delicious little cook

Chapter 100 The True Level of the Kitchen Steward

Early the next morning, Bai Kou got up and ran to the kitchen warehouse. It was almost the time for the vendors to deliver the food. Yan Bo supervised and counted the ingredients with a long list of the day's ingredients.

Yan Bo took the ingredients list for braised pork with fermented glutinous rice, looked at the main and auxiliary ingredients listed above, and promised Bai Kou to send her to Wenlingyuan tomorrow.

Bai Kou thanked Yan Bo, and immediately rushed back to Wenling Courtyard to cook breakfast for the third young master, and before he ate, put a new draft of the articles of association on his dining table, and made it when discussing with Yan Bo the afternoon before yesterday. The notes that came out finally turned into more complete and thoughtful content.

Gu Yun had breakfast, and when he went to say good morning to his parents, he gave the new draft to his mother.

Because the ice cellar has been cleaned up, Bai Kou finally has a rare morning break, but she is still not idle. After washing clothes in the chore yard, she comes back to practice a few times, and then I ran to the small school grounds of the Women's Nursing Home to find Aunt Wu, and showed her the results of my practice in the past few days.

When Aunt Wu saw that Bai Kou had really practiced the moves diligently these days, she became interested and asked a young sister-in-law to practice against Bai Kou, while she stood by and pointed out their mistakes.

After repeated practice several times, both of them were sweating profusely and out of breath, so Aunt Wu called to stop.

"Well, you two should be a partner in the future, Bai Kou is so flexible, and your sister-in-law Bao Er is a new wife who has been married for less than three months. Both of you are newbies, so there is no problem of anyone bullying the other. "

Bai Kou and Mrs. Bao's second sister smiled at each other and nodded happily.

Seeing that it was almost time in the morning, Bai Kou went back to Wenling Courtyard to clean his face and change clothes, and then ran to the East Kitchen.

As soon as he passed the door that Aunt Nie was guarding, Bai Kou was grabbed by her aunt and dragged into the room to tell her about the commotion yesterday afternoon.

Mengmei caused too much commotion yesterday, and Third Aunt Nie was not deaf, so she heard a lot.

"What did Mengmei sue me? She actually has such a face?!" After hearing this, Bai Kou laughed out of anger.

"I heard that those people who were suspended from work didn't keep their mouths shut. There have been rumors that she knows that she will be unlucky sooner or later. She is trying to make a fool of herself. Don't let her lead you into the ditch."

"Don't worry, Auntie, the maid will not let her succeed."

Bai Kou thanked Third Aunt Nie and walked calmly into the East Kitchen courtyard.

Everyone in the courtyard was discussing the menu for the filial piety banquet. The lady had sent someone to say that the menu that was drawn up last time was not good, at least half of the dishes should be replaced, and Zeng Zhu, the acting manager, should come up with a new one.

They are all cooks, and everyone knows in their hearts that this is the last chance. If they can't draw up a menu that satisfies the masters, they will probably leave before the filial feast.

It was precisely because of this matter that weighed on everyone's hearts like a mountain, when Bai Kou came in, not many people paid attention to her. Except for Lu Doudou waving for Bai Kou to go over, no one greeted her, not even the stewards. Seeing her, the craftsmen even repaired the big oven silently, not daring to intervene in the housework of the Duke's Mansion.

"What's the situation?" Bai Kou looked around, and few people had smiles on their faces.

"It's not about the menu. The eldest lady refuted the previous menu and asked Manager Zeng to draw up a new one. Everyone is worried that it will be bad luck if it is not done well."

"There is no way around this. Wen Gushan delayed too much time before, and there is not much time left for Manager Zeng. The things that should be ordered must be issued next month."

"Bai Kou, you said you won't really mess it up, right?" Lu Doudou felt inexplicably uneasy.

Bai Kou glared at her, "Don't scare yourself."

Lu Doudou stuck out her tongue, did not continue this topic, started another topic, chatting about yesterday's commotion.

