Old Yu gritted his teeth and quickly explained his reason for coming. While speaking, his eyes dare not look at Xiaocao's big bright eyes that seem to be able to penetrate people's hearts.
After all, the two families are blood relatives, and it is impossible to completely sever contact. Xiaocao is very clear about this. Looking at the old Yu who came to ask for help for the first time, Xiaocao sighed deeply in her heart. As the saying goes, the palms of the hands and the backs of the hands are full of flesh. For the sake of the youngest son, grandpa threw away this old face.
Xiaocao looked at her grandfather who was working hard in the vegetable field and didn't dare to meet her eyes, and said in a relaxed tone on purpose: "The uncle who came over just now asked me to go to the court to testify in the afternoon. My first Going to court is also very nervous, so let my godfather or godmother accompany me when the time comes."
Today, the godfather should have returned from Fucheng. The godmother took the sick Xia Furong to the town clinic early in the morning, and heard that the girl ate a few extra pieces of braised pork last night, and she had a stomachache all night long. well! What about the girl in Beijing, she just ate two or three meals of vegetarian dishes, and she became so greedy!
When Old Yu heard Xiaocao's reply, his tense heart relaxed a lot, and the action of pulling weeds became much easier. The vegetable patch in Xiaocao's house is not big, and the grass will be gone soon. After inquiring, Old Yu knew that there was no work to do, so he got up and left.
"Grandpa, our Dongshan Village is far away. It's not easy for the yamen servant to come here, but you have to treat him well. We have a lot of dishes in our house. I'll pick some for you." Regardless of Old Yu's objection, Xiaocao went to the backyard and put Cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, eggplants, etc., were also picked out. After thinking about it, he took some five-spice salted duck eggs and preserved eggs from Xijian, and put them all into a basket for Lao Yutou to take back.
Old Yu looked at the clay eggs in the basket, and said hesitantly, "How do you eat this thing?"
Xiaocao took a preserved egg with a smile, broke the mud outside, and said with a smile: "That's it, first peel off the preserved egg inside, then cut it into pieces, and mix it with garlic... Forget it, I'll go there Take a look. Grandpa, wait a minute, I'll bring out some fans."
Knowing that Mrs. Zhang is a stingy person, let alone meat, even oil and water are hard to see in the dishes. Yu Xiaocao thought that since she helped, she should be a good person to the end! After all, Yu Bo is her father's brother! Not only did she take the vermicelli, but she also cut a piece of pork belly hanging from the well in the backyard, and she also took out some of the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar from the kitchen.
Old Yu looked at the big and small bags of ingredients and seasonings in his granddaughter's hands, and couldn't lift his head in shame. Glancing at the pork belly, which weighed more than a catty, he said, "Don't take the meat, your grandma... Cough! Mrs. Zhang has already killed a chicken..."
Xiaocao said with a smile: "I heard that there are several officials and uncles here. It is always right to have more meat dishes! Let's go, we have to go to town after lunch!"
When she arrived at Yu's house, Xiaocao greeted several yamen servants with a smile. The little girl was originally festive, with a sweet smile, plus the sweet mouth of "the uncle is long and the uncle is short", and she quickly won the favor of several government officials.
In the kitchen, Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Li, and Zhang Quan's wife were very busy. Xiaocao entered the kitchen with a vegetable basket, ignored Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Li, and greeted Zhang Quan's wife with a smile: "Auntie, I heard that you are good at cooking. I have to learn from you today!"
Zhang Quan's daughter-in-law is also good at observing words and expressions. Seeing that Zhang's expression is not right, and Xiaocao turns a blind eye to them, she knows that there must be a story. However, she is not the kind who likes to dig people's secrets. She kept smiling on her chubby face and said: "Look at what you said, if you want to learn how to cook, you still need to learn from your aunt? Your mother's cooking skills are much better than mine... Yo, what is this? It looks fresh!"
Xiaocao peeled off the preserved eggs one by one, cut each into four pieces, and quickly made a sauce with garlic sesame oil and soy sauce and poured it on top. She brought over a dozen preserved eggs and cut a large plate full. She pinched a piece from it and brought it to Zhang Quan's daughter-in-law's mouth, with a look of begging for praise on her face: "How about the preserved eggs I mixed?"
Zhang Quan's daughter-in-law was embarrassed to open her mouth, she shook her head lightly and said, "As a helper, I can't steal food in front of the master..."
"How can this be called stealing food? The chef who cooks in the delicacy restaurant has to taste it! Auntie, give it a try and give us your opinion?"
Zhang Quan's daughter-in-law opened her mouth to catch the preserved egg. The preserved eggs are soft and chewy. The egg yolk inside is not completely solidified, exuding a faint fragrance. Coupled with rich seasoning, the taste is really not covered. Zhang Quan's daughter-in-law praised it again and again.
Xiaocao deliberately showed a small look of complacency. If it weren't for the oil on his hands, Zhang Quan's wife would definitely hold her in arms for a while. Seeing tender tofu on the stove, Yu Xiaocao soaked the tofu in water, chopped the remaining two preserved eggs, put them on top, and poured the seasoning sauce. A "preserved egg tofu" is ready.
Zhang Quan's daughter-in-law first made a stewed chicken with mushrooms, topped with white flour cakes. These white noodles were the last in stock of the Yu family, and Zhang felt distressed for a while.
