delicious little cook

Chapter 107 The Deaconess of the Ice Cellar
The male chefs were whispering among each other, and the female chefs were in an uproar at first, but they quickly calmed down and accepted the appointment. After all, they were only temporary assistants, not filling in for the lack of management. The old chefs soon stopped being entangled.

It was Bai Kou who really didn't expect it. She was stunned when she heard the appointment at first, and it was Lu Doudou who pinched her arm that brought her back to her senses, and quickly saluted Zeng Zhu to thank her.

After announcing the personnel matter, Zeng Zhu began to assign errands to everyone. Bai Kou was brought out alone, and only followed Zeng Zhu to work.

Wan Qiu and Hong Su, who sent Steward Lu home, came back a little later, and the cooking had already started on the stove, so they had nothing to do when they came back, so they divided the cooked dishes into plates in the small kitchen in Bai'an.

Some of the cooks and cooks who were free asked them to inquire about the gossip about Steward Lu's family. Wan Qiu and Hong Su didn't have the obligation to save face for Steward Lu, so they told them what they saw.

Manager Lu was suspended from work due to illness and went home, and the family was full of quarrels.

Cooking is a profession that pays attention to the level of skill, and servants with skills are generally more expensive in silver, so of course, the monthly silver rice after the steward is more than that of other stewards of the same level, this suspension is nothing All gone.

But Steward Lu is the breadwinner of the family. Her husband drives and transports goods to the shops under the name of the mansion. The first daughter is almost at the age of discussing relatives, and she has no errands. She sits at home and eats her parents, especially the daughter. , can only do needlework.

If Manager Lu's illness doesn't get better soon, and she will only rely on her man's money to support the family in the future, the whole family will have to drink Northwest Wind.

It was also because Lu Meihua's status in the mansion was higher than her husband's, so no one called her husband's surname outside the house, but her real name.

Wan Qiu and Hong Su also deliberately found out that the man in charge of Lu was surnamed Liu, and he was the third in the family, so that when someone mentioned Third Aunt Liu in the future, they would not know who they were talking about.

When the veteran chefs heard about the situation in Lu Meihua's house, and then thought about their own problems and the situation at home, it was rare that no one took pleasure in other people's misfortune, and broke up with sighs and sighs.

With a tray in each hand, Bai Kou came out of Hongan's kitchen and walked into the small stove, and brought freshly cooked stir-fried vegetables. Wan Qiu and Hong Su hurriedly followed, and arranged the plates one by one and put them in the food box.

Dishes and snacks from the two kitchens of the red case and the white case were brought in like flowing water, and everyone quickly divided them up, and then the maids from each house and courtyard came to get their lunch on time, and when they were all gone, they began to eat their own lunch in the kitchen.

At this time, the latest gossip about Lu Meihua's family had already been circulated among the crowd.

Bearing the title of temporary deputy, Bai Kou enjoyed the meal that belonged to the steward as generously as yesterday. Wan Qiu and Hong Su also had a lot of fresh gossip waiting to share with Bai Kou and Lu Doudou. After a few months in the mansion, I went outside for the first time, and when I saw a few wild flowers under the wall, I could talk about it excitedly.

After dinner, Bai Kou didn't leave in a hurry as usual, but went with Zeng Zhu to the small courtyard where she lived. The two female stewards originally lived in the same courtyard, and the layout was the same as that of Wengu Mountain's chief manager's courtyard. There are three main rooms in the light, two in the dark, and there are exactly two people living there.

Zeng Zhu asked Bai Kou to sit in the hall. She went into the bedroom and took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone. The two sat sideways in front of the Eight Immortals table, spreading out the pen and paper, discussing the details of the preparations for the filial banquet, and writing on the paper. Take notes.

Married to the mansion for more than [-] years, Zeng Zhu has rich experience in various levels of banquets, and Bai Kou is the same. Although her experience is different from Zeng Zhu's, she is also the same as how to prepare a banquet kitchen for how many people. Open your mouth and come.

The two experienced people were discussing various details. Zeng Zhu keenly sensed from Bai Kou's words that she should come from a family of cooks, because some qualities can't be taught in the workshop, but the family It can be explained if the environment dictates it, but she was careful not to ask too much, but was happy that she had a good deputy.

After discussing for about half an hour, the notes were written on a few large sheets of paper, and the framework was basically set up. The two of them broke up the meeting, and Bai Kou took the notes back to Wenlingyuan for further arrangement.

Habitually took a shortcut and walked through the corner gate of the garden, walked through the small garden and walked into the main yard, and saw the beautiful and beautiful sisters sitting on the corridor of the west wing, doing needlework, when they heard footsteps, they raised their heads, and saw that it was Bai Kou who immediately put down the Something, stood up with a smile on his face.

"Sister Bai Kou is back."

Bai Kou suddenly showed nervousness and stopped, "Second sisters, please don't make fun of me."

Seeing that Bai Kou was so frightened, Mei Lun Meihuan laughed out of joy.

"It's not wrong."

"It's not a joke."

Bai Kou is embarrassed.

"Second sisters, what's going on?"

"In the morning, you go to the East Kitchen first, and Uncle Yan sent someone later, and the new regulations of the ice cellar have been approved by Mrs. Madam, and they will be implemented on the same day."

"Oh. Then?"

"Uncle Yan is getting old and has limited energy, and the ice cellar is not convenient for a man to take care of in the back house, so a deaconess is added to help Uncle Yan share his worries."

"Who?"

"You!"

Mei Lun Meihuan probably thought Bai Kou's dumbfounded look was funny, and couldn't stop laughing.

Bai Kou continued to be embarrassed, this appointment was even more surprising than being Zeng Zhu's temporary deputy.

"The female deacon is also effective immediately, but because you are young and have not reached the age, you are afraid that you will not be able to convince the public, and you are also afraid that irrelevant people will gossip, so the title is acting deacon, but the deacon's monthly routine is one tael of silver and two taels of rice noodles. Dou will be given to you as usual, no reduction or reduction."

Meilun managed to hold back her laughter, and repeated Yan Bo's words to Bai Kou.

"So, it's not wrong to call you Sister Baikou, right?" Meihuan laughed.

Bai Kou finally regained his sense of reality, scratched his head, and smiled foolishly.

"So Yan Bo is also my boss now? Do I have to go see him immediately?"

"I have to see him, but why don't you go back to your room and have a look?" Meilun pointed at the window of Bai Kou's bedroom and smiled meaningfully.

"My room? What's wrong?"

"Madam gave you a set of pens and inks used by barbarians. It is said that someone else gave them to Mrs. Madam. They also divided the money for men and women. Madam gave you her set of women's pens and inks, asking you to write well."

Bai Kou immediately rushed into the room. On the writing table under the window, there was a gorgeously wrapped cardboard box, and there were also a few ordinary-wrapped gifts.

"It's that gorgeous box."

Meilun Meihuan followed in.

(End of this chapter)