Hand Medicine Fragrance

Chapter 17
Chai Sujin laughed lightly when she heard the words, "I finally healed your face, did I just tell you to die?"

Chun Lu was flushed, but her heart was warm, "My servant knows that Miss is kind-hearted and treats me well. This servant wants to repay my lady, not to mention that this servant also hates the Yang family!"

"Do you know anyone from the Yang family, preferably someone who can serve the master close by." Chai Sujin asked.

Chunlu frowned and thought about it carefully, but her little face that had recovered was a little dull, and her tone was even more helpless and disappointed, "Miss Hui, the maidservant is from a lowly family, and she was bought into the Yang family from outside. Most of the people around the master are the sons of the family. They all look down on the maids, and they don't usually have any friendship."

Chai Sujin frowned slightly.

Chun Lu anxiously filled her face with annoyance, she scratched her ears and cheeks, and suddenly her eyes lit up, "Oh, by the way, because the servant girl is good at cooking, when the Yang family held a church meeting, she helped in the kitchen and knew a cook. I’m friendly with you. But the cook only cooks and doesn’t even see the master’s face, so I wonder if she can help the young lady?”

Chai Sujin thought for a moment, nodded and smiled, "Cook, that would be even better."

"It's a little friendly, if she is asked to poison the food, she will definitely not dare!" Chunlu added hastily.

"Who said I'm going to poison her?" Chai Sujin looked at her with a smile.

Chunlu showed suspicion, "Didn't Miss want to poison the second master of the Yang family to avenge mother?"

Chai Sujin slowly stood up from the couch, stepped on the mat with bare feet, and walked towards the table by the window.

There is an open book spread out on the table, the handwriting is clear and vigorous, just looking at the yellowed paper, the handwriting with a slightly lighter ink color, this book should have been written for some years.

Chai Sujin stepped forward, and gently closed the book with her fair and slender fingers. The four seal characters on the cover "Chai's Pharmacopoeia" reflected the sunlight outside the window, which was very beautiful.

"Revenge is more than just poisoning?" She lowered her eyes slightly and landed on the book, "Can you see that cook again?"

Chun Lu nodded again and again, "She knew that the servant girl was good at cooking, and wanted to learn a few good dishes from the servant girl, so she invited the servant girl to her home for dinner. The maidservant knows where her home is."

Chai Sujin nodded, and sat down at the table, "I wrote a few recipes, you go buy them, try to make them, and they must be delicious."

As soon as she heard that she was going to cook, Chunlu agreed excitedly.

After taking the shopping list given to her by Chai Sujin and leaving the house, she realized that she was talking about revenge, wasn't she?Why did you tell her to cook again?
She frowned suspiciously and turned around to look back at the gate of the Chai family. The low-key door lintel and the simple and generous word "Chai Fu" showed a bit of aura for no reason in her eyes.

"Miss says whatever, I don't have to worry about the others, and I don't have to ask!" Chun Lu whispered to herself, she looked away, and strode towards the entrance of the vegetable market with the vegetable basket in her hand.

Chunlu made dishes according to the recipe Chai Sujin gave her.

Under her skilful hands, simple dishes can become exquisite and mellow. What's more, Miss's recipes are also very particular about the ingredients, which is quite similar to the style of father and grandfather cooking imperial meals in the palace.

The aroma is tangy, and even the color matching is pleasing to the eye, making people look forward to it.

She took a small bowl and was about to take a sip.

"Don't eat!" Chai Sujin's voice suddenly came from behind.

Chun Lu was startled, and turned around embarrassingly, "Miss Hui, the servant girl doesn't want to steal it, but just wants to taste the saltiness."

"No need." Chai Sujin shook her head, "Will you do it?"

Chunlu put down the bowl and nodded excitedly, "Where did Miss find the recipe? It's really exquisite! At first I found the recipe difficult, but it's not too difficult after I tried it, but it's so tempting!"

"You memorize the recipe in your mind, and then go to the cook you know well, pretend to meet her by chance, and teach her the recipe." Chai Sujin said.

Chunlu was very surprised when she heard the words, "What are you going to do, Miss?"

"Just do it," Chai Sujin smiled, "The shortest is eight or nine days, and the longest is more than half a month. You will understand."

Chunlu nodded her head again and again, guessing when the cook would be at home, she carried a vegetable basket and searched for it.

The cook was also on duty. Chunlu stayed there for two or three days, and sometimes even delayed the time to go back to cook for her siblings. It wasn't until the evening of the third day that she saw the servant woman walking over with a jug from a distance. .

Chunlu carried the vegetable basket and bowed her head to meet her.

She was about to pass by, but the cook failed to recognize her.

Chun Lu was anxious in her heart, staggered, and bumped her shoulder against the cook.

The cook let out a hey, and grabbed Chunlu, "You're so young, your eyes are long and your forehead is up? How can you walk... Huh? Isn't this Chunlu? Why are you here?"

Looking down and seeing Chunlu carrying the vegetable basket, she slapped her forehead, "Have you found a new master?"

Chunlu grinned and nodded, "I've also become a cook, and the new master is much more generous than the Yang family. Because of my craftsmanship, I can get rewards every day!"

When the cook heard this, envy appeared on her face, "Your craftsmanship is naturally good, but it's just that you haven't been appreciated in the Yang family."

"I would also like to thank you, aunt, who took good care of me when I was in the Yang family." Chunlu smiled and stuffed a few fresh peaches from the vegetable basket into the hands of the cook, "Bring them back, and give them to my grandson."

The cook quickly refused, "Then why, your master will punish you when he finds out!"

Chunlu smiled and waved her hands, "It's okay, I'm in charge of all the money in the kitchen. The master doesn't ask how many vegetables I bought and how much money is left over. As usual, I don't exceed the quota every month."

The cook's eyes were even more envious, "Which master is so generous?"

Chun Lu approached the cook with a smile, lowered her voice, and said mysteriously: "Originally, this good thing never happened to me, but it was because my master got a few recipes for the imperial meal, and no one else in the kitchen could make it." , I'm the only one who made it. The master is happy to eat, so this good job will naturally reward me!"

When the cook heard this, her eyes lit up, and she reached out to hold Chunlu's arm, "The recipe for the imperial meal? You...you learned it?"

Chunlu nodded.

"You got a good job for this?" the cook asked.

Chunlu nodded firmly, "Food is the most important thing for the people, and masters are no exception. If you make him happy eating, he will naturally make you happy!"

"Then maybe you can teach me this dish? When you were helping in the kitchen, Chunlu, it was the aunt who took care of you!" Incredible.

Chun Lu was embarrassed for a moment, gritted her teeth, "Cheng, thinking about your old love, if you get a reward..."

"Ma'am remembers your love!" said the cook, enthusiastically dragging Chunlu to her home.

After more than half an hour, Chunlu came out of the cook's house.

The cook enthusiastically sent her all the way to the entrance of the alley, "It's so wonderful, so wonderful! Come back in two days, Chunlu!"

Chunlu nodded in agreement, and left quickly.

The cook didn't know that before Chunlu was sold to the Yang family, she was scratched on the face by Mrs. Yang with a knife.

If she knew, she would be shocked first, and she would also ask a few more questions about Chun Lu's current employer.

But now, she is completely immersed in the excitement that she has learned the imperial cuisine and will be appreciated by the master, and she has no time to think about it.

(End of this chapter)