She took a glance outside, the sun was high in the sky, it's already noon. Previously busy with no feeling of hunger, now being tempted by a small piece of pastry from Zirui suddenly stirred up her appetite.
Although she had said earlier that if the courtyard was not swept clean, the three outside would not be given lunch to eat, but that was just a warning, she did not intend to treat her subordinates harshly in this regard. So she instructed Sun Mama: "Let the three outside put down their work and have lunch first. By the way, how do we usually eat in our house? I see there is a kitchen here, do we need to cook ourselves?"
"Those are just for the masters to have a small meal, usually three meals a day are taken care of by Gong Zhong, and then the servants in the kitchen will deliver them to each courtyard. The young ladies must be hungry, you all rest first, I'll go take a look at the kitchen."
Sun Auntie finished speaking and went out of the house, calling three people from outside to go to the large kitchen in the public hall together.
Feng Yu Heng didn't have too much hope for the food at Phoenix Manor, based on today's performance, if they could just get something to eat that would be good enough, don't expect to eat well. As for how hungry they would get, it still depends on individual appetites.
With this mental preparation, Feng Yu Heng didn't have too much expectation for lunch. Taking advantage of the gap when Yao Shi and Zi Rui were not paying attention, she touched the Phoenix Birthmark on her left wrist with her right hand, probed in with her consciousness, and in the blink of an eye, she found two pieces of Hershey's Kisses.
Take it out of the package in the room, and give one piece to Zi Rui and Yao Shi each - "It was given by that noble person I met in the mountain, I haven't dared to eat it all this time. Mother and Zi Rui fill your stomachs first, don't expect a full meal later."
Feng Yu Huan explained that meeting the Ninth Prince in the mountains was an encounter with a noble person, who not only taught her more about medicine, but also gave her some silver.
This was a story made up by Feng Yu Heng to account for the twenty taels of silver, because escaping back to the capital would require money and she could only take out the silver first to alleviate her urgent situation.
She was reluctant to spend that money, originally not intending to use it. That person was the first one she had interacted with since coming into this world, and the feeling was like a newborn animal, which would take the first living thing it saw as its mother.
Moreover, she had never denied that she was once dazzled by that face, although he was crippled with broken legs at the time, but the purple lotus between his eyebrows still became a lingering nightmare in her mind.
Fortunately, she returned to Beijing and there was another layer of relationship between her and him.
She never thought she'd see him again in this life, yet he somehow became her fiancé. Although the Phoenix Manor's attitude was always ambiguous, the person Feng Yuexing had chosen couldn't possibly fall into someone else's hands.
"What is this?" Yao Shi asked strangely while holding the Slim Jim.
Phoenix son Rui licked it and said happily: "So sweet."
Feng Yu pinched Rui's cheek, this kid was too thin, his face couldn't even pinch up any flesh.
"It's just a dessert, sweet and filling." She explained casually, looking at Mrs. Yao frowning and putting it to her mouth, wanting to eat but not daring to eat, and said: "Don't look at its color, it's really delicious, mother try some."
Yao's family took a bite, and Zi Rui also took a bite. Then they heard the two of them say in unison: "It's really delicious!"
Feng Yu let out a breath of relief, "As long as you like it."
"Ah Huang, why aren't you eating? Is it just these two pieces?" Mrs. Yao handed the partially eaten Snickers bar to Feng Yu Huang, "Hurry up and eat, Mom can eat less, but you're at an age where you need to grow your body, you can't always be full one meal and hungry the next."
Feng Yu Huan's heart felt warm, she took a bite and handed it back to Yao Shi, "As long as mother is concerned about me, I am satisfied, not hungry."
"Mom is an adult, she can eat by herself. Zirui is a kid and can't finish so much food, let's share it with sister." The child broke the thing in his hand into two pieces, handing one to Feng Yuexian, "Sister, eat. Zirui ate some snacks earlier and isn't hungry anymore."
Feng Yu Huan no longer pushed it away, and took a bite. The three women ate and laughed together.
Smiling, Madam Yao thought of something and pulled her siblings aside to instruct them: "You two listen up, in the past it was fine in the mountain village, but now that we're back at the Feng manor, you have to follow the rules of the manor. You can't call me 'mother' anymore, you have to call me 'aunt'.