Foster son and husband

Chapter 11 Hot Pot
With the good gift from Xu Junying, Mei Niang won back Mrs. Xu's goodwill at any rate, and now she strikes while the iron is hot, showing the patience and stickiness of making fun in front of her grandparents in her previous life, and playing tricks for a while. After serving tea, serving fruit, telling jokes and comedy stories, coaxing the old lady to laugh endlessly, she was so happy that Mei Niang still didn't dare to be careless. My own grandparents really love their granddaughters, and they do everything from the bottom of their hearts Happy, the old woman in front of me is different, who knows if she is really happy or not?If it weren't for those two old ginsengs, it would be Bai Jingyu and Zhuang Yulan who were making fun in front of her at this time, so there would be no place for her to stand.

As usual, I served the old lady for dinner first. Mei Niang had the experience of serving breakfast last time, and asked old lady Ning Rulan what she liked to eat and what her habits were. Bai Jingyu is not a vegetarian either, she has quick eyes and quick hands, serving soup and vegetables for the old lady, always ahead of her.Mei Niang subscribed to a lot of fashion magazines in her previous life, and her clothing, food, and beauty products are not missing. Because there are many elderly people in the family, they pay great attention to the diet and nutrition in this area. What to match, what kind of good effect it will have, what kind of food the elderly should not eat more, what should be eaten for dinner, the speech is well-organized, well-founded, and very credible, the old lady nodded when she heard it, and she really obeyed her, Some dishes were removed from the plate, and others were added, but most of the dishes she took away were picked up by Bai Jingyu, which made Bai Jingyu very uncomfortable.

Mei Niang didn't neglect the ladies of the Xu Mansion and Zhuang Yulan either. Unlike Bai Jingyu who kept serving everyone vegetables, she only held a chopstick for each of them, smiling, and suggested that they eat different dishes according to their facial expressions and physiques. The food, to supplement something that is missing in the body, as long as it is about beauty, all girls will be attracted, and I listened very seriously.

Bai Jingyu was dissatisfied: "According to grandma, how does grandma eat like this? But I have never seen how healthy grandma is!"

The implication of her words: People who have died of paralysis once, dare to talk about nutrition and know what the essence of food is?
Qin Meiniang smiled slightly: "If conditions permit, I will eat like this! I was sick a while ago and held my breath, but even if I hold my breath, my physique is still good, otherwise how can I run around as soon as I wake up? My body doesn't look as strong as Second Grandma's, but how is my skin color and physique worse than yours? Does Second Grandma dare to compare with me? Go play in the snow and see who can endure the cold for a long time?"

Bai Jingyu's face was covered with rouge, and she was still a little pale. The silk cotton brocade robe she was wearing was bulging, and she must be wearing a small cotton vest underneath. Obviously, her body is not strong enough to deal with it. Maybe it's because menstruation suddenly came, otherwise Why did she run back without waiting for her natal grandfather's funeral?It can't be because her sister-in-law has been resurrected, so she should come back and have a look. In that case, she should have come back yesterday.

So she dared to bet that Bai Jingyu couldn't play in the snow, and she herself was afraid of the cold, and she didn't have much clothes on. The outer one was just a jacket with no silk cotton in the middle, but she believed that she could hold on to Bai Jingyu.

Sure enough, Bai Jingyu remained silent, playing in the snow?It's better to kill her!I hurried back to Xu's mansion at noon, and lay on the bed for a while, but I didn't want to get up. I was tired, and my lower abdomen was swollen and painful. Order some hot rice porridge, then lie down and have a good sleep.

The four young ladies of the Xu family, the eldest daughter Xu Xiaojuan, the daughter of the eldest wife Mrs. Zheng, has already married. The old lady and Zhuang Yulan are accompanied by the old lady and Zhuang Yulan at the dinner table. Seeing the two sister-in-laws arguing, Xu Xiaomin was young, lively and innocent, clapping her hands and laughing:

"I would like to have a body like my sister-in-law's, who can come back to life after death! It looks much healthier than before, and it's interesting and fun!"

Xu Xiaowan gently gave her a hand, and the old lady said: "Blue sky and white day, don't talk about life and death, eat, eat! Meiniang, Jingyu, you sit down and eat too. The soup is getting cold. Think about it." Drinking the boiling hot soup, you have to take it to a small stove to simmer!"

It's not good in winter. The meat and vegetables are a little cold, and they form lumps in the plate. It's really not delicious. The girls put their chopsticks, and Bai Jingyu has no appetite, and he refuses to move. Grains.

Seeing this, Mei Niang said, "Grandmother, in such a cold weather, it's best to eat hot pot. The soup is hot and the meat is fresh, and there are many dishes, so grandma can eat comfortably!"

Mrs. Xu was startled: "What is hot pot?"

Mei Niang gestured: "Take a copper pot and put it on the stove. The soup is boiling all the time. Put all kinds of meat and ingredients into it and cook. The meat is delicious and the soup is rich and fragrant. You can put any dish you want in it." Once it is hot, it will be cooked immediately, and it will be fresh and comfortable to eat..."

The old lady scolded: "Oh, how can there be such a way to eat? My fine sandalwood and precious lotus flower dining table, what does it look like with a big copper pot on it? Wouldn't the smoke and fire make my house look like a mess? It's also blackened? You child, you haven't settled with you for smoking my woods! Why did you come back from an illness, everything is better, but your brain is broken, and you give me crooked ideas!"

