delicious little cook

Chapter 88
The eldest lady thought that today's lunch would be postponed for a while, but unexpectedly, the Wenling Court sent lunch, but the eldest lady did not keep it for her own use, but sent a girl to Rong En Hall, counting it as a grandson to honor the old grandmother so as not to wait for a long time East Kitchen meals.

Taking advantage of the little girls tidying up the kitchen space, Bai Kou tidied up a bit and then went to the ice cellar to get the marinade. The third wife Shui who guarded the ice cellar established some friendship under her bribery offensive these days, and got a place in the ice cellar. A nice, unassuming place to store the things she brought.

The ice in the ice cellar cannot be used up every year, because the low temperature of the ice cellar will be used to produce a large number of ice cubes before the arrival of summer, so as to ensure that the amount of ice used in summer will not be exhausted in advance to store ice, and there will be new ice cubes in winter It was sent in, so year after year, there are some dead corners formed by the old ice in the ice cellar, like small dark rooms one by one.

The third woman Shui has guarded the ice cellar for many years, so she naturally knows these wonderful things, and Bai Kou coaxes her to be happy. In addition, she is a person who is being used by her grandchildren. The dark room stores all kinds of things for her.

Bai Kou carried the lantern into the ice cellar to get the marinade, and when the light swept away, she keenly noticed that someone had touched the bag that wrapped the marinade pot, and the knotting method was not her usual method, and she was sweating all over her forehead.

This surprise was no small matter, Bai Kou put a lot of ingredients for daily use in the small kitchen here, and there was something wrong with one of the bags, so I couldn't ask for these things anymore.

Bai Kou thought about it, didn't take anything, and went out with the lantern.

"Huh? Miss Bai Kou, aren't you in a hurry to cook? Did you bring anything?" Seeing Bai Kou coming out empty-handed, Mistress Shui asked a lot.

"Miss Shui, you are in trouble." Bai Kou blew out the lantern with a cold face, and put it down against the wall.

"Oh, Miss Baikou, please speak up if you have something to say, don't scare the old lady."

"Miss Shui, give me the registration book, and I'll see who has entered the ice cellar in the past two days." Bai Kou didn't mean to be joking at all, "San Po, my ingredients have been touched by someone. I will definitely tell the third young master, if you still want to take care of yourself, don't mess with me."

When Mistress Shui heard this, she panicked immediately, and hurriedly took out the booklet and gave it to Bai Kou.

"Miss Bai Kou, please save the old lady. My old Shui family has been working in the mansion for several lifetimes. I have never had such a scandal. I don't want to lose this job!"

Bai Kou was so sure because the day before yesterday he used marinade to make marinated meat, and then put it back in the ice cellar before dinner, so he only checked the records of yesterday and today.

The West Kitchen sent people to put away the fresh ingredients and fresh fruits. These bulky items were placed near the door of the ice cellar, and they were placed temporarily. Usually, they would be emptied one after another within a day, and they would not go inside to touch the white Kou's dedicated ice darkroom.

Soon, Bai Kou saw two familiar names. Yesterday afternoon, two second-class male chefs came over routinely to put the boiled broth and skin jelly. These two things boiled in the morning will use up some of the leftover for lunch Only then will they be put into the ice cellar. In terms of time, these two are the most suspicious.

"Miss Shui, do you have any impression of these two male cooks from the East Kitchen? How long have they been in the ice cellar?"

"Yes, yes, it's the two of them! It must be the two of them! It took a while to come out after entering the ice cellar, and I wondered why it was slower than usual just to put down the things. But I never thought that they would actually touch the third young master's things , I really don’t know! I just thought they were sorting out the east kitchen!”

"Is there a little girl nearby? Send a letter to Wenling Courtyard for me."

"Yes, yes, I will call someone."

Mistress Shui walked fast on her short legs, and within a short while, a sweeping girl was dragged over. Bai Kou explained to her clearly, and after listening to her repeat it, she gave her the signboard of Wenlingyuan on her waist , let her run quickly.

Gu Yun was sitting in the main room drinking iced black tea and waiting for Bai Kou to bring back the marinade to make marinated eggs, but unexpectedly, he waited for a message from a rough envoy who was out of breath, that someone had moved his special ingredients.

"I'm going to be exhausted today!"

Gu Yun angrily put down his glass, got up and went to the ice cellar, Mei Lun hurriedly followed, Xiao Qian cleverly ran to Jicheng Hall, and told Pang's mother.

When Pang's mother heard about this, she quickly told his wife, and then took her order and rushed to the ice cellar.

Gu Yun was young and fast-footed, and Pang's mother was still walking halfway, he had already arrived at the ice cellar, and saw Bai Kou in Mistress Shui's hut.

While the rough girl was sending the message, Bai Kou went into the dark room to check things again, and confirmed that only the pot of marinade had been touched by someone, and the other things were also wrapped in furskins, depending on how they were tied. I knew no one had opened it, at most fumbled through the furoshiki.

Seeing that the third young master came in person, the third lady Shui was terrified, trembling and unable to speak clearly, Bai Kou opened the booklet and showed it to the third young master. The two cooks who put broth and skin jelly in the ice cellar yesterday were the most suspicious.

Gu Yun asked Bai Kou to carry the marinade, and the three of them turned to the East Kitchen together.

Just as they came out of the small courtyard where the ice cellar was located and walked in the alley, Mama Pang finally caught up with them and followed them to the East Kitchen.

The east kitchen was busy making lunch, and seeing the third young master and Mama Pang coming again, Zeng Zhu, the acting manager, immediately stepped forward to salute, and immediately called out the two second-class male cooks after Bai Kou finished speaking.

After the person called out, Bai Kou went straight in and asked them what they were doing with her marinade in the ice cellar yesterday.

When asked this way, the two cooks naturally refused to admit it, desperately complained to Gu Yun and Pang's mother, and firmly refused to admit that the two of them had touched Bai Kou's bag, and they knew nothing about the method of knotting the bag.

"You really haven't touched it?" Bai Kou asked again and again with a blank expression.

Mother Pang wanted to speak, but Gu Yun waved his hand lightly to stop her.

"I've never touched it before! We dare to swear to God! Who knows if you made a mistake and fell on us!"

"You're right, it is indeed possible that I misremembered and planted the blame."

Bai Kou nodded along with what the two of them said, making the onlookers stunned.

"Since you are willing to swear, then I think you will cooperate with me to leave your ten fingerprints, right?"

"Fingerprints?" The two quickly looked down at their hands, "What do you want fingerprints for?"

"Of course, I will compare it with the fingerprints on my pot to see if they match yours. If they don't match, it means that I have found the wrong person. I will apologize and pay you back. How about it? Can you lend me your fingerprints?"

"It's just a joke. How could there be any fingerprints on the pot, and it's not a stamp."

"Because there are oil stains on the pot, the marinade pot, and the sauce. It's dirty to the touch, but there are clear fingerprints left."

"Impossible! That pot..."

The argument had just begun, but the man reacted and quickly shut up, but it was too late, so he didn't tell himself.

"It seems that you two have not been wronged." Gu Yun rubbed his fingers with a smile on his face.

"Third young master! Forgive me this time, you little ones, you know your mistake! It's the little ones who are cheap, so I untied the burden to see what it was. Seeing that it was a pot of marinade, I dipped my fingers in it and tasted it. The taste, I didn’t touch the other things! Definitely only made this one time! Just this one time!”

Being cheated out of the truth, the two male cooks hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy.

(End of this chapter)