Pan Jinlian's petty bourgeoisie life

to say something.Mrs. Chai and Li frowned and sat on the first seat, glaring at the two of them:

"Everyone's daughter, why are you making those mumbling accents, who will dare to marry in the future?"

The two of them hurriedly stopped talking, and obediently sat down next to Mrs. Chai and Li, but the lady didn't even glance at Pan Jinlian, she just said to herself:

"Why haven't the old family's and the second's family's come yet? Could it be that something has delayed it?"

"Come on, come on, we're here now, we just didn't catch up when we saw Mother coming out of the yard, this body is really incomparable to Mother's."

Pan Jinlian raised her eyes and saw two daughter-in-laws with their heads crossed came in accompanied by a bunch of girls and women behind them. Both of them were also dressed in splendid clothes and wore capes embossed with crimson satin. After entering the door, he untied it and handed it to the girl, and stepped forward to salute Chai Li. Chai Li nodded unhurriedly, raised his hand to let the two sit down, and then smiled and called:

"Let's have dinner."

The orders below were all ordered, and a few gorgeously dressed maids came in with a lot of vegetables, and they were all placed on the table in order, a very fat woman in a satin jacket came in quietly on tiptoe, in front of Mrs. He said a few words beside his ear, only to hear Mrs. Chai and Li sneer and say:

"Since you're sick, let's rest, and tell the two aunts not to come here to serve, and just take care of the master."

The first two daughters-in-law immediately winked for a long time, and said to Chai Li in anger:

"I think these two aunts are becoming more and more arrogant now. The mother still needs to rectify and rectify, otherwise it will be terrible to climb on top of us in the future."

"Exactly, especially after the little goblin Jiao Niang came, she got in touch with Third Concubine and fought against her. It's just relying on the master's liking. What can I do in a few months?"

Chai Li's face turned cold, and he glanced at the two of them, but he was very calm:

"Don't worry, what the second family said is correct, but it's only been a few months. The fresh rabbit meat that was just beaten in the kitchen today looks good. You all have to try it."

The four at the bottom hurriedly started eating with smiling faces, but Pan Jinlian curled her lips as she looked at the vegetables, thinking that she would go back to eat her own meal after the service was over, but she didn't expect these people to eat so slowly. Rinse mouth, drink tea, eat snacks and fruits, everyone gathered together to gossip, but they didn't disperse, and there was more than two hours of quarreling.

The days of winter are short, and the sun is gradually setting to the west, so I heard Mrs. Chai Li say slowly:

"It's been a long time, and I'm tired. You all go back to the house. You don't have to come to say hello at night. It's not good to let the wind blow in the cold weather. Why don't the men at home have no one to take care of you. By the way, everyone, Go back and tell the servants that Lian'er and Shuangshuang's house should have more silver charcoal, and unmarried girls can't be left cold, and don't have children in the future."

"Mother, don't worry, I have already asked my servants to prepare, and I can't let the two girls suffer."

Pan Jinlian took a sneak peek, and the woman who agreed was also round-faced, and she looked very kind, but her big eyes were full of calculations, so she probably wasn't easy to get along with, not to mention she looked like she was half in charge, so naturally Need some means.As for the second child, who seems to be from a noble family, looks like Lin Daiyu, has a slender figure and a pretty face, and only caters to Chai Li and his sister-in-law. He is not self-confident and looks like a weak one, but he can do whatever he wants in his heart. Moreover.

Seeing that the two agreed, Mrs. Chai and Li helped the girl up, and slowly went back to her room, and the two girls hurriedly followed out, leaving only the two daughters-in-law of the Chai family standing there ordering the girl to pack up. .

"The rest of the food was distributed to the girls in each room. Madam eats it in the small kitchen, so there is no need to send it over. Also, yo, isn't this from the third master's house? Why did I forget you? Come on." Ah, Ms. Li, let someone put all the leftover fish on the table into a box and take it back to the third master’s family to eat. It’s a pity that I have been standing for such a long time. I haven’t eaten a mouthful of hot food. The little lady looks good-looking, similar to the fourth concubine of our master Xinna."

As he spoke, he smiled at the person behind him, then pursed his lips and patted his cheek lightly:

"Oh, what I said is wrong, how can you compare the bride with the master's aunt, but since the bride is married, there is nothing wrong with it, right?

24 narrative

The maids and mothers-in-law of the Chai family also retreated to the side, staring at the commotion.Pan Jinlian glanced at the two of them, and replied with a smile:

"The elder sister-in-law is right. Whether it is a cat or a dog in this master's house, it is very precious, let alone a living person. We must respect and cherish it in our mouths and hearts. I am taught today. Already, sister-in-law, what instructions do you have?"

