delicious little cook

Chapter 157
"Right, one more thing."

"My lord, please tell me."

"Third sister wants you to save her life." Gu Yun sighed after saying this.

"A gunman again?" Bai Kou also frowned, "What are you going to do this time?"

"The elder brother said that Miss Tong is pushing the third sister very hard, just wanting her to go out to socialize and show off her cooking skills. My third sister has been pretending to be dead at home until now. Seeing that the end of the year is coming, the relatives are walking more and more. There is a way."

"The servant girl thinks that Miss Tong San has noticed something? A person with culinary talent has a strong sense of taste and smell. The maidservant replaced Miss San twice. Does Miss Tong San know the taste? "

"Isn't it?" Gu Yun suddenly lost his mind.

"It's hard to say, otherwise, why did you suddenly contact the third lady so frequently to ask her to go out to socialize? It's really because of the deep love between sisters, and you want to bring your cousin who has been out of the social circle for three years to return to the social circle?"

"Their sisters don't seem to be deeply in love. They used to attack each other. One joked that the other only knew how to cook, why didn't he change his career to be a cook? One joked that the other had read a lot of books in vain. When encountering difficulties, the first one must be the first starve."

"... Are these really uncles and sisters? The relationship is so good... Especially..."

"Don't worry about their sister's feelings for now. Think about what to do now. The eldest brother came forward to be a lobbyist and begged me for help. Even if I want to refuse, I have to give a reasonable reason. Otherwise, if the third sister is used to relying on you, she will succeed." What will you do if you cheat a man into marrying her?"

Bai Kou's back suddenly felt cold, "This is really a beautiful idea!"

Gu Yun giggled happily.

"For your own good, you have to come up with a solution as soon as possible. It's not so easy for you to find another master who is as generous and talkative as me."

Bai Kou was really frightened by the possibility that the son said, she is not willing to be a dowry for other young ladies, Zeng Zhu is a ready-made example.

Bai Kou, who was pacing back and forth, stopped after turning around a dozen times.

"Is there a way?" Gu Yun threw a small garlic powder into his mouth and asked vaguely.

"The servant girl was intimidated by Miss Tong San."

"Ah?!" Gu Yun was confused and didn't understand at all.

"My son, it is a basic housework ability for a housewife to preside over middle-class food, but it does not mean that they have to handle the ingredients with their own hands, and work hard like common housewives or cooks."

"Yes! The reason why Tong Mingli and Ye Junting are famous for their cooking skills is because they can do it themselves, and they do it really well. Most people cook dishes like steaming at most, stay away from fried dishes, or let others do it for them. Ladies stand in a safe place for speech instruction."

"My son, I suggest that the second lady buy a little cook for the third lady to be a personal maid, and all the problems can be solved, and she can also be married as a dowry. The next thing the third lady has to do is to memorize the recipes. She has read a lot of books and memorized the recipes." This should be a piece of cake."

"Tsk tsk, Tong Mingli was really scared and confused. They actually pretended to be dead for such a simple matter. How much does it cost to buy a little cook at the culinary art workshop?"

"Your Majesty, the maidservants are worth dozens of taels of silver, and the second lady doesn't seem like a generous master." Bai Kou remembered that the lady rewarded him with miscellaneous silver jewelry, which was a bit unpleasant.

"You helped to make the snacks at the third sister's birthday party. Did the second lady reward you afterwards?"

"No."

The two were silent together, looking at each other speechlessly, and sighed in unison.

"Second Madam herself also married with a cook. Why would she never think of preparing two for her daughters? You still have to spend the money that should be spent."

"It doesn't matter, I just suggest them to go. It's their business whether to buy it or not. You are my manager now, and you have no time to be their shooter."

"Thank you, son."

The two agreed on this, and Bai Kou then called someone in to help the prince wash and rest.

The next morning, Gu Yun had breakfast after practicing martial arts, wrote a note to his second aunt, changed his clothes and went out to meet friends.

