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Chapter 6 Kitchen
Xu Chunjun changed into coarse clothes, went to the warehouse to collect his luggage, and was assigned to work as a helper in the kitchen.

Before going to see the kitchen steward, she took off the jade hairpin from her head and put it in her bosom.This thing didn't match the coarse cloth clothes she was wearing, and the original elegance became dazzling.

"You look so decent, why did you send us here?" Madam Wang, the lady in charge of the kitchen, couldn't help but look Xu Chunjun up and down, a little disbelieving, "Theoretically, it should be the big maid in the master's house."

"Who knows! Most likely she made a mistake, so she should be punished." The servant girl who originally led Xu Chunjun entrusted her to a woman on the way. She only said that it was the wife's order, and didn't say anything else.

After the old lady left, Mother Wang looked at Xu Chunjun again, and asked tentatively, "Where are you from? When did you enter the mansion? What's your name? Why hasn't anyone mentioned it?"

"Mom can just call me Chunjun. I just entered the mansion today, and my hometown is Siyuan." Xu Chunjun replied.

"Madam wants you to come to my place, but what kind of work does she ask you to do?" Mother Wang asked again.

"It's just that you want me to come here to help, and do whatever work you have." Xu Chunjun said.

Mama Wang pondered for a while, guessing that Xu Chunjun was sent here because he offended his wife.

So I said: "You go and put your luggage away first, and then come to the kitchen. The white woman who cuts vegetables has gone home sick, so you can do her work first!"

As he spoke, he called a little girl over, and said, "Come here, Thimble, take her to pack your luggage, and sleep in your room."

The little girl named Thimbler has mangy sores and her face is smoldering, she looks like a burning girl.

Thimble led Xu Chunjun to the further back residence, a large open room, two rows of large shops, all made of wood, with seven or eight sets of bedding placed on top, Thimble pointed to the empty space on the north side and said: "You can sleep here!"

Xu Chunjun went to put away the luggage. The smell in this room was even worse than the warehouse just now, but she was not dissatisfied, and smiled at Thimbler, asking her, "You've been living here?"

"I used to live in the east, and I moved here after my mother passed away." Thimbler's teeth are not well grown, and one of them is very long, protruding from her lips, so she can't help pursing her lips, "Beside you is Mrs. Wen, she has many problems when she sleeps."

"Mama Wang will take care of us all?" Xu Chunjun asked Thimbler as he walked out.

"Mother Wang is in charge. The people in our house are under the supervision of Mama Pang." Thimbler said, "She has a bad temper, so you have to be careful."

When I returned to the kitchen, I was already busy with lunch. Xu Chunjun was sent to wash and choose vegetables because he was cutting vegetables too slowly. Everyone bullied her as a newcomer. One asked her to hold firewood, and the other urged her to wash the pot, a little slow A little bit, it will provoke a scolding.

These people in the kitchen were all beaten, they were all aggressive and vulgar, and Xu Chunjun didn't fit in among them.

What's more, most of the people who work here are daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law, and they don't like young girls the most, especially Xu Chunjun, who is so beautiful, he doesn't need to do anything, he is already a thorn in their eyes.

"I told you to wash the dishes, and you embroidered flowers there!" Zhou's daughter-in-law came and pushed Xu Chunjun angrily, leaving a stain on her clothes: "The oil in the pot is so hot that it is smoking. Don't even look at it!"

"The vegetables to be fried have been washed, and this one will be used later." Xu Chunjun pointed to the bracken that was draining in the vegetable basket next to him.

Zhou's daughter-in-law was choked for a moment, and then she sneered, "Why did you get driven into the kitchen with such eyesight?! I'm afraid either the eyelids are too shallow or the paws are short."

Xu Chunjun didn't argue with her, he just did what he was doing.

When everyone saw her like this, they thought it was her guilty conscience.The mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law behind Xu Chunjun winked at each other and grinned mischievously.

After finishing the lunch with great difficulty, all the meals from the rooms were taken away, and the housekeepers, housekeepers and grandmothers also brought up the meals, and only then did the people in the kitchen begin to eat.

This is already earlier than other places where people are eating. After all, this is the place to cook, so it is naturally more convenient.

Xu Chunjun saw that the people here, except Mrs. Wang and a few women and daughters-in-law who were in charge, went to the inner table to eat, and the rest of the people took the bowl to fill the meal, then covered the big pot of vegetables on top, and then went to find a place to eat. .

Xu Chunjun was squeezed at the back, and when it was her turn, there was only one piece of rice crust left in the meal, and only vegetable soup left in the dishes.

She was already very hungry, but after smelling the food, she suddenly felt full.

But she knew she had to eat, otherwise she would not be able to hold on.

When the dishes were removed everywhere, Xu Chunjun had only eaten half of the rice in the bowl.

"New here, wash the dishes before going to rest." Mama Wang went to rest after eating, another woman in charge said to Xu Chunjun.

The plates and bowls were stacked as high as a hill, Xu Chunjun sighed, knowing that he could not rest.

People in the kitchen came and went, but no one reached out to help her.

Xu Chunjun's hands were white and wrinkled in the water, his shoulders were sore and swollen, and his feet were already numb.

After finally washing all the dishes, Xu Chunjun dried his hands with his apron, walked out slowly, and sat on the stone bench outside to rest.

The wind blew over, brushing a strand of her temple hair to her cheeks.

Xu Chunjun just realized that he had sweated too much before, and his hair was sticking to his face and itching.

She had to get up and go to the well to wash her face.

Immediately, someone sneered not far away and said: "It's already this time, don't forget the smug beauty! Let's rest early and work!"

As he spoke, he threw a duck with bound legs over: "It's time to prepare dinner. Madam is going to drink old duck soup tonight. You kill this duck, open it and remove its feathers before bringing it in."

Has Xu Chunjun ever done this before?The duck flapped its wings and quacked at her feet, its mung bean-sized eyes were full of panic.

Seeing that she and the duck were staring at each other for a long time, Mama Pang took a knife out of the kitchen and scolded: "It's not a painting I bought, who is there to show it?! Take it away as soon as possible. Your young lady! Accept the maidservant's life, what should I do!"

"I have never killed chickens and ducks, so I asked my mother to teach me." Xu Chunjun knew that she had to sleep at night, so he couldn't be offended.

"You need to be taught, do you need someone to teach you to eat and sleep?!" Pang's mother was very irritable: "Here is the knife, kill it quickly, it is waiting to be used inside!"

Xu Chunjun bit her lips tightly, she really didn't know what to do.

Holding the knife and gesturing for a long time, but not even a duck feather fell off.

The rest of the people were happy to watch the excitement, even if someone wanted to help her, it also hindered everyone from coming forward.

(End of this chapter)