The Red Mansions

Chapter 22 The Big Kitchen

Rongguo Mansion, Rongqing Hall, Jia Mu's residence.

At the dinner table, Jia's mother glanced at Jia Baoyu several times, seeing that he hadn't eaten a few mouthfuls for a long time, she finally couldn't help but put down the bowls and chopsticks, and said lovingly: "I'm a sweetheart, are these meals not to your liking? "

Jia Baoyu raised his head and glanced at Lin Daiyu. Seeing that she was silent, he was relieved, so he shook his head at Mother Jia.

Mother Jia sighed and said worriedly: "Then why don't you eat? How can you do it without eating? Can your body bear it? If you don't eat, you will be hungry and thin in a few days!"

Jia Baoyu held the bowl in both hands, but didn't answer, and kept silent, which made Jia's mother even more anxious when she saw it.

When Jia Mu asked Jia Baoyu, she couldn't find out why, so she looked up at Lin Daiyu and Sichun, and asked, "Do you know what happened to this naughty boy? Why didn't you eat?"

Lin Daiyu frowned, but in the end she didn't open her mouth. It was Jia Tanchun who covered his mouth and said with a smile: "I don't know why he went crazy these days, saying that the food in the house has no soul."

Mother Jia was at a loss when she heard the words, and asked curiously, "Why is there a soul without a soul? I only know whether the food is good or not, but I have never heard of food with a soul! Isn't this inviting evil?"

Jia Tanchun smiled and said to Mother Jia: "Don't worry, old ancestor. He stole food out of the house, so he won't be able to eat it when he gets home."

Jia's mother glanced at Jia Baoyu, her face became serious, and she stared, "Baoyu, how can you eat outside casually? What if you eat unclean food and your stomach is ruined?"

Jia Baoyu sighed, and replied: "Old ancestor, my grandson has really eaten food with a soul recently. If you don't believe me, ask Sister Lin, she knows."

"You don't want me, I don't know, you said you want to treat me to eat, but I haven't eaten yet." Lin Daiyu turned her head and said.

Jia Mu frowned, and asked in a serious tone, "Baoyu, tell me the truth, what's going on!"

Jia Baoyu had no choice but to confess that he often went to Jia Yun's place for dinner recently.

After hearing this, Mother Jia's face softened, and she asked doubtfully, "Then brother Yun's cooking is really so delicious?"

Jia Baoyu nodded and said: "Of course it is true. A few days ago, Brother Rong invited the host in another courtyard. Uncle, Brother Zhen and Second Brother Lian also went. After eating the food cooked by Brother Yun, they were all full of praise. !"

Mother Jia pondered for a moment, then said to Jia Baoyu: "Listen to you, I really want to try the food cooked by Brother Yun. You ask him to cook some dishes tomorrow and send them to me for a taste. If they are really as good as you said Eat, at worst, invite him to cook in the big kitchen of the mansion."

Jia Baoyu shook his head and sighed: "If you do it once or twice, it's okay to invite him. It may not be easy to invite him to cook for a long time. He told his grandson earlier that he will go to school in a while and wants to take the scientific examination." .”

Jiamu's eyes lit up, and she smiled and said, "Yo, I never thought that I was an ambitious person. That's not a big deal. I have a way to invite you..."

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Ningguo Mansion, after finishing the dishes, Jia Yun stayed in the kitchen for a while, and was about to leave.

Jia Zhen got the news and asked Manager Lai to send him a box of high-quality Yuqian Longjing. I heard that it was bought in the inner city of the imperial city, and it was quite valuable.

Just after leaving Ningguo Mansion, Jia Yun saw Mingyan walking towards her.

When Mingyan saw Jia Yun, her eyes lit up, she took a few steps, stepped forward and saluted, "Brother Yun, I have found you."

"What do you want me to do?" Jia Yun asked suspiciously.

Ming Yan nodded and said, "Second Master Bao asked me to look for you. I would like to ask you to help cook three or five dishes at noon tomorrow. I will come and pick them up at that time. I have been to your house just now and you are not here. That's why I found this place." here."

Jia Yun frowned and said, "Just say three or five dishes, didn't you say what kind of dishes you want to cook?"

"I didn't say anything, just watch it." Mingyan shook her head and said.

Jia Yun nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll do whatever I want. Even if Second Master Bao is not satisfied, I still have to collect the money."

Mingyan smiled and said, "Look at what Brother Yun said, do you still have to question your cooking skills? No matter what kind of dishes you make, Master Bao loves to eat them!"

