The carriage drove quickly back to the house.
This was the first time the little girl came, Gu Yi had people clean up from yesterday, the courtyard’s green stone path was spotless, the rockery and trees were even washed with water, all kinds of valuable flowers and porcelain were placed in an orderly manner, the maids and servants were freshly dressed, when they saw Gu Yi accompanying Song Wan Yue over, they all stood in place and bowed slightly.
“Little girl, this is my home, do you like it?”
Gu Yi inclined his head and looked at Song Wan Yue expectantly.
Song Wangyue avoided the weight and nodded slightly, “It’s very nice.”
Gu Yi’s eyebrows flew up, “I knew you would like it.”
Song Wangyue,……
digressed, “Where’s the kitchen?”
“I’ll lead you there.”
It was a small kitchen with three cooks waiting inside, and when they saw the two enter they hurriedly saluted.
The kitchen was also spotlessly clean, the sides of the stove were wiped clean, and if the stove wasn’t blackened, there would have been no sign of cooking.
Song Wangyue asked them to bring milk and fruit, and made fruit pudding and watermelon jelly in front of the three cooks.
When the crystal clear stuff came out, several people were too shocked to say anything. Gu Yi, in particular, had big eyes full of awe and couldn’t resist taking chopsticks and going to eat them.
Because he had grown up loving food, Master and Madam Gu had hired several cooks, some specialising in cooking, some specialising in all kinds of pastries, and others specialising in making snacks from all over the world. They were highly skilled and the food they made was really delicious, but none of them could make the two things Song Wangyue made.
Song Wangyue replaced a small spoon with one for him.
Gu Yi gently scooped up a small piece of pudding and put it in his mouth, so crispy and smooth that he didn’t even want to swallow it.
The watermelon jelly was so cold and crisp that it melted in his mouth with a sip.
“Little girl.”
It was as if the summer sun had gathered in his eyes, his smile bright and dazzling.
“I like it very, very much, very, very much.”
Song Wangyue was amused by him, “Although pudding and jelly are delicious, you can’t eat too much of them daily.”
“Mmmmmmmmm.”
Gu Yi obediently nodded his head, but in the next moment scooped another spoonful of pudding into his mouth, “So delicious.”
Song Wangyue smiled and shook her head.
“It’s especially easy to make, so when you want to eat it later, let them make it for you.”
The reason she made these two in front of the three cooks today was so that they could learn, so that she wouldn’t have to come to the Gu family often in the future.
Gu Yi swallowed the pudding in his mouth, “They don’t know how.”
As soon as his words fell, the three cooks immediately agreed, “Young master is right, we don’t know how to do it, the three of us are just kitchen maids, not only are we clumsy, even our brains are clumsy, we don’t remember how the girl did it just now.”
Song Wangyue,……
The three of us are just kitchen helpers, not only are we clumsy, even our brains are clumsy.
Song Wan Yue followed him out the door and Gu Yi ordered Xiao Si after she left the kitchen, “Go and call Daya here.”
Xiao Si replied and darted off to shout for someone.
Gu Yi took Song Wan Yue to his courtyard.
The courtyard was large and exquisite in every way.
Thinking that Song Wan Yue did not see through his little mind, Gu Yi kept pulling her hand to look around, and after just a short while, Xiao Si came with Daya.
“Young master, Daya is here.”
Gu Yi’s arched eyebrows regained their originality and gave Xiao Si a fierce glare, Xiao Si was baffled by the glare, he had done nothing wrong, what was the young master glaring at him for?
When Xiao Si’s voice rang out, Song Wan Yue had already pulled her hand back from him, Gu Yi rubbed his hands together and put his back behind him, “Come over here.”
Daya came forward and gave Gu Yi a salute.
She had changed a lot in just a few days, she was no longer timid and timid, her face had some redness on it, her dark skin had turned a little whiter, and she was wearing a well-fitting pink maid’s skirt, standing tall and elegant, with the look a girl should have.
“Little Four, go and take the patches and jelly to the flower hall, young master I want to eat.”
Xiao Si answered and turned to run to the kitchen.
Gu Yi also went to the flower hall with the pace a young master should have.
Facing Song Wangyue, Daya was still a little uncomfortable, bowing her head, pinching the corner of her coat, her voice like a mosquito, “I know Young Master Gu took me in as a subordinate for your sake, thank you.”
Although they were cousins, the two of them had never played together, Song Wangyue was a treasure to her family, not having to follow them to work in the fields or go out into the sun. She, on the other hand, had followed her into the fields for as long as she could remember, helping her mother with the fire and taking care of her little sister, and was beaten by her father and grandmother for the slightest mistake.
“Sister Daya is lucky to be taken in by Young Master Gu, do your work well.”
Hearing her call out to Sister Daya, Daya’s body shook for a moment and she was so shocked that she raised her head, only to look at it for a second before lowering it again in a panic.
She had been in the Gu family for so many days and had heard some news from the mouths of other people’s maids, that Song Wangyue would be engaged to Young Master Gu in a short while, and that she would be the young grandmother from now on, while she herself would be a servant, “You’d better not, don’t call me that, just, just call me Daya.”
Song Wan Yue knew the knot in her heart and did not say much to her, chatting a few words about the recent situation of Song Ming’s daughter-in-law and Er Ya.
Knowing that her mother secretly went to pick some mint leaves every day to earn coppers, Daya was frightened, “Can you, can you promise me one thing?”
“You say.”
“If, if one day my father finds out that my mother has not given him the coins she earned, will you help me protect my mother?”
Song Ming was never merciful, and every time he beat up his daughter-in-law, Da Ya couldn’t help but shudder at the thought of that situation.
“Good.”
Daya gave her a salute, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll go back to my work.”
“Go on.”
Da Ya turned and walked away quickly as if relieved.
Gu Yi had been asking Xiao Si to keep an eye on the movement over here, and as soon as Daya turned around, Xiao Si came over with quick steps, “Miss Song, this way please.”
Gu Yi had already eaten three pieces of watermelon jelly and was about to eat a fourth when he picked it up, but when he heard footsteps, he immediately put it back and took two pieces of watermelon rind and put them on the small table furthest away from him, and quickly came back while taking out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth and hands clean.
Just as he sat down on the chair, he saw that Song Wangyue had already entered and said, “I only ate one piece, the two pieces were eaten by Xiao Si.”
Still lifting the curtain of the door, the innocent backstabbing little four,……
This is not enough, Gu Yi rushed at him and commanded, “What are you still standing there, why don’t you quickly take the rest down, I told you young master I only ate one piece, you take so much is want to eat it all yourself? You’re too greedy.”
The wronged Little Four,……
stood dumbfounded at the spot.
“Look at you, look at you, young master I’m so smart, how could I have such a stupid one as you, still hurry in and take it down.”
Xiao Si hung his head and came in, packing down the pudding and jelly and the three watermelon rinds.
Gu Yi pointed to the chair on the other side of the table, “Little girl, you sit here.”
