self-improvement as a cook

Chapter 30

An Ran was in astonishment, when she heard a thud, An Zihe jumped down, and then, An Ran realized that the man was actually a landlubber, his hands were flailing in the water, his head was up and down.

Just as An Ran was about to go to rescue someone, she suddenly woke up, An Zihe must have been fooling herself, this man is very cunning, and his skills are not bad, could it be that he doesn't know how to swim.

After thinking like this, he found that An Zihe had already sunk, An Ran waited for a while, guessed that he had reached the limit of holding his breath, and still didn't see him coming up, so he panicked. He really wanted this guy to drown here and jump into the Yellow River by himself. I can't wash it off either.

What's more, no matter how hateful An Zihe is, it is human life after all, it is impossible for him to watch him drown and plunge himself into it. Fortunately, the moon is big today, and the moonlight shines into the water, so he can barely see him. It took the strength of breastfeeding to drag it to the edge of the pit.

An Ran's strength was almost exhausted, she was about to take a breath, but found something was wrong, An Zihe was lying there straight, his face pale and frighteningly pale under the moonlight, like a dead person...

An Ran hurried over, put her hands trembling under her nose, was startled, didn't have time to think about it, looked around, saw a slope next to her, dragged him to the slope, turned over, let him crawl, head Keep your feet low, press your back to control the water, see some water spit out, then turn him over, put your own burden on the back of his neck, lift his head slightly, pinch his nose and start Give artificial respiration.

Feeling that he was breathing gradually, he touched his chest. Although his heartbeat was slow, he finally recovered. He finally breathed a sigh of relief. He sat down on the ground, exhausted, and even lost the strength to stand up. He raised his hand and wiped his forehead. He was sweating all over, and the night wind came over, shivering from the cold.

Struggling to get up, he found dry underwear from the bag and changed into the bellyband, took the clothes and put them on, tidied up, and finally got warmer, but he caught a glimpse of An Zihe on the ground, his whole body was wet, and he couldn't help sighing. Tone, I and this guy are enemies in the previous life, why can't we hide from anywhere.

This kind of accident can happen if you grab a dagger, you won't jump into the pit with water, and you don't rush like that when you are a hero. In the end, you have to save him yourself.

An Ran went over reluctantly, and took off the clothes on his body, including the outer long shirt, jacket, shoes, socks, and took off his trousers. After a little hesitation, An Ran let him go. She looked around and found that there were still Keep some firewood ashes on top of the simple barbecue grill that An Zi and he built that day, and a lot of dry firewood he found next to it, just to save An Ran's trouble.

He found some straw and lit the fire, put his wet clothes on it, went to hug a few more handfuls of wheat straw, spread them on the ground, dragged An Zihe to the fire, stared at him for a while, and pondered the problem. It would be too inhumane to leave him here in the countryside.

Just as she was thinking, she suddenly saw him move, An Ran subconsciously moved back, this guy is not a good person, even though he saved him, she didn't want to be Mr. Dong Guo.

Seeing him sitting up and staring at him blankly, his eyes were really a little panicked, and he couldn't help saying: "You, what do you see me doing? I'm your savior, revenge is a villain's behavior, you..." An Ran Before he finished speaking, he felt the figure flashing in front of him, and before he had time to react, An Zihe had already hugged him tightly.

An Ran was startled, and said in her heart that she was struck by lightning out of good intentions, this guy just woke up, and wanted to play hooligans on her, struggling a few times was useless, and found that this man hugged him tightly, and his strength was even more frightening, An Ran's two arms were pinched in pain: "Let me go, if you don't let me go, be careful that I will kick you down again..."

As soon as he finished speaking, An Zihe said, "Is there something you can't think about, it's worth jumping into the river to seek death." His voice was a little weak, but there was eager anger, as if he was growling.

An Ran was stunned for a moment: "Who jumped into the river, I think it's almost like you are looking for death." As she spoke, she tried her best to break away from him, and quickly moved away to look at him warningly: "If you come here again, I will really kick you down! .”

An Zihe stared at her for a long time before Fang said, "Aren't you looking for death?"

An Ran rolled her eyes: "Please, do you have some common sense? If I really want to jump into the river, I can't do it. I have to go all the way outside the city to do something. What's more, I can't live enough. Why do you want to die? It's you. I don’t know what fushui did just now, but I have to save you, do you know how sinking you are.”

