Yijia Yishi

Chapter 173 Warmth + Plan
Before I knew it, I had entered the Layue Gate.

After Laba is the New Year, every room in the Lu family mansion is gradually busy, and they start to prepare all kinds of things for the New Year.

Wu's side not only has to prepare for the New Year, but also prepares for a flower viewing party for Lu Shufang. These two days are really hectic.

Lu Shuyi was afraid that Mrs. Wu would be in a hurry to do something wrong, so she went to the kitchen every day to make some soup and porridge for Mrs. Wu.

Woke up early this day, after washing and dressing up, Lu Shuyi went down to the small kitchen to cook yam and wolfberry porridge for Mrs. Wu, Pan'er made a few marinated eggs, and steamed a pot of steaming cornmeal steamed pancakes.

Pan'er whispered to her while steaming pancakes: "Yesterday, Li Pingan told me that Mr. Huo's injury is almost healed, and he can walk around now."

In the past few days, Lu Shuyi has not been able to find a chance to leave the house, so she can only secretly order Li Pingan to let him find a chance to visit Huo Tianyou.She also gave Li Pingan a silver ticket of 50 taels, and bought some good food when she asked him to go, so it could be regarded as her dedication to Huo Tianyou.

Lu Shuyi gave a "hmm" and said in a low voice: "That's good, you tell Li Pingan to be careful when you let him go, and don't show your feet."

Pan'er smiled and said: "He is smart, don't worry." After speaking, he said mysteriously: "But Li Pingan said that Mr. Huo Er doesn't like sweets like dim sum..."

Lu Shuyi frowned, doesn't he like snacks?But he ate it that day, and he ate it with relish.

"...Li Pingan said that Mr. Huo ate up all the snacks you sent over." Pan'er pursed her lips and smiled, and said Xu Xu, "Even Shuangrui and Shuangxi think it's strange, I kept asking Li Pingan if the snacks made by Miss Lu's family were really so delicious..."

Lu Shuyi listened silently, feeling a strange feeling in her heart.It seems to be very happy, but also seems to be very disturbed. This feeling is very complicated.

Mo Ju listened thoughtfully on the side.

She said lightly: "It goes without saying, our third lady's craftsmanship is already very good." But she didn't think so in her heart.

If you eat all the things you don't like to eat just because of good craftsmanship, it is really unreasonable.After all, Huo Tianyou is the son of Lord Hou, what kind of snacks can't he see in the Hou's mansion?How could he be attracted by the few ordinary snacks made by Lu Shuyi.

So, this matter is a little subtle.

Mo Ju quietly looked at the expression on Lu Shuyi's face, but Lu Shuyi's expression was indifferent, without any emotion: "Since this is the case, let's make more next time, so that Shuangrui and Shuangxi can try it too."

Pan'er replied with a smile: "Next time, this servant will teach you how to make yellow rice jujube cake, and then I will teach you how to make some fruit pies. These are very delicious."

Lu Shuyi smiled and said "huh".

After the porridge was ready and the food box was packed, she asked Mo Ju and Dongmei to hold the food box and follow her to the Champs Elysees Courtyard.

Wu shi gets up very early these days, and gets up before five o'clock.

When Lu Shuyi arrived at the Champs Elysees, the Xici Room was lit up, and Qingfu, the steward next to Master Lu, was standing under the verandah.

Father is there?

A smile appeared on the corner of Lu Shuyi's mouth immediately, mother should be very happy that father stayed here overnight.

When they got closer, Qingfu saluted Lu Shuyi with a smile, and a few maidservants standing outside also came over to salute, and those who opened the door curtain.

Lu Shuyi entered the Xici room with a smile.

Master Lu Er and Mrs. Wu got up early, and the husband and wife sat face to face on both sides of the kang table and talked.

Under the light, Wu's face was rosy, and her smile was very vivid.

"You child, why did you come to deliver food so early today?" Mrs. Wu felt distressed when she saw Lu Shuyi, and hurriedly stood up and pulled Lu Shuyi to sit next to her, and hurriedly ordered Madam Li to make ginger tea come over.

