"Miss, what's wrong?" As soon as Zhen Shiniang entered the door, Magpie saw a bruise on her chin, "Did the general do it?"

"It's okay, it doesn't hurt at all." Zhen Shiniang pushed her hand away and smiled indifferently.

Seeing that it was Shen Zhongqing who did it, Magpie looked angrily, "It's true that people are kind and deceitful. He never dared to touch the young lady before!"

In the past in Zhuangyuan Mansion, when her young lady was powerful, Shen Zhongqing always avoided their masters and servants. It was her young lady who worked hard to pester and bully him every day. But now, her young lady is gentle and demure. He But the bully came to my door.

Zhen Shiniang didn't know what Magpie meant. She just thought that when Shen Zhongqing liked the original owner of this body, he would naturally dote on her. She would give her a reluctant slap, and then sighed quietly, "The feelings are gone, Ren No matter how beautiful a woman you are, you will become a piece of grass." Thinking of the roe deer meat in the yard, he smiled easily and said, "Brother Zhang next door just gave away most of the roe deer, and Brother Wen and Brother Wu don't know why they are so happy." He picked up the kitchen knife and walked out, "I'm going to cut a piece of elbow meat and stir-fry it for a taste. Let's bake roe deer meat pies for dinner in the evening. We haven't smelled the smell of meat for almost a month, so everyone can satisfy their cravings." He then ordered. Qiu Ju, who looked confused and didn't know what was going on, said, "Go to the backyard to find a big basin and soak the roe deer meat in it."

The roe deer meat needs to be soaked in water for an hour or two. After the blood is soaked away, it is then brine with salt to make the dried meat delicious.

"Miss..." Magpie grabbed her.

Zhen Shiniang turned her head.

After moving his lips, Magpie finally said, "...slave, go and cut it."

Seeing that she didn't dwell on the matter of being bullied by Shen Zhongqing, Zhen Shiniang nodded, "Just in time, there's still some fennel filling left, I'll bake two more cakes with some noodles." She gave Zhang Zhi a few pies. , Zhen Shiniang is worried that she doesn’t have enough breakfast.

Since the conversation between her and Zhang Zhi was heard by Shen Zhongqing, I believe he must have seen that she gave him pie. If the breakfast was really not enough, it is hard to say that he would not take advantage of the topic and use some words to undermine her.

Even after five years, his venomous tongue was still fresh in her memory.

Although she really wanted to starve him to death, Zhen Shiniang still understood that after living for two lives, her small arms could not twist her thighs. If someone is more powerful than you, you should avoid them when you need to. There is nothing to be ashamed of.

There is no difference between clouds and mud. If she confronts him head-on, there is only one way to die.

The usual breakfast consists of pickles, green porridge and dry food. Today, because Shen Zhongqing's master and servant were here, Zhen Shiniang added an extra slice of coral lotus root and a stir-fried roe deer meat. The meal was quickly prepared, and Qiu Qiu was first served. Ju sent Jian Wu and Jianwen to the backyard, and Zhen Shiniang went into the house to greet Rong Sheng and ask Shen Zhongqing to eat.

Rong Sheng went out for a long walk and came back to ask Zhen Shiniang, "...the general went out early in the morning and didn't tell grandma where he was going?"

"No..." Zhen Shiniang felt better for a while and said to herself, "It's best for him to leave directly."

"Breakfast hasn't been used yet, where will the general go?" Rong Sheng looked at Zhen Shiniang and muttered.

The boss is such a good cook, his general would never leave without breakfast.

Just as he was talking, Erya from Yu Liang's family came to Qiu Ju to pick mushrooms.

It was the season for harvesting mountain products. Usually Qiu Ju would get up early in the morning to collect firewood, and then go to pick mushrooms and wild vegetables after breakfast. When she saw Erya looking for her, she looked at Zhen Shiniang.

"You guys eat first, I'll wait for the general." Zhen Shiniang thought for a while.

Everyone had done a lot of work in the morning, especially Qiu Ju, who had taken a trip to collect firewood and was not idle when she came back. She must have been so hungry that her front cavity was pressed against her back, and there was still a pile of work waiting for her after dinner. Everyone is waiting for the person with the least time to come back for dinner.

What an evil old society!

Cursing again in her heart, Zhen Shiniang turned to the kitchen to prepare food for everyone.

