The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

The eldest lady of the Yang family came to the house, and Lao Zhao happily took people to the kitchen and arranged everything in detail.

"You will help in the kitchen in the future, and learn more from Liu Niang first." Lao Zhao said.

"Yes." The eldest lady of the Yang family responded.

She quickly adapted to her new identity.

The cook in the kitchen of Jingyang Palace.

It is also under the management of housekeeper Zhao.

"As for the things in this yard, you don't have to rush to do everything. There are special people to take charge of many hard work." Lao Zhao said: "You just need to listen to Liu Niang."

The eldest lady of the Yang family nodded seriously.

"Thank you, housekeeper Zhao."

Old Zhao's face was full of smiles, and the wrinkles were about to squeeze together.

"It's okay."

"I'll go to Liu Niang to give her a few more instructions."

After Lao Zhao finished speaking, he turned around and went to the kitchen to find Liu Niang.

When Liu Niang saw that housekeeper Zhao had gone back, she thought he had left something behind.

"Old Zhao?"

"Liu Niang, the eldest lady of the Yang family is here to work in the kitchen. Please help take care of her and help out." Old Zhao reminded her: "After all, she came in without signing a contract. I am a little worried that something unexpected will happen if she is left here."

Liu Niang looked at Old Zhao with a strange look.

Then she suddenly realized.

"Okay, I understand."

Liu Niang showed a "I understand" smile on her face: "I promise to take good care of her for you, and by the way, I will also teach you some skills. How about that, isn't that good enough?"

When Old Zhao saw Liu Niang's expression, his old face turned red, but he still gave Liu Niang a thumbs up.

"That's nice. You deserve our friendship for so many years."

"Leave it to me. Don't worry. This kitchen is my territory." Liu Niang said with a smile: "But, Lao Zhao, you are really good. Not bad, really good. I'm waiting to drink. I hope you can be quick."

"Go and do your thing."

Lao Zhao was embarrassed by Liu Niang's teasing and fled.

Liu Niang stood in the kitchen and laughed.

This is so interesting.

When have I seen Lao Zhao like this?

After working together for so many years, this is really the first time.

I didn't expect that Lao Zhao, at his age, finally got the hang of this, or finally had this thought.

Congratulations.

And he found someone from the farm who knows everything about him.

The 30-year-old Yang family lady is just right.

What's the difference between a widow and a widow? A widow is better.

A widow with children is even better.

This shows that the woman is healthy and fertile, and she can live well if she is married in the future.

The eldest lady of the Yang family in the yard listened to the hearty laughter of Liu Niang in the kitchen, and then looked at the housekeeper Zhao who left in a hurry, with a puzzled look on her face.

What happened?

It's weird.

The eldest lady of the Yang family began to work in the house.

A few days later, Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Yuchi Gong, Cheng Yaojin and others came to the manor together.

They were invited to attend the housewarming banquet.

The manor had received the news in advance, and the kitchen was busy.

In the past few days, under the hand-in-hand teaching of Liu Niang, the eldest lady of the Yang family quickly became familiar with the things in the kitchen, including some ingredients she had never seen before, and how to deal with some strange ingredients.

"Let me tell you." Liu Niang sat on a small wooden stool, with a large wooden basin in front of her, which was full of pig offal and other things: "I don't know why our husband has a very picky taste."

"In the past, when the pigs were slaughtered on the farm, they specifically instructed that these things should not be thrown away, and they should all be brought back and cleaned up."

"We asked the husband at that time, what did he want these things for?"

"The husband said he wanted to eat them."

"But we were shocked. This stuff is smelly. Can it be eaten?"

"Especially the pig intestines, the things that were cleaned out..."

That's all pig feces.

"We all thought that the young master was joking, but he really wasn't joking when he looked like that."

"So we had to hold our noses and deal with it." Liu Niang said with a smile: "But after processing it according to the young master's method and cooking it into a dish, the young master really ate it."

"I still can't understand how he found out that this pig intestine can be eaten."

"Ah?" The face of the eldest lady of the Yang family turned pale.

Pig intestine? Eat?

These two words can't be linked together in any way.

"Yes, not only our young master likes to eat it, but also Fang Xiang and General Cheng. They both like it. Du Xiang likes to eat fried liver, and General Yuchi likes to eat kidney flowers." Liu Niang said while working.

The eldest lady of the Yang family is working in the kitchen of the mansionBefore, I never knew that these things were edible.

After seeing how Liu Niang handled these things, I realized that even if they were edible, they were not something that ordinary people could afford.

