Chapter 60: Fat Sister-in-law
"Two girls, this is the clothes you wear in the academy, you can try it, if there is something inappropriate, just give it to the old body to change."
Xiyun recognized that this was the grandmother who had just taken the lead, and she looked at her carefully, about forty years old, dressed in coarse linen clothes, but there were no stains on it, clean and tidy. There was always a smile on her face, which made people feel amiable, and she looked at this grandmother and thought of her mother.
"Mama, thank you, I don't know what to call it?" Xiyun walked up to her and asked with a smile on his face.
"The girl is polite, if you can afford to look old, you can call me Aunt Chen." Mama looked at Xiyun for a while, and thought to herself, although this girl is not as beautiful as the girl in white, but this appearance is also one in case, especially the smart eyes, full of vitality, people can't help but like it.
"Aunt Chen, I hope to take care of it in the future." Xiyun really wants to respect Aunt Chen as an elder, she hasn't seen her mother for a long time, and she found the warmth that her mother has from Aunt Chen.
"Two girls, the old body retired first." After speaking, Aunt Chen handed a warm smile to Xiyun and turned to leave.
Xiyun picked up a set of clothes on the table, closed the door, walked to the screen next to his bed, and changed into the new clothes to take a look.
As soon as she changed it, she heard a quick knock on the door, Xia Bingning was still sorting out her luggage, and she didn't pay attention to it, Xiyun had to go to open the door.
There were two white-clothed women standing at the door, and Xiyun was stunned for a while, only to find that it was the two of them.
Tian Zhenzhen stretched out his arms happily and spun around, "Xiyun, look at this dress, we are wearing it." ”
"What, what" Shioyun was asked confused.
The maiden snickered, "What she means is that she is not particularly beautiful." ”
Xiyun reacted at this time, laughed, laughed, she hurriedly covered her mouth, and whispered, "Go to your house." ”
Shu Nu and Tian Zhen really know, after all, there is an outsider here, and it is not good for them to be so noisy.
Tian Zhenzhen is very satisfied with the clothes, before in the kitchen, she naturally didn't have the opportunity to wear white clothes, so she likes blue clothes, and now this white is on the body, she can't put it down.
The three of them chatted for a long time in the west wing, and when it was time for lunch, a grandmother with a black mole in the corner of her eye came over to inform them of the meal.
Xiyun knew that there was an independent small kitchen in this courtyard, just behind the north wing, there was a backyard, and from the semicircular arch near the south wing, there was a small door at the corner to go out to the backyard.
Mama led them to a room on the side of the backyard, where there were already a few people seated, Xiyun saw that there were a total of four tables, and the three of them sat at one table by themselves.
In addition to the three grandmothers in charge of the house, there are also two kitchen cooks, and there are five handymen calling, Xiyun can't remember who is who, only know that there is a chubby cook with a big temper, and she heard Aunt Chen call her fat sister-in-law.
At this time, the fat sister-in-law was taking the two handymen in the kitchen to cook vegetables for them.
The three of them looked at the four dishes and one soup on the table: boiled shrimp, braised small meatballs, two green vegetables, and an old duck soup. Seeing that the dishes looked a little good, Xiyun tasted some soup first, and as soon as he entered it, he felt a little light, and there was a smell of it.
The lady also took a bite of the shrimp, the shrimp meat was a little soft and rotten, and it took too long to cook. Just as she was about to speak, Cheng Yixue picked up the dishes and couldn't help complaining, "Mama, are there no other dishes?" ”
"Girl, you are a noble lord, you don't look down on what I burned, so you went to the restaurant outside the academy to eat." The fat sister-in-law held a big iron spoon and replied unceremoniously, and the flesh on her face shook a few times as she spoke.
"You...... You kitchen lady dare to talk to me like that. Cheng Yixue stood up and pointed at the fat sister-in-law.
Aunt Chen hurriedly got up, walked to Cheng Yixue's side, and comforted, "Miss Cheng, don't be angry, if the food is not appetizing, I will send it to your room later." After speaking, she made a look like a fat sister-in-law, and the fat sister-in-law didn't appreciate it, snorted, shook the bucket waist and went back to the kitchen by herself.
Tian Zhenzhen tapped the back of their hands a few times, and the girl and Xiyun came closer, and Tian Zhenzhen whispered, "Don't talk yet, I'll talk to you again when I go back." ”
During a meal, the three of them barely put half a bowl of rice into their stomachs, and the dishes did not move much, and some of them did not know the taste. Xiyun was very curious, how did this fat sister-in-law stay in this academy with such cooking skills.
When she returned to the south wing, Xiyun couldn't wait to let Tian Zhenzhen talk about the fat sister-in-law, and the maiden also opened her eyes with curiosity and looked at Tian Zhenzhen.
Tian Zhenzhen coughed lightly, took off his shoes, and sat on the bed, Xiyun and Shu Nu also sat up, and the three of them formed a circle.
"Before my dad and I came here, my fat sister-in-law was already here, and I occasionally heard other people talk about her.
This fat sister-in-law turned out to be not so fat, and her cooking skills were also quite good, but one year, her husband went out to sea to fish and did not come back, after which her two sons fell ill with fever and died one after another.
I heard that the fat sister-in-law has never shed a single tear, and since then, she has never returned home to the academy as her home. But she seems to be a different person, she can't eat the food she cooks, and those who know her experience will eat it, and although she complains, she won't do it in front of her.
In the past, some people complained to her face that her cooking was not delicious, and the fat sister-in-law ignored it. I don't know when, as long as someone complains, the fat sister-in-law will go back, and they are helpless. ”
After listening to this, Xiyun thought to herself, how sad it should be for a person who has experienced such great sorrow, but the fat sister-in-law has a tear, it should be painful to the extreme, so it will be like this. She has never experienced any great sorrow, and naturally she can't feel the grief of the fat sister-in-law.
The concubine took a breath, got out of bed, walked to the table, poured a sip of tea, and drank it all, not wanting Xiyun and them to find the tears in her eyes. She thought of her mother, who had disappeared for so many years, and if one day, someone told her that her mother was gone, she didn't know how to be strong.
It seems that seeing that something is wrong with the girl, Xiyun also got out of bed and walked to the girl, who hurriedly turned her face, "Miss Shu, are you okay?" ”
"It's okay, I'm hungry." The girl put on a smiling face and pretended to be happy, this is the easiest thing to do in so many years, she doesn't want anyone to see through her sadness and pity her.
Tian Zhenzhen got out of bed, took out a thing wrapped in oiled paper from her baggage, she put it on the table, opened the oiled paper, and inside were a few pieces of radish cake, which was an improved version of Tian Zhenzhen's own, which tasted better than ordinary radish cake.
Xiyun and the concubine smiled heartily, and knew that this little girl had a trick. The three of them ate with relish, but they all knew that this was not a long-term time. Xiyun thought to herself, smelting the standard to smelt the book, and it is important to solve the fat sister-in-law's heart, but what to do, she fell into deep thought.