On another stove, Xiaocao made a "pork stewed vermicelli" that most northerners like, and fried some vegetarian dishes with oyster sauce. Since several workshops of Zhou's family have been put into production, Xiaocao, the shareholder, has no shortage of condiments such as oyster sauce and monosodium glutamate, and he also takes as much vermicelli and preserved eggs as he wants. Said that the money was deducted from the dividends, Young Master Zhou was always generous to her, and these three melons didn't care at all.
The yamen servants were satisfied with the meal, and all praised the taste of the dishes. Especially Yue Butou, who once went to the Zhenxiu Restaurant for dinner, said repeatedly: "I didn't expect that there is a master of cooking in this remote village! This skill is almost catching up with the chef of Zhenxiu Restaurant! This preserved egg tofu , Pork vermicelli, you can hardly eat it outside Zhenxiu Restaurant. I didn’t expect your Yu family to have such a way to buy vermicelli and preserved eggs that cannot be bought in the market... "
Yu Bo, who was accompanying the guests at the side, hurriedly said: "Where does my family have such a connection? It's just my second brother who has a good relationship with the young owner of Zhenxiu Restaurant, so he got these vermicelli preserved eggs and so on. No, entertaining distinguished guests is all over the place. "
"Your second brother really has connections. The oyster sauce dish of Zhenxiu Restaurant is an exclusive secret recipe, and you can learn it? Then your second brother's relationship with the owner of Zhenxiu Restaurant is really extraordinary!" Yue Butou put away his heart Contemptuously, a slight smile appeared on his face.
Seeing that the yamen servants were eating happily, Yu Bo became more enthusiastic. People often say: The king of Hades is easy to see, but the imp is hard to deal with. These yamen servants often rely on their own status to be domineering. Today, thanks to the blessing of the little niece, these guys are served comfortably, and there are many less moths in the afternoon meeting.
After lunch, Yu Hai learned that his daughter was going to the county government office in the afternoon, so he hurriedly packed two carts of watermelon in advance, and set off with the little girl and the officials. Along with them were Zhang's mother and son, and the old Yu who worriedly followed.
The Yu family's carriage purposely contained less watermelon, so that several government servants could sit on it. Xiaocao skillfully sat on the handlebar of the donkey cart. The soles of the feet of the yamen servants came with pain when they walked, and when they went back, they could have a free carriage. Yu Zu's mood was a little better, but he didn't embarrass Yu Bo and them.
When they arrived in the town, Xiaocao and Zhang's mother and son were taken directly to the county government office. Yu Hai was worried about his daughter, so he didn't care to drive the car to the melon shop, so he hurried to the house where the house was located in the town.
Coincidentally, in front of Fangfu, I ran into Fangfang, who had just returned from Fucheng and hadn't had time to get off his horse. This girl, Bi Yu Hai, is still a daughter slave, when she heard that her precious daughter was going to court, she quickly turned her horse's head and ran all the way towards the county government office. I was afraid that I would be slow to go, my daughter was frightened by those guys from the county government.
The concierge of the Fangfu, seeing that the master came home without even dismounting the horse, went straight to the county government office and hurried back to take charge. The person in charge naturally knows Miss Yu's position in the heart of his master, but he still has to report to his wife about the master's return.
Mrs. Fang was in the room of her sick niece at this time. When she heard that her daughter was taken to the county government office by the servants, she immediately left the niece who had just taken the medicine, changed into the clothes of a third-class gentleman, and took a carriage to the county government office. . Thinking of how frightened the delicate and weak little grass would be in the face of those wolves and tigers in the county government, Mrs. Fang urged the coachman to hurry up.
And Xiaocao, who was missed by her parents, was looking at the county government curiously as if she was traveling to a certain scenic spot. There were two rows of government servants holding wooden sticks on both sides of the courtroom. There is a gavel and a bamboo tube with several wooden sticks. On the top of the back of the wooden case are written the magnificent four characters of "Integrity and Integrity".
Seeing that there was no fear at all in the little girl's big round eyes, but instead the word "curious" was written brightly, Yue Butou couldn't help coughing, and whispered to remind her to kneel down. It was only then that Xiaocao realized that Zhang's mother and son were kneeling in front of the hall.
She scratched her nose, knelt down with great reluctance in her heart, and whispered in her mouth: "The evil old society..."
Before crossing, Xiaocao had never knelt before anyone except for being misbehaving when she was very young and being punished by her mother. Ever since she crossed over, her poor little knee has suffered. During the New Year, you have to kneel to pay New Year greetings to your elders; when you recognize your godfather and mother, you have to kneel and kowtow; … well! She touched her poor little knee, would it be calloused
In the midst of resentment, he was startled by the shout of "Sheng-Tang-". When County Magistrate Wu came out from the back hall, he saw a thin figure with his eyes widened in fright, sitting on his feet, looking like a frightened little squirrel. He almost couldn't maintain his majestic image and laughed, but his gaze towards Xiaocao was full of smiles.
Yu Xiaocao's big round eyes stared fixedly at County Magistrate Wu, who was wearing an official robe, and walked out of the back hall with square steps. She looked like she was singing a big show. She blinked her eyes and adjusted a comfortable position. Kneeling and sitting posture, waiting for the show to start... No, waiting for the show to start.