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

Seeing the Lantern Festival, the Rongguo Mansion held a night banquet for everyone in the clan.Baoyu and all the ladies in the Grand View Garden gathered at Jiamu's knees to have fun.

Correspondingly, Liu Mei's mother and daughter also moved their positions together and came to help in the big kitchen of the mansion.

Because of this, Liu Mei got a chance to meet Sister Feng at the front table.

Sister Feng is dressed up beautifully, and when she is illuminated by a bright light, she is just like a fairy concubine.Her lower abdomen is protruding, and she has already shown her pregnancy. At this moment, she obeyed Jia Mu's order and sat next to Jia Mu. The wife must also take care of her from time to time.It is said that this is all because the imperial physician diagnosed that Sister Feng was pregnant with a boy.

But from Liu Mei's point of view, Sister Feng's mood may not be very good - when the daughters-in-law of Lai Dajia and Lin Zhixiao's family came up to salute and say hello to Sister Feng, Sister Feng had a rigid smile on her face, but her eyes were extremely sharp, which was shocking. When I saw it, I felt cold for no reason.

This situation did not ease until Lin Xiaohong and Jia Yun came up to kowtow to Jiamu one by one.

Sister Feng looked at the "loved general" beside her, and the man she had chosen came to her eyes separately, and the smile on the corner of her mouth finally became warm.

Jia Yun and Xiaohong also had good luck because of this. In addition to rewarding Xiaohong's hair and makeup, Sister Feng also went out to ask Jia's mother for kindness, even Mrs. Xing Wang expressed it.Even Baoyu remembered that Xiaohong was an old man in his yard, and Brother Yun was his "godson", so he promised immediately that he would go there in person to have the wedding wine with Yunhong and his wife.

Liu Mei was relieved to see from behind, and returned to the big kitchen with joy in her heart.

In the big kitchen of the Rong Mansion, a servant who looked at the face was talking to Zhang Cai's family, and Zhang Cai's family immediately frowned.

"Danggui and Astragalus, why don't you ask the medicinal materials? Our kitchen has a little bit of son, and it has been used in the dishes prepared for the old lady."

The servant woman had a bitter look on her face: "Isn't it because Mrs. Wang, who is in charge of medicinal materials, drank too much wine and got confused for a while, and she didn't know where she left the key? Now the boss is in a hurry to use it, thinking that the kitchen might have it, so I did it." Come to ask for your help!"

Zhang Cai's family shook her head, "There really isn't any left." She said and looked at Mother Liu, "Sister-in-law Liu, do you have any more in your small kitchen?"

At this moment, Mother Liu was engrossed in making a duck porridge that Mother Jia wanted, and she couldn't leave, so she nodded immediately and said, "Yes! Meier, mother can't leave, you should run!"

Liu Mei nodded, and Zhang Cai's family handed her a "Qi Death Wind", saying: "Mei'er follows the road, be careful, go and come back quickly."

Liu Mei took the lamp and went to the small kitchen.

When she passed the narrow passage, she saw that there was no one in front or behind, and it was dark all around, except for a faint light at the corner door in the distance.The cold wind was blowing in the aisle, and I couldn't help but feel a little scary.

Liu Mei simply hummed a ditty for herself——

"The big river flows eastward, and the stars in the sky are connected to the Big Dipper..." It doesn't seem quite right.

Think about it again, change a song, "The green hills are still there..." Stop, it's not this style of painting!

In this way, she has already passed through the narrow passage, came to the corner door, and stretched out her hand to push it.Strangely, the corner door, which had not been locked earlier, was locked at the other end at this moment.

Liu Mei patted on the door, but no one responded.

She had no choice but to turn back, intending to change a road, or simply take a detour to Rongning Street outside.

Just turning around, there was a "click", and the door on the west side of the road was also closed.

Immediately, Liu Mei felt something was wrong, she ran over quickly with a lantern, stretched out her hand and pushed, and shook the door, only to see that it was locked like an iron barrel, how could a little girl like her shake it?

"Sister Mei!" A gentle voice sounded from behind, but to Liu Mei's ears, it was utterly creepy.

"Qian Huai?"

Liu Mei held the qi death lantern in her hand, turned around, and looked at the little round face behind her.

"You tricked me into coming here?" Liu Mei had roughly guessed what kind of dirty thoughts Qian Huai was moving, took a deep breath, and kept telling herself to calm down.

She pretended not to care, turned around, and walked slowly towards the corner door on the west side of the aisle.

Qian Huai followed up in a sticky manner, leaned beside Liu Mei, and said with a sneer, "Sister Mei, my parents have proposed marriage to your family—"

Liu Mei didn't answer, but her feet began to speed up.

