Miao Cuilan said: "Because of this, he has to be more responsible. I am thinking about what he is doing all day! It is enough to have you two by my side! Sigh, but in a blink of an eye, you are both so old I don't know how long I can stay with my mother!"
Lu Xiaoshu and Xiaoxue couldn't help looking at each other, and Xiaoxue turned away a little awkwardly.
Lu Xiaoshu chuckled, lifted the corner of the curtain and glanced outside, and said with a smile: "Mother, the capital is very lively, there are so many good things! There are everything we have seen or not, let's go out for a stroll tomorrow, okay?" good?"
Miao Cuilan rolled her eyes at the two of them, thinking, what's so embarrassing? Didn't the little girl hear that the person surnamed Zhou sent people back to tell her they were going to be engaged? Still pretending! It's a pity that it's not up to us whether the marriage contract can be concluded now...
She couldn't help being secretly disappointed, so she didn't talk about it anymore, and followed Lu Xiaoshu's words to change the subject.
Back in Lu's mansion, Steward Ouyang and Mrs. Lu had been waiting for a long time, so they hurriedly went up to visit Mrs. Madam, and reported all the affairs and personnel in the mansion in detail.
Fortunately, Lu Xiaoshu knew that the population of this family was simple, and there were sixty or seventy houses in three courtyards with gardens, so there were not too many people needed. Therefore, when helping to clean up at the beginning, we adhered to the principle of just right, and there were not too many servants. Miao Cuilan understood it as soon as he heard it, which saved a lot of trouble.
Miao Cuilan quickly said: "Whatever it is, what's the matter now, you two just take care of the internal and external affairs. If you have any questions, I will naturally send someone to find you! It's important to quickly clean up the second girl's place. It's still early, hurry up and pack up what you need to buy, and buy what you need to buy!"
Xiaoxue smiled and said: "There is no rush, mother, let Xiao Shu live with me! Our sisters have not seen each other for a long time!"
"That's right! I forgot about that!" Miao Cuilan suddenly realized with a smile.
Lu Xiaoshu was also willing to do so, so he put this matter aside for now.
Lu Zhong went out on business, the mother and daughter sat and talked for a while, Lu Xiaoshu took Miao Cuilan and Xiaoxue, accompanied by Mrs. Lu, went around the whole house and the garden, and told Miao Cui in detail. How about Lan, so that she can be familiar with it.
Seeing that her family's mansion is so spacious and rich, the house is neat and clean, everything is complete, and there is a big garden, Miao Cuilan is naturally happy in her heart.
At first, they walked around with great interest and listened to Lu Xiaoshu's instructions one by one. I felt a little bored while walking, and couldn't help complaining: "It's too particular! The house in the yard of the squire's house is much bigger than this, and I haven't heard that there are so many particulars." of!"
Before she finished speaking, Mrs. Lu hurriedly laughed and said: "Madam, you don't know, our house is already the simplest! The real big family, rich family, not to mention the masters, are the servants. There are many rules of the doorway!"
"This capital is troublesome!" Miao Cuilan frowned.
Lu Xiaoshu smiled and said: "Slowly, mother will get used to it! Besides, as long as the general rules are good in my own house, and the people below don't dare to look down on the master, it's fine! Mother knows these things, it's for If someone comes to visit in the future, save yourself the hassle, and let those people not have a good word to say!"
"Yes, yes, that's exactly it!" Mrs. Lu nodded hurriedly. She had already been taken care of by Lu Xiaoshu, so she had some understanding of Miao Cuilan's temperament.
"Miss Lu," Lu Xiaoshu took the opportunity to order her again: "My mother is new here, no matter what, you can ask more, otherwise, I will just ask you!"
"Second girl, don't worry, this old slave understands! This old slave will definitely do his best." Mrs. Lu replied with a busy smile.
It was only then that Miao Cuilan recalled the meaning of what Lu Xiaoshu said before, and hummed unconsciously, "You said someone is visiting? Are you still making fun of us? If that's the case, it's fine if they don't come! I don't ask anyone to come!"
Lu Xiaoshu smiled and said: "Father is Lu Xiang's descendant, those people will come even if they pretend to be! My mother also hates that set of hypocrisy! Mother, you have dealt with them once or twice, and they will not be afraid. The meeting is coming, you will come to our place more in the future!"
Everyone laughed, and Miao Cuilan smiled and said, "That's natural, if I don't go anywhere, I have to go to your place!"
While speaking, Xiaoxue had come to the garden, Xiaoxue had sharp eyes, and at a glance she saw a small piece of reclaimed vegetable field hidden by rocks, flowers and trees in the northeast corner, pointing and smiling: "Look, mother, there must be a vegetable field there Xiao Shu asked someone to prepare it, so we don’t have to worry about the food we eat from now on!”
"Really!" Miao Cuilan's eyes lit up, and she walked over quickly, and saw that the vegetable field was about three or four quarters long, and the ridges and ridges had been neatly arranged and well-proportioned. up.
"Oh, that's really good!" Miao Cuilan couldn't help but clapped her hands and smiled, and said with a smile: "I think this is the most pleasing to the eye in this mansion! She is really my good girl, and even helped me think of this! Now Then there's something to do!"
