After being reborn as a widow, the mistress of the Hou family remarried a powerful official

Chapter 59 The cold epidemic is coming
"Madam, you are underestimated."

Yu Jin blushed with embarrassment and explained while mixing the sauce quickly: "Before the family declined, my parents were cooks. I have been with them since I was a child. No matter how stupid I am, I have learned a few things." .”

"I'm afraid I won't starve them to death."

The master and servant were chatting and laughing here, while Zi Xing was pacing aside with a stern face.

Ke Yiqing couldn't help but want to laugh, so she took a piece of dried meat and walked over. After dawn today, Li Wei brought over some dried vegetables and meat, and also bought daily necessities for them. Thinking of these, she felt at ease.

"Come to Zi Xing, eat some dried meat, and your stomach will be full."

The little girl shook her head, "I want to keep my stomach open for Sister Jin's roast leg of lamb."

"It's going to be a while, how can it be so fast? You should eat something first to fill your stomach."

After hearing this, Zi Xing opened her mouth to eat obediently, but as soon as her hand touched the little girl, she felt that the temperature was wrong.

"Why is your face so hot?"

"Really?" Zi Xing looked confused, "Maybe it's because I practice martial arts all year round and my body is warmer than others."

Yu Jin, who was busy at work, also replied with a smile: "Yes, madam, this little girl's scalp is really tight. She hasn't been sick for so long. You'd better go back and rest."

Although her eyelids kept twitching, she did not hold back and was persuaded by the two people to go back to the house.

She was also a little anxious when she entered the room. She always felt that she had forgotten something very important. She thought to herself for a long time and had no clue.

Outside the house, Yu Jin had already quickly set up the leg of lamb, with firewood sent by Aunt Xue underneath. After a few back and forth, the leg of lamb had begun to drip with oil.

Smelling the aroma, Ke Yiqing no longer had time to think about anything, and quickly came out to help. It was already evening, and the aroma of roasted lamb legs was carried by the smoke of the charcoal fire to the inner courtyard.

The son of the second wife took a hard sniff and said, "Mom, it smells so good! Did you eat any meat today?"

"Silly boy, are you so hungry that you can't think clearly?" The second lady looked pitiful, and she touched her son's fat face that had lost weight.

Nowadays, in the Hou Mansion, only the rice and noodles brought by Ke Yiqing can be eaten. I heard that the eldest lady's nanny went out with a lot of jewelry, but she only got back half a bag of old rice.

After a few days of soup, even an adult like her who is used to fasting meals can't stand it, let alone a child.

But after a while, I don't know if she was also hungry, but she also smelled the fragrant smell of barbecue.

Is someone secretly turning on a small stove behind their backs?

When she thought of this, the second lady couldn't sit still and quickly took her son out of the yard.

Unexpectedly, he met the old lady outside, and the two looked at each other.

"is it you?"

"not me."

The two of them hurried to the eldest lady's residence. After searching around, they couldn't find any meat. So where did the smell of meat come from?

Finally, a nun found it, and she said brightly: "The words you told me seem to have come from Xiyuan."

Xiyuan, isn’t that Ke Yiqing’s residence?Does she still have meat there?

The closer the group went to Xiyuan, the stronger the smell of barbecue became. Even the eldest lady, who never liked mutton, secretly drooled.

"Mom, if there is meat to eat, I want to eat meat!"

"Son, don't worry, mother will go get some meat for you right now."

The second lady finally calmed down her crying son and winked at the steward, "Hurry up and unlock the door. Don't you see this big family waiting here?"

"This..." The steward turned to the old lady with a wry smile, "According to your instructions, I have already thrown the key in."

The lock is outside and the key is inside, how can you unlock it?
Not only that, the chain was also the best, and an iron sheet was installed on the outside of the door. As difficult as it was for Ke Yiqing to get out, it was as difficult for them to open it.

The old lady was speechless for a moment. Who knew that Ke Yiqing still had meat to eat?
"Tell her to throw out the keys."

