Passerby's daily life

Chapter 67

At this time, the banquet has already started. There are 30 dishes, staple foods, desserts, soups, etc. in the two tables of the first-class table in Suiantang. Red bean glutinous rice cake, rose cake, Bazhen cake.

This was followed by six cold dishes: cashew nuts and pine nuts, beef with tangerine peel, crystal crab jelly, goose palm with mustard, deep-fried sweet-scented osmanthus skin, and acorn tofu mixed with pine mushroom oil.

The old lady ordered Susu to bring the wine, and said with a smile to everyone: "Taste our wine too! Although it is not expensive, it is also the only one. It was brewed three years ago, and now there are only these left , it will never be available in the future!"

Everyone saw Susu and Yang Liu coming out with two small wine jars that could hold two catties each. After hearing this, Princess Changlong wondered: "Since it is brewed at home, there must be a wine recipe. Terrible!"

The old lady pointed at Susu and said: "She and the maids in the family brewed this wine for fun. Who knows that it tastes good. She also asked her to brew some more that day, and she said, 'but brew it as you like. , the original artistic conception is there, even if it is brewed in the future, it will not taste like this." Sure enough, it will not taste like the previous one."

As the old lady unsealed the two jars of wine on the table with her own hands, the smell was very pleasant.

"One jar is made of plum blossom brew, which is soft and sweet in the mouth, but has a bit of stamina. The other jar is made of green bamboo brew, but it has a cool fragrance and refreshes the mind when smelling it. It has a funny name called cold ecstasy."

Everyone also has self-brewed wine in their homes, which is also very expensive, but it doesn't sound as elegant as this one.After everyone tasted it, they couldn't help clapping their hands and applauding, even the old lady of Zhen Guogong, who didn't speak much, had to give a compliment, "It's so easy to do, this child has a bit of Wei and Jin style."

Mrs. Chang Lebo never liked such a beautiful and weak maidservant as Susu, she was playing with the wine cup carved with plum blossoms in sapphire, and wondered: "This girl Susu doesn't look very old, maybe she was just born three years ago. Ten years old, is he a child prodigy?"

The old lady smiled and said: "Isn't it just ten years old! It's an exaggeration to say that you are a child prodigy, but you have a bit of talent in eating utensils and playing. Since childhood, you have learned to read and love to read some recipes and tea scriptures. In Yangzhou, it doesn't matter if there are a few women I don't want to restrain them for entertainment. You don't know that my third daughter-in-law, housekeeper and director are all good, but only two people have a headache. One is my sixth granddaughter who wants to paint for others when she sees a beauty , and the second one is this girl who makes every flower and plant she sees into delicious food."

The old concubine of Prince Gong smiled and said: "If you dislike them, then ask me to take them home! Our Qingning has been very fond of Miss Six of your family since I met you at Prince Ke's Mansion last time! I heard Qing Zhi ( Miss Zhao Jiu) When that girl talked about the lotus tea that Su Su wanted, she only said that she had seen the world, but she never thought about such an elegant thing!"

Susu smiled modestly at the side: "What kind of elegance does a servant know, it's just burning the piano and cooking the crane."

Next, six hot dishes, six main courses, two soups, and four desserts were served, and 30 dishes were served on the side.You must know that the emperor's daily imperial meal is only 36 dishes, and the standard of today's banquet is very high.

In addition, the master chef of Wangxianglou is indeed extraordinary, and the ingredients of the Song family are precious. One of the honey sauce bear paws made everyone say hello, and the fragrance of Buddha jumping over the wall can be smelled even in the outer courtyard.

This meal took nearly two hours, and it was considered as a feast for the guests of honor.

Tea was served after the meal, and after two quarters of an hour, the third lady came to invite her. Tea and snacks have been prepared at Lixiangyuan, all distinguished guests are welcome to move over.

The old lady said to Susu and Yang Liu: "I know that you two don't like to watch operas, so you don't need to go. Ning Cui and Yun Duo are enough. After a while, Susu will go to see the young lady, and Yang Liu will go to the girl." Let's see, is it appropriate?"

Susu and Yang Liu were starving for a long time. After hearing what the old lady said, she knew that she wanted them to fill their stomachs first and take a rest!
Susu Yangliu and other distinguished guests all moved to Lixiangyuan to watch the play, and then they picked up a few favorite dishes from the table and ate a bowl of Zengcheng rice, their stomachs settled down, and the two of them also felt relieved tone.

As I said before, the master used to reward you, that is a big face, now Susu has long been used to it.What's more, most of the leftovers were only a bite and a half, and they were picked up by the clean chopsticks used by the maids. Susu, who has been in a women's prison and starved, said that she has no pressure to eat leftovers at all!

