Thirty years of Jingtai, spring, Lingnan.

Xing'er got out of the carriage and inquired all the way, "How to get to Peach Carp Alley?" ”

She was good-looking and had a gentle voice, so she naturally looked stunned at the man who was asked for directions, he quickly wiped the sweat on his face, and said, "Just ahead, I'll take you there." ”

Apricot sighed, but didn't dare to move. In the spring, it was the time when the farm was busy, and there was only one man on the road, so she had to ask for directions. But they didn't dare to go with him.

Women always have to be careful when they go out. The man saw her hesitation, and his face flushed, "Just turn left in front, not far." ”

Xing'er thanked him and walked a few steps ahead, and sure enough, she saw the word peach carp written at the mouth of the alley.

She breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the third house, and knocked on the door nervously.

Soon there were footsteps in the house, and a man in his twenties opened the door, and the fox asked, "Are you?" ”

Xing'er immediately took out the letter given by the five girls of the Ning family before leaving, "The fifth girl said, let me come to Lingnan to find Mrs. Tangxi." ”

The man suddenly realized, opened the door, and said, "Come in." ”

He said: "My surname is Shen, my name is Chi, I don't live here, I am here to cook for Zhaozhao today." ”

He smiled embarrassedly, "You're an apricot, aren't you?" I've heard Zhao Zhao talk about you. ”

said that it was introduced by Ning Wu Girl, who used to be the eldest young master of the Wu family, but now that he has left the Wu family and is desperate, he was introduced by Ning Wu to do things.

Xing'er nodded stiffly, "Yes." Miss Ning Wu said that Mrs. Tangxi had little to serve, and I had a place to go, so she asked me to try it. ”

Shen Chi: "Your house is in the east wing, everything is packed up, you go and see if there is anything to add, if there is, I can go to the street to buy it before it gets dark." ”

When Xing'er first arrived, she didn't dare to pick anything, so she said, "It's all excellent." ”

Shen Chi saw that she was very restrained, so he left.

Then go to the field to find Huang Zhengjing and Zhaozhao. The two of them were really concentrating on expressing their opinions on a vegetable seedling in the vegetable field. Shen Chi smiled, walked over and said, "That apricot girl has arrived." ”

Zhao Zhao reacted for a long time before he came back to his senses, "Oh, it's the one introduced by Xixi and Yanling?" ”

Shen Chi: "Yes. ”

Huang Zhengjing: "Then you won't have to cook in the future, thank God." ”

Shen Chi: "I don't want to do it either, my martial arts hall is very busy, who is willing to cook for you." ”

He now sees Zhao Zhao as his own sister-in-law, and when he saw that her clothes were stained with soil, he sighed, "Let's go and make you a dress tomorrow, don't buy expensive ones this time, otherwise no matter how good the clothes are, they won't be able to stand your spoil." ”

Zhao Zhao nodded embarrassedly, "Yes, I'll just say that it's okay to be average, and you don't need to buy silk Shimoda." ”

When someone came to the house, she still had to go back to recognize it. The three of them walked back, and as soon as they reached the door, they smelled the smell of a stomach-screaming fragrance.

Huang Zhengjing cried with joy, "I can smell that this is Kyoto's cuisine." Finally, finally—"

He has suffered a lot over the years - he is not used to Lingnan food. But he was embarrassed to ask his parents to send the cook, he can be said to be self-reliant all these years, and it is not good to break the success because of his appetite.

He endured the food cooked by Shen Chi for the rest of his life. In good conscience, Shen Chi's cooking skills are good, but Young Master Huang Zhengjing still can't get used to it.

He said: "You are the taste of Mushu, and I am the tongue of Kyoto, where can you be ordinary!" As for Zhao Zhao, Zhao Zhao walked around and could eat anywhere. ”

So he was the one who suffered the most.

Shen Chi also tentatively learned Kyoto cuisine, but Huang Zhengjing's evaluation was: "It's better not to learn." ”

He was overjoyed, and when he entered the house, he saw a man dressed as a girl trying to bring water up from the well.

When he saw them come back, he should have been stunned, and the well rope in his hand fell down, and fell back into the well with the beaten water.

Apricot was a little flustered. Shen Chi went over and took the rope in her hand, and with a wave of her hand, the bucket was filled with water.

