Qinglian in the Red Chamber

It stands to reason that Daiyu's room has always been guarded by a few big maids and nuns, and no one else will be called in when she is idle.A second-class maid like Xueyan can only stay in the outer hall on weekdays, but today Yanxiang called her in and guarded in the inner room alone.

However, Daiyu couldn't say she was annoyed, she was just a little surprised.It's just that when she asked this question, Xueyan felt a little terrified, for fear that Daiyu would leave a lump in her heart, thinking that she didn't understand the rules.

"The wife said that the nuns were tired all the way, so she told them to go to rest early tonight." Xueyan covered Daiyu with a thin blanket, and explained in detail, "Scholarly and Moxiang, the sisters are cleaning up. The girl's luggage and our small warehouse in Yanziwu have to be registered and checked, and the sisters are extremely busy. I thought the girl had already fallen asleep, so sister Yanxiang transferred everyone else Go to help, just tell me to stay here and wait on the girl."

Xueyan thought that Daiyu needed to find a few maidservants for something, so she hurriedly said: "Miss, how many older sisters do you want to find? If that's the case, I'll ask the lady on duty outside to call them now..."

Shaking her head, Daiyu said, "I'm just asking for nothing, don't worry."

Xueyan has been serving her by her side for many years, seeing the little girl flustered, Daiyu can somewhat guess what's going on in her heart.

Pulling the corners of her lips, Daiyu showed a slight smile, motioned Xueyan to sit down, and then asked again: "Are you feeling tired? It's thanks to you guys guarding me along the way."

"Look at what the girl said, so many servants take turns taking care of the girl, how tired can they be? The servant is in high spirits now. If the girl can't sleep well, how about the servant talking with the girl?" Xue Yan turned sideways Sitting on the footrest, she smiled reassuringly, "However, if the girl wants to read, she can't do it. The uncle has already explained that it hurts the eyes to read by the lampstand at night. The uncle called the servants Be sure to watch the girl. You can't ask the girl to read with a book in her arms at night...."

"I just said that one sentence, you are lucky, there are ten sentences waiting for me here." Daiyu said angrily, and then remembered the food supplement list that Jia Min asked someone to send, and then she thought about it, and asked Said: "The food supplement list, is it at Yanmao's place now?"

"It should be, but after sister Zhuran left, the nuns took a break. If the girl wants to take that list back to read, I'm afraid it will have to wait until tomorrow."

all in all.It's a big night.Daiyu never wanted to see a piece of paper.one page.

Daiyu curled her mouth and muttered something in a low voice, but Xueyan couldn't catch a word.

"Miss only drank some soup for dinner, do you feel hungry now? Do you need your maid to go to the small kitchen to cook something for the girl?" Xue Yan asked.

Xue Yan said so.Daiyu really felt a little hungry in her belly, but she couldn't arouse her appetite, so she didn't want to eat anything.

Daiyu frowned slightly, and fell silent for a moment.

At this time, she heard the voice of a woman outside the house, Xue Yan listened carefully, and said to Daiyu: "Miss, sit down, slaves go out and have a look first."

Received Daiyu's nod, Xueyan turned around and hurried out.

After a while.I saw Xueyan carrying a food box and entering the inner room with a smile on her face.

"It's Mrs. Chen who was on duty outside the house. She heard voices in the house and guessed that the girl had woken up, so she notified the small kitchen. Before going to bed, Mammy Yan had asked the small kitchen to cook a cup of lotus leaf and lotus root porridge according to the order. .Now this porridge is ready to eat. Girl, you want to try it. The small kitchen also prepares a few side dishes, can you try it together, girl?"

Daiyu has been suffering from loss of appetite since she got on the boat, but she is worried about these maids, big and small.Now, Xueyan is trying her best to persuade Daiyu to use more.

Xueyan opened the food box, took out the porridge and side dishes one by one, and helped Daiyu to the table.

Daiyu thought about the little girl's thoughts, so she didn't refuse, and sat down at the table with Xueyan's support.

Xueyan put some porridge in Daiyu's usual small white jade bowl, and handed it to Daiyu along with a small white jade spoon.

A burst of sweet fragrance came to her nostrils, making Daiyu's eyes brighten, and she couldn't help lowering her head to carefully look at the small bowl in her hand.

In the white jade bowl, there is a porridge made of milky white Japonica rice and diced lotus root against the light green soup.Daiyu scooped up a spoonful and savored it carefully. The rice grains and lotus root had been boiled until they were very soft and glutinous, and they were served with rock sugar. It was refreshing, sweet and glutinous. .

Daiyu swallowed the porridge with a satisfied face, then raised her eyes to look at the few side dishes on the table.There are not many side dishes, and they are all served in small plates.

A piece of shredded silver bud chicken mixed with sesame oil, which is the tenderest part of the crispy silver bud, mixed with shredded steamed chicken breast meat, and then sprinkled with sesame oil; a four-color dry shredded, is the Baked with shredded ham, shredded red pepper, and shredded green pepper together in old soup; a dish of fried pork slices with tender ginger and king oyster mushrooms. Take it out and cut it into slices, which is one of the ingredients sent by Brother Jiu; there is also a cold black fungus, each black fungus is thick and plump, and it is also an ingredient sent by Brother Jiu.

