Chapter 15 Mixing into the Kitchen
In the evening, Xianglin's sister-in-law made a few simple dishes, and still put them on plates and sent them to Lin Yi's house as usual. She was still speechless and left after eating and delivering food. But he always pinched Lin Yi's time after dinner and appeared beside her at the right time and took away the empty dishes.
This makes Lin Yi very confused. Is it possible that Xianglin's sister-in-law has been watching outside when she was eating? Otherwise, why does it appear so timely every time, not too late?
This time, Lin Yi deliberately got close to Xianglin's sister-in-law because he had a pimple in his heart!
"Sister-in-law, I'd better do it. I always ask you to treat me like this. How embarrassing I am to be a girl!"
Xianglin's sister-in-law looked up at Lin Yi. Her eyes were not cold and still didn't say anything, but her hand did not stop. She took the tray and went out of the door.
Lin Yi knew that Xianglin's sister-in-law would not make friends with her easily, so he left a hand, secretly put his chopsticks in his sleeve, and slowly followed her.
When she went out of the room and was about to get to the kitchen, Xianglin's sister-in-law suddenly turned around and looked at Lin Yi, who was following her. The cool wind stirred her clothes and sounded. Xianglin's narrow eyes had a faint coolness in the night, just staring at Lin Yi, as if questioning her.
Lin Yi pulled out his chopsticks from the sleeve cage and said carefully, "Sister-in-law forgot this!"
Xianglin's sister-in-law held a tray in her hands and subconsciously didn't know how to empty her hand to pick up the chopsticks in Lin's hand. Although Lin Yi took out his chopsticks, he leaned back slightly. Obviously, he did not mean to hand over the chopsticks. He stared at Lin Yi's eyes for a while. His eyebrows were twisted and loosened, and the corners of his lips were pulled. There was a trace of hesitation in his eyes. Finally, he did not say anything and turned his body and stepped on the kitchen ladder.
Lin Yi was secretly overjoyed. In this way, even if Xianglin didn't accept herself, she didn't reject herself as before? Thinking of this, Lin Yi shuttled behind Xianglin's sister-in-law into the kitchen.
Several trays have been placed on the kitchen cases, which seem to have been used by the maids.
Before Xianglin's sister-in-law came to clean up, Lin Yi had already been one step faster and just put all the dirty dishes into a large pot with hot water and carefully cleaned them.
Unexpectedly, Xianglin's sister-in-law looked back and quickly stepped forward, took Lin Yi's wet hand, pointed to the big pot and pointed to several big wooden basins, and said in a hoarse voice, "Use that!"
Lin Yi realized that he had done something wrong, but when he saw that Xianglin's sister-in-law did not blame him, he spit out his tongue and lowered his head to lift the wooden basin under the case and put it on the case. Xianglin took the wooden ladle of the gourd and scooped all the hot water in the pot into the wooden basin.
"My sister-in-law, I'm sorry to trouble you!" Lin Yi sincerely apologized and knew that there was rarely a third person in the kitchen except for Hongzhu and Xianglin's sister-in-law. Even in this backyard, she had never seen a third person come in. So much so that she always doubts whether there is any service in the plum garden except for the little girl she saw for the first time, Hongyu, Hongzhu, Xianglin's sister-in-law and herself. In short, this plum garden is always full of inexperable deviousness. Thinking of Hongzhu's defensive look when she followed Hongyu into the kitchen last time, she was afraid that Xianglin was also a person who regarded the kitchen as her own territory, and she was afraid that an accident would make Xianglin think that she was also an invader who came to occupy her territory.
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Xianglin's sister-in-law didn't talk to each other. She took a clean cotton cloth in her hand. As soon as Lin washed a dish, she wiped the remaining water droplets on the dishes with a dry cotton cloth. The dishes were divided into categories and neatly placed in the cupboard.
Lin Yi secretly remembered Xianglin's sister-in-law's habit of putting dishes, and secretly observed her habit and position of packing things.
For the first time, every time Xianglin's sister-in-law packed up, Lin Yi always helped silently, but Lin Yi was always very careful and never did anything thrift. It has always been just to help Xianglin clean up the mess. It was also because of Lin Yi's unruly heart that Xianglin's sister-in-law slowly trusted her.
The Murong Palace has been lively for more than half a month. Although there are still people who come to congratulate from time on March 5 (harmonious words), after all, it is not to the extent that the affection or noble status can make Murong Palace enough to invite Murong Wan, who has been sick for a long time. So Meiyuan's kitchen began to prepare Murong Wan's food again.
Xianglin's sister-in-law is also busy and will call Lin Yi to help from time to time.
At the beginning, she just helped wash dishes, burn stoves and so on. Later, Xianglin's sister-in-law saw that she learned quickly and was not afraid of being dirty or tired, so she slowly sent her more work. Once I tried to let her deal with fresh vegetables. Seeing that she also seemed to know how to cook, she simply handed over the cutting and washing of vegetables to Lin Yi, and she was only responsible for cooking.
Since Lin Yi entered the backyard, Murong Wan didn't say anything about sending her work, and she didn't even mention seeing her. On the one hand, she is happy to have something to pass the time, and more importantly, she can enter the kitchen from time to time to pay attention to Hongzhu's every move, so she is willing to be a small worker of Xianglin's sister-in-law, and she is becoming more and more convenient.
It's just that Hongzhu saw that she was always walking in the kitchen and became more and more hostile to her. Every time she saw her, she didn't even nod. She always stared at her fiercely and didn't seem to like Xianglin's sister-in-law very much.
