Chapter 548

Niu Hulu's daily serving, said to be two meat and two vegetarian four dishes and one soup, seems to be a lot, in fact, the amount of each dish is not much, just like the dishes produced by those modern star hotels, the color and flavor are all true, but comparable to the amount of cat food, far less affordable than the street restaurant.

For example, the one she pointed out at this time is called a flower chicken, and it is only half a chicken.

On weekdays, although there are some left, Niu Hulu's family can't make up a plate, and it's the first time that the dishes are removed from the courtyard and sacrificed to the palace maids and servants in the courtyard as soon as they are served.

Qingwei, as the most face-saving palace maid by her side, followed Niu Hulu's side, ate a lot of good things, and saw a lot of good things, only slightly stunned, then hurriedly shook her head, and persuaded in a low voice: "Master, this is called flower chicken is Chef Liu's housekeeping ability, or you should stay and eat!"

Niu Hulu, who wanted to reverse his image in the eyes of others, shook his head with a smile when he heard this, motioned for Qingwei to hand over the food box, and explained softly while putting two meat dishes into the food box: "What you eat every day is not a rare thing!"

On the contrary, you are busy with my trivial work all day long, not only hard, but also often look at the faces of those housekeepers, but I am also the master of the master and have no ability, and cause a lot of trouble, all rely on you to help clean up the aftermath, so there is no joke.

I don't have any food on the side, so I can only use these foods to make you fight tooth sacrifices. After speaking, Niu Hulu signaled Qingwei to hurry up and distribute these two dishes to the big guys while they were hot.

You must know that although the day is gradually getting warmer, the temperature is not too high, and if this dish is put down again, it will be cold, which will not only affect the taste, but also make the stomach uncomfortable after eating, so it will be in vain for her thoughts.

"The slave maid will come over in a while!" Qingwei also understood Niu Hulu's thoughts, but did not continue to persuade her, but only explained to the other two second-class palace maids to serve her well, and then went to the wing room with the food box.

The wing room is not big, only two, but there is no compartment, it is extraordinarily spacious, it is the residence of all the palace maids in the courtyard, as soon as you enter the door, there are two tables of eight immortals put together, there are some bottles and jars of gadgets scattered on the table, and there are a few square stools on the side of the table, which is the place where the palace maids and servants dress up and eat on weekdays.

As soon as Qingwei entered the door, she put the food box on the table, smiled and looked at the two servants who were sitting around the shop doing needlework, and said softly: "Aunt Hou, Aunt Ge, you are idle, come and help me!"

Aunt Ge was a fat, round-faced, thirty-year-old woman with a round bun, and while she put away half of the embroidery work in the basket, she pulled her shoes down to the ground, looked at the food box that was obviously not available to these servants with some doubts, and asked in a low voice, "Miss Qingwei, what ......is this?"

"Gege felt sorry for us, and specially rewarded us with the two meat dishes in the portion. Qingwei said with a smile as she placed the two dishes in the food box on the table.

As she spoke, Aunt Hou, who had a dark face, also came to the table, and while helping Qingwei remove the bits and pieces on the table, she moved out the tea stove under the table, "Gege is really kind." ”

"You're familiar with the big kitchen, go buy some greens. Qingwei didn't answer Aunt Hou's words, but took out a silver horn weighing about two dollars from her sleeve, and came to Aunt Ge, who was squatting at the door to wash the dishes, and said with a smile.

The space in the wing room is limited, except for the three-sided big kang that can accommodate more than ten people and the two Eight Immortal tables placed between the ground, there are very few places to stay, so the dishes and chopsticks used by palace maids and servants like them are all stored under the table.

Although there is a wooden shelf under the table, and a cleaned coarse cloth is hung to cover the dust, sometimes the big guys don't pay attention when they sit and chat, and it is easy to kick the coarse cloth used to cover the dust, so when you use it, you must always use it to feel at ease.

Aunt Ge, who had already washed the dishes and chopsticks almost well, nodded with a smile when she heard Qingwei's words, rubbed her wet hand on her waist and took the silver horn, and walked quickly to the big kitchen.

Qingwei stood at the door of the room, watched Aunt Ge walk away, returned to the room, came to Aunt Hou's side, and asked in a low voice, "I see that Aunt Ge's face is not very good, what's wrong?"

Mrs. Hou shook her head with a dark face, and sighed: "It's okay, don't ask, it's just annoying." ”

When Qingwei heard this, she came to Mrs. Hou, hugged her arm and said coquettishly: "What's the matter, sister-in-law is treating me as an outsider?"

