It was already night when the carriage arrived at the entrance of the village. Obviously, the gate of the city was closed, and the coachman had to wait until tomorrow if he wanted to return to the capital. Qiao Wei gave him two taels of silver and asked him to find an inn in the town for one night.
The coachman thanked him and went happily.
Qiao Wei went up the mountain with a smile on her face.
Junior Junior Sister, heh, the legendary Junior Junior Sister.
Beautiful and delicate, cute and enchanting, really a stunner in the palm of your hand.
Qiao Wei pinched a leaf, crushed it into pieces, took another deep breath, and entered the villa as if nothing had happened.
The children had finished their bath and were doing somersaults on the bed, Bi'er was cleaning the backyard, and Aunt Luo was mending Qiao Wei's torn peasant clothes with a needle and thread.
"Mother!" Jing Yun saw Qiao Wei at a glance.
Wang Shu stopped somersaulting and looked over excitedly: "Mother!"
At least she still has children, Qiao Wei smiled gratifiedly, stepped forward, and hugged the two little ones into her arms.
No one can snatch them away, not even Junior Sister.
"Mother, mother!" Wang Shu excitedly kissed Qiao Wei's face.
Qiao Wei was amused, and the haze along the way swept away most of it. Looking at her reserved son, Jing Yun scratched his little head awkwardly, and blushed, and kissed Qiao Wei's cheeks. Qiao Wei couldn't help smiling.
Afterwards, Qiao Wei took out six strings of shiny candied haws.
The two children opened their mouths wide in surprise, and Wang Shu sucked in his saliva: "Candied haws! Is that the one that Brother Shiqi bought?"
"Yes." Qiao Wei said, "But it's too late today, so I can't eat it. I'll eat it tomorrow."
The two nodded sensibly.
Qiao Wei put the candied haws away and rubbed the heads of the two of them: "Go to sleep."
"Can we stay here?" Wang Shu asked in a low voice, she didn't want to sleep in her own room at all, it was too scary, no one peed in the middle of the night, she woke up with fright.
Qiao Wei stroked the hair on her forehead calmly: "Of course."
The two happily pulled the quilt to stand up, stepped back, and covered their bodies with the entire quilt.
Qiao Wei tucked in the quilt for the two of them. At this time, it wasn't that they needed her, but she needed them. Without them, she would be lying alone in an empty room, thinking wildly.
Aunt Luo mended her clothes, talked to Qiao Wei for a while, and then went down the mountain. After cleaning the villa, Bier went back to the small courtyard. The house became quiet.
After Qiao Wei finished washing, she lay down on the bed. Jing Yun had already crawled from her sister's left side to her sister's right side very schemingly. In this way, he was the one sleeping in the middle and could be next to his mother. Anyway, his sister got up later than him. I don't know that he robbed his mother, and the next morning he thought he slept next to her all night, not to mention how happy he was.
Jing Yun's little head rubbed against Qiao Wei's arm.
Qiao Wei took him into her arms.
"Mother, are you unhappy?" Jing Yun asked softly, although he didn't know what happened, but mother and child were connected, and when mother hugged him, he suddenly felt very sad.
Qiao Wei hugged her son's arm tightly: "A little bit."
Jing Yun stretched out his little hand from under the quilt, and patted Qiao Wei's shoulder lightly like a little adult.
Qiao Wei smiled, grabbed his little hand and put it back under the warm quilt: "Mother is fine, thank you Jing Yun."
Jing Yun yawned, found a comfortable position in his mother's arms, and fell asleep sweetly.
Qiao Wei also closed her eyes.
The next day, Qiao Wei took two cans of goods as usual, and was about to send them to Rongji. Before she left, Boss Rong came to the door: "Xiao Qiao, good morning!"
Qiao Wei was about to go out with the jar in her arms. When she saw him, she smiled faintly: "Morning, Boss Rong, the sun is coming from the west today, and you actually came to pick up the goods by yourself."
