[Red Mansion] A little chef came to the Grand View Garden

Following the guidance of twelve officials, Liu Mei found Liu Mu.

Mother Liu was drinking with several people in a room outside the garden.This room is located at the back of Rongxi Hall, next to the big kitchen. It was originally the room used by the servants in the mansion when they went to bed at night.

Liu Mei looked around the house, and saw that she knew most of the women who were drinking with Liu's mother, they should all be leading errands in the mansion, and they were all on good terms with her mother.Two of them are very close relatives of her Liu family, one is Zhang's aunt who takes care of Liu Wu'er, and the other is Liu's mother's own sister, Liu Mei's aunt, Chen Zhang.

As soon as Liu Mei entered the room, Liu's mother was still alive, and the women next to her greeted Liu Mei with smiles.Some people even winked at Liu Mei, their expressions were extraordinarily warm.Liu Mei's aunt of the Chen family was even more enthusiastic, she shook Liu Mei's hand as soon as she came up, and led her all the way to the table.

At this time, Mother Liu had already drunk a lot, her face was flushed, and her voice was higher than usual.

"Mei'er, you are so promising, mother...mother is really happy!"

As she spoke, Mother Liu stretched out her sleeves to wipe the corners of her eyes.The women next to her also praised Liu Mei one after another, and persuaded Liu's mother, "Sister-in-law of the Liu family, this is a good thing, look at you, in front of the child, you are also like a child."

Liu Mei's aunt usually rarely sees Liu Mei. At this time, she took Liu Mei's hand, looked up and down, and said with a smile: "This child, I haven't seen her in just a few months, has come out like this. Don't worry. ..."

Liu Mei is most afraid that the seven aunts and eight aunts at this age will say "don't worry" to her.Sure enough, the aunt of the Chen family said next: "Auntie has promised your mother that she will definitely find a good marriage for you."

Aunt Zhang's family who was sitting next to Aunt Chen's family was embarrassed when she heard this, she kept her mouth shut and dared not speak.

Aunt Chen's family continued to say: "Have you heard of the Qian family who lives at the corner of the back street? The couple of the Qian family both work as accountants in the mansion, and my elder brother works as a porter in the east mansion. That brother, it's not that my aunt is boasting about outsiders, he is really a good-looking talent..."

When Liu Mei heard this, she immediately picked up her pair of beautiful willow-leaf eyebrows—small round face, mung bean eyes, is this a good-looking talent?

Liu Mei has a deep and sober understanding of the basic level of the Chen family's aunt as a matchmaker.

Seeing Liu Mei's expression, Aunt Zhang's aunt immediately remembered Liu Mei's vow last time, "All the men in the world will not marry Qian Huai", so she hurried to pull sister-in-law from the side, so as not to annoy Liu Mei, in front of so many people , to say even more unpleasant words.

But Aunt Chen's family is very excited about being a matchmaker, so she doesn't care about these things.

"Here, this is the younger sister of your Aunt Qian's family, Aunt Wang's family. Hearing about what happened in today's mansion, she came here to see you."

On the opposite side of the round table, there was indeed a woman wearing gold and silver, she looked a bit like Aunt Zhao, she was looking at Liu Mei from a distance, and when she saw Liu Mei's gaze, she nodded at her with a smile.

This is probably the legendary "moving on hearing the wind", as soon as they heard that Liu Mei was in the limelight in the garden today, and the old lady and the wife got a reward, the Qian family immediately expressed great interest in Liu Mei.

Liu Mei remained calm.

The last time she refused to say anything in front of Qian Huai, it provoked Aunt Zhao to come to beat and scold her the next day.She learned her lesson this time: in front of so many people, she didn't intend to make such a big commotion again.

"My aunts and aunts, my mother drank a few more cups. I'll take her back to sober up first. There will be errands in the small kitchen. Let's talk slowly!"

Before resisting these various matchmakers and spectators, she planned to get rid of a key person—her own mother.

"No... Meier, mother is not drinking too much, mother is happy today!" Mother Liu was drinking a little too much, "I ask you, Aunt Zhang, to take care of the errand in the small kitchen, and she will take care of it in the big kitchen. .”

