The smokeless charcoal ignites with red flames, passionately kissing the copper hot pot. The white black chicken soup is bubbling in the pot. Red meat slices, green vegetables, white lotus roots, brown pine mushrooms, black fungus, milky white shad fillets, and plump and crystal quail eggs... are floating up and down in the soup pot.
The two little girls were peeling shrimps, opening oysters, shredding abalone, and cutting sea cucumbers, and occasionally putting them into the hot pot to boil.
As the ingredients tumble, waves of delicious aroma waft in the air, reaching your face, making you unable to resist salivating.
"It moves, it moves, and it moves again... Hehe, it seems the young masters can't stand it anymore..." Qin'er counted Li Shu's fetal movements, and as she watched the movements become more and more frequent, she giggled and squinted her eyes.
"These two little ones are just like Brother Zhu when he was a child. They can't walk when they see something delicious."
Li Shu couldn't help but squint her eyes, her cherry lips slightly raised, forming a beautiful curve.
"Haha, Miss, please eat a bite quickly. If you don't, the young master will be furious..."
Qin'er held the prepared sesame sauce, picked up a piece of mutton, dipped it in sesame sauce, and handed it to Li Shu attentively.
Li Shu opened her red lips slightly, put the mutton into her mouth, squinted her eyes, and chewed it carefully. After she finished, she picked up the embroidered handkerchief with her right hand and wiped the corners of her lips gently. She smiled at Qin'er and other girls, "It tastes very good."
Qin'er and several other maids were immediately delighted as if they had received the highest reward in the world.
Sure enough, after a mouthful of mutton hotpot, the two little ones were calmed down and the fetal movements became gentler.
Li Shu teased him again as a little foodie.
In the cold winter, with the chilly wind blowing gently, it is a small happiness to enjoy a hot pot in a tent.
"Oh, Fifth Sister really knows how to enjoy life, curtains, soft couches, hot pot... I really envy her."
Just as Li Shu was enjoying hot pot, Hu Di heard a female voice with a long tail coming from the door.
You can tell it's Miss Six without even looking.
Sure enough, when Li Shu looked up, she saw the Sixth Miss, who had a face full of envy and jealousy, walking towards her. She was wearing a bright red feather satin double-breasted jacket, a bright red gorilla felt jacket on the outside, a jasper hairpin in her hair, and a headband decorated with jasper.
The Sixth Miss was indeed filled with envy and jealousy.
She was envious and jealous. The country bumpkin's fifth brother-in-law had made another contribution and was already a fifth-rank official. If he was promoted again, he would have to be a fourth-rank official. Her fiancé couldn't catch up with such a young fourth-rank official. It was said that there were not many people like the country bumpkin's fifth brother-in-law since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
Second, I was envious and jealous because the village girl, Sister Six, had such a big belly that she was likely to be pregnant with twins.
I am envious and jealous. When other people get pregnant, their figures get out of shape and their looks get worse. But why is it that when the country girl Sixth Sister gets pregnant, she only gets fatter in the belly and a little more fat on the face, but she is actually prettier than before, as if... her breasts have also gotten bigger, and she is several times more feminine. It really makes me angry!
I was envious and jealous. Although the village girl Sixth Sister stopped wearing jewelry after she got pregnant, the fiery red fox fur she was wearing was incredible. Reddish brown and brown fox furs were common, but such a fiery red fox fur was rare and more expensive than white fox fur. You should know that in ancient times, Mengchang Jun had a white fox fur, which was recorded in the "Records of the Grand Historian". The village girl Sixth Sister actually wore a fiery red fox fur that was more precious than Mengchang Jun's white fox fur! Isn't it infuriating?! How can a village girl like that! If I wore it, it would be almost the same.
I heard that my second uncle was doing business with some Portuguese in Southeast Asia and he spared no expense to buy it. He even went to great lengths to send ten people to escort it all the way from the south to the capital.
The travel expenses would cost hundreds of taels of silver!
What are you saying? The weather is cold, and I am worried that my pregnant daughter will be cold...
Second uncle, you are really something. You spoiled a country girl like that into the eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty! Even if she were a princess, she wouldn’t have lived as comfortable as she does!
She deserves it!
Five envy, jealousy, and hatred. The village girl Sixth Sister actually enjoyed herself so much after getting pregnant. Others vomited all day long when they were pregnant, and even wanted to vomit when they drank water, but she was like nothing happened, eating and drinking well, and was not affected at all!
Huh!
I'm so mad!
"Hey, what a rare guest! What brings Sixth Sister to me?" Li Shu asked lazily.
"I have wanted to come and see fifth sister for a long time, but the weather has been gloomy and it snowed the past two days. I was afraid that my sister would catch a cold, so I resisted the urge to come. Today the weather is clear and the ancestors are concerned about fifth sister's health, so I took the initiative to ask for a job and come to visit her." The Sixth Miss suppressed the envy and jealousy in her heart, forced a smile, and replied sweetly.
"Hehe, thank you for your concern for me, my elder brother and sister. Uncle Zhang came to see me the day before yesterday. I'm in good health, and so are the two little ones. The fetus is stable now." Li Shu said with a smile, touching her belly.
"Fifth sister, although the fetus is stable, you can't be careless. After all, you have two little babies in your belly. The old ancestor feels sorry for you for being so pregnant and having to take care of everything, so he wanted me, your younger sister, to help you look after the shop outside. I also want to help you with the burden..." said the Sixth Miss kindly.
Hearing this, Li Shu couldn't help but rolled her eyes and said, "I was wondering why you came here so suddenly. It turns out you were planning to take over my shop."
You are not feeling sorry for my big belly, you are kind enough to help me look after the shop, you just want to get something for nothing, if I let you watch, after a while, the shop will be seen as an empty shell by you...
Now, even the old ancestor has intervened without any shame. It seems that the economic situation of the Marquis's Mansion has become unbearable to a certain extent.
It seems possible...
Thinking of this, Li Shu couldn't help but reveal a brilliant smile, and waved her pink little hand affectionately to the Sixth Miss, and said with a touching face: "Thank you for your concern, my ancestor and my sister. I am so touched by your thoughtfulness. Come and sit down, Qin'er, go get a set of tableware. Last time, Eunuch Feng in the palace gave me a set of tableware from Jingdezhen as a gift. Let's use that. And there is also a set of ivory chopsticks that my father sent over. Bring a pair here..."
They look like two sisters with deep affection, too much affection, even biological sisters are not as close as they are.
Faced with Li Shu's enthusiasm, Miss Six was stunned. Who am I? Where am I? What am I going to do
Originally, the Sixth Miss was prepared to face Li Shu's sarcasm. After all, she came here under the name of the ancestor and in the name of helping Li Shu share the burden, but in fact she wanted to get involved in Li Shu's shop.
She thought Li Shu was very smart and would definitely be able to figure it out. She just hoped that the name of the ancestors could suppress her. Even if she was ridiculed by her, it would be worth it as long as she could get her hands on one or two shops...
But, I never expected Li Shu to be so enthusiastic?!
This was completely beyond Miss Six's expectations!
Miss Six was stunned!
Did Fifth Sister really think that I was just kind enough to help her run the shop and share her burden? !
Pregnancy makes people stupid for three years?!
Is it really that effective?!
After getting pregnant, did my IQ drop due to being shared by two babies? !
This is so... That's great!!!
After thinking about it, Miss Six couldn't help but feel happy. She was already laughing with her hands on her hips and looking up to the sky. She was already looking forward to the scene of getting her hands on Li Shu's shop and pocketing the money...