An Zihe actually didn't know how he jumped down. When he saw her jump in, he didn't care whether he would be able to swim, so he jumped down. This is indeed not his character, but is this girl too naive? I don't know what is good or bad. If I am so brave to save her, I am not grateful to Dade. Is this the attitude towards my benefactor?
Thinking about it, his face darkened: "I'm going to save you."

An Ran rolled her eyes: "Save me? Forget it. It's almost like I saved you. I advise you. If you think about it again, you plan to jump into the river and choose a place where there is no one. If you die here, you will hurt me. When the time comes, the government will investigate and find out that you committed suicide by jumping into the river, so they thought you were pushed down."

An Zihe didn't want her to be so sharp-tongued, trembling angrily, pointing at her speechless, he gritted his back molars for a long time and said: "I don't care about you little girl."

An Ran suddenly felt very relieved, and said to herself, you deserve it, you are so mad, who let you have a good life, but you ran here to find anger.Suddenly seeing him about to take off his pants, he was startled: "What are you doing?"

An Zihe was happy: "What else can I do? Take off your pants, these pants are wet, and they don't feel comfortable on your body."

An Ran hurriedly said: "No, don't take it off."

An Zihe laughed and blinked: "What? I feel ashamed now, who undressed me just now."

An Ran blushed a little: "Then, it was because I had to save you. It's different from now. You are also a scholar after all. You should know whether men and women can kiss each other."

Anzi and Hehe laughed: "Isn't it a bit late to say that men and women can't kiss each other?" Seeing that Anran was going to be annoyed, he said, "Why don't you find me a pair of trousers to change, otherwise, I can only have nothing to do." Look, I have been wearing wet clothes for a long time, but I will catch cold, I don’t want to get sick.”

An Ran gritted her teeth: "How can I have pants that you can wear?"

An Zihe raised his eyebrows: "Then there's nothing I can do." As he spoke, he reached out to untie his belt, An Ran hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, I'll think of something."

He lowered his head to search, caught a glimpse of his bundle, grabbed it, took out the contents, and threw the bundle away: "Use this."

An Zihe took it in his hand, shook it away and looked at it, very disgusted: "You let me use furoshiki as pants?"

An Ran said angrily: "It's time to make do with it, otherwise, there are straws over there, you choose one, or you can continue to wear wet ones."

An Zihe looked at the wheat straw next to him, and felt that the fur skin was more reliable, so he glanced at An Ran, his eyes flashed: "Are you going to watch me change it?"

An Ran glared at him, turned her back, and heard after a while: "Okay." Then she turned around, glanced at him, almost stopped laughing, and the furskin of broken flowers was wrapped around her waist On the top, tied diagonally, it looks rather funny.

Seeing her smile, An Zihe spread his hands in disbelief: "That's fine, you don't have to hide so far, I'm not a wolf, I can still eat you, move over here, let's talk."

An Ran said in her heart, you are not a jackal or a pervert, so she couldn't help but move to the other side instead of his side. There were three or four steps between the two of them, and then she felt relieved and turned over the things in the bag. He took out two oil-paper bags and opened them. One bag contained sesame seed cakes, and the other bag contained pork belly in soy sauce. They were originally brought out to eat by themselves when they were hungry at night, but now it was cheaper for An Zihe.

He found a few thin wooden sticks to put on the grill, and threw the biscuits on them. After a short time, they were roasted crispy. When he took them off, An Ran habitually drew the dagger on his waist. An Zihe was thrown into the puddle, I came here today to fish for the dagger, I didn't want the dagger to be caught, so I fished An Zihe instead.

Just as he was thinking, a short knife was handed over to An Zihe. When he was undressing him, he saw it was pinned to his waist. It is common in Jizhou. The pattern on the scabbard is simple and exquisite, and there are two large turquoise inlaid on the handle. With the simple scabbard, it is luxurious and beautiful. This is a Mongolian scimitar.

Seeing her staring at his knife, An Zihe couldn't help saying: "I got this when I went to the grasslands. If you like it, I will give it to you."

An Ran didn't appreciate it, cut the biscuit open, sandwiched the sauced meat in the middle, and threw it to him together with the dagger: "You keep it for yourself."

