Red apricots make spring

Chapter 141 Adapting to Life
Lu Ce lightly instructed his servants a few words, and then sent the newcomer to the mansion to go shopping with Xizhu, while the four maids and the kitchen woman were under Gentle orders, and he himself brought a roll of washing Zhu handed him something, went to the study to see.

Sitting softly in the living room, she looked at those maids and servants. She didn't know what to say, but those maids and servants were stared at by her and felt uneasy. She was afraid that this lady would look down on her, and when she turned around, someone would turn them away again. sold.In the end, Mother Wen asked Mimi with a smile, "What's your name?"

One of the maidservants with a thin face, who looked at a bit of color, spoke first: "My maidservant's name is Xianglan."

"My maidservant's name is Caiqin." The maidservant with a timid figure followed suit.

The other two maids are named Sun and Tang.

After passing the name and surname, as usual, the host family needs to give another name for convenience. Wenrou really doesn't have the talent for naming, so she simply doesn't change it. Anyway, if Lu Ce feels that the name is not good, let him give it by himself. So I just told them to clean the house and buy some vegetables, and I took Xiaohuan and Mother Wen to choose a house for them to live in.

Mother Wen wandered around the house, loved everything she saw, kept chanting Buddha, and said that she thought she would die of poverty in the second half of her life, and never dreamed that she could live in such a nice house in this life. place.

Hearing her words, Rourou felt both funny and a little sour in her heart, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Seeing this, Xiaohuan quietly said with concern: "Sister, I see that you have been in a bad mood all day today, is it because your brother-in-law treats you... bad to you?"

"No, it's pretty good." She didn't lie, Lu Ce is good enough for this, but he couldn't tell Xiaohuan the reason, so he could only ask her with a smile: "Do you want to live?" where?"

"Where does sister live?" Xiaohuan asked back.

Gentle stopped, looked at the dense bamboo forest all around and said with a smile: "I like this place, and there is a long corridor. It's best to sit on the corridor to enjoy the cool in hot weather, but I'm afraid it will be a bit cold in winter."

"It's better for my sister to move in winter." Xiaohuan smiled and said, "I'm afraid of living alone, so let Meixiang live with me. I'll pick up the Linshui Pavilion next to you. It's a big pool of water. Clear."

Move in winter?Gentle smiled slightly, in winter, maybe she had "died of illness"!Afraid that Xiaohuan would be worried if she saw her worry, she put aside her annoying thoughts and said with a smile: "It's good to be near the water, but there are a lot of mosquitoes, so don't complain when the time comes."

Mother Wen picked up a small building facing the sun and planned to live upstairs by herself. Wen Gang lived downstairs and said with a smile: "This place is bright and suitable for Ganger to study." We are used to living in small houses and small households, but we feel that it is too spacious. It is better to squeeze in a little bit, and the pavilions that are not often visited can also be locked, so as to save the trouble of cleaning, and by the way, save the money for two servants. .”

Gentle and light smile without saying a word, feeling lost in heart, and looking at the distant mountains, rocks and water, suddenly feel that the days are long and I don't know how to deal with them.In the past, she was always worried that she didn't have time to sleep. From the moment she opened her eyes, she would be busy until night. If she could have a leisure day, she would spend a whole day in bed to catch up on sleep. Now that she has more time, she is a little at a loss, and said strangely If you want to say "wealthy and idle people", if you are rich and expensive, you will have leisure!It's just that the leisure obtained by stealing is enjoyment, and the leisure obtained in a fair manner is distressing.

After walking around the house for a while, after choosing where everyone lives, Xiaohuan sneaked out to inspect the shop, while Mama Wen took two maids to make beds and set up tents, so that the servants would buy vegetables and come back to relax. Wen Rou, who had nothing to do at the side, rolled up her sleeves and started cooking by herself, firstly to pass the time, and secondly, the entire family was used to eating her cooking, and other people's cooking might not really suit the taste.

Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Tang were busy in the kitchen. Seeing her come in, they were a little panicked. When they saw her pick up the kitchen knife again, they were even more surprised. Let's come."

"Well, you guys help me wash that cucumber, and steam this salted fish." Rourou ignored it, just immersed herself in chopping vegetables.

Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Tang saw her handling the knife like flying, and the vegetables cut out were thin and even, they looked at each other in blank dismay and felt ashamed.She secretly wondered, before they entered Lu's mansion, the two of them also worked in other big families' homes. Those wives and concubines were afraid of roughing their hands and staining their clothes, so which one would cook by themselves?That is to say, the side dishes that I cook myself are actually just standing by and pointing out a few words to the servants, which belong to the kind of verbal but not hands-on, and the lady in the mansion at the moment must be born in poverty, and she can cook well. It's quite neat.

