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The Nanny Xu laughed, "Only this family has it, the price is more expensive than meat, and only we, the Xu family, can afford to eat it."

"It's all thanks to the blessings of the Seventh Sister that I was able to eat this ointment crab." Xu Mingmei was actually the one who liked to eat crabs the most, he took out a spoonful of crab yolk and sighed.

Wan Yi scolded her for speaking nonsense, but her hands moved. Wan Rou carefully used eight pieces of Crab to serve her while bleeding in her heart. Such an expensive crab only had a few bites, she might as well exchange it for silver for her.

However, Xu Mingwei knew how expensive this crab was. The other crabs didn't have any ointment at all, they were just eating their shells. Every year at this time, Lady Helan's mother would order a basket of crabs to send to the Xu family. This year, it was probably because the Lady Helan had been angered by her mother's family since a long time ago, and her family had to return to the ancestral home to pay respects.

Nanny Xu had already turned on the stove and poured the soup into the cauldron. The soup was originally hot, and after a while, it started to boil.

The Nanny Xu was not in a hurry as she brushed off the foam on the noodle soup with a ladle. When the fragrance was out, she dipped a finger length of sweet onion into the sauce bowl and wiped her hands clean. Then, she picked up the inch-long knife and quickly sliced the mutton into pieces.

With a flick of her wrist, a piece of mutton as thin as a cicada's wing appeared wherever the sharp knife passed. It was as if it was a shy young girl. It was slightly trembling with a pink hue that caused people to be amazed.

Xu Mingmei was not afraid now, she went closer to look at Nanny Xu's movements, and praised: "Grandma's blade technique is so handsome."

Nanny Xu only laughed, she did not say a word, and saw that everyone had already mixed the meat pieces with the sauce and poured them into the soup, then used the chopsticks to stir the meat pieces up before speaking to Xu Mingwei and the others, "When the lamb pieces float up, the girls can make their move."

Xu Mingmei immediately held the bowl up, when the meat was cooked, she immediately took down the chopsticks and went to fish, and only dipped the chopsticks in the sauce after blowing on it to cool it down. As expected, it was fresh and tender, and she couldn't help but urge Nanny Xu, "Grandma will cut more meat, it's really good."

Seeing that she was tasty, Xu Mingwei stuffed the cold mutton meat in his bowl into her bowl and advised, "Eat slowly, don't burn it yourself."

The Nanny Xu's heart ached watching from the side. Good lamb was fed to the cats like this, but her hands did not dare to slow down. The small plate of mutton was full of meat, both empty and full.

Xu Mingwei did not eat much, but picked a bowl of lamb meat and mixed it with soy sauce, then handed it over to Wan Ting for her to send to the courtyard.

Although she didn't specify whom it was for, everyone knew clearly that besides that Peaches, who else could it be? Wan Ting had only angered her earlier in the day, so even if she was unwilling, she still received the bowl of lamb porridge and went to find peaches with her cheeks puffed up.

Bi Tao naturally did not mention his gratitude when he received Xu Mingwei's bowl of lamb grilled meat. That night, everyone in moon-nesting ate until their stomachs were full. When the night came, they were so tired that they even went to the kitchen to give moon-nesting a cup of tea. When the tea was delivered to the fourth wife, Xu Minglan sneered. It was only a few plates of mutton slices. She was in the second main house and was actually like a country bumpkin who had never eaten meat before, greedy for food. If it was her, she wouldn't have the face to meet anyone.

When Xi Shi heard his lady's mocking words, he looked at each other and endured it. What the big kitchen sent to the moon-nesting was a film, the knife personally held by the Nanny Xu, but on the girl's side, it was sent by the little girls. The film had already been taken long ago, the better it was, I wouldn't have been foolish to think about it. Furthermore, the ointment crab was bought by the second wife with silver, so she only gave one to moon-nesting. It was not that the Lady Ji was stingy, it was already difficult to buy ointment crabs at this time, it was already not easy to order such a small basket.

The young lady had already gotten into a fight with Xu Mingwei previously because the big kitchen was trying to please him, so Xi Shi and Xi Yun could hear some of it. They also instructed the other girls in the room to keep their mouths shut for fear that Xu Minglan would do the same as last time, finish messing up her own silver and look for a replacement from them.

But with Xu Minglan's personality, other people would definitely not listen to her advice. Xi Shi watched as Xu Minglan kept walking around in the room, opening all of the luggage chests and putting on new dresses before returning them back to the chests.

Xi Chun followed behind her and cleaned up, none of them daring to advise her against it. After struggling for less than an hour, Xu Minglan suddenly gritted her teeth and said to Xi Shi, "Let's go to moon-nesting!"

Xi Yun was puzzled. What was this girl planning to do?

On the other hand, Xi Shi understood what he meant and advised, "Miss, seven girls is smaller than you.

Xu Minglan laughed and said, "What's there to be afraid of? Newly made dresses will always have some sizes, it really doesn't fit you well, you guys can just change it when you come back."

Xi Qing, who had been silent all this time, shook her head at the three girls. The lady had already made up her mind, there was no point in talking anymore, she might as well go back early, or else, the few people in the room might not even need to sleep tonight.

Xi Shi could only sigh to himself, he signaled with his lantern to lead the way, and after going around three rooms's courtyard, they soon arrived at the main house's courtyard.

The old gatekeeping woman recognized them and she felt strange in her heart. Could it be that the young ladies in the house were going to sleep in seven girls's room today? six girls still hadn't left, yet another five girls had come.

When the wife informed Xu Minglan that she had come, both Xu Mingwei and Xu Mingmei were stunned. It was already past Hai Shui time. If not for the fact that they had eaten too much tonight and were chatting and eating chess, they would have been lying in bed by now.

and Xu Mingmei looked at each other. Wan Rong had already lured Xu Minglan in. Seeing the two in casual clothes, a trace of contempt flashed past Xu Minglan's eyes. Without even asking Xu Mingmei, he said proudly to him, "Tomorrow, I will go to the Fu Family to play. Has Seventh Sister prepared clothes and accessories?"

Wan Ting thought that it was out of concern for her, and did not see Wan Rong stopping her. She said in a playful manner, "Miss should have chosen her clothes earlier tomorrow, look at five girls, this golden-pink new dish was specially found by brother Eldest Wife, it was light, soft and shiny.

Xu Minglan liked the clothes the moment she saw them, so the palace's use of them was naturally much better than the soft silk brocade they normally used. Once she had it in her hands, she drew it on her body, and it was not much different in terms of size. Xu Mingwei was considered tall for the sisters at home, and her legs were long and thin.