Because she had already learned from Third Aunt Nie, Bai Kou was mentally prepared. Lu Doudou said that she would not have any emotional ups and downs at this moment, and looked at Mengmei, who was shivering in a ball in the crowd, with a sneer on her face.

"Let her call for things without evidence. I don't have time to play games with her. If she wants to stay, she can only hope that the law will not punish the public. Let's see if she has the ability to dig out more people who have committed adultery with Wen Gushan. "

"The third young master uses you very much? Can't do without you?" Lu Doudou suddenly showed a foxy smile, shaking Bai Kou's arm around her.

"I'm trying to lean on this, you can help me keep an eye on the kitchen, don't let anyone hold me back."

"Yeah, don't worry about my work." Lu Doudou patted Bai Kou boldly, and walked towards the cooks with her shoulders in his arms.

After the lunch time like a war ended, the maids from each house and courtyard took away the food boxes, and the cooks and cooks began to eat their lunch. Bai Kou took her rice bowl and walked to the shaded place in the narrow alley before she lowered her head and picked it up. After taking a bite of rice, she raised her head again to see Zeng Zhu also walking over with her bowl, her gaze kept on looking at herself.

Bai Kou silently swallowed the food in her mouth, signaling Lu Doudou and Hong Su Wanqiu to stay together, while she faced Zeng Zhu and stood in the shadow a little far away.

"Manager Zeng, what's your order?" Bai Kou smiled lightly, trying to make it look like a chat between the two of them.

"Bai Kou, I'm not Wen Gushan. I won't try to harm you behind my back. Tell me honestly, are you planning a menu for the masters?" Compared to Bai Kou's ease, Zeng Zhu couldn't smile at all.

"I asked my maid to cook braised pork, but I didn't say that I wanted my maid to serve a menu."

"You already have a poached tofu, and I want you to make braised pork. Is this a trial dish?"

"I don't know, maybe."

Zeng Zhu was silent for a moment, took a few mouthfuls of food, and then looked up at Bai Kou.

"In the morning, the Da Furen sent someone to say that I hope that there will be some new dishes in the filial piety banquet. It doesn't have to be brand new, but at least there must be some new ideas."

"Well, is there a problem?"

"Duke Xian passed away, and the mansion actually kept mourning for three years. For 36 months, we were all detained in the mansion and didn't go out on the streets for a long time."

"I used to be in charge, like you have a family, can't you go home and live in shifts for a few days in a month? How do you mean being detained in the mansion? Doesn't the steward have an extra chance to go to the streets?"

"Bai Kou, it's been almost four months since you came here as an apprentice. How many times have you seen our steward go to the street? It's embarrassing to say it. In the past three years, the one who really walked the streets happily was to go to Yachifang to buy you. It took several days for this group of apprentices to buy 24 people back."

"Ah, I really didn't pay much attention to these details. At that time, worrying about my ranking took up too much energy every day. Could it be that Wen Gushan deliberately restrained you?"

"From the beginning of filial piety, Wen Gushan asked the stewards to go home, but they had to make breakfast before leaving, and then they had to rush back to make dinner, so we could only go to the neighboring workshop at the farthest, and we couldn't go too far. "

"The servant once understood what you meant. In the name of keeping filial piety, Wen Gushan kept you in charge and the people out of touch for too long. You don't even know what's new in the market now. But what's the point of his doing so? "

"Of course it is to ensure that he can continue to take over as the kitchen manager in the next promotion competition."

"The next promotion competition will be next year, and the old Duke passed away three years ago. That is to say, he has been using his brains since your last promotion competition, and then let him get such a great opportunity."

"This opportunity didn't fall from the sky suddenly. The old man has been in bed for more than a year, so to be precise, since Wen Gushan kept his kitchen manager last time, he has already made up his mind to use the filial piety period to abolish it." The cooking skills of the few of us in charge."

Bai Kou was not an ignorant girl like Lu Doudou. Zeng Zhu spoke so clearly, she naturally understood the meaning of her words immediately, and lowered her head to take a big mouthful of rice.

"You can't write the menu."

With food in his mouth, Bai Kou's words were a little fuzzy.

(End of this chapter)