He easily lifted the bucket and said, "It's okay, I'll just fetch water later." ”

Huang Zhengjing: "Yes, he has a lot of strength." ”

Xing'er hurriedly took out the letter of the fifth girl Ning and showed it to Mrs. Tangxi, and said, "The fifth girl said, let the slave maid ...... Let me take care of you. ”

Zhao Zhao patted her hand, "Then I will entrust my diet to you." ”

Xing'er nodded nervously, "Don't worry, my cooking skills are very good." ”

After eating, everyone went to the courtyard to enjoy the coolness, Xing'er set a fruit plate for everyone, Huang Zhengjing was idle and bored, and said: "When you came from Kyoto, didn't my family Zhengqi let you carry the letter?" ”

Xing'er shook her head, "I'm in a hurry, I didn't bring anything." ”

Huang Zhengjing smiled and said, "Hey, that one has no conscience." ”

He and Shen Chi left after eating the fruit, and Zhao Zhao was still busy writing down today's vegetable seedlings, so he said, "You should go to bed early." ”

Apricot waited for her to sleep before she dared to lie in bed. She closed her eyes and soon fell asleep as well.

Although it was the first day of coming, she didn't know why, but she was very relieved.

It wasn't until she woke up the next day that she was in a trance, and she really felt that she had arrived in Lingnan.

She got up to go grocery shopping, and met the man who asked for directions yesterday. He kept looking at her and whispered, "The girl has found a relative?" ”

Xing'er nodded, "Thank you for yesterday." ”

The man blushed, "No thanks." ”

His thoughts were immediately seen by others, and someone came to the door to propose marriage for Xing'er. Xing'er was stunned for a long time, and then said, "I'm a widow." ”

The matchmaker was startled, and when she looked like a girl, she said suspiciously: "Are you afraid you're lying to me?" ”

Apricot shook her head, "It's true." I don't know the customs here, so I'm going to put my hair up today. ”

The matchmaker shook her head and left, "Widow...... It's not easy for a widow to marry. ”

Apricot smiled and went back to cooking.

The three main families are very good to serve, and she can take this money smoothly and calmly, and she cherishes this opportunity very much.

The climate in Lingnan is also good, she has only been here for half a month, and she found that some of the yellow gas on her face has been removed.

She worked diligently, and after getting acquainted with Mrs. Tangxi, she began to talk about the past.

She said: "I am not a child of the family, I was sold to the Wu family since I was a child. So...... All these years, I don't know where my homeland is. ”

Zhao Zhao grinded the medicinal herbs, and looked up at her when he heard the words, "What about later?" ”

"Later, because I looked better and had an honest temperament, I didn't talk much, so I made a maid for Mrs. Wu."

"When I was twelve years old, I was pointed out by my wife to be a maid for the eldest young master of the Wu family."

"When I was sixteen years old, the eldest young master of the Wu family went on a study tour after marrying Ning Wu, and I followed and became his roommate."

"Later, the fifth girl Ning and the Wu family made a marriage, Mrs. Wu didn't know where she heard that it was because of me, because of me, so the fifth girl withdrew, so she took me to find the fifth girl and wanted to sell me on the spot."

At that time, she thought that her life was coming to an end, but the fifth girl interceded for her and saved her, so that's it.

But Mrs. Wu began to abuse her. She doesn't have a good skin on her hands and feet.

She said in a low voice: "At that time, when the fifth girl and the eldest young master had not yet withdrawn, the eldest young master asked me if I wanted to stay or leave, and I chose to leave early, I thought, I am good at cooking, and it is good to open a sugar water shop in the future." ”

"At that time, everything was planned, just waiting to go, but it turned out that I couldn't go."

Zhao Zhao hummed, and saw that her head was kept down, so he said: "You did a good job, the girl in the room will not end well." ”

Xing'er smiled, "Yes." ”

"Later, the fifth girl was going to Song Guogong's house for a banquet, and the lady specially took me to meet her, and the fifth girl saw the scars on my body."

"She saved me and asked me where I wanted to go."

"Someone like me can't go anywhere. She said, let me go to her aunt's shop to do things. ”

She has been there for two years, diligently, and her life is comfortable, but she has not been very happy. She didn't want to stay in Kyoto.

The fifth girl said, "Then you will go to Lingnan." Go there and help me take care of people. ”

"Once you're familiar with it, you can open your own shop there."

Apricot agreed.

She said to Zhaozhao: "Madam, you don't know how happy I am after leaving Kyoto. ”

It's not that I can't live in Kyoto, but it's a sad place.

Zhao Zhao laughed after hearing this, "I understand, I understand, I understand how happy it is." ”