Chapter 26 Pleasing Mother-in-law
The evening food was used in Bailu Garden, and Shen Nanxun accompanied several brothers-in-law to sit at a table in the east room. The female dependents took their children and sat at two tables in the West Wing.
There are many people today, and Lu Fenghe's small kitchen can't make meals for more than a dozen people in a short period of time even if he tries his best.
In addition to the small kitchen prepared earlier, there are simmered ham with winter bamboo shoots, hollow meat balls, stewed pigeon with gastrodia ham, eight-treasure tofu, simmered cabbage with taro, and a pot of porridge.
The big kitchen brought bad meat, white sliced meat, fried pine mushrooms, and a pot of braised rice.
Lu Fenghe was inconvenient to be tired of entertaining, and the task of greeting everyone at the table naturally fell to Lu Fenghe's sister-in-law, Lu Siniang's He family.
"Second sister-in-law, you must try this white slice of meat, it tastes better with a slight dip in some sauce. After eating last time, I also specially asked He Niang to ask for a recipe for me, and I went back to try it a few times, but it was always a little worse. ”
Lu Erniang used a piece as she said, and nodded again and again, "It's really good, it's refreshing and not greasy between fat and thin." ”
"This dish, it is still the chef in the north here who does it better."
The female dependents are all their own people, so naturally no one sees them, and the scene is very harmonious.
The children also got along well, and the next brother took three cousins and one cousin to walk around the yard, and the five children quickly played together.
Lu Shilang brought his two children, a brother and a sister, the eldest of the children, who was more than six years old and took care of his younger siblings.
Brother Fang is the youngest of several children, and he usually eats half of his own food, and he has to be fed by others, and now he sits at a table with his brothers and sisters, and sees that his brothers and sisters are serving in addition to soup and vegetables, and people around them are waiting, where do they want people to feed in their mouths.
So Brother Fang also pushed Cuizhi's hand to feed the soup, holding the spoon by himself, "Brother Fang will eat it himself." ”
Cuizhi looked at Brother Fang with some embarrassment and glanced at the other brothers around her before she understood what was going on.
"It's that the maid forgot that my brother would have eaten by himself a long time ago, brother, slow down, don't get hot."
Cui Zhi knew how much Brother Fang could eat, she was clothing vegetables, Brother Fang was eating, and she used more meat and vegetables than before.
The atmosphere on Lang Jun's side was different, Shen Nanxun didn't have much contact with them, and they were still a little familiar, let alone close.
Shen Nanxun was a pair of four, and Hachiro, who had a close personal relationship with him, was not there, and after three rounds of drinking, Shen Nanxun gradually became a little overwhelmed.
This matter was Lu Shilang's head, "Da Lang, although you are the son of the world, you are my sister-in-law when you enter the house. ”
"Nonsense, where is Sister He'er arrogant, Xiao Shi couldn't be more intimate." Lu Erlang refuted his younger brother.
"No, she's just a master of the dishes." This is what Lu Jiulang said.
Lu Sanlang patted Lu Jiulang's shoulder, "Xiao Shi is very well-behaved, you recruit her every day." ”
Before the marriage, Shen Nanxun didn't see Lu Fenghe many times, but they were not quite the same as what several brothers-in-law said.
The first time I saw Lu Fenghe, she and her friends were enjoying the cool and fragrant, fresh and bright.
The second time was in Mrs. Lu's study, Lu Fenghe was boiling water and ordering tea, his wrist was slender, and in a moment the water was all over the place, gentle and quiet.
The third time was in Lu Hachiro's study, I was used to going in and out, and I pushed open the door and rushed to the desk, "Brother, grandfather punished me for writing again." ", smart and delicate. 、
Lu Jiulang turned his head to look at Shen Nanxun, "Sister-in-law, you said, is Xiao Shi's whole body full of heart and eyes." ”
Shen Nanxun raised his glass to Lu Jiulang, "He Niang is very good." ”
"Hmph, you're all coaxed by Xiao Shi."
Second Brother Lu filled Shen Nanxun with wine, "The daughter of the Lu family will always be the daughter of the Lu family, and the Lu family has never said that she will marry a daughter." ”
Third Brother Lu looked at the house, "I have to send a boatload of materials to Sister He." ”
Shen Nanxun had an idea at the moment, only four people came, and if all nine brothers-in-law came, what kind of Shura field would it be.
When the children ran out of use, they ran around the yard, and Sister Zhen giggled as she listened to the laughter of her brothers and sisters in the house.
Different from the bustle of Bailu Garden, Shonfutang is lonely.
Chen had already dropped two teacups, and as soon as she got up, the concierge spread the news that Mrs. Lu was coming.
Chen originally wanted to ask Mama Zhang to go to the front yard to greet her, but Lin Qian stopped her.
"Auntie, didn't you let Mama go to the front yard to greet the Lu family, didn't you give Bai Luyuan that face, wasn't it Bai Leng before?"
In the eyes of women from small families such as Chen's Lin Qian, when a woman marries, she goes to her mother-in-law's house to beg for a living, and whether she lives well depends on the eyes of her mother-in-law.
The Chen family is indeed the old princess who takes special care of her, and she has been happy since she married into the Shen family.
Lin Qian's mother, Chen's cousin, is not.
Lin Qian's grandmother is stingy, and the family is also a small output, not to mention the maid, even the mother-in-law is reluctant to use a few more, Lin Qianniang does no less work in her mother-in-law's house than the mother-in-law, but she can pick some light work.
Lin Qian is not big, Lin Qianniang was rubbed to death, but Lin Qianniang only has one sister, the Lin family soon married a bride, and Lin Qian's life was not easy.
begged to go to her grandfather's house, Lin Qian's grandfather only stayed with Lin Qian for a few days and sent it back, and he didn't even prepare a decent gift for Lin Qian.
Chen really couldn't see it, so he took more care of Lin Qian, and when the Shen family lived in Kyoto for a long time because Shen Li often had to extend medical advice and medicine, Chen brought a table of three thousand miles to Miss Lin Qian.
In their cognition, when a woman gets married, she has to beg for a living under her mother-in-law, and pleasing her mother-in-law is more important than serving Langjun.
In fact, Lu Fenghe also met their expectations, and he was indeed quite flattering to the Chen family.
It's just that Lu Fenghe's original intention to curry favor with the Chen family is far from their thoughts.
Lu Fenghe is not good at cooking, but he can make good dim sum, and he always brings new dim sum every once in a while.
If Chen casually said what he wanted to eat, Lu Fenghe could bring it the next day at the latest.
Chen is a little old, and the boudoir family does not have much money to buy bright clothes for her, Chen prefers red and purple colors, especially prefers to weave gold and carved silk and other luxurious and bright materials.
Every quarter, the Lu family sends materials to Lu Fenghe, and Lu Fenghe will always ask everyone in the house to pick them.
The gorgeous materials were basically picked up by Chen and Lin Qian, that is, the materials that Lu Fenghe wanted to keep, as long as Lin Qian wanted it, Chen opened his mouth, and Lu Fenghe would give it up.
Once Lu Fenghe wore a skirt, Chen said, don't wear this material that is neither green nor white in the future, and his eyes are blindfolded, and since then, Lu Fenghe has been red and yellow every time he asks for peace.
The reason why Lu Fenghe is like this to the Chen family and Lin Qian, firstly, because the upbringing of the Lu family makes it impossible for her to disobey her elders, and secondly, it is a trivial matter for her, so she doesn't have to worry about it, and most importantly, it is Shen Nanxun's mother.