Lin Yi never cares about it. He just thinks he hasn't seen it, but always returns with a gentle smile with red beads. However, he still consciously withdrew from the kitchen quietly every time Hongzhu was dispensing medicine, but he quietly hid behind the ginkgo tree and secretly observed.
The red bead pretends to be fine on the surface, but they are more careful when dispensing the medicine.
Before it was time for lunch, Hongyu came.
Entering the courtyard door, he went straight to the kitchen and saw Hongzhu handing over a burden in Hongzhu: "Hongzhu, this is the medicine just sent to the second lady in the palace. Please put it away."
"Sister Hongyu! You're here!" Lin Yi was originally burning behind the stove. At first glance, he saw Hongyu coming. He hurriedly got up and wiped his hands on his apron, bypassed the stove and walked to Hongyu, staring at Hongyu.
Hongyu turned around and took Lin Yi's hand with a smile and walked to the Eight Immortals table: "I heard from my sister-in-law that you are now helping my sister-in-law in the kitchen. Are you still used to it?"
"My sister-in-law doesn't mind that I'm rude and causing trouble to her. There are people who are not used to it!" Lin Yi finally caught the 'normal person' Hongyu, and he always had to talk well.
"It's also you, but you are diligent and idle. You haven't been able to nourish yourself yet, but you are in a hurry to work hard! If every person in this house is like you, the person in charge will be worry-free!" Hongyu picked up the brocade handkerchief and fanned the wind, smiling with kindness.
"You don't know that Xianglin's sister-in-law makes delicious food in different ways every day. I have gained a lot of weight and grown a lot!" Lin Yixian walked around Hongyu like a treasure, thinking that Murong Wan could remember that her body had been recuperated and could help serve Murong Wan.
"Ye! It has grown a lot!" Hongyu nodded with appreciation, but did not mention anything about Lin Yi's concern.
"Sister, I don't know how the second lady is doing recently?" Lin Yi saw that Hongyu did not respond, so he blinked his eyes and asked.
"Sister Meng is worried that the young lady has a elixirs and Hongyu is carefully serving her. There is a bad reason there!" Hongyu didn't seem to see Lin blinking while talking, but glanced at Hongzhu.
"By the way, sister, I'm almost raised. When do you think I'm going to visit Miss Xie?" Lin Yi was anxious and simply made it clear.
"No hurry, no hurry." Hongyu said, got up and raised her eyes to look in the yard: "Where has Sister-in-law Xianglin gone?"
Lin Yi was a little frustrated, but he said with a smile on his face, "My sister-in-law has brought fresh vegetables, and it's time to come back now."
While talking, Xianglin's sister-in-law had already stepped into the courtyard door with a basket.
Hongyu greeted him: "If you say Cao Cao, Cao will arrive. If you are really a person, don't talk about people!" After saying that, he walked to Xianglin's sister-in-law, reached out to hold the bamboo basket on Xianglin's wrist, and raised his eyebrows to Lin Yi's side with deep meaning.
Xianglin's sister-in-law stared at Lin Yi and put a little force on her wrist, so that Hongyu did not grab it. She pulled the corners of Hongyu's mouth: "What's the matter?"
Hongyu's waist and limbs gently swing into the kitchen, went to the edge of the Eight Immortals table and handed a paper bag to Xianglin's sister-in-law: "No, Aunt Su asked someone to send two catties of bird's nest to moisten the young lady's throat. Sister-in-law, put it away!"
"Where do you put it!" Xianglin's sister-in-law's hoarse voice is faint, and she can't hear joy, anger and sorrow!
"Sister-in-law is still..." Hongyu grim around and continued to say.
"..." Xianglin's sister-in-law glanced at Hongyu, swept Linyi's side, and went to pick up vegetables. Lin Yi hurried forward to help Xianglin's sister-in-law.
"Then my sister-in-law and sisters are busy first." There was still a bright smile on her little face: "Yes, sister-in-law, at noon, the young lady wanted to eat bird's nest chicken porridge. She happened to send two catties of good food, so she bothered her sister-in-law for her hard work!"
"...It's not hard!" Xianglin's sister-in-law did not raise her head and said indifferently with a little hesitation.
"Then I'll go back to serve the lady first!" Hongyu waved her hand, lifted the skirt and stepped out of the door.
Lin Yi bent down and said, "Sister Hongyu, go well!"
Turning around, he saw Hongzhu staring at himself hostilely. He rolled his eyes and quietly returned to Xianglin's sister-in-law.
Looking back, she saw Xianglin's sister-in-law holding the magic bright and sharp kitchen knife in her hand. There was a piece of good chicken breast on the cutting board, and her eyes stared at the chicken in a daze.
"sister-in-law?" Lin Yi had never seen Xianglin's sister-in-law look like this, and she looked confused and at a loss, so he whispered.
Xianglin's sister-in-law hesitated for a moment before raising her eyes, her face turned pale, and her eyes looked at Lin Yi with dementia.
Lin was in a hurry: "Is your sister-in-law all right?"
When she was about to reach out to touch Xianglin's forehead, Xianglin's body leaned back, dodged Lin Yi's hand, secretly glanced in the direction of Hongzhu, and leaned close to Lin Yi's ear and lowered her voice: "I can't make refreshing (harmonious) slippery chicken silk!"
"Ah?" Lin Yi shouted out, and Zhen's head and Xianglin's sister-in-law's eyes met. Only then did he realize that there was a third person in the room. He hurriedly covered his mouth and looked at Xianglin's sister-in-law's embarrassed look in disbelief.