The younger sister-in-law falsely accused the sickly uncle and ran away with the baby

Yu Ruyue was a little surprised, "Sister Chunju? Why did you come here in person? We were planning to pack up and drive the ox cart to the backyard gate of the Li Mansion to wait for you!"

This time it was Chunju's turn to be surprised. "Why are you going to our Li Mansion? Didn't you prepare in advance?"

Yu Ruyue shook her head. "How can we prepare the food in advance? If we leave it until the next day, it will just become leftovers. Besides, I want to cook fish or something, and it would be terrible if it went bad in this hot weather."

When Chunju heard this, she suddenly felt that this made sense. How could someone as precious as their daughter eat leftovers? So she nodded and led them to the backyard gate of the Li Mansion. However, she felt something was wrong along the way, so she told Yu Ruyue to wait outside while she went in to report to Qin Wanrou.

Qin Wanrou couldn't help laughing when she heard this. "This little girl is really good at taking advantage of others! Okay! Then I'll give her this opportunity and bring her in."

Chunju got the approval of her mistress and immediately ran to the backyard door. "My mistress said that we can let you in, but we need to borrow the Li Mansion and inspect it. Please cooperate with us later."

Yu Ruyue nodded immediately.

As soon as they entered, a group of maids and servants surrounded them. They first checked them carefully from head to toe, and then checked the things in the cart. Only after confirming that there was no problem did they let them in, but the ox cart had to stay in the backyard.

Yu Ruyue directed the family to take the things they would need from the ox cart, and then followed Chunju inside. On the way, Chunju kept explaining, "Actually, you don't need to take these things. We have everything in the Li Mansion."

"That's right! Now that you've entered our Li Mansion, you must abide by the rules. Once you enter the kitchen, do your work honestly. Don't look around or run around. Otherwise, if anything happens, I can't protect you."

Yu Ruyue and the others were holding things in their hands, with their heads lowered, not looking around, which made Chunju very satisfied.

They walked around several corridors, crossed the courtyard gate, and finally reached the inner courtyard. They walked a long way before reaching the kitchen in the inner courtyard.

Chunju stood at the kitchen door and introduced: "This is the cook my young lady hired from outside. He wants to borrow your kitchen!"

In the kitchen, a middle-aged man sitting on a bench with his legs crossed said in great dissatisfaction, "Miss Chunju, why do you bring everyone to our side? If anything is missing, damaged, knocked, or bumped, we will have to pay for it. Besides, we have to make lunch for the master, mistress, and concubine Hua soon. If we are delayed, will your eldest young lady be responsible?"

Chunju sneered, "Butler Fei! Don't forget that you're just the kitchen steward, and you have no control over my young lady. You should do whatever my young lady tells you to do. Don't think that just because you're Concubine Hua's cousin, the Li family will belong to you!"

Manager Fei's face suddenly darkened. "Oh, fine! But we have a deal: they can't use our things, and don't expect us to help them. If anything is damaged, you have to pay for it yourself."

Chunju didn't expect that Manager Fei would be so arrogant and domineering. He didn't allow them to use kitchen supplies. What else could they do?

"Manager Fei, you..."

Yu Ruyue grabbed Chunju, who was about to argue, and said with a smile, "That's fine. We just happened to have some things with us, so we can borrow your pot. However, we don't like too many people watching us while we cook. Since we still have some time before lunch, please ask Manager Fei to take everyone to rest somewhere else for a while."

"Oh, Miss Chunju, Manager Fei said there are many things here that cannot be touched. If you break them, you have to pay for them. Our family is already poor, so please ask the eldest young lady to send someone over to supervise the matter so that there won't be any problems later."

Yu Ruyue's words were almost like pointing at Manager Fei and saying that he was deliberately framing them.

Manager Fei's face darkened even further. "You damn girl! Do you think a manager like me can frame you?!"

Yu Ruyue smiled and said, "Manager Fei is quite hostile to us, so we have to be on guard."

Manager Fei stood up immediately and said, "You little bitch, say another word! I'll beat you to death."

Chunju immediately stood in front of Yu Ruyue, "Manager Fei! What do you want to do? This is the chef my young lady specifically requested!"

Manager Fei thought of Aunt Hua's instructions and finally took a deep breath. "Okay! I want to see what this little girl can come up with."

After he finished speaking, he took his people away. Chunju called a little maid to watch over the place while she went back to report the news.

As soon as Chunju left, Yu Ruyue immediately instructed, "Put the food next to this big pot. Mom and Dad help me, and Jiaojiao watch outside. I don't want anyone to learn how to cook my delicious dishes."

Shen Jiaojiao immediately nodded and went out, standing at the door like a door god.

When only the three of them and a little girl watching them were left in the room, Yu Ruyue immediately began to prepare to show off her skills!

She first took out a plucked chicken from the space under the cover of a backpack, and gave it to Liang Shulan to chop it into small pieces on the chopping board on the side. She then took out some dried sausages from the space, cooked them in a pot, took them out, and set them aside to cool.

The little maidservant belonged to Chunju, and she didn't watch them very closely. When she saw that the three of them were just circling around the big pot, far away from the more expensive things nearby, she relaxed.

Yu Ruyue's eyes were always on the little maid next to her. As long as her gaze was not here, she would take things out from the space. Soon the table next to her was full of pre-cut fish fillets and pre-chopped ribs, all on the table.

The little girl didn't pay attention. When she looked again, everything had been prepared. She sighed in her heart that these three people were very efficient in preparing the side dishes.

Heat oil in a pan and prepare the hawthorn pork ribs as the first dish.

Qin Wanrou was pregnant and particularly fond of hawthorn cakes, so she'd probably also enjoy the sweet and sour hawthorn spareribs. The hawthorns were already seeded, so the first dish was ready quickly. The second dish was a chicken pot, the third was spicy chicken, and then came pickled fish slices and boiled pork slices. Although all of these dishes were infused with spiritual spring water, the aroma soon wafted out through the window.

The people who came out of the kitchen smelled the fragrance in the other room. They looked at Manager Fei cautiously. As the fragrance became stronger, his face became darker and darker, almost as dark as the bottom of the pot.

He didn't expect that the little girl actually had some skills.

He suddenly felt a little worried. If the dishes cooked by this little girl were appreciated by the higher-ups, his own position would be in jeopardy. After all, he was Concubine Hua's man, and he and the First Lady were naturally hostile to each other. Thinking of this, he could no longer sit still and hurried towards Concubine Hua's residence.