"Ahem." Boss Rong cleared his throat, "I'm not here to pick up the goods, I'm here... I have something to do with you, I have business to do."
"What business?" Qiao Wei put the jar on the table.
Boss Rong found a chair and sat down, glanced at Qiao Wei with his small eyes, and said: "Rong Ji took a birthday banquet, and he is a big family in the capital."
Qiao Wei looked at him in disbelief: "Rongji's business is so good, why do you still take on private work outside? Don't you know how difficult it is to do private work?"
"Yeah, it's not private work, it was done by Rong Ji." Boss Rong said without confidence.
Qiao Wei said lightly: "You pick it up by yourself, go by yourself, don't drag me in."
Now that she doesn't lack this bit of money, why rush to the big family to eat the rules? Cooking in a restaurant is just for fun, but when you go to a rich family to cook a banquet, you have to look at people's faces everywhere.
Boss Rong knew that Qiao Wei would disagree, so he cut it first and played later. If he had told Qiao Wei from the beginning, the banquet might not be possible at all.
But this time the object was unusual, and the price offered was really attractive, how could he be willing to miss such an opportunity to make a fortune
"That family is very good, and this business is easy to do. You just close your eyes and fry two dishes, and leave the rest to Master He and Master Hai. Can't you just treat it as a fun?"
Qiao Wei was unmoved.
"Don't think I don't know that you have subcontracted my Huadiao!" Boss Rong used his trump card.
Qiao Wei's eyelashes trembled: "Who gave you Hua Diao?"
Boss Rong said angrily: "There is also Dabuwan! You caused me to be laughed at by my wife and beaten up by the boss of Dabuwan. It is all because of you! You pay me!"
Qiao Wei said seriously: "I didn't touch your Dabu Wan!"
Boss Rong narrowed his eyes: "Then you admit that you touched my Hua Diao."
"...No!" Qiao Wei said solemnly, "When is the banquet?"
The next day, before dawn, Boss Rong sent a car to bring Qiao Wei to the town, and went to the capital together with Master He, Master Hai, Xiao Liu, Yao Qing and two other apprentices.
When a group of people stood outside the majestic gate, looking at the gold-painted plaque, Qiao Wei frowned slightly: "Taishifu? How many Taishifu are there in the capital?"
Boss Rong said, "Of course there is only one!"
Qiao Wei turned around and left!
Boss Rong held her back: "Hey! Xiao Qiao, what's wrong with you?"
Qiao Wei suppressed the tumbling in her heart: "You didn't tell me it was Taishifu."
Boss Rong looked blank: "You didn't ask."
"You said you are a big family in the capital!"
"That's right, I'm not wrong, this is a big family in the capital."
Qiao Wei frowned: "It's not big, it's huge, okay? You dragged me to this kind of place, have you considered my feelings?"
Boss Rong touched his head and looked at her blindly: "You even went to the imperial palace, why are you still afraid of a grand master's mansion?"
Not this at all!
Qiao Wei took a few steps on the spot: "The imperial palace is the imperial palace, and the Grand Master's Mansion is the Grand Master's Mansion. In short... In short, I don't do business with the Grand Master's Mansion!"
"Do you have a festival with the Grand Master's Mansion?"
"No holidays!"
"The disciples of the Suxin Sect are here!"
Outside the door, some servant called out, and Qiao Wei saw a large wave of disciples dressed in green gauze and white clothes coming, and the leader was that charming little junior sister.
Qiao Wei didn't want to meet her face to face, otherwise she would say something.
oh what are you here for
I'm here to celebrate my grandfather's birthday, what are you doing here
I'm here to cook for you.
ha!
Qiao Wei turned her back.
Li Yue looked around, her eyes fell on Qiao Wei's slender back, and a certain senior brother asked, "Junior Sister, who are you looking at?"
Li Yue pointed: "That person seems to be a friend of the Fourth Senior Brother."
The senior brother said, "Really? I'll go over and say hello."
