Shandong is abundant, autumn is the harvest season, especially a lot of various fruits and vegetables, Xiao Fu took Lishu and Liwan to make their own preserved fruits, brew fruit wine, pickle sauerkraut side dishes, and make their own sauce.

The Liu family is very busy from the hostess to the subordinates, and Mrs. Zhu has a heart, but she is old and can't handle it much, and she wants Xiao Fu to bring Yang Chuying, but it is really difficult to speak.

One is that Zhu Shangshu and Liu Chengxu have different political views, and the two are still fighting in the ring, and the other is that Xiao Fu is not a warm-hearted person, although she seems to be acting properly, she doesn't like to take care of things, so Mrs. Zhu can't speak.

"There are thorns on the outside of this prickly pear, don't touch your hands, be careful, if you are really afraid of getting your hands, leave it to the next person to do it. Let's cut the peaches and make them bigger. Xiao Fu said to them.

Lishu and Liwan both have to learn how to cook, which is also necessary for women.

Sure enough, there are people in the family, but if the housewives can do this, it will also seem that you are a good housekeeper.

They make four kinds of preserved fruits, namely prickly pear, blood peach, apple and autumn plum, and eight kinds of fruit wine, which are made with hawthorn, kumquat, plum, lychee, green plum, strawberry, bayberry and apricot.

There are also various pickles, such as pickled leeks, kohlrabi, lettuce, sunflower, cress, meat sauce and roe meat sauce, snail meat sauce, mussel meat sauce, piglet shoulder blade sauce, and elk sauce with bones.

Then there is the Liu family are Huguang people, love to eat bacon and bacon, the lake is wide is the south, generally the month of the month is cold in winter, and the weather in the north of Shandong is colder earlier, so Xiao Fu let people make bacon. As for salted duck eggs and salted goose eggs, they are also marinated in jars.

Before the winter, the Liu family's warehouse and kitchen were all full, and Lishu was also happy when she saw it.

The heavy snow came quietly, and Lishu slept so sweetly that when Xiao Fu came in, he saw that his daughter was sleeping red, and he didn't wake him up, but said: "Let the girl sleep more, she is also tired these days." ”

"Yes." Shui Zhi and Shui Yun retreated again.

Xiao Fu prepared two jars of fruit wine, a few small cans of meat sauce and pickles, and two cans of dried fruit to send to the next door, and a plate of two-color ghee abalone snails, the same red, the same pink, sprinkled with gold powder is very delicate and delicious, said to give it to Mrs. Zhu to taste.

No one lacks these, but it's a heart.

And ghee abalone snail is Lishu's favorite food, Xiao Fu found someone to find it, and bought a recipe, and he made it after several pondering, not ordinary ghee abalone snails, only passed on to her daughter, or will not teach other people such as Liwan and others.

Because she is good at painting, she is very skillful with her hands, and she can write poems with all kinds of flowers and unicorns.

But it's a lot of work, so it's only done when you're entertaining.

When Lishu got up, she made lotus root clips in the kitchen, which is a very famous snack in Huguang, which was originally a lotus root cut with a blade, and the inside was originally minced meat, and then wrapped in batter and fried until golden brown. But the people in the kitchen are full of tricks, and they have everything in it, such as surimi and liver.

"Mother, you have been tired for a long time, these days are so good to rest, you see that you have lost weight." Lishu looked at Xiao Fu's busy work, and was very distressed.

Xiao Fu said: "Not everyone in the world comes over like this. ”

Lishu said: "My daughter wants you to live to be 100 years old, and in the future, our mother and daughter will always be together, so you should rest properly and take care of your body." ”

Hearing this, Liu Chengxu also glanced at Xiao Fu, and said apologetically: "As soon as I got busy, I forgot about things at home, and with you in charge, I really don't have to worry a lot." When spring starts next year, our family will go out to play, okay? ”

He is older than Xiao Fu, and he says that he makes her happy, but he always makes her work.

Xiao Fu's face blushed slightly: "It's okay, I'm not busy with anything, everyone is like this, I'm already very idle." "She stewed and drank tonics, and she also managed it with the family on weekdays, but she thought it was interesting.

