Chapter 176 I Don’t Want Chili
Lunch was prepared by Zhucui and Chengmao, brother and sister.
It's a simple noodle dish.
The stewed pork with minced meat and soaked dried beans is poured over the white, tender and smooth noodles. It is a very common home-cooked dish.
Zhu Cui's cooking skills were OK. The noodles were not amazing, but tasted mild. Paired with the braised pork head brought from home, everyone had a big bowl.
In the afternoon, Song Jingyun went to the academy to study, while Jiang Mixia took Zhucui and Chengmao to familiarize themselves with the conditions of each room at home, and told them what they should do every day, as well as her and Song Jingyun's habits.
On the second day, Jiang Mixia took the brother and sister to the street to familiarize them with the nearby streets, the shops and restaurants she often visited, and the location of Wende Academy, so that it would be convenient for her to instruct them to run errands.
Jiang Mixia explained in detail, Zhucui and Chengmao listened attentively, and took note of it in their hearts.
After about three or four days, the brother and sister were almost familiar with the surrounding conditions, and they could run errands smoothly wherever Jiang Mixia asked them to.
If they really encountered a place they had never been to before, they would no longer be afraid.
After all, there is a mouth under your nose. If you really can't find it, just ask.
Jiang Mixia was quite satisfied with Zhucui and Chengmao because they were serious and down-to-earth in their work and not rigid and inflexible in their work.
The tasks of Zhucui and Chengmao were also initially finalized after a few days of coordination.
Basically, Zhucui is in charge of the domestic affairs, while Chengmao is in charge of the external affairs. The two are originally siblings, and they cooperate well with each other at this time.
At noon, Cheng Mao got instructions and went to the restaurant to buy pickled goose, boiled dried shredded pork, and Dongpo pork, which he paired with steamed rice and boiled cabbage soup for lunch.
Cheng Mao was very familiar with the way to the restaurant, and because he had been there often in the past few days, the waiters in the restaurant also knew him. They put the prepared dishes into food boxes and handed them to Cheng Mao.
Although Cheng Mao was only twelve years old, he inherited Ding Fu's tall stature. He was tall and big, and looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old. He was also very strong. He could carry a heavy food box steadily without spilling any soup.
Walking all the way back from the restaurant, I ran into Niu when I got to the alley.
Because she had lost her front teeth, Niu didn't like to go out these days, and she didn't like chatting with people. She went out now because it was noon. The people selling vegetables at the stalls outside had been there for the whole morning and must be a little exhausted. They would sell them at a lower price, so vegetables could be bought very cheaply at this time.
Niu originally went out with her head down, but when she smelled the fragrance of food, she couldn't help but look up, and saw Cheng Mao coming towards her.
Niu had never seen Cheng Mao before, and didn't recognize him, but when she saw him walking in this alley with a tall stature, she immediately became alert, "Which store are you looking for?"
Niu had lost her front teeth, and her speech was unclear because of a bleed in her voice.
Cheng Mao was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "I don't want chili."
This time it was Niu's turn to be stunned. After a moment, she realized that because of her words, the young man in front of her had misheard. She was anxious and angry, but she could not show her anger on her face. She just asked word by word, "Which family are you looking for?"
"Oh, you're asking me which house I'm looking for." Cheng Mao suddenly realized, "I'm not looking for anyone else's house. I'm going home. Look, my house is over there."
Cheng Mao pointed as he spoke.
Following the direction of Cheng Mao's finger, Niu saw the homes of Jiang Mixia and Song Jingyun.
"Are you her relative?"
"No." Cheng Mao shook his head. "I am a servant of Madam Jiang and Mr. Song. My name is Cheng Mao."
Servant?
Niu lowered her head and saw the heavy and large food box in Cheng Mao's hand. She immediately remembered what Song Jingyun had said before, that because Jiang Mixia was tired from going out to buy food every day, he wanted to buy a servant for Jiang Mixia.
Niu was very angry when she heard such words at first, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that the reason why Song Jingyun said that was simply to save his own face and not to lose face in front of others. In addition, he also wanted to deliberately anger her.
But generally speaking, it's just a casual remark. After all, to buy a servant, one would cost 10 to 20 taels of silver. Not only do you have to provide food and drink for the servant, you also have to pay him a monthly salary. It's not something that most people can afford to pay with such a small amount of money.
Unexpectedly, Song Jingyun actually bought the servant back, and asked him to run errands for Jiang Mixia to buy food from the restaurant.
It’s really infuriating!
Niu stamped her feet, glared at Cheng Mao fiercely, then turned back and slammed the door.
The force was so great that the dust on top of the door fell down in a flutter.
Cheng Mao was stunned and scratched the back of his head again and again.
Did I say something wrong?
No.
Why is this person so angry? This is really strange...
Cheng Mao was so surprised that he looked around twice when he arrived at the door with the food box.
"What are you looking at?" Jiang Mixia was pruning branches in the yard so that the flowers and plants could survive the winter smoothly. Seeing Cheng Mao looking at the door, she asked.
"I just met a strange person."
Cheng Mao told Jiang Mixia everything that had just happened, and at the end he said, "That man is really strange. He has a leaky mouth when he speaks, and it seems that he has lost his teeth. But he doesn't look too old, so it's probably not time for him to lose his teeth yet."
Anyway...
Weird!
Jiang Mixia had recently heard that Niu had lost her front teeth. As soon as she heard this, she guessed that the person talking to Cheng Mao was Niu.
As for the reason why Niu was angry, it was probably because she saw that the family had indeed bought a servant.
As Cheng Mao said, this Niu family is really interesting.
Instead of living your own life well, you are always focusing on how other people are living.
Jiang Mixia shook her head, and reminded Cheng Mao and Zhu Cui that they should not pay too much attention to Niu when they met her in the future, but if Niu said anything annoying or hurtful, they should talk back and never let themselves suffer any grievances.
Although Zhu Cui and Cheng Mao didn't understand the reason, since Jiang Mixia asked them to do this, there must be a reason. They didn't need to ask any more questions and just did as they were told.
Furthermore, they were so good to the master, and since Jiang Mixia said that they could talk back, it could only mean that Niu was not a good person! Niu was not a good person. She was sulking in the yard, and she didn't even want to go out, so as not to encounter people and things that made her upset again.
But when he thought that after noon, the vegetable vendors might have sold out and left, and he would have no vegetables to eat that day, he gritted his teeth and went out.
Homework from a naughty kid: Have you seen similar phenomena in your daily life? Please describe them briefly.
The naughty kid answered: I have never seen a sharp phenomenon (yes, there are typos, and my fist is already hard!)
(End of this chapter)
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