Qi Yue's first New Year in ancient times has arrived. After being busy with various rituals in the first three days, family members paying New Year greetings to each other, and other complicated rituals for Qi Yue, she can relax a little.
On the eighth day of the lunar month, Xifu invited the prince and his wife to come and play, and it was considered as the aunt entertaining the younger generation. It was already dark when we came out of the second wife's house in Xifu, and there were bright red lanterns and colorful strips hanging everywhere. It was really beautiful to see them shining brightly.
"It's snowing." Qi Yue looked up at the snowflakes falling from the sky and said.
"Put on your hat." Aru said, taking the umbrella held by the little girl.
"No, it's not cold." Qi Yue said, raising her hand to feel the snowflakes falling on her face and turning into water droplets.
It's almost the Chinese New Year over there, no, it's going to be the Chinese New Year when she comes, so more than half a year has passed.
There is one person missing from the family. Mom and dad must be having a very lonely time this year...
The snow flakes were blocked by the umbrella, and someone put her hat on her head.
"Be careful of the cold after drinking wine." Chang Yuncheng said, "You or a doctor don't even know."
Qi Yue curled her lips.
"It's not that easy to catch a cold," she said, without taking off her hat.
Cold? That’s what she calls wind-cold, right?
Chang Yuncheng didn't say anything, but he couldn't help but smile when he saw that this woman didn't deliberately confront him like before.
"Brother is so considerate to my sister-in-law." Chang Yinglan smiled as she handed it over.
No way!
Qi Yue looked back at her and smiled.
"Then I'll be relieved." Chang Yinglan said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, how about you teach me how to cook two special dishes when you are free in the first month?"
"Okay, it's not bad to learn this." Qi Yue smiled and looked at her. This girl seemed to be talking about marriage. He leaned closer to her and lowered his voice, "As the saying goes, if you catch a man's stomach, you will catch his heart.
I will make delicious food for your husband in the future, and he will be very happy."
This kind of topic is very embarrassing for a little girl, especially now that everyone in the family knows that she is talking about marriage. Visiting relatives and friends during the New Year and various banquets are also a good time to discuss the marriage of children. Chang Yinglan has been talked about by her second wife these days.
The madam and the mothers were instructing many things. When they heard Qi Yue say something, they immediately blushed and stamped their feet.
"Sister-in-law, you're making fun of me too." She shook Qi Yue's arm, snorted again, and looked at Chang Yuncheng who was obviously listening to their conversation, "Then brother must often eat the food you cook."
Qi Yue laughed and raised her hand to poke her forehead.
"Okay, go back quickly, I'll come and play in a few days." She smiled.
The corridors between the east and west mansions were also hung with lanterns. The servants in front and behind all held lanterns and kept a certain distance from Chang Yuncheng and Qi Yue, who were walking side by side in the middle.
"What delicious food can you make? Don't teach your sister a bad lesson." Chang Yuncheng said suddenly.
Qi Yue glanced at him.
"You look down on people," she said.
Chang Yuncheng nodded.
"Seeing that you are so greedy for everything on the street, you know you haven't eaten anything good, and you still cook it? It's weird," he said.
"Oh, my general..." Qi Yue looked at him and smiled, then stretched out his hand and nodded, "Today I will show you a little bit of what it means to be a chef."
Chang Yuncheng smiled with disdain on his face.
When I got home, I first went to say hello to Dingxihou and Xie. Dingxihou had some ulterior motives and avoided seeing Qi Yue if he could, but Xie didn't want to see her at all, so the couple rarely agreed with each other and said they should stop.
"...I'm too full. Let me make something light. Let me think about it..." Qi Yue said as she walked back.
Chang Yuncheng followed behind and smiled unconsciously, then quickly put it away, with a sullen face and an expression of indifference.
"...Do you have radish pickles or something at home?" Qi Yue said to Aru.
"Yes." A'ru said with a smile, "We have everything, including all the New Year's goods."
"Then I'll prepare some pickled radish, half a duck, and some mushrooms." Qi Yue said with a straight finger.
The maid next to me hurriedly responded.
"Just wait." Qi Yue shook his head at Chang Yuncheng and said
After that, he also went to the kitchen.
Seeing Qi Yue walking away leisurely with the girl, Chang Yuncheng's tense face finally relaxed.
"I know I love eating duck..." He said to himself, and finally couldn't help but laugh.
Qiuxiang helped Chang Yuncheng change into homely clothes. After seeing him go in to wash up, she hurriedly pulled the magpie branch.
"Why is the prince so happy?" she asked curiously.
"Young Madam went to make supper for the Crown Prince." Quezhi laughed in a low voice.
Qiuxiang suddenly realized, covering her mouth and smiling.
"No wonder, this is an unprecedented first time. Last time, the Crown Prince specially made a late-night snack for the Young Madam. This time, the Young Madam took the initiative to make a late-night snack for the Crown Prince, Amitabha." She folded her hands and chanted Buddha's name, with a look of joy on her face.
"It's finally over, but please don't make trouble again."
Quezhi nodded while flying the needle to thread.
"What are you doing? You never leave your hand day and night." Qiuxiang asked curiously, looking at the needle and thread in Que Zhi's hand and the piece of leather on his knee...
Making shoes? It doesn't look like that.
"This is suturing." Quezhi said with a little pride, "This cutting is like a person's skin being scratched. I have to sew it up so that the wound can stop bleeding and heal quickly.