Mrs. Hou is a heartless person, otherwise she wouldn't have been in front of the palace maid, and she has been stretching her face, I didn't say it before, but I was a little embarrassed, I felt that this face couldn't be hung up, but seeing that Qingwei kept asking the reason, she didn't hide it anymore, only sighed, sat down at the table sullenly, dried the boiled water in her hand in one go, and said in a deep voice: "Hey, what else can it be, it's not those people in the flower room who step on the white with red!"

I saw that we liked to use incense every day, and when I saw that the yard was empty, and it was really desolate, I took a few strings of copper and went to the flower house, thinking that I would buy flower seeds and come back to plant them, but the result was ......

Not only did the flower seeds not come in vain, but they also made a lot of leisure. With that, she slammed the bowl on the table and said no more.

"The people in this house are not like that.

Auntie is right, it's really plain and annoying, but you turned out to be the people around Fujin, those people didn't even give you face, don't be instructed!" Qingwei smiled and patted Hou Pozi's back to smooth her breath, and said softly.

"What kind of person am I from the side of Master Fujin......

When I was in the main courtyard, I was just doing some sprinkling and sweeping work, and I couldn't even see Fujin in front of me on weekdays.

You don't want to think about it, if I am really the person around Fujin, where will I be sent out!"

Don't look at what Aunt Hou said, but don't mention how annoyed she is in her heart, she secretly feels that Qingwei is reasonable, although she is not on an errand in the main courtyard now, but in the end, it is the people who came out of the main courtyard, and the rough people who serve the flowers and plants in the flower room actually dare to show her face, and they really don't take bean bags as dry food.

The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, Aunt Hou's face turned red, she turned her head to look at Qingwei who was smiling and groaning, lowered her head and gritted her teeth, and said in a muffled voice: "The work in the yard has been cleaned up, I want to ask Gege for a leave of absence and go out." ”

"Whatever my aunt says, you just have to go, if Gege asks, I'll deal with it. Qingwei smiled and sat next to Aunt Hou and said softly.

"Then I'm bothering you. Seeing Qingwei's promise, Mrs. Hou felt much more comfortable, and she also made up her mind to settle accounts with the mother-in-law who dared to show her face.

Don't look at her now, she is not in the main courtyard now, but she has been an errand boy in the house for many years, and there are a few sisters who have made good friends, among which not only have face around the Wulanala clan, but even Mama Qian in the housekeeper is her handkerchief.

Speaking of which, if she hadn't been fascinated by the Chang Sui beside the fourth master, she used the silver, and begged Mama Fu to speak in front of the Ulanala clan, so that she was pointed out by the Ulanala clan early, she would not have fallen to this point now, after returning to the house as her own son, she didn't even get mixed up with the housekeeper, she could only be a rough mother-in-law, and she was sent out of the good place in the main courtyard, and she came to serve a disgraced Gege, and even the rough people who served the flowers and plants in the flower room gave her a look.

Mrs. Hou was fascinated by the past when she recalled the scenery, but she didn't notice the calculation that flashed in Qingwei's eyes.

Niu Hulu's family is not valued by the fourth master, and those housekeepers and grandmothers did not show any contempt, and the share and money that should be allocated have never been missing, but as the saying goes, the king of Hades is aggressive and the little ghost is difficult, and those palace maids who do things for the housekeeper and grandmother, although they dare not deduct Niu Hulu's share in private, they often take advantage of various excuses to eat and take cards.

Qingwei is a grudge-minded character, there was no way to settle accounts with them before, but she kept in mind the things that those people had done, and she had always planned to take revenge, and after Hou Pozi was assigned to serve in Niu Hulu's courtyard, she had an idea, so she flattered this somewhat reckless Hou Pozi in many ways, and really let her succeed, and Hou Pozi got along like a mother-in-law, those things she didn't do well on weekdays, Hou Pozi would not take the initiative to take over with her squeak, and the most obvious effect was to receive the work of receiving the share every month, don't look at the share or those clothes, hair ornaments, rouge gouache and other things, but the quality is much better, there has never been a faded fabric, there has never been an outdated style of hair accessories, all are the most fashionable style in Beijing, this month is to send a Jiangnan weaving tribute tribute.

