Chapter 29 Temporary Housekeeping
Mama Qi rubbed her hands into Anyuan's hug, and the heating that came to her face made her breath a long sigh of relief.
"Mom is frozen!" Chen Muqing, who was sitting in front of the desk, looked at the account book and raised his head when he heard the movement, took out the hand stove in his arms and handed it to Luo Mei, "Go, take it to your mother."
Luo Mei answered it.
Mama Qi hurriedly said, "Miss, use it yourself! My hands are cold and my body is hot!" As she said that, she pushed the hand stove back.
When Chen Muqing saw this, he didn't care much about her and said with a smile: "But what's wrong?"
Since Li said that Anyuan Juran has become lively. Chen Muqing doesn't like the place where he lives is coming in and out like a vegetable garden door, so he carried the three rooms out and sat there to deal with housework.
Qi's mother smiled and took out a few pieces of paper from her sleeve and handed it to Luo Mei: "The two chefs from the outer blister have opened the menu."
Luo Mei came forward and took it and handed it to Chen Muqing. Chen Muqing looked at it, nodded with a smile, and said, "The dishes are arranged reasonably. Just add another 40% of the portion."
Mama Qi looked hesitant: "The guests who have been here in the past few days have never left food..."
Chen Muqing smiled and said, "It's the master who is going to give up. I'm afraid that those who are coming will come at this time." As he said, there were a few jokes in his tone, "The master is not a family, who knows when he comes."
When Mama Qi heard this, she covered her mouth and smiled: "What the girl is saying."
"However, there are some things that require more trouble for my mother." Chen Muqing said seriously.
Mama Qi also hurriedly lowered her hands and stood up respectfully: "The girl is just instructing her. If she says that, I can't bear it."
Chen Muqing smiled and said, "They are coming tomorrow, but they are all knowledgeable. Mom will talk to Si Chu later. It's cold, and venison, badgers and pigs are on the table. Big fish and meat are not rare. Prepare more thorny cucumbers, cabbages, water radish and the like produced in the greenhouse, fresh and light, and it is the most refreshing and likable. Si Jiu also said that Shanxi Fenjiu only places the western yard of the outer courtyard to wait for the grooms, sedan chairmen, and guests in the flower hall of the outer courtyard, using Jinhua wine or Shaoxing wine, warm Let’s not let anyone get drunk, lose their manners and be unfavorable. The guests in the wife’s house use golden ray dew or Taixi Bai. This is the health wine of the inner court, which is appreciated by the Queen Mother, and it cannot be bought with money outside. On weekdays, all the adults have drank it at the imperial banquet, but they may not have drunk it, and they just entertain the ladies of each family. As for tea, the Wuyi tea in the Xiqianyuan has a strong bitter taste, and the Laojun Mei in the master’s study and the wife’s house uses a warm nature. For others, use Longjing. The tea tastes clear and fragrant!”
Mama Qi listened carefully. Seeing that Chen Muqing had finished speaking, she repeated her words again. Seeing that there was no difference, she felt a little relieved and flattered Chen Muqing: "It's still the girl who thinks it thought carefully!"
This part is an experience from previous life, and part is following Li and learning how to eat and drink.
"This is also a little bit of fur to learn from my wife." Chen Mu smiled faintly and changed the topic: "The silver turtle is ready."
Qi's mother hurriedly said, "It's all recast according to the girl's instructions."
Chen Muqing nodded and said with some concern: "Mom must explain it clearly. The plum blossoms, crabapple-shaped begonia, are made of snowflakes, and the ingots-shaped begonia, are made of 70% silver. You must not be wrong when rewarding. The people around you, the madam, send the plum blossoms, crabapple, and the sedan chairmen to drive the car, send the ingots... Be careful to make a joke."
Mama Qi responded repeatedly.
Chen Muqing ordered Luo Mei: "Go, take out the pile of sand and azaleas, and let my mother pick two of them to wear."
Mama Qi hurriedly stood up and thanked: "Sister is really a damn bad thing. This is something that was rewarded in the palace."
Chen Muqing smiled and said, "Look at the hair on my head - wear it for me, wouldn't it be buried?"
When Mama Qi heard this, her face turned into a flower.
She had an ordinary appearance, but she had thick black hair. She didn't have to wear a wig when she tied her head. She was always proud of it. Chen Muqing's reward was hitting her heart.
Luo Mei came out with a red paint carving box and beat it. There were seven or eight silk flowers inside: "Mom, please pick two flowers to wear. For the rest, I will send them to my aunt and the fourth girl."
"This is really a blessing for the girl." Qi's mother picked a pomegranate and a fu-faced flower, and left with great gratitude.
Yingfen happened to pass by Wei's mother, and looked at the two saki flowers and was amazed: "Where did Mom get this?"
Mama Qi was happy: "It was the girl who appreciated it."
Yingfen entered the house and saw the red painted carving box placed on the coffee table at a glance, and pouted, "The girl is too generous."
"I knew you were going to fight." Chen Muqing smiled, "The girls and aunts in the family are not allowed to wear them. You can wear them over, and you are not afraid of being blinded."
"I am the personal maid next to the girl, so I'm not as good as a steward." Yingfen pretended to be angry: "If this is the case, I have to take care of a steward."
Chen Muqing laughed: "Who do you like? I will help you decide and let you meet your wishes!"