Bai Kou asked Xiaojing to send the note over, she called the newcomers to the platform of the main courtyard, arranged for each of them today's errands, then called Gu Xiaoyi out alone, and told her that the prince picked them out yesterday. Because of her good looks and good figure, the prince likes to be surrounded by beauties, so let's spare Gu Xiaoyi this time, if she angers the prince again, she will be removed from her name and never used again.

Gu Xiaoyi knelt at the bottom of the steps to thank her again and again, she was so excited that she was a little incoherent. Others saw that she was lucky enough to escape the catastrophe, and the expressions on her face were different. Some people made up their minds to dress up beautifully every day to please the prince. .

After sending them off, Bai Kou called Gu Xiaoyi to the prince's study, and re-transcribed the draft letter for her last night.

Gu Xiaoyi sat at the coffee table, and honestly finished copying all the envelopes. After sealing all the envelopes, she handed them over to Aunt Su and asked her to find someone in the front yard to deliver the letters.

When the prince is not at home, the maids who wait on him will have leisure, but they can't go back to their own room to rest, but sit on the porch and watch the people who come in and out. After all, the main courtyard is connected to the kitchen. If there is no one in the courtyard, how can they It's not that no one will know if someone has touched into Shizi's room.

The two newcomers, Gu Xiaoyi and Wang Hongshao, were taken care of by the old maids, and Bai Kou felt at ease. She went back to the house and changed into her riding clothes with arrow sleeves. Go out and go to Cross Street.

First find a blacksmith shop to customize standard measuring tools, measuring spoons with uniform length, width and height, taste-testing spoons for cooks, new molds for baking, and case scales for weighing ingredients.

The structure of the case scale is complicated. Fortunately, there are many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in Tianshuifang, and many skilled craftsmen are attracted to do business here. A deposit for him to make a table scale for the family kitchen.

After finishing these things, Bai Kou went to the bookstore again. The private books of the dignitaries and dignitaries would be printed in these bookstores to make plates, but what Bai Kou wanted was the calendar and notepad version. She thinks clay type is better, woodcut version The cost is too high.

But a bookstore that can store tens of thousands of clay type in various sizes and fonts is already a large bookstore with strong capital. The shopkeeper who received Bai Kou understood her sketches, understood her meaning, and keenly sensed that there might be a business opportunity. , after learning that this guest is the maidservant of Lord Ye's mansion, she started talking about new business with a smile on her face.

"Girl, how about this, let's have a discussion, shall we?"

"Did the shopkeeper take a fancy to my sketch?" Bai Kou blinked and knew what the shopkeeper was thinking.

"I think your calendar is very practical. There are high-ranking officials and businessmen. They have a lot of things to do every day. I think many of them would be willing to buy a set for a year and use it slowly."

"Then what's in it for me?"

"In this way, you are still a sketch. We will give you free trial printing until the original is established. In addition to the last few months of this year, I will give you a set of calendars for next year. What do you think?"

"Just one set? Should I take it back for the Duke of the country, or the son of the world?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't think carefully! In this way, one price, ten sets!"

"Twenty sets. You know our Duke is working in the official office of the Ministry of Rites. If other officials see it, they might be interested."

The shopkeeper pondered for a while, and agreed with a toothache.

"Okay, twenty sets is twenty sets, girl, you really know how to negotiate business."

"Let me tell you first, if our family buys it again in the future, the shopkeeper's one will be cheaper."

"Definitely! The family will buy again, and each set will be [-]% off."

The two sides agreed on this, established a document, exchanged names, and Bai Kou left satisfied.

(Author's note: Regarding the slow progress of the relationship between the hero and the heroine, Chongzi needs to explain. After all, the difference in status between the two is too great to be able to fall in love on an equal footing. It can only be shown as the young master pampering the maidservant a little bit. Together, sooner or later, it will develop into abusive essays, but Chongzi wants to write sweet essays, so take your time, don’t worry, don’t worry, thank you for your support o(∩_∩)o)

(End of this chapter)