self-improvement as a cook

Chapter 9

"What are you thinking, girl, your eyes are straight." Aunt Liu patted her.

An Ran came back to her senses: "It's nothing, just a little sleepy."

Aunt Liu saw that her eyes were still slightly black and blue, she couldn't help but feel a little guilty: "I said I want you to sleep well today, but I don't want Lian Er to come early in the morning, but you are tired for most of the day." The apron was taken off: "Sit down and eat something, so you can go back and rest."

An Ran was a little hesitant: "It's time to prepare lunch..."

While tidying up the cage on the cauldron, Aunt Jiao said: "Isn't there us, and there is not much work, and you are idle here, why don't you go back and rest, besides, you should do fine work with your hands together." Work, baby, leave these rough jobs to us, don't feel sorry, to put it bluntly, the few of us are still relying on your craftsmanship to eat wine."

Aunt Liu laughed and scolded: "You old man is becoming more and more a drunkard. You drank too much yesterday and snored for half a night. It can kill people to death. That's all me. If you were a man, I might kick you half to death. Girl Anran, don't listen to this old bastard's nonsense, I believe you will never finish listening, it's important to eat first." Pushing Anran to sit down, she took out two steamed buns from the drawer, and put the millet porridge left over from the stove just now. He made a bowl and put it in front of An Ran, urging An Ran: "Eat it while it's hot, it won't taste good when it's cold."

Aunt Jiao took out two eggs from the big drawer and stuffed them for her, she whispered: "Eat it, I will keep it warm for you, you are young and growing, you should eat more eggs."

An Ran's heart warmed up, these people really, once they treat her well, they do it from the bottom of their hearts, which is inexplicably touching, An Ran took a bite of the steamed stuffed bun, which was made of cabbage, and didn't add anything else. In An Ran's mouth, it tastes better than the world's top delicacy.

An Ran was eating when Ma Dazu came back, An Ran knew that she had delivered food to the front yard, the housekeeper and those decent stewards naturally wouldn't eat big pot meals from the outside kitchen, but there were others.

An Ran guessed how many servants there are in the Anfu, there are at least a hundred. There are people everywhere, up and down the mountain, and they perform their own duties, so that the big deep house can be maintained.

As long as there are servants, there will be stewards, not to mention those who are decent, but the small stewards and bosses below have to be supported by the outer kitchen, especially the outer courtyard, the two small stoves in the outer kitchen are prepared for these people.

These little stewards have little power, but they must not be offended. Therefore, they have to be prepared every day and sent to them, and they are carefully served, just like serving their ancestors. .There are a lot of people coming and going in the outer courtyard, and any news is the fastest.

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard Aunt Liu ask: "You have been here for a long time, could it be that there is something new in the mansion today?"

Ma Dazuo scooped up half a ladle of water from the water tank and poured it down. Hearing this, he regained his energy: "I really heard something strange. The third master came to our house yesterday."

Aunt Liu glared at her: "Although the third master likes to go out, he will come back to live for a few days every now and then. What's new?"

Ma Dajiao waved his hand, and said mysteriously: "It's different this time. I heard that our third master came back in the middle of the night last night. He wanted to take a shortcut and go back to his room to sleep, but instead of staying in the corridor on the west side When I bumped into a girl, that girl rushed up immediately when she saw the third master, and she was anxious to tear her clothes as soon as she came up, wishing she could finish the matter right away."

"Cough, cough, cough..." An Ran coughed with a mouthful of eggs stuck in her throat, and Ma Dazuo hurriedly came over and patted her on the back: "How can you still get stuck after eating an egg, quickly drink some porridge. "

An Ran took two mouthfuls of porridge before it was ready, but her mind was wandering, west aisle?late at night?Swoop man?Combining these factors together, An Ran held her forehead and really wanted to die immediately, without embarrassing herself.

Although I don't remember anything at all, but referring to the tragic precedent in modern times, the girl who jumped at the third master yesterday and hurriedly tore her clothes to do business, most likely was me who was drunk, what kind of fate is this, it's so easy The situation is just better, and such a thing happened, it seems that I will never touch alcohol in the future, it's too scary.

What's even more frightening is that An Ran can't remember what she did yesterday. After flying to tear her clothes, is there a follow-up?How did I wake up where, and how did my injuries come about?Thinking of this, he quickly raised his ears and listened to the follow-up with trepidation.

Aunt Jiao: "This is a new thing. Who in the whole house doesn't know our third master's temperament. He hates women getting close to him the most. With such a good kung fu, who can't think of bumping into this south wall, even if he wants to get ahead, he wants to go crazy. I didn't say that I was thinking about the third master, didn't I feel uncomfortable in the rush, besides, in the middle of the night, where is the quiet place between the corridors on the west side, where would anyone go?" He said in a low voice: " Could it be that he ran into a ghost, although the third master is not close to women, but he has such a good appearance, maybe a female ghost somewhere will be tempted when he sees it, and wants to have a romantic affair in a hurry."

An Ran secretly wiped her sweat, Aunt Jiao has watched too many dramas, and there is a romantic female ghost.

Aunt Liu's complexion changed: "Don't talk nonsense, where did the female ghost come from, let the housekeeper know, maybe I will kick you out."

