Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 214 Who Cares
"...The chicken was dry and woody. It was as light as white water. No, it tasted worse than white water. I couldn't eat it at all. Later, I ate a bowl of rice with a fried cabbage that was so salty. Barely fill your stomach, or you will be so hungry that your chest will stick to your back."

Back home in the evening, apart from telling Xu Shuhua what he saw and heard in the Imperial Academy today, Gu Yunji complained most about the bad food at Guanglu Temple, and he talked endlessly.

Gu Yunji babbled on for a long time, but Xu Shuhua didn't show any sign of impatience, and said with a smile: "When Dad was in court, he often complained about the perfunctory meals in Guanglu Temple. Didn't you expect that after so many years, they didn't make any progress at all?"

"I don't know if it has improved or not. Anyway, the current food is hard to swallow." Gu Yunji couldn't help frowning when he recalled the taste, "Speaking of which, I admire them too, after all, the original ingredients are still good. They can It is also a skill to make such good ingredients so unpalatable."

Seeing that he resisted strongly, Xu Shuhua simply said: "If it doesn't taste good, don't eat it. Tomorrow, I will ask the family to prepare the meal in advance, and then I will send someone to send you to the Imperial Academy, so as not to suffer that crime again."

Gu Yunji was a little hesitant: "After all, the Imperial Academy is located in Miyagi, will this violate the regulations? Or should I bring my food with me when I go out?"

Xu Shuhua reassured: "It doesn't matter. It is well known that the food in Guanglu Temple is unpalatable, but most officials are more willing to send food to their families if they have the conditions. At that time, they only need to give a small reward, and there will be a servant who specializes in running errands for the officials." Sending food to the yamen where you work has long since become an unwritten custom, my father was like this back then, no one would say anything."

"Besides, the meal you brought over in the morning will definitely be cold by noon, and eating it will be bad for your stomach. Anyway, the family will cook at that time, but it's just an extra copy for you, and it doesn't take much trouble."

Having said that, since the two got married, Xu Shuhua has never cared about Gu Yunji's affairs.What I said was to prepare a copy for him by the way, but in fact it must be carefully arranging the meals, and maybe I would have to bother to cook two dishes for him myself, but I didn’t tell him that’s all.

Thinking of this, Gu Yunji felt warm in his heart, held her hand and said warmly, "Thank you for your hard work."

Xu Shuhua smiled: "What's the hard work for me? You worked hard in the Hanlin Academy. You are already busy with your daily duties. If you don't even enjoy eating, isn't it suffering? If I can make you eat more comfortably, I will Also down-to-earth."

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The next day at the Hanlin Academy, after experiencing the food at Guanglu Temple, the officials had lingering fears. They either brought their own food or asked their families to deliver it. Anyway, they were unwilling to eat the food at Guanglu Temple again.

As Xu Shuhua said, before lunch, some servants delivered the meals prepared by the officials to the Hanlin Academy. Each food box had a name note on it, and it was neatly placed, so there was no need to worry about admitting mistakes.

When Gu Yunji went to get the food box, he found that Zheng Xiuyun had also delivered food to Gu Yunxiao, so he took it back to him and joked: "Sister-in-law really loves my brother, she just said yesterday that the food in Guanglu Temple is not good, today I will give it to you." The food delivery is here, it’s really a little bit of hardship and I don’t want my brother to suffer.”

"Aren't you too? Two meat and two vegetables plus a soup, the meal prepared by the third sibling for you is not inconsiderate." Gu Yunxiao raised his eyebrows, his expression was very calm, "Whoever's husband loves you, we The two brothers are just each other."

After chatting and joking with Gu Yunxiao, I caught a glimpse of Cheng Yan's food from the corner of the eye. Gu Yunji paused, and the smile on his face faded: "Cheng Yan, why are you still eating Guanglu Temple's food?"

Cheng Yan raised his head and smiled at him: "The old lady who cooks at home is getting old, and I don't want to bother her to deliver the food to me. I bring my own food and I am afraid that it will be cold and I will have diarrhea, so I just eat it here. Lu Temple's meal, and save trouble."

Gu Yunji frowned when he heard this: "How can this be done? If your family is short of servants, just go and buy two more, or you won't even have a good meal."

Cheng Yan shook his head: "No, I like quietness. It's enough to have someone at home to help with washing and cooking. I don't feel comfortable with too many people. And if I eat a few more mouthfuls of the food at Guanglu Temple, I'll find that it's actually not so bad. It's unpalatable. After all, it's in charge of the imperial cuisine, so how bad can it be?"

Seeing Cheng Yan's serious lying, Gu Yunji felt uncomfortable, but also angry that he didn't care about his body, so he made a gesture to grab his food: "Then give me a taste, and I'd like to see how it works." good."

Cheng Yan protected his food and pretended to be dissatisfied: "Yunji, you already have the food prepared for you by Mrs. Xu, and you want to grab mine, isn't it too overbearing? Let's eat our own, Don't worry about anyone else's meal."

Gu Yunji had no choice but to sit back and eat his own meal.

He knew that Cheng Yan said this on purpose to reassure himself, but he only felt more sad after hearing it.Both he and Gu Yunxiao have wives and family members, so some people will care about whether they are eating well and whether they are warmly dressed.But Cheng Yan has neither wife nor family, so who cares about his well-being and hunger?

Thinking of these, Gu Yunji's heart was so blocked that even the food in his mouth felt tasteless.

Back home, when Gu Yunji and Xu Shuhua talked about Cheng Yan, their hearts were still heavy: "Cheng Yan was originally a quiet character. Since he was admitted to the imperial examination, he has seldom interacted with others. He keeps everything in his heart and doesn't even talk about it. I don't even know how to help him."

"Today most people ask their family members to deliver meals, or even bring their own meals. He is the only one hiding in the corner alone eating the meals of Guanglu Temple. It makes me feel uncomfortable."

Xu Shuhua didn't want to see Gu Yunji's sad face, so he thought for a while and said, "Why don't you prepare a meal for Cheng Yan when I deliver your meal tomorrow?"

Gu Yunji sighed: "Although you and Cheng Yan are familiar, I don't think it's a big deal, but you are my wife after all, Cheng Yan probably won't accept it. Besides today's eldest brother is here, if tomorrow We prepared Cheng Yan's, but he and sister-in-law didn't. Doesn't it seem that he can't handle things? Let's forget it."

Xu Shuhua comforted: "Don't worry about this. I'll talk to my sister-in-law tomorrow and I'll just prepare the meals for the three of you together. If Cheng Yan asks, you and your eldest brother will say that this is mother's idea. Thinking of the three of you often Let's cook together in one place, let him not refuse."

"In this way, he should accept it in the name of the elders rather than in the name of me or sister-in-law."

Gu Yunji thought about it carefully for a while, and felt more and more that this method is feasible, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, that's it, I will go and talk to my elder brother in the morning."

(End of this chapter)