Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 266 Adding People to Xiaotao

What's so rare about meat dumplings!Brother Ming has been wanting to go out for a long time, and he will not give up easily because of the holiday, so he turned and ran to the old lady, acting coquettishly and shamelessly, which made her heart soften.

Zhu Ying stood aside, biting her fingers, hesitated for a long time, and then followed, tugging at the old lady's sleeve, begging in a low voice: "Grandma Zeng, please, please."

Seeing the old man, he couldn't help but said: "There are so many people watching and guarding, why do you still have to worry about it? You only agreed to see the children wiping their tears."

Hearing this, the old lady stroked the cheeks of the two children quickly, and said softly: "Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, we are not allowed to shed tears during the big festival." After saying that, she looked at her daughter-in-law Li Shi and said: "You Send someone to book a room on the second floor of Qianhe Tower."

Li Shi was puzzled when she heard the words: "Are you going to order a banquet for lunch?"

The old lady shook her head and said, "What banquet are you ordering? I ordered it for these two little things. The Thousand Crane Tower is the closest to the wharf. Sitting on the second floor, you can just watch the dragon boat race. It's better to sit there and watch The people below are so crowded."

Li Shi smiled as if suddenly enlightened, got up quickly and said: "It's better for you to think carefully, I'll send someone to fix it." After she finished speaking, she went over and tapped Ming Ge'er and Zhu Ying's little heads, and said: "I still don't want to kowtow to the two old ancestors."

Brother Ming and Zhu Ying were happily from ear to ear, knelt down one after the other, and knocked twice, which made everyone feel distressed, and hurriedly hugged them again.

Shen Yuechen came belatedly, and brought all kinds of zongzi made by Wu Ma herself to greet the elders.

Chai, who is pregnant with Liujia, is the finale. Her belly looks scary, and her body looks swollen. She loses her vigor and becomes more friendly.

After the whole family arrived, the old man and the old lady began to taste the zongzi brought by each courtyard. After tasting them, they finally chose the auspicious Ruyi eight-treasure zongzi made by Wu Ma.

Eight ingredients, eight meanings, delicious and pleasing to eat.

The old man ate with gusto, he didn't even care about the grains of rice sticking to his beard, he opened his mouth and said: "This rice dumpling is so wonderful. Go back and ask your cook to make more. It's very decent to take it out as a gift." ah."

Shen Yuechen responded with a smile, she had already guessed in her heart that Wu Ma would win.The entire Zhu family has both craftsmanship and creativity, and if they do both, no one can compare to Mama Wu.

After a busy morning, Shen Yuechen sighed contentedly, looked up at the children across the street, and talked to them from time to time, which was very pleasant.

Brother Ming ate three meat dumplings in a row, filling his stomach so much that his mouth was full of oil.Zhu Ying is different from him, she only eats the plums and dates in the rice dumplings, but she doesn't touch the meat rice dumplings, she doesn't like the greasy taste very much.

It was rare for the old lady to let go, and she granted the children's request to play, but unfortunately, Shen Yuechen was pregnant and couldn't accompany her, so she had to let Chun Ming and Cui Xin both follow.

They knew Zhu Ying and Brother Ming best, and they knew their temper habits, so they were naturally more comfortable taking care of them than the maids around Li Shi.

After breakfast, Zhu Feng and Li accompanied the children to the Qianhe Tower, Zhu Jintang went to the study as usual to deal with matters, the old man and the old lady went back to take a nap, and the yard became quiet for a while.

Shen Yuechen also sneaked back to her own yard, because Chun Ming and Cui Xin were not around, the people serving her were replaced by two familiar little maids.

Seeing their trembling appearance, Shen Yuechen couldn't help but smiled and waved his hands and said, "Go outside and wait, just call Wu Ma over here."

The maids left in response, and Wu Ma arrived later. She had been in the kitchen all morning, her body was covered with the smell of zongzi, her face was flushed from the steam, and her forehead was slightly sweaty.

Seeing this, Shen Yuechen couldn't help stepping forward, took out a handkerchief and wiped it for her, and said with a little guilt: "This is a big festival, and I have made you tired, Mom."

Wu Ma took her handkerchief and said with a smile, "I'm not tired at all. There are helpers in the kitchen. I just stood aside and watched."

Shen Yuechen also smiled: "The old man was full of praise for the zongzi made by mother, and even said that he would take it out as a gift."

Wu Ma lowered her head, and said modestly: "The old man praised the servants." After saying this, she suddenly remembered something, looked around, and just stepped forward to Shen Yuechen's ear, and said softly: "Miss, Miss Xiaotao Today I sent someone to bring a few things, they said they were gifts, and I put them in the cabinet for Miss."

Shen Yuechen was a little surprised when he heard the words, but after thinking about it, he had clearly told her not to contact her casually, so she must have something to do.

"Where is the thing? Mom took it out and let me see it."

Wu Ma agreed, wiped her hands on her apron, got up and went to the wooden cabinet by the window, called lightly, and took out several brocade boxes of different sizes.

With a frown, Shen Yuechen opened the boxes one by one with her own hands, only to find that there were only snacks and cakes inside, nothing special.

"It's so good, what is she doing with so many snacks?" Wu Ma was a little puzzled when she saw it.

