Pan Jinlian's petty bourgeoisie life

In such a hurry, Pan Jinlian couldn't stay, so she just asked her to take the bowl of food back and put it away, and secretly warmed it up at night when there was no one in the kitchen. starve.

Ying'er saw that Pan Jinlian didn't need it, so she took it by herself and slipped back to the kitchen along the back door of the small courtyard. , the front is the place where the masters of the Chai family live, and the back door leads to the courtyard of the servants. It is more like a wall separated from the large courtyard of the servants to build this small courtyard and five small rooms.

"Look at what is so engrossed, it's not too cold."

Just as she was thinking about it, there was a sudden sound behind her, and then a cloak was put on. Pan Jinlian turned around and saw that it was not Chai Wu, who was wearing a long jacket with red silk silk and flowers, embroidered with silver thread on a black background and stone blue surface. Boots, looking at himself with raised eyebrows.

"Just thinking about something. Why did you come back so early? I thought I couldn't even have dinner at home."

"The young master went to the shop today, so I came back earlier. They discussed things with the cashier. I have to avoid suspicion. It's the end of the year, so I'm probably counting bonuses."

Chai Wu took Pan Jinlian's hand and rubbed it gently in his own, and led her to the house while answering:

"I don't wear more clothes when I come out in this winter, and my ears are red from the cold."

Pan Jinlian felt that her ears were getting redder, and her hands were sweating. This person looked honest and stupid a few days ago, but it's really disgusting how he became so slippery.After entering the house, Chai Wu took off his overcoat, put on a short jacket and casual trousers, and took out an oiled paper bag, which smelled very good.

"What's so delicious?"

Leaning over to smell it, Pan Jinlian opened it curiously, and inside was a pack of women's rouge and gouache, colorful.

"Why do you buy these, I still have them over there."

"These are all good, come on, I'll give you a thrush, specially bought charcoal pencils."

Pan Jinlian spat with a smile, and said repeatedly:

"You're going to die. It's already night now. What are you still doing? You didn't come out to do business that night. I really think about it. Let's put it there and talk about it tomorrow morning."

Chai Wu didn't agree, he took out a charcoal pencil from the inside and rushed towards Pan Jinlian. Pan Jinlian hid back, and there was a wall behind him, so he had to let him go.

"Slow down, draw me flowers how to go out to meet people."

"It's also what you said. It's time for dinner. I don't mind spending money if I have to go out to meet people."

Chai Wu smiled and drew lightly on Pan Jinlian's eyebrows with a charcoal pencil, and said:

"I heard that the play and the storybook are all about boudoir joy. We newlyweds can have fun for a few days. No one is embarrassing you at noon. Have you looked at the twists I left?"

Afraid that he would really spoil her drawing, Pan Jinlian didn't dare to move, she just curled her lips and replied with a smile:

"It's not that you don't know the people in your family, which one is easy to provoke, but I don't care about them. As for the twisted twist, I smelled the fragrance when I entered the house, so I knew you bought it, but with Ying'er has finished eating, but I forgot to save some for you."

Feeling a little embarrassed to say it, Chai Wu shook his head:

"I have eaten it. When I was sick, my mother sent someone to buy twisted doughnuts and sanzi from that store. I am used to it. My wife used to torment her like this when my mother was here. I am afraid it will be hard for you in the future." Well, marrying me not only doesn't enjoy the blessings, but you can't even eat a good meal. Hey, if there is no master, I will find a way out, but he doesn't treat me as a son, but I have to treat him as a father .”

For a while, Pan Jinlian also felt a little flustered, so she asked him to draw his eyebrows silently, looked left and right in the mirror, and then smiled and said:

"The workmanship is good, very good...but don't waste money in the future, since I'm married, I naturally have my own way to take care of these women who have nothing to eat and have enough time, you are also thinking about finding various errands to run around If the price is right, we will sell it, and then we will buy some property for ourselves so that we can live in the future. [-]% of the people in my place run away. No, there is still a set of jewelry, plus your private house, it is a sum of money."

Chai Wu bowed his head in thought for a moment, then frowned and replied:

"Selling wine is profitable, but it's a good business. Seeing that the youngest and the youngest are guarding against me like thieves on weekdays, if the master is gone in the future, there will be no place for us to stand in this house. It's better to make a plan early. It's just that I'm in the shop now. I have a job, so how can I find time to take care of other things, and the Chai family only has the recipe for the ale, wouldn’t it be suspicious if someone else made it?”

"Since I have this plan, there is naturally a solution. I will talk to you carefully in the evening."

Pan Jinlian looked at the mirror and smiled mysteriously.

