Red apricots make spring

Chapter 12
Although the living conditions are not very good, but fortunately it is the autumn season at this time, the night is not so stuffy, and after a gentle and tiring day, the head is stained with the pillow, and it didn't take long before I fell into a deep sleep.

As if it was just a matter of closing her eyes, she felt her body shaking slightly before she got enough sleep. She was startled, jumped up and shouted: "Earthquake? An earthquake!"

Everyone in the room got up, stopped what they were doing, and looked at her in surprise. Xiaoyan pushed her aside and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? I told you to get up."

Huh, false alarm!Gentle let out a breath, feeling drowsy again, looking at the shadows on the window paper that have not penetrated into the sun, thinking that it is not yet dawn, why do you have to get up so early?A few days ago I lived with Jinyu and the others, seeing that they seemed to be able to sleep until dawn before getting up, I wondered: "Are you going to wake up so early?"

Several maids in the room who were washing looked at her and giggled, and one of them named Qiaoer rolled her eyes at her and said, "Don't get up, why don't you wait for the sun to come and ask the old lady to serve you?"

Xiaoyan also smiled and said, "We are all maids who clean the yard and wash clothes, so naturally we have to clean up the house and yard as soon as possible. As for you, you should go to the big kitchen and wait, don't delay making breakfast."

Gentle and helpless, she had no choice but to rub her sore eyes, get up and put on her clothes, but secretly complained in her heart, hating God for throwing her into such a place, not only has no human rights, she can't even sleep late, this day, when will she be tall what!But at the moment, there is no other way to think of except to accept it. It is better to wait until you are familiar with this place, and then find a way to improve your life slowly.

When she got up, the maids in the room had already washed up and went out to do errands. Xiaoyan was still sitting cross-legged on the bed combing her hair. Let's wash up, but tomorrow you have to fetch water by yourself, so don't go to bed late again."

With a soft promise, she dug out the silver hairpin from her bag and put it in her bosom, then asked Xiaoyan for some tooth powder, went outside to break a poplar branch, bit one end soft, and wiped her teeth with the tooth powder on it. Come.

Seeing her, Xiaoyan asked, "Why don't you even have one for brushing your teeth?"

The people here call the toothbrush a toothbrush, which is a thing with a bamboo handle and a ponytail brush head. It actually looks similar to the toothbrush Wen Wen used before, but it is not as delicate.As a daily necessity, Ruhua also has a toothbrush, of course, but even if Ruhua takes up Ruhua's body, psychologically, she still can't accept the toothbrush Ruhua used, so she has been using it for the past few days. The method is to wipe her teeth with poplar twigs, but when she was asked by Xiaoyan at this time, she couldn't answer truthfully, so she could only cover up and say: "It's a trick, I haven't bought it yet."

"Mr. Cai, the gatekeeper at the West Corner Gate, has always been on good terms with us. If you are missing any odds and ends, you can ask her to buy them for you." Xiaoyan jumped off the bed, put on her shoes, adjusted her clothes, and was about to go out. , and kept muttering, "It's too late today, I blame you!"

Rourou had already wiped her teeth and was washing her face. Seeing that Xiaoyan was about to leave, she couldn't help but said anxiously: "My good sister, wait for me to go with you!" If you get lost in the road for another hour or two, you will definitely be scolded bloody.

"Waiting for you? The two of us are not on the way!" Xiaoyan saw that she hastily dropped the towel to wipe her face, and was busy pouring out the sewage in the basin. You didn't comb it, just went out with your hair unkempt?"

"I... forgot..." Rourou touched her hair with her hands, and she really felt that the hair was loose. She was hit by a stick a few days ago, and her injuries have not healed. She has been sleeping on her stomach, but she didn't mess up her hair much , so I didn’t think about it at all, and then I saw Xiaoyan combing a three-knot. I was embarrassed to say that I couldn’t do the complicated hairstyles of ancient times, so I had to let my hair go, straighten it out with a comb, and put it in the back of my head. I made a simple braid, tied it with a headband, and let it go.

Fortunately, Xiaoyan didn't express any surprise when she saw her combing her hair like this. Presumably, girls in this era also combed this simple hairstyle, so Wenrou relaxed her heart, took the lantern she brought from the kitchen last night, closed the door, and followed suit. Walk with Xiaoyan.

It was about five o'clock in the morning, the sky was just getting bright, the two walked to a fork in the road, Gentle didn't know the way, just followed Xiaoyan, but Xiaoyan stopped and turned around, pointing to the other side of the road. A way: "Why are you still following me? Isn't this the way to go to the kitchen?"

"Ah! I was thinking about something, and I forgot." Rourou quickly took a few steps back, bid farewell to Xiaoyan, and walked on another road.

When we arrived at the kitchen, we could see the lights were brightly lit from a distance. The cooks must have already started to have breakfast, so Rou Rou had to bite the bullet and go in. Sure enough, as soon as he crossed the threshold, someone sneered and said, "What a lazy girl, it's only after dawn." Get up, who are you waiting to serve you?"

Rourou pretended not to hear, walked up to Mrs. Liu who was instructing everyone to cook porridge and steamed buns, handed her the silver hairpin in her arms, and whispered: "Sister-in-law Liu, I don't have any money, can I take this hairpin?" Is the silver hairpin worth the penny?"

Mrs. Liu took the silver hairpin and weighed it with her hand, and then looked carefully before she said, "This hairpin is coated with silver on the outside and has a copper core inside. It's only worth three or four renminbi at most. Anyway, I Keep it for now, but you should hand in the rest as soon as possible."

Hearing what she said, Rou Rou felt very disappointed, and what was even more troublesome was where could she find money to pay off the debt?But at this moment it was not the time for her to stand still and think about her thoughts. Aunt Liu ordered her to chop firewood after she received the silver hairpin. She was busy until the sun rose and the meal was served in the main room before she was allowed to sit down and have something to eat together.

To say that the food of the servants of the Zhao family is not bad. In the morning, staple foods such as porridge, dry rice, buns, and noodle cakes are prepared for everyone to take. There are also several dishes for dinner, but most of them are fermented bean curd and various pickles. , and a small plate of dried salted fish, but the chefs got to the bottom of it with one chopstick each, and there was no gentleness at all.

Genuine scooped up a bowl of gruel, and took advantage of the time when she lowered her head to drink the porridge to think about what kind of skills she was good at, which she could use to make money and survive in this strange ancient times, but after much deliberation, she found that besides cooking, she Besides, he can only scratch the surface of everything, in other words, he knows nothing!I can't write, I can't count, I can't draw, I can't even handle needlework, I can barely sew a button, it's not bad, if I want to imitate others to do some needlework and sell it for money, it is simply a fantasy!
But what's the use of cooking skills in this day and age?She had heard the words of Jin Yu and others, and knew that she was sold to the Zhao Mansion, and it was absolutely impossible for her to leave here and go out to work in restaurants to make money!Thinking softly, she smiled wryly, does Mrs. Li have the ability to foretell?Knowing that she was a chef before time travel, I specially sent her to do odd jobs in the kitchen.

(End of this chapter)