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Qiuxiang was very surprised when she heard this.
"It's... it's... it's like that on Ah Hao's belly?" she said in a low voice.
Magpie Branch nodded.
"Wow, that's awesome." Qiuxiang said with a look of amazement, looking at the magpie branch, "You also learned it? I thought only sister Aru could do it."
Que Zhi neatly completed a figure-eight suture.
Can Sister Aru do it? Of course not, she can do it too, not only can she do it, but she can also do it best, just wait and see.
Qi Yue quickly cut the radish and mushrooms in the kitchen, chopped the duck meat, blanched it, and started to stew it.
"Don't lift the lid halfway." Qi Yue told the maid in the kitchen, "After you open it, just turn it down to a low heat. I'll have someone pick it up when the time comes."
The kitchen maid hurriedly responded.
Qi Yue then walked out with Aru.
"It smells very fragrant even before it's simmered. The prince must like it very much." Aru said happily.
"Of course, there are really not many people who don't like my craftsmanship. At that time, dinner at my house was a grand event in our department..." Qi Yue said with a smile. When he said this, he couldn't help but look up at the winter night sky.
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The snow is falling heavier and heavier, and the lights and colorful lights all around are shining brightly.
The excitement of opening wine bottles, the ever-changing music, the colleagues who are busy in the kitchen and don’t forget to taste, the overflowing aroma of the food...
Nothing will happen again...
Everything will only exist in memory..
As time goes by, I may no longer be able to remember...
When I was distracted by reminiscing about the past, I heard the servant girl in front of me calling out.
"Who is hiding there and sneaking around?"
Qi Yue followed and saw two girls moving out from the shadow of the big tree beside the wall, kneeling on the ground and shivering.
In order for the girl not to delay the young lady's walk, two women stood aside to wait for questioning and punishment, while the other servant women continued to lead her forward.
As he walked by, Qi Yue couldn't help but glance at the girl kneeling on the ground.
In winter, all the servants in the house put on new cotton-padded clothes, but the two girls were still wearing old clothes. They were almost lying on the ground, and their faces could not be seen clearly.
Qi Yue couldn't help but think of how Arua looked good in the past.
"What happened?" she asked.
The two girls were even more afraid and dared not speak.
"Young lady, I'm asking you a question." the servant woman scolded.
"Yes...yes..." A girl trembled and spoke, but she stammered.
"It's the young madam. Please be kind to the young madam and let us go out of the house to hire a doctor for the third young master..." The other one gritted his teeth and raised his head and said with tears.
Qi Yue was stunned.
The clouds often rise?
Since Aunt Zhou's incident happened, her children, the third young master and the second young lady, have been implicated to a certain extent, and at least they have kept a low profile in the house.
It had been so long since they had seen each other except for ancestor worship occasions.
A'ru couldn't help but feel complicated when looking at the two girls. This kind of scene had happened before, but she was the one kneeling. The situation was really changing, or in other words, her own life was not up to her. It looked like a beautiful scene with flowers and brocades, but in the blink of an eye it might be possible.
Just disappear...
"Are you sick?" Qi Yue asked hurriedly. While telling the servant to call a doctor, he raised his feet and said, "I'll go over and have a look."
The two girls were very surprised, and they kowtowed their thanks in surprise and joy.
"..The third young master studied too hard. He couldn't sleep well and it hurt his nerves. He caught a cold a few days ago and couldn't get up this morning.." The girl said in a low voice while leading the way.
"Didn't you ask the doctor to take a look?" Qi Yue asked, looking at the girl, she looked familiar and called her Caijuan.
"In the first month of the year, people say it's not even five yet. No." The girl next to me said.
Caijuan hurriedly interrupted her.
"I didn't expect it to be so serious at first. The third young master said that it would be good to drink some hot soup and sweat. The slaves were negligent in their duties. I didn't expect it to be so serious, so I didn't want to call a doctor." She said with a look of self-blame.
Thinking back to the time when Ah Ru Ah Hao and the others had a hard time asking for some food, it must have been the shallow-sighted people at the door who were making things difficult for them.
Qi Yue smiled knowingly.
"Ask the lady in charge to hand over the errand tomorrow and rush to Zhuangzi," she said.
This statement shocked everyone.
"But, but Madam's place..." the servant woman was stunned for a moment and replied in panic.
"The young master is sick and doesn't even know how to call a doctor. Such a servant is obviously ruining the reputation of the madam. Will the madam keep her?" Qi Yue said with a serious face.
Now that Qi Yue had spoken, and considering her current status in the mansion, the servants responded without hesitation.
Chang Yunqi was startled when he learned that Qi Yue was coming.
"Just say I fell asleep..." he said in a daze.
"Is the young master missing?" the girl asked in a low voice.
See you? Is there anything else I can show you with face...
"No." Chang Yunqi said lightly and closed his eyes.
"If I don't see my sister-in-law, I have to see the doctor, right?"
The woman's voice came from outside the door, and then the door curtain was opened.
Chang Yunqi closed his eyes tightly.
No see...no see...no face to see...
If his biological mother did something like that, what should he, a son, do?
I hate my biological mother for not being able to do it, but I don’t hate and feel ashamed of the person in front of me...
Fortunately, he always prides himself on being the best person in the family to Qi Yueniang...
What a loud slap!
Qi Yue waved her hand and asked the anxious girl to stand aside, looking at Chang Yunqi who seemed to be asleep under a thick quilt on the bed.*** (To be continued)
