The gifts that will be bought in Jicheng are also prepared, and those who should be given are also divided, so as not to miss anyone when they get it.

As soon as they settled down here, several young ladies of the Ling family sent maids to send gifts, all of which were jewelry and fabrics, and the gifts were quite thick, and the intention of showing favor was obvious.

The maids who just sent off the young lady out of the house, and the aunts in each room also sent people to give gifts, which is a little thinner than the young ladies, after all, the young lady is also a serious master, and the status is much higher than that of the aunts, and it is natural that the gifts are thicker.

After sending the aunts' maids away, Ling Xiaorou sent Jixiang and Ruyi everywhere to return the gift.

Compared with the young lady and the aunts who are familiar with each other in the house, Jixiang and Ruyi are a little confused, but fortunately, Qu Hongxiu has already thought of it, and sent the maid next to him to accompany Jixiang Ruyi, and he can also mention a little about the situation in the house.

What Ling Xiaorou sent was not jewelry or fabrics, each aunt was two boxes of dim sum, a jar of secret jam, a jar of secret eight-treasure vegetables, and a large dried dried fish.

The ladies added a can of homemade salad dressing on top of these things, which was delicious whether it was spread on the cake or eaten with pastries, even with fruits and vegetables.

Although Ling Xiaorou could have the financial resources to buy fabrics and jewelry for the ladies in the house, since she was loved by Mrs. Qu for her outstanding cooking skills in the eyes of others, she didn't need to get those flashy things.

It's not good to give a light gift or a heavy one, so it's better to give her some of her best food, which makes people look at it and pay attention, as for whether others will think she is stingy?

Ling Xiaorou really wasn't worried, even if she put these cans of things and snacks, dried fish and the like, she didn't even think about a hundred or ten taels of silver in Jicheng Furong Building, at least it was much heavier than the gifts from the young ladies and aunts.

really met someone who didn't know the goods, and Ling Xiaorou didn't bother to bother with them.

Sure enough, after Ling Xiaorou's gift was sent, the reactions of each room were different, the ladies and most of the aunts were ecstatic, and even a few young ladies who often attended the party on weekdays thought that bringing these snacks or jams with them would definitely make the little sisters envious to death, and the taste was better than that bought outside.

And the salad dressing that I had never heard of, sweet and sour, smeared on the pastry or mixed with fruit according to the method that the maid said when it was delivered, and it was really delicious.

There are only a few aunts from small families who said disdainfully: "She really hasn't seen the world before, and she really hasn't seen the world, so she can send some homemade food, and she can handle it, and she is not afraid of being laughed at." ”

The maids waiting around them didn't dare to say much, but their expressions were brought out: such good things are that these maids know that the aunt still suspects that people can't take it, and I don't know who hasn't seen the world!

The next day, a few young ladies from the concubine met Qu Hongxiu to come over to talk to Ling Xiaorou, and their attitude was more enthusiastic than yesterday, and they were completely close from the heart, which showed that her gifts were in line with the hearts of several young ladies.

After talking for a long time, Ling Xiaorou also heard it, they wanted to ask themselves if they still had these snacks, if only they could have two more boxes.

But no matter how much you give, there will always be a day when you finish eating.

Even if they are all young ladies of the Qu family, it doesn't hurt for Ling Xiaorou to be good friends with them, as long as they can't get past Qu Hongxiu, no one will think too much, but it's just a few dim sum preparations, she is not stingy.

Qu Hongan also has a small kitchen in the young lady's courtyard since he got married, and asked people to talk to the young lady, and the young lady happily lent out the small kitchen.

At the same time, she was also following a group of little girls and planning to learn how to make dim sum, and yesterday Ling Xiaorou also sent auspicious Ruyi to give her something similar, but she doubled the gifts of the young ladies.

After eating, I also liked a few dim sums, but because of Qu Hongan's thoughts about Ling Xiaorou before, it was not good to ask in the past, but now that I know that Qu Hongan has broken that thought, Ling Xiaorou doesn't have that kind of mind about Qu Hongan at all, and the young lady still has some pimples in her heart.

It just so happened that the young ladies came to borrow the small kitchen today, and she could also take this opportunity to take a closer look at Ling Xiaorou.

Flour, butter, sugar and various fillings were prepared, and Ling Xiaorou personally taught the ladies how to make several dim sums.

Even if it is a young lady who comes out of everyone, it is good to know a few more cooking skills after getting married, and Ling Xiaorou can be regarded as giving them benefits in a different way.

The first thing to do is the puff pastry bean paste bun.

The most important thing to make puff pastry is the production of dough, one is ghee skin, and the other is water and oil skin.

Mix the melted butter with flour in the ghee skin, and then knead it into a dough, if you are not afraid of fat, you can also use lard instead of butter, and the puff pastry will be more crispy.

In the water and oil skin, the flour is mixed with sugar, and then the butter or lard is poured in to form a smooth and soft dough.