"Oh? Really?" Liu Mei pretended to be surprised and asked, "Then why did I just see Sister Ping'er from Lian's Second Grandma come to the small kitchen, walk around and leave?"

When Mother Liu heard the word "Ping'er", she immediately sobered up from the wine, stood up and said, "If this is the case, I'm afraid there is something really wrong with grandma."

People around heard that it was Sister Feng's people who came to look for Liu's mother, but they didn't dare to stop them, so they left one after another.Aunt Chen did not forget to remind Mother Liu, "Sister, let's talk about Brother Qian Jiahuai later!"

Liu Mei couldn't help turning her head back, and glared at Aunt Chen's family. When Chen Zhang saw her from behind, she smiled: "My eyebrows are still young, look at her tender face. Don't worry, I'll leave it all on Auntie's body."

Liu Mei knew very well that this aunt was fond of wine, greedy for small profits, and also liked to gamble, so she didn't want her mother to spend too much time with this aunt, so she quickly dragged Liu mother away and went to the Grand View Garden.

In the small kitchen, Liu Mei cooked a bowl of sour hangover soup for Liu Mu as usual, poured another glass of water, and handed it to Liu Mu.

She was afraid that her mother would be in a hurry, so she quickly dragged a small bench and sat opposite her mother, wanting to confess to her that she had lied and tricked her into the garden.

Unexpectedly, Mother Liu sat across from Liu Mei, took a sip of the sour soup, raised her head to glance at Liu Mei, and said, "Mei'er, Miss Ping, actually... you haven't been here before!"

Liu Mei was suddenly embarrassed.

Unexpectedly, Mother Liu looked at Liu Mei with a loving look in her eyes: "You don't like that brother of the Qian family in your heart, how can I, a mother, not know?"

Liu Mei was surprised: Mother actually knew about this?

Whether it was the last time she resolutely rejected Qian Huai face-to-face, or the last time Aunt Zhao teared her up when she met her, Liu Mei didn't tell Liu's mother, and she didn't even show any strangeness in front of her mother.And Mother Liu didn't respond at all, so Liu Mei always thought that she had successfully concealed it from her mother.

But now it seems that Mother Liu's heart is clear, but she didn't pierce it in front of Liu Mei.

When Liu Mei heard her mother speak so tenderly, she couldn't help her face getting slightly hot, and she didn't know how to answer.

Only mother Liu said softly: "Brother Qian's family, there is really no need, I agreed right away."

Liu Mei: Hey, my mother, this is... my heart has turned around?

"I think that little brother Xie today is quite a nice guy. You don't have to give up the rewards you get, but I will give them to you. If you like it, mother can help you find a way..."

Liu Mei sat on the small stool, her body swayed, and she almost fell to the ground, squatting on her buttocks.

My mother!As a girl with a skill, in this world...the only way out is getting married!

"Mother, I don't want to get married!" Liu Mei is very straightforward, especially for relatives like Liu Mu who can tell her heart, she doesn't want to hide her true thoughts.

"Nonsense, how can a girl not get married?" Mother Liu and Liu Mei...have different ideas and cannot communicate.

"The girl's flowering period is short. After passing this village, there will be no such shop. Look at your sister, who has been here so far, and my mother is still suffering from a headache. There is nothing I can do about her..." I don't know if it was after drinking, Mother Liu held her forehead, I really feel a headache.

Liu Mei didn't expect that her elder sister Wu'er, who was only in her early sixteens, would be labeled an "older unmarried young woman" by her mother.She had to sigh helplessly in her heart, this world is really hard for women, especially girls of their status!

She suddenly thought of something, leaned over to Mother Liu, and asked quietly: "Mother, tell me, since I am so capable, can I find a way to work as an errand in a restaurant outside to earn more money to subsidize the family?" It's good too!"

Mother Liu was probably taken aback by her words, she opened her eyes wide and looked at Liu Mei, "What are you talking about? You are a girl, and you work as an errand in a restaurant outside, and hang out with those big men all day long. How do you get married?!"

——It’s still different ideas, unable to communicate.

