delicious little cook

Chapter 48

"Pfft, the masters don't dare to ask for someone with an unreliable mouth. Who knows that the secrets in the room will be revealed to the whole house one day."

Someone among the handymen next to him suddenly interrupted, which made the handymen laugh.

"Forget about the secrets in the room, I'm afraid that the masters said a lot of things, only a small part of it was heard, and then they added fuel and vinegar to others, and the things that disappeared seemed to become real things that they saw with their own eyes. of."

"It's never a new thing in the big mansion that the servants talk nonsense and make the master suffer."

"The talkative servants, the masters, wish they could be sent away from afar."

The handymen spend more time in the kitchen. Although they are the lowest among the servants, they are the ones who really know a lot of secrets in the mansion. The singing and singing at the moment really makes the cooks and girls jealous. , not daring to show off his little knowledge anymore, the courtyard finally quieted down, and everyone ate in silence.

Bai Kou looked up from the rice bowl, looked in the direction of the handymen and smiled slightly.

After lunch, Bai Kou and Lu Doudou went out of the corner door hand in hand to go back to the small courtyard for lunch break. She walked first, and then a girl came in from the kitchen door, and a handyman happened to be working there. In the direction of the corner gate, ask her to chase Bai Kou.

Bai Kou and Lu Doudou were talking and laughing when they heard someone calling their name behind them, and when they turned around, it was a little girl from Wenling Court.

"Bai Kou, where are you going if you don't return to Wenling Courtyard after lunch?"

"Hey, take a lunch break with your friends and talk."

"I don't have time to give you a lunch break. The young master sent a message back, saying that some friends are coming to play in the afternoon, and I want you to make some delicious snacks for the guests. Let's go."

"Oh."

Bai Kou waved to Lu Doudou helplessly, and walked along the path with the girl.

Everyone in the kitchen began to discuss again, envious of the good luck of the chef's job, if they stay for a long time, how many young masters and ladies of Xungui's family will they have to meet.

Bai Kou and the little girl came out of the east kitchen and walked in the narrow passage of the inner house. The sun was shining brightly at noon, and no one was walking around. The little girl tugged at Bai Kou's sleeve.

"In the future, you will come back after dinner, don't go back to your broken yard for a lunch break, lest you have to make up stories if you have something to do."

"Huh?! Didn't the third young master have friends over to play?"

"That's to lie to everyone in your kitchen, or tell them that you are doing errands for the old lady and the lady in front of so many people?"

"Could it be that the eldest lady has something to do with me?"

"The eldest madam sent kumquats to convey the message that the dishes you cooked in the morning have passed the test at her place, and she wants you to make another lunch break and send it to Rong Entang to the old lady, so why don't you hurry up and call you back."

"After the lunch break? All right, I'll sleep for a while and then do it in time, otherwise I won't have enough energy and I will make mistakes in my hands."

"No one will let you sleep, but if you want to sleep, you have to sleep in Wenling Courtyard. You are the young master's special chef, and he is the most important thing in everything. Although you have the monthly regulations from the public school, the young master gives even more."

"But I also want to maintain the friendship in the kitchen, otherwise I don't know how I will suffer if people plot against me."

"What's the matter?" The little girl's eyes lit up, and she keenly smelled the breath of fresh gossip.

"Go back and tell you, it's easy to dry here."

"Hurry up and go."

The two hurried back to Wenling Courtyard, and everyone gathered around to tell her about this, and everyone guessed that she would definitely stay in the afternoon after lunch, so they made up a reason why the third young master wanted to entertain guests in the afternoon Call her back.

Bai Kou first went back to her room to sleep for a stick of incense. When she got up, the kitchen was ready for her. Several stoves were lit. As in the morning, all the accessories and condiments she wanted to use were also placed on the table. superior.

In less than half an hour, all kinds of tofu dishes were completed, and two double-layered food boxes were filled again. Xiaoqian and Xiaojing carried them, and another little girl was in charge of carrying the tableware, and they went to Rong En Hall together. up.

Then, while Bai Kou was making sour plum soup on the stove, she told everyone about how she was almost slandered by rumors again, which made them stunned.

"Bai Kou, are you not very popular in East Kitchen, or are they jealous of you and going crazy?"

"Envy, jealousy, hatred. Why is a newcomer the third young master's chef? This is enough to stir up the anger of the old chef."

"It's disgusting, Bai Kou, how old are you, yet they make up things like you."

"Bah, I should tell the young master and ask him to advise the eldest lady to clean up the kitchen and drive out all the people who are not needed. Who can stand the intrigue all day long."

"This can't be done. The old people in the kitchen are all married to the families with children from generation to generation in the mansion, and they have mutual interests. They can't be driven away if they want to. Besides, there are people who are dowry, so they can't be moved." Mei Huan There was a lot of news.

"Who is the dowry? Whose dowry? Da Furen's?"

Bai Kou regained her spirits immediately, and Third Aunt Nie only told her about the origin of Wengu Mountain, and she didn't mention a single word about the others.

"It belongs to the second lady. Isn't there a steward named Zeng Zhu in the kitchen? That's her."

"I don't know at all! No one in the kitchen has ever talked about her, she is just a very quiet manager. Lu Meihua is more high-profile than her, and I hear her scolding this and that in a high-pitched voice every day."

"The second wife is not from the capital city, and she married a cook to cook her hometown dishes. I heard that she was very popular at first, and the dishes she cooked were also loved by other masters. But after so many years, the second wife is used to After eating the Beijing-style dishes, she gradually became indifferent to her cook. It is said that Zeng Zhu was promoted to the manager because of her first-level competition. The masters are the referees in the two competitions between Sheng Guan Shi and Guan Shi Sheng Zong Guan."

"Well, there is another matter? When was the last competition?"

"Next year there will be a competition for promotion from manager to manager."

"I didn't know it happened at all. No one talked about it in the previous three months."

"Because it's still early, there's still a whole year left."

"Maybe. Besides Zeng Zhu, who is in charge, does anyone have a backer?"

"Then we don't know. We only know the origin of Zeng Zhu."

Bai Kou understood a little bit, Zeng Zhu was in charge of the second wife's dowry, and it belonged to the property written on the dowry list, which was well documented, and Wen Gushan came in because of the blessing of the rich aunt, so not everyone knew about him The history of the.

Next year's promotion test?
Maybe you can take advantage of it.

While talking, the sour plum soup on the stove had already boiled over high heat, so she switched to medium heat and continued to cook. Bai Kou started to make dim sum with sour plum soup, and made spring rolls with very thin dough in a pan, while the little girl ran for her. Went to the east kitchen and brought the ingredients for dinner and supper. Seeing that there was chicken breast, Bai Kou prepared the ingredients to make a fried chicken cutlet.

The warehouse has been in chaos for the past few days, and there are only some common ingredients every day, so it can only be changed to find new ideas.

Seeing that it was time for the third young master to finish school, everyone in Wenling Yard took action, taking the time to go to the ice kiln to get ice to cool down the room, and the chopped ice was sent to the kitchen to freeze the food, without any waste.

(End of this chapter)