Pei Weixuan seemed to know what Yu Niang was thinking, and when Yu Niang's eyes glowed to look at him, he nodded slightly, "Yes."

Xu Qinyu couldn't help laughing out loud, "Fourth brother, I haven't even said what it is, you can say yes."

Pei Weixuan said slowly, "I know what Yu Niang wants to say, so I can try it."

Xu Qinyu tapped his fingers on the wooden table twice, thinking about the reliability of this method in his heart. This method must require the efforts of the fourth brother.

It is impossible for the Wen family to let Aunt Gui leave the Wen family easily, and it is impossible for Mrs. Wen to write a letter to release the concubine.

If you don't get Concubine Gui's idea home sooner, the Wen family might use Concubine Gui to persecute the Pei family or she will do something in the future.

Now the Wen family is also a commoner, and they may still have some money, but when they run out of money, they will definitely find ways to make a living.

Hearing what the cheap mother-in-law said just now, the Wen family now makes Sanfang work with the two old concubines, and they are reluctant to buy slaves back. It seems that there is not much money left. When they know that she is good at cooking, they use Concubine Gui to force her to follow her. The Wen family partnered to open a restaurant, and it was even worse, forcing her to work for the Wen family, did she agree or not?

If you don't agree, Concubine Gui will definitely not have good fruit to eat, and the cheap mother-in-law will be sad when she sees it.

If you agree-

Bah, she won't be different. She's not the kind of person who easily compromises, and she will definitely have another idea to save Concubine Gui.

So taking advantage of this time, we must quickly rescue Concubine Gui.

"Fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law, what are you talking about? Did the fourth sister-in-law think of a way to bring her grandmother back?" Pei Jianing was so anxious at the moment, seeing that the fourth brother and the fourth sister-in-law were still playing dumb riddles, she couldn't help but ask directly.

She also hoped that Concubine Gui could be brought back soon, she didn't want to deal with Wen's family.

Although she felt bad when her mother went to smell the pulp and wash the laundry this time, it was also because of Concubine Gui, she really couldn't do anything about it.

If it was her, she couldn't think of a way, and she wouldn't give up her family. Even though she often dislikes her mother for being too gentle and a little weak, she also loves Wen and her family.

Xu Qinyu smiled slyly, leaned over and muttered a few words to a few people.

Pei Jianing's eyes became brighter as he listened, "I also think this method can be tried. If you are a selfish person like the Wen family, you will definitely take the bait."

Wen Shi was a little flustered, "Can this method work?"

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "The fourth brother said that it can be done. After the fourth brother makes the medicine, he will try it."

Several people discussed for another half an hour, and the last family washed up and went to sleep.

Pei Weixuan went out the next day just after eating the morning meal.

Xu Qinyu asked, "Fourth brother, you want me to accompany you."

Pei Weixuan glanced at her, "No, I'll be back in a while."

Xu Qinyu nodded, watching her fourth brother leave the courtyard, she also went back to the kitchen and started to get busy.

There is still a lot of food to fry today, and she has to get everything ready quickly.

Fried meatballs, radish meatballs, fried fish, these use vegetable oil.

Xu Qinyu bought a few catties of soybean oil two days ago. There is already soybean oil here, but the price is more expensive than boiling lard.

These croquettes must use vegetable oil, which tastes better.

She went to the kitchen to prepare the meat stuffing first. For frying, the oil temperature and the stuffing are the keys. What she cooks is home-style. First, mince the pork into a puree, add salt, eggs, mung bean starch, a little five-spice powder, and chopped green onion. Finally, pour in the ginger water and stir vigorously in one direction. The ginger water can remove the fishy smell and increase the fragrance. Pour it slowly in several times.

When the oil is 70% warm, she can squeeze out a chubby meatball with her hands and drop it into the oil pan.

Wen Shi helped her turn the meatballs in the oil pan occasionally.