Shen Yuechen looked at the shortbread in that box, and felt that something was wrong, so she couldn't help squinting her eyes, and looked at it carefully, and saw that there were faint words on the shortbread, she read those words together, and couldn't help but Slightly startled.

"Wealth and auspiciousness, the sign of Lanmeng."

The sign of Lanmeng... Lanmeng is a sign of a woman's pregnancy. Could it be that she... Shen Yuechen's face changed slightly, and she murmured: "Mama Wu, Miss Xiaotao, she may be pregnant." After finishing speaking, she pointed to the Show her the words on the cake in order.

Wu Ma was taken aback when she heard the words, and hurriedly lowered her head to look, only to suddenly realize.

Shen Yuechen breathed a sigh of relief, she just felt that this Xiaotao was really smart, to think of using such a method to send a message to herself.

These shortbreads are mixed with snacks and put in different boxes, even if people see the words, they will not arouse suspicion or cause trouble.

Calculating carefully, Xiaotao has been by Zhu Jinlun's side for only three or four months.However, she was really lucky that there was news in such a short period of time... Shen Yuechen put those pastries aside again, and walked slowly in the room by herself, lowering her head and eyes, as if she was thinking about something.

Wu Ma said with a slight smile: "Miss, things are really going as you expected, and that child is doing well."

Shen Yuechen said: "I know that the second young master has always favored her, but I didn't expect that she would be pregnant so soon..."

Wu Ma heard that her tone was slightly low, so she couldn't help asking: "The child is pregnant, which is a troublesome thing for the second room. The second young master is getting married soon, if when the bride comes in, she sees the child and the child in her womb , wouldn't she lose all face... If she can really give birth to a son, then the second room will definitely become lively."

It has to be said that the reason why Shen Yuechen wanted to place Xiaotao beside Zhu Jinlun in the first place was that there was no other way.Zhu Jinlun is getting married soon, and once he gets married, he will have a chance to give birth to a son.

For the sake of the eldest son, the only thing Shen Yuechen could carefully calculate was to let the second son's eldest son be a concubine instead of a concubine.

Concubine is different.Although the eldest son of the concubine is also the eldest son, his status is far inferior to that of the first son. Even when he grows up, he is not qualified to inherit the family business.

Shen Yuechen said slowly: "She is a child who came here to please, but with her own strength, she may not be able to protect her well. She is currently being favored, and there are many jealous people around her. How dangerous."

If the plan is to go smoothly, Shen Yuechen must keep the child in Xiaotao's womb, and not be easily calculated by others... Wu Ma nodded and replied: "Miss is absolutely right. It's just that you are pregnant now, so it's not appropriate to worry about it." , so let me handle this matter."

There are so many things at home and outside, even if she has three heads and six arms, she can't manage all of them.

Shen Yuechen asked softly, "Then what are you going to do, mom?"

Madam Wu pondered for a while: "It's not convenient for the young lady to intervene in the matter of the second room, so I think it's best to have more people by Miss Xiaotao's side, more people, more eyes, more ears, more thoughtful in speaking and doing things. "

Shen Yuechen nodded slightly: "It's good, but right now we don't have any suitable candidates?"

Although there are many servants in the courtyard, it is not easy to pick out one who can be trusted and worthy of cultivation.

Mama Wu thought for a while and said: "Too smart also has a lot of minds, and honest children are the best. There is a cook named Cui in the kitchen, and there is a little girl named Xiang'er under her knees. Cook Cui's husband passed away the year before last, and the family Only the two of their mothers are left to depend on each other. Cook Cui is honest, hard-working, and not talkative. I have met Xianger from her family a few times before, and I feel that the child has the same temperament as her mother. She is quiet, but she is quite clever, and she can tell the height of her eyebrows and eyes. As soon as Cook Cui wants her daughter to find a job in the house, I think, first bring the child in and get along with her. .If she is really sensible, it will be easy to make arrangements in the future. As for the second room, I will go there in person when I have time to turn around."

Although the pastry can convey a message, it is not clear enough after all.

This matter is no small matter, Chun Ming and Cui Xin both left the house with Brother Ming.She can't trust others, so it's safest to go there by herself.

Shen Yuechen nodded with reassurance upon hearing this. "In this case, I will leave this matter to my mother, but it will make you more tired."

Wu Ma shook her head with a smile and said, "As long as you can share your worries for Miss."

She can't do any big things, she can only do some small things for the young lady, after all, it's a little bit more to share.

Because of the festival, all the courtyards are extremely busy and very lively.

After the masters had a rest, the servants also began to enjoy themselves.

Although they can't eat alcohol and delay their errands, the exquisite meals left by the masters are enough for them to enjoy slowly.

After Du Juan waited on Chai's afternoon nap, he went all the way to the backyard.There, the maids and wives have already prepared delicious meals, and they are only waiting for her.

Du Juan came late, walked quickly into the yard with her skirt in hand, grinned at everyone and said, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting so long."

Du Juan is now very popular with the second wife, so she is also very respectable among the servants.

As soon as Du Juan was seated, he raised his eyes and scanned the crowd, and saw that, except for those who stayed in the room waiting for orders, almost everyone had arrived, but Xiaotao was the only one missing.

(End of this chapter)