The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

Is it barbecue?

However, no matter how good-looking the drama is, it will feel a little boring under the unfair treatment of others sitting while you stand, and others eating while you watch.Especially the pure natural smell of meat is simply a crime.

Fortunately, Mrs. Xing was quite considerate, and when they had finished eating, she said to Jia Mu: "It's a pity that these maids can only smell the smell after standing there for a long time, or let them cook with these pots." Let’s eat all the leftover meat and vegetables, so as not to waste it.”

Mother Jia nodded approvingly: "That's the reason. If that's the case, let's go to the Nuan Pavilion to talk and let them eat here. The Nuan Pavilion is a small place, so two or three maidservants will come over to serve tea, so others don't have to come."

After speaking, she led everyone up to Nuan Pavilion, seeing Zijuan hurriedly following, Xueyan stopped walking there.Since there are people rushing to work, why don't you give them this chance?

She glanced at what was left on the table. These girls ate a lot of vegetables. The plates of mutton and beef were barely touched, but the fresh vegetables brought by the Zhuangzi ate a lot.Although the real food here is nothing more than the big maids around everyone, but there are more than a dozen of them in Jiaba Jiaba.Xueyan saw that the remaining meat and vegetables were obviously not enough, and was about to reach out to untie the purse, but turned around and saw Xiaohong was at the side, went over and put his arms around her shoulders and said with a smile: "Good sister, can we eat well this time? It depends on how big your face is."

Xiaohong glanced at the few green leafy vegetables left on the table, shrugged her shoulders and said, "If my sister wants to eat meatballs, I can say anything, but don't even think about this little green vegetable. The second grandma is very tight, and said Only two bundles of each item were left for the family, and the rest had to be given away.”

Xueyan sneered: "Who wants to eat that! I'm getting tired of eating at home, go and get me some cabbage hearts, tofu, sheep blood, etc. If there are mutton and beef, I can ask for a few more plates. Those Keep the fresh ones for the masters to eat."

What she was talking about were common ingredients in the kitchen, and Xiao Hong immediately packed the ticket and said: "This is easy, it's up to me." After finishing speaking, she turned around and beckoned a little maid to come, handed her a few copper coins and ordered a Fan.The little maid stuffed the copper plate into her purse and went crazy.

Seeing her unfamiliar, Xue Yan asked: "Is this girl just here?"

Xiaohong nodded: "It's not that she came here not long ago. She was a daughter in charge of the wife's village in the suburbs. She came with her father to deliver things a few days ago, and she happened to be seen by her wife. Somehow, she fell in love with her wife, and was caught by her wife. Coming to the yard."

While the two of them were talking there, Qingwen and the others had already refilled the pot with hot soup and brought it to a boil. Seeing that the two of them were only talking there, Qingwen couldn't help shouting: "If you two don't come again, we can't wait to see you." It's time to finish eating."

The two looked back and saw that everyone was scalding their favorite ingredients with chopsticks, and quickly took their own bowls and chopsticks to find a seat and squeeze in.Just now, when they ate, they chewed and swallowed slowly, but when they arrived, they were not so refined. They were all hungry after serving the master to help cook and pickle vegetables for a long time. Regardless of reserve, they all ate happily there.

Just when the dishes on the table were about to run out, the little girl that Xiao Hong had sent just now came over with two women carrying two boxes of meat and vegetables.Xiaohong and Amber stepped forward to take the food box and sent away the two women.The little girl saw that Xiaohong was having a hard time carrying the food box, so she hurriedly stepped forward to take it: "This Shen, my sister put it away, let me do it." After speaking, she lifted the food box up to the round table where she was eating put it aside.

Xiaohong smiled in surprise: "I didn't expect you to look thin and small, but you have a lot of strength."

The little girl smiled embarrassedly: "When I was at home, I did a lot of farm work and practiced it."

Xiaohong thought she was joking, so she just laughed it off.

But Xueyan happened to hear this, and looked back at the little maid's rough face and fingers, as well as her thin and dark body.She reached out to put the plates of vegetables in the food box on the table, and saw the little maid staring at the brass pot in a daze.So he picked up a pair of unused bowls and chopsticks from the side, scooped up a bowl of meat and vegetables from the bottom of the pot, and handed them to her: "It's such a cold day, it's hard for you to make this trip, come and taste it."

Not to mention eating, she has never seen this.The little girl shook her head in embarrassment, but it was Xiaohong who persuaded from the side: "I let you eat, so you can eat. It means that your sister Xueyan has such a warm heart, so let someone else see who cares about you."

Then he said to Xueyan: "Don't look at her small stature, she has a big appetite, she can eat a big steamed bun for a meal, and she doesn't like rice, and she thinks it doesn't fill her stomach, isn't it funny? funny."

Xueyan sighed: "She was a farmer's child before, she must have to do a lot of chores at home, how can she have the energy to work if she doesn't eat more?"