Pei Jianing was helping to wash and shred radishes. The shredded radishes she cut out were not good-looking, but they had to be blanched and chopped in a while, so it didn't matter if the knife was not good enough.

The radish here is green-skinned radish, which is full of water and tastes more like radish, crisp and sweet.

After the meatballs were fried, Xu Qinyu tasted one. It tasted delicious, charred on the outside and tender on the inside. When bitten open, the gravy burst out. Pei Jianing ate a few in one go, and Wen also tasted one and said It was delicious, Xu Qinyu put a few more in bowls for Brother Feng and Sister Xian, and asked them to eat slowly.

When went out to have a look again, the little black panther kept begging for meatballs with the two children, and it was still wagging its thin black tail.

Brother Feng and Sister Xian were very conflicted, the meatballs were so delicious, they were not reluctant to part with them, but they knew the preciousness of food after the journey of exile.

Seeing the little black panther looking at them pitifully, he finally relented and ate half of it, throwing half into the little black panther's bowl.

The little black panther immediately ate half of the meatball thrown to it by the two children, and then squatted down in front of the two children and continued to look at them eagerly.

The two children became even more entangled.

Xu Qinyu couldn't help laughing, and went back to the kitchen to start frying radish balls. After blanching the shredded radish, chop it into cubes, add eggs, salt, a little five-spice powder, and a little green onion, and stir well. Finally, add flour and continue stirring in one direction. It becomes a radish paste state.

The fried radish balls taste no worse than meatballs. They are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. There is no meat filling inside, but they are also very fragrant.

Not long after, Pei Weixuan also came back. The medicinal materials he bought were boiled in a small stove to make a plaster, and finally spread evenly on the gauze to make a plaster that can be attached to the skin.

He made several plasters and handed them over to Wen.

Wen Shi took the plaster, told his family and planned to go out.

Xu Qinyu explained to her carefully in the past, and Wen Shi nodded heavily, "Then Yuniang, I'm going out first."

After Wenshi left, Xu Qinyu made fried fish and fried lotus root clips again.

It's a pity that there are no sweet potatoes here. Otherwise, make some sweet potato balls, which are sweet and soft.

After frying the fried food, there is still a lot of oil left, which can also be put away for cooking.

...

Let's say that Wen Shi put some plasters on his body and went straight to Wen's house. Aunt Gui opened the door. The master sighed, but didn't say anything, and asked people to come into the house, and then invited them to the side room.

After entering the ear room, Aunt Gui couldn't help but said, "It's almost Chinese New Year, why are you still here?"

She didn't want her daughter to wash clothes at Wen's house and be tortured by Mrs. Wen's wife. She had been hesitant before because she knew very well that even if she told her daughter that she wanted to leave Wen's house, as long as Mrs. Wen didn't let her go, she would not let her go. If you can't leave, it's better not to tell your daughter about it.

For more than two months, her daughter kept telling her in her ears to leave Wen's house and live outside with her and her grandson. She also said that Yuniang was also very good, and the three of them in the Pei family were lucky to meet Yuniang's good daughter-in-law.

Why didn't she want to? How could she really want to stay at Wen's house and be tortured by Mrs. Wen.

Wen opened the door of the ear room, looked around, but did not see anyone, so she whispered a few words in Aunt Gui's ear.

After hearing this, Aunt Gui was shocked, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that this method was feasible. She knew Mrs. Wen and Mrs. Wen very well, and knew what kind of people they were.

She said: "Okay, then I will post it immediately."

Wen helped Aunt Gui put a pair of plasters on her armpits, and hid the rest under the bed, "Brother Xuan said, you can just change the remaining plasters in seven days, and it won't hurt you, just There will be some symptoms, but it’s not true, Yuniang also said that this method should work, she just told us to be strict, and said that as long as we keep the news from the family, this thing will definitely work.”

Aunt Gui nodded, thinking that at such an advanced age, her children and grandchildren had to worry about her, and she couldn't help feeling a little sad.

