Seeing her sister-in-law fry a few pieces of tofu, Chen Heng smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, fry a few more pieces of tofu and put more green onions. I like it."
"Don't worry, I guarantee you'll have enough." Xia said with a smile, "By the way, we're going to Lord Lu's house for dinner tonight. I have to go cook. Ah Heng, put on your clothes and dress yourself decently."
"Why did you suddenly go to Lord Lu's house to eat?" Shen Heng was surprised.
Xie Jian said, "In the middle of the month, you will be transferred to the imperial capital to serve as a deputy minister of the Ministry of Personnel. This is a celebration. Everyone in the government office will be there."
"Sir, are you going to be promoted?" Although she didn't know what kind of official this Yuanwailang was, but being transferred from a small county to the capital meant he must have been promoted. Shen Heng was too surprised.
"I guess so." Xie Jian also found out about this a few days ago. At first, he was extremely angry and even hopeless. He felt like he was abandoned by something. But he is not the same person he was before. Then he thought, if the teacher wanted to be promoted, he would not have been just a small official until now. There must be a reason for this.
It was a rare opportunity that the sky cleared up in the evening.
When Shen Heng returned home, Xia had already gone to Lord Lu's house to make preparations, and Xie Jian was waiting for her.
After changing into the clothes she bought today, Shen Heng put on some rouge and lipstick, which was rare for her. Although she has ordinary facial features, she is very pleasing to the eye from a close-up. Now that she put on some powder, the filter came on.
Xie Jian stood at the door and watched Shen Heng look in the mirror for a while after she finished drawing her eyebrows, and then looked in the mirror again after applying powder. She also looked at her lips after applying them. Then she took a few steps back, turned around in front of the mirror a few times, and sat down to touch up her lips here and there.
It took a long time.
"My sister-in-law took a mop and went."
Chen Heng turned around and glanced at him: "Sister-in-law is cooking. That's right, I have to go and help, otherwise sister-in-law will be tired. Bring me the coarse cloth kitchen skirt behind the kitchen door." Thinking of this, she decided not to dress up. She hadn't dressed up for a long time and her hands were itching to do so.
Xie Jian heaved a sigh of relief, finally woke up, and obediently went to get the stove skirt.
As the two of them were leaving, Chen Heng said to Xie Jian, "Girls all dress like this. I'm pretty quick. Some girls dress up and it takes them an hour to get out."
Xie Jian looked disapproving, but said nothing.
As a court official, Lu Ji'an had a palace of his own, which was not big, just a courtyard with two entrances. Not only he lived there, but also another adult.
When Chen Heng and Xie Jian arrived, the adults and the yamen runners were chatting and laughing.
Including the family and children, there were four tables.
The ones who cooked were not other women, but the concubines.
"This must be Madam Chen. The eldest sister-in-law of the Xie family praised her sister-in-law to the heavens and the earth. I was so envious when I heard that." A sister-in-law pulled Shen Heng to her side and said with a smile.
"That's right. Look at what Madam Shen is holding in her hand. She's here to help Sister Xie. How thoughtful."
"Why would you help me? We women are busy enough."
Everyone was talking to each other, and if someone couldn't squeeze in to help, it would be nice to just chat with them.
"Hello, sisters-in-law. Chen Heng is polite." Chen Heng was teased and bowed slightly to the sisters-in-law.
"Then we have to return the gift." The sisters-in-law giggled after returning the gift.
Xia took the kitchen skirt from Shen Heng's hand and said with a smile, "You're not needed here. There are a few women talking in the small garden at the back, and the children are there too. You can go play there."
"Tang." Chen Heng was not polite. With so many people around, the sister-in-law wouldn't be tired.
This house was cleverly built. The so-called small garden was actually a connection between the first and second houses, connected by a corridor, pavilion and a small pond. Several children were playing there, and seventeen-year-old women were chatting and laughing with each other.
Chen Heng was a social expert in the shop every day, but since no one knew her, she didn't need to rush around for business, so she was too lazy to make friends. Instead, she went to the opposite corner to rest and looked at the fish pond under the corridor.
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