Chapter 231: Kung Pao Chicken (Soup Kitchen)
No wonder she was so attentive, Qiu Li squeezed out a smile and put away the oil-paper umbrella, and was caught by the mother-in-law next to her, she walked over quickly, and shouted with a cold shiver: "Madam." ”
Zhang pulled her to sit down, shh
Not long after, a handsome-looking young man walked in quickly, and he ran to Zhang's side with a smile and said, "Mother, it turns out that the shed of the Caixianglou is at the entrance of the temple. ”
He is Chen Shouye, the future husband who is one year older than Qiu Li, a gentleman who can learn everything for three minutes, the Chen family is rich halfway, otherwise he would not have bought Qiu Li to enter the house as a child daughter-in-law.
Young Master Chen's words, to Qiu Li, who was sorting out the cage in the back, listened to it, the Ji shopkeeper of this Caixianglou has only one daughter, Ji Suniang, who is three years older than the young master of the Chen family, and is already 19 years old.
The young master of the Chen family is an only son, Mr. Chen was born as a businessman, and he only relied on the help of his wife's maiden family to make a fortune when he was middle-aged, and he didn't have time to take a concubine.
Young Master Chen has lacked discipline since he was a child, and he is even more responsible for him when he is older, although the Chen family is not very rich and expensive, the family business is also among the top few in this small county.
After saying a few words to his mother, he walked up to Akiri and said with disgust, "Why did you come?" ”
Qiu Li's heart was galloping with 10,000 grass and mud horses, but she could only show a gentle smile on her face.
Young Master Chen bent down and looked at Qiu Li, and said with a smile: "You have to learn from Su Niang, she can be on her own at a young age, and she wants to give porridge to the refugees at noon, this is magnificent!" I'm afraid there is no one in our county who can compare. ”
Before the eight characters of this marriage were written, he had already called people by their names, Qiu Li thought to himself, if he was heard by the Ji family, he was afraid that he would call the door.
"Really? She's so good, can I go check it out? Or am I going to do Sister Ji a favor? Akiri asked with an innocent look.
Young Master Chen really ate this set, his eyes rolled, he probably felt that this was a good way to get close to Ji Jiatao, and immediately nodded and said: "It's rare that you also have a good heart, I'll go talk to my mother and take you over at noon." ”
"Okay, it's all up to the young master." Akiri looked at him adoringly and said.
Young Master Chen straightened his waist, followed the example of Master Chen, and nodded majestically, "Wait, I'll call you then." ”
After a while, I heard him whispering something to Zhang, and after Zhang glanced at her, it didn't take long for Young Master Chen's face to smile with a flower, probably because Zhang agreed.
After a while, he left in a hurry with the little guy Jiaxing.
Qiu Li sorted out the cage and sat on the stool, listening to a few people next to him chewing the root of the tongue quietly, there is a temple on the top of the mountain, the temple cleaned up a few side rooms, and now the county lord's family, it is said that the county lord is not there, he was pulled by the governor to inspect before the embankment was broken, and I don't know if there was an accident.
Now it is Li Zhubo who has the final say in the county.
Junye County is a small county, and the county is absent all the year round, except that the county master is Li Zhubo, and Li Zhubo is the Chang scribe, that is, Qiu Li's uncle.
Only then did Qiu Li find that the eyes of the people around her looked at her, revealing a little kindness.
Probably she was stained with the light of this cheap uncle.
Just thinking about what he didn't have, Xiao Jiaxing suddenly walked over and whispered to Qiu Li: "The young master asked me to call you to help." ”
"He said, remember, you are a distant relative of our family, you can't talk nonsense with Su Niang."
Qiu Li nodded, revealing a well-behaved appearance.
Jiaxing seemed a little unbearable, he turned his head and said, "Let's go, there's a lot of things over there." ”
The greenhouse of Caixianglou is close to the wall of the temple, and the place where the porridge is given is the responsibility of the scribes, and on the open space at the gate of the mountain, the refugees in the county are fine, and the people in the nearby villages are more pitiful this time.