Yingfen's face turned red and she shouted, "This is what the girl said!"
Luo Mei also covered her mouth and smiled: "If you wear this silk flower for you, I'm afraid you will have to walk around the yard. My mother Qi is not as mature as you. If you don't believe me, look at me. If your aunt doesn't wear it on her head first, she will never be able to wear it. You still want to be the manager, so learn from her mother Qi."
Ying Fen did not argue with this sentence, nodded and said, "This mother Qi has some advantages and disadvantages. Thinking back then, when the wife had any problems, she told her mother Li to ask her mother... I don't know what she was doing. She has been attracted by her wife in the past two months and took everything about her mother Li."
Chen Muqing felt aroused when he heard this and said seriously: "Luomei, I've been busy these two days, so you can go and see Jinxiu."
"I went there yesterday!" Luo Mei's expression darkened: "It's still the same."
Chen Muqing nodded expressionlessly.
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Mama Qi took the two flowers and went to Li's house.
Li was tilted on the kang and listening to the gift list Wang’s mother reported the past few days. When he saw that Mrs. Qi was coming, he waved his hand to Mrs. Wang’s mother: “You go down first!”
Mother Wang gently slapped Mother Qi's eyes and left with a smile.
Mama Qi walked to Li in a daze and took out the two silk flowers from her arms: "Madam, I admire me."
Mrs. Li glanced at the two silk flowers and smiled and said, "Since you are rewarding you, just accept it."
After hearing this, Mother Qi put the flowers in her sleeves with a smile on her face.
"You took the menu, what did you say?" Li asked lightly.
Mama Qi smiled and said Chen Muqing's words.
Li finished listening expressionlessly, without saying a word for a while.
Mama Qi carefully peeked at Li's expression and said carefully: "Madam, I see what the girl said makes sense..."
Li waved his hand to Mama Qi: "I understand. You go down! If you have any troubles in my sister from now on, I won't report it to me."
Mama Qi immediately responded with a smile, "Yes" and then stepped back.
Mrs. Li looked at the magnificent house decorated by a person in the open space and laughed out loud.
The laughter was free and refreshing, and the maids and wives standing under the eaves were surprised.
Only the jade ran in quickly: "Madam, Madam, what's wrong with you?"
Li looked at Pu Yu, a gratified smile appeared on his face, and said softly: "We have a good girl in our family!"
Pu Yu looked at Li with a daze and said, "Our girl is good. Every time she meets me, she will give me candy."
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Early the next morning, heavy snow fell from the sky. In just one hour, the world had turned into white.
Despite this, as Chen Muqing expected, there were many guests in the Shen family. Not only were there many, but most of them came in a four-person sedan chair with silver tops and soap covered soap curtains. Needless to say, the servants of the Shen family did not dare to be careless when they saw the kitchen, tea room, wine room, etc., and they were tremblingly dealing with the errands in front of them, for fear that something would go wrong at this critical moment.
Because of the matter, Chen Muqing had already been free, but he didn't dare to sit down and served in the Li family room.
Several wife and wife of the minister came with her husband, such as Mrs. Hu Xin, the wife of Hu Pavilion who was a cabinet minister with Chen Zhen, in charge of the Ministry of Works, and Mrs. Qin Wei of Fuyang Gong, the wife of Zhao Fu, the wife of the left censor of the Censorate, and the wife of Liu Jin, the wife of the commander of the five cities of the military commander of the five cities, came by themselves. Seven or eight wives with beautiful clothes and pearls, surrounded by green and green wives, sitting in the open hall of Chaoxi Hall according to their grades, with copper steps under their feet. The enamel longevity stove is placed on the table with seasonal flowers, old kiln tea cups, and a nine-point box with gold-sliced red paint. There are orange cakes, cloud slices, muffins, soft cakes, peanuts, walnuts, melon seeds, almonds, millet seeds and other snacks. There are assorted fruits made of apples, honey tangerines, loquats, grapes, red dates, raw pears, etc. in the high-foot lotus leaf plate. Everyone eats pastries, drinks tea, talks and laughs, and it’s very lively.
Chen Muqing stood behind Li from time to time and looked at this, staring at that, and the maids serving the side of her looked at her and handed them water with tea and rinsed the bowl and hand towel. For a moment, they were in order and nothing happened.
As the ladies talked, the topic turned to the matter of Chen Xuewen, a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy, married the widow of Han Maoyuan, the former commander of the Henan Provincial Governor, and everyone seemed very interested.
The wife of Xie Min, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, smiled and said, "Speaking of this, Lord Han and our master were fellow townsmen and in the same year, he worked as the prefect in Jiangnan for more than 20 years. Later, he was promoted to the Henan Provincial Administration and was involved in the case of corruption. His ability to make money was not the first in the dynasty, but he had to rank in the top ten. This was a wedding dress for others."
"Isn't there any Han family responsible?" Zhao Fu's wife said in surprise, "Just let Mrs. Han bring the Han family's family resources to the Chen family."
A sister asked, why is the public chapter shown in Chapter 5? In fact, something small happened, well, it is not a small matter - my bag was stolen, and the U disk in the package disappeared... So I backed up the published article, maybe it was moved, and the public chapter became like that... Now I have to write it again...
Alas...it seems that I really don’t have the life to accumulate literature!
Chapter completed!