An Zihe's expression froze slightly, he was lucky, and thought to himself, this girl's temperament is really unpleasant, but this sesame seed cake is really delicious, the sesame seed cake is crispy, and the meat sauce is full of flavor, sandwiched together, one bite hates it Can't swallow the whole tongue.

After eating one, she felt a little unfulfilled, so she couldn't help but look at An Ran, seeing that the little girl was afraid that he would snatch her, turned around, and stuffed the biscuits in her mouth with a few mouthfuls, her two cheeks were bulging, and An Zi and An Ran were thrown away. She laughed: "Don't worry, I won't snatch yours. If you choke to death because of it, it won't be worth it."

An Ran ignored him, chewed and swallowed hard, picked up the gourd on the ground and stuffed it, drank a few sips, sent the sesame seed cakes with meat down, took a look at An Zihe, and drank a few more sips by herself, it was not too bad Willingly throw the gourd to him.

An Zihe drank a couple of sips, not knowing if it was intentional, and licked the mouth of the gourd after drinking it, and handed it back to her. He obviously didn't touch the mouth of the gourd when he drank it just now, but he also felt weird, and couldn't help but think of the mouth of the gourd that he gave to her just now. He gave artificial respiration, didn't start, threw the gourd aside, and didn't even want to look at it again.

Turned the fire, looked up, the suburbs were empty, and the night sky was more beautiful than the mansion, the curtain-like night sky spread out endlessly, the moon was as bright as a disk on the curtain, and the stars were shining brightly, look carefully, those starlights dragged on for a long time Long, like the Milky Way drawn by the Queen Mother.

The cries of summer insects could be heard next to my ears, such a beautiful and quiet summer night, people couldn't help but be intoxicated by it, I was in a good mood, An Ran suddenly felt that even An Zihe, who was spoiling the scenery, was not so annoying anymore.

The action of jumping into the puddle just now was completely without thinking. Although he was overthinking his own strength and almost drowned, he really wanted to save himself.

An Ran still doesn't understand why he would jump like this, but it is undeniable that her perception of him has improved a little bit, and it is not so unbearable to stay in the wild with him and watch the stars.

Moreover, An Ran suddenly thought that this might be an opportunity, a chance for reconciliation. Thinking about it carefully, he and An Zihe didn't have any deep hatred, but it was the things he did before that made him think that he was a frivolous person who could flirt with him at will. Woman, so she made some rogue moves.

I also kicked him into the puddle that day, and it was evened out. As long as he stopped playing hooligans, I could shake hands with him and make peace with him. In this way, I could redeem myself and go out.

Thinking about it, I couldn't help but say, "An Zihe, how about we shake hands and make peace? Forget about your actions of belittling me before, as for the fact that I kicked you that day, I was actually forced by you. Today I saved your life. , we're even, you, An Zihe, won't be short of women, so I'll let it go."

An Zihe's eyes flashed: "Why don't you forget it, aren't you a woman?"

An Ran glanced at him sideways: "Don't you know about the matter between me and the old man earlier, didn't you say that the other day, don't you look down on a girl like me, since you don't like me, why bother with me?"

An Zihe's face darkened slightly: "I'm afraid it's not that I look down on you, it's that you look down on me, a restaurant steward, in front of you." As he spoke, he sneered: "It's been rumored in the mansion these days Well, the Elder Master intends to accept you, and you have climbed a high branch, how can you think of a poor scholar like me."

An Ran couldn't help frowning: "These are all nonsense, to tell you the truth, even if it is true, I will not agree."

"Why not? You worked so hard earlier, but you were sent to the outside kitchen because of it. Isn't it because of the old man? Now that your wishes come true, why are you being hypocritical? Although the old man has a lot of things to do, he often goes out and treats women Not bad though."

An Ran sneered: "Why is it not bad? Put it in the back house and keep it well-clothed and well-fed. When you are in the mood, treat it like a thing for fun. When you are not in the mood, you don't show your face. If it suits your mind, how much is it?" Going there a few times, if you don’t like it, just throw it aside and fend for yourself, isn’t that good?”

Seeing An Zihe staring at him in a daze, he couldn't help smiling ironically. This man will never understand his thoughts. Men here are already used to treating women as vassals. Women can be called upon to them That is to say, it is private property that can be disposed of at will, and can even be given to others casually. They will not consider women's position, women's ideas, let alone respect.

