Rebirth of the Main Room Manual

Chapter 121
However, Yiqing's situation in the Hou's Mansion is very different. She is full of vigor and vitality. After breakfast, she goes to the meeting hall energetically, takes care of all the affairs, and inspects the inner courtyard. The sons-in-law and daughters-in-law gave lectures, first gentle and then strict, showing both kindness and power. The stewards are already familiar with the young lady's way of handling things. .

Going back to her natal house tomorrow, and coming back only the day after tomorrow, there are only two wives in the mansion, she needs to make some arrangements, for the auntie Fang Zheng, she does not intend to entrust any affairs to her, it is easy to ask God to send God away, since it is already After achieving this step, she should persevere and not insult Zheng Jingyan's trust. She took back the stall managed by Mrs. Fang Zheng without hesitation, and all the housekeeping rights are in her hands. Wang Yaozhen can take over at any time.

Yiqing also invited the chief stewards from the front and back yards to understand and explain some matters before she finished her work this morning, and she could go to the back yard and find a place to have lunch.

Hua Yu reminded her: "Young Madam, just now Cuixiang sent Xiaohong to say that I bought two baskets of fresh wild vegetables this morning. They were picked in the kitchen, washed and dried, and I am waiting for you to see how to do it. !"

Only then did Yiqing remember: "That's right, I almost forgot, I still have to make cold salad! Let's go, go to the kitchen!"

Yiqing and her servants came to the big kitchen, the old lady sent Chun Nuan to wait there, saluted Yiqing, said with a smile: "The old lady heard that wild vegetables are really available today, so she is waiting to eat them wholeheartedly! The old lady also asked the maidservant to tell the young lady: Young lady, make more of those cold dishes, as many ingredients as there are are finished, put less spicy food, and only set aside for lunch in Anhetang after cooking, and put the rest in the dining room. In the box, the old lady is useful!"

Yiqing smiled: "I can't eat that much, so I can't put it in the box? It must be given away! Well, the old lady is really good at using people. Sister Chunnuan went back and said to the old lady: Don't worry." I made them all, and tried my best to make the taste better than what she usually eats! See where she sends it, and I will ask for rewards later!"

This made everyone laugh.

The ones I bought this morning were fresh wild vegetables that the peasant women in the suburbs of the city went to the fields and mountains early to pick, and then took a donkey cart to send them into the city to sell. , stacked in bamboo baskets on the stone table in the kitchen yard, it looks more green, fresh and juicy under the sun.

Hua Yu said: "Look at this beautiful color, I want to eat it before it's ready."

The mother in charge of purchasing in the kitchen said with a smile: "Everyone says that only the poor in the countryside eat wild vegetables, but how do they know that these wild vegetables can be sold in the city, but they are all attracted by rich people! First, someone gave a deposit first, Let those village women pick them early in the morning while they still have dew. Now there is a wild vegetable stall next to the vegetable market, and you can’t buy it if you go too late! Rich people eat too much greasy meat and vegetables, so they want Eat these sweet and refreshing wild vegetables, I heard that eating them can prevent some epidemics!"

The mother who was washing vegetables and dishes came over and asked, "Is it true? Who told me?"

"The vegetable seller said, she said that their family eats wild vegetables early every spring, and there is no disease or disaster all year round, and everyone is in good health!"

"Oh, that's Huang Po selling melons, selling melons and boasting!"

"Don't believe pull it down!"

Several women were arguing and teasing outside, and Yiqing went inside, and with the help of two cooks, she made cold salad by herself.

Fortunately, someone helped her, otherwise, she would really be overwhelmed by making so many cold dishes. It would take half a day just to choose the dishes, and making the seasoning and sauces is also quite labor-intensive.

By the time of lunch, the cold dishes were ready, and Yiqing tasted them and was quite satisfied.

Don't put too much spicy, just a little bit, the old lady can eat it, she also ate very spicy in her early years, Fang Zheng and a few cousins ​​can also eat it, but Mrs. Zheng can't eat spicy food, this cold salad Mrs. Zheng I also like it, but I am afraid of the spicy taste. I have to take care of her and make another small porcelain pot of chili oil for those who can eat spicy food.

A big pot of cool green and fragrant cold dishes only needs eight or nine plates when fully packed. Yiqing left one plate for the cooks in the kitchen, and then put two plates into a food box, and used four food boxes to pack it. Well, the servants from Anhetang will come and take it away.

There were only three grandparents and grandchildren for lunch today. Mrs. Fang Zheng received 500 taels of silver from Yiqing early in the morning, and then disappeared, and did not show up until noon. Mrs. Zheng asked, and the old lady only said that she had something to do, there is no need Leave her alone, Yiqing stopped talking.

There was only one plate of cold dishes on the dinner table, and Yiqing asked the old lady, "Where did you keep sending the rest?"

The old lady smiled and said: "I asked Yan'er, and he said that these wild vegetables do have the effect you said. They are all excellent things, and they are food from heaven! Those of us who eat too much delicacies from mountains and seas and have fat waists and stomachs go away. Old women who don’t move have a few meals every spring, which is beneficial and harmless! I heard that many wild vegetables were bought in the kitchen today, so I specially asked you to make more and send them to my old sisters to taste. Let them envy me for having such a good grandson-in-law!"

