delicious little cook

Chapter 175

While talking, the clerk brought the ink that Bai Kou wanted from the warehouse. The box with the same mark contained an ink set, a large bottle of ink and a small ink bottle, both made of colored glass. The bottles seemed to be locally produced.

Probably because Bai Kou accurately told the history of the country, the shopkeeper started the business a lot more happily, gave her a preferential price, and recommended spare nibs and spare pens to her.

"Ufazaghi's nibs are all made of very fine gemstones. This polishing process is our unique skill and is not rumored. However, the nib is a consumable, and it will still wear out after a long time, which will affect the smooth flow of water. In case the hand slips and falls, the tip of the pen is slightly deformed and you can’t write, if you have a spare tip or a spare pen at hand, you won’t be afraid of delays.”

"Okay, the same pen size, and two spare pens, the pens should be lighter, too heavy to write."

"Yes, yes, women's pen holder, not as gorgeous and expensive as yours, but it is enough for daily use."

The shopkeeper immediately took out the pen holder, nib and tools from under the counter, and assembled them skillfully.

"Guest, this pen is a high-end gift. Looking at the decoration, you can tell that it was a gift from the mission led by King Dalso four years ago. Did it come in a velvet box? At that time, the mission sent this pen to you. A small batch was given to the nobles, and the rest was handed over to the merchants in the mission for sale. Besides, our merchants can’t get the goods in our own country. You can use this money at home, don’t take it outside. It may be dangerous for you if someone who knows the goods sees it."

Bai Kou immediately put the pen into her purse.

"I need another pen. I write a lot every day, and three pens are enough."

The shopkeeper smiled happily, and quickly assembled another one and placed it on the counter.

A set of ink plus three pens, no matter how discounted it is, the total price is quite considerable. Fortunately, Bai Kou has saved some money in the past few months, and the cost is affordable.

After paying the money, the pen was put into the leather bag, the ink box was wrapped in furoshiki and carried in the hand, with the umbrella under the armpit, Bai Kou walked out of the shop, looking at the gloomy sky, feeling the cool autumn wind blowing on his face , suddenly lost interest in shopping.

Four years ago, for the sake of national unification, King Dalso of Lanbao Zhaji personally led a mission to meet the emperor, presenting beauties and various treasures in order to obtain aid and support.

In order to welcome this distinguished guest, the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Kitchen were discussing the banquet menu and trying out new dishes a year in advance.

At that time, the head chef was called Bai Yehong, Bai Kou's grandfather.

When the mission team led by King Dalso entered the capital, the signboard of Yuchu Bai had long since disappeared, and his family was separated. Facing the bullying among partners, he practiced the most basic basic skills over and over again, and if he did not do well, he would be beaten and starved.

Until the deity Bai Kou was practicing food carving, the carving knife cut through the tiger's mouth, and eventually died of wound infection.

Then, the shell was replaced with an inner core.

When the accident happened in the Bai family, the real Bai Kou was actually eight years old. She didn't know what happened at home at that time. In her remaining memory fragments, there was only the chaos of the soldiers raiding the house, and the grandmother desperately protected the box containing Bai's recipes. She was taken away, but she was old and weak, unable to resist at all, and soon there was nothing left in the family.

All the women and children knelt in the front yard, and the officials took the household registers and counted their heads. Only the real Bai Kou, who was under ten years old, was taken out alone, and he never saw any of his family members again.

It wasn’t until I heard people talking about gossip in the workshop that I learned that the Bai family members of my grandfather Bai Yehong were all sentenced to exile, but the mother family, wife family, daughter-in-law’s family, and other blood clans were not implicated and were allowed to continue. Engaged in the business of cooking or restaurants, but with the downfall of the long-term descendant of the grandfather, no clansman dared to solicit business under the name of Yu Chubai.

Bai Kou was immersed in the past memories of his deity, wandered along the street unconsciously, was suddenly awakened by the smell of barbecue, looked around, and saw the gate of a barbecue shop, all kinds of large skewers of meat were laid out on the bright charcoal fire , the aroma of compound spices stimulates the appetite, and the diners are very satisfied with a sip of wine and meat.

In front of this fragrance, my stomach couldn't bear it, so Bai Kou wandered over, asked the price, bought five skewers, scraped off the meat, wrapped it in lotus leaves, walked out of Yirenfang, and sat by the river bank to eat a big piece .

When you are in a bad mood, you have to eat and drink.

Bai Kou ate the whole package of barbecue, and went back to the workshop to continue looking for delicious food. She also went to queue to see which store had a long line outside. After eating a few rounds, it finally started raining. Roaming the streets, the drive to either feed yourself or run out of money.

After lunch time was almost over, Bai Kou returned to the restaurant with her round belly in her arms, and brought some fresh snacks to the hard-working guards, as well as a lot of interesting seasonings and ingredients. The entourage of the other young masters who were resting in the backyard exchanged names with each other.

The nobleman's party on the third floor was coming to an end, but it was raining outside, so he couldn't leave, so he asked the store to remove the food and drink, and replaced it with special hot drinks. A group of people chatted, both to sober up and wait for the rain to stop, and they came by car Half and half of them come on horseback, and those young masters cannot be asked to ride home on horseback in this autumn wind and rain.

Bai Kou hid in the carriage and listened to the sound of the wind and rain, and took a nap comfortably. She woke up in the middle and saw that it was raining outside and continued to sleep. When she woke up again, she couldn't fall asleep, and lay on the seat box boringly, thinking wildly.

Unknowingly, the bad things about the Bai family popped into Bai Kou's mind again.

Trapped in this small body is a soul from a different world, longing for freedom but powerless, restricted by the status of servants, slaves for generations, unable to escape, it is difficult to become a free citizen again, or it can prove that the Bai family has been wronged Unjust cases, or expect an amnesty that does not know the year of the monkey, and the scope of the amnesty includes the crimes committed by the Bai family.

Bai Kou thought about it vigorously, and realized that he didn't even know what crime Bai Yehong was convicted of. It should be a serious crime for the whole family to be exiled to the border, but it shouldn't be too serious a crime if no clansmen were involved.

Dereliction of duty at work led to ransacking and exile of the whole family?

What kind of mistakes did you have to make to get this result?

Bai Yehong was the head chef of the Seventh Grade Royal Kitchen at the time, and the consequences of his dereliction of duty may cause the entire Royal Kitchen to suffer.

Bai Kou thought about it, and if he wanted to know the whole story of this case, he probably had to go to the Bai family or his grandmother and mother's natal family to find out, but thinking about the age of the deity at that time, there was only a vague impression of the grandfather's family in his mind. After so many years, I don't know if they still live in the same place.

If it was really the fault of the Bai family men's dereliction of duty at work, they would have to accept their fate.

Thinking of this, Bai Kou sighed deeply, a sense of powerlessness spread in his body.

(End of this chapter)