He and An Zihe belonged to the type of talking non-speculatively, so don't bother, anyway, I have expressed my meaning, believe it or not is his business.

After a long time, Fang listened to An Zi and said: "Who doesn't live like this, why can't you, I see those women are very satisfied, and they never feel that there is anything wrong with living like this?"

"It's them, I'm not them. If I'm allowed to live like this, it would be happier to kill me." Seeing his serious face, I knew he didn't believe it. trust yourself.

This black history, as long as I don't leave Anfu for a day, I have to recite it for a day, thinking, I can't help but smile: "You can believe it or not, I don't force it, anyway, this matter has nothing to do with you."

"You are a girl from Anfu, and the contract of selling your body is under pressure in the mansion. If the old master insists on taking you in, what can you do?"

An Ran was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice: "A person has to bow his head under the eaves, but he didn't say that the cow doesn't drink water and presses his head forcibly. What's more, at worst, one of them will die."

An Zihe's expression changed: "You would rather die than follow the Elder Master, why did you do such a thing before?"

An Ran sighed and said quietly: "There are some things that I can't explain clearly. If I want to say that it wasn't me who did those things before, you won't believe me. If I say it was me, I don't even remember myself. Not only what happened , I don’t remember all the things before, all the people, and it became like this when I woke up. Except that I know my name is An Ran, I only remember that I can cook, and I remember some instinctive things, and I don’t know anything else. As for Why? I want to know too."

An Ran still can't figure it out now, how could she time travel while frying and frying vegetables by herself, and also transmigrated into such a world that never existed before.

"Could it be possible for you not to marry for the rest of your life?" An Zihe's voice was a little hoarse, probably because of drowning.

"Who stipulates that women must marry. I am a cook. I have a craft. I will redeem myself and leave the house in the future. I can support myself with my own skills. What do you do when you marry, don't you feel uncomfortable?"

An Zihe laughed suddenly: "You girl is really whimsical. There is a saying that a man should marry a man and a woman should marry a woman. This is a human relationship, but you are not an exception."

An Ran nodded, "So what if I'm an exception, who cares, what's more, it's really ridiculous to be married to a woman who follows the Elder Master."

When An Zihe heard this, he suddenly laughed, his smile was quite sarcastic: "I don't know, you are a big-hearted girl, maybe you want to be the serious master of the An Mansion."

An Ran glanced at him: "Others care about a serious master, but I don't care about it."

An Zihe: "Don't be so stubborn, you need to know that there is no such shop after passing this village. If you miss this opportunity, if you regret it in the future, it will be too late."

An Ran looked at him for a long while: "Why do I listen to you like I can't wait to pimp the old man."

An Zihe's face darkened: "What pimping? A girl's family, what is she talking about."

An Ran sneered: "I'm telling the truth."

Seeing that the fire was about to go out, I added some more firewood, stood up, touched the clothes on top, found that they were almost dry, pulled them off and threw them to him, gathered the straw, made a nest against the wall, and leaned on it, Close your eyes, intending to stare for a while.

After these things, An Ran is no longer afraid of An Zihe. This man is a bit frivolous, but he is still a gentleman. Moreover, if he really wants to do something to him, the result will be the same even if he falls asleep and wakes up. Tendon meat, An Ran already knew that this guy was a trainer, and his little three-legged kung fu was not worth mentioning in front of him. The last time was a fluke.

As soon as he closed his eyes, he heard An Zihe speak again: "What do you want to do when you redeem yourself? Find a mansion to be a cook? If so, how is it different from being in An's mansion?"

An Ran opened her eyes: "If you can redeem yourself, whoever is still staying in Jizhou Mansion will naturally go out and have a look."

"Go out? You little girl, where can you go? It's chaotic outside, not afraid of robbers, bad guys, or people who will arrest you and sell you?"

An Ran shook her head: "I told you, no one else is going out, soldiers are coming to block you, water is coming to cover you, what are you afraid of?"

"You girl has a big heart."

"My master said that only with a big heart can you be successful, and you can become a real cook."

An Zihe looked at her for a long time: "Being able to make those two imperial dishes, your skills are already comparable to those of the imperial chef, aren't you satisfied?"

An Ran shook her head: "Learning is endless, so is food and cooking. Knowledge is the most basic requirement for a good cook. Sitting in the mansion and watching the sky, you can cook one or two imperial meals. What does it mean? The land, the sky and the earth are big outside, if you are limited to a square inch, no matter how good your cooking skills are, you can only stop here."