For example, after cleaning the pig intestines, they had to be carefully scrubbed with bean flour.

Who in ordinary families could handle it?

They couldn't afford to eat it.

As for the ingredients... it was indeed... unexpected.

"This thing needs to be cleaned carefully. If it is not cleaned carefully, the taste will be unpalatable. I guess it will be thrown away with the pot after it is cooked." Liu Niang reminded.

"Okay, I'll scrub it a few more times." The eldest lady of the Yang family responded.

Compared with the things she was busy with before, the things in the kitchen were really not tiring. They just needed patience, carefulness, and a little effort to complete them.

For those who put in a lot of effort, there are men in the kitchen who are responsible for doing the work.

The kitchen yard is the most well-equipped in the whole mansion.

The kitchen yard has learned from the lessons of the old house and is determined to be built larger to accommodate more people working at the same time.

But even so, there are two kitchen yards, but these two are connected to each other, separated by a moon gate.

The front is the kitchen, and the back is the kitchen warehouse, which is used to store ingredients and pile up sundries.

"When you have some free time in a few days, I will teach you how to cook. At that time, you can also try to use new kitchen utensils to make delicious dishes." Liu Niang said: "This is a good skill that you can't learn outside."

"In the future, this skill can also make your family settle down." Liu Niang smiled and said: "You don't know how popular the chefs from Jingyang Palace are. Even the two chefs from the Shangshi Bureau in the palace were sent to Jingyang Palace for special training."

Hearing what Liu Niang said, the eldest lady of the Yang family nodded in response.

In addition to being grateful, she was also curious about why Lady Liu was so kind to her.

"Sister Liu, I am grateful for your care and kindness to me. I really have no way to repay you." Lady Yang thought for a moment and said, "It's just that I'm new here, and you're so kind to me. I'm a little flattered."

Lady Liu laughed heartily when she heard this.

"Hahahaha, don't worry about anything. Since you're here to work, I'll definitely teach you. In the future, you'll be on duty in the kitchen during the day, but you'll have to cook for your husband. Our husband is very picky about food. He didn't even let me cook the new dishes I researched before." Lady Liu smiled and said, "So of course I have to train you well, so that you won't be used by your husband."

Lady Yang seemed to understand.

"Is that so?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Liu Niang nodded repeatedly: "In addition, we have lived in the manor for so many years, and we know each other well. We have been together for so many years when my husband was not yet crowned king. Don't you think so? That's different."

The lady of the Yang family nodded in agreement.

That's true.

"And more." Liu Niang smiled and said, "It's not easy for you to live with your son. It's the same for me."

"You forgot that I also have an older son." Liu Niang said, "My family lost men in the early years. If it weren't for my husband and housekeeper Zhao's help for so many years, we wouldn't have been able to make ends meet."

"The road you are walking now is the road I walked in the past, so I think if I can help, I will help."

Liu Niang said this sentence very sincerely.

He saw his own shadow in the eldest lady of the Yang family.

It can't be said that one is more difficult than the other, it can only be said that they are equally hardworking.

In Liu Niang's family, her husband died when the child was still very young.

The husband of the eldest lady of the Yang family died a few years ago.

He didn't catch up with the good life in the manor at all.

If he had lived to the time when the master's family lived a good life, that is, Li Fu was crowned king and Jingyang became Li Fu's fiefdom, the farmers in the manor would have difficulties in life, and Li Fu, the master, would not ignore it.

Even if they came to the mansion to borrow money, Li Fu would lend them generously, especially the money for medical treatment and life-saving.

Because at this time Li Fu had a status, his family business was established, and he had money in his hands.

He would not treat the farmers badly.

Who doesn't have an urgent need for money?

It's a pity that it's time and fate.

It's hard to say.

When it comes to this kind of thing, the eldest lady of the Yang family is also very emotional.

"People's life is really fate."

"Who says it's not? However, whether the fate is good or bad, it can't be determined just like that. Maybe there will be a turnaround?" Liu Niang smiled and said, "WhenWhen my husband passed away, I was so devastated. It was a mess. How could I live with my child? "

"My parents-in-law passed away early. They passed away before I married into their family." Liu Niang recalled: "My husband said that he was conscripted for labor and died of exhaustion."

"He ran away and sold himself to a family. Later, during the war, the family could not take care of him. He ran to this place and finally became a tenant here." Liu Niang said: "That's how he settled down here and started a family."