Plan 25

The Chai family's dinners are all eaten in their own rooms, so Pan Jinlian naturally doesn't have to wait on the busy women who have nothing to do. She waits for the kitchen servants to bring the food, then closes the door and brings the box in. Room.

"You eat this every day?"

Putting the box on the table and opening it, Pan Jinlian couldn't help being surprised.The inside turned out to be oily and cold. Two bowls of simmered noodles, two plates of stir-fried vegetables, and one medium bowl of tofu soup. It was clear soup and clear water. You could count the pieces of tofu inside. There were two plates of mustard lumps that looked salty and could kill you. Pickles made with cabbage gangzi.The dishes, bowls and chopsticks are all painted with flowers and plants, which are very beautiful, but the things inside are really hard to eat.

Chai Wu looked at the vegetables inside and replied with a smile:

"It seems that the kitchen also knows the letter, and prepared two bowls. Our house is no different from the master's wife's room. Each room has its own members. The daily amount of vegetables, rice and meat is fixed, and the servants are cooked. The big pot of vegetables is eaten around the table. As for the wife who is in charge of the house here, she never speaks, so even the kitchen doesn’t know what to do. It is said that the accountant also relies on this to not pay the kitchen. I just need to fill up the rice by myself, isn’t it like this? Today is still good, I still have time to eat bare noodles and noodle soup.”

Also known as the three no matter what?If Chai Wu's mother is still alive, I'm afraid he can say something. When his mother dies, it will naturally be taken care of by the wife of the Chai family, so the wife is also happy to let him die on his own. In the end, if the master of the Chai family asks about it The ones with the kitchen were used as scapegoats—naturally, they were greedy for the master's food by exaggerating the high and low, and had nothing to do with the wife.

This calculation was well done, and Pan Jinlian naturally figured out Mrs. Chai's thoughts. She felt that the women of the Chai family were all playful and not so easy to deal with.

"Then you won't find time to talk to the master, or think about starting your own business? Although this food is considered delicacies compared to what the victims of begging on the street eat, but we also have a home, why do we eat these?"

"Master won't ask Madam about this matter, and the rules of the house are that each room is not allowed to start a business without permission. I'm afraid that if you accidentally get out of the water and cause big troubles. There is only a small kitchen in Madam's room, which is for Master. Prepare it for supper."

Pan Jinlian felt a little wronged, but Chai Wu was used to it, and patted her on the shoulder to comfort her:

"I've been wronged for the past few days. After a few days, I finished handing over at the shop in Yanggu County. I came here to distribute errands and took things home every day. We closed the door and ate by ourselves. Before, I was the only one who was there. Sometimes I secretly bought fruit snacks to eat."

"Qixi, I don't believe that you will be full just eating that snack, but it's okay, we will cook and eat by ourselves in the future. Isn't it just not letting the stove be lit, as long as there is a stove, I can make food. It's just winter The days are short and the weather is cold, so let's eat stew, and you don't need to buy any snacks tomorrow, just wait until I open the menu and buy the vegetables."

Quietly pinching his arm, Pan Jinlian said coquettishly, it seems that Chai Wu was so used to being bullied that she took it for granted, but she didn't want to live on snacks every day.Money needs to be saved, but you can’t just skip meals just for this.

Seeing the vegetables in the box, neither of them had any appetite, so Pan Jinlian had to take an empty bowl to pick out the meat from the noodles, approved the clothes and opened the small side room opposite, where there were piles of her dowry boxes and some cooking pots. Bowls and pans are things that are suitable for the occasion. On the one hand, I was secretly glad that I didn't give these to the kitchen, and on the other hand, I took out a shallow pot, poured hot water to brush it, and carried it to the bedroom.

"A living person can still be suffocated by urine. Since they have all been sent over, we can't be ungrateful."

Pan Jinlian put the pot on the stove with a smile, asked Chai Wu to add charcoal fire, and watched the pot heat up, then poured the oil-soaked lean meat into the pot, sprinkled noodles on it, and stirred it a few times with chopsticks , the fragrance floated out.Picked out a bowl with more and gave it to Chai Wu, and Pan Jinlian ate a bowl with less. In order to save the stew, the master Baian in the kitchen probably put the whole bag of salt in it, so he definitely didn’t need to eat other dishes. , So after eating the fried noodles, Pan Jinlian poured out the two plates of stir-fried vegetables that looked like leftovers and smelled like leftovers.

"What's the matter with the empty plate, why don't we clean it up and send it back?"

Regarding the very weird kitchen of the Chai family, Pan Jinlian realized that she wanted to take a look inside to see who was inside.Chai Wu hurriedly shook his head, waved his hands and replied:

"Just put it there. After an hour, the handyman in the kitchen will take it with you when he cleans up the dishes of the girls in each room."