Chapter 540： Reminder from the Ministry of Punishments

Chapter 540 Reminder from the Ministry of Punishments

The feng shui master left just like that, and the aunt and the others couldn't hold back, so they disappeared on the small road in the village with their cloth bags in their arms.

"Sister-in-law, have you heard what the celestial master said, the place where my son lives is an auspicious house!" Mother Chen raised her chin and scoffed at the aunt.

The eldest aunt couldn't lift her head up in front of her mother, so she returned angrily; the grandmother also found a reason to say that the stove was still on fire, and followed her back to the old house; the fourth and third aunts told their mother Chen Conversation, followed by meeting the old house.

"Master Zhang said that the place where my family Ping Anlang lives is an auspicious house. This Tianshi is amazing. The previous magistrate has invited him." The grandfather walked with his hands behind his back, smoking a pipe, and talking to an old man of a similar age. The tone was full of pride, and the grandfather's face was shining red in the sunset.

"Then why did you divide Ping'an Lang's family out, otherwise your old house will also be ruined..." Hearing what the grandfather said, the old man next to him said something.

Hearing this, my grandfather was silent, only the scarlet burning point of the cigarette pouch was flickering in the setting sun, and it took a long time before he sighed. The figure of my grandfather seemed to be getting old under the setting sun...

After the feng shui incident, the mother, Mrs. Chen, chatted with a few nearby aunts and aunts, and they kept talking about Zhang Tianshi and my son. When the aunts and aunts echoed and praised Zhu Ping'an, the mother Chen waved her hands and said there was nothing wrong with it. In order to prove that Zhu Ping'an was not so "excellent", the mother Chen's proud face picked out the embarrassing things about Zhu Ping'an's childhood A few things were said:

"When this silly boy was three years old, his father gave him ten pennies to sell tobacco leaves at the entrance of the village, and the extra penny was for him to buy candy."

"After a while, this silly boy came back with a piece of candy in his mouth, and gave nine coins to his master and said, 'The tobacco leaves at the entrance of the village are sold out'."

"Give me a good fight..."

"Also, when he was a child, he went to the field with a few friends to pluck other people's edamame to eat, and hid in the crop field to avoid people, and then fell asleep..."

Sure enough, it was my own mother. Things happened when I was a child. Fortunately, Zhu Pingan was not at the scene, otherwise I would be so ashamed that I would have the urge to hit the wall.

Behind the door of the new house opposite, Baozi's little maid and Li Shu were listening behind the door with their waists bent.

Zhu Ping'an ate dinner in the new house, because Zhu Ping'an was about to leave for the capital. In order to let the young couple spend more time alone, mother Chen drove Zhu Ping'an, who wanted to spend dinner at home, back to the new house.

The reason why he had to leave for the capital so soon was because of Zhu Pingan’s impeachment memorial when he left Beijing. In the afternoon, the magistrate of Huaining sent several packets of tribute noodles and an urgent letter. Huaining tribute noodles have been the tribute noodles handpicked by the palace since the Song Dynasty. The magistrate of Huaining County uses tribute noodles every year as a favor to give away; Ask Zhu Pingan to set off to the Ministry of Criminal Justice as soon as possible to make a statement.

Almost the Ministry of Criminal Justice has issued two urgent letters like this.

Although there are still some days left for the holidays, in this situation, Zhu Ping'an can only leave for the capital as soon as possible.

Kill the good and take the credit for Zhao Daying!

Hehe, I hope you don’t regret urging me to return to Beijing in such a hurry!

"My uncle is back." The girls bowed their waists to salute when they saw Zhu Pingan, and Zhu Pingan nodded in response.

In the room, there were two girls who were waiting for Li Shu to wash her hands. One girl held a small washbasin in both hands, and the other girl held a towel in her hand, and stood respectfully in front of Li Shu to serve her.

The little maid of Baozi first put her little hand into the small washbasin, tested the temperature, then puffed up her face and said, "I'm getting more and more careless, just now I emphasized to you to add more hot water, this will be fine. Forgot again?"

"Good sister, we just mixed the hot water, maybe it's cold. Sister Que, please pour some hot water with my sister." The little girl who was holding the water apologized, and then begged the girl who was making tea next to her. Added more hot water to the basin.

After adding the hot water, Li Shu began to wash her hands. When Zhu Ping'an came in, Li Shu had just finished washing her hands. When she saw Zhu Ping'an coming in, Li Shu put the towel she had wiped in the little girl's hand again. Tell the girl to bring Zhu Ping'an water to wash his hands again.

"Do not bother."

Zhu Pingan shook his hand, then walked over, and washed himself with the water that Li Shu had washed. The water was very clean and there was no need to fetch another basin.

The little girl next to her covered her mouth and smiled.

Seeing this, Li Shu couldn't help but blush on her pretty face, and she was even more shy under the light of the red candle. Her watery eyes gave Zhu Pingan a white look, and she said angrily, "I really don't know what is good~~".

While Zhu Pingan was washing his hands, the maids filed in and brought in the meals prepared by the back kitchen, and neatly placed them on the dining table. The dishes are very rich, full of color, flavor and taste, such as anchovy shark fin, red plum and pearl, Kung Pao hare, roast pork tenderloin of Fuzi melon, sesame rolls and several vegetarian dishes, which filled a table.

Finally, there are no more jellyfish, leeks, mutton and pork kidneys.

There is also a stewed soup in a casserole in the center, it should be chicken soup, exuding a strong aroma, just looking at it is very appetizing.

"Next time we can make less, we can't finish eating so much."

Zhu Pingan looked at the table full of meals, thought for a while and said, there are almost ten dishes, and it always feels like a waste for two people to eat. In fact, four dishes and one soup are already very rich. When I was in the old house, there were only one or two dishes for a meal.

"If you can't eat, give it to the girls and old ladies. They have been serving for a long time, and they haven't eaten yet." Li Shu glanced at Zhu Ping'an, and the corner of her mouth raised an elegant arc, and she was used to setting a table of meals.

"Miss Xie appreciates it." All the maids serving in the room beamed with joy.

Okay, I am a bit of a bumpkin, Zhu Pingan remembered the bridge in the Dream of the Red Chamber, it seems that this is the usual practice of the big family. There are less than ten dishes and more than dozens of dishes for each meal of the big family, and there are only a few masters who eat, so there will be a lot of meals left in each meal. The rest of the food will be distributed to the maid and the old lady at the master's house.

The big family has many rules, and there are rules for eating. If the master has not eaten dinner, the servants cannot serve the meal. Therefore, the leftover meals of the masters will not be wasted. Awarded to the girl and the old lady, the people who were rewarded all looked proud. Moreover, not everyone can receive this kind of reward, only girls and old ladies with status can receive this kind of treatment, which is a symbol of status.

The little maid of Baozi served Li Shu for dinner, serving dishes and soup, and another little girl wanted to come and serve Zhu Ping'an for dinner, but Zhu Ping'an waved her hand and declined, because she had hands and feet, so she didn't need others to serve her.

(end of this chapter)