The weather is hot, and I don't have much appetite to eat oily or meaty things. Since Lu Ce said, he will eat whatever they eat, and he doesn't need to be particular about being gentle. He made four light dishes at random, steamed a salted fish, and mixed it with A big vegetable salad.There are no ready-made salad dressings here, so she chose the simplest method, breaking two eggs, carefully skimming off the egg whites, then letting the boiled oil cool slightly, and dripping it into the bowl with raw egg yolks , Take the chopsticks and beat slowly in one direction.

You don’t need any special skills to make this egg yolk salad dressing. Just be patient. Don’t add too much oil to the bowl each time. A few drops are enough to make a thick salad dressing. On the vegetables, the color looks strange and refreshing after mixing, which is not appetizing.

When it was time to light the lamps at night, Wen Gang came back first with Mei Xiang, and then Xiaohuan also rushed back, Rou Rou ordered the dinner to be set.Mei Xiang hesitated because of her awkward status, she insisted on going to eat at a table with the servants, but she was dragged back by Wen Rou, and said with a smile: "Why, is it the first day you met me? I don't know that I don't pay attention to this?"

Mei Xiang couldn't answer, she only glanced at Lu Ce, then lowered her head again.

"There are many people eating and it's lively." Lu Ce only said lightly, and called Xizhu to sit down and eat together.

Xi Zhu was used to having dinner at the same table with Lu Ce, so he agreed, waiting for Wen Rou to wait for others to sit down, and also took the seat.In fact, it wasn't just him, if Yun Dan was there, the two of them would often eat with Lu Ce in private, and go back to some things by the way, but if it was at Lu's house, the master was very strict about rules, so they wouldn't be at the table.

Mei Xiang saw that Xizhu was sitting, so she followed suit, but she was timid after all, she just lowered her head and picked the porridge in the bowl, not even daring to pick up the food in front of her chopsticks.

Seeing this, Wen Rou sighed helplessly, cursing God bitterly in her heart, she was so good, why did she change her original free life into this?Well, now she has to pretend to be a housekeeper for Lu Ce, but she is called a wife even though she is a daughter, and even Mei Xiang becomes timid, which really makes her feel very uncomfortable.

That's right, although Lu Ce looks indifferent, he is actually very casual, but his identity is there, and his behavior has his own demeanor, which makes people feel very stressed and can't relax at all.Not to mention them, even when she was alone with him, she felt very reserved.It’s strange that marriage in ancient times always paid attention to the right marriage. In the fairy tale, Cinderella married the prince and there was no future. It turns out that the difference in living habits is too big, and it will not be able to adapt in a short time.She couldn't say, so she had to bear with it, endure these few months, and then go out to live her happy life!

After dinner, Lu Ce and Wen Gang read books, Wen Rou and Xiaohuan read the account books, and Wen's mother took Mei Xiang away to gossip, but they didn't disturb each other.However, Lu Ce and Rourou were in the same study room, and when she first saw her sitting under the lamp to read the book, she raised her eyebrows in surprise and said, "Are you literate?"

"Well, I learned a little bit from Gang'er." Rourou bit the tip of the brush, and mumbled.

Lu Ce recalled the strange characters she squatted on the muddy floor during the day and moved his lips. After all, he didn't ask any more questions. He just smiled at himself and looked down at his book again.

Rou Rou read the bill, raised her eyes to glance at Lu Ce, and then sneaked another glance, hesitating to speak.

"What do you want to say?" Lu Ce asked without raising his eyes.

This guy seems to have a very keen sense, will he be found if you sneak a glance at him?Rourou stood up and walked to the door, looked outside, and after making sure that there was no one there, she closed the door and asked softly, "Do I want to sleep with you in the same bed at night? I'm not used to it."

"Well, I'm not used to it either." Lu Ce still didn't raise his eyes, but the corners of his lips curved upwards in a nice arc. He didn't raise his eyes until he didn't hear anything for a long time, and saw Wen Wen standing there with his back against the door, thinking. Concerned, he couldn't help laughing and said: "It's just three more nights, I'll have to go out for a while later, you can sleep peacefully."

"Where are you going?" Rourou blurted out the question before feeling a little inappropriate, and hurriedly changed her words: "I want to say, after you come back, we don't have to sleep together anymore, right?"

"Yeah." Lu Ce nodded, lowered his eyes to read the book again, and said calmly, "The Holy Majesty is just suspicious, and he is not so bored to the point of sending people to watch us all day long, just pretend to coax him for two days."

Wen Rou gasped in surprise when she heard the words, this, this, this guy is bold enough, dare to speak privately about the emperor's old son, and his words are very disrespectful, this is a crime of beheading in ancient times!Aren't you afraid that she will sue her?

Unexpectedly, when Lu Ce heard the sound of her breathing, he said without raising his eyes, "What are you afraid of, there are no outsiders here."

"..."

Wenrou really didn't know what to say, so she looked up at the sky and was speechless.
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(End of this chapter)