"Do you still want to be a real imperial chef like your master? You know that since the founding of Dayan, there has never been a female imperial chef."

"So what? I didn't have it before, so I don't know that I won't have it in the future. Besides, I don't want to be an imperial chef, but I just want to go out and gain experience."

"You are indeed not a woman who can be locked up in the back house. Your heart is not only big but also wild. It's just that you have never suffered. You don't know that the world is difficult and the human heart is sinister. There are some things you can't do if you think about it."

An Ran smiled: "At least I dare to think, and I also believe that as long as I dare to think, I will definitely be able to do it." Then, she paused: "An Zihe, you are actually not a bad person, so we are shaking hands and making peace. ?

An Zihe laughed suddenly: "You have always wanted to avoid me, but I have never bothered with you."

An Ran thought for a while, and couldn't help laughing: "Speaking of which, we really have a certain fate, I don't know if it's a bad fate..." Saying this, she closed her eyes and fell asleep, not seeing An Zi and his rather complicated eyes .

An Ran was woken up by An Zihe. When she opened her eyes, it was dawn. She hurriedly stood up and went to the pit to wash her face. Then she felt refreshed. After An Zihe had packed up, the two left. After all, this is not a place to stay for a long time, so it is hard to explain when people find it.

There was no words all the way, but An Ran felt that An Zihe respected her a lot. The frivolous and ambiguous attitude before was gone, replaced by a strange deepness.

An Ran couldn't tell what it was like, but she knew in her heart that An Zihe might not embarrass herself anymore. After this night, the two of them seemed to have found a delicate balance. They could avoid ambiguity and get along with each other. It was something that An Ran had never thought about before.

Therefore, sometimes bad things may not always be bad things, and maybe a chance can turn into good things.An Zihe sent An Ran outside the mansion but did not go in, presumably he went to An Ji Restaurant.

With An Zihe's previous suspicions resolved, An Ran was relieved a lot, and even the crisis of the Elder Master was temporarily put aside, and she went back to her small courtyard, took a hot bath, and tucked into the quilt to catch up on sleep. Sleep until dark and then wake up.

A few days later, I didn't go anywhere. I tidied up my small yard. Defu and Liu Xi'er are capable. The stove and the shed are very neat. Once the spatulas and ingredients are ready, you can start the fire After cooking, I don’t need to eat in the big kitchen in the future. I can cook whatever I want when I come back, which is much more convenient.

The small courtyard is cleaned up, An Ran likes it better, as long as there is nothing wrong with the big kitchen, An Ran will come back, in her heart, this small courtyard belongs to her, even if it is only temporarily, it is a place where she can stay comfortably.

An Ran found that the rumors in the mansion about the Elder Master wanting to take her gradually subsided, no one mentioned this matter anymore, and the ambiguous or jealous eyes cast on her were less.

Just when An Ran breathed a sigh of relief, another rumor about herself spread again, and this rumor was even more mysterious than the previous one, saying that An Ran was a ghost, otherwise, how could a girl who didn't even know how to boil water be fooled? Become a chef who can cook imperial meals, if it is not a ghost, how did this cooking skill come about...

The rumors became more and more outrageous, and later, it was simply said that there was a lonely ghost who used to be an imperial cook living in An Ran's body, and while An Ran was hanging herself, he got on her body.

In fact, this is not a rumor. Seriously speaking, I am really a lonely ghost from another world. I wonder if those spreading rumors will be scared to death if they know the truth.

An Ran knew that this must have been intentionally spread by someone with a heart, the purpose is to prevent herself from gaining a foothold in Anfu, and it is not difficult to guess that this person with a heart is likely to be the aunt.

That woman probably hated herself, and she was afraid that she would be against her when she was proud, so she chose to act first, and before she developed any substantive relationship with the old man, she wanted to recruit her to clean herself up, so as to avoid future troubles .

Auntie’s trick is not poisonous, she seized people’s fear of ghosts, isolated herself, and gradually turned the rumors into reality, and when everyone in the house felt that she was possessed by a ghost, she could take the opportunity to follow her. The old man blew the pillow wind, and found a magic stick to clean himself up in one fell swoop.