Lu Xiaoshu leaned forward and laughed very courteously: "Mother, I can still help you!"
"Don't make trouble! Mom grows some of your favorite lentils and spinach, and you can come and eat them when they are ripe! By the way, Mom also brought you a lot of dried radishes and beans from home! I don't know. Do you still like it or not!"
Miao Cuilan originally wanted to bring the food she brought to the Hou Mansion for Lu Xiaoshu today, but on second thought, she might as well stay with her, so she can have an excuse to ask her daughter to come over to eat a few times...
"That's great! I like the dishes mother made by herself the most! You are so kind, mother, you think of me in everything!" Lu Xiaoshu's heart warmed.
There are everything in the capital, but the side dishes made by the mother brought from home are absolutely impossible to buy.
Seeing that she liked it, Miao Cuilan became even happier, and said with a smile: "Hehe, as long as you like it, mother will make it for you tonight, okay?"
"En!" Lu Xiaoshu nodded, and said again: "My sister and I helped mother wash the vegetables and watch the fire."
"Okay, okay!" Miao Cuilan nodded with a smile, very pleased.
At dinner, the three mothers and daughters were busy in the kitchen by themselves and drove the cook out.
Under the dim light, the stove was burning vigorously, and the mother and daughter were talking and laughing while doing their work.
Oil was poured into the pot, and when the oil was hot, the washed and cut vegetables were put down. There was a "wow" sound, and the spatula was stir-fried. After a while, the familiar and long-lost home-cooked dishes came out. …
Standing at the door, Lu Zhong looked at the figure swaying on the window paper, listened to the cheerful and relaxed chatter and laughter inside, and smelled the scent of food that wafted from time to time, his heart softened involuntarily, and a faint smile curled up on the corners of his lips.
I hope this warm and simple life can continue forever.
Dinner is the same as before, four dishes and one soup, spicy dried radish and diced fried pork mince, stewed pork belly with dried beans, braised mutton with oily tofu, plus a Chinese cabbage in vinegar and pork ribs soup with winter melon.
It was steaming hot and brought to the table, Lu Xiaoshu and Xiaoxue filled the rice and brought the chopsticks over, Lu Zhong and Miao Cuilan were already sitting at the table as before.
"Mother's fried dishes look delicious! From now on, I can often eat mother's delicious dishes again!" Lu Xiaoshu said with a smile.
Miao Cuilan was very happy, and said with a smile: "As long as you like it, mother can make it for you every day!" After thinking for a while, she said: "If your mother doesn't dislike it, I will invite her next time!"
Lu Xiaoshu hurriedly smiled and said: "My mother will not dislike her! She and my father have been wandering outside for many years, and they have suffered a lot!"
Seeing that he had dragged the topic far away, Lu Zhong coughed and laughed, "Sit down quickly, the food is getting cold! Don't talk while eating."
Lu Xiaoshu stuck out his tongue.
Miao Cuilan glanced at Lu Zhong and said suddenly: "Weird Dao, sometimes I feel that you have so many faults, so it's because of it."
Lu Zhong smiled wryly, and said: "How many years have passed and you still say that I am the only one left in our Lu family now!"
"Father, mother, there are still us and brother!" Sister Lu Xiaoshu hurriedly said with a smile.
Lu Zhong turned to feel relieved again, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, and you!"
After dinner, the mother and daughter talked in the warm pavilion in the middle of the night, and Miao Cuilan asked carefully about Lu Xiaoshu's situation in recent years. Some things Lu Xiaoshu said and some things he didn't say, even so, Miao Cuilan couldn't help but sigh.
Unknowingly sighed: "You have been bold since childhood, but Mother never thought that you would be so bold! Xiaoshu, you promise Mother that you will never do this kind of thing again! You and your sister Two, my mother didn't dare to think about how she got here in those days..."
Recalling that period of days that can be called as dark as in purgatory, Miao Cuilan couldn't help but her eyes felt hot, she lowered her head and blinked.
Lu Xiaoshu and Xiaoxue looked at each other, Xiaoxue's face turned pale slightly, her body trembled slightly, and she couldn't help but also lowered her head.
She also couldn't bear to look back on those days.
"Mother, no more! Never again!" Lu Xiaoshu held her hand tightly: "From now on, our family will be fine, everyone will be fine!"
"Well, good, good..." Miao Cuilan turned around again and nodded with a smile.
Miao Cuilan couldn't stay idle, so she got up early the next morning and cooked breakfast for the sisters herself. I fried two poached eggs, washed some vegetables, dried fungus, fried some bean curd sticks, and cooked two bowls of noodles.
"Mother, you don't need to be so troublesome in the future, there is a cook!" Lu Xiaoshu said with a smile when he saw the noodles and knew it must be made by his mother.
I have to admit that she is an out-and-out slob. After enjoying the blessing for a few days, it became like this. Fallen!
"Mother can't stay idle! What's the point of this idea! Come on, try it while it's hot." Miao Cuilan smiled, she hadn't taken off her apron yet, and rubbed it on it.
Lu Xiaoshu took a look at the clothes on her body, the narrow-sleeved goosecloth of maroon dark flowers, and the half-new white silk skirt.
Yes, she changed her clothes back again.