Even Xiao Fu has to cook for Liu Chengxu in the future: "The food in the yamen is becoming more and more unappetizing, and you don't have time to go to the restaurant, sir, besides, the dishes in the restaurant will be tired of eating for a few days, why don't you let me have someone send a food box every day, how about it?" ”

She still feels very sorry for her husband, always thinking about whether Liu Chengxu is cold or hungry.

Liu Chengxu was afraid that she would work hard, so he excused himself several times, but seeing that Xiao Fu still insisted, he had to agree.

Everyone at the table ate cleanly, mainly because the food may not be expensive, but it is very delicious. In fact, you have to add money for what dishes you want to eat in the Liu family's mansion, and you don't have this bad habit after you go out, and you usually let the kitchen cook what you want to eat every day.

Liwan is very satisfied at this point, in the capital two or two months is usually not enough, before Aunt Su and her uncle subsidy, after the uncle was paralyzed, she also got Aunt Su accumulated over the years of private housing, but the money is not as much as imagined.

Maybe it's not as good as Lishu at that time, at least she sees that Xiao Fu is favored, as long as she is favored, and the family is her housekeeper, what is not Lishu's.

Her maid Yuming and Baozhu came back with the monthly money in the afternoon, and they said: "In the past, when the eldest wife was housekeeper, the month ago was always not timely, but now since the second wife is housekeeper, there is no one who does not receive the monthly money in time. ”

Liwan also admits this: "I always feel that the four girls don't follow, but they lose a lot." ”

Yu Ming said with a smile: "The four girls all said that they wanted to set the aunt and wife of the Geng family, and they must be married in Beijing, which is different from us." Girl, isn't the fourth girl going to marry into the Guogong Mansion? ”

"That's not it, the old duchess has passed away, although my uncle is a descendant, but he is also the youngest son, so naturally he has to split up. I heard Lishu mention that day, the so-called Xungui and civil officials are two ways to be promoted, my uncle was originally Xungui, and he took the civil service exam, so once the two are opposed, he will not help either side. Therefore, it is very difficult for him to rise in the Hanlin Academy. The third cousin is the youngest son of his uncle, and it seems that he is not very good at reading, so he will see if he can be sent to Guozijian to study, you should not be confused by the signboard of the Lu Guogong Mansion, if the fourth girl marries her aunt's family, in addition to not having a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law problem, she may not have a good time in the future. Liwan has her own opinions.

Baozhu looked at Liwan and said: "Hello girl, the Zeng family is a eunuch, and the future uncle is rich, every time the Zeng family sends so many good things, who doesn't look straight in the eyes." ”

"I'm shallow-eyed, if the Zeng family is really promising, they won't want me, it's enough to be a rich man, and I won't ask for anything. This is better than that Yang Chuying, I heard that she is shameless enough, and she sent it to the door with a blank eye. Liwan looked down on her.

In any case, the girls of their Liu family are much more reserved in their duties, and Yang Chuying is like she has never seen a man, and she still wants to hook up with the prince's son.

Yuming thought for a while: "Then she is the granddaughter of Zhu Shangshu and the daughter of the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, even if she marries the prince of Cheng, she can't be considered a high climber." ”

"Confused, this kind of daughter born in a poor family looks good at the moment, but how old is Zhu Shangshu, and the sons of the Zhu family are not successful, and their successors are powerless. Once Zhu Shangshu retreats, how long will her father last? This is different from our Liu family, my grandfather's official residence is a product, my uncle is in command of Jinyiwei this year, and my father is a fourth product, you see how beautiful Lishu is, how talented she is, she can't enter the eyes of the prince's mansion, just rely on her? She's not as good as Lirou. Li Wan is not optimistic about Yang Chuying.

Yuming and Baozhu both said: "The girl of our Liu family has a very strict tutor, how can outsiders compare." ”

He also said that Mrs. Zhu and Yang Chuying were having lunch, and Yang Chuying ate all the dishes of ghee abalone snails, so that she couldn't eat them during the meal.