A well-dressed servant woman came out from the corner door: "You remember, right? Come in with me."
Qiao Wei caught sight of the brothers and sisters walking towards them from the corner of her eye, and followed Boss Rong and the others into the corner door with a flash of her steps.
The senior brother stopped Li Yue: "Little sister, did you read it wrong? This is the place where servants enter, how could the fourth senior brother's friend be a servant?"
Liyue snorted: "That may be my misreading."
The senior brother smiled softly: "Let's go, little junior sister, don't ask Master and the others to wait in a hurry."
Liyue went with her senior brother, the disciples of Suxinzong entered the Grand Master's Mansion through the main entrance, Qiao Wei and her party were also brought into the kitchen of the public house by that mother.
This time the banquet was indeed hosted by Rong Ji alone, there were no other restaurants, and even the chef of the Taishi Mansion was rejected.
Guo's mother showed a very bright and professional smile: "My surname is Guo, you can just call me Guo's mother, you don't have to be too nervous, we don't have high requirements, as long as the guests are satisfied."
Everyone felt very heartwarming after hearing the first two sentences, but what does the last sentence "I did it to the satisfaction of the guests" mean? Doesn't she know that there is a saying that everyone can't agree with? No matter how good a chef is, he can't guarantee that his dishes will be liked by everyone. If not, why cook such a large table of dishes? It’s just that there are always people who like to eat this and don’t like to eat that.
Qiao Wei squinted at Boss Rong, it's easy, huh
Let the boss be embarrassed.
Mother Guo led people into the yard: "This is the kitchen. There are wells in the front and back yards, so you can wash anywhere." After a pause, she added: "Don't see blood in the front yard."
Everyone laughed.
Qiao Wei looked around, the yard was big enough, like a serious house, but it turned out to be just a place for cooking, the Grand Master's Mansion is really luxurious.
Thinking of something, Qiao Wei asked, "Are all the rooms in the yard usable? We have a lot of things." Not only are there ingredients, but also some tools, as well as emergency clothes and medicines.
Guo's mother said straightforwardly: "Of course, use whatever you want! Except that room, that room, that room, and that room."
Qiao Wei followed her gestures and looked over one by one, raised her eyebrows, and there was only one... a small firewood room available.
Boss Rong coughed and signaled Qiao Wei to calm down.
Qiao Wei saw a lot of strange things in her previous life, and Guo’s mother did not exceed her tolerance for the time being. Qiao Wei carried her toolbox into the kitchen, wiped the stove, and found that there was no oil stain, which was quite satisfactory. Nodding, he said again: "By the way, what taboos does your old man or others have?"
"No, no, people in the Grand Master's Mansion are very easy-going, and they are never picky eaters." Mother Guo snapped her fingers, "Except for the old man who doesn't eat soft-shelled turtles, the old lady who doesn't eat fish without scales, and the young master who doesn't eat meat with muscles , the second young master doesn't eat mutton, my brother is changing his teeth, don't put too much sugar in the snacks."
Qiao Wei gave Boss Rong a specious look, Boss Rong had no face to face Qiao Wei, pretended to be deaf and dumb, and looked up at the sky.
Guo's mother said again: "If you are done with your work, you can stroll around the mansion. I understand that it is rare for you to come to such a high-end mansion. You are welcome to stroll around."
"Except?" Qiao Wei looked at her with a dry smile.
Mother Guo smiled and said, "Nothing except, just don't overtake the tree in front."
The tree grew just one meter from the gate of the yard.
Everyone laughed uglier than crying.
Guo's mother smiled and said: "It's nothing, I'll go first, I left two maids, remember to ask the maids to call me if you have anything to do."
Qiao Wei smiled slightly: "Mother Guo, walk slowly."
As soon as Mama Guo turned around, there was a miserable meow from the small garden in front of her. Mama Guo held back her panic and walked over quickly: "Bell?"
A big white cat meowed and ran into Guo's mother's arms.