"I've already told you that I have everything here, so you don't have to be busy making food for me." Mrs. Wu shook Lu Shuyi's hand and covered it for her, then raised her face and scolded Mo Ju, "You don't have to come out anyway!" Don't you get a hand stove for your third lady? It's cold, it's not a joke to be frozen."

Mo Ju blushed a little.

Lu Shuyi hurriedly explained with a smile: "I don't want to use it myself, I'm not cold."

Wu smiled and touched her hair: "It's Sanjiu now, how can I not be cold."

The second master Lu said disapprovingly: "Three girl is very nice like this, she is not spoiled." He blinked at Lu Shuyi as he spoke.

Lu Shuyi pursed her lips and smiled, and asked Mo Ju and Dongmei to come over with food boxes.

"This is the yam and wolfberry porridge I made, this is the marinated egg and steamed corn pancake made by Pan'er, and a plate of pickles I pickled a few days ago." Lu Shuyi asked Mo Ju to put the food on the table as if offering treasures. Kang Ji put the tooth chopsticks in person again, and said with a smile: "Try to see if it suits your taste. If it doesn't taste good, you can make do with it."

Master Lu Er and Mrs. Wu beamed at what they said.

"Slick tongue." The second master Lu took the tooth chopsticks with a smile, and took a bite of the porridge with pickles: "Well, the taste is not bad, and it's passable."

Nanny Li and the others all pursed their lips and smiled.

"That's good, I'm afraid you can't make do with your choice." Lu Shuyi smiled and personally picked up a piece of cornmeal steamed cake for Master Lu and Mrs. Wu.

She was also very happy to see the two of them eating well.

Master Lu Er drank two bowls of porridge and ate two pieces of steamed corn cakes, and most of the plate of pickles went down.

It looks like he still enjoys eating these things.

Lu Shuyi immediately took advantage of the hot iron, blinked her eyes and said with a smile: "Tomorrow, I will also cook and deliver food, and it will be your part."

She wanted her father to come and be with her mother every day.

The mother in the previous life was so pitiful. She hoped that her father in this life would treat her well and not make her lonely and sad again.

Second Master Lu understood what Lu Shuyi meant after a little thought. He smiled and raised his hand to tap on the tip of Lu Shuyi's nose: "You clever ghost, okay, I'll eat here for the next half month."

A look of shyness appeared on Wu's face, and she secretly glanced at Second Master Lu.

"But I'm very picky. I won't eat the food I ate today..." Second Master Lu blinked his eyes like a naughty child.

Lu Shuyi felt very ashamed, such a good father, how could she hate him in her previous life, it seems that people still need to communicate and get along with each other more.

Lu Shuyi smiled and agreed: "Okay, as long as your Jinkou doesn't dislike your daughter's simple food, I can still do it in a different way."

Nanny Li and Mo Ju laughed again.

Wu's heart was warm, and she was very happy at such a scene.

After enjoying the breakfast happily, Second Master Lu is going to invite Mrs. Lu's Ann, Mrs. Wu personally helped Second Master Lu put on his coat.

Lu Shuyi thoughtfully gave the hand stove to Second Master Lu.

Master Lu Er touched her hair with a smile: "You don't even use a hand stove, can Daddy still use it?" Then he smiled and left.

As soon as Master Lu left, Mrs. Wu chattered about the flower viewing party with Lu Shuyi: "...Although this matter is not big, it is not small. You know what to say about me."

"Isn't Aunt An taking care of you?" Lu Shuyi lowered her head to peel and stir-fry chestnuts for Mrs. Wu, and said with a light smile, "You are only responsible for managing the accounts, and I can let Auntie and Seventh Sister decide the rest? You are so tired, maybe It still doesn't suit them."

Nanny Li also felt that what Lu Shuyi said was right, she thought about it: "If you let Auntie and Seventh Miss prepare, they won't blame you if it's done well, anyway, you gave them the money."

Wu Shi was right when he thought about it.

But she was afraid that doing this would make Mrs. Lu unhappy. After all, Mrs. Lu had entrusted this matter to her, and it would be inappropriate for her to entrust it to Aunt An.

She frowned and said hesitantly: "This is not appropriate, your grandmother will not be happy if she finds out."