Yiqing looked embarrassedly at Mrs. Zheng who was smiling and said nothing, and said anxiously, "Grandmother, please stop praising your granddaughter-in-law, let me hide my clumsiness!"

"Hmph! My granddaughter-in-law is not clumsy! Few of their granddaughter-in-laws can compare to me!"

Yiqing was sweating: "You always give someone a plate of wild vegetables, don't you think it's shabby?"

"What's shabby? Some of them sent a plate with only two pieces of sour fish! They said it was a specialty of their hometown, and there weren't many, so I just let them taste it! The decades of friendship are all in their 70s and [-]s. No one dislikes anyone! Everyone has the same taste, and they all love this sour, sweet and refreshing taste, especially the old lady Jin, who is from Sichuan, who can eat sour and spicy food best! I don’t know her when I sent it over. How much I like it!"

After hearing this, Yiqing felt a little relieved, and asked curiously, "Grandmother, are those mother-in-laws your girlfriends?"

"What girlfriend?"

"Oh, it's a girlfriend! It's the girl who was close to you before you got married!"

The old lady picked a shepherd's purse, chewed it in her mouth, and then said with a smile: "Grandmother is not from the capital, and her natal family is far away in Hua'an, west of the capital! The girls I knew when I was young, each married, I didn't know them for a long time. The news! These mother-in-laws are all slowly getting to know after the grandmother became the new daughter-in-law, and the best one is Mrs. Jin, and there are five or six other mother-in-laws who always ask for information when they have something to do. "

"Five or six?" Yiqing looked at the dish of cold dishes on the table, and said, "I put eight dishes in the food box, and here is only one dish, six dishes are sent away, and there is still one dish... oh, it's for my cousin We sent it!"

But the old lady said: "Wenhui and Jiaoer are lazy girls, they don't want to come to my place to eat, and I didn't give it to them! I asked Qiu Ju to send the cold dish you mentioned to Qin Wang's mansion—except for Yan'er. I can't eat spicy food, I can taste whatever I like, if I don't have an appetite, I can eat two bowls of rice after eating this cold dish, and let him eat too!"

Yiqing opened her mouth and had nothing to say.

It's good to think about it, the cold dishes I made by myself really happened. In the blink of an eye, I went to several wealthy families in the capital, and finally jumped straight into the Qin Palace.

The old lady asked Qiu Ju to hold the food box with her own hands, and the plate of cold dishes delivered to her master Hou was fortunate enough to fulfill her mission. Zheng Jingyan really ate three bowls of rice with the cold dishes!
He usually doesn't eat so much in one meal, and he is basically forced to eat three bowls of rice - he knows in his heart that Qiu Ju has also told him: Yiqing cooks the cold dishes!

The cold dishes made by Yiqing were specially brought for him to eat, and before he was happy enough, the food snatchers came!
King Qin can eat as much as he likes, Zheng Jingyan doesn’t want Shouwang Yuan Cong to eat too much!
The royal uncles and nephews ate and praised, especially Yuan Cong, who ate the hardest. He came here with a hangover and didn't want to eat anything. Suddenly, he saw a plate of green and fresh cold dishes on the table, and smelled the smell again. , His eyes lit up immediately, there was no porridge on the dining table, he made rice with tea, he ate it so happily that he ate two bowls of rice without knowing it.

In order to grab his own food, Zheng Jingyan had to keep adding more food until the cold dish was empty.

Yuan Cong was full and leaned back on his chair contentedly, and began to criticize Zheng Jingyan, saying that the cook at home could cook such delicious fresh cold dishes, why didn't he teach the cooking skills to the cook of Jinfu Restaurant, which the three of them co-operated with?If this dish is sold, how much money will it make?In spring and summer, diners like this one!
At that time, if you earn more money, won't you, Ah Yan, also get more money?

Zheng Jingyan didn't make any excuses, he got up and went to the courtyard to digest food, even if he was beaten to death, he would not say: This cold dish is made by Yiqing!
But he didn't know that his aunt and cousin had sold him behind his back. Seeing Yuan Cong's uneasy expression, Qin Wang Yuan Zhao was afraid of offending the uncle, so he told him directly:
"Uncle Huang, it's not that Ah Yan doesn't want to. The cold dishes can't be cooked by any cook, but Xia Yiqing made them! That's a secret recipe passed down by the Xia family! How can Ah Yan put him in Jinfu Restaurant? Yiqing has to be willing." Is that okay?"

Only then did Yuan Cong relax, and then he smiled and said, "Oh, so this dish was made by Xia Yiqing? Yiqing, she can also cook? She is really versatile! Haha! I was able to eat Yiqing's dishes today, Very good!"

Yuan Cong walked out with his hands behind his back, greeted Zheng Jingyan with a smile, and left.

Zheng Jingyan followed King Qin to send off King Shou respectfully, silent like a shadow, and Yuan Zhao, King Qin was very depressed: What's the matter?The bride Ah Yan married back home, the uncle insisted that she was the woman in his dream!It is naturally the love in his heart that can keep him dreaming, but that is impossible!
An imperial uncle, a cousin he can't live without, he's a grown-up man, and he still has a long-term relationship with him!Why did you go early?At this juncture, he was caught in the middle of the cold war because of Xia Yiqing's embarrassment, and he almost jumped and cursed!

(End of this chapter)