delicious little cook

Chapter 205 The Threat Will Be Threat

Bai Kou pushed the courtyard door lightly, but it was not latched, so she went straight into the courtyard.

Zeng Zhu was sitting in the hall, sorting out the menu for several days in mid-September on paper, and waiting for the arrival of work time, when she heard the courtyard door rattling, she raised her head and asked.

"Who is it?"

"It's me, Bai Kou, who was in charge."

Bai Kou closed the courtyard door and appeared outside the hall with a smile.

"Come in, come in, I'm arranging the menu, and you can help me with ideas."

"The menu that was once in charge needs me to help? Are you kidding me?"

While laughing, Bai Kou stepped into the room, pulled out the chair and sat down beside Zeng Zhu.

"Since you became a supervisor, I haven't seen you write the daily menu again. Since you are here today, you can't escape again."

Zeng Zhu put down her pen and pushed the written menu to Bai Kou.

Bai Kou picked it up and took a look, but couldn't come up with any new ideas. He just rearranged the order of the existing dishes on the menu, taking into account the tastes of each master. Copy it again when you have time.

"Oh, as expected of Supervisor Bai, I really admire him."

Bai Kou pursed her lips and smiled, looking shy and well-behaved.

Zeng Zhu took the pen and paper into the bedroom and put them away, and brought hot tea and snacks to Bai Kou.

"Come to look for me so early, did you see the note you handed over yesterday?"

"Yes, it looks like Manager Zeng's handwriting, so why don't you hurry over here?"

"You were not here yesterday, so I don't know. The four of them bragged about their relationship with you. Others listened with gusto, but I felt there was something wrong."

"There is a problem. The relationship between me and them is enough for you to think in the opposite direction. No matter how much they boast, the actual situation will be as bad as it is."

"They praised you to the sky, but you are actually in the mud?"

"more or less."

Zeng Zhu's face became a little stiff, she picked up the teacup and put it to her mouth, but she didn't drink it. After staying for a while, she seemed to have figured it out, put down the teacup, looked into Bai Kou's eyes and said.

"Second Madam asked someone to give me a break, and let me teach them some new dishes that are not available in the workshop, so that I won't be ashamed when I go out with the ladies in the future."

"Actually, it means the special dishes I used to cook, right?"

"I am the dowry of the second lady, and I will belong to her until my death. I cannot betray her."

"I know, so I didn't mean to embarrass you, but I just want you to remember a rule that the servants of each house are not allowed to concurrently serve as official errands. You and Wen Gushan actually made an exception to let you participate in the promotion competition. After being kicked out, do you want to continue to get the manager's monthly bill, or the ordinary cook's bill?"

Unexpectedly, Bai Kou would speak so directly, Zeng Zhu turned pale, took a deep breath, and fell silent again.

"Bai Kou, is your relationship with those four people really so bad?"

"With them, there would be no me. It's as simple as that. If the second wife buys people from other workshops, or buys my other teachers and sisters, I can turn a blind eye and close my eyes if she wants you to teach me my specialties, but the four of them People absolutely can't."

"Then report directly to the second lady and explain your relationship with them!"

"Then am I stupid? What if the second wife expressly wants my private recipe on the condition of changing someone? Should I give it? If there is a estrangement between the wives in the end, it will not be my bad luck in the end?!"

"Bai Kou, to tell you the truth, the second lady bought the cook because she wanted to marry the second lady in the future. The third lady's marriage has not been settled yet, and the second lady's hair is getting gray soon."

"The mansion has kept filial piety for three years, and the two ladies have never honed their cooking skills. Now they are in a hurry to go to the room, blame me for not cooperating?"

"Bai Kou, that's not what I meant!"

"The rules in the mansion are like this. The servants in each house are not allowed to serve as official errands. You have to think about what to do. The east kitchen belongs to the public house, and I am still a member of the public house, so I am willing to bring out the recipes from the private house. Let me share with you. However, the truth is presented, the person the second lady bought is the private servant of the second bedroom, and is an outsider to me, so why should I teach outsiders the capital of my life?"

"The second lady just hopes that the daughters can find a good husband's family. She has no malicious intentions."

"Won't they buy a few cookbooks and let their cooks master each dish? Since the East Kitchen is going to train newcomers on their behalf, I'll lend them the small kitchen. Remember to tell them to clean up after use. Make me angry and kick them out."

"I see, I will suggest it to the second lady."

Of course, Zeng Zhu didn't want to lose her status as a steward and the monthly rules of the manager, and she couldn't force Bai Kou to compromise with the second wife after learning the truth of the past. The only thing she could do was to persuade the second wife not to stare at Bai Kou. It is better to buy a few cookbooks and practice the recipes yourself. It is common for the ladies to memorize the recipes and ask the maids to do it. It is extremely rare for Tong Mingli and Ye Junting to do it by themselves.

"I came here for this purpose. I used to be in charge. I didn't want to embarrass you. After all, I don't come to the East Kitchen every day. I don't care about you if you secretly teach other people's recipes, but the four of them definitely touched my bottom line. If I give in here, I'm sorry for the hardships I suffered under their hands in those years!"

"Don't worry, let me think of a compromise, there must be a way to balance the two sides."

"Then I won't disturb Manager Zeng. I'll talk to Doudou. I heard they were harassed yesterday."

"The four of them are indeed very interested in Doudou and the others. Presumably someone reminded them behind their backs."

Bai Kou nodded slightly, got up and said goodbye.

In the small courtyard of the third-class cook, Xiulan and Sister-in-law Qian were not there. They had taken today's leave a few days earlier and went to the street together. Lu Doudou and the other three girls finished washing their clothes and sat down. Drinking water, chatting and basking in the sun in the courtyard, when she heard someone knocking on the courtyard door, Wan Qiu got up to answer the door, and happily welcomed Bai Kou in.

"Hey, Manager Bai is here, we are chatting about you, sit down quickly."

Lu Doudou stood up with a smile, went back to her room and brought out a clean tea cup, poured a glass of water for Bai Kou, and Hong Su went to fetch a teacup.

"I don't want to go to the Three Treasures Palace today." Bai Kou took the teacup and sat down.

"Is it because of the second lady's new cook? They took the initiative to talk to us yesterday, but they were very enthusiastic." Wan Qiu said briskly.

"Just listen to what they have to say. They are just bragging, and their cooking skills are not very good."

"Uh, is there a problem?" The three girls looked at each other with 12 points of energy.

"Those four people, who is the senior sister and who is the junior sister, have you all figured it out?"

Bai Kou took a sip of water, took the cup in her hand, and looked at the faces of the three of them.

(End of this chapter)