"Unfortunately, he got sick and passed away after only two years of stable life after marriage." Liu Niang said: "I and my child were left, an orphan and a widow. Manager Zhao felt sorry for us and bought me and my child to work in the house. At least, we could survive. "

"You also know what happened later."

When Liu Niang mentioned the things of the past, it was as if she was telling someone else's story. She sighed a few words and then it was over.

Life is good now. Even if she suffered in the past, now it seems that she is relieved.

The eldest lady of the Yang family nodded. That's the truth.

When her husband just passed away, she couldn't accept this reality no matter what, but she got through it day by day, didn't she?

In the past two years, the years were even bad, with droughts, floods, locust plagues, and she gritted her teeth and got through it.

But this is also thanks to the kindness of the host family.

"At the beginning, it was a bad year for me. There was nothing I could do. There were not many roads I could go. "Liu Niang said, "This is all I will do for my life. Langjun's family has been very kind to me. No matter what, I will stay with Langjun and his wife for the rest of my life. I will be their cook in this house for the rest of my life. If they like it, I will cook for the rest of their lives. If one day they don't like the food I cook, I will do odd jobs in the house."

Liu Niang had a happy smile on her face.

"My son is studying with a famous teacher, and our family lives a good life. I have nothing to ask for. Taking good care of Langjun's family's diet every day is my greatest pursuit. "

The only regret is that my husband doesn't let me research new dishes.

Liu Niang feels that her abilities are limited by this one rule.

She should be able to show her skills in the kitchen even more.........

If Li Fu knew that Liu Niang was thinking this way, he would probably sigh for a long time.

If she tasted the dishes she researched before serving them on the table, she couldn't be so determined to stop an ideal and motivated chef from developing his own dishes.

"Speaking of which, I didn't think too much about life. I just wanted to raise my children and watch them get married and start their own families, and I would be satisfied. "The eldest lady of the Yang family echoed.

Women don't have as many thoughts as men in their lives.

Women think about taking care of their husbands and children and working on the farm with their families.

Ordinary men think about working on the farm and earning money to support their families.

Men with some abilities want to stand out, and even more ambitious, want to make achievements, and want to be appointed as a noble and a prime minister.

"You are not that old now." Liu Niang said: "And now the world is a little different from the past. There is not only one way, right? If there is a new way, you still have to try it."

Liu Niang tried to pave the way for Lao Zhao.

Lao Zhao has been a bachelor for more than 40 years. It's not easy for him to get married. It's just a joke, but he has to help if he needs help.

"What other way can I have? It's a kindness of my husband to be able to enter this house and have a stable job. Doing good things and repaying my husband is the real thing. "Mrs. Yang said with a smile.

Although the two were chatting, they never stopped working.

Handling these ingredients is laborious, and Liu Niang is worried about handing them over to others.

Mr. Yang has repeatedly told him to handle them cleanly and not to leave stuffing.

"Hey? What do you think of Butler Zhao?" Mrs. Liu asked with a smile.

"Butler Zhao?" Mrs. Yang thought for a while, and then responded, "I think Butler Zhao is a good person."

"Of course he is a good person." Mrs. Liu smiled even more.

"Before, Butler Zhao took care of Da Zhuang and me, an orphan and a widow, and specially assigned some work to our family. It was enough for us to earn money to live, and we even had some spare money. Otherwise, Da Zhuang would not be able to go to the academy to study now." Mrs. Yang said, "If we talk about benefactors, Mr. Yang is the biggest benefactor, and Butler Zhao is also a benefactor. ”

Because they have helped the mother and daughter a lot in their life on the farm.

When you receive a favor from someone, you should think about repaying the favor.When Da Zhuang finishes his studies in the future, if he is lucky enough to help Lang Jun and Lang Jun needs him, he will definitely let Da Zhuang work with Lang Jun.

"Old Zhao is a good person." Liu Niang said with a smile: "Although he is over 40 years old and has not yet married, it is because he has been busy with the affairs of the mansion over the years. He is a man of affection and righteousness."

"The old lady of this mansion passed away early, and Lang Jun was still young at that time. The family property left was not much. There was only this manor. There was a war outside. He had to take care of the affairs of the manor while taking care of Lang Jun and several children inside."

"In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed. Lang Jun has recognized his ancestors and has made progress. Old Zhao can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

"It was not easy before. There were some things that the farmers outside did not know, but we in the mansion knew it well. In the past, our manor, the neighboring That village fought with us every year to steal water. They also wanted to use some means to annex our village so that it could be connected with their land. Because of this, there were so many open and covert attacks. Old Zhao had to support it for many years. Later, when Langjun grew up, he dealt with these things with Old Zhao.

