Daguanyuan Food Research Bureau

People who don't know the truth.

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In midsummer, cicadas sing.

"Who knows dishes on the menu, A Journey."

Jia Ying made a long sound, shaking her head and thinking, shaking her feet under the table, and secretly raised her eyes.

Jia Yuanchun was sitting opposite her, wearing a tulle tulle shirt with lotus root color. The 12-year-old girl was just growing up, just sitting there looked like a painting, with her eyebrows crossed like a red phoenix, and her hair like a phoenix. Heaping Crow, holding the pen holder in his slender hand, was staring out of the window, the ink was stained on the paper, but she didn't notice it either.

It's been two years.

It was in vain for her to be so worried, but she didn't expect that the scarlet monk didn't look at her at all, he just asked for the psychic jade to hold it, and after muttering a long series of mantras, he drifted away again.

Immortals are weird, Jia Ying expressed understanding, but she didn't know whether chanting the spell would add special effects or patches to her jade. She had been researching for half a month and couldn't find a way, so she simply left it behind.

Although time flies and children have limited energy and things they can do, two years is still a long time for Jia Ying, but it is enough for her to adapt to her status and understand the composition of the mansion.

The courtyard where Jia Ying lives now belongs to her grandmother. It is located in the west courtyard of Rongxi Hall, the main building of Rongguo Mansion. Her grandmother, Jiamu, is currently the most senior and most prestigious in Rongguo Mansion.Hmm... If Rongguo Mansion was a school, then Mother Jia would probably be at the school director level.

The old lady's two sons are the two masters of the Rongguo Mansion. Now they have separated, but Jia's mother is still there, so they both live in the mansion, which is equivalent to dividing into two colleges.

Grandpa Jia She is her uncle, and she has only seen him a few times at the ancestral hall on New Year's Eve. Jia Ying thought about it, this uncle is almost the principal.

After all, if one day the old lady is gone, the uncle who inherits the title just needs to say something casually, and they will all have to pack up and leave.

I have to say, thinking of ransacking the house, Jia Ying still looks forward to the day when she will be kicked out of Rongguo Mansion.

Her father, Jia Zheng, is also a legitimate son, but he is unlucky. He is the second child. He is only the dean of the "Rongguofu University" and lives in a partial courtyard. Speaking of which, there is also a job. If one day they really leave the house, their family will at least not starve to death.

Jia Amnesty's first wife, the eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, has never been seen by Jia Ying so far. Everything is a mystery, and it is said that she is seriously ill.That's why her Mrs. Niangwang succeeded in taking up the post and became the housekeeper wife of Rongguo Mansion.

After taking a sip of the sour plum soup, Jia Ying read a few more words, "Bright moonlight in front of the bed, rouge sour plum soup", but Yuan Chun didn't respond, let alone correct her.

"Sister." Jia Ying looked up at her, and said crisply, "I will."

Yuan Chun came back to his senses because of her call, his hands trembled, and the pen drew a line of ink on the paper.Not long after he was dazed, he dropped his pen, and then looked at her again with a smile on his face: "Can you recite?"

Jia Ying nodded obediently.

"go to play."

In the past, Jia Ying must have run out relieved, but now he didn't move for a long time.

Yuan Chun asked her curiously, "What's wrong?"

Jia Ying sat at the table, twisted her body in embarrassment, stretched out her fleshy claws, grabbed Yuan Chun's hand, and looked at her with big black eyes.

"I'm hungry."

Yuan Chun laughed when she heard this, and stretched out her hand to pinch her face: "Who told you to stay in bed? You missed breakfast, and now you know you're hungry?"

After all, I found a paper bag from a small drawer on the side.

"Here, you can only take one cushion. If you don't eat at noon, the wife will say that I will feed you."

Jia Ying cheered and took it, happily opened the paper bag, and rolled out several white balls, each of which was pulled open, revealing the honey-colored lotus paste in the center.

She picked one up at random. Each layer of crispy noodles was as thin as a cicada's wings, and there was still light shining through. Layers of crispy noodles looked like blooming flowers. The outer layer of crispy noodles was white, and the innermost layer was rouge soaked in flower juice. I don't know how to do it, the color transitions layer by layer, very beautiful.

"Lotus Crisp! ~(≧▽≦)/~"

Desserts are paired with sour plum soup, it's perfect!

Yuan Chun held his chin and looked at her with a happy face, as if he had encountered some great event, covered his mouth and smiled.

At this time, there was a sudden noise outside the door.

In the old lady's yard, no one had ever dared to be so unruly. Yuan Chun was puzzled, and got up and walked outside. Jia Ying did not forget to stuff lotus cakes into her mouth, puffed her cheeks, jumped off the chair, and followed. , leaning on the edge of the door and leaning out, chewing like a squirrel.

I saw a bunch of women and servants standing in the yard, some seemed to be carrying something, and some were running around, yelling, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

Yuan Chun winked at Baoqin, and Baoqin stopped them loudly.Seeing Yuan Chun, those women stopped immediately, and the courtyard fell silent instantly.

"Miss." All the women saluted, the woman in the middle was holding a big bag, her face was pale, and she bowed her body.

Yuan Chun stood under the dripping water eaves, looked around, and saw that several of the women were from big families. He was a little puzzled, but when he saw the faint blood stains on the cloth bag, his heart sank, and he calmly said, "What's the matter?"

She didn't train those women, but only asked a question, but the women lowered their heads in fear and didn't dare to say anything. Only the woman in the middle gritted her teeth and stood up. Yuan Chun recognized her as The big house concubine girl - Jia Yingchun's nanny.

