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

After this incident, Siqi began to feel that Liu Mei and her were congenial, and the two of them were able to talk to each other after their previous suspicions were resolved.

"I heard that your father rejected the proposal of the Qian family, it must be because of this person!" Si Qi shook Liu Mei's shoulder.

Liu Mei couldn't answer, so she had to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

"..."

Siqihui was wrong, and patted Liu Mei to comfort her, "Don't be afraid, take your time. Since your parents are willing to plan for you sincerely, there will always be a way in the future. Unlike my parents... well, every family has it." This is a difficult scripture to recite!"

The two were standing outside the corner gate and chatting, only heard a voice coming from a distance, and there was a commotion in the Rong Mansion.

"What's the matter, what's the matter?" Siqi saw a servant rushing towards him, and quickly stopped the exit to ask.

The young man recognized Siqi, and seeing that Liu Mei was pretty and clean, he hurriedly said: "You two sisters, please don't go there. It's...it's Qian Huai..."

When Liu Mei heard that it was Qian Huai, she hurriedly asked what happened.

The little servant was a little embarrassed when he heard this, but he still said it out: "Qian Huai lost the bet with someone, was beaten up, stripped off all his clothes, and hung him on a tree, probably for an hour or two. , someone discovered him. I heard that he was freezing to the point of death."

When Siqi heard that it was Qian Huai, he looked at Liu Mei twice, then turned his head and asked, "Who did he bet with, and if he lost the bet, he beat him so hard?"

The young man thought for a while and said, "I don't know. The Qian family also asked the same question, but Qian Huai has no face to say it! I only found a note on Qian Huai's body that said 'every bet must be lost'. Only when he loses money and messes around, will someone punish him like this."

Liu Mei imagined it out of thin air, and felt that it was surprising that Shiqing didn't cut off his hands and feet.

After a long time, Liu Mei occasionally thought of this matter, and asked Shi Qing, Shi Qing only replied flatly: "I didn't bring a knife."

Liu Mei: "I'm asking, how did you come up with the idea to make others think that Qian Huai lost the bet."

After being humiliated like this, Qian Huai never dared to mention that he met Liu Mei that night in Jia's mansion.

Shiqing recalled for a while, raised a pair of sharp eyebrows, and said: "At that time, I was looking for a knife. I passed by a room, and the gamblers in the room were booing together, saying that if anyone dared to renege on the bet, he would strip off his clothes and hang him up." , posting a note of 'every bet you must lose' will make you ashamed for the rest of your life. After thinking about it, I think this method is not bad, so I did it."

In the end, he turned his head and concluded, "I was thinking about you at the time, and I was impatient to look for the knife again."

Liu Mei blushed, thinking that this system has a built-in "love talk" function, and the more you talk, the more slippery it is.

This is later.

Afterwards, Siqi took Liu Mei back to the big kitchen, and told Aunt Zhang and Mother Liu that Liu Mei fell, fell on the lamp, sprained her foot, was trapped in the mansion, was picked up by Siqi, and brought back of.

Liu's mother had already started worrying about her daughter, seeing Siqi helping her limping daughter back, she felt very distressed, and hurriedly went to find medicinal oil for her.

It was only then that Liu Mei realized that not long after she left, someone came to Zhang Cai's family and said that the woman in charge of medicinal materials had found the key again, and that the astragalus was no longer wanted.Liu Mei knew that it must be Qian Huai's arrangement--Qian Huai's arrangement was considered thorough, but even if he was killed, he would never have imagined that there is still a Shiqing in this world.

In fact, Liu Mei's ankle was fine, after applying the medicine and resting for two days, she was alive and kicking again.

It's just that after the New Year's Eve, Father Liu went out to run errands again.Liu Mei still works in the garden with her mother.

At this time, Sister Feng was getting older, so Mother Jia stopped her from taking care of the affairs of the house.Because there were many things in the mansion, Mrs. Wang handed everything over to Li Wan and Tanchun. Besides these two, she also invited Baochai to come forward to sit in charge.

When Liu Mei heard the news, she felt that something was wrong—the director housekeeper definitely had no reason to invite a girl from a relative's family to come forward.From this point of view, Mrs. Wang should have already preferred Baochai as her daughter-in-law candidate.

As Baochai is willing, she must also be willing to her future marriage.

She is just a little girl who only cares about cooking, so she can't say anything after seeing through these things.

Two days later, Liu Mei occasionally went to Qiushuangzhai to get a food box, and just heard Zhao Auntie come to Tanchun to make a noise, and she kept saying that Tanchun's "uncle" Zhao Guoji was gone, but Tanchun refused to give more money. Tanchun has a good theory.

Liu Mei was very embarrassed to hear Aunt Zhao talking loudly about Tanchun in Qiushuangzhai, saying, "I forgot the fundamentals, I just picked Gao Zhier and flew away", and then said, "The Zhao family is expecting you to not be able to go. Fortunately, my sister married Now that the Qian family has met a nobleman, the whole family has moved to Prince Zhongshun's mansion."