Lu Shuyi stuffed the peeled chestnuts into Wu's mouth, and she said disapprovingly, "Don't worry, grandma won't blame you. If you do this, maybe grandma and her elders will think you are generous and willing to delegate power to auntie, maybe That's what she wants to see."

"Is that so?" Wu Shi pursed her lips and thought for a while, "Forget it, I still have a lot of things to take care of next year, and I will leave the flower viewing party to her." After finishing speaking, Wu Shi looked at it again with a smile Look at Lu Shuyi, "Yesterday, someone from the Pan family in Baoding Mansion sent a new year's gift, and there were two fine golden brocades in it. Your grandmother quietly gave me a green plum blossom, and asked me to make two for you." Wear new clothes and wear them during the Chinese New Year."

The Pan family only sent two golden brocades, but Mrs. Lu secretly only gave Lu Shuyi a granddaughter. It can be seen that Mrs. Lu appreciates Lu Shuyi very much now.

Wu is very happy.

She knew in her heart that whether the girls of the Lu family could marry well in the future would depend on Mrs. Lu, who could determine the future of all the girls in the family with a single word from her.

It's a good thing that Mrs. Lu can value Lu Shuyi.

Mrs. Wu smiled happily, and told Nanny Li to bring the brocade.

Lu Shuyi's reaction was mediocre.

She was like a mirror in her heart, maybe Mrs. Lu rewarded this dress for her to wear when entertaining the Zhao family during the Chinese New Year.

As a grandmother, she always does things with a purpose, and she doesn't do business that loses money.

But this year, the Pan family's New Year's gift was too early.

They have just entered the twelfth lunar month gate, and they sent the New Year's Day gifts. Is there anything weird about this?
Lu Shuyi blinked her eyes, and casually said while eating chestnuts: "This year, the Pan family is really active. They brought the New Year's gift so early. I remember that in previous years, they only gave it after the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month."

Mrs. Wu shook her head: "I also think it's very strange. In previous years, we gave the New Year's gift first and they returned the gift. This year, they are positive. Listen to your father, maybe their Pan family is still thinking about opening a salt well with our Lu family. Bar."

The Pan family is really persistent.

Wu said again: "Also, your grandmother sent someone to tell me that Grandma Pan is going to visit your grandmother in a few days. I don't know why. Your grandmother asked me to go back."

The Pan family and the Wu family are rivals in business.

In the previous life, the Wu family was defeated by the Pan family.

Grandma Pan's visit to Wu's house this time seems to have an impure motive.

"It just so happens that I haven't seen my grandma for a while, so why don't you take me with you when you go?" Lu Shuyi raised her face and looked at Wu with a smile, and said coquettishly: "Also, I copied it again these days." A volume of scriptures, I want to send them to Daci Temple tomorrow."

She had to talk to Huo Tianyou about Grandma Pan's coming to Changle Town.

Wu frowned: "You child, why did you go to Daci Temple again?"

Lu Shuyi stuck out her tongue and said mischievously, "Isn't it the Chinese New Year? I have to go early to make a wish. If I go late, I'm afraid the Buddha will blame me."

"Okay, can you let me go... I really just want to make a wish for you and father. Besides, you have seen the weather these few days. The sun is shining brightly, ma'am, and it's not cold outside... let I'll go, okay, okay..."

She pouted and acted coquettishly, but Wu could not refuse, so she could only smile and stroke her hair: "Forget it, look at your sincerity, what else can I say, go ahead. It's just that you always act recklessly like this, I'm afraid your grandmother will not be happy."

"How could it be?" Lu Shuyi immediately said: "I also copied a volume of the "Lotus Sutra" for the old man, and I will offer it together tomorrow."

Wu Shi was relieved when she heard this, and nodded with a smile: "Well, that's good, so I can go back to your grandmother, so that she won't be too upset."

"It's so nice of you to treat me." Lu Shuyi smiled sweetly.

Nanny Li brought a golden brocade, and the pattern of green plum blossoms with folded branches was very beautiful.

Mrs. Wu got up and made gestures on Lu Shuyi's body, and said with a smile, "This color really suits you. I asked the sewing team to make you a shirt and a pair of long-breasted trousers. What do you think?"

