"Except for the cook Cuiyun, is there no one else?"
Chai Yan looked at Uncle Cai in surprise and thought to himself that in such a big house, you, a bad old man and a girl live together?
Cai Bodao: "Back to my lord, Xiao Xiao and Cuiyun are both old, and they are helpless and have no place to go. My boss is kind-hearted. After buying the house, he let us stay here to look after the house. It's all right now, lord."
If you come here, this house will definitely become more and more prosperous in the future."
"Uh..." Chai Yan was stunned and immediately asked: "Uncle Cai, you just said that the cook Cuiyun...how old is she?"
Uncle Cai replied: "Sir, Cuiyun is three years younger and is forty-eight this year."
Chai Yan couldn't help but shook his head and smiled. Just now he actually thought that the cook Cuiyun was a young girl.
"Uncle Cai, you don't have to call yourself 'little' all the time. You can just say 'I' from now on, okay?" Chai Yan said with an easy-going look.
Uncle Cai saw that Chai Yan didn't seem to be joking, so he responded: "Yes, sir."
Next, Uncle Cai went to the kitchen at Chai Yan's request and met Cuiyun, the cook.
Cuiyun is a fat woman with big shoulders and a round waist. She speaks in a rough voice and has a carefree personality. When she saw the new master coming, she ran over to salute Chai Yan with an apron tied around her waist and a kitchen knife in her hand.
In the end, Uncle Cai gave a few stern lectures. Only then did Cuiyun remember that this was disrespectful, so she hurriedly put the kitchen knife back on the chopping board and took off her apron with her back hand.
"No need, just keep busy, I'll go look elsewhere..." Chai Yan said nonchalantly.
Cuiyun was quite upright, so she stopped looking at the apron and asked proactively: "Master, it's already noon, are you hungry? I steamed the meat buns before making them!"
Uncle Cai was startled and said hurriedly: "Cuiyun, can you be more sensible? Just your buns with so little meat filling, can a noble man like me eat them? Go, go, don't make trouble...
..."
Cuiyun originally wanted to scold Cai Laowu, but when the new master arrived, he held back. He just curled his lips and said: If you dare to complain that my buns have too little meat, you will starve to death in a while!
But Chai Yan, who hadn't eaten anything all morning, was already hungry. After hearing Cui Yun's words, he vaguely smelled a fragrance and asked Cui Yun: "Aunt Yun, is this the smell of meat buns?"
"Yes, sir!"
When Cuiyun heard that the new master actually called her Aunt Yun, she immediately felt happy, so she turned around and ran to the basket to get a steaming big meat bun.
Cuiyun handed the meat bun to Chai Yan and said cheerfully: "Master, you can try one. The meat filling is enough. Don't listen to Cai Laowu's nonsense!"
Chai Yan felt hungry just looking at it, so he stretched out his hand to take the fresh meat buns. After taking over, he realized that the meat buns were very hot. He immediately flipped his hands around and almost dropped them.
Uncle Cai had a keen eye and quickly took a bowl to put the meat buns for Chai Yan and asked: "Master, I didn't burn you, did I?"
"No, no..." Chai Yan touched his earlobe with his hand and said with an awkward smile: "Aunt Yun, aren't you afraid of getting burned?"
"I have done too much rough work, and my skin has become rough and my flesh is thick!" Cuiyun said with a smile, secretly thinking that all of you young masters have thin skin and tender flesh, so it is strange that they are not afraid of being burned.
Chai Yan held the bowl and carefully took a bite of the meat bun. His eyes widened a lot immediately and he praised: "Hmm, it's delicious, fragrant, really fragrant!"
Cuiyun was so happy to receive the compliment that she hurriedly went to the basket to take out two meat buns and put them in Chai Yan's bowl. She also said that there were not enough!
Uncle Cai glared hard at Cuiyun, meaning you let me eat everything, so what should I have for lunch?
Cuiyun ignored Uncle Cai, and then enthusiastically asked Chai Yan when he would move in and how many people there would be, so that she could cook and prepare meals according to the number of people.
Chai Yan finished chewing the food in his mouth and said with a smile: "Aunt Yun, I am alone."
"Just one person?" Cuiyun looked at Chai Yan in surprise, and then looked at Cai Laowu.
Uncle Cai was also surprised, so he said pertinently: "Master, you must have a maid by your side to take care of your daily life. In such a cold weather, how can you warm the bed, fold the quilt, and clean the house without a personal maid...
....”
Warm the bed and fold the quilt? This... uh...
Upon hearing this, Chai Yan couldn't help but feel his cheeks heat up and stopped biting the bun.
Cai Boti said thoughtfully: "Master, otherwise, there is a market not far away, and there is a small market in it. If you don't mind it, I will go shopping with you later. Maybe
Can you choose a smart and sensible girl to come back?"
"No, no, no..." Chai Yan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Uncle Cai, I'm used to living alone, but I'm not used to having others serve me, haha..."
When Uncle Cai saw Chai Yan's refusal, he didn't say anything more. It was the first time they met today, so there was no need to be so anxious. Maybe he was young and thin-skinned...
After eating the buns, Chai Yan spent more than a quarter of an hour walking around the house. Generally speaking, Chai Yan was satisfied with everything. It was true as Uncle Cai said, daily necessities were all available, and he only had to pack his bags and move in.
Got it!
Before leaving, Uncle Cai asked again when Chai Yan would move in. Chai Yan told Uncle Cai that it would take two days, so he shouldn't be impatient.
Chai Yan had already planned that as long as the appointment letter from above came down and he was promoted to sexton, he would be able to move here justifiably.
When Chai Yan came out of his new home, he walked to the nearby market. He was not going to the market to buy a maid, but to prepare rations for the Tongtian Baoshu.
After wandering around the market for a full two hours, Chai Yan finally prepared enough "rations", which made Shangguan Peining reluctantly give a satisfactory response.
Chai Yan was also speechless. Ever since he got lion blood and bear blood, this guy's requirements have become more and more picky!
By the time he returned to Wudesi, Shenshi had already passed halfway. Chaiyan was stopped by a Siwei before he reached the small courtyard of Ceku. It was Master Duanmu who asked him to come over.
Following Si Wei's footsteps, Chai Yan came to Duanmu Yuanwei's official room.
There were many official documents and letters piled on Duanmu Yuanwei's desk. Seeing Chai Yan's arrival, he stopped processing the official documents. He stood up and walked out and said politely: "Secretary Chai, you are here. Please sit down, please sit down..."
Chai Yan sat down on the chair at the end, cupped his hands and said, "Master Duanmu, what do you want to see me for?"
Duanmu Yuanwei came to the chair next to Chai Yan and sat down, saying: "Chai Secretary, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was assassinated yesterday. Fortunately, you were present, otherwise the consequences would have been disastrous..."
Then Duanmu Yuanwei talked a lot of nonsense. Although Chai Yan was impatient, he still responded politely, not wanting to offend Duanmu Yuanwei in person.
Finally, Duanmu Yuanwei cut the topic to the topic and asked: "Chai Secretary, when you were protecting His Highness the Crown Prince yesterday, did you see the faces of the four assassins?"
Chai Yan shook his head and said seriously: "Master Duanmu, the four assassins were all masked at that time, so I couldn't see their faces clearly!"