Qian Huai followed him like a shadow, and quickened his pace to catch up, "Father-in-law and mother-in-law seem to have some prejudice against my family, and they always refuse to nod. Sister, please open your mouth to your parents! I will do whatever you want. In fact, as long as they If the second elder can accept our marriage, I will respect them as my own parents..."

"I advise you not to think about these things." Liu Mei walked ahead, trying to slow down her tone so as not to irritate Qian Huai with her temper, "My parents always love me, so marriage matters are always asked first." more than I mean."

"Brother Qian," Liu Mei turned her head away and looked at Xiaoyuan's face, "I don't want to. You and I are not suitable."

Qian Huai narrowed her eyes and said anxiously, "Why is it inappropriate? As soon as I saw you, I knew I was going to fix you."

As soon as he stretched out his hand, he grabbed Liu Mei's sleeve, "Sister Mei, you don't know, since I saw you, I never saw the woman next to me again; every night when I closed my eyes and fell asleep, you came to me... ...Sister Mei, I am full of you in my sleep and dreams. As soon as I open my eyes, I think about how we can be together, how can I treat you well...I like you so much...Why are we not suitable? gone?"

Liu Mei flicked her hands away, immediately pushed Qian Huai away, and slightly raised her voice, "But I don't like you!"

She turned around, and raised the wind lantern in her hand, and the light illuminated both of them a bit.

Liu Mei said: "For things like this, you always have to agree with each other. You like me, but I don't care about you. You can't live like this for a lifetime."

What she said was the truth, she would never force herself to be with someone she didn't like.

"No, I like you, so you are not allowed not to like me." Qian Huai came up and took Liu Mei's hand, "Sister Mei, I want you today. After the raw rice is cooked, I will go back to my father-in-law. Let's see if they agree."

Liu Mei was wary of Qian Huai's thoughts. When she saw Qian Huai approaching, she immediately turned around, raised her hand and threw the wind lantern in her hand towards the east. The lamp drew a beautiful arc in the air. The thread shattered to the ground with a "kuang", and the lamp oil flowed out, turning into a raging "small fire".

At the same time, Liu Mei immediately turned in the opposite direction, ran towards the west corner door, rushed to the door, and immediately knocked on the door loudly, "Is anyone there? Open the corner door, the old ladies and wives in this house are in a hurry!"

She counted Qian Huai alone, and didn't care about the two.

If the fire is allowed to ignite, it will sooner or later attract people from the night; and Liu Mei's side may be able to summon the servants who should be guarding the corner gate here.

Qian Huai was not in a hurry.

He first went to the corner of the alley to get a big broom, went to the broken oil lamp, slapped the flame out three times, and then kicked the extinguished lamp aside.Then slowly walk towards Liu Mei.

"My good sister, the people at the door here have been checked. Today is a good night for you and me. How can someone disturb you? Not only here, but also at the other end of the big kitchen. There are also people from me." Qian Huai said proudly, The implication is that even if Liu's mother misses Liu Mei, whom she hasn't seen for a long time, someone will naturally catch her.

So, Qian Huai opened his arms, aimed at Liu Mei's lower back, and hugged her.

There was a sound of "Aw--".

Liu Mei hit Qian Huai's waist with a pair of elbow mallets, which made him lose his breath, and squatted down clutching his lower abdomen.

"Wake up!" Liu Mei said angrily.

She is a cook, and she is good at knife skills, her arms are very strong, not to mention she uses a weapon to prevent wolf - an elbow mallet.

"Sister Mei, look at me, I... I'm in so much pain!" Qian Huai squatted on the ground, tears and snot coming out, "...If you do this again, you...you're going to be a little widow."

"You're insane!" Liu Mei rolled her eyes and was about to leave just now, but Qian Huai crouched on the ground hugging her abdomen, her face was extremely painful, and finally she was filled with sympathy, bent down, and planned to take a look—hope not Kill!

But at this moment, Qian Huai suddenly stretched out his arms and rolled to the ground with Liu Mei in his arms.Liu Mei suddenly felt a sharp pain in her left ankle.She didn't care about the pain, and just wanted to shake Qian Huai away, but Qian Huai suddenly took out a handkerchief from somewhere, and covered Liu Mei's mouth and nose, Liu Mei felt a strange fragrance rushing towards her face, and instantly her hands and feet became sore and limp. I can't exert any strength, and I feel dizzy and will lose my sanity.

Qian Huai was afraid that he would suffocate her, so when he lifted his hand, Liu Mei took a deep breath of fresh air, and immediately felt some strength in his limbs.

Qian Huai was afraid that she would struggle away again, so he put the veil over her face again.

"My good sister, as long as you obey me, I swear, I will treat you sincerely for the rest of my life."