After hearing Daqi, Liu Mei thought to herself that it's no wonder Aunt Zhao has such confidence, and she ran to Qiushuangzhai to challenge Tanchun, and it turned out that the Qian family gave it to Prince Zhongshun's mansion.

After coming out of Qiushuangzhai, Liu Mei hurriedly searched for someone, and finally found out that it was someone from Prince Zhongshun's residence who asked Jia's residence to take the servant of the Qian family.

Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng and others were naturally in a daze, not understanding how Prince Zhongshun, an "old man", would make such a request.However, there are many servants in Jia's house anyway, and there are also many servants. They are just servants in one house. In their opinion, it is the most beneficial and cost-effective exchange of favors.

It was said that the Qian family was also very proud, and even let out rumors that they were lucky enough not to be married to the Liu family. Now they are no longer the servants of the Duke's Mansion, but the servants of the Prince's Mansion.No matter how good the girl of the Liu family is, she is not worthy of an attendant in the Prince's Mansion!

Liu Mei smiled secretly: She probably knows what fate awaits the Qian family, so she kindly blesses their family - wait until you enter the Prince's Mansion to say this!

Gradually the weather warmed up, and spring was approaching. Because Liu Mei was worried about Daiyu's weak body, she was prone to coughing in spring, so she went to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion more often.

After taking care of Daiyu's diet that day, Zijuan gave Liu Mei a wink.

Liu Mei understood, packed up the food box, came out of Daiyu's room, and did not leave, only staying in the corridor of Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

The colorful parrot raised by Daiyu was standing on the shelf, spread its wings, flapped its eyebrows twice, and suddenly called out: "Shuangwen Shuangwen, a beautiful woman with a bad life."

Thinking of Daiyu from this, Liu Mei also sighed.

Zijuan came out of Daiyu's room in a hurry at this time, stuffed a small purse into Liumei, and said, "This is from the girl."

As soon as Liu Mei weighed it, she knew it was silver, and quickly pushed it back, saying: "How can this be done?"

She knew that it must have been specially given by Daiyu to commemorate her recent efforts.

But Zijuan refused to pick it up again, "Thank you, girl, why are you embarrassed to pick it up? Besides, I heard that your small kitchen has been quite difficult recently, so why don't we girl give some kindness?"

When Liu Mei heard Zijuan say that the small kitchen has been difficult recently, she also sighed.

Seeing her like this, Zicuckoo quickly asked: "I've only heard people's rumors, is it really so difficult?"

Liu Mei smiled quickly, so as not to frighten Zijuan: "No, it's just that sometimes there are things that don't go so well."

Zicuckoo and what she said were the same thing.

A while ago Tanchun came up with an idea, ordered people to take care of the flowers and trees in the Grand View Garden, and the money went to the people who took care of the flowers and trees for their own use.Baochai also praised it highly, saying only that "there will be no famine within three years".

Many people have benefited from this, and have more profitable livelihoods.

The small kitchen was depressed.

Originally, many seasonal wild vegetables used in the small kitchen, such as shepherd's purse, wolfberry sprouts, chrysanthemum chrysanthemum, lentils on vines, and two-inch-long pumpkins...all grew in the garden, and Liu Mei took a few women to dig them. To collect.Now these things are not allowed to be dug up. If you dig them up, you are robbing other people's money.

Mother Liu couldn't help it, after all, it's hard to refute if it's up and down.So she discussed with Liu Mei, and made a small piece of land in front of the small kitchen, planted some onions and garlic, cut them off when they grew taller, and put them in the dishes to taste.

But it's been like this recently, seeing the rain, pointing at the onion and garlic seedlings that can jump up, and when I wake up the next day, I see that the young seedlings that have just grown have been pinched off.

Mother Liu was so angry that she scolded: "This idea of ​​green onion and garlic can't even be sold for half a penny. Is it worth doing so?"

This is the case in this garden. Satisfying the interests of some people will compromise the interests of others.From Liu Mei's point of view, Tanchun's actions are far from achieving the effect of "promoting benefits and eliminating disadvantages". It neither moves the biggest moth in Jia's mansion, nor can it balance the existing contradictions in the garden—it's just that It's just that the ladies in the boudoir are making trouble.

Thinking about these things makes me very depressed, but Daiyu doesn't care about things, and Zijuan always has to worry about Daiyu's health, so Liu Mei doesn't plan to go into details in front of Zijuan.

However, Zijuan rolled her eyes and said, "By the way, no one has picked up the new bamboo shoots in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion recently, so why don't I give them to your mother, so that everyone in the garden can have a good meal of fried pork with bamboo shoots?" Woolen cloth!"

Liu Mei was overjoyed when he heard the words—no bamboo makes people vulgar, and no meat makes people thin. The spring bamboo shoots after the rain are chopped off fresh, and they can be delicious when they are fried with a little pork belly.

