Chapter 685 Entanglement
Chu Fei filled a bowl of sorghum rice, a plate of spicy and sour Chinese cabbage, and a potato pancake. She put it on a small plate and served it on a tray. It was also covered with a layer of oil paper to prevent rain. She said, "I Come as soon as you go, go to the house and wait on the master.”
"Here..." Chu Pang told Chu Fei about Daya trying to lift the lid of the pot, "From now on, we can't leave people in this kitchen. Who knows whether that girl wants to steal something to eat or cook something?" What.”
"Well, I understand." Chu Fei's face was cold, "I will pay more attention to it in the future."
Chu Fei delivered the food to the carriage and flew back.
Chu Cong went to wait on Xia Zihan, while Chu Fei stayed in the kitchen to prevent Da Ya from taking advantage of him.
Da Ya stuck her head out from the utility room and looked here several times. When she saw Chu Fei guarding him, she hid in the utility room with a dark face and cursed in her heart.
Seeing that it was really impossible to steal potato cakes, Daya filled a bowl of sorghum rice porridge, a bowl of boiled Chinese cabbage, a small dish of pickles in oil, and went to the opposite wing and knocked on the door.
"Brother Wen, it's me, Daya, I'm here to bring you food."
The voice was so loud that Chu Fei, who was always cold, rubbed his arms.
Chu Fei stood at the door of the kitchen and took a look at the porridge and vegetables in Da Ya's hands, which were not covered with anything and were watered by the rain. She silently lit a piece of wax for Zheng Wenting.
I wonder if I will get diarrhea after eating sorghum rice porridge soaked in rainwater?
Daya knocked on the door three times, but there was no movement inside. She persisted, and even the manager of the Zheng family next door was woken up by her.
The steward of the Zheng family opened the door and muttered with a dark face, "What's the fuss about this morning?"
The tone was very bad, and he seemed to know that Zheng Wenting didn't like Da Ya.
"Uncle Zheng is up?" Da Ya's little face stretched out, and her expression was exactly the same as that of the village chief's wife, "I'm here to deliver food to Brother Wen. My mother has left your food in the pot, you go and serve it yourself. Eat.”
Humph, these rich people are all lazy and haven’t even gotten up yet.
Da Ya was very unhappy.
But she seems to have forgotten that on weekdays, she sleeps until three o'clock in the morning and everyone at home has had breakfast, then she gets up.
The reason why she got up early today was because there were rare guests at home. All the men were very eye-catching, especially Zheng Wenting and Chu Jingqi. Not only were they handsome, they were also young men from a wealthy family. This night , she was imagining her life as a young mistress. She was so excited that she didn't sleep much all night. She got up at dawn.
The steward of the Zheng family waved his hand and said impatiently, "Okay, my young master hasn't gotten up yet. You can leave the food in the pot first. My young master will wake up and eat on his own. From now on, you won't need to bring food to him." ”
If you delivered food every time, my young master would probably starve to death.
The steward of the Zheng family added one more sentence in his mind.
Seeing that Da Ya still didn't want to leave, the steward said sadly, "On weekdays, my young master is as busy as a top, spinning non-stop. On this rainy day, he is not even allowed to sleep in. Don’t let people live.”
"Go, go, if you dare, take the food away and stop knocking on the door. Otherwise, it will disturb my young master's good sleep and make you walk around without being able to eat."
After coaxing and scaring him, Da Ya was finally scared away by him.
Chu Jingqi and Ma Bao didn't come back until almost noon. When they came back, they were wearing raincoats, and one of them was carrying a large basket on their backs.
The basket was filled with things. The basket Ma Bao was carrying was placed directly on the carriage where Chu Cong and Chu Fei were riding when they passed by. No one saw it.
Chu Jingqi put the basket he was carrying directly into the kitchen and ordered Chu Fei to wash and tidy up everything inside. "I'm going to change some clothes and come out to help you." Ma Bao said.
Chu Fei looked around and saw two plucked chickens at the top of the basket, with a duck and pork underneath...but they couldn't be seen below.
Chu Fei said, "You and the prince haven't eaten yet. You'd better eat first. The pot is still warm. You eat first. Don't worry about getting these things."
She watched the fire in the stove all morning. The sparks in the stove pit were not extinguished and the food in the pot was still warm.
She turned around, opened the lid of the pot, took out all the food inside, and packed it for Chu Jingqi and Ma Bao.
Ma Bao's portion was handed to him directly, "Take it to the West Room to eat. I will also send the prince's portion over."
After thinking about it, she took a basin and fastened it to the top of the basket. Then she took the tray and went to the main room.
Xia Zihan was taking a clean towel to wipe the water drops on Chu Jingqi's hair. Chu Fei put down the food and hurried out.
No one was watching, so she worried about the stove.
Chu Cong also went to the kitchen, preparing to boil a pot of hot water for Chu Jingqi to take a bath. When she saw a basket full of ducks, chickens and pork, her eyes lit up, "Hey, where did this come from?"
"The prince and Ma Bao brought it back. Ma Bao said that there is another basket on our carriage, but..." She lowered her voice so that only Chu Cong could hear, "The prince said, there are not many things. , and we don’t know how long we will have to stay here. That basket of things was specially left for the master by the prince.”
Anyway, it's winter now, so I can keep things, and they won't go bad if I keep them for a long time.
Chu Cong said oh and understood.
They couldn't keep this basket of things. Zheng Wenting lived across the street. Even if he didn't give it to Li Sangwu, he would still give it to Zheng Wenting. Zheng Wenting was a good friend of the princess. She couldn't eat meat every day, and he had a big meal every day. Cabbage.
"Then you take care of it. I'll boil the hot water and bring it to the prince." Chu Cong opened the lid of the pot, flicked the pot cleanly, and started to boil the water.
Chu Fei took out all the things in the basket and counted them. It was quite serious. The prince and Ma Bao must have bought all the meat and vegetables in the whole village.
Half a fan of pork, half a piece of ribs, a pair of offal, six chickens, and four ducks, all washed clean and neat.
Half a fan of pork weighs more than 100 kilograms. It is a big pig, and the fat of the pig is six or seven inches thick. It is not a half-sized pig like the one Zheng Wenting's boy bought last time.
Just this half fan of pork can be eaten by the six of them for a month. However, this is a lot of pork. Chu Fei thought about it and cut off twenty kilograms, planning to have Ma Bao send it to Li Sangwu and Lao San later. eat.
And Zheng Wenting...
Chu Fei thought for a while and decided to forget it.
When Zheng Wenting arrived yesterday, she gave twenty taels of silver to the village chief, saying that she was going to eat at his house. Since he was eating at the village chief's house, the pork she gave to him would also be eaten by the village chief's family.
Humph, it wasn't that she was stingy and didn't want to feed the village chief and his family, but... she was unhappy after hearing what the village chief's wife said that morning.
If she is unhappy, the village chief and his family should stop trying to take advantage of her.
If Zheng Wenting is greedy, then she would rather give him some cooked food than give him raw food, so that the village chief and his family can enjoy it.
(End of chapter)