delicious little cook

Chapter 531 The Reward from the Palace
The stall owner stood up from behind the stove, opened the wine warming pot, took out all the small wine bottles inside, carried them to the table on a tray, took away the empty wine bottles, filled them with wine and put them in the pot , and then continued to doze off.

Wen Gushan was sitting differently, and those two people poured wine and food for him.

"Brother, since that Mengmei is serving the little master, can she come out for the New Year's Eve?"

"How to deceive her to go out is troublesome. After all, she is not my subordinate anymore. I can't order her directly. I have to trick her out through others. It's Chinese New Year, and the masters will also go out to pay New Year's greetings. The servants took the opportunity to walk around the street by themselves. Difficult, it is more difficult to ask someone to trick her out."

"That's right. She is serving the master now. She will only believe when people in the same yard call her to go to the street. She must be suspicious when outsiders call her."

"Could it be that elder brother can also reach into the master's courtyard?"

"It depends on people. I have been in the mansion for many years, and there is always some kind of favor."

"But I have to entrust someone to do this. There are too many people who know about it. It is inevitable that some people will not be strict with their mouths. If there is any rumor about this, it will delay the matter, right?"

"It's easy. At worst, it will make people think that Mengmei and I are still in love. Let's take advantage of the Chinese New Year to go outside to fight in the field. Originally, letting her steal the recipes might expose her. By then, she will offend the prince, that bitch Mengmei. It's a dead end. Since it's a dead end, it's better to be used thoroughly by us, right? A dog-eyed woman like Mengmei who climbs up to whoever gains power, and throws it away when she's used up, so there's no need to regret it."

"Hey, okay, big brother will arrange it. Come, come, drink and eat."

The three of you have a drink and I have a drink. They ate up all the food and drinks of the stall owner, and they discussed it properly. These two brothers stayed at the inn in the workshop for the past few days, because they didn't know when the little master Mengmei was serving would go out as a guest. , so it has to be adaptable.

The two agreed, paid for the wine, walked to Dashizi Street with Wen Gushan, and entered the best inn in the square.

Wen Gushan didn't go in, just waited on the street, the two opened the room, one tidied up in the room, and the other came out to tell Wen Gushan their room number, and finally said goodbye, Wen Gushan fantasized that he would be rich in money later On a good day, hum a little song and go home to rest.

Ye Guo couple and the eldest son who came to the palace to pay New Year's greetings also returned to the mansion at this time, and brought back a carload of New Year's rewards. Bai Kou's help in helping the crown princess to have a safe pregnancy was praised by the sage and the queen, so she also had a share in this reward. .

Bai Kou said a long time ago, whether the idea of ​​shrimp skin soup is for the princess's disease, you can know by looking at the New Year's rewards.

Everything was as she expected.

Gu Yun got out of the car and walked into the courtyard, then asked where Bai Kou was, and when he learned that she was resting in his room, he ran straight to the back, the girls couldn't catch up with him, and the young master gave him a look, so he stopped In the main courtyard, I watched helplessly as the young master walked into the main hall alone and disappeared behind the retreat hall.

The girls looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally turned around and went to the gate of the courtyard to unload the rewards. The young master has white stewards to serve him, so they don't need to be troublesome.

Gu Yun excitedly ran to the outside of Bai Kou's house, pushed the door open and found that it was tightly locked, just when he was about to go to the tea room to find a fruit knife to pry the door open, the door was suddenly opened, Bai Kou's clothes were neat but draped Hair, it looks like she just woke up after getting enough sleep.

"Coming back so early?"

"It's too early?"

Gu Yun walked into the room while talking, Bai Kou was forced by his momentum, so he had no choice but to turn sideways to let him in.

"Well, it's still warmer in your room." Gu Yun rubbed his hands, looked around pretendingly, then walked towards the bedroom.

"The main room is as warm, why didn't the maids change your clothes first?" Bai Kou closed the door to avoid the heat from escaping, and seeing that the prince was still wearing court clothes, she quickly grabbed him and prevented him from sitting on her bed.

"As soon as I come back, I will look for you first, see how much I love you, and think of you first when something good happens."

"Really?" Bai Kou looked up and down the smug Gu Yun in doubt, "Oh, the princess is fine."

At first, he thought that Bai Kou would have to guess a few times to get it right, but in the end, he didn't even have to think about it, and Gu Yun's shoulders collapsed.

"Yes, yes, you are the smartest. Today the saint and the queen praised you respectively. It is estimated that tomorrow the news that pregnant women should eat more shrimp skin to relieve bone pain will spread throughout the city."

"It's a good deed, this servant girl has done a good deed for the pregnant women of the whole country."

"How do you know that shrimp skin has this effect?"

"The Bai family has been cooks for generations, this is common sense."

"Really?"

"what happened?"

"Of course, many people ask why. I don't know why. I just say it's the knowledge passed down from your Bai family."

"You are right, congratulations."

"There is a pregnant woman in the family now, has her share of shrimp skins been reserved?"

"I left it out early, don't worry."

"That's good." Gu Yun suddenly reached out and grabbed Bai Kou, dragged her to the dressing table and sat down, opened the dowry for her and set up the bronze mirror, "Come on, let's go to see the rewards together, your share is here." I'm here."

Bai Kou rolled her eyes at the mirror, picked up the comb and combed her hair smoothly, tying it up bit by bit.

Gu Yun walked up and down beside Bai Kou, watched her comb her hair well, picked a few gold ones from her box of various head accessories, and put them on for Bai Kou with his own hands, then he couldn't wait to hold her hand just go.

The maids moved the boxes of rewards from the gate of the courtyard to the outside of the bedroom. They were so tired that they put their hands on their hips and gasped for air. Before they could catch their breath, they saw the young master and the white steward coming one after the other, and hurriedly saluted them.

The regular rewards given to the ministers during the New Year are mostly festive and auspicious decorations. These things have long been commonplace for Duke Ye’s mansion. Gu Yun has grown up watching these things, and he is not uncommon. After opening all the boxes, Ren Baikou picked a few of her favorites and moved them back to decorate the house, just in time to replace the old ones from last year.

Bai Kou didn't care too much, she also felt that there were too many ornaments in the house, and it was too troublesome to keep moving them around when cleaning and plastering.

But the prince's enthusiasm was hard to extinguish. Bai Kou picked and picked, only picked a pair of pigeon blood red glazed plum vases, and placed them in the hall to decorate with some colors, so as not to make the overall tone too dull and monotonous.

Gu Yun waited patiently for Bai Kou to finish picking, and then pointed to a box full of silk and satin, all of which were high-grade fabrics of the palace standard, and there was a box on top of this pile of materials, which was the box for Bai Kou in the palace. reward.

Bai Kou picked up the box and put it on the couch, Gu Yun waved at the maids, telling them to carry out the boxes containing the furnishings and replace the old furnishings in the houses.

The girls carried the heavy boxes and left in a file. Bai Kou put the box on the couch and opened it. There was a thick envelope inside. When he picked up the envelope, there was actually a treasure box divided into grids of different sizes. The upper and lower floors are filled with a set of pure gold heads, the workmanship is exquisite, obviously it is the standard of fine workmanship made in the palace, and the golden light is dazzling.

(End of this chapter)