Red apricots make spring

Chapter 23
Rourou has no possessions, and sleeps only in a cramped hut shared by eight people. Naturally, she can't take back these bean crisp candies and sugar raw materials, so she has to hide them here in Xiaohuan, and repeatedly asked her not to be caught. Aunt Liu found out.After counting the time, it was almost time to go back to wash the vegetables and prepare dinner, so he stuffed a few pieces of bean crisps that were not tied with a red thread to Xiaohuan, locked the door with her, and went into the big kitchen.

At dinner, Mrs. Liu took her to sit with her, discussing the menu for tomorrow's fast food, so Rourou wanted to ask Xiaohuan to ask if there was anyone who could buy Dousu Tang, but she couldn't. About the menu, I only answered a few perfunctory words.Unexpectedly, Mrs. Liu put down her job suddenly and said slowly, "I want to ask you something, but I never had the chance."

Wen Rou was startled, forced a smile and said, "What's the matter?"

"I heard that your family has always been poor, so your mother sold you to this mansion for some money to buy rice for cooking, right?"

Mrs. Liu's words made her even more confused. Could it be that she wanted to ask about Ruhua's family?Please, please, she really doesn't know much, but she couldn't change the subject, so she just nodded and continued to listen.

"Looking at it this way, your family can't afford chicken, duck and fish, right? Then where did you learn your cooking skills? I think you are very skilled in the gestures of killing chickens and cutting fish, and the dishes you make are often delicious. It's a bit new, and the taste even compares to someone like me who has been cooking for more than ten years." Aunt Liu spoke softly, but her eyes were fixed on her gentle face.

"This—" Rourou breathed a sigh of relief, and lied helplessly: "When I was at home, there lived an old cook nearby. He saved some money when he was young, but he just lived alone. I often went to help him with some work. Earn some money to support the family, and occasionally he would teach me some cooking skills when he got interested, and he naturally learned a little bit after a long time."

When she said these words, she thought of her grandpa. When she was a child, she often moved a small bench to watch him kill chickens, cut up fish or cook. Grandpa often smiled and gave her some cooking tips, so she also It wasn't a complete lie, but when he spoke, he revealed his true feelings, and his face naturally showed a somewhat sad expression, which fell into Mrs. Liu's eyes, so she believed her.

"That means a famous teacher has produced a high-quality apprentice!" Aunt Liu sighed and dragged out a sentence.

"Yes, his cooking skills are very good." Rou Rou said, the corners of her eyes were reddish, afraid of being noticed by others, she quickly lowered her head to scrape the cold rice grains in the bowl.

"Eat a la carte, don't just focus on grilling the rice." Sister-in-law Liu took a piece of braised pork for her for the first time and said, "Try this, my specialty!" It must be that the gentle words stirred her old thoughts, She also sighed and said: "When I was young, my family was also poor. Fortunately, I married a good man, that is, Xiaohuan's father, who was also a cook. I learned this skill from him. It's a pity that his life is short-lived. It's too early, leave our mother and daughter behind..." She put down her chopsticks, raised the corner of her sleeve and wiped the corners of her eyes.

Wen Rou has always been incapable of comforting others, seeing her getting sad, she didn't know how to relieve her, so she had to pat her on the back to show comfort.

Fortunately, Mrs. Liu recovered from her sadness not long after, and laughed at herself: "Look at me, what are you doing talking about these old sesame seeds and rotten millet? Eat, eat! Go back and rest early after washing the dishes today." , think about a few more dishes, get up tomorrow and tell me, so I can send someone to buy vegetables."

Nodding gently, he went to eat again.After washing the dishes and fetching water and finishing the chores in the kitchen, she carried the lantern and went back to the house. Passing a gravel path lined with fragrant weeping willows, she suddenly saw a black shadow flashing by the rockery in front of her, and she was frightened. She almost cried out, but fortunately she covered her mouth in time so that no one would be disturbed, and then she heard a familiar voice say: "Don't be afraid, it's me."

"Zhao An?" Caressing the beating heart with gentle hands, he raised the lantern in doubt, and sure enough, he saw that the person standing in front of him was Zhao An, so he breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down and complained a little: "You What are you doing hiding here? You almost scared me to death!" If she didn't think that she was dazzled and saw ghosts, she didn't expect the robbers to go up, and if she didn't dare to make a fuss, she might have already raised her voice and made a fuss. Manfu is uneasy.

"I..." Zhao An looked a little embarrassed, and after hesitating for a long time, he handed something tightly in his hand and said, "This is for you, I brought it for you when I got up early and went out."

"Huh?" Rourou wondered that she didn't ask Zhao An to bring her something, took a look, and saw a small blue and white glazed porcelain box, probably Zhao An had held it in his hand for a long time, and the tentacles were slightly warm.When I opened it, I found that it was filled with white solidified oil, exuding a faint, pleasant aroma of bluegrass.This is ancient face fat, right?She saw a few maids in the same room who used it, but the kind they used, the fragrance didn't seem very pleasant, obviously inferior to this box of noodle fat.

Wenrou is a smart and intelligent person, and Zhao An's performance is so obvious. After receiving this box of facial fat, she already understood his intentions completely. She was secretly surprised in her heart, but she couldn't show it on her face. Come out, so while looking down at the face fat for a moment, he was anxiously thinking about the countermeasures.

Seeing that Wen Rou hadn't raised his head, Zhao An probably couldn't bear the silent atmosphere, so he explained in a sly way: "I see that your hands are rough for chopping firewood and washing dishes... and the weather is cold, and your face is easy to dry ...so... bought this..."

He stuttered for a long time, and he also said a paragraph in pieces, the meaning of which is self-evident.Gentle is funny and embarrassed at the same time, I didn't prepare myself at all, so I pretended not to understand, raised my head with a smile and said, "I didn't expect you to be so careful, I even forgot to buy this. Thank you, but this face is too fat How much? I'll pay it to you."

"No, no money." Zhao An blushed with embarrassment, he was a little disappointed, and couldn't say anything, so he hurriedly waved his hands and kept saying no, in order to alleviate his embarrassment.

What a kind and honest man!Don't talk about feelings, just talk about marriage, marrying such a person, you should be able to live an ordinary life, right?Wen Rou secretly sighed in her heart, but she has a heavy burden on her body now, and she has just traveled to this world not long ago, so she doesn't have the mood to talk about her children's private interests at all, besides, she really doesn't have any special feelings for Zhao An, this It was something that could not be forced, so I had no choice but to harden my heart and continue to put aside the relationship between the two, insisting: "This facial fat looks like a good thing, the price must be very expensive, I can't take advantage of you, the money must be paid back. "Oh, thinking about it, she owed Zhao An a lot of money, and she still hasn't paid for the medicine for the hanging stick!"What a debt!
"No, really no need." Zhao An really didn't know how to deal with this kind of situation, his voice trembled in panic, and he almost wanted to run away.

Ruan couldn't bear to ask again, so she had to take out all the forty or so coins left in her bosom, grabbed Zhao An's hand, and stuffed all the money to him, then said with a smile: "I know this fat must be It’s more than this money, let me take advantage of you.” After speaking, before he could evade, he said “See you tomorrow” and fled with a lantern.

Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu of that money!She obviously doesn't want to buy such a luxury as face cream!Now I am so poor that I have no money at all!The only hope is that those bean crisp candies can be sold!
(End of this chapter)