Thinking about it, Qingwei rummaged through her own cabinet, turned out a delicate juju with a copper bell embedded in it, handed it to Mrs. Hou's hand, and said with a smile: "Don't talk about these unhappy things, auntie, you see, this is a gadget that I bought from the outside by someone before, and it just so happens that you can take it back to relieve my little brother's boredom." ”

Mrs. Hou took the juju, looked at Qingwei's face like a full moon, squeezed out a smile, and said softly: "It's really good for you to treat your aunt's family, if it weren't for the fact that the two of you are too old, I would love to marry you home as a daughter-in-law." ”

When Qingwei heard this, thinking of the stupid son in Mrs. Hou's family, she felt sick in her heart, such a cold and hot fool, I heard that her legs and feet are not good, and her body is not good, that is really not able to carry her shoulders and hands, even if Mrs. Hou is the housekeeper and grandmother, begging her to marry, she is unwilling, but her heart is full of disdain and disgust, but her face does not show anything, but pretends to be coquettish and twists her body, pouting and saying: "Auntie say this again, I will ignore you!"

Mrs. Hou is a heartless person, plus parents always look at their own children as the best, she didn't expect how Qingwei looked down on her stupid son who was proud of you, just thought that Qingwei was the youngest daughter reserved, smiled and took Qingwei's hand, and said softly: "Okay, okay, auntie is wrong, I shouldn't make such a joke with you, but auntie is really rare for you." ”

"I also fell in love with my aunt. Qingwei accepted it when she saw it, and leaned on her arms according to the strength of Mrs. Hou, and said coquettishly like a little daughter, "If my aunt were my mother, I would be reluctant to let me enter the house to do the work of serving people, and I would never sell me to those clothed families who did not want their daughters to participate in the small election and enter the palace to suffer, and now they are forcing me to take back all the monthly money to fill my brothers and sisters." ”

Mother-like women, often the most distressed like Qingwei by the poor children abandoned by their parents, plus Qingwei is extraordinarily filial, although she always says that her mother is ruthless, but the silver that should be sent back, not only is it not less, but even the gadgets rewarded by Niu Hulu will be sent out to their sisters hairpins, except for the silk flowers and other things in the house divided, never left, obviously the big palace maid next to Gege, but the dress is worse than the second-class palace maid.

Seeing it in her eyes, Mrs. Hou, who was hurting in her heart, naturally didn't think that Qingwei had always been pretending, and those so-called good things sent out of the house by her were all transferred by her out of the house and kept as private money with the money given by Niu Hulu's mother.

Mrs. Hou patted Qingwei's back and said with pity in her eyes: "Poor ......

Although you are not the same age as my son, and you can't be my Hou family's daughter-in-law, but you can be my Hou mother-in-law's goddaughter, are you willing?"

Qingwei, who had worked hard for half a year, finally waited for Mrs. Hou to say this sentence voluntarily, but she had to be reserved, otherwise it would be difficult to ensure that Mrs. Hou would notice her little abacus in the future and would not resent her, "To be the daughter of an aunt, that is naturally what Qingwei can't ask for, but I'm afraid that others will gossip!"

Mrs. Hou looked at Qingwei who shook her head with red eyes, and said half-truthfully: "What kind of gossip, I don't care, I'm just a mother-in-law who does rough work, you are a big palace maid who has a face in front of Gege, even if others want to talk about it, it means that I am a rough mother-in-law, or do you want to have a mother-in-law like me who does rough work as a godmother?"

"Where will it be, since my aunt is willing, then I am naturally willing. Hearing this, Qingwei jumped up from the chair like a frightened rabbit, and waved her head to explain.

Seeing Qingwei who was so panicked, as if she was afraid that she would misunderstand, Mrs. Hou smiled with satisfaction, pulled Qingwei, who was standing in front of her with a look of recognition, to her, patted Qingwei's tender little hand with her rough big hand, and said softly: "That's good."

After two days, my aunt will have time to go home, talk to your uncle, set up two tables at home, invite three or five friends, and officially accept you as a goddaughter. ”

Immediately, Mrs. Hou took off a green jade bracelet on her wrist and stuffed it into Qingwei's hand, and didn't give Qingwei a chance to refuse, so she put it on Qingwei's wrist and said with a smile: "As an aunt's goddaughter, you can't wear too shabby."

This bracelet is the original aunt in front of the Fujin when the reward was a gift, although the jade quality is ordinary, but the carver is the best Yangzhou carver, but it can also get the hand, even if it is my aunt to you to meet the gift, and when the official recognition, I will not give, so you don't have to refuse. ”

"That'...... That...... I...... I took it. Qingwei, who seemed to be moved, knelt down in front of Hou Pozi with a pop, and said in a choked voice.

(To be continued.) )