The nanny said: "If you go back to the eldest girl, the second girl has her head smashed!"

Yuan Chun's face became serious: "You carry her into the room first, and then follow the other one, and let the girl settle down together."

She ordered a few wives: "You guys, go to the mandarin duck girl next to the old lady, and get an old ginseng. The few over there, send someone to tell the chief steward, and quickly invite the imperial doctor to come and see. The rest Yes, follow the instructions of Mother Zhao in the old lady's room."

Seeing those women rushing away, Yuan Chun pondered for a moment, then whispered to the maid next to him: "Go to Sister Zhou and tell the truth about what you saw."

The elder sister Zhou mentioned in Yuanchun's mouth is Mrs. Wang's accompanying room, Zhou Rui's family. In this era, accompanying rooms are a woman's dowry, and most of them are children brought by her mother's family. They are private property and are absolutely trustworthy. Zhou Rui's family is one of them. one.Jia Ying swallowed the lotus cake, and stamped Zhou Rui's family in the head - Mrs. Wang's secretary.

At this time, even though the courtyard has been organized, it is still a bit chaotic. Seeing that Jia Ying is only pulling on the hem of her clothes, Yuan Chun is afraid that someone will bump into her when she gets busy, so she just hugs her. Hearing Yingchun's presence, the room is in chaos again , had to follow in.

Jia Yingchun was only one year older than Jia Ying, and she was lying on the bed, even smaller than Jia Ying, crying and screaming for pain, with a big hole in her forehead, bleeding continuously.It was the first time for Yuan Chun to see such a battle, his face turned pale with fright, he quickly covered Jia Ying's eyes, beat those women, and hurried out of the room again.

As soon as they left the door, they saw Zhou Rui's family enter the courtyard. Yuan Chun seemed to have been pardoned. Zhou Rui's family took a good look at the two sisters. Seeing that they were all right, he heaved a sigh of relief and comforted Yuan Chun: "My wife knows about this. Don't worry too much, sister. Let the second girl leave it to me."

Back in their room, Jia Ying no longer had the desire to eat. She deliberated a lot about the situation, and couldn't figure out why Jia Yingchun, as the only lady in the big house, would be beaten to death in her own house.

Even if there is really a house fight, it wouldn't be such a physical attack.

Now I can only pray that everything is fine for Yingchun girl.

Thinking of this, Jia Ying stretched out her hand to grab Yuan Chun's sweaty hand, and patted her on the back subconsciously as if to comfort her.

Yuan Chun's expression softened a lot because of her movement, and he reached out to stroke her forehead hair.

"Your second sister will be fine, don't be afraid."

Thinking about Yingchun in her heart, Jia Ying saw that Yuanchun looked dazed, so she didn't ask any further questions. After the two sisters had a hasty lunch, Jia Ying obediently traced the blush all afternoon.

When it was time for dinner, the nurse next to Mother Jia brought a food box: "The old lady said, let the eldest girl and Miss Baoyu eat first, there is no need to wait."

It seems that Mother Jia has come back and knows about it.Both Jia Ying and Yuan Chun let out a long sigh of relief. They were just guarding the yard when such a big incident happened.

Baoqin opened the food box with cloth vegetables, half a plate of cold rouge vegetables, served with slices of sauced beef, a bowl of crispy stewed lychee meat, two fragrant jasmine bamboo fungus soup, two bowls of green rice There are not many things, but it goes well with rice. The meat is tasty and easy to chew.

With the backbone, both Jia Ying and Yuan Chun ate a lot. Yuan Chun did not drag Jia Ying to read the book as before, and coaxed her to sleep early.

Jia Ying couldn't sleep, so she pretended to sleep with her back on her back. She thought that Yuan Chun would ask her nanny to inquire about it, so she waited for the result. After the western clock struck nine times, there was finally movement in the room.

"Baoyu is asleep?" Someone asked in a low voice.

Jia Ying did not expect that Mrs. Wang would come here in person.

Yuan Chun also said softly: "I'm afraid I was scared in the morning. I didn't make much trouble tonight, so I went to bed obediently."

"Send someone to watch tonight, she is not in good health, wake her up when she is sick," Mrs. Wang instructed.Yuanchun should be.The mother and daughter chatted for a while.

"Second sister is also pitiful. Her aunt just left, and this happened today." Yuan Chun sighed, and it took a long time for him to look serious again, "How did I hear that today the second sister was kidnapped by the eldest wife..."

Was Yingchun's head broken by Mrs. Zhang? !

Jia Ying was drowsy, and immediately woke up after hearing such an explosive news.

Didn't it mean that the eldest lady was seriously ill, how could she still have the strength to be violent?What's more, in the past two years, I haven't seen her during the holidays, and everyone seems to think that she doesn't exist, and never mentions it.Jia Ying almost forgot about this person's existence, but unexpectedly, the hermit had a good sense of existence in a sudden.

There was a soft sound, it seemed that Madam Wang put down the teacup.

"You are grown up now, and it's time to listen. You know everything about the eldest wife, right?"

Hearing this question, Jia Ying was a little confused.

She is a paratrooper who has only been here for three years, so she doesn't know anything.

I had a little bit of hope in my heart that Yuan Chun would repeat it, just like in various TV dramas and novels, "Is what my wife said about XXX back then?" and the like.

In the end, Yuan Chun heard Yuan Chun say: "Yes."

Jia Ying: "..."