From Susu's point of view, the reason why she was so miserable in her previous life was that she was in the second year of middle school, and the other was that she couldn't see the reality clearly, which had nothing to do with her backbone.

After a quick meal, Susu and Yangliu divided their work, and Susu came to Qingfengxuan.

The two nuns in charge of Qingfengxuan had long been invited to accompany the respectable nuns in charge from various mansions, but the servants could not get in front of the eldest and young lady, and now there is no one there. Outside the second door, there are only two rough Make the mother-in-law guard.

"The nuns in charge are not here, and the servants in the mansion can't embarrass the prince. What are they all doing?"

The two wives laughed together, "Don't be angry, girl, it's the eldest and young lady who is kind enough to tell everyone to relax after a day of exhaustion, and go to the front to have a feast, even the housemaids are called, leaving only a few people around. This servant girl just called for water from the small kitchen, and I think she is changing clothes and freshening up."

Susu just nodded, "The two mothers are tired, the old lady asked me to come and have a look." Susu entered the second door, and saw a few little maids standing at the door of the main room, and there were three or four maids carrying them out. Water, it is said that he did not know him before, and he must be the companion of the young lady.

The little maid who opened the curtain at the door was only eight or nine years old. She saw Susu when she was making the bed, and hurried over, "I met Miss Susu, be careful, the sky is dark and the road is slippery, why didn't she let her go?" Someone play a lantern?"

Su Su smiled and said: "The old lady asked me to come and see the eldest young lady. It's appropriate. I came here in a hurry, but I forgot to bring a lantern. Thank you sister for your concern."

The little girl gave Su Su a hand, "Girl, please wait a moment, I'll go pass it on!" Su Su became the old lady's maid, and it was the first time that Su Su was left at the door, not angry, but in her heart Some murmured, although she had never seen the eldest young lady, she heard that she was also generous and gentle. It would not be the first day she entered the door, and she would give the maid in the old lady's yard a blow. This would be a bit difficult...

Su Su was lowering her head, wondering what the young lady meant, when she heard the quilted curtain at the door being lifted, and when she looked up, she saw the second-class maids she had seen the day before and another big lady she had never seen before. The girl who looked like a maid hurried out.

The big maid smiled and said: "The little girl is ignorant and has neglected the girl, please come in quickly!" The second-class maids pushed out the little maid who had just reported back, and said: "Quickly apologize to Miss Susu, How can I let the girl wait outside!"

The little girl was about to salute and apologize, but Su Su hurriedly stopped her, "What's the purpose of this on a happy day? This girl is very well behaved, and I want to praise that she came from the House of Founder."

Then the big servant girl said: "Girl, you are so kind, please forgive me. You won't be allowed to do this next time!"

Susu smiled wryly in her heart, what kind of trouble was this, and then she was surrounded by several maids and entered the room.

Naturally, most of the furnishings in this room are the dowry of the eldest son's wife, exuding a low-key luxury. Turning around the flower hall outside, you can see a large screen with a picture of yellow pears and silk, showing proud snow and red plums. In the inner room, the big kang by the window, the huanghuali round table on the floor, the Qiangong bed blocked by the partition, and the dressing table next to it are all exquisite.

Susu bowed her head neither humble nor overbearing to salute the young lady who was sitting on the big kang by the window, her hair was being smoked, "My servant Susu has seen the young lady, the old lady accompanied the distinguished guests to Lixiangyuan to watch a play, and asked the servant to come here Look at Madam, this is appropriate, have you eaten yet?"

Seeing that Su Su bowed her knees and saluted without any reluctance, Zhao Lanzhi smiled and said: "Hurry up and help the girl to sit down, I can't move my hands, you don't have any vision at all!"

The maids moved a stool and asked Susu to sit down.

The young lady's performance was obviously inconsistent with the rumors. Susu didn't think that it was not enough for the old lady to have two bad daughter-in-laws, but also a bad granddaughter-in-law. She thanked the reward and sat down directly.

Zhao Lanzhi was taken aback by this move, and then waved her hand to let the smoked-haired maid take down the smoked cage, saying: "Everything is fine here, please thank grandma for me! I heard that the girl is a first-class beautiful person, Seeing you today, it really is so! In the future, the girl will often come to Qingfengxuan when she has free time, and let me kiss and kiss her."

Su Su laughed and said: "I can't be worthy of the praise of the Young Madam, the sisters around the Young Madam, I felt ashamed when I first saw it, but I can't compare it!"

"Don't praise them. The people around grandma are Princess Changlong and the old concubine, Prince Gong, who all praised her when they met. How can I, these maidservants, compare to them! Let them be with the girls more in the future." Get close, don't dislike them!"