A maid got up from the ground, rubbed her buttocks and said to Mother Guo: "Yes, I'm sorry, I'm a servant of the Minister's Mansion. My lady went to the toilet and asked me to get the paper. I... ran too fast all of a sudden, and I stepped on it." This cat is dead."
People from the Minister's Mansion, Qiao Wei touched her chin, and Xiao Liu and his party ran up to join in the fun.
Mother Guo said softly: "This is my wife's cat, don't worry, my wife won't be angry, she is very kind." Turning her head, she whispered to Qiao Wei and her group who were chasing after her: "She is dead!"
Qiao Wei's mouth twitched.
"Ah! What is it!" Xiao Liu suddenly threw his hands and shouted.
Guo's mother looked at his bleeding fingers, then at the flowers he dropped, and smiled softly: "This is a flower planted by my wife, don't worry, my wife won't be angry, she is very kind."
little six:"… "
Everyone: "..."
After Guo's mother left, Qiao Wei put her toolbox heavily on the table, looked at Boss Rong and said, "You took over the business, and if anything goes wrong, it will be your responsibility!"
Boss Rong shrank his neck. Isn't this woman who came to him to discuss business? He is a very kind man.
Yesterday, Qiao Wei discussed the menu with Master Hai and Master He. Everyone knew what they were going to do, and they got busy without Qiao Wei telling them.
The three of Yao Qing went to the backyard to kill chickens and geese, and Qiao Wei carried a basket of vegetables to the front yard to wash.
The front yard is a good place, facing a small garden. The garden is full of flowers that Qiao Wei can't name. When the breeze blows, the flowers are fragrant.
Qiao Wei was washing and washing, and the disciples of Su Xinzong came. They passed by the small garden. Qiao Wei was blocked by several huge vegetable baskets. They couldn't see her, but Qiao Wei could see them.
The little junior sister is like a group treasure, jokingly talking to everyone, making everyone laugh, regardless of male or female disciples, looking at the little junior sister's eyes are full of love and doting.
Little junior sister jumps three times, she is a very lively girl.
For some reason, Qiao Wei thought of Duo Luo Ming Zhu, that girl was also informal, but the difference was that Duo Luo Ming Zhu was a hater, but my younger sister was a fan of everyone.
Heartthrob, huh.
Qiao Wei tore off the vegetable head.
Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives.
Pearl Dorothy also came to the garden, and the junior sisters faced the brothers and sisters, talking and laughing while walking backwards, and suddenly bumped into Pearl Dorothy coming out of the fork.
Duo Luo Mingzhu's shoes were all soiled, and she let out a miserable scream: "Ah! Who is it?"
Qiao Wei raised her eyebrows, the cannon of Duo Luo Mingzhu will be fired at one point, tsk, the younger sister is dead.
"I'm sorry, I didn't look at the road just now, did it hurt you?" The little junior sister said guiltily.
Duo Luo Mingzhu patted her shoes: "It's okay, you didn't do it on purpose. My name is Duo Luo Mingzhu, and I'm the lady of the General's Mansion. Who are you?"
The younger junior sister said softly: "My name is Mu Liyue, and I am Grand Master Pang's granddaughter."
"Ah, you are Li Yu's little junior sister!"
"You know my ninth brother?"
"Of course I know that bastard!"
The two are so familiar!
After Qiao Wei washed the vegetables, she began to brush the crabs. She worked very hard!
After a while, Ji Wan also came over.
Mrs. Shizi has a personality with eyes higher than the top. She feels that all the women in the world are not good enough for her brother. A daughter of a Jianghu sect may not be able to catch her eyes.
Mrs. Shizi will definitely not like her!
"Miss Doro, who is this?" Ji Wan asked.
Duo Luo Mingzhu took the little junior sister's hand and said: "This is Li Yu's junior junior sister!"
Ji Wan looked at her: "Li Yu's junior junior sister? So, she is also my brother's junior junior sister?"
The little junior sister was startled: "Are you... the elder sister of the fourth senior brother?"