The mother and daughter said a few words in the second room, and a clear female voice sounded outside, "Auntie? But auntie is here."

This is Wen Yunling's voice.

Wen Shi paused, before she could respond.

Wen Yunling had already pushed open the door of the ear room and came in directly.

Seeing Mrs. Wen, she smiled and said, "It's the Chinese New Year, why is my aunt coming here?"

Wen said in a low voice, "I'm worried about Aunt Gui, come and see her."

Wen Yunling didn't even look at Aunt Gui, and continued to stand at the door and talk to Wen, "By the way, Auntie, I heard that my sister-in-law set up a stall to sell some food. It tastes very good. Auntie might bring some for us to taste." Try it? Even if you don’t want to give it to us, you should bring some to Aunt Gui.”

Wen's heart woke up.

She said: "Yu Niang's craftsmanship is average, and the fish she cooks don't have such a strong fishy smell. The people on the South Street and North Street are all poor people who have never eaten good food. The fish is cheap and has no fishy smell. Naturally, they treat it as meat and fish. Relieve the gluttony. Besides, my aunt is old, and it's easy to get stuck eating fish, so I didn't bring it with me. I just bought some steamed buns and wontons to bring to my aunt on the way."

She did not bring Yuniang's food to Aunt Gui on weekdays, but it was because of Yuniang's craftsmanship and Wen's family.

Because Yuniang's craftsmanship is so amazing, she has eaten food from the imperial dining room for twenty years, and no imperial chef can catch up with Yuniang's cooking skills.

Yuniang's culinary skills are very good, but she might get into trouble easily, so she would never brag about Yuniang's cooking skills to the Wen family.

What if you bring it to Wen's family to see and eat, to know about Yuniang's craftsmanship, and what do you think about Yuniang's craftsmanship? Aunt Gui is still at Wen's house, so what if she uses Aunt Gui to threaten Yuniang, so she knows that Aunt Gui won't be able to eat enough at Wen's house and won't bring the food made by Yuniang. Bring wontons to my aunt.

After hearing this, Wen Yunling thought it made sense, but vaguely felt it was wrong. Wen Shuncheng told Wen Shungong's two brothers that the people on the South Street boasted that the fish made by Xu Qinyu was very delicious.

But she thought about it carefully, Xu Qinyu is only so old, and only fifteen if he counts everything, how could he be better than a chef who has been in charge for many years.

I'm afraid it's because the culinary skills are not bad, and just know the recipe for cooking fish, so the cooked fish has no fishy smell, and it's just a hard-earned money to sell at a low price.

After hearing this, Wen Yunling lacked interest, and left the penthouse without saying hello to Mrs. Wen and Aunt Gui, and went out the gate.

After she came back yesterday, she cried to her grandmother, and said that the three-bedroom and two concubine brothers did not help her and let outsiders bully her. Grandmother was really furious and wanted to trouble the two concubine brothers, but they didn't return, and they didn't know how to run away. Where did he go, and he didn't return until it was time to eat evening food.

Those two brats, if you have the ability, don't go back to Wen's house for the rest of your life!

Seeing that Wen Yunling had finally left, it was inconvenient for Wen to stay for a long time, and she explained a few words to Aunt Gui. She knew that Aunt Gui was soft-tempered, but she was never a talkative person, and she was even very strict. Said outside.

...

Xu Qinyu has already fried the fish nuggets and lotus root clips, so there is no need to prepare other things.

In the next two days, she had a rare rest. The house was being cleaned, and Wen would not let her touch it at all, saying that she was already busy enough on weekdays, and it was rare to rest for a few days, so she should take a good rest. It happened that these days were sunny, so during the day She just sat in the courtyard with a small stick and watched the two children, nibbling melon seeds and eating spiced peanuts, and watching the little black leopard running around the yard with a stick in its mouth, or the little white jade in its mouth. running in and out.

After being in contact with the little white snake for more than two months, Xu Qinyu felt that she was not so afraid of snakes anymore.