Susu pretended to be embarrassed, lowered her head, and said nothing.Zhao Lanzhi's expression was unclear. At this moment, the daughter-in-law in charge asked, but she could pass on the meal, so Zhao Lanzhi restrained her expression and said, "Let's pass it on."

Then he said to Susu: "I heard that the third aunt let my accompanying room take care of the small kitchen in the yard yesterday. It is the third aunt who loves me, so the girl can eat here! I also want to ask the girl about grandma's taste. This dish is my filial piety!"

Su Su hurriedly said: "The old lady has already enjoyed the meal. I don't dare to ask for advice. If the old lady knows the filial piety of the young lady, I am afraid that everything she eats will taste delicious!" Only then said: "The old lady has never been allowed to be picky eaters, so there is no taboo, but as I get older, I don't touch most oily and dirty things!"

Susu breathed a sigh of relief. It is estimated that the young lady has heard some gossip and has opinions on her instead of the old lady. This Susu is not afraid.

Susu also talked about the old lady's eating and drinking habits, and when the young lady's dinner was served, Susu said: "I won't disturb the young lady's meal. If there is nothing else, the servants will leave."

Zhao Lanzhiyuan really asked people to inquire about this Susu. Although the servants of the Zhao family just came yesterday, they can make ghosts with money, and the rules of the eldest and second householders are not strict. Naturally, they know what the eldest lady said earlier. If you want Susu to be the housekeeper for the eldest son.

Zhao Lanzhi felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, no matter who heard how good and how beautiful an extra maid was, and knowing that her mother-in-law also said that she would ask her husband to be a roommate, she would not feel good, even if it was such a maid The matter is simply the madam's nonsense.

That's why today's release came about!
But when Zhao Lanzhi saw Su Su's neither humble nor overbearing and tepid appearance, he just felt a fist hit on the cotton, and he was very wronged, but he also understood that this girl really didn't seem like a concubine who wanted to be a concubine!
Although she is somewhat left-handed, she is a girl raised by a wealthy family. After realizing it in her heart, her tone is naturally softer, "It's getting late, I won't keep any more girls." The purse, I gave it to Susu with my own hands: "Girl, don't be disgusted." Susu hurriedly thanked the young lady for the reward.

"Wen Xiang is good at sending Miss Su Su out."

"Yes!"

Wenxiang was the big maid who welcomed Susu in, and asked someone to carry a lantern to send Susu out, and said as she walked: "We just came here, please ask the girl to light up more!" Susu said: "Sister It broke me."

When they arrived at the second gate, they asked the girl who was carrying the lantern and a rough woman to send Susu back. When they sent Susu to the gate of Suian Hall, Susu thanked them both, and each gave eight points. She asked someone to bring a plate of fruit to her before she was told to go back and report to the eldest young lady.

It took half an hour to go back and forth, Yang Liu had already returned from the girls, and was nestling in the side room, kowtowing sunflower seeds with the maids guarding the door, when she saw Susu holding a bulging The purse came in, and said with a smile: "Let's see what the young lady rewarded you? There is a saying that you will get half of it!"

Susu smiled and untied the purse, and when she poured it on the table, she saw a bag full of peanuts in the size of small peanuts, small pumpkins, and small pomegranates in 23 and ten kinds of patterns. There are fifty or sixty, about five or six taels of silver, and it is five or sixty taels of silver!

Looking at the little maids, they exclaimed, "Young lady is really generous."Du Yangliu curled her lips in secret, but was pulled by Susu when she saw it.

Susu said: "Your elder sister Yangliu said that the meeting will be divided into half, and each of you can take a few to play, and you can also enjoy the happiness of the eldest and young lady."

The little maids cheered, knowing that Susu is generous, one of them took two, Susu grabbed another handful and told them to share, and put away the rest, then she dragged Yang Liu into the inner room.

"If it's really cold today, my sister hastily found a cloak and sent it to the old lady. The things on the table, the old lady patronized the distinguished guests, and she didn't eat a few bites. I will go and order the small kitchen to prepare it first. Rock sugar bird's nest."

Yang Liu tugged at Susu's face, "Do you know that we are useless when you feel sorry for the old lady? We have already sent someone to send it away, and people rush forward to ask for rewards. Don't give it to me. If you look at the reward, the eldest young lady really treats you as a slave? A bag of gold ladles, as if we have never seen gold?"

Susu said helplessly: "I'm not just a slave girl. The young lady rewarded me with a bag of gold. It's too late for me to be happy. I just like this. Don't talk about it, sister. It's just our old lady who spoils us. In fact, we Who is the person on the card? There are five or six taels in a pack of prunes, which is quite a lot.”…

　I was so busy with code words that I almost forgot to post the post!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)