Put the two kinds of noodles aside and wake up for about a quarter of an hour, cut into a dough the size of a lychee, put the ghee skin on top of the water and oil skin, roll it out, roll it up, roll it up again, roll it up again, roll it up again, roll it out again, roll it out again and put in the appropriate amount of bean paste filling, wrap it into a dough, brush it with egg wash and sprinkle it with black sesame seeds, put it in the oven and bake it for a quarter of an hour.

Learn how to make puff pastry, you can also make puff pastry buns with different fillings, and the ladies have a lot of fun, and their bodies and faces are covered with flour.

It was Qu Hongxiu who surprised Ling Xiaorou, Qu Hongxiu, who played very openly with her on weekdays and had a very hearty personality, was unusual, just quietly watching everything, with a calm and dignified appearance, as if she had changed someone.

Although there was a smile on his face, his eyes were so alienated, looking at those sisters was like looking at strangers he knew, but his eyes were flickering, and he seemed to have envy in them.

And even if those young ladies have a good time, they try not to get in front of Qu Hongxiu, and every time they meet her eyes, they will quickly avoid it, and their attitude is also respectful and not close.

Ling Xiaorou understands that even if half of the blood is the same, in this era, there is a world of difference between the descendants and the concubines, this is an insurmountable gap, and the sisters who are not much different in age are divided into high and low, even if Qu Hongxiu wants to be close to them, but because of his identity and Mrs. Qu's attitude, he has to make a lofty posture.

Think about Mrs. Qu, who has to raise other people's children for her husband even if she doesn't want to, and think about Mrs. Qu Shao, who needs to raise other people's children for her husband one day even if she doesn't need it now, most of the women in big families in this era live like this, right?

The days of grievance and forbearance are doomed from the day she gets married, even if she has worked hard all her life, it is taken for granted in the eyes of others, if Ling Xiaorou is allowed to live such a aggrieved day, she would rather be alone and live a lifetime of freedom.

Even if she marries in the future, she must choose a man who can only marry her for the rest of her life, whether she is poor or rich, what she values is how sincere she is.

A man like Qu Hongan and his father who has a very large backyard, she can only say sorry, you are not my thing!

was staring at the young ladies of the Qu family who were thinking out of their minds, there were more people around them, and Mrs. Qu looked at Ling Xiaorou with a smile: "Several sisters in my family are all people with mouths and hearts, and they don't know the hunger of the people who are spoiled by the family on weekdays, this time they must not know the depths, pestering Miss Ling to learn these dim sum making methods, let Miss Ling be embarrassed, I apologize for them here, Ling Xiaorou and rest assured, even if they learn how to make these dim sums, the younger sisters will not use these dim sum recipes to open shops outside, and it will never affect Miss Ling's business." ”

Listening to Mrs. Qu Shao's words, it seemed that Ling Xiaorou was pestered by a few young ladies, and she had no choice but to teach a few young ladies to make dim sum, which completely misinterpreted Ling Xiaorou's kindness.

One is that the little sisters come and go, close to each other; One is that the other party is high, and he is forced to give in to obscenity.

Mrs. Qu Shao's words point out that she is not worthy of being on an equal footing with them, the masters of the Qu family?

Or do you want her to be informed and aware of her own shortcomings?

Anyway, no matter how you say it, Mrs. Qu Shao's words are full of goodness, which makes Ling Xiaorou's brows furrow, her eyes are a little cold, and she thinks: Even if your man has thoughts about me, it is his fault, you can't control your own man, but you want to run in front of me to demonstrate, what's the matter? I hate this kind of person who looks like a white lotus on the surface, has a lot of thieves behind his back, and has to crutches when he speaks, and he feels tired and panicked when talking to them.

The attitude is impeccable, "What the young lady said is serious, it's just a dim sum recipe, and my family is not a dim sum shop, how can it affect it?" ”

I happened to see Qu Hongxiu looking over here, seeing Qu Hongxiu's somewhat worried eyes, he smiled at her, and whispered to Mrs. Qu Shao: "It is said that to capture a man's heart, you must first grasp his stomach, look at these flower-like beauties around the eldest son, the young lady still needs to think hard about her cooking skills." ”

After speaking, he turned around and walked towards qu hongxiu, and this kind of woman who refuses to say anything directly, has to turn a few corners and wants you to understand that it is too tired to talk, or her hongxiu sister is real.

Fortunately, Qu Hongxiu is really only in front of Ling Xiaorou and her two elder brothers, otherwise there will be no scum left that cannot be gnawed in such a big house?

Young Lady Qu looked at Ling Xiaorou's back and narrowed her eyes: It seems that she doesn't know anything, maybe she really doesn't have that much in mind for the eldest prince, otherwise how could she be so free and easy in front of her, a genuine lady, and give her a warning and sarcasm lightly.

In an instant, Mrs. Qu Shao's mood also became clearer, seeing that Ling Xiaorou was not as beautiful and insidious as she seemed on the surface, such a woman may be full of thorns, or full of resourcefulness, but if she is really a friend of her, she is not afraid that she will be bad behind her back, it is much easier than dealing with those women who are in front of her face and behind her back.

At this moment, in Mrs. Qu's heart, Ling Xiaorou has become a befriendable person.

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