Lu Shuyi glanced at the brocade weaving casually, and said indifferently, "You can arrange it, but it would be great if you can make two pairs of lapels. One is for sister Jing'er. If you want to be beautiful, we sisters will be beautiful together."

Wu's eyebrows opened with a smile: "You child, okay, I will give you one and one for your sister, so I know that your sisters are on good terms."

At this moment, a maid outside suddenly came to report that it was Aunt An and Lu Shufang who had come.

Mrs. Wu hurriedly asked Nanny Li to put away the brocade, but she was still a step too late.Before the brocade was put away, Aunt An led Lu Shufang in.

It's not easy for Mrs. Wu to let Nanny Li accept it anymore, so she just left it like that.

Aunt An's complexion looked very good, she was wearing a taupe satin and lotus-patterned long trousers, and a snowflake fur collar over her head, and she greeted Mrs. Wu with a smile on her face.

Lu Shufang was standing behind Aunt An, she was carrying a food box in her hand, she was obviously here to deliver food.

As soon as Lu Shufang entered the door, her eyes were on Lu Shuyi's body. Lu Shuyi ignored her and just ate her chestnuts steadily.

When Lu Shufang saw Lu Shuyi pretending not to see her, she snorted coldly in her heart, and turned away from looking at Lu Shuyi.

"Miss San is here too! It just so happens that the concubine has made some snacks, and Miss San will eat it too." Aunt An looked at Lu Shuyi with a smile, turned around and picked up the food box in Lu Shufang's hand, and said: "This These are the sesame rolls and small bean cakes made by the concubines early in the morning, they are easy-to-digest foods, both the wife and the third young lady should try it."

In the previous life, Aunt An always brought some snacks to Mrs. Wu every now and then.

Aunt An's skill in making snacks is very good. In her previous life, Mrs. Wu and Lu Shuyi both liked her snacks.

But this life is different, both Wu Shi and Lu Shuyi have added a layer of defense, no matter how delicious the food is, that's the way it is.

Wu took a look at the food box perfunctorily, and said with a smile: "It's really hard for you to make these things early in the morning, but we have already had breakfast, and we really can't eat anything else."

Aunt An's eyes flashed and she said with a forced smile: "Then madam, let's keep it and eat slowly."

Mrs. Wu asked Madam Li to take it.

"Madam is going to make New Year's clothes for the third lady?" Aunt An's eyes fell on the green golden brocade with folded branches and plum blossoms, and she smiled slightly: "The color of this golden brocade is really beautiful, it just suits the skin of the third lady. "

Lu Shufang's eyes also fell on the brocade, her complexion was obviously very ugly.

Why does such a beautiful brocade only make clothes for Lu Shuyi?Why can't she dress well?
"I haven't done it yet, I just took it out to see how it looks." Mrs. Wu asked Madam Li to pour tea, found a topic to divert the matter of brocade weaving, and said, "Auntie, did you come to ask about the flower viewing party?" ? Exactly, I also have something to say to you."

Speaking of the flower viewing party, the expression on Lu Shufang's face improved a lot, and she was even a little proud.

There are not many concubines in Changle Town who can hold a flower viewing party. If she can do it once, she can be regarded as a face outside.

"Madam, you can make up your own mind about everything." Aunt An put down her hands and took a sip of hot tea.

Mrs. Wu waved to Lu Shufang with a smile, and when Lu Shufang passed by, she took Lu Shufang's hand and said, "It's Seventh Girl who organizes the flower viewing party, so naturally I have to listen to what she wants, and I will do it for her." Well, what is that?"

Lu Shufang didn't expect Mrs. Wu to say that, she was taken aback for a moment.

Aunt An said: "She is still a child, what she can know, you should arrange it."

Lu Shufang pinched her fingers, feeling a little unhappy.

Lu Shuyi just watched with cold eyes, then reached out to take a candied fruit from the plate on the table and put it into her mouth.

"Then how can I do it..." Mrs. Wu said bluntly: "I'll take the big idea, and you can do the rest with Fang'er. The old lady also said that day, this flower viewing party requires you to teach seven Girl, after all, she will be twelve years old, and twelve is no longer a little girl."

Lu Shufang also felt that she was not a child.

