Lingquan after kitchen

Chapter 1
On a sunny day, suddenly there was lightning and thunder, and it rained cats and dogs.Soon, the darkness devoured the light like a giant beast, making people fearful.

In a Zhuangzi at the foot of Lishan Mountain in Lintong, two cooks in the kitchen were preparing the master's lunch.

Aunt Xu, over [-] years old, was frying small fish from mountain streams marinated in plum wine. Suddenly, there was no light, and the fish in the oil could not be seen, only the sound of oil sizzling, and smelled fish in her nose. For fear of frying the fish, he shouted: "Light up the lamp."

Mrs. He, who was in her twenties, put down the kitchen knife in her hand, and just walked a few steps when she was tripped by something on the ground and fell to the ground with a plop. When she got up, her left ankle hurt.

Aunt Xu could only put down the fish in the oil pan, and came to help Mrs. He who was choking, and said angrily, "Why are you so careless, you can even fall with an oil lamp?"

Sister-in-law He reluctantly stopped, smelling a burning smell, and shouted: "Auntie, the fish is burnt."

Aunt Xu jumped back to the stove, took fish out of the oil pan, scalded the back of her hand a few times with the splashed oil, and cursed: "Damn weather, I caused you to fall and burn me, miss wants to eat it!" fish." Sighed again, complained: "This pot of oil smells like burnt oil, so it can't be used."

After the rain was over, the kitchen was bright again. Aunt Xu re-fried the fried fish, looking at the frying pan with good eyes, not letting a single fish be burnt this time.

Before noon, Xiaoqin, a second-class maidservant in a green dress with eyebrows straight on her forehead, combed her forehead and wore a green dress, walked in leisurely as usual with a bright smile on her immature face, and followed the two cooks in a crisp voice. He said hello, checked the food in the food box, then lifted the food box, thanked them, and left with their flattering eyes.

Aunt Xu let out a sigh of relief.Zhuangzi, where she and Sister-in-law He had moved in not long ago, heard that the previous cook was discovered by Xiaoqin and reported to Miss Ouyang Jinhua for stealing ingredients, and the whole family ended up being betrayed.Just now she fried a pot of fish, there were eight fish in total, and the pot of wasted vegetable oil.

In the dining room with the Moon Gate not far away, Ouyang Jinhua, the owner of Zhuangzi's land lease, sat on a round stool in front of the table with his grandmother Ding's hand.

Ouyang Jinhua is the only prostitute daughter of the Ouyang family. She will be 15 years old after autumn. She is neither tall nor short.

Ding is 60 years old this year. He is proficient in medical skills and can take care of himself. He has black hair, no teeth missing, and rosy skin. He looks at most 50 years old. He has a long face, a pair of silkworm eyes, a single eyelid and a low nose bridge. Ordinary, but the temperament is excellent, dignified and full of atmosphere.

Ding's identity is only a noble concubine, but she has such a temperament because she is of noble birth, and she is the only daughter of Ding Laojun, the second-rank nobleman in Chang'an.

"The thunder just now shook the world. It's been dark for a long time. Are you scared?"

Ouyang Jinhua met Ding's concerned eyes, and said with a smile: "No. I counted and hit twelve thunderbolts in total." The original owner of this body is timid and afraid of the dark.

"That's good." Seeing her granddaughter smiling like a flower, Mrs. Ding felt relieved, and said, "Can you send Liu San, the housekeeper, to ask about the situation of the tenant farmers outside Zhuangzi?"

Ouyang Jinhua owns this Zhuangzi, the nearly 100 mu of land outside, and more than a dozen mountains. There are more than [-] tenant farmers farming the land and fruit trees with more than [-] people.

The sharecroppers plant thatched huts, which have to be repaired every year. With such heavy rain, several houses may collapse.

Ouyang Jinhua put away his smile and said slowly: "Don't worry, as soon as the rain stopped, I asked Uncle Liu to lead people to inspect the village first, and then went to visit the tenant farmers outside the village."

Ding nodded, with some pity in his eyes.

Ouyang Jinhua said: "I'm thinking about building a few rows of solid houses on the edge of the field for free for the tenants to live in. In this way, there will be no worries about the collapse of the tenants' houses in rain or snow disasters." He added: "Whoever rents my field will You can live in the house I built, and move out if you don’t plant.”

Ding is not a woman who lives in a compound. She is aware of the prices outside. To build a house by the fields at the foot of Mount Li will cost several hundred taels of silver, which is a year's land rent.

"Your tenant farmers, I have met, are all honest and poor people. After receiving such benefits, I must be grateful to you and will not move away. You have a good reputation for being considerate of tenant farmers. In the long run, you spent There is no loss in building a house with money.”

Ouyang Jinhua Waner, "You are right."

Ding looked kindly, patted his granddaughter's little hand, and said, "I'm very pleased that you can do this."

Ding's biological mother is the first wife of Duke Dinglao, and the first birth is a dragon and phoenix twin, which is Ding and his twin elder brother.Twins born in dragon and phoenix are exactly the same.

When Ding was one year old, his biological mother passed away. According to the custom, Mr. Ding stayed with him for a year, and then obeyed the arrangement of his elders to marry his stepmother.

Ding's stepmother was pregnant, and was diagnosed as a baby boy by the imperial physician. In order to let her own son inherit the position of the Duke's son after birth, he sent someone to take Ding's elder brother out of the mansion and kill him.

The servant didn't have the guts to kill, so he decided to bring Ding's brother out and sell him to the kidnapper.

Unexpectedly, on the day of the operation, Mrs. Ding and her elder brother wore the same clothes and had the same hairstyle. The servants were nervous and made a mistake, so they arrested Mrs. Ding and handed them over to the kidnapper.

The kidnapper finds out that Ding Shi is a girl when he goes out of the city. He knocks her out and sells her to a brothel.

Several apprentices of Zhang Yisheng were jealous and killed the kidnapper. Because Ding's age was too unclear, Zhang Yisheng was in a hurry to return to Yisheng Peak, so he took her with him.

Doctor Zhang took pity on Mrs. Ding, so he adopted her as a foster daughter, passed on her medical skills, and took her to practice medicine around the world.

When Ding was 14 years old, Zhang Yisheng took her into Chang'an to give free consultations to the common people.

The servants of Ding's mansion recognized Ding, and the old Duke Ding and her elder brother Ding Shizi took her back to the Duke's mansion.

After Mrs. Ding disappeared that year, Duke Ding sent someone to find out the criminal evidence of his step-wife, and divorced his step-wife.The stepmother's emotional ups and downs caused the child in her womb to miscarry.

Mr. Ding Laojun has never married a wife, nor has he taken concubines. There are only a few Tongfang in the mansion who have been filled with childless soup.

The Ding family restored her honorable status as the concubine's concubine, and not long after, Ding Laojun decided to marry Ouyang Jinhua's grandfather Ouyang Linhai.

According to common sense, the Ding family will live a life of prosperity and wealth. Who knows that there will be unexpected events, but Ouyang Linhai is so talented that he won the number one prize. Another decree was to give Ding's family to Ouyang Jinhua as a concubine.

(End of this chapter)