Seeing that those envious and jealous eyes turned into fear, An Ran couldn't help but feel funny. Auntie's tactics would be useless to her, but she hoped that Auntie's tricks would work, and it would be best to drive herself out of the house directly. It also saves myself the trouble of redeeming Bala's body.

It's a pity that such rumors only spread for a few days, and then they suddenly disappeared. It was faster and clearer than the rumors that the old man liked him, and An Ran's life returned to peace.

It was mid-June, and the sky was getting hotter and hotter. Even a little movement would cause sweat. Fortunately, the big kitchen was idle. It was probably too hot, and the old man didn't have the heart to toss the banquet.

However, there was another change in An Ran's place. Early this morning, An Fu called him over as soon as he entered the big kitchen.Seeing his smiling expression like winning the lottery, An Ran felt a thump in her heart. Judging from past experience, An Fu's expression like this must not be a good thing, at least, it is not a good thing for An Ran.

No, An Ran guessed wrong this time.

An Fu smiled and said: "Girl An Ran, your luck is really enviable. I just sent a message from the top, saying that starting from tomorrow, I will let you work in another courtyard in the suburbs. Let me tell you, that is a good place. , just at the foot of the mountain, leaning against the mountain, with many trees and beautiful scenery, and a big water surface was dug, there are mountains and water, it is much cooler than our house."

An Ran was startled, and thought to herself, could it be that the old man is going to escape the summer heat, what did he ask him to do there?
An Fu saw that she looked like a catastrophe. After all, it had been a long time, and he almost knew An Ran's nature, so he couldn't help shaking his head: "You girl is really hard to think about, come on, you don't have to be afraid, the former Yanzhou Mansion A letter came, saying that something happened in the shop, and the steward over there couldn't deal with it. The elder followed the letter and rushed over. Now I guess I've arrived in Yanzhou Mansion early. The reason why I asked you to go to another hospital, It's because of Madam Su."

An Ran was taken aback: "Madam Su? Could it be that Uncle Fu is talking about Madam Su from Tongjuan Mansion?"

An Fu nodded: "That's right. Speaking of the Su Mansion, these days are very lively. The outer room outside is said to be pregnant with a boy. He wanted to enter the Su Mansion to find a decent aunt. Master Su also had the same idea, so he found a woman." Opportunity, I discussed with Mrs. Su about taking concubines, but I forgot that his wife is a famous Hedong Lion in Jizhou Mansion, how could Master Su get what he wanted, and I don’t know what method Mrs. Su used. Instead, he was thrown aside by Mrs. Su, and ran home every day as soon as he left the yamen, trying to make his wife happy. Isn't it hot? I'm afraid that Mrs. Su would not be comfortable staying in the mansion, so I deliberately spoke to our elder , I want to live in another hospital for a while. With the friendship between Mr. Su and Mrs. Su, we will never refuse. Mrs. Su sent a message again, saying that I am tired of eating the food from the cook in their house, and I will call you to help A few days."

As he said that, he said with great envy: "There is only Madam Su in the other courtyard. There are a lot of rewards, less work, and it's cool. Don't you think it's a good thing."

An Ran was really surprised, after thinking about it for a while, she understood that Madam Su wanted to thank herself, but she couldn't reward herself directly, so she turned a corner and found a leisurely job for herself.

Thinking that the other courtyard is the place where the Eldest Master spends his summer vacation, naturally there will be no lack of a kitchen, otherwise, what if the Elder Master lives there when he is interested?Based on An Ran's observations these days, this old man is very greedy for food. Therefore, the other courtyard must be fully equipped. Going by himself is equivalent to a vacation, and it happens to be able to avoid the old man. It is really a good thing Son.

An Fu looked at her carefully for a while, and said curiously: "Girl An Ran, let's talk to your Uncle Fu, do you know Mrs. Su?"

An Ran shook her head: "I don't know each other, but when I was in Anji Restaurant, I cooked a few dishes for Mrs. Su."

An Fu patted his thigh: "That's it, I was still wondering, why Madam Su would name you when it's so good, it turns out that it must be because of your good craftsmanship, so hurry up, don't delay "As he spoke, he said in a mysterious low voice: "Girl Anran, you have to take good care of Mrs. Su, I heard that Mrs. Su is going to be promoted, if Mrs. Su remembers you, there will be no harm to you in the future .”

"Thank you, Uncle Fu, for your suggestion."