Mrs. Zhu complained: "It's not that you haven't eaten this, why did you eat it all, okay, now it's picky." ”

Yang Chuying smiled flatteringly: "It's the wife of the Liu family who made it so delicious, and the chef from Jiangnan was originally invited by the house to make it, but there was a fishy smell of eggs, otherwise it was tired of eating, but Mrs. Liu didn't make it at all, it tasted sweet and beautiful." ”

Seeing her granddaughter like this, Mrs. Zhu said again: "Mrs. Liu's side dishes are even very fond of the wife of the governor of the river, she is very capable, and I heard that she also takes care of the huge mansion in Beijing." You see that the two girls of the Liu family are very good, especially the three girls of the Liu family, they are all familiar with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and all of them are very good, and they are very clever, even cooking, and even Shuanglu is proficient. You're a few months older than her, she's twelve years old, and you're still ignorant, how can you be good? ”

The more she looked at the excellence of others, the more worried Mrs. Zhu became.

They are old, not as young and strong as Xiao Fu, and they have more than enough strength to teach their daughters.

Yang Chuying smiled stupidly: "Grandmother, what's the matter, I can also read and write!" ”

Mrs. Zhu persuaded: "Chu Ying, you are still young, I know that you have always been worried about him after you were saved by Prince Cheng, and I also hope that you can marry into the palace, there is still your cousin there, but where is the princess so good." And that prince also said that he couldn't marry, why are you so stupid? ”

"I'm going to be thirteen in two months, grandmother, when he saved me, he told me that he wanted me to promise to save my life......" Yang Chuying was very shy.

Mrs. Zhu scolded: "When your grandfather went to ask, he played a trick and said that he had seen the wrong person. He is sincere at all and does not want to marry you. ”

Yang Chuying cried, remembering that when he saved himself, he said in her ear that her appearance was rare in the world, and he would definitely be responsible.

Why is he like this now......

Lishu prepared meals with her mother again, which originally didn't need her to cook, but Xiao Fu has been suppressed by Fu all the year round, and now she always wants to show that she is doing better, as if she can be worthy of this identity.

But persuade my mother not to do this, it is not overnight, you can only persuade slowly.

"Mother, you are so thin, don't work too hard." Lishu couldn't bear her mother like this.

Xiao Fu's face turned red when she heard the word "hard work", her husband washed her feet yesterday, but it was difficult to tell her daughter about this kind of boudoir thing, although she had a good relationship with her daughter.

She couldn't help but say: "Don't make a fuss, I also serve six girls on weekdays, and I just send food to your father, which is nothing." Your father is good to me, and I have to be considerate of him, husband and wife are like this. ”

Li Shu was stunned, she had never had this concept of husband and wife, in her previous life, her marriage did not go well, she was betrayed, she was sold, and later she was treated as an animal in Wusun, and no one had ever been considerate of her. All she wants is to save herself, not to be tempted, and then climb up.

After being reborn, she felt family affection and love from her mother, but she was quite grateful for the love of husband and wife.

She never had a husband, and no one was considerate of her.

Shaking her head, this time the ghee abalone snail was made by Lishu, and after she finished it, she said: "I always don't do it as well as my mother." ”

"That's because you're lazy, silly girl, and we're not really cooks. People must always have a hand to entertain guests, but my mother took the trouble to learn Baal and specially taught you. In the future, you will be the wife of the Zheng family, there are many Zheng families, and your mother is afraid that you will be disliked. Because of this marriage, my mother asked for it, and my mother was afraid that you would be looked down upon by others. Xiao Fu grinned.

Lishu swears, "Okay, I'll study hard." ”

Xiao Fu saw that his daughter was so nervous, and said: "Oh, we can't be said to be so humble, in fact, my daughter is not worthy of a man in the world." ”

"Mother~" Lishu is coquettish.

The mother and daughter knew that Liu Chengxu was relatively honest among the bureaucrats on weekdays, and they all made home-cooked side dishes, but the dessert was made of ghee abalone snails and sent to them.

After the meal was finished and boxed, Xiao Fu glanced at Lishu: "I remember that you don't have a golden royal blue cloak, why didn't you wear it?" It was a roe deer velvet, which was warmer than this one. ”

"What else, it was taken away by Sister Yang next door, she returned a feather satin to me, and the pink shirt I wore during the Dragon Boat Festival last time, she happened to spill tea on my body that time, and I had to give her my one. Sister Yang is always so frizzy, I can't help it, and I don't interact with her much now, just right. Lishu spread her hands.