Although it was not easy for two people to discuss and discuss, it was not easy for Old Zhao to handle it alone. "

"What exactly happened inside? Even those of us who work in the house have no idea. We can only say that it was not easy to get here step by step. Butler Zhao is a good man who can take on things and responsibilities."

"Ah? Has Butler Zhao never thought about his own affairs for so many years?" The eldest lady of the Yang family was surprised.

As the housekeeper of a big house, housekeeper Zhao's conditions are not bad at all. Even when the master's family was not prosperous, there was at least a farm. Housekeeper Zhao also managed a farm, and his life was much better than that of ordinary people. If he wanted to find a wife to start a family, it would not be difficult at all.

Perhaps many girls are eager to meet him.

Why haven't you thought about it for so many years?

"No, when I was young, I was not only concerned about the affairs of the house, but also about the big and small things. It has been better in recent years, but it is also busy. Although the husband also reminded him to take care of his own affairs, how can others know about his own side?" Liu Niang smiled and said, "But recently, I guess he knows."

"Huh?" The eldest lady of the Yang family was puzzled.

"The husband and the wife know it." Liu Niang's smile became even brighter.

Isn't this candidate right in front of us?

Old Zhao, hahahahahahaha.

When Liu Niang thought of this, she couldn't help laughing.

The eldest lady of the Yang family was even more confused, and she looked at Liu Niang laughing there.

"Sister Liu?" The eldest lady of the Yang family: "What are you doing..."

"Nothing, I just thought of something interesting." After Liu Niang finished speaking, she still laughed.

However, the more she looked at the eldest lady of the Yang family in front of her, the more she liked her.

Liu Niang also sincerely hoped that the things between Lao Zhao and the eldest lady of the Yang family would go smoothly.

Lao Zhao is really not young anymore.

If things go smoothly, they can get married and have a child, and Lao Zhao can also leave a descendant.

Lao Zhao has worked hard for the house for so many years, he can't be old and have no children.

Although the eldest lady of the Yang family didn't understand what funny things she thought of to laugh like this, but Liu Niang didn't say anything, so she didn't ask any more questions.

The two women guarded a large wooden basin and carefully cleaned the waste water in the basin.

When the water ran out, he called the servants beside him to quickly fetch more water and change the water.

Li Shao was setting up a banquet in the front hall, and Li Fu was wandering in the front yard.

Lao Zhao came to report to Li Fu, saying that he had someone guarding the intersection. When the gentlemen arrived, he immediately came back to deliver the letter and welcome them to the new house.

"Okay, it's good to have some news." Li Fu smiled, and then his eyes still fell on Lao Zhao: "It's been a few days since the eldest lady of the Yang family came to work in the house? How is it? Is there any progress?"

Li Fu's gossiping heart can't be stopped.

He really hopes that Lao Zhao's affairs will be settled quickly.

Even if the copper coins in his pocket are about to jump out, this is a good thing.

"She is busy in the kitchen." Lao Zhao said: "With Liu Niang leading her, everything is going well."

Li Fu was speechless.

"Is that what I'm talking about? Why would I care about whether she's doing a good job when I have nothing to do?"

"I'm talking about you two! You and her!!"

Li Fu looked at Lao Zhao's expression, which was hard to describe.

"It's just normal contact, meeting and so on. We live in the same house and bump into each other occasionally."

Li Fu sighed.

"LaoZhao! Uncle Zhao!! You are a man, a grown man, can you take the initiative? "Li Fu asked back: "Do you expect others to approach you? You are the housekeeper of this house, how can you let others approach you? Women are thin-skinned, if you still hesitate and refuse to move forward, you will probably be a bachelor until you are fifty years old."

"You have to let her know your feelings. You are interested. Whether the other party accepts it or not, that is the other party's business. Whether it is fate or not, there will always be a result. You are so procrastinating, to be honest, I am anxious when I see it." Li Fu remembered that the back of his right hand was slapping the palm of his left hand.

"Can't you learn from me?" Li Fu was disappointed.

"Learn from you? "Old Zhao was puzzled.

How can I learn this?

My husband and his wife...were brought together by the matchmaker of the Queen.

Should I...find a matchmaker or something?

Old Zhao thought seriously.

Then he came to a conclusion.

That's right!

I need to find a matchmaker!

The two sides should pass on the message and make the match.

It's a formal marriage.

Matchmaker is very important.

"My husband, I understand." Old Zhao's eyes lit up.