delicious little cook

Chapter 108 The Deaconess of the Ice Cellar
"It was never opened when it was delivered?" Bai Kou picked up the box and took a closer look. The seal on the opening lid was still intact.

"The pen and ink used by the barbarians, our lord and wife are not interested, if it is a gift from the barbarians, it is fine, but it is not, so I accepted it and put it away."

"Then I took it apart? The ink used by the barbarians is different from our ink ingots. I don't know if it will dry out after a long time."

"It will be like this?! Then quickly take it apart and have a look!"

Bai Kou tore off the seal, opened the carton, and there was a small wooden box inside, then took out the wooden box, opened the lid, and there was a layer of red velvet in the box, and three things were put in it.

A pen with a metal barrel and a cap wrapped in numerous rhombus-shaped compartments, emitting charming refracted light, a gold nib, a bottle of brass ink bottle wrapped in dark green velvet leather, the bottle cap is actually in the shape of a dropper .

Bai Kou suddenly felt an indescribable excitement. Although she had never used this ancient fountain pen, it was obviously an early fountain pen with the capillary principle, because there was a feed on the nib.

She took out both the pen and the ink bottle, and pulled off the cap to realize that the nib was on the barrel. She unscrewed the ink bottle again, carefully dipped the nib in some ink, and then scribbled on the paper, drawing a series of circles to test the nib. smoothness.

I don’t know how long the ink has been stored. If impurities are produced and the nib will be damaged, then such a good thing will be wasted.

After drawing a circle on half a sheet of paper, without feeling grainy, Bai Kou unscrewed the small plug at the end of the pen, took a dropper of ink and poured it carefully into the hollow pen barrel.

Screwing back the plug at the end of the pen, Bai Kou lightly flicked the pen a few times, and continued to draw circles on the paper. Feeling the smooth flow of water, without the trouble of ink leakage, he wrote a small poem silently on a whim, and wrote it out with a slender pen tip. The characters written in petty lower case are indeed women's pens.

"How about this pen? Can it be used?"

"Yes, it's quite easy to use. Take it with you, and you can always have a pen when you want to write."

"That's good. We're still worried. I'm afraid you don't like it. Da Furen said that you are more used to writing with charcoal sticks, and brush calligraphy can't be practiced in a day or two. When I think of it, I happen to have this set of barbarian pen and ink. I appreciate it." It’s not a waste if you can use it.”

"I hope I can afford this ink." Bai Kou stuck out her tongue and prayed sincerely.

"Don't cry about being poor! We won't obey!" Mei Lun poked Bai Kou on the forehead.

"That's right! You are not poor at all, and there are few servants who are richer than you! The money of the third-class cook and deacon is added together, and the money is one, two, or five hundred cash a month. The young master still follows his rules. I'll give you two taels, three taels, five hundred cash, that's the amount your kitchen stewards will take, right?!" Meihuan pouted.

"I really know how much I get my sisters a month."

"Now it's your turn to figure out all the affairs in the courtyard. You can't neglect your duties as a temporary manager."

"Isn't the temporary steward going to be next year?!" Bai Kou was a little weak-kneed, and things were thrown over him one after another.

"Next year it will be announced that you will be the temporary steward of the courtyard, but if you don't take over the affairs from now on, how will you direct those newcomers to do things next year?"

"Sisters, let's talk slowly at night. I will go to Yan Bo's first, and I will make snacks for the third young master when I come back."

Mei Lun Meihuan went out the door first with a smile, Bai Kou tidied up the table and left quickly.

Still walking in Babu Alley, Bai Kou found that many people she didn't know seemed to know her, because she took the initiative to greet her by her name, and even reported her family name, but this kind of hasty meeting, except for confusing people's names. Other uses.

Bai Kou maintained a social manner all the way, never felt that walking would be so tiring, and the more people walked towards the kitchen, the more people greeted her, so she could only keep her eyes on the road, Not daring to stop to respond to others, he plunged straight into the courtyard of the kitchen warehouse and slammed on Uncle Yan's door.

Hearing Yan Bo's voice in the room, Bai Kou pushed the door open and entered, and saw Yan Bo sitting behind his desk arranging the books.

"Uncle Yan."

"Yo, Deacon Bai Kou."

"Uncle Yan, don't make fun of the servant girl." Bai Kou closed the door with a helpless face.

"This can't be called a joke. Your name has already been reported to the cashier and copied into the book. You have two errands and two monthly reports. It is rare to see you like this in the entire family."

"It's just a deacon. The maid walked along the way and many people I didn't know greeted the maid, and they all called the maid's name."

"Hey? No one told you?"

"say what?"

"You, the deacon, are fully responsible for the addition of manpower to the ice cellar. Now that the news is spreading, someone should secretly give you a gift."

"Hey?!" Bai Kou immediately recalled in her mind that on the table under her window, besides the things that the lady gave her, there were also a few things in ordinary packaging, and her expression suddenly became a little subtle.

"Look, someone sent something?" Yan Bo smiled knowingly when he saw the change in Bai Kou's face.

"There are several wrapped presents on the table in the room, but no one told the maidservant what it was, and the maidservant came over in a hurry and didn't ask."

"Don't think about it, it must be for a relationship. It's not a valuable thing. You take it apart and take a look. If you like it, you can keep it. If you don't like it, you can pass it on to others. This is not a gift that is equivalent to agreeing to do something. This is friendship. Your love, a meeting gift, contact and relationship, let you know that there is such a person waiting for an errand, it doesn't matter if it doesn't work this time, I will ask you to think about it next time, but if there is a next time, they will continue to give gifts. Although the position of a deacon is low, he can always receive several gifts throughout the year."

"Well, don't worry, maidservant. Otherwise, if you think you only need to add a few more people, what should you do if you accept too many gifts, and you won't be able to return them?"

"Don't retreat, this is slapping people in the face. Everyone in the mansion has their own network. You don't know when you will find someone to cooperate with. If anyone remembers their grudges, they will cheat you secretly. Now, who do you go to complain about?"

"Well, that's right, the servant girl accepted it with peace of mind."

"The ice cellar will be under your control alone. Do it well. The lady is looking at your Wenling courtyard, the East Kitchen, the ice cellar, and me every day. You run around here and there. The unique and good conditions, so I ordered you Act as deacon."

"The servant girl will not disappoint the eldest lady. Then who will the servant girl tell about the addition of manpower?"

"The increase or decrease of the manpower in the back house is under the control of the eldest lady. You can list the conditions and give them to Mama Pang."

"Okay, maidservant took it down, thank you Yan Bo for your guidance."

"It's getting late, the third young master is about to leave school, you should go back and make some snacks."

"Yes, the servant girl will leave."

Bai Kou saluted and left, walked out of the small courtyard, and walked in Babu Alley, and people she didn't know continued to come up to her and greeted her. name and face.

(End of this chapter)