"That's true. This girl's life is very hard. Her mother died when she was born. Her father married a stepmother. He heard that he treated her very badly. He beat and scolded her all day long and made her do a lot of things. The job is not enough to eat. Her father is a small manager, and there are more than 20 taels a year, plus all kinds of miscellaneous things. It is not a problem to eat and wear warm in the farmer's field. But when she came, she wore a hood The gown is still neat, but the padded jacket inside is half too small. This girl has picked up several pieces with cloth. If she hadn't met her wife, she might still be suffering at home

It's frozen. "

Xiaohong couldn't help but her eyes were red as she spoke, and turned her head to see that the girl's bowl was empty, so she scooped up two more chopsticks for her: "We don't see such opportunities often, you girl is really lucky." gone."

The little girl chuckled, although her complexion was a bit dark, the few teeth that were exposed were still very white.

Xueyan looked at her, took a bite of mutton absent-mindedly, and then asked Xiaohong: "Then her father will let her come to the mansion to be a maid?"

Xiao Hong sneered and said: "Her father is really looking forward to it, maybe he also expects her to be a support and support family in the wife's yard in the future. Even if she doesn't look at the future, even if she is a rough servant girl, she still has two hundred coins a month. Just wait and see, within two months, someone from her family will come and cry for her monthly money."

Xueyan sighed: "She is still young, and she is so pitiful. If you can mention something, please mention more, and if you can help, please help. Don't let her be coaxed."

The tradition of the Jia family is that the monthly money and precious jewelry of the little maids are all managed by the big maid. I think Zijuan thought about taking care of their monthly money when Xueyan and the others first came to Jia's house, but was refuted by Xueyan.As the eldest maid of Rongxitang, it is very easy for Xiaohong to keep the little girl's monthly money.

Xiaohong put a beef ball in her bowl: "Don't worry, I know it well. Once you enter Rongxi Hall, you will be mine, and I won't let outsiders bully her."

Xueyan frowned: "I know you are the sweetest, by the way, what's her name?"

Hearing this, Xiaohong patted her forehead in distress: "She doesn't have a proper name yet, she is called Nizi at home. You know, the wife is the most annoying to name the maid, and I am not very good at this. Alas, I see Seeing that you and her are quite predestined, why don't you give her a name!"

When it comes to the name, Xiaohong is also very helpless.When I first joined the Xing family, I thought I could finally change to a more elegant name, so I didn't have to envy the catchy names of the maids in other yards all day long.In the end, after waiting for half a year, she still couldn't get a new name. After finally gaining a foothold by Xing's side, she asked about it in private.I remember that Xing frowned at that time and said: "I don't have this talent in my life. If I come to the yard in the future, I will give you the name!"

Thinking about it now, Xiaohong still remembers her loss at that time...

And Xueyan stared a little, why did this matter happen to me?

But seeing Xiaohong's look of lovelessness, she smiled: "Okay, isn't it just a name? See, it's embarrassing for you. Bai followed me to read so many Tang poems and Song poems, and just found two Wouldn’t it be a word?”

Xiaohong stared: "My good sister, it's not that you don't know me. Although you have read a few poems, you can barely recognize a few words. Many of the meanings of those poems have not been understood yet. Knowing the source, am I afraid of getting the meaning wrong!"

"Okay, okay, you have many reasons, but that will have to wait until I'm full." Xueyan rolled her eyes helplessly, lightly took a bite of the beef ball that Xiaohong gave her just now, and then calmly gave her Put it in a bone dish, ginger is the most annoying thing.She glanced at the dishes on the table, put a few pieces of sheep's blood in a small copper spoon and scalded the fruit, thinking that it would be better if there were shrimp paste and fish balls.forget it, do it

People can't be too greedy. It's not easy to sit down and eat hot pot safely while dressed as a maid. You can't have a long look at Shu...

However, thinking of the grand occasion of Lu Xue'an's couplet poems in the original book, I don't know if it will happen again in this life.Xueyan wasn't very interested in couplet poems, but she was more interested in the lively barbecue meeting.Imagine that the fat and thin slices of meat are sliced ​​thinly, marinated with various spices and then put on a wire mesh and grilled with charcoal fire. When roasted to a certain extent, the fat in the meat slices will be secreted to give the meat a new taste. sublimation…

Oops, I can't think about it anymore. If I think about it, this delicious hot pot will become tasteless.

Xueyan sighed regretfully while eating hot pot, but she didn't know that there was someone in the warm pavilion next door who knew how to eat better than her.Mrs. Xing heard Baoyu and Xiangyun murmuring: "These beef and mutton usually don't taste very good, but it's really delicious when cooked in this way. There is nothing more delicious than this in the world."

Hearing this, Xing smirked: "I'll make you another food tomorrow, and you'll know if there's anything better."

The news immediately spread to the crowd who were eating hot pot. Others were guessing wildly there, but Xueyan's eyes lit up: Could it be really barbecue?