"Sister Wan."
"Sister Wan!" Junior Sister called out sweetly.
Ji Wan spoiled with a smile: "It's so cute."
Even this misfit woman likes Junior Sister!
Qiao Wei's little heart suffered a critical blow of 10,000 points.
Qiao Wei returned to the kitchen with the washed vegetables and crabs, and the people in Rongji found out that the vegetables washed by the second master today were very clean! Especially for crabs, the shell has been brushed off, so it can be said that the skin is very thin and the meat is tender.
"Sister Qiao, how do you cut this tofu?" Yao Qing asked.
Qiao Wei thought for a while: "Let's cut it into small cubes."
"Okay." Yao Qing went to get the knife.
"Forget it, I'll do it." Qiao Wei opened the toolbox, took out her own knife, swished a few knives, and a large piece of tofu was cured.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Master He took the chicken that the apprentice had washed, and was about to chop it with a knife, when Qiao Wei said, "Give it to me."
Master He looked at the crowd, everyone winked, and Master He let the chicken out.
Qiao Wei picked up the small machete and chopped it into chicken pieces.
Qiao Wei: "Goose."
The washed goose was handed over.
"duck."
The washed duck was handed over.
"Ribs!"
"Pig hand!"
"Lamb chops!"
"Beef bones!"
"..."
All the vegetables that could be chopped were chopped by Qiao Wei.
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and retreated automatically.
The Erdangjia had a cannonball today, it was terrible.
"Excuse me, can I come in?" At the door, at some point, there stood a little girl in green gauze and white clothes. The little girl looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, with red phoenix eyes, a small nose and a small mouth, and she smiled deeply. Deep dimples, very cute.
Her appearance may not be considered a human character, but that agile temperament makes the whole world come alive.
Such a girl, no one would have the heart to refuse her request.
Boss Rong smiled and said, "Yes, yes, it's just... the kitchen is heavy with oily smoke, I'm afraid it will stain the girl's clothes."
The little junior sister smiled cleverly: "I'm not afraid."
She smiled so beautifully that everyone's hearts were melted.
Qiao Wei chopped the beef bone with a knife, and the huge movement shattered the pink bubbles in everyone's hearts. Everyone regained their senses and returned to their respective posts solemnly.
The little junior sister walked up to Qiao Wei and said with a smile, "Is it really you? Then I didn't admit my mistake just now."
Qiao Wei's hand holding the knife paused, and smiled brightly: "I'm sorry for disappointing Miss Mu, I'm just a servant."
The little junior sister was surprised: "How do you know my surname is Mu? Did the senior brother tell you?"
I just heard you say it yourself!
Qiao Wei put the chopped beef bones on the plate, and took a fat and tender sea bass to make fish meat, ignoring the little junior sister.
The younger junior sister was not annoyed, she chased her like a little tail, her voice was soft and soft: "I heard they called you sister Qiao, but you are older than me, so I should call you sister Qiao too?"
Qiao Wei squeezed the finger holding the knife: "Who said I'm older than you? Do I look older than you just because of my face?"
Not to mention, Qiao Wei has an age-defying face, she really can't tell her age, but her demeanor is too calm, she doesn't look like an ignorant girl.
The little junior sister was stunned by the "roar", she gathered herself together, and said softly: "Don't be angry, I don't want to call you Sister Qiao, shall I call you Miss Qiao?"
Qiao Wei continued to cut the sashimi.
"Your knife skills are really good." Junior sister praised.
I know!
You don't need to say it!
Qiao Wei said indifferently: "Swords have no eyes. If Miss Mu has nothing to do, let's go outside to play, so as not to accidentally hurt you. Even if I am a little cook, I can't afford it."
"I have something to do." The little junior sister said softly, "I'm here to learn how to cook."
Qiao Wei laughed mockingly and said: "Is the daughter of a family also able to cook? Ah, I forgot, you are a member of the Suxin Sect, a child of the Jianghu, and you must not have so many rules."