Mei Niang knew that people in this dynasty hadn't invented hot pot yet, so she hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, grandma, the forest will not be bad, and it will be fine again next spring! The hot pot that granddaughter-in-law is talking about is not big copper. pot, but a small copper pot that is more delicately made. How can there be smoke and fire when burning charcoal in a small red clay stove? The word hot pot is not flattering by my grandson. When I lived in the north, it was very cold, and people in the north used to eat hot pot. The old man taught our family to eat like this. In the winter, the whole family sat around a table, and all kinds of meat and vegetables they wanted to eat were washed and cut, and filled with On the table, there is a hot pot in the middle. You can put chicken, duck or beef and mutton together and boil them together. The steam is steaming and the aroma is tangy. It is delicious to drink the hot soup, not to mention the hot meat dishes! Eating hot pot is easy and convenient, and it tastes so delicious, I guarantee that if you eat it once, you will want to eat it again in the future!"

The old lady was aroused by her description, "I have lived for decades, but I have never eaten like that. It sounds really delicious!"

Mei Niang said: "Grandma doesn't believe it, my grandson-in-law will prepare a table for you tomorrow!"

The old lady looked at the table of cold dishes in front of her: "Why don't you make it now? Tonight's food is a bit cold, and I didn't even take a few bites..."

Ji's mother and the others around her couldn't help feeling uneasy. Wouldn't the old lady just eat this for dinner someday?After hearing what Grandma said, she wanted to try something new.

Mei Niang also knew that the old man should not eat too much for dinner, and was thinking about how to coax her, when suddenly a woman came in, looked at her with a smile, but said to Bai Jingyu:
"The butler from the front came to report: Grandma's natal family—the wife and uncle of the Qin family have arrived, and they came from their hometown, Yuezhou!"

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Meiniang finally realized: I dare say that my own mother and elder brother are here!
Really, brother was mentioned just now, and he is here now!
Mei Niang stood up and said shyly, "To Grandmother: Granddaughter-in-law's mother and elder brother have come all the way..."

The old lady nodded understandingly: "It's been a while since they left Beijing and went back to the countryside, but this time they came here just for you. Go ahead and entertain me. Don't lose your manners. The wind and snow along the way will be difficult for them day and night. Simultaneously... You probably don't have any good tea in Tsinghua University, Ruixue, take a bag of the autumn tea that the old lady of Wen's family gave me the day before yesterday, and give it to grandma, make a hot pot for the wife and uncle in-laws to eat, my candied fruit Pack some too, presumably the wife of the in-laws likes to eat. Jing Yu taught the cook to prepare a good banquet. The Qin family's old yard in Beijing is unattended and deserted. Let them stay here tonight, Mian Not enough, take a few new ones from the warehouse and send them!"

Mei Niang hurriedly kowtowed to thank the old lady, said goodbye to everyone, opened the warm curtain, a gust of wet and cold wind hit her, she shivered, and heard the women and servants under the profile discussing why the snow suddenly fell so thick It was so dense, only then did I realize that the sky was dark, and large groups of snowflakes wrapped in broken ice fell from the sky, no different from rain. She ran back to Tsinghua University like this, and it was almost the same as a popsicle without freezing.

Mama Wang and Cuixi looked up at the sky anxiously, Cuixi said: "Grandma's robe is too thin, and the maid is wearing a cotton padded coat. Waiting for the maid to take off her coat, I will cover you from the wind and snow?"

Mei Niang stopped her: "I don't want you to fall ill, wait a little longer and think of a way!"

Suddenly two people emerged from the wind and snow, the one walking in front was Xu Junying, Marquis of Weiyuan, still wearing his sable fur cloak, behind was a relatively thin man, wearing a moon-white brocade cloak, with a handsome face A young man somewhat like him.

Mama Wang and Cuixi saluted, and shouted to them respectively: "Master Hou, Lord Six!"

Only then did Mei Niang know that the man was the sixth master of the Xu family, Xu Junying's half brother, and the eldest son of the concubine, Xu Junxuan.

Xu Junxuan bowed to Meiniang, called "Sister-in-law", and looked at her curiously.

Mei Niang is helpless: do a time-travel again, and never wear on the dead person in the coffin, everyone looks at her like this, can't bear it, and she is not an alien.

Xu Junying asked, "Why are you standing here?"

Mei Niang said: "My mother and elder brother are here, and they are about to go back. The wind and snow are too heavy, and it looks scary!"

Xu Junying didn't make a sound, he met the sixth younger brother in the corridor, he heard that he was going to Jinhua Hall to pay his respects to his grandmother, so he came together, not knowing that Meiniang's mother and elder brother had arrived.

What Mei Niang was thinking was: Xu Junying, Xu Junying, you come back with me to see my mother's family, and then give me your black leather jacket to protect me from the wind and snow, and I will judge you as a good husband!

Xu Junying didn't say anything, but Xu Junxuan on the side felt embarrassed and took off his cloak:

"The wind and snow are too heavy, my sister-in-law should use this to cover her, otherwise she will fall ill again!"

The moon-white brocade cloak carried a man's fresh fragrance, and handed it to Meiniang. Just as Meiniang was going to pick it up, Xu Junying came to his senses and stretched out his hand to block it:
"Wouldn't the sixth brother have to go back in the snow soon? You are thin and susceptible to wind and cold, so keep it!"

He took off the black mink cloak and piled it in Cuixi's hands: "Tie it on for grandma, it's too windy and snowy, walk slowly, don't fall..."

Mei Niang wanted to say something to him, but the woman in the corridor had already pulled up the warm curtain and announced loudly: "Master Hou and Master Liu are here!"

There was a burst of cheers in the room, it turned out that these two people were so popular!
Cuixi put on a thick and warm mink fur cape for Meiniang with a smile, and Meiniang sighed secretly: If he doesn't go to see his mother and brother, at least he gave up the cloak to himself.

(End of this chapter)