook a meal. ”

Mama Ge was stunned by Shen Qiange's words, and she didn't know why, she suddenly felt that the second miss was a lot more transparent.

Mama Ge laughed, "That old slave is blessed today." ”

Although there are not many people brought out by Shen Qiange, they are all good at work, and they have cleaned up the side courtyard of Ningshoutang in half a day.

At least tonight we can live in someone.

Seeing the evening, Shen Qiange changed into a homely plain dress and came to the small kitchen with Liangchen.

The small kitchen had been cleaned by the little maids, only now it was empty and there was nothing.

Liangchen followed behind the second miss, looking at the empty kitchen, the clever woman was also embarrassed to cook without rice, she whispered: "Second miss, do you want the slave to go to the big kitchen to ask for some ingredients?"

Shen Qiange looked at the clean kitchen, "No, go to Mama and get some loose silver taels, and go out from the corner door to buy some yourself." ”

In order to facilitate life, my grandmother and aunt opened a corner door near Ningshoutang alone, and they used this corner door to buy goods on weekdays, so they didn't have to go through the Shen Mansion public at all, which was one of the reasons why she chose to move here.

When I went to the big kitchen and wanted to get something, I gave more money to the steward than I did when I went out to buy it.

Sure enough, as soon as Liangchen heard that he could go out to buy in person, he immediately became happy, bowed to Shen Qiange, and went to find Mama Ge.

When he came back with a small vegetable basket, Liangchen happily leaned into Shen Qiange's ear and said, "Second Miss, the uncle who guards the corner gate specially accompanies the slave maid to the evening market, and the slave and maid are already familiar with the road." ”

Shen Qiange was stunned, and then, there was more smile under the veil, I am afraid that this is the convenience that her grandmother gave her.

It's too late, and the time to buy vegetables on a good day has delayed time, in the partial courtyard, there are a total of six people who even sweep and sprinkle the rough maids, and it is a waste of time to cook, so it is better to make a pot of soup noodles and then fry a side dish.

Shen Qiange commanded Liangchen to knead the dough, and the little maids processed the ingredients, so she easily put a whole chicken, duck legs, pig's trotters, pork ribs, and a crucian carp into the cauldron, added various colors, and boiled the soup.

Liangchen's kneading skills are good, and after half an hour, Jingdao's noodles are rolled.

It just so happened that the soup boiled in the cauldron was also ready for the fire, and as soon as the lid of the pot was opened, the aroma wafted out from the small kitchen in the side courtyard. It is almost the entire side hospital, and there is a tendency to spread outward.

Shen Qiange did not directly put the rolled noodles into the soup as Liangchen thought, but asked the little maid to take the gauze and began to strain the soup.

The strained soup was thick but clear, Shen Qiange asked Liangchen to take the noodles, and when he saw the noodles with the thickness of wheat straw, Shen Qiange frowned, as if he was talking to himself: "It would be better if this noodles were rolled out like a dragon's whiskers." ”

Isn't that the same as embroidery thread? Where can there be such a thin dough! Liangchen scratched his head and couldn't figure out how to roll out such a thin dough.

Underneath the strained soup, top with fresh cabbage and spinach.

The chicken and duck ribs in the soup were used as ingredients for braised rice.

In a quarter of an hour, the noodles and dishes were ready.

At this time, the fragrance of braised chicken and braised pork ribs mixed in, and the entire courtyard was enveloped.

The maids gathered in the small kitchen had already begun to swallow frequently.

Shen Qiange instructed, "Serve two bowls of noodles and a dish to Ning Shoutang, and take the rest to the flower hall to eat together." ”

Mama Ge has served in the Shen Mansion for decades, although the Shen Mansion is not one of those meritorious families in Beijing, but it is also a noble and important minister's family, and she has eaten a lot of good things. When she was young, she followed her wife to Mrs. Guo's mansion as a guest, but that's it, she has never eaten such delicious noodles, how did the second lady know such a secret recipe at a young age?

But thinking that the second lady only returned home when she was ten years old, she was also relieved.

Outside the Shen Mansion is a quiet small street, there is a century-old tavern on the side of the street, this tavern has been passed down from generation to generation, and the wine produced has a unique flavor, and people often come to buy wine to drink.

At this moment, there was a young man in Xuanyi sitting at the small table against the wall in the tavern.

His eyebrows and eyes were condensed but exquisite, handsome as a god, his slender fingers picked up the wine glass and took a sip of the wine, but he saw the restaurant standing at the door, sniffling from time to time, the movements were strange, his sword eyebrows frowned slightly, and he glanced at the entourage who followed beside him, and the entourage hurriedly walked to the door to inquire.

"Shopkeeper, why are you standing at the door?"

The restaurant was embarrassed by the question, and said with a red face: "Guest officer, I don't know which one made a gluttonous feast today, this taste is really tempting, no, the villain will come out to find it." ”

As soon as the restaurant finished speaking, the strange and wonderful salivating fragrance wafted to the man in Xuanyi with the wind.