"Besides, you are a child of the family. If the master doesn't show mercy and let you go out, you won't have the chance to go out as an errand... Don't even think about it, the master in the mansion won't allow it."

"Can't you even redeem yourself?" Liu Mei really didn't understand the twists and turns.

"Mei'er, you are a maidservant from home...you didn't buy it from outside." Mother Liu probably felt that her daughter's IQ was impressive, so she looked at Liu Mei as if looking at a strange person, "If you really want to go out of the house, you can It’s time to marry that brother from the Jie family today! My mother has quietly asked Aunt Zhang, he should be a good citizen. If you make up your mind to marry him, when you turn around, your mother will go to the old lady and the wife and kowtow one by one. Ask for grace for you, and ask the superior to release you."

Liu Mei let out an "oh", she finally understood a little bit.

Before that, she hadn't considered her own future in depth—after all, traveling to this world was just a task for her to complete.Once the task is completed, she can return to the world she was in.She never thought about putting her whole life in this world.

But now her promotion path has diverged: the system had reminded her that if she chooses to marry Qian Huai, she will be the lady in charge in the future; if she convinces her parents not to marry Qian Huai, she will become a senior cook in the future.But now listening to Mother Liu, it seems that it is not so easy for her to become a senior cook.

There is a long way to go to level up, when will she be able to eat all over the Red Chamber! ——System, system, you should give me a letter!

Liu Mei tried to call the system in her own consciousness, but, like the silence for more than half a month, the system did not give her the slightest response.

"Don't, mother, don't think about it, I really don't have any interest in that Xie Xiaochuan!" Liu Mei was only in a trance just now, and when she woke up, she noticed that Liu's mother was wearing a "different" look in her eyes. looking at her. "I will never marry Xie Xiaochuan, and I will never marry that Qian Huai!"

"Up to you!" Mother Liu sighed, "Since Xiao Liu is so stubborn, Mother has to worry about Wu Er first."

Hearing what her mother said, Liu Mei secretly breathed a sigh of relief—since Wu'er is a serious problem, Mother Liu can probably worry about it for a while.

Unexpectedly, Mother Liu suddenly smiled at her daughter and said, "Who made our eyebrows a sweet potato? Naturally, at a time like this, we can't agree to others so quickly."

Liu Mei suddenly felt countless black lines coming down from the back of her head, so it turned out that her mother had such an idea.Liu Mei suddenly felt as if she was a commodity up for sale, with a tag of "the highest price gets it" hanging around her neck.

——The three views are different, and it’s really tiring to communicate!

"Mei'er, Meier!"

At the door of the small kitchen, Lin Xiaohong was leaning in from the door, looking at Liu Mei with a smile, "Our grandma has something to say, please ask me to pass it on to you."

Liu Mei responded with an "ah", pushed the hangover soup in front of her mother, and then went out to talk to Xiaohong.

"I said, sweet and sour..." Lin Xiaohong's face was sullen, but just after these three words came out, she had already bent down by herself, unable to laugh.

Liu Mei's face was dark, and she let her laugh at her, but in the end it was too late, Liu Mei said: "Second Master Yun is back, right! Why are you so embarrassing?"

Xiaohong finally stopped laughing when she heard Jia Yun's name, and stretched out her hand to gather the hair around her ear, and by the way, she tried to cover up the red cloud on her face.

When Liu Mei saw the clothes, jewelry and flowers Lin Xiaohong was wearing today, she knew something was wrong with her friend.After trying it out, she found that it was indeed the case. Seeing that her friend had a lifelong trust, she was naturally secretly happy for her.

"By the way, our grandma asked me to pass on a word." Lin Xiaohong remembered her mission and dared not joke any more.

"Grandma said that she has recently raised a baby, so some small things in the house may not be taken care of, so don't be impatient and stay in this small kitchen for a while. She will take care of everything properly, and she will definitely Let you have a place to display your fists."

Liu Mei thought to herself: I don't know if the "place where you can flex your fists" in Sister Feng's mouth is the "senior cook" she should be promoted to at the next level.

