Saying that, he went out of the house, walked from the corridor to the dining room in the backyard, and suddenly a little maid ran out of the dining room, stared at Zi Ning twice, and immediately blessed her body, and said with a smile: "Does the girl remember me?"

Zi Ning was a little surprised, and looked at this little girl carefully, at the age of thirteen or fourteen, she had two buns combed on her head, and she was really familiar, but she couldn't remember who it was.

In the days she traveled through, most of the memories in her mind were fused, but there were still some details, although there were some vague impressions, she couldn't remember them clearly.

The little maid blinked and smiled: "Girl, think about it carefully, I had chilblains on my hands the winter before last, and the girl helped me boil medicine to cure it." When Zi Ning heard this, she vaguely remembered that there was such an incident, which was a little maid burning a fire in the kitchen.

At that time, she was still a sloppy girl with a runny nose, and she didn't look like a person like the neatly dressed maid in front of her.

Zi Ning looked at her carefully, and was also pleasantly surprised, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Xiao Cui'er, I haven't seen you for two years, but I have grown half a head taller, my clothes are bright, and my appearance is also good-looking, I didn't recognize it at first glance." ”

Xiao Cui'er was childish, grabbed Zining's sleeve, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, the girl recognizes me." ”

Zi Ning suddenly felt embarrassed, and said with a smile: "You left the big dining room that day, didn't you go back to your hometown? Why did you come to this East Garden? ”

As soon as they chatted, Xiao Cui'er's chatterbox opened and said: "I was young at that time, my family was poor, and Sister Zining helped me when I was bullied, and she often gave me something to eat. It's easy to be selected to be an errand in Dongyuan, and the food and clothing are good, but I just miss my sister, and now my sister is here as a concubine, and I am happy with my sister. ”

As she was talking, the housekeeper of the dining room brought out a few cooks, stood in front of Zining, and then bowed deeply and saluted her.

The housekeeper said, "We are the errand men in the dining room, and we greet the girl, but I don't know what the girl commands?"

Zi Ning asked the female steward of the dining room, who was originally named Aunt Lian, and kept it in mind that Aunt Lian was the steward, and the size of the dining room had to pass through her hands and eyes.

After looking at it for a while, I saw that Aunt Lian was dressed plainly, her face and hands were clean, she was a cheerful and quick person, and her appearance was somewhat similar to Lin Niang, and she couldn't help but feel close in her heart. I thought: "Instead of deterring with majesty, it is better to treat each other with sincerity, this Aunt Lian understands at first glance, I treat her better, she naturally knows how to repay the peach." ”

Zi Ning immediately smiled and said, "I don't have anything to tell you, there is a girl who accidentally fell into the water, and I was afraid that she would catch the cold, so I came over to boil a bowl of ginger soup." ”

Aunt Lian rubbed her hands and smiled: "Boiling ginger soup is a trivial matter, just leave it to me by the girl." Xiao Cui'er smiled on the side and said, "Sister Zining used to be in the big dining room, and the ginger soup was delicious!"

Aunt Lian turned her eyes to look at Xiao Cui'er, and said with a smile: "There are no outsiders here, Xiao Cui'er only cares about her sister's eldest sister and sister's short screaming, you don't dare to do this in front of others, and you will be punished if you transgress your identity." "The status of the maid is special, she can only be called a girl, if the mother hears the slaves and maids call the maid "sister", she will not spare them.

Xiao Cui'er stretched out her tongue, turned her head left and right, and saw that there was no one else, then she pouted and said: "I only call the girl in front of people, and I secretly call my sister when there is no one!"

The cooks laughed and joked: "Xiao Cui'er is poor at such an age, and I don't know how tricky and weird she will be in the future." ”

The hot ginger soup slowly boiled on the stove, and Zi Ning sat on the stone bench in the dining room staring at the stove. Aunt Lian smiled on her face, nodded at her and said, "The girl's ginger soup is boiled, put a few dried longans in it, and boil it with half a wisp of warm fire to work." ”

Zi Ning nodded yes, stood up and looked around the dining room. Seeing that there were six large stoves built inside, the cook and maid were busy, and the steamers were stacked high, and billowing white gas came out. A cook brought a plate of fried peanuts and said with a smile: "The girl eats some peanuts and calms down." ”

Aunt Lian also came over and said with a smile: "This child is busy with dinner, look at the chaos in this dining room, the girl should just watch the excitement and fun, don't dislike the dirty smell on us people." ”

Zi Ning turned her head to look around, pointed to the hot porridge soup in a large pot, and asked Aunt Lian strangely, "Who are these gruels for?

Aunt Lian hurriedly smiled and said, "This is for the maidens, and after boiling this pot, I'm afraid it's not enough." He looked at another big disaster and said, "That's the gruel to be eaten tomorrow morning, and the yellow corn has just been soaked, and it will be boiled after dinner." ”

The cooks took out some pickled light side dishes from the jar, packed them separately in small plates, and placed them on a long table of tables. Zi Ning asked puzzledly: "Do you only drink gruel and eat side dishes for dinner, and there are no other meat and vegetable dishes?" The side dish Qing Lingling didn't have any oil and water, and thought: "Do you give us these light soup and light meals, I'm afraid even pigs will dislike it." ”

The cook saluted and said with a smile: "Back to the girl's words, Qing Mama just ordered at noon, the girls must learn the rules tomorrow, and only one bowl of gruel for each meal in the future is enough, pay attention to the body and not be out of shape." said that she was the concubine of the Great Jin Kingdom, and she was only allowed to be thin and not fat. ”

When Zi Ning heard this, she was immediately full of anger, she was very obsessed with food, she didn't eat enough when she came to this Dongyuan, she didn't eat enough, she had gruel and pickles all day long, how could she be a gourmet in the future!

After glancing around the dining room twice, he saw a few pork knuckles in a clean wooden basin, half-cooked, and some fresh lamb shanks in a copper basin. Zi Ning pointed and asked, "Who are these elbows for?" After the elbows were boiled with spices, a strong smell of braised meat came out. Zi Ning was hungry for a while, and when she smelled the smell of meat, her stomach growled.

Aunt Lian hurriedly covered the wooden basin containing the meat tightly with a bamboo curtain, and said with a smile: "Girl, these meats are for Mama to eat, and Master Su's guard officer, if you want to live in the East Garden, you can't drink wine and eat meat."