delicious little cook

Chapter 133
The third wife promised to repair the small kitchen and transfer people after the death day, but the girl of the third room made a slip of the tongue when she went to the east kitchen to get food, so that everyone knew about it. Only in front of Bai Kou, she was as honest as a mouse meeting a cat.

Lu Doudou and the others were completely relieved. Finally, this annoying guy no longer had to be an eyesore in front of everyone.

In order to ensure that everything goes smoothly in the kitchen, Bai Kou made responsibility for the cooks, and whoever had a problem would be responsible. If she dared to make trouble secretly, she would beat him to death on the spot before reporting to the lady.

No one protested Bai Kou's blatant threat. On the contrary, they believed that she could do what she said, and no one wanted to be smashed in the head by her holding a frying pan.

On the seventh day of June, in addition to cooking three meals a day, East and West Kitchen also began to prepare banquet dishes in advance, and then put them in the ice cellar to refrigerate. Bai Kou did not return to Wenling Courtyard that night. Just after Yinshi, everyone got up and went to work.

At this hour at the turn of the afternoon, there was a lot of traffic outside the Duke's mansion, the gentlemen got off their cars and horses in front of the main gate, the grand lord met guests in the main hall of the front yard, and the accompanying women's cars and sedan chairs went around to the side door and entered for eight steps. Alley, directly enter the second gate to Jicheng hall, fruit cakes and snacks for guests are served on the table in a flowing manner, and the children who come with their parents are all well-educated and courteous.

The married young lady Gu Xian and the second young lady Gu Jie also accompanied their husbands and sons-in-law back to their natal home for a feast. By the way, they led their two older cousins, the third young lady Gu Wan and the fourth young lady Gu Yan to assist the grandmother and the eldest lady in entertaining guests.

Fourth Miss Gu Yan Fifteen, she is the first birthday at the beginning of the year, and she is also the eldest daughter of the third house, so letting her out to entertain guests is naturally meant to let the wives present look at each other and choose a marriage for her.

The strength of the third master is a bit weak. If the eldest brother and elder sister-in-law don’t bother, the marriage of the children under his knees will become a big problem. Therefore, in the front yard, except for the seventh young master, all six young masters came forward to entertain guests together. The second young master should also It's an engagement.

Naturally, Jicheng Hall cannot seat more than 100 female guests, so only relatives with the closest blood relationship can sit in the room, and the rest of the guests stay indoors for varying periods of time after meeting the old lady and the lady according to their closeness. , they were led by the maids one after another to sit in the garden according to the assigned seats.

After noon, Mama Pang went forward to report that all the invited ladies had arrived. Only then did the old matriarch and the eldest lady get up, surrounded by servants and girls, and led the relatives to the garden.

The chairman is located at the highest point of the three-story pavilion, and four tables are set up at the lake pavilion at the end of the corridor and at the entrance, which are reserved for the seven girls in the family and other ladies of the same age. The peers have something to talk about, and the girls It is also necessary to know the latest news and anecdotes from the outside world. It would be too boring and restrained to sit at the same table with the elders.

At noon, with the sound of golden bells, the banquet began. There were two girls standing by each table, one was in charge of arranging the dishes on the table, and the other was in charge of sending out the removed dishes. The fruit, cakes, snacks and tea for the guests were removed immediately, and then the girls who served the food came in a long line, and all the tables served the food at the same time.

Bai Kou took six maids including Xiaoqian and Xiao Jing from Wenling Yard to help her light the fire, so that the cooks could concentrate on various cooking matters. Back kitchen management is Bai Kou's job. She pinpointed the cooking time and the serving time extremely accurately, and the food would be ready when she said it would be served, and the servant in charge of delivering the food didn't need to rush at all, and just found a place to sit and rest, after all, the dishes were full of food. The box is heavy, and maintaining your strength is important.

The banquet that started at noon lasted until the end of the day. There were four people at a table, 24 dishes, and the portions were sufficient. It was removed after only a few bites.

They are all relatives and friends of the same class, who would be short of this little oil and water in their stomachs, since they are full, they will not eat again, at most it is out of politeness or curiosity to taste a new dish, Bai Kou thinks It wouldn't be too wasteful, but it still exceeded her expectations.

It was even worse for Gu Wan and the others at the three tables. Many dishes were left untouched. I don't know where the ladies heard that they should eat less to keep fit. Boys don't like fat girls.

They were all a group of teenage unmarried girls who were discussing the age of marriage. This argument easily convinced everyone present. Even if some girls could eat more, they had to follow everyone and put down their chopsticks.

When the last seasonal fresh fruit was brought to the table, the whole banquet came to an end. The girls who were tired from chatting did not refuse the fruit, and the eclipse gracefully divided the two fruit plates.

After the fruit plate was sent out from the east kitchen, the cooks were so tired that they sat down in the shade of the trees. Bai Kou handed over the finishing touches to Zeng Zhu. ravioli and ice packs.

Aunt Su and Meilun Meihuan were watching in the courtyard, and when they saw them coming back, they immediately boiled the wontons. When the seven of them washed their hands, wiped their bodies, and returned to the small kitchen, seven large bowls of cold wontons were ready.

Bai Kou had been busy since getting up at Yinshi, tired and exhausted, she swallowed the wonton whole and went back to the house, fell asleep and fell unconscious.

The servants are tired, and so are the master and guests, especially the guests from Lu Yuan, who go out early in the morning and have to leave after eating, otherwise it will be too late when they arrive home.

So the masters, ladies, young masters and ladies have to be busy seeing off the guests again, and when the mansion returns to the usual tranquility, it will be after Shen Shi.

The masters, who were tired for a long time, went back to their houses and ordered some porridge and side dishes for dinner.

Gu Yun and his brother accompanied their father to see off the guests in the front yard. The father and son returned to the back house together, and chatted with the mother who had just returned. Overall, they were satisfied with today's banquet. Over there, ladies, everything is as expected.

The male stewards also have the cooks in the west kitchen who can be transferred under their hands. The manpower is sufficient, but the time control of cooking and serving is not as neat as that of the cooks. It’s just that I didn’t feel it when the banquet was in full swing. After talking about it, I realized that male chefs are quite different from female cooks. The most obvious thing is that the time interval between dishes being served varies from time to time.

After such a big banquet, it is customary to reward the servants to comfort them for their hard work. After discussing with each other, the couple decided that the cooks and cooks would give the rewards, and the three stewards would only give Zeng Zhu a heavy reward, while Huang Dahai and Cui Lin would only take three points from Zeng Zhu. One of them, and Bai Kou, who contributed the most, was rewarded by Gu Yun, which was regarded as an extra reward from the prince.

After negotiating, Gu Yun went back to rest in his courtyard, caring that the maids under his command were tired, and allowed them to rest and relax today.

Bai Kou sat on the railing of the veranda in the west wing with a stupid face that didn't get enough sleep. She was a little slow to react when she saw Gu Yun stepping into the courtyard, and then she climbed down the railing and walked into the courtyard, following behind the third young master One went into the upper room.

(End of this chapter)