"Then thank you, Sister Zijuan!" Liu Mei was overjoyed, preparing for the upcoming meal of fried pork with bamboo shoots.

"By the way, Mei'er, there is one more thing, I want to ask you." Zijuan was about to say something, with some melancholy in his brows.

"You said, my wife invited Miss Bao to be the director, didn't I, didn't I..."

Liu Mei nodded bluntly, and said, "That's what my sister thinks. Hasn't my sister heard of 'Jin Yu'?"

When Zicuckoo heard this, her face turned pale.

Liu Mei hurriedly looked around to make sure that no one else was listening nearby, then turned to Zijuan and said, "Sister Zijuan, listen to me—"

She knew that Zijuan was worried for Daiyu, and that Baoyu had always treated Daiyu kindly, unlike others.But in her opinion, the last thing people around Daiyu can do is to reveal this meaning to outsiders early on.

"You...you mean, my wife doesn't care about our girl, and Second Master Bao can't make up his mind?" Zijuan had already thought of this, but hearing Liu Mei's words made her feel even more worried.

Liu Mei nodded, "Accordingly, the old lady can make decisions for Miss Lin, but think about it, when Miss Baoqin came over a few days ago, the old lady wanted to tell Mrs. Baoqin about Miss Baoqin, but it's a pity that she already has someone else to give up. .”

From her point of view, Mother Jia's determination to make Bao Dai a couple is not so firm.After all, what hurt Jia Mu the most was the baby phoenix egg under her knee.

When Zicuckoo heard about it, she twisted the handkerchief tightly and twisted it into a twist.

"Sister Zijuan, just listen to me." Liu Mei looked at Zijuan and said emotionally, "I'm just a little girl who looks on coldly, but in my opinion, although Second Master Bao is good, he may not be worthy of it." Miss Shanglin."

When Zijuan heard this, she was shocked immediately, with a grateful expression on her face, and then she heard Liu Mei say, "There are so many good men in the world, but the girl hasn't had a chance to meet them yet. So, sister Zijuan, Don't give up the whole forest for one tree!"

After hearing this fresh metaphor, Zicuckoo was almost overwhelmed, but after thinking about it later, she felt that it was the same.

Since Daiyu entered Jia's mansion, she almost never left the mansion, except for a few cousins ​​in Jia's mansion, she has never seen other men.The metaphor of willow eyebrows is not without some truth.

"But……"

Liu Mei reached out and took Zijuan's hand, and said: "Sister Zijuan, the most urgent thing is, don't frame yourself in your heart: don't just think that Miss Lin is only the second master of Peibao, maybe the girl Your good marriage is just outside the garden! Also, this kind of thinking should not be known by the wife, Aunt Xue and others, so as not to make people think that you girls are not dignified. This is the most important thing."

She remembered that Zijuan had begged Aunt Xue once in person, begging Aunt Xue to match Bao Dai—isn't this seeking skin from a tiger?

"Also, Second Master Bao is also an idiot. If he hears that Miss Lin will come out of this garden one day in the future, he will probably make a fuss. If he starts to make a fuss later, the old ladies and wives will only think that Second Master Bao is sincere. Brother, everything will fall to Miss Lin."

Hearing this, Zijuan panicked and broke out in a cold sweat. Then she said, "Good girl, thank you for reminding me."

She meant this and wanted to try Baoyu, but she didn't expect that this would ruin Daiyu's reputation too much and weaken Daiyu's favorability in front of Jia Mu and others.

The most important thing is that Liu Mei broke Zijuan's stereotyped thinking—Bao Dai has been together for so many years, but who said that Baoyu likes Daiyu, so Daiyu must also like Baoyu?

"However, if no one in the mansion is willing to make decisions for the girl's life, what should the girl do?" Zijuan felt very helpless after thinking about it.

Liu Mei thought about it, secretly gave Zijuan a trick, and said: "Can I ask Xueyan to find out, is there anyone else in the Lin family?"

"If there is no one, maybe you can ask Lin Zhixiao, the housekeeper, after all, his surname is Lin, so it doesn't sound so obtrusive." Lin Zhixiao is Xiaohong's father, and he helped Liu Mei fend off Qian's marriage proposal, so Liu Mei felt that People should be a little more reliable.

Zijuan listened, thought for a while, nodded, and said: "Thank you Mei'er for reminding me, I know it well, and I won't think too much about what I have and what I don't have."

Only then did Liu Mei resign from the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

As soon as she stepped out of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, she received a notification that the system was online.

"You're here to remind me again that the fate of Fairy Jiangzhu's tears cannot be changed, right?" Liu Mei asked her system helplessly.

The system is very calm: "I remind you so, is it useful?"

Liu Mei thought: It's useless, as long as she wants to do it, she will still do it.

And this point, the system seems to have begun to understand, or to say, to get used to it.

So, the system replied: "I'm here to inform you. Your upgrade route has been determined, the next level, 'Senior Cook'!"