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Chai family couldn't help but spit, and said embarrassingly:

"It's sharp-tongued. It's none of your business. In the future, remember not to run wild everywhere. This yard is not a place for you to come, and we are not sister-in-laws. We will be called Young Madam from now on."

Pan Jinlian only smiled when she heard this, and she was not ashamed. I knew that the Chai family did not treat Chai Wu as their own family, and it seems that it is the same in the inner courtyard. means property.Since people don't regard her as their own family, she doesn't have to put a hot face on a cold butt. Naturally, it is a calculation that should be calculated, and those who should think of a way should think of a way.

Thinking of this, Pan Jinlian nodded to the two of them, went out with the girl and mother-in-law, and returned to her own yard. Yinger picked her up early, and when the girl entered Chai's house, she asked them to do chores in the kitchen, saying that it was Pan Jin Lian was young and didn't need to order girls around, so she couldn't even see her a few times, so she was squeezed a lot.

"What's the matter, is someone bullying you?"

"My lady, don't talk about this. I brought some food from the kitchen. Although it was cold, I went to the house to heat it up on the stove and eat it. I heard the women in the kitchen say that they have been eating all day long. It's really cruel not to let you eat!"

Ying'er was about to shed tears when she said that, and she held a large bowl in her hand, which contained the leftovers from lunch.Pan Jinlian shook her head with a smile, this girl can repay her kindness:

"It's as miserable as you said. I just waited for them to have lunch late, and these women are also very talkative. Yinger, this is what you saved for me. You just went In the kitchen, where can I get any extra things?"

"I, I still have the leftover cold steamed buns from the morning, and I'm full with just hot water."

Ying'er smiled and looked away, her face flushed red.Pan Jinlian touched her twin girls, smiled and led her into the room, when she opened the door, a scent of fragrance came in, and when she looked again, it turned out that there was a porcelain jar on the stove.

"When I came out, I thought that I might not be able to make lunch at noon, so I specially put japonica rice on the fire to make porridge. Now it is cooked enough. You came by coincidence, so come and have a drink. The tender mutton is added to it to keep out the cold. of."

While talking, Pan Jinlian went to lift the lid, the japonica rice inside had long been boiled into white flowers, and the rice grains could not be seen, and the wide-mouthed porcelain pot was lined with a layer of lotus leaves, which made it a little more Fragrance, also remove the smell of mutton.She walked to a standing cabinet in front of the window, opened it, and took out a pair of small water-red bowls pinched with gold:

"I've never been willing to use this bowl. It just came in handy today. If I go to the kitchen to get it, I'm afraid it will violate their taboo again."

After speaking, he took out two twisted twists from a small compartment under the table as if by magic, broke them into pieces and put them in the bottom of the bowl, and poured them with japonica rice porridge, the aroma was even more overflowing.The two of them were eating porridge bowls deliciously, forgetting that it was cold and hungry just now.

Ying'er burped when she ate, covered her belly and lay on the table humming. Pan Jinlian felt warm all over after eating a full meal. Just now, there was no one in the room, but the fire was not extinguished. She smoked for a long time, now It was even more steaming hot.

"Ying'er, what's busy in the kitchen right now, it looks like you've lost a lot of weight."

Both of them moved to the bed and chatted against the bedposts. Pan Jinlian saw that Ying'er's newly fattened face became a new one, and felt a little distressed. After all, she brought it by herself. As for her, why did the Chai family make such a fuss?Ying'er pouted to tell Pan Jinlian about the kitchen affairs;

"Normally, I'm fine. I just take care of the meals of the master, wife, aunts, and young mistresses on the small stove. The woman in charge in the kitchen also said that the master and the young masters should not eat at home, as long as the meals for the wives are prepared. As for the big stove, the craftsmen in the family serve the maids and women. The favored girls in each room eat on the small stove in the side room. The housekeepers and accountants often have trouble outside. There is not much left, but now it is the end of the new year, and the tenants have sent new year's things to the kitchen to clean up, and there are many vegetables, chicken, duck, fish, rice cakes, noodles, fruits, and tributes for ancestor worship. , I don’t have any free time, I still sneaked out while the old woman who took care of me scalded her feet to find medicine.”

Pan Jinlian nodded, laughing to herself that she even forgot that the New Year's Eve is coming soon, this is the busiest time in the kitchen, Ying'er is weak in the beginning, if they continue to work hard, she might not be exhausted to death The skin is peeling off, not to mention that these slaves who push high and step low are originally a pair of snobbish eyes, it seems that they have to find a way to free themselves and her together.

After thinking about it for a while, Pan Jinlian still couldn't think of a way to get the best of both worlds, but Ying'er was anxious to go back.see her here