The steward had a grimace on his face and knocked on the iron door, "Madam? Are you there?" The people inside were stunned with their mouths dripping with oil.

"Ma'am, do you want to reply?"

Ke Yiqing threw away the bones in his mouth and said with a nonchalant expression, "Don't care what they do, we will eat ours."

Unexpectedly, Zi Xing picked up the bone. She was about to ask, but she saw the little girl raised her arms and threw it hard over the high wall.

The second lady outside was hit hard and screamed in pain. Her son didn't even care about her, and only said happily: "It's really meat. If you eat the meat, you will eat the meat!"

The old lady was so angry that she hit him with her cane, "You bastard, you just know how to eat!"

The fat boy was beaten until he cried endlessly and sat on the ground unable to get up. "I want to eat meat, wuwuwu, meat! I have to eat meat! Grandma treats me harshly and won't give me meat, wuwuwu."

The group of people outside smelled the aroma of meat, were full of food and water, and became more and more angry as they thought about it, and finally broke up unhappy.

Listening to this movement, Yu Jin was stunned and relieved at the same time. He said amusedly: "Where did you learn to be so bad at film?"

Zi Xing curled his lips and said, "Yazis used to do this all the time when they were eating. I even saw them peeing into the basin."

"Bah, bah, bah!" Yu Jin's eyes were sore, "Those bullies, if I had known, I wouldn't have let them go!"

Ke Yiqing rubbed Zi Xing's head and said solemnly, "Follow Madam from now on. Madam will never let you suffer."

The little girl also nodded seriously, but she didn't eat much.

"Why did you eat so little today? Is it not to your appetite?"

Zi Xing shook his head with a distressed look on his face, "Maybe he ate the dried meat my wife gave me, so I'm not too hungry."

"Okay, okay, Zi Xing won't eat if you don't want to eat right now. Ignore what people shouting from outside. I'll go deliver some to Aunt Xue."

Yu Jin was about to get up, but was stopped by Ke Yiqing, "You're here in Kuishui. It's been another busy day today, so I'll do it."

She entered the house and looked at the full rice jars. Cured meats and bacon were hung all over the room. Even the spices were in several jars. She suddenly felt infinite confidence. No matter how noisy outside, as long as the three of them were safe and sound, Everything will eventually pass.

Holding the plate, Ke Yiqing specially selected the fragrant and tender roasted meat to give to Aunt Xue.

"I already ate from you last time, I can't take it back this time."

"If it weren't for you, we would probably still be trapped here. Where would we have meat to eat?"

She stepped forward and held Aunt Xue's dry and rough hand, "Besides, you also provided water and firewood."

Seeing that the person's expression was shaken, Ke Yiqing also knew that she had no merit and no reward, so she simply said: "My maid, I came to Kuishui recently. I'm afraid it's hard to take care of my clothes, dishes, and chopsticks. If you don't mind, I'm afraid it will be troublesome." You."

"Okay, I will take care of all this from now on!"

When it came to this matter, after a long time of passing the buck, Aunt Xue finally accepted it.

When she returned, she saw Zi Xing lying in Yu Jin's arms. She hurried over and asked, "What's going on?"

Yu Jin also said anxiously: "Madam, I don't know this. When we just ate, everything was fine, but suddenly this happened."

"No hurry, no rush, help her in first."

Ke Yiqing took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. Then she thought about it. This little girl's face felt hot in the afternoon. Maybe it was because the weather was getting colder and colder recently and she had caught wind chill.

"It's probably because of the cold wind blowing on the road."

Her eyebrows twitched, "On the road? What road?"

Yu Jin explained: "A few days ago, she clamored to see her sister. I didn't stop her, so I let her go with Brother Li."

Zi Xing’s sister?Isn't that just outside the city?
Seeing that the little girl's face was pale but her body was always hot, she felt something bad in her heart. She immediately opened her sleeves and saw that her originally slender wrists were now swollen.

It's bad, it's a cold epidemic.

(End of this chapter)