Xiao Fu said: "Alas, in fact, she is much easier to get along with than those so-called high-ranking officials, but there is really no one to teach, and her ideas are different from ordinary people, you don't have to worry about her, she is also a solid eye." ”

Lishu thought that it was precisely because of this that she and Yang Chuying really couldn't care.

This girl, two-word evaluation, hard to say.

She is kind-hearted, often cats and dogs, and even the little beggar on the street will care, sometimes I think she is not greedy for vanity at all, but she unconsciously shows her love and pursuit of many exquisite objects, often come to her to use rose water, and the pair of black jade bracelets sent by the Zheng family, Yang Chuying also asked a few times.

But these are all priceless, and cannot be bought with money.

River Yamen

The snow is heavy, and it is difficult for the officials of these rivers to eat coarse tea and light rice, and there are many poor adults who eat in the public kitchen, or go to the restaurant in twos and threes, like Liu Chengxu is public chef, the food is really unbearable, he is a southerner, and the noodles will be a little greasy.

It happened that the family brought food, and the clerk smiled and said: "Your wife in the family passed the word, and said that today's dim sum was made by the third lady." ”

Zhu Shangshu also ate in Yamen, Liu Chengxu opened the food box, which was full of his favorite dishes, and even a plate of peanuts.

It's a pity that there is no wine, Qiu Jun is really, bad anchovies, and sauce pork ribs, pot bacon rice, and boiled tender bamboo shoots and duck soup, but he doesn't give wine.

When he was about to eat, he saw the prince of Qin Chacheng come in, Liu Chengxu hurriedly got up and prepared to salute, this prince is a very virtuous corporal.

"Lord Zhu, Lord Liu, please get up quickly. Originally, the official wanted to have a banquet for the two of you at the mansion and ask about the situation of the river, but he wanted to talk about the bad business in private, so he happened to have dinner here and asked the two of you together. Xiao Yun smiled.

Liu Chengxu knew that this prince of Cheng looked at Corporal Lixian, but in fact, he had a lot of hills in his chest, but anyone who could bend and stretch was ruthless, just like Gou Jian and Han Xin, and he knew it for the sake of his reputation by seeing how he handled a big case.

Unexpectedly, this little prince is not picky, what is on the table is just the chef's lo mein, and he eats with relish.

"Shizi, the food in this yamen is simple, all because of the famine in Shandong this year, and the people have no harvest, please bear with me." Liu Chengxu has the lowest official position, and hurriedly said.

Xiao Yun smiled and said: "Eh, the common people are so difficult, although this son is from the royal family, he must also be sympathetic." ”

Liu Chengxu bowed, picked up the ghee abalone snail and ate one, well, my daughter's craftsmanship is not bad, although it is still a little bit worse than Qiujun, but it is still delicious.

Zhu Shangshu ate a ghee abalone snail under Yang Chuying's mouth yesterday, and the old man missed it very much, and he couldn't buy it when he sent someone out. Fortunately, I saw it here today, and Zhu Shangshu missed it very much.

"Lord Liu, you have a good snack."

Liu Chengxu snorted, he used to be very happy to promote his daughter's cooking skills, after all, he was also honored, but now there is Xiao Yun here, according to Xiao Fu, Xiao Yun was very frivolous about his daughter, how old was his daughter at that time!

He handed it over to Zhu Shangshu, Zhu Shangshu twisted one and put it in his mouth, with an endless aftertaste, "It's really good, the old man has never eaten such a delicious food, Lord Liu, the third lady of your family is really talented." ”

Xiao Yun didn't expect that it was actually done by Miss Liu San, the last life-saving grace gave him a glimmer of life, and since then he has turned the tables, those who offended him were all fed fish by him, otherwise he would have raided his family and exterminated the clan, he would not let those people go.

As the saying goes, if you cut the grass and don't remove the roots, it will blow and grow.

There are people he wants to keep in the river, there are many people who the emperor must explain, and he also has to supervise the excavation of the new river and the dredging of the old river, he has been busy with these recently, and I heard that Miss Liu San has promised to marry someone, he has always been arrogant, so naturally he will not worry about others anymore.

But when he heard Zhu Shangshu say that it was Miss Liu San's craftsmanship, he unconsciously asked for a taste.

"Not bad." Xiao Yun tasted it and couldn't help but nod.

Liu Chengxu didn't say a word.