These dishes are red and green, white and black, yellow and green. They look colorful, and they are really full of color, fragrance and taste, which makes your index finger move.

Now there is no need for Xueyan to persuade her, Daiyu directly ate the porridge in the small bowl with these small dishes, and asked Xueyan to fill another bowl.

Seeing Daiyu's delicious food, Xueyan finally breathed a sigh of relief.Handing over the good porridge, Xueyan couldn't help persuading: "It's a good thing for the girl to be able to eat, but she can't eat too much. Just eat this bowl again, otherwise the girl will have food accumulated at night." It's hard."

Daiyu answered with a smile.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour after the meal, Xueyan followed Daiyu's daily habits and brought her tea to eat.

The master and the servant talked for a while, and Daiyu just turned on the lamp to rest.Xueyan waited for Daiyu to fall asleep, and put her on the couch in the outer room to lie down and watch the night.

The next morning, Zhu Ran was combing Jia Min's hair while talking about things: "...It is said that the girl used two small bowls of lotus leaf and lotus root porridge last night. The porridge was ordered by Yan Yan in advance to the small kitchen. It was made from the food supplement list, and the small kitchen also provided four side dishes, and the girl ate very sweet."

"Really?" Jia Min said happily, "Who served the girl last night? I want to reward her well. Well, those people in Yanziwu should be rewarded."

"It was Xueyan who was waiting on the side. Shuxiang and the others were busy arranging the girl's things, and thought that the girl was asleep, so they only left Xueyan to wait there."

Jia Min pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then said: "Later, let's go to Yanziwu to see Yu'er first."

"Yes."

"By the way, I remember that I have a set of pink pearls on the head and a set of twelve carved jade hairpins. You can get them and take them to Yanziwu to be used by Yu'er later." Jia Min said, At the same time, he chose a hairpin in the shape of jasper and auspicious clouds and handed it to Zhuran behind him.

"Understood, ma'am." After speaking, Zhuran inserted the jade hairpin obliquely into Jia Min's bun.

After Zhu Ranfu bowed and retreated, Mei Xiang came over and waited on Jia Min to wash her face.

Jia Min first washed his face with mung bean noodles smoked from lotus leaves, orchid pistils, then took the silk silk handed over by Mei Xiang to dry off the water, then opened a Xuan kiln porcelain box on the dressing table, and took A stick of hosta flower inside came out, poured on the palm and kneaded evenly, and then spread it on the face evenly.

At this time, Mei Xiang opened a large mahogany box painted with gold and carved patterns on the dressing table, and inside were twelve small white jade boxes lined up and down.Jia Min chose one of them to open, and used a hairpin to pick out a little of the rose cream inside, spread it on the palm of her hand, melted it with a little water, and then spread it on her lips, and the rest finely smacked on her cheeks.

Waiting for Jia Min to wash and wash, Ju Qing waited for her to change her clothes and had breakfast.Then, surrounded by maids and servants, Jia Min went to Yanziwu.

Daiyu went to bed late last night, so she couldn't get up on time this morning.

Shuxiang and Moxiang had come to wait on her early, seeing that Daiyu hadn't gotten up yet, they sent Xueyan back to rest first, and then they looked at Daiyu lightly before retreating to the outside room to watch quietly .

Nanny Li was also worried about Daiyu, so she came here early in the morning.After entering the room, she found that the two big maids of Shuxiang and Moxiang were guarding the outside room doing needlework, so she guessed that Daiyu hadn't got up yet.

"Mommy, sit down quickly, the girl hasn't gotten up yet." Shuxiang heard footsteps, looked up to see Li Nanny, got up quickly and beckoned Li Nanny to sit down.Mo Xiang also put down the needlework she was doing, and bought a cup of tea for Nanny Li.

"Xueyan just said that the girl woke up last night, ate something, talked and laughed with Xueyan, and just fell asleep. We just went in and looked at it, and the girl is sleeping soundly." Mo Xiang said in a low voice while offering the teacup to Nanny Li.

"Amitabha, the girl can finally eat." Nanny Li heard that Daiyu was willing to eat last night, and felt comforted.

"I heard from Xueyan that the small kitchen made it according to the food supplement list that my wife sent over." Shuxiang said, then sat back and picked up the half-done needlework and began to embroider.

Nanny Li went to bed early last night, so she didn't know about the food supplement list.After asking Shuxiang and Moxiang, the two girls just shook their heads, but they didn't know.

"I heard from Xueyan that it was Mammy Yan who took over the arrangement. If you have any questions, you can ask Mammy Yan."

The three of them were chatting in low voices outside, but Daiyu was sleeping by herself inside.

In her dream, Daiyu seemed to still be able to smell the fragrance of lotus leaf and lotus root porridge.

That porridge is really delicious...