delicious little cook

Chapter 542
The two discussed the situation before them for a while, discussing the charges and timing for pulling Wen Gushan down, trying not to involve Mengmei again.

"If you don't get Mengmei involved, who will be the informer? It can't be you, right? Then you are really powerful. You know about Wen Gushan colluding with people outside." Gu Yun tapped Bai Kou's nose lightly. .

"Of course the servant girl can't be supernatural and know everything, so let's put it on the guards. They were drinking at the wine stand and heard the conversation of Wen Gushan colluding with others. Anyway, what they want is a crime to be confessed to by the mansion. , irrelevant people don’t care about the reasons behind it at all, so there is no need to give them more talk.”

"Okay, that's it."

The next day, Gu Yun sent two small teams of guards to follow and monitor Wang Xiaodong, the chief chef, to find out the circumstances of his home, and sneaked into the home to investigate whether there was any hidden Bai's recipes.

Wang Xiaodong is a seventh-rank official at any rate. Although his official position is not high, the imperial kitchen is full of oil and water for all kinds of purchases. He lives in a large mansion with three entrances, with side yards on the left and right, with children and grandchildren around his knees, calling slaves and maidservants, and the family lives well. Peace and beauty.

In broad daylight, the guards start from the outside to investigate. They have to wait until the dead of night to climb over the wall and enter the house. Moreover, such a large house cannot be searched once or twice in one or two nights. Who knows if there is a secret room in this house? institutions such as grid.

Both Gu Yun and Bai Kou knew that Wang Xiaodong was not in a hurry, so they didn't ask any more questions after dispatching the manpower, and let the guards adapt to the situation. They went out by car to meet the contractor to discuss the construction of the new factory. One day, I walked back and forth on the [-] mu of land countless times, and when I got back to the mansion, it was already past dinner time.

The maids first waited for the prince to wash his hands and change his clothes, then drink a cup of ginger tea to warm up his body, then Gu Yun was busy greeting the elders good night, and told his parents the results of the investigation so far, and heard that Wang Xiaodong might be involved , the elder immediately had an attitude of being ready to fight a lawsuit at any time.

Bai Kou took advantage of the son to go to the elder's house, and she cooked a bowl of noodles for herself to deal with it. At the same time, she asked the maids to prepare a set of tools, meat and vegetables for the iron plate barbecue, and then sent someone to invite Gu Jing to come and meet the son. Eat one piece.

Gu Jing was already full at the moment, sitting in the room teasing the two roommates, listening to the girl's message outside the room, quickly changed his clothes and went to the Zhongming Courtyard.

The two brothers happened to meet in Gu Yun's main courtyard, so they entered the main hall together. In the room, all the preparations for the barbecue were also prepared, and the two of them washed their hands and sat down at the table.

Gu Yun dismissed the other girls, leaving only Bai Kou to wait on her.

Gu Jing glanced back and forth at Gu Yun and Bai Kou several times, picked up the wine glass and took a shallow sip.

"It's past dinner time, you two just came back, and then invited me to have barbecue, is there something to say?"

"Isn't this the new factory that will start construction after the next year?" Gu Yun chuckled, looking like a well-behaved younger brother who asked his elder brother for help.

"You don't come here, just say, what are you going to do?"

"I stayed on the construction site all day, and the contractor told me the truth. If we want the new factory to start production this year, so many workers have to start working at the same time." Gu Yun took out a piece of paper from his arms, and spread it out. Pave it and pass it to Gu Jing.

Gu Jing browsed roughly with his neck hooked, and raised his eyebrows.

"Can't the contractor find enough workers to build a house?"

"Of course the contractor can find someone, but I suddenly thought that the servants in the mansion have multiplied for generations, and now the population is overcrowded, and many strong laborers are idle at home, wasting their lives."

"There is a strong labor force in the mansion, but building a house is a technical job. They, a group of novices, can only do small jobs on the construction site to move bricks, but they can't do anything that has anything to do with technology."

"It doesn't matter. After building the house, you can stay and work as a worker in the factory. Isn't this all to consume the surplus population in the mansion, to give those idle laborers a chance to make money, and to save them from having nothing to do all day, playing games on the street?" The name of Duke Ye's mansion is causing trouble."

"Yo, you have already planned everything. This is indeed a good way."

"So, that's why I called my second brother to come this evening. Tomorrow, I'll ask my third uncle and third aunt, do your servants under the name of the third room have any extra labor that you can transfer to me?"

"No problem, I'll ask after breakfast tomorrow."

"Both men and women are not limited, I want both."

"What do you want a woman to do on a construction site?"

"Cooking and washing clothes, there are so many men on the construction site who eat, drink and scatter, don't they all have to be taken care of by women, maybe after my workshop is built, there will be a few new couples among them."

Gu Jing was lowering his head to put a piece of freshly roasted beef into his mouth, when he heard this, he choked up laughing and almost burned himself.

"You are really addicted to being a matchmaker."

"Just for fun." Gu Yun picked up the barbecue on his plate and blew a few breaths, and stuffed it into his mouth, "I personally adhere to the principle of voluntary registration. Boredom, I can't bear to be passive and sabotage on the construction site, but second brother, what's the use of you, you can also throw it to me if you are bored."

"You have to recruit laborers under the name of Gongzhong and Changfang. Naturally, they are voluntary. I only have a few people under the name of Sanfang. I know that many people will serve my wife or be my sisters in the future. If you want some of them to come out and transfer to your name to work as workers, it would be better for me to assign a group of people to you directly."

"So, just give me whatever you don't like. As long as I have healthy limbs and no disabilities, I can work. It doesn't matter whether I'm beautiful or ugly."

"Men and women are not limited?" Gu Jing suddenly thought of a person.

"It's not limited to men and women. Anyone choose?"

Gu Jing suddenly raised his head and glanced at Bai Kou, Bai Kou immediately put down the tongs of the barbecue, thinking that he wanted to avoid it, but Gu Jing called her again, not asking her to leave.

"Let's talk about it, there is really someone who you can take away tomorrow if you don't mind."

"Who is it?" Gu Yun and Bai Kou looked curious.

"Mengmei, my cook."

"Tired of using it?" Gu Yun asked, Bai Kou lowered his head and put a bunch of vegetables on the iron plate.

"The servants in my yard can't tolerate her. There are all kinds of disputes every day. A few days ago, she lost the hairpin I gave her. Fortunately, she dropped it in Baikou's house and she picked it up and returned it. I think she seems to be a little out of her mind recently, since you are short of people, just take her away, her cooking skills are still good enough to cook for the workers."

"Okay, I don't mind at all, and she's not waiting in front of my eyes. If she doesn't do well on the construction site, I'll just sell her off." Since Gu Jing took the initiative to mention sending Mengmei away, Gu Yun immediately followed suit. down the steps.

"Then it's settled. When I'm done picking someone, I'll send the body deed along with it."

"Don't delay too late, you must give it to me before the twelfth day of the first lunar month. I need to sort out the roster and send them to the construction site after the festival."

"Don't worry, nothing will happen."

The two brothers have decided everything, no more words, just concentrate on enjoying the barbecue.

(End of this chapter)