In the second half of the day, Xiao Yun stayed here for a long time, and he found that Liu Chengxu was really a capable official, with a clear mind and a quick response, Zhu Shangshu was old, but he played very decently, and he was worthy of being a high-ranking official in the ministry, and his reputation was well deserved.

He is still young, but he has not been involved for a long time, he is still a little dizzy when he sits in the sedan chair, and after getting off the sedan chair, he saw a woman in a pink cloak at the door, when Xiao Yun was about to step forward, she stepped forward, but she didn't expect to be picked up by Xiao Yun.

The woman in this pink cloak is Yang Chuying, she didn't expect Xiao Yun to be like this, today she braved the cold wind and waited here for an hour.

Looking at Xiao Yun, who didn't look back, Yang Chuying finally made up her mind to leave.

The personal guard walking behind Xiao Yun also hung his head, feeling a little unbearable, but he also knew that his own family had been like this since he was a child, and whoever he liked was unscrupulous, and he didn't like it even if he didn't like it.

In addition to having a trace of warmth for Prince Cheng, he uses everyone and has no feelings.

"Miss, let's go back. You see that the old lady is afraid that you will be lonely, and she thinks that you have gone to play with the little sister, but you are here? If you stay too long, the old lady will get angry. The maid persuaded.

That is, the Zhu family, Mrs. Zhu is old, and her health has not been very good recently, but she is always afraid that her granddaughter will be lonely, so she will go out to socialize more. Because of this, Yang Chuying was able to find a reason to come out, and ordered the housekeeper not to say it, so that he could do this kind of thing.

Otherwise, there are a little rules, and the housewife is very strict with the family, just like Lishu and them, how many people they want to bring with them where they go, and even who they meet, the housewife will know, and they will return the gift.

……

Yang Chuying fell ill for a while, and it didn't get better until the spring of the next year, and Lishu and Liwan went to visit the patient together.

"Second sister, do you know why Sister Yang has been sick for so long?" Lishu asked.

Liwan shook her head: "How do I know, I've been like you these days, sleeping at home all day long, and I haven't gone out." ”

Lishu sighed: "Winter is the time to make great supplements and nourish her body, but Sister Yang is sick. Anyway, she felt that Yang Chuying was really difficult to evaluate, and her aura was really not in harmony with her, so she didn't ask much about her, but she didn't expect that she had been sick for several months.

When she came over, Yang Chuying's house was filled with a strong smell of medicine, and Lishu almost covered her nose.

I saw that Yang Chuying looked quite weak, and when she saw Lishu and Liwan coming in, she struggled to get up again. was held down by Lishu, Lishu said: "We are here to visit the sick, if you work, it will not be good for you to get up." ”

Yang Chuying was very happy: "Someone finally came to visit the patient, my grandmother didn't let me go out, I took medicine every day, and I was about to get moldy." ”

"I know you're going to be depressed, so I've brought you a new book." Lishu handed her the book.

"I just wanted to read this book, but I didn't expect you to have it here." After Yang Chuying fell ill, Mrs. Zhu found out that she went to Xiao Yun again, severely punished her subordinates, and grounded her for a few months, she was really about to suffocate to death.

Lishu sat on the edge of the bed, and was about to comfort her with a few words, but when she saw a pair of jade dragonfly jade pendants next to her pillow, her eyes instantly widened.

"Is this your jade dragonfly? It's really chic. Lishu asked.

Yang Chuying's face was slightly red: "Yes, this is what my mother left me, and this jade-colored dragonfly is a pair." ”

At this time, what did Lishu not understand, in her previous life, Prince Cheng's son was a jade pendant with a jade dragonfly, which means that the life-saving benefactor she thought she thought was very likely to be a pair with Yang Chuying.

This is very understandable, why Xiao Yun appeared in the Yang family in Xuzhou, could it be that the Yang family was originally ready to sacrifice their daughter as a companion in exchange for benefits, but later they were thrown an olive branch by Prince Cheng, and the Yang family wanted to marry Yang Chuying to Prince Cheng's son.

Therefore, why did she just give the token to Yulan, and was immediately caught by the people of the Yang family. But in this case, why did Xiao Yun help him escape and send tokens?

This kind of thing really gets more complicated the more you think about it. ：，n，