An Fu laughed and said, "Don't be polite to Uncle Fu, just tell your master."

An Ran left and went to the master's small courtyard to say something, the master smiled and said: "You are better than the master, you have found a cool place and hid in peace, that's all right, there are two of your senior brothers in front of the master, don't worry about it. Thinking about Master, the house is a bit messy now, you can hide out, it will save you a lot of trouble."

An Ran nodded, and went to resign her godmother, and told Defu to help her take care of the vegetables grown in the small courtyard, and don't forget to water them, so she packed up her bag and went to another courtyard in the suburbs with the knife box.

An Ran has been here for several months, and she left Jizhou City twice in total. Both times she walked, but this time she took a carriage and went down the official road. Go to another hospital.

An Ran couldn't help poking her head to look at the puddle not far away, thinking that the other courtyard is not far from here, it would be convenient to look for an opportunity to fish out the dagger.

Thinking about it, he went to the gate of the other courtyard, Xing'er sent An Ran over, entered the other courtyard and handed it over to the gatekeeper, and then went back.

The janitor boy is very clever, knowing that An Ran is a chef, but he still yells at each other one by one, with a sweet tongue, and when he leads An Ran to the manager of the other courtyard, he is already acquainted with An Ran or has known him for several years.

The steward of the other courtyard was a man in his thirties, with three locks of goatee, named An Yuan. Seeing that he was much more kind than Ding Shoucai, he was very polite to An Ran and took her to the kitchen himself.

The kitchen in the other courtyard was not much smaller than the big kitchen in the mansion, but it was An Fu's brother An Shou who was in charge. An Fu had said something early in the morning. He looked similar to An Fu and had a similar temperament, which made An Ran quite kind.

Although An Ran is still paid as a cook, she is a real chef. How could An Shou dare to underestimate her, but Mrs. Su above would never let An Ran go to the stove unless she was specifically ordered to live. The place is also very cool.

Not far from the lotus pond guarding the other courtyard, there is a quiet small courtyard. The house is extremely clean. What makes Anran most satisfied is that there is a separate mini kitchen in the small courtyard, with all the ingredients and seasonings. There is nothing wrong with making a big dish here.

It is close to the water and has a good orientation. There is also a grape rack on the side of the yard, which is now covered with bunches of green grapes. Even if it is not ripe, it is very pleasing to look at.

An Ran figured that it would be really comfortable to put a small table and two stools here in the evening, make a pot of jasmine foam, and enjoy the cool while drinking tea.

An Ran was thinking about it when a servant woman came in who had just seen the kitchen, came in and said to An Shou: "Mrs. Su just called someone to invite Miss An to come over. She said she had something to ask, and the mother-in-law in front of Madam is waiting outside."

An Shou was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "So, there is no delay, maybe there is something urgent, Miss An, go quickly."

An Ran nodded, put down her burden, and followed the maid.

When I went outside, I saw that it was the woman behind Madam Su in the restaurant that day. When she saw An Ran, she saluted respectfully: "The old slave greets the girl."

An Ran hurriedly said: "But you can't be a mother's gift."

The woman smiled and said: "Yes, yes, our wife is always talking about the girl, and I have been thinking about finding an opportunity to have a good talk with the girl. I don't want to drag it until now. Come with me, the lady. The lady is waiting for the girl." .”

The servant woman who just reported the letter at the back waited for the two of them to go away, and couldn't help whispering: "Master, this girl is so old, she is really a chef in the house, she doesn't look like it, she is younger than the girl in my family, What good craft can you have?"

An Shou listened and snorted coldly: "You will put gold on your face, compare your girl with this one, you really dare to open your mouth, what's wrong with being young? Don't look at this young, serious It's Zheng Yuchu's closed disciple. A few days ago, the elder master entertained King Xiaoyao in his mansion. It was this one who made two imperial dishes, which shocked King Xiaoyao. Your girl, even if she has a hair of this one With your ability, your family’s grave is full of smoke.”

The servant girl laughed: "It sounds like he has great ability, but even if this person has great ability, he is still a cook after all, so it would be a bit flattering to be placed here."

An Shou glared at her: "This is personally ordered by the superior, it's useless for you to look hot." Saying this, I was really puzzled in my heart. There are many empty yards over the kitchen, where should they be placed? That's right...

(End of this chapter)