delicious little cook

Chapter 209

At lunch, Bai Kou came back to the courtyard and heard that the second lady had fined Guan Xiumei and the others five boards each, so she just sneered and didn't say much.

Nothing happened all afternoon, except for the little girl who came to the back building to wash her underwear, accidentally dropped her piece of household pancreas into the drain and couldn't get it back, so Bai Kou gave her a new one, and turned around to see her again. There were not many spares on the table, and she planned to save all the waste frying oil from the banquet on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. When the prince entered the government school, she would have time to make soap every day.

This household soap made of waste oil was praised by the girls as soon as it was taken out. It is square and square, easy to hold and use, and the weight is much heavier than the pancreas bought on the street. Everyone likes it as soon as it is distributed. , there is even a dedicated washcloth in the kitchen.

During the afternoon snack time, the Sixth Young Master came over to eat with his brother as usual, and brought a fresh news, the district family just wrote a letter saying that the food will be delivered tomorrow.

Gu Yun couldn't help but sigh with his younger brother, the Ou family is also afraid of long nights and dreams.

In the end, before the snacks were finished, Shui Zhen came to ask Gu Yun for Bai Kou's support. After living in the back building of Jicheng Hall for these days, even the three masters and servants knew that Bai Kou was good at packing things. .

With Gu Yun's approval, Shui Zhen immediately went to the small kitchen to ask Bai Kou for help, Bai Kou washed her hands, went back to her room to get a pen, and then followed Shui Zhen to see Gu Hui and Aunt Rong.

Aunt Rong was standing on the second floor, and when she saw Bai Kou approaching, she warmly greeted her upstairs, and pulled her into the room to take a seat.

Bai Kou greeted Gu Hui with a smile, but the girl was still dumbfounded and didn't respond to Bai Kou's greeting.

Shuizhen took Gu Hui and sat down at the table to watch how Bai Kou took care of their housework, whether Gu Hui understood or not, as long as she watched.

In addition to a letter from the district family telling them to send things over tomorrow, they also sent back Aunt Rong's property box. In addition to the original things, there was a supplementary list in the box. Compared with the dowry list, the dowry Anything missing in kind must be recovered, and those who cannot be recovered will lose money, and a penny is not cheap for the former in-laws.

Aunt Rong also showed Bai Kou the family letter from her family. Gu Xiaoshan was under house arrest, and there were guards from Yingtian Mansion guarding the front and rear gates. It was a lot of convenience, I gave the guards some money for tea, and asked them to be a witness, not afraid that Gu Xiaoshan and his old lady would play tricks, and told them to spit out the missing things on the spot.

After Bai Kou read the letter, he looked at the supplementary list. All the lost items were valuables, such as jewel-encrusted outfits, precious hardwood furniture, and curios. Since they couldn't get it back, the Ou family naturally forced Gu Xiaoshan's parents-in-law to compensate according to the price.

"The eldest lady said that the entire back building will be used by the three of us from now on. We will decide all the empty rooms and give them the keys. Now it's just a matter of helping me arrange them. Thank you in advance. .”

"Aunt Rong, don't thank me in a hurry. Are there any big items in the list that take up a lot of space? Like cabinets or something?"

"My Babu bed took up the most space. On the day of the dowry delivery, there were more than a dozen porters just picking out the bed. The carpenter took up half of the room after installing the bed. At first, their family was very happy. The relatives who came here all praised the bed, but later thought it was too big and too intrusive, and even the girls complained that such a big bed was difficult to clean."

"That bed must have been dismantled into parts and sent over?"

"Of course it is, otherwise you won't even be able to get out of the room."

"Well, just use one room for your bed. If the room is not full, put it in the cupboard. Except for clothes, put other small things in the cupboard and boxes. In fact, the most troublesome thing is the four seasons clothes. Therefore, the basic principle is that heavy and large furniture and items of average value and infrequent use should be placed on the first floor, and antique calligraphy, paintings, jewelry and daily clothes should be placed on the second floor. The advantage of putting unworn clothes on the first floor is that they can be moved to the yard to dry at any time If the sun is placed together on the second floor, it will be difficult to move up and down."

"It's all up to you, you arrange it, new shelves and baskets, buy what you don't have, it's not short of money."

"Aunt Rong, I just like cheerful people."

Bai Kou smiled and stood up holding the list.

"Come on, let's take a look at those empty rooms."

Shuizhen hurried to get the key, Aunt Rong led her daughter, and the four of them walked around the second floor first, opened each locked room and took a look, then opened the doors and windows for ventilation.

Ever since the two ladies in the long room got married, the back building has been idle, and only a few rooms on the second floor have been reserved as guest rooms for relatives and daughters-in-law. Now they naturally become the rooms of Gu Hui and the three of them. , the rest of the rooms are empty, saving the trouble of relocating the place, simply sprinkle water, remove dust and sweep the floor.

Bai Kou went upstairs and downstairs, kept the number of unoccupied rooms in his heart, compared the number of items on the dowry list, roughly planned which items could be placed in a room, and then wrote them down on paper. The paste was pasted on the doors of each room, and Bai Kou reserved two rooms for the bed that took up space.

Aunt Rong’s dowry clothes were all locked in boxes, and the masters and servants bullied her. The girls in the past were too lazy to dry the boxes of clothes, so many clothes hadn’t seen the sun for a long time, and they didn’t know that some precious fabrics would be damaged. No worms.

Bai Kou knew that their three masters and servants could only count as two labor forces, and they would definitely not be able to dry those clothes in the future, so she drew sketches for Aunt Rong, custom-made clothes hangers with pulleys and multi-layer clothes hangers, and put those various but already Hang up all the clothes you don’t wear, cover them with dustproof cloth, and roll them out to bask in the sun on sunny days.

Aunt Rong and Shuizhen stared dumbfounded at Bai Kou's sketches on the spot. After figuring out the structure and usage, they happily accepted them. When the district family came to deliver things tomorrow, they asked them to find a carpenter.

After Bai Kou did this, it was evening. Aunt Rong thanked and apologized for delaying the cooking time for the son, so she personally sent Bai Kou to the corner gate to watch her leave.

When passing the kitchen, Bai Kou reported the names of a few dishes and told the maids to pack up the ingredients. Then she went back to her room and walked around. When she came out, she met Gu Yun who was waiting to hear gossip. After a while to talk to him, I hurried to the kitchen.

There was nothing else to do in the evening, Gu Yun calmed down and read books, preparing for the first meeting with his wife when he entered the government school, and Bai Kou went back to the house to read books when he was free.

Books on bookkeeping and tax laws are hard to buy on the street, so they can only be passed on from master to apprentice, father and son. Bai Kou naturally cherishes such a valuable book lent by Bo Yan, and tries to spare some time every day to read it. After reading a few pages, you have to practice the abacus, and there are even special exercise booklets with answers, so you can practice repeatedly against them.

(Author's note: Because it's on the shelves today, there will still be three changes, at 16:[-] pm, a new chapter will be added.)
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