"Let Qiu Ju rest for a day." Magpie grabbed Zhen Shiniang and said, "Miss, just wait a little longer." Rong Sheng is still here, and since Shen Zhongqing didn't say he was leaving, he will definitely come back to eat.

Born in the Shangshu Mansion, Magpie knows best the strictness of this system of superiority and inferiority. If the master has not eaten, the slaves will not be able to eat first even if they starve to death.

She was worried that Shen Zhongqing would be unhappy when he came back, and it would be Zhen Shiniang who would suffer.

"There are not enough wild vegetables picked this year..." Looking at the beautiful weather outside, Qiu Ju felt a little reluctant. Before she could finish her words, she met the magpie's eyes and quickly changed her words, "I'll go collect firewood in the afternoon." Same thing." She shouted to Erya who was waiting outside the courtyard gate through the window, "I haven't eaten yet, you go ahead, I won't go today!" Seeing Erya leaving, Qiu Ju turned around and realized that there was someone in the room. His expression was strange, so he blurted out, "...The sun has come out, please go and dry the vegetables." After saying that, he ran out as fast as he could.

There was heavy dew at night and there was a fear of rain, so the semi-dried vegetables that were dried during the day had to be brought back to the house at night, and then brought out again after the sun came out the next day to continue drying.

"I'm going to peel off the lotus pods that Chang He just cut." Under Magpie's insistence, Zhen Shiniang didn't hire more people. Li Changhe was responsible for peeling off the lotus pods. Everyone started peeling them off together, including Jian Wu and Jian Wen. The little guy can even play with a half-grown man in one day.

Seeing the two of them going to work without eating, Zhen Shiniang sighed and looked up at Rong Sheng, "Rong Sheng, sit down for a while and I'll cut out those radishes." If it's too late, they won't be able to dry them before the sun goes down. Out.

Everyone was working in the blink of an eye. Rong Sheng became uncomfortable and followed him out. When he saw Qiu Ju carrying a curtain of mushrooms and climbing up the ladder, she jumped up and said, "Come down quickly. How can a girl's family do this?" Climb that high?”

"I climb every day." Qiu Ju didn't even look back, skillfully spreading the half-dried mushrooms dried on the curtain on the roof rubble, then turned around and jumped off the ladder briskly.

"Do you dry vegetables like this every day?" Rong Sheng asked curiously.

"If it doesn't rain, let it dry in the sun." Qiu Ju turned around and carried other dried vegetables.

"I'll help you!" Labor is the most glorious thing. In this house with only three women, Rongsheng felt for the first time that it was shameful to eat without working, so he climbed up the ladder and turned around to let Qiu Ju handed him the vegetables and continued to ask, "Why are you drying so many vegetables?"

"Eat it in winter." Qiu Ju looked at Rong Sheng doubtfully, "Don't you guys eat this in winter?" She suddenly realized, "That's right, how can you eat this in the General's Mansion?" With a sour tone, she saw Rong Sheng pouring the dried vegetables. They piled up into a pile and hurriedly reminded, "...You can't do this. You have to spread the vegetables evenly like me, otherwise they won't be fully exposed to the sun!" If you don't take advantage of the good sun to dry them, once it rains, you will have to waste firewood for baking. , it will become moldy if it is not done properly.

Standing high and looking far away, Rongsheng stall finished the dry vegetables. When he turned around, he found that the row of shelves on the east side of the yard was still empty, so he asked, "There are so many shelves, why do you put the vegetables on the roof?" Bai Bai said. A waste of effort.

This job seemed simple, but the ladder under his feet was loose. Rong Sheng was worried about whether he could lift his body, which weighed more than 100 pounds, or whether he would be smashed into a meat pie.

In this short time, he was sweating all over, which was much more tiring than practicing boxing and kicking.

"Those shelves will also be used for drying vegetables later. Miss is cutting them right now. The shelves will be full in one morning." Thinking of the roe deer meat, Qiu Ju added, "Today we will not only dry radish strips, but also

I still need to dry the meat."

Thinking that there would be meat and vegetables to eat soon, Qiu Ju's face was filled with joy.

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Today, the leader came to the site for review. The client wanted to treat me to dinner. I sent out the draft first and then caught bugs in the evening.

ps. If you come back early, I will add another chapter. If it is too late, I will add it early tomorrow morning.
Chapter completed!