delicious little cook

Chapter 216

Mother Pang sent the young master out, then turned around and took a new cup of tea from the girl and placed it by the lady's hand.

"Ma'am, the young master seems to like Bai Kou very much."

"If he doesn't like it, it's troublesome. You have to find another new manager for him. No one is suitable for Bai Kou's status. An official servant is here. No matter which family's daughter comes in in the future, she will get along well with her. I It also saves you from having to listen to the noise over there. If the young mistress is jealous, you can let her clean up the house, anyway, with Bai Kou around, the order in the Zhongming Courtyard can't be disrupted."

"I wish we could have a young mistress soon."

"Let's wait until he is weak. Boys get married later and become more mature, which is good for the small family. Otherwise, he is a child himself. How can we expect him to be a good husband and father."

"I'm afraid the young master can't wait any longer."

"How to say?"

"The steward of the laundry room told the old man that the clothes sent by Zhongmingyuan in recent days are only coats, underwear and shoes, and personal clothing including socks are not sent over. He said that the girls washed them directly in the back building. Let it dry."

The eldest lady rolled her eyes a few times and pursed her lips in joy.

"Boy finally grown up? Shy?"

"Bai Kou is also muffled, and doesn't say a word. If the people in the laundry room hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known about it."

"It's okay, let them go. Bai Kou takes so much money from Brother Yun every month, so she naturally obeys him. When I am in a better mood, come and tease this kid and see if he has any money." He didn't mean to accept a roommate, otherwise what would happen to him if he got sick from playing outside."

Pang's mother nodded in agreement. The family is afraid of such things happening when the men go out every day.

Gu Yun returned to his courtyard, continued to pack his things, and rested for a while, until Ji Chengtang came to invite him, he changed his clothes and went there, the family of four went to Rong En Hall together, not long after, the second room and the third room The uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters of the old lady arrived one after another, and the whole family shared dinner with the old lady.

Bai Kou also put a few festive dishes in Gu Hui's food box, and then told the handymen to clean up the waste frying oil, filter it several times, leave the clear oil, and pack it in a big bucket. Entang was eating, and there were no people walking around in Babu Lane, so he quickly called two handymen to help, and used a cart to pull the waste oil back to Zhongmingyuan.

After the waste oil was put away, Bai Kou remembered that Shui Zhen wanted a piece of soap. First, she rewarded the handyman and asked the girl to send them out. Then she went to the small kitchen for dinner, guessing that Gu Tu should eat it too. When it was over, I went back to the house and took a piece of soap and hurried over.

Standing downstairs in the back building, Bai Kou called Shui Zhen first, but it was Aunt Rong who agreed, and then she came out of the tea room with a smile, holding a tea tray in her hand.

"Shui Zhen went back to the East Kitchen to deliver food boxes, what can I do with her?"

"It's not important, Aunt Rong. During the day, I heard from my little girl that she wanted a piece of soap. I just remembered it now and brought it here quickly." Bai Kou stepped forward and handed the soap to Aunt Rong. .

Aunt Rong rushed upstairs, beckoning, signaling for the two to go upstairs and talk.

"She told me about this. When she saw that the soap you used was different from the ones bought on the street in the small kitchen, she quickly begged for a piece, but you don't have to deliver it yourself if you have more."

"It's a matter of convenience. Originally, I made this soap by myself and put it in the empty room in the back building. I didn't allow the girls to roam around in that garden. Anyone who wanted to use the soap had to ask me for it. Run here Treat it as a meal and digest it after a meal."

Aunt Rong was surprised and happy when she heard it.

"You know how to make soap?"

"In a place like Yachifang where there is a mix of fish and dragons, don't look at gangs running rampant, there are actually quite a lot of small workshops, as long as you put your mind to it, you can steal art."

"But you are in the mansion every day, where do you get the raw materials? Strong alkali is used to make soap. I think with the temper of the prince, he might not allow you to secretly do this."

"That's why I want to do something secretly while he's not at home."

Aunt Rong giggled, the two went upstairs first, entered the main hall of the room, and put the things on the table.

"Do this behind his back? What if he finds out?"

"He has already found out and opposed it, so he won't have time to supervise me when he enters the government school tomorrow."

"You are so bold."

Aunt Rong invited Bai Kou to sit down, and poured her a cup of tea with her own hands. Bai Kou followed in fear, and saw Aunt Rong take the second cup of tea to her daughter's room, and then she came out and sat down to talk to Bai Kou.

"You have plenty of ingredients for this soap. No wonder Shuizhen came back and said, it's a big square, so it's easier to hold." Aunt Rong picked it up and weighed it in her hand, comparing it with the commercially available soap. Check the weight, and quickly estimate the approximate cost of materials and labor in your mind.

"Since it's for your own use, of course you have to be willing to cut the material."

"If you don't mind, can you tell me how you managed to get the raw materials in without the knowledge of so many people in the mansion?"

"The only raw materials I buy from the street are strong alkali and sugar, and the main ingredients are taken directly from the kitchen."

"Huh? There are so many leftovers for making soap in the kitchen's daily ingredients?"

"No, frying waste oil, don't use internal organs, it's so troublesome, use waste oil to make it or use waste, the leftovers are for the sewage collector, I will keep the waste oil for myself."

Aunt Rong immediately went through the cost calculation again in her mind, and found that it was absolutely profitable.

"You can. Waste oil and firewood are all available now. You only need to buy some auxiliary materials to start a business. If your recipe spreads, you will have to grab the business of the soap craftsman."

"I really want to grab it, but unfortunately, the prince doesn't like it, and the profit is too low."

Aunt Rong blinked and smiled knowingly.

"It turns out that you came to ask me for advice."

"No way, the prince is actually quite poor."

"But it's not your turn to worry about his making money."

"He is poor, which means that I have no money to spend. I can only look at the good things on the street but not buy them. What a pain."

"Uh, you're really justified."

"Who said that is a young master who doesn't distinguish between grains and grains. Tomorrow he will enter the government to study and meet new friends. His expenses will inevitably increase day by day, but his monthly income is considerable. If he does not open up some new sources of income, it will not be enough to support himself. "

"I don't think Shizi is the kind of dandy who spends money like water."

"Aunt Rong, the boy has grown up." Bai Kou raised her eyebrows and said suggestively.

Aunt Rong was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it for a while, she suddenly realized and burst out laughing.

"The prince is also at this age, it's not surprising."

"Aunt Rong, don't tell anyone about this. I didn't even tell the eldest lady. The son is unhappy, and he is ashamed. These days, even his underwear is washed by the girls themselves, and they are not sent to the laundry room. .”

Aunt Rong was so happy that she collapsed on the table laughing for a while, Bai Kou calmly drank tea, and waited for Aunt Rong to finish laughing.

(End of this chapter)