The harvest at home is gone, and there is not much surplus food to eat, one by one huddled in the rain shelter built by the temple, fortunately it is summer at the moment, and there is a roof to shelter from the rain to live.
The disaster has not lasted long, only about a week, and the appearance of the refugees is still acceptable, and it will be difficult to say after a while.
Qiu Li followed behind Jia Xing, and had already seen the shed at the gate of the mountain, there were several mothers-in-law standing in it, and a slender woman was preparing ingredients with her back on her back, she should be one of the targets of Qiu Li's strategy, Ji Suniang, the only heir of Caixiang Building.
Outside the greenhouse, a few children in ragged clothes squatted curiously at the movement inside.
Young Master Chen was also standing at the door with an umbrella, and seemed to be stopped outside by several mothers-in-law.
Seeing Qiu Li coming over, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, he waved his hand at Qiu Li, and when she approached, he immediately straightened his neck and shouted to Ji Su Niang inside: "Miss Ji, my sister's cooking skills are also very good, she heard that you are going to give porridge, and she is clamoring to help, you see that she is here." ”
Young Master Chen pushed Qiu Li in front of several mothers-in-law.
Ji Suniang turned her head at this time, she was wearing a long blue dress, her hair was black and shiny, a little taller than Qiu Li, and her face was quiet, although she was not beautiful, but her temperament was gentle and very pleasing to the eye.
She glanced at Qiu Li, and Qiu Li immediately squeezed in from under her mother-in-law, "Sister Ji, I can cook and cook, I am a woman with you, what do you need me to do, it's more convenient, isn't it?" ”
Ji Suniang glanced at her in surprise, originally thinking that she was not good at words, and the rumors were probably inaccurate.
She bowed her head slightly, "It's okay, you stay." ”
Young Master Chen outside the shed immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "Sister, you can assist Miss Ji well, and I will pick you up in the afternoon." ”
He was in a happy mood and left the mountain gate one after the other with the little servant.
If you ask who is richer than the Chen family in the county, the Ji family who can't jump away from Caixianglou, it is said that their family has ancestral recipes, and it has been three generations since they moved from Jingshi to Junye County, but in this generation, Boss Ji has only one daughter under his knees.
originally wanted to recruit a door-to-door son-in-law, but he didn't want Boss Ji to be sick during this time, so the big and small things in the family fell on Ji Suniang.
As a competitor in the business, the Chen family poached their chef with a lot of money a while ago.
The two families naturally fought each other, but they didn't know how, but now they changed their strategy, and the young master of the Chen family began to take the initiative to sue for peace.
The Chen family probably also wanted Chen Shouye to stir Ji Suniang's heart first, and married Ji Suniang under the pretext of Chongxi.
So turn a blind eye to his son Meng Lang's behavior.
Ji Suniang's idea is very simple, do more good deeds and accumulate virtue for her father.
Therefore, as soon as the county talked about soup kitchen, she agreed.
The chef has now changed jobs, she can only do everything by herself, and now she is not at ease with other people's things.
There was rice in the greenhouse, and Qiu Li rolled up her sleeves and got busy, washing rice, supporting pots, and boiling, looking even more sophisticated than the rough envoy next to her.
It doesn't take much skill to boil porridge, for Qiu Li, this is a strength job, and as for strength, she doesn't have to worry about it at all.
Ji Suniang on the side was copying something, Qiu Li took the time to take a look, probably she didn't think Qiu Li was literate, so she let her look at it.
This is a menu that labels all the seasonal dishes at the moment.
After she finished writing the last dish, she raised her eyes to look at Qiu Li, with a hint of a smile in her eyes, and explained softly: "This is a meal for the yamen in a while, and they are busy before and after, so they can't let them drink porridge with the refugees." ”
At the end of the month, I will ask for a monthly pass~~~