Lin Xiaohong hesitated for a moment when she said this, and then added: "But grandma also ordered you not to be coaxed by others with nice words..."

Liu Mei didn't understand when she heard this, she raised her eyes to look at Xiaohong.Xiao Hong also smiled awkwardly, and shook her hand, expressing that she actually didn't know the details.

"...She said that you will know when you look back. She also said that if you are really coaxed away by others, you will regret it later!"

After Lin Xiaohong finished speaking, countless thoughts had already turned in Liu Mei's mind.

This is Sister Feng's special order for Xiaohong to come forward, to reassure her!

But who is the "other person" that Sister Feng mentioned?

"Your grandma... what plans do you have in the future?" Liu Mei finally couldn't bear it, and asked Lin Xiaohong, the messenger.

She has a lot of puzzles in her mind, waiting for Sister Feng's answer, but she can't communicate directly, and always has to rely on Lin Xiaohong to upload.

Liu Mei wanted to know what purpose Sister Feng wanted to achieve by using her hands to do things; the last time she arranged for Princess Beijing to meet Daiyu, but then there was no more, what Sister Feng was thinking; Can it change her fate of "one obedience, two orders and three people dead"... Also, does she know that the world has a self-healing function?

It's just that I can't tell Lin Xiaohong clearly about these things.

Xiaohong asked in surprise: "Our grandma? Future plans?"

She didn't know what Liu Mei was thinking. After thinking for a moment, she replied with a smile: "Of course, grandma wants to take good care of the baby. If we can raise a brother this time, we can rest assured. By the way, in a few days, we will It was our grandma's birthday, and the second master Lian came back from Pinganzhou at that time. Today, the old lady has spoken, saying that double happiness is coming, and on grandma's birthday, everyone must have a good time. Meier, maybe you will come again later. Please, you and Aunt Liu..."

After hearing this, Liu Mei couldn't help taking a breath: Sister Feng's birthday...

"Also...there is grandma planning to do a good job in Hongshunlou's business, earn more money, buy some land, and wait for the time when money in the mansion is not easy to come by... ..." Lin Xiaohong deserved to be the person who stepped out on behalf of Sister Feng, and she knew exactly what Sister Feng was doing outside.

"Okay, Meier, I brought everything my grandma asked me to bring. I believe our grandma, if you listen to her, she will never treat you badly!" Xiaohong seemed to have extra confidence in Sister Feng.

"Go and do it yourself! However, I also tasted one of the crab-flavored siu mai you made today. It's really delicious, even better than any siu mai I've ever eaten in my life!" Xiaohong sent a sincere letter to her friend. Smile, then turn and say goodbye.

Liu Mei stood outside the small kitchen in a daze for a while, and then returned to the kitchen. She saw her mother, who couldn't be free, tidying up in the small kitchen again. The types and quantities were drawn into stick figures one by one and recorded in her account book.

Not long after, another person came from outside the small kitchen, Liu Mei took a look, and saw that it was a rather cheeky servant woman, standing at the door with a lamp in her hand.

By this time, it was already dark outside.

"Miss Liu?"

Liu Mei nodded, "You are?"

"Our girl wants to ask Miss Liu to come over and talk!"

"Forgive my blindness, are you from the third girl's place?" Liu Mei couldn't recognize anyone, but only remembered the time when she made perch soup in Qiushuangzhai, and vaguely saw the lamp in the woman's hand once.

The visitor smiled and said, "It's in the garden, just a few steps away."

Mother Liu heard it from inside, and said, "It's the third girl's end, it's really close to here."

Hearing what her mother said, Liu Mei nodded in agreement, and followed the woman out.

The mother-in-law held a lamp in her hand and led the way ahead.Liu Mei followed her, crossed a bridge with vermilion railings, and saw a courtyard in the distance, which was pressed down on a small hill in the darkness of night.

When she got closer, Liu Mei saw a plaque hanging on the gate of the courtyard with three large characters written on it: "Hengwuyuan" through the light in the mother-in-law's hand.

The author has something to say: There is nothing delicious in this chapter, there will be tomorrow.Tomorrow, I will try to write about the pheasant soup that someone asked about in the last comment.