I was a queen in ancient times, no, a maid!

For breakfast today, Cheng Yu prepared two kinds of pancakes: lasagna and meat pie, and cooked fish porridge with some vegetables.

I also made stuffed fried peppers, which were not filled with pork but more delicate fish meat.

Fry until both sides are golden brown, especially the fish meat. The fish aroma is everywhere. Don’t even mention eating it, just smelling it will make your mouth water.

Lotus swallowed her saliva and watched Cheng Yu eagerly as he arranged the dish.

There was still one pepper left in the pot, and it was a little broken and didn't look very beautiful.

Cheng Yu picked it up, put it in the bowl, and said naturally: "Hehua, this stuffed pepper is a little bit shapeless, you can eat it."

How could Hehua refuse, nor was she willing to refuse, so she immediately took the bowl and chopsticks to the side.

Just after taking a bite, it was taken away by someone.

"Sister Lotus, give us a bite, just try it..."

Lotus was so angry that she stared blankly. Before she could even taste the first bite of her stuffed fried peppers, they were snatched away and eaten by a few odd jobs.

Cheng Yu personally brought the food to the old lady.

Seeing that there was something wrong with her eyes, Qiuwen also noticed it.

The food cooked by Cheng Yu was delicious. The old lady was in a good mood and said a lot of compliments to her.

She also gave her brother a position as a minor manager.

Qiu Wen naturally wanted Cheng Yu to do more work here. The old lady was in a good mood after eating the delicious meal, and everyone under them felt better as well.

Now that someone had offended the young cook she had hired with great difficulty, Qiuwen was the first one to disagree.

"What's wrong with you? Who dares to bully you?" Qiu Wen asked.

Cheng Yu lowered her head and said softly, "Sister Qiu Wen, I know I am just a little servant and I dare not offend anyone. It is reasonable for Sister Qiu Yue to say a few words to me. However, I have never been wronged like this in the palace. If you had said it nicely, I would have done it. You ordered me to scold people like this, and I..."

Cheng Yu didn't say the rest, but Qiu Wen knew what was going on.

"This little bitch is here to cause trouble in the kitchen again. Everyone else has a lot to do, but she has a lot to do."

"Okay, don't think too much about it. I'll talk to her later."

Cheng Yu hummed, "Well, this time, for Sister Qiu Wen's sake, I won't say anything. I was thinking of telling the old lady that I won't come tomorrow. If the old lady punishes me, then just give me a few slaps."

Cheng Yu said this deliberately in front of Qiu Wen.

She was now eager to mess up the big kitchen so that she could go back to the small kitchen to do some work.

Cheng Yu brought the food to the old lady, spoke with a bit of grievance, put down the food and retreated.

The old lady noticed Cheng Yu's abnormality.

Asked Qiuwen.

Qiuwen also couldn't stand the arrogance and domineering behavior of the maidservants on the eldest lady's side.

When the eldest master was still around, they were arrogant and relied on their power. But now the second master is in charge, and he is the head of the Lu family.

Who still pampers the first wife?

"...The eldest brother's wife is still a little stingy about these little things."

"Okay, go back and get something for Yu'er and calm her down. Besides, the food she cooks is not only novel, but also tastes pretty good."

Qiu Wen hurriedly whispered, "I told Madam Li to learn from her. Yu'er is quite sensible, unlike Ziwei who is by the Second Madam's side, who only protects her. She herself also said that she would let Madam Li learn her specialty dishes so that she can cook them for you in the future."

"I think Yu'er is pretty good. If I can get her from the Second Madam, and have her cook for you, that should be fine."

The old lady said, "How can that be possible? She is the maidservant of the second house as a dowry. What's the use of me coming to her? Forget it, just let her come and cook a few meals from time to time."

In theory, there is nothing to complain about the second wife, except that she is quiet and aloof, and not as talkative and cry-loving as the first wife.

In addition, they are relatives and they have been living together for more than ten years, so the old lady still values ​​the daughter-in-law from the eldest house more.

The old lady did not go out of her way to talk to her eldest daughter-in-law, Sun, about what happened in the kitchen this morning.

Instead, Qiuyue went to the first wife, Mrs. Sun, and talked for a long time, adding fuel to the fire and making nonsense, which made the first wife in a bad mood.

"A maidservant who came with the dowry wants to bully me? Today I want her to make lunch for the old lady, but she can't. Go and arrange it."

After breakfast, Cheng Yu did not leave the big kitchen and was called away by He Hua and her two or three little sisters.

Several people sat together and chatted.

Lotus also brought a bag of oil residue and gave each person a piece. They sat in the sun in front of the big kitchen door, basking in the sun and talking.

"Yu'er, you should be tougher here in the future. Anyway, the old lady likes the food you cook now. As long as the old lady likes the food you cook, you will have power. Even if the eldest lady really comes, she won't dare to do anything to you."

"However, now that you have offended Qiuyue, she will definitely report you to the Madam, so you'd better be careful."

Cheng Yu hummed, "I will be careful, thank you for telling me this."

There were two maids working for Hehua, one was called Xiaoxia and the other was called Xiaochun.

The two maids were a little younger than Cheng Yu, and were servants of the Lu family. Because their parents had no skills, they could not go to a good place as maids and could only do odd jobs in the kitchen.

"Yu'er, you are right to listen to Sister Hehua. She used to work for the eldest lady. The people in the eldest lady's courtyard are very competitive."

"Sister Hehua is such a good person, it's impossible for her to steal the eldest lady's things. We have a lot of food to eat, and Sister Hehua will help me."

Cheng Yu looked at the lotus.

Lotus, however, grinned and said, "They both come from poor families, and I just can't bear to see them being bullied."

Mother Li, who was still in the kitchen, studying how Cheng Yu had just taught her to make stuffed fried peppers, made a mess of the kitchen chopping board and immediately called for help.

"Lotus, Lotus is cleaning the kitchen..."

Xiaochun and Xiaoxia stood up immediately.

"Sister Lotus, you two talk, we'll go clean up."

"You usually protect us, so we have to help you do something."

Xiaoxia and Xiaochun left, and Cheng Yu looked at Hehua and asked her in a low voice, "Aren't you a slave-born child of the Lu family?"

He Hua said, "No. My father is a butcher. He used to deliver meat to the Lu family. Later, at a family banquet, they said something went wrong because of a dish of braised pork. The government said the meat my father delivered was poisonous and locked my father up. After my father died, my mother died soon after. I entrusted my brother to my aunt and sold myself to the Lu family."

"Are you investigating your father's case?"

He Hua shook her head. "It's not that easy to find out. I didn't know until I joined the Lu family that the man who died was the Lu family's grandfather. There's nowhere to find out. After that incident, everyone in the kitchen was replaced."

what?

Cheng Yu really didn’t know.

The old man of the Lu family was poisoned to death.

But looking at Hehua, she was so honest and had a strong sense of justice. Her father was just a butcher, how could he poison the meat sent by his employer?

It just happened that the poison was in the braised pork.

Suddenly, Cheng Yu felt that the Lu family looked small and the people were not complicated, but the water was very deep...