Female supporting roles rely on food to save themselves

Chapter 25
Wang Zhixian and Zhou Xianwei waited for Gu Xiang to arrive at the kitchen, exchanged the consistent money into silver for her, and waited for Gu Xiang to carefully stew ten pots of large black fish weighing seven or eight catties each, affixed with golden Pancakes, and boiled a pot of marinade, skewered vegetables and threw them in to cook, and waited for the hot rice just out of the pan.

As soon as the fresh and tender fish was eaten, Wang Zhixian's eyes became moist a little bit: "It's good... eat!"

The dish with rich flavor is crispy and fragrant when bitten down, not inferior to meat.

"pretty!"

County Captain Zhou was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "How long can Miss Gu stay in the kitchen?"

Wang Zhixian was stunned.

It's still an old problem, Mrs. Gu is only fifteen years old, and she is waiting to be married... She is married, can her husband's family allow her to show her face?
Wang Zhixian picked up his own nephew. The youngest son of Uncle Eleven’s family is 16 years old this year. He has just been selected as a scholar and looks good. But his aunt is a difficult person. Miss Gu really married into their family , must be very strictly controlled, no way.

Lieutenant Zhou touched his purse, considered the difficulty of hiring Gu Chu home as a cook, looked up at Wang Zhixian's troubled face, and did not say a word.

Today the army has just received their salary, everyone is happy, but the soldiers who were punished on the river are even more depressed than usual.

The old dog couldn't help sighing: "...the ones who cut corners in the past were those who were officials, and we were the big soldiers who listened to the drink. Now we can finally get enough money, and it's nothing to do with us."

But today's meal is very rich.

Everyone in Huotouying took the money and was very happy. In addition to getting black fish, they also brought in a dozen lambs from surrounding villages.

Gu Xiang looked at these sheep and unknowingly prepared more than a dozen flavors.

"Try it first, send me up the embankment."

Such a good sheep, Gu Xiang decided to have a fresh bite. He slaughtered it on the river bank and ate it right away. He made several flavors, stewed, spicy, and a pot of braised mutton.

Gu Xiang processed the mutton slowly and put it in the pot.

The fragrance lingered for several miles, and the soldiers of the Valiant Army who stayed in the barracks on rotation throughout the morning were restless and called for battle one after another.

The generals took the lead and led countless black soldiers to fight towards the river embankment.

The task of the day was completed so quickly that a group of young soldiers didn't get a chance to work.

The soldiers worked hard with enthusiasm, and their eyes swept the river embankment frequently.The unspoken rule of the brave army today is to work more and eat more.

"Gudu."

There were five open cauldrons on the stove, bubbling and bubbling.

Although the other six pots were stewed tightly, the lingering fragrance made people even more noisy.

Gu Xiang scooped up a bowl of soup with a spoon, put it to his lips and stopped before drinking it.

The old dog swallowed, and looked over eagerly. Gu Xiang silently put down the spoon, looked around, and complained: "This mutton soup can't be eaten, pour it out."

thump!
The two soldiers with long necks next to them slipped and rolled into the river.

Lao Du quickly stood up from his chair, staring, "Huh?"

There are eleven pots of mutton soup in total. From the time Gu Xiang started stewing till now, the generals and soldiers on the embankment have arranged them properly.

The most tender mutton must be expensive, and the rest will be arranged according to the amount of labor.

For this matter, there are a few soldiers who have read books and are good at counting chips and counting, and have carefully calculated to ensure fairness as much as possible.

Pork is nothing more than pork, and they may not be able to eat a mouthful of mutton after serving in the army for three to five years. This thing is very precious in everyone's mind.

Many soldiers on the embankment were fined and their salaries were confiscated, so they were looking forward to the stars and the moon, waiting for the mutton to come out of the pot, so that they could fight tooth-making sacrifices.

Chef Gu's skills can only be revealed with good ingredients. Everyone said that before the smell of mutton, even half of Chef Gu's skills were not revealed.

And then—can’t you eat mutton?
Gu Xiang sighed softly: Did she want to?She just bought the 'seasoning' skill, and she is very enthusiastic. She has been cooking meticulously in the past few days, but she has failed many times.

"There are other things in the soup, Ah Feng, you go and find old Doctor Liu to come and have a look."

Ah Feng was taken aback.

All the soldiers on the embankment were stunned for a moment, and then there was an uproar. The expressions of the chefs and help cooks in Huotouying also changed drastically. There was a dense cold sweat, and my heart skipped a beat.

If it was true—once the soldiers ate the mutton soup and something went wrong, one of them in the entire Huotou camp would be counted as one, and no one should think about it!
Imprisonment is not too bad, and house raiding and exile are not too bad. Not to mention, a large number of people in the Huotou camp will lose their heads.

Old Du tremblingly said: "How is it possible? Is it... a mistake?"

Ah Feng also stared at Gu Xiang with concern.

Once there is something wrong with these mutton soups, even if no bad consequences are caused, Huotouying will be charged with ineffective supervision. To shed the skin.

Gu Xiang scooped out a bowl of soup and poured it into the water tank next to him. After a while, the several fish raised in the water tank turned over and twitched.

Lao Du's head was dizzy, and his expression changed suddenly.

Gu Xiang said softly: "The effect of this medicine should be similar to that of croton. It is not fatal, but will only cause diarrhea and lethargy."

The soldiers looked at each other, this was not just a matter of diarrhea, they issued a military order, once the embankment could not be repaired on time, the generals would not care if they had any difficulties, everyone was already punished for making mistakes, and if something happened again, they would be beaten Into the coolie camp.

All the soldiers knew that that place was a hell on earth, if they were really reduced to that level, they would be as good as dead.

But even if the soldiers don't eat these dirty things now, if the 'poison' guy can't be caught in time, Huotouying will never be able to please.

Gu Xiang was very helpless in her heart. She had just received the largest share of salary and rewards from Huotouying. Not only money, but what she got here was much more important than money. She didn't want to see someone who had worked with her for so long The cooks are unlucky.

"Let's keep this matter secret for the time being, and we will investigate it in private."

Old Du sighed, "There are hundreds of people in the Huotou camp...I'm afraid it's not easy."

Gu Xiang smiled and didn't say much: "Cook first."

There was an instant panic in Huotou camp.

The soldiers working on the embankment were more or less absent-minded, and the atmosphere on the embankment was solemn and tense.

Gu Xiang was extremely calm and composed. While having the mutton soup sealed up and handing it over to the military doctor Lao Liu for inspection and supervision, he cleaned up the stove again, checked the ingredients, and started a fire to make rice. Fortunately, there is nothing wrong with the marinade, and the ingredients are thrown in and then come out , is a good dish.

By the way, as usual, I took advantage of the cooking time to tell a short story.

"Yesterday we talked about Zhao Yuchen, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, leading Chongjiu to solve the case of the nine-tailed demon fox. Today, the two of them were invited by General Xie Lin of Shangzhu Kingdom to go to the Forbidden Army to watch the Forbidden Army's exercise. It turned out that the first day they went Then, there was a poisoning incident by the Imperial Army, Chong Jiu was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly urged Zhao Yuchen to find out who was behind the scenes."

"Zhao Yuchen laughed for a long while, then shook his head and said, 'It will take no effort at all to catch this idiot."

When Gu Xiang said this, he raised his eyebrows and chuckled, "Zhao Yuchen said, the kitchen is an important place, and the people who come and go are recorded. Find out all the people who have been in and out of the kitchen recently. Just let me take a look at the clothes, shoes and hats they have worn recently. I will naturally know who this poisoned idiot is!"

(End of this chapter)