But Aunt An always treats her like a child, which makes her very uncomfortable.

Wu's words are all about this, and it's hard for Aunt An to refuse.

But since then, some of her plans have been disrupted.She was thinking secretly in her heart, what should she do to get herself out of it.

Lu Shuyi was very clear about Aunt An's thoughts, and she had already thought about letting Aunt An hold the flower viewing party.

If the Flower Appreciation Party is managed by Mrs. Wu alone, Mrs. Wu will not be able to escape if anything happens, but Aunt An can easily pick herself out.

Now that Aunt An and Lu Shufang are brought together, their mother and daughter are also involved in what happened.

Lu Shuyi smiled and spat out the candied fruit core in her mouth, very satisfied with the current situation.

Later, when Lu Shujing heard about this incident, she came to Lu Shuyi a little unhappy: "...Sister, I really don't understand you now. You said about the flower viewing party, how can you persuade your mother to let her talk to you?" For Aunt An and Lu Shufang?"

Lu Shuyi shook her head with a smile, pulled Lu Shufang to sit down, and asked Mo Ju to bring a plate of winter melon with frosting, and said with a smile, "Are you unhappy just because of this?"

Lu Shujing pouted: "Why am I so happy? You don't know how arrogant Lu Shufang is now. She thinks that she is going to hold a flower viewing party, so she yells every day, as if she is afraid that others will not know." Blinking her eyes, she exhaled: "Sister, you don't know, she is really annoying. Also, Aunt An is so bad, what if she plays tricks at the flower viewing party?"

"She has tampered with it, can she get rid of it?" Lu Shuyi slowly ate a piece of frosted winter melon, and explained: "If our mother does it alone, if there is a problem, the grandmother will find trouble with the mother, but if you add security Auntie and Lu Shufang go in, and if you tell me what happened, who will grandma find to settle the matter? Can their mother and daughter get away with it?"

When Lu Shuyi said this, Lu Shujing suddenly realized, stood up and hugged Lu Shuyi's neck with a smile, couldn't help but kissed her on the face: "Sister, you are so smart now, why didn't I think of it?"

Lu Shuyi grabbed a piece of dried winter melon with frosting and stuffed it into Lu Shujing's mouth, pinched her little face and said with a smile: "What can you think of? Just think about eating well." She said seriously: "You will do more of these things in the future. Shangxin, think about everything before making a judgment." She took Lu Shujing's hand, and said word by word: "The three of us, siblings, will grow up one day, and mother and father will also grow old one day, They can't help us for the rest of our lives, and we still have to rely on ourselves in the future, you know?"

Lu Shujing listened very seriously, she nodded her head: "Understood sister, don't worry, I will grow up."

Lu Shuyi nodded and laughed.

The two sisters chatted nonchalantly for over an hour before breaking up.

After seeing off Lu Shujing, Nanny Li from the Wu family came over to deliver a message.

Nanny Li smiled and said to Lu Shuyi: "The madam went to Fushouju just now and told the old lady that you want to go to Daci Temple to worship scriptures tomorrow."

Lu Shuyi hurriedly said: "How is it? Did the old lady agree?"

"This is a good thing. Of course, the old lady agreed, and she praised you for your filial piety." Madam Li smiled and said, "The old lady also said that if you need offerings, you should send someone to tell Madam Qian. She will give you the money. It counts as public."

Sure enough, the volume of the Lotus Sutra played a role.

Lu Shuyi was very happy, and said to Nanny Li: "Okay, if I need anything, I will go to Nanny Qian."

After Nanny Li left, she sent Mo Ju to find all kinds of materials for Nanny Qian to make dim sum. Anyway, it was something from the public house, so it was unnecessary to use it for nothing, so as not to waste the money in her small treasury.

Lu Shuyi made a list and told Mo Ju, "Tell Madam Qian that I made this dessert to enshrine in front of the Buddha. If you make it with sincerity, your wish will be more effective."

Mo Ju went in response.

When I came back again, I brought a lot of things with me.

She said: "Mommy Qian was a bit surprised when she heard that you were making dim sum, but she knew that you were going to make an offering before the Buddha, so she quickly gave me something."

(End of this chapter)