The little junior sister didn't get the point of Qiao Wei's words at all: "You also think the rules of the Grand Master's Mansion are very strict, right? That's why I didn't even live in the Grand Master's Mansion, I'm not used to it."
Qiao Wei cut the fish fillets in suspense.
Any fool can see that Qiao Wei really doesn't want to talk to Junior Sister anymore, and everyone in Rongji is embarrassed for Junior Sister, but Junior Sister doesn't notice, and says persistently: "You are so good at cooking, teach me, my senior brother wants Here, I want to make a dish for him."
Qiao Wei chopped off the fish head fiercely: "You did it, what do you want us cooks to do?"
Boss Rong was in pain for that fish. He felt that the knife was not cut on the fish's neck, but on his neck. He looked at everyone, and everyone looked at him, and they all touched his neck in unison.
The little junior sister was heartless and didn't notice it, she sighed and said: "I don't want to do it either, but the senior brother is coming."
Qiao Wei paused: "Which brother are you?"
The little junior sister smiled and said, "That's the one you know!"
Qiao Wei clenched the handle of the knife, and said in the usual tone: "I heard that he doesn't like to attend this kind of party."
"That's right, he didn't go to the crown prince's birthday party, but he will definitely come to my grandfather's birthday party. He is my senior brother! He loves me the most!" the little junior sister said proudly.
Did this girl do it on purpose? Why does every sentence make her want to go crazy
"You have to cook yourself when he comes?" Qiao Wei asked casually.
The little junior sister said distressedly: "Originally it wasn't necessary, but my mother said that my grandfather would betroth me to the fourth senior brother and let me cook a dish, so as to please the fourth senior brother. Well, I just said why did they agree with me to go down the mountain?" .”
Boom!
Qiao Wei also chopped off the head of the second fish.
The kitchen was so frightened that there was no third one.
"Your grandfather, want to betroth you to your senior brother?" Qiao Wei asked word by word.
The little junior sister said innocently: "My mother said so."
Qiao Wei smiled: "Doesn't your grandfather know that your senior brother already has a fiancee?"
"Are you talking about the daughter of the Enbo Mansion, right? My senior brother has already withdrawn their marriage. Before, she was the eldest lady of the Enbo Mansion, and after that, she was the second lady of the Enbo Mansion. Now, it's gone!" The younger sister spread her hands .
Qiao Wei touched the corners of her lips: "Your senior brother just got the marriage certificate back from the Enbo Mansion, and didn't say that he would cancel the marriage."
The little junior sister didn't understand: "If you don't quit the marriage, why do you have to take back the marriage certificate? The marriage certificate should be placed in the woman's hands."
It's in my hand!
... the bottom of the pool.
Qiao Wei gritted her teeth.
The little junior sister sighed again: "I have always regarded my brother as my brother, and I still want my brother to find me a sister-in-law."
These words are even more beating than Qiao Yuxi when he said that meditation is mine, how far you, a country bumpkin, have given me.
This is like saying, have you passed the third exam? Ah, I have been admitted to Tsinghua University. Actually, I don’t want to go to Tsinghua University at all, but Tsinghua University insists on admitting me, and I can’t help it!
ha!
Qiao Wei chop chop chop chop chop!
The little junior sister looked at her knife strangely: "Didn't you make fish sticks? Why did you chop them up?"
Qiao Wei smiled, "I've changed my mind, I'll eat fish head with chopped peppers today."
The little junior sister said: "Brother also likes to eat fish."
Can you not stay away from your senior brother, I know you have a good relationship and a high background, but can you not mention this man in front of me? !
Qiao Wei chopped it down with a knife, took a breath, and said with a smile: "Want to cook a dish for your brother?"
The little junior sister nodded: "Yes, what do you think I should do? You are my brother's friend, do you know what he likes to eat the most?"
Qiao Wei sneered: "Of course I know."
"What?" the younger sister asked.
Qiao Wei smiled: "Shrimp is slippery."