There is not just one matchmaker coming to the mansion, but a group of them. The old housekeeper thought about what to do, he had to communicate with the girl and discuss a charter.

  After passing the filial piety, the girl has reached the age of marriage again. In the future, such things will not be less but more. When a matchmaker comes to the door, it is not appropriate to refuse every time.

  But right now there is no elder in the mansion who can make decisions for the girl, so he can only discuss it with the girl.

  Thinking of the girl's lifelong affairs but having to discuss with her herself, the housekeeper couldn't help feeling wronged for his girl again.

  He began to look forward to the girl's return home, but he didn't expect to look forward to it, looking forward to March, looking forward to April, looking forward to April, looking forward to May, looking forward to May...

   "What? The girl came out of Chashan and went directly to Wanhuazhuang?"

   "Yes!" The boy who came to pass the message replied truthfully, "The girl said that it is much closer to Wanhuazhuang from Mingshan County than from the mansion, so I will go to Wanhuazhuang first and then return to the mansion."

   "But, what is the girl doing in Wanhuazhuang?" The old housekeeper was puzzled.

   "The girl heard that the lotus in Wanhua Village is in full bloom, so she wanted to go and see how the rice flower fish looks."

   It turned out to be the case.

  The old butler suddenly realized.

  The girl thought that she had been bored in Chashan for too long, so it would be better to go out for a walk, so he didn't say anything.

  About the matter in the mansion... I thought it would not be too late to discuss with the girl after she came back from Wanhuazhuang.

  Unexpectedly, the next day, another matchmaker came to the door.

This time, it was the matchmaker invited by Wang Yuanwai's family. She made a fuss about Wang Yuanwai's favored old man, and then wanted to find out the girl's birth date from him. The old housekeeper was so angry that he almost wanted to use a broom blast out.

  An old man from Wang Yuanwai? One is not a concubine, and the other is not the eldest son, because he came out of the womb of Wang Yuanwai's favorite concubine, and he is much more favored than other concubines. His girl? dream!

  The old butler asked the matchmaker out with a dark face, and started walking back and forth, what should I do! If you don't make up your mind about this matter, any filthy person will dare to send a matchmaker to your door!

   "No! I have to talk to the girl as soon as possible!"

  The housekeeper decided to go to Wanhuazhuang.

   "Sikong, haven't you shown your account for the first half of the year to the girl? Come on! Come with me to Wanhuazhuang to meet the girl."

  Reporting the matter of the matchmaker cannot be put on the bright side, so the accountant was used as an excuse.

  Sikong: "..."

   All right, he is a tool man.

  …

  On the other side, Xu Yin and his party came to Wanhuazhuang in a carriage.

  She also heard Xu Kui say by chance that this year, Wanhua Village has grown two acres of lotus root compared to previous years, and the five-acre lotus pond is in full bloom. It is so beautiful that she can't help being a little moved.

  Seeing the maids chattering about the beauty of lotus and the freshness of lotus seeds, she decided to go to Wanhua Village before returning home. I live in the other courtyard on the top of the mountain, and I don't have much chance to go out at ordinary times, so this time I will take it as a team building.

   When Zhuangtou learned that the girl was coming, he immediately had someone clean up the courtyard of the master's house. During this period, Xu Yin sat at Zhuangtou's house drinking tea.

  At noon in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the sun was scorching hot, and it was too hot to enjoy the lotus. I planned to wait until the evening before going out for a walk.

   Zhuangtou asked the mother-in-law to bring some seasonal food in Zhuangzi. In addition to the water chestnut that Xu Kui had brought to the tea mountain earlier, there were also some lotus heads that could be picked and eaten.

  Xu Yin peeled the sweet and crisp lotus seeds, chatting with Mrs. Zhuangtou:

   "Is Zhuangzi all right?"

"Thanks to the girl, it's good! This year, ten acres of rice fields raised rice flower fish. At the beginning, I was worried that it would not be able to keep them alive. I didn't expect to raise them according to the girl's method. Not only did the rice flower fish thrive, but the earing of the rice was also better than other fields. It’s early in the village, and there is still a month before the harvest, and the grains have already swelled, and my head said that this year must be a bumper harvest year!”

Mrs. Zhuangtou is a very talkative person, she was a bit reserved at first, seeing Xu Yin's gentleness, listening to her babbling about the growth of rice, she didn't feel impatient at all, so she gradually let go, as if pouring beans from a bamboo tube Say what, know what to say.

  Xu Yin is happy to communicate with people of different types of work, and can always learn some blind spots in her knowledge from them.

  Besides, this is the property of the Xu family, what's wrong with knowing more about it?

  Xu Yin peeled lotus seeds and drank tea, listening with gusto.

  Until Ziyuan came in and said: "Girl, the food is ready, girl, should I use it here, or go back to the main courtyard?"

   "Let's eat something here, and save the money."

"Why."

  Zi Yuan and Hong Qian brought the food box in.

  Xu Yin looked at the dishes and smiled: "Is it made of rice flower fish?"

  Ziyuan smiled and said: "Zhuangtou went to the rice field to pick a few big ones and came back, saying that the girl thought of this fish, so she should be the first to eat it."

  The accompanying chef made two meals of rice flower fish, one braised in soy sauce, and one stewed soup.

  Each dish has several fish, Xu Yin couldn't finish it all by herself, so she gave some to the maids and mother-in-law.

   "You guys go eat too, don't worry about me."

  She drank a bowl of fish soup first. The fish soup was simmered in a slow fire.

  The braised ones are more flavorful than the stewed ones, so they are suitable for serving with rice.

  Xu Yin ordered a shallow bowl of rice, poured a spoonful of braised fish soup, and was quite satisfied.

Mrs. Zhuangtou came in and gave her a plate of melons and fruits, and she went back and said to Zhuangtou: "I used to think that the girls in the mansion are noble people who never leave the house. It's so peaceful."

  Especially when she brought melons and fruits in, the girl closed her eyes and looked enjoying, Mrs. Zhuangtou couldn't help laughing.

   "The way she eats is really similar to that of a young girl."

  Girl Qing is their daughter, two years younger than Xu Yin. The first year of the village has a lot of monthly money. The whole family eats and drinks in the village, and the expenses are not much, so the daughter goes to the embroidery building to learn embroidery. Going home once in ten and a half months and eating the rice at home is also so satisfying.

   Zhuangtou frowned when she heard her say this: "You can't say this outside, the girl is a girl after all, she is the lord of a house, so you can't be disrespectful."

   "Of course I know that. Isn't it just to talk to you in the room. I just think that girl is still a little girl!" Thinking of the three-year-old master and wife, Mrs. Zhuangtou couldn't help but sigh.

Xu felt sorry for the girl, and after that, Mrs. Zhuangtou sent Xu Yin some of her daughter's favorite food, such as last year's sun-dried lotus root that was ground into a paste of sweet-scented osmanthus, and fresh water chestnut shredded and fried. Water chestnut glutinous rice cake, dried citrus mushrooms known as ginseng in water, and lotus seed soup stewed with dried lotus seeds and red dates.

  Xu Yin: "..."

how?

   Seeing her finish the fish soup bibimbap in a few mouthfuls, do you think she is a big eater or something?

   I just ate enough, how can I eat so much.

  Xu Yin intentionally kept some for afternoon tea later, and let Zi Yuan share the rest.