"Haha, thank you, okay, you can bring the food box over early tomorrow, and I'll make it when you arrive, so as not to get cold." Jia Yun laughed loudly.

Ming Yan cupped her hands and said: "Then it's settled, I'll go back and talk to Second Master first, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow!" Jia Yun bowed back with hands folded and said with a smile.

On the way home, Jia Yun thought about it for a moment, thinking that Jia Baoyu was born rich and famous, and had eaten a lot of delicious food, so it is not advisable to cook him some fancy and high-end meals.

After all, if he wants to eat high-end food, there is no need to come here to eat.

Therefore, Jia Yun decided to cook some home-cooked dishes for Jia Baoyu tomorrow. They are delicious and not troublesome, and with the ingredients produced in the space, there shouldn't be much problem.

After making up her mind, Jia Yun stopped thinking about it and went to a shop selling tea sets, bought a set of tea sets, and then returned home.

Putting the tea set and tea leaves on the table, Jia Yun looked at the three-legged table and thought, "Be patient for another ten days, and when the house is decorated, it will be comfortable!"

If he didn't want to renovate the house, he would have replaced all the furniture in the house. He was really panicked when he saw the tattered furniture.

It was already dark, and Mrs. Bu had already gone to bed.

Jia Yun originally wanted to make a pot of tea, but when she thought that she would not be able to fall asleep after drinking tea at night, she had to give up, and it would not be too late to drink it tomorrow.

Woke up early in the morning, after a busy day, I was a little tired.

Jia Yun stretched, got up, took a shower, and went to bed early.

In the early morning of the next day, Jia Yun set up a stall normally.

The attackers are coming again, and they have never stopped for the past few days.

Jia Yun was not in a hurry to get her buns, but first took a bag of fried chestnuts and handed them over.

The chestnuts have been placed in the space since they were fried, and even after several days, they are still not cold, which is also miraculous.

After Xiren took the paper bag very naturally, he took out a piece of chestnut and ate it slowly.

After a while, she asked in a low voice, "I heard that Master Bao asked you to cook for him?"

Jia Yun nodded, and replied: "There is such a thing, what's the matter?"

"Hee hee, you don't know, but the old lady asked him to cook with you, saying that she wanted to see if your cooking was really delicious." Xi Ren said with a smile.

Then, she told Jia Yun what she had heard about what happened in Rongqingtang last night. After she finished speaking, she smiled and said: "If you do well, the old lady is planning to invite you to the university in the mansion." Cooking in the kitchen!"

Jia Yun asked suspiciously, "You invited me to cook, right? I remember that there are many cooks in your Rongguo Mansion who are very good at cooking!"

Xiren nodded and said: "That's right, but the chef of the big kitchen in our house is not the cook, but the royal cook invited by the old man when he was alive, and only the chef of the small kitchen is the cook, who only cooks for the little master in the house. meal."

After a pause, she whispered: "The head chef of the big kitchen is too old now, and he has brought a lot of apprentices, so the craftsmanship is not flattering. If it wasn't for the fact that we couldn't find a suitable head chef, we would have replaced them a long time ago. gone."

"You should put more effort into cooking tomorrow, and try to satisfy the old lady. Maybe you might be invited by the family to be the cook in the big kitchen. I will tell you in private that being a cook is a lot of work."

Jia Yun glanced at her with a smile, thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "Forget it, I still have to study and take the imperial examination. If I work as a chef in Jia's mansion, I won't be free."

"Why not free? The chef is in charge of the big kitchen, and usually only cooks for the old ladies and a few old ladies. Other cooks will cook for the servants," Xiren said.

"Also, although you are from Sanfang, you are closer than outsiders. If you really have the skills, you can earn much more than you from selling buns! As for why, wait for you When you become a chef, you will know."

Jia Yun smiled and said nothing, and didn't have much hope for going to Jia's mansion to be a chef. He also knew that cooking was a lot of money, but compared with studying and taking the imperial examination, it was not too important.

Seeing that he was silent, Xiren smiled and said, "If you want to study, it doesn't have much conflict with being a chef. There is still a lot of free time for cooking."

"Hehe, let's see when the time comes, I haven't even written my horoscope yet!" Jia Yun said with a smile.

Xiren nodded, with a smile on his face, peeled a chestnut and ate it, and said with a smile: "You can see it, if this matter falls on someone else, you would jump up excitedly, but you don't take it seriously." .”

(End of this chapter)