"You... let go..." Liu Mei exhausted all the remaining strength in her body, but could only grit her teeth.

"Okay, okay!" Qian Huai coaxed her nicely, "As long as the raw rice is cooked, I will definitely let you go. I'm afraid that when the time comes, sister Mei, you won't let me go!"

As he spoke, Qian Huai listened to the commotion outside the west corner door, then held Liu Mei's mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and leaned into her ear and said, "Don't make a sound, brother will bring you bridal chamber flowers and candles in a while!"

Sure enough, someone came from outside the corner door, stretched out his hand and shook the lock on the other side of the door, and said strangely: "Hey, what's the matter today? This corner door is usually not locked." This is Siqi's voice .

Sure enough, she heard her ask: "Youan, do you have the key to this corner door?"

Liu Mei secretly prayed in her heart: must have, must have the key!

Pan You'an replied: "No! There is another door in the past, let's take the road over there—"

Qian Huai: God helped me.

Liu Mei: ... Sister Siqi, come back quickly, this is the best place for a tryst when the moon is dark, the wind is high, the night is quiet and no one is there, it is a hundred times more comfortable than the garden!don't-go-ah-

It's a pity that the two still left.

Qian Huai picked up Liu Mei and went to a room next to the road.

He was very compassionate and cherished the jade, and was afraid that the handkerchief covering Liumei's mouth and nose would be harmful to her body, so every time he covered it for a while, he would lift the handkerchief to let her breathe.

But every time before Liu Mei's hands and feet recovered their strength, she covered the handkerchief back again.

The room he took Liu Mei to was also carefully prepared in advance, the kang was burned in advance, and there was a brand new red embroidered mandarin duck quilt on the kang, and a pair of red candles were even lit inside the room.

——It’s really a wedding night in the bridal chamber!

Liu Mei curled up softly on the kang, watching Qian Huaixi diligently go to close the door, thinking in her heart, she thought of a hundred ways in an instant, but she really didn't think of any good way to get her out smoothly.

Qian Huai turned back eagerly, climbed onto the kang, blew on the pair of red candles, and the room immediately became dark.

"Sister Mei, don't be afraid, brother will love you very much! It's just a matter of the last minute, no, brother will come and cook with you..."

At this moment, Qian Huai was still thinking about his task tonight—to cook raw rice.

However, Liu Mei, the uncooked rice, she doesn't want to be cooked.

Qian Huai wanted to cook raw rice into mature rice.

"Qian...," Liu Mei said vaguely, "Can you... take that veil off, I... I can't breathe."

Qian Huai heard that her voice was slurred, and her words were soft. When she felt hot, the fire rushed up immediately, and while removing the veil, she pulled at her belt.

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone knocking lightly on the door panel twice.

Qian Huai was caught off guard, almost not being frightened softly on the spot, and immediately asked vigilantly, "Who is it?"

No one answered outside, and after a while, they knocked twice more.

Qian Huai was harassed by someone, and she was extremely annoyed. She pulled the quilt casually, covered Liu Mei from head to toe, and then went to open the door by herself.

Liu Mei's hands and feet were soft, but fortunately the veil was gone on her mouth and nose, her breathing became easier, and her hands and feet gradually regained strength.

She could hear Qian Huai go to open the door, and then asked "Are you...", and then only heard an exclamation, which disappeared in an instant, and there was no movement outside.

Crisis resolved?

But it seems that it is not that simple.

Liu Mei didn't dare to move, in fact she couldn't move for a while.

I don't know how long it took, the footsteps were soft, came to the door, entered the room, turned around, closed the door...

Liu Mei held her breath and huddled under the quilt and pretended to be dead, but someone threw her head away suddenly, and the two looked at each other in the moonlight cast by the window...

"Scared me!"

The two spoke at the same time.

It was only at this time that Liu Mei realized that she had already broken out in a cold sweat and her back was drenched.

"I was the one who was almost cooked, why are you so scared!" Liu Mei reluctantly stood up and looked at the man opposite. For some reason, she suddenly felt that her eyes were sore and panicked, and there were hot tears that wanted to flow out. Chung.

Shiqing was opposite her, and said in a very low voice: "Last time you asked about the upgrade route, tonight I suddenly saw that your upgrade route suddenly started to change, and it was changed to the lady in charge, I know You don't want to...I couldn't control myself, so I came here. "

He let out a breath, "Fortunately, I found you, otherwise I, otherwise I..."

Hearing this, Liu Mei suddenly couldn't hold it anymore, and she didn't know where the strength came from, and instantly jumped into her arms, allowing Shiqing to open his arms and hug her tightly.

The author has something to say: Well, let’s continue discussing cooking tomorrow.

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