No, it should be that I am not so afraid of Baiyu. Besides being a snake, it is delicate and not poisonous. It will not make people get goosebumps. If she meets other cobras and rattlesnakes, she can jump three feet high.

Although the little white snake eats and sleeps all the time, it looks much bigger than when the fourth brother brought it back.

Xu Qinyu sat in the yard eating melon seeds, watching her mother-in-law, sister Ning and fourth brother all busy.

Sister Ning didn't complain when she saw Sisao resting. She knew how tired Sisao was from cooking and eating, but she was a little childish. Go help with the work.

Looking at Wen Shi, Xu Qinyu felt that as a mother-in-law, Wen Shi would be the kind of person that her daughter-in-law would like no matter what era she was. Wen Shi even washed her close-fitting clothes by hand. She was actually quite embarrassed and wanted to do it herself, but Wen Shi refused, saying that it was just a matter of convenience, and that she was already tired enough every day, and other housework was not enough. Need her to worry about.

As for the households in Osmanthus Alley, which one is not the daughter-in-law who works, not only cooking but also washing the clothes of the whole family.

This kind of mother-in-law who is willing to help her daughter-in-law wash her underwear is probably rare in this era.

After resting like this for two days, Xu Qinyu felt much more comfortable.

Tomorrow is the Chinese New Year, and the family plans to have a family reunion dinner in the evening, and then they can go shopping in the market after the reunion dinner.

This is Xu Qinyu's first year here. I don't know what it feels like. In her previous life, she was an orphan with no family and no one to rely on. She didn't know why her parents abandoned her. According to the mother of the orphanage , She was picked up in the trash can. Someone passed by and heard crying, crying like a little milk cat. When she looked inside, she was a baby in swaddling. If it wasn't for being heard crying that night, maybe she He was thrown into the garbage truck as garbage and died long ago.

In this life, she has relatives. She has occupied Yuanshen's body. don't know if Yuanshen's parents are doing well in Beijing. hope everyone can have a happy new year and good luck.

Turning over, Xu Qinyu wiped the corners of her eyes and prepared to sleep.

Hearing Pei Jianing talking to her, "Sister-in-law Fourth."

Xu Qinyu hummed.

Pei Jianing: "Tomorrow is the Chinese New Year."

Not only Xu Qinyu was emotional, but the Pei family couldn't sleep.

Xu Qinyu hummed again.

"Sis, thank you." Pei Jianing whispered.

If it weren't for the fourth sister-in-law, the whole family would not know if they could survive in this place. Even if they survived, it would be extremely difficult. Now because of the fourth sister-in-law, their family has no worries about food and drink. She is really grateful to the fourth sister-in-law.

Xu Qinyu smiled, "We are all a family, and we all work hard to live a good life together."

After the new year, she also had other ideas. After Aunt Gui came back, Wen's family didn't have to go to Wen's house to wash clothes for Aunt Gui's sake. When the time came, she wanted Wen's and Sister Ning to make bags and sell them at home.

Yes, it is a must-have for almost every woman in modern society, bag.

This is what she thought after seeing those purses at Xia's sister-in-law's cloth shop two days ago.

The girls here just go out with their purses, which can hardly hold anything except a few pieces of silver, so she came up with this idea. Bags are a fashion must-have. It is also very convenient to carry a bag, so she thought about giving it a try. If it really works, Wen and Ning will have their own affairs.

She hoped that Mrs. Wen and Mrs. Ning could also have their own careers.

She will set up a stall for a few months after the next year, which is almost enough money to open a restaurant. At that time, she will hire some laborers and waiters, and take in a few apprentices, so there is no need for Mrs. Wen and Mrs. Ning to hang around her business all the time. .

As for the fourth brother, she hasn't thought of what the fourth brother can do so far, so the fourth brother will continue to help her first, the fourth brother is very skilled at beating fish mud and killing fish.

After thinking about it, Xu Qinyu fell asleep in a daze.