Aunt Jiao regretted her slip of the tongue and hurriedly shut her mouth, but she still couldn't help asking: "Then you said what happened later, the third master punched that girl to death, or did it work?"

Aunt Liu gave her a white look: "That's right, what can the third master do with his temper, he can't be beaten to death with a single punch, but if he does such a thing, I think that girl's life will be lost. I can't think of anyone who has such courage."

Ma Dajiao shook his head: "It's just strange. It happened in the middle of the night last night. The third master didn't mention it at the time. Who would know, but he just went to the master's study and lost his temper. Brainstorm to tell the old man to replace all the maids in the mansion with servants, otherwise he won't be able to come home in the future."

Our elder loves this old brother the most, so he hurriedly asked the reason, and after asking clearly, the elder's temper can tolerate such a thing, so he called the big housekeeper to scold him, and ordered the big housekeeper to find him out and beat him directly die.

An Ran's complexion changed, and she was really scared. This old man was not a good person when he heard it. If he finds out and beats him to death, this is simply disregarding human life. Even for his brother, he shouldn't be so cruel. Isn't the girl a human being? , what should I do?Don't you just wait to be found out and beaten to death?

An Ran really regretted drinking yesterday, but regretting it is useless now, she still has to think about what to do, such a death is not worth it, she is alive, she has to get to know the world, she has to supplement An Ji's food list Completely, she wants to pass on the completed Anjia cuisine, she has too many things to do, she must not die here.What's more, it was such an absurd reason, if that woman Lin Xing knew, she would die of laughter.

It suddenly occurred to me that it was only light when I woke up this morning, and the third master had disappeared, so he had left early, the aisle was already dark, and it was night, so even if I could see it, it was impossible to see it too clearly. Moreover, I have a criminal record, and I have crawled into the bed of the old man before, as long as a woman with a little bit of brains will not climb into the bed of the old man, she will still think about the third master, maybe she can get over it by herself .

Thinking of this, my heart felt a little more at ease, I secretly looked at Mrs. Liu and talked lively, but none of them looked at me, so it was similar to what I thought.

An Ran couldn't help smiling wryly, it seems that having a criminal record isn't all bad, at least it's easier to get rid of this kind of thing, just as she was thinking, she saw Liu Xi'er rushing in: "Ma'am, I just saw a woman in the distance It looks like Xing'er is here."

Xinger?Aunt Liu was shocked, why did he come?He hurriedly wiped his hands on the apron, and greeted him out.

An Ran pulled Liu Xi'er and asked in a low voice, "Who is Xing'er?"

Liu Xi whispered: "My sister really forgot that Xing'er was originally the third boy of the old Bao's housekeeper, but somehow he recognized the big housekeeper as his godfather, got promoted, and supported him in front of the big housekeeper. I'm two years older, so I'm in charge of the boss's affairs, and I even mentioned it a few years ago, so whoever sees it can't wait to catch up." The tone was quite envious and yearning.

Just as An Ran was about to ask him what he was doing in the outside kitchen, Aunt Liu greeted him outside: "Girl An Ran, pour me a bowl of tea to quench Guanshi Xing's thirst."

An Ran was taken aback, but Aunt Jiao was very agile, and she dug out a pot from the cabinet in the corner: "This is the good tea that Auntie has kept for several years, just for these things." She took a bowl and squeezed a bunch of tea leaves, Scoop the water in the pot to make tea.

An Ran hurriedly stopped her, and looked at the tea in the bowl, the color was a little dark, it was old tea, let alone a bud, they were all old stalks, this was considered good tea, it can be seen that there is really little oil and water in the outside kitchen Poor, after thinking for a while, she turned her head and asked Aunt Jiao: "Do you have walnut kernels?"

Aunt Jiao nodded: "When I made walnut cakes for the new year's gifts for the stewards, there were still some left over, but not many." She went to look it up again, but it was not enough. Fortunately, the walnuts Not much tea is used either.

An Ran took a stone pounder from above, threw a handful of walnut kernels in it, pounded it into walnut powder, put it in a bowl with the tea leaves, put some icing sugar, waited for the water in the pot to boil, rushed into the bowl, took Cover the saucer for a few minutes, and a simple bowl of walnut tea is ready.

In modern times, An Ran often makes it for her mother. Walnuts have the effect of beautifying black hair and promoting the metabolism of brain cells. My mother likes it very much. However, the walnut tea I make for my mother is more particular than this, and the walnut kernels must be specially selected. Walnuts, no sugar, only honey, tea according to mother's preference, only use the green tea of ​​the year, in autumn, occasionally listen to Lin Xinger's suggestion, replace the green tea with Panax notoginseng, nourishing yin, moistening dryness and harmonizing the stomach, In winter, some ginger will be added, and a slight change will have different effects, which is amazing.

However, don't think about it now, the reason for all this trouble is nothing more than wanting to taste better, the old tea is bitter and astringent, I am afraid that the steward Xing outside will not be able to drink it, in the end, the good intentions will be self-defeating.

An Ran went out with walnut tea, and saw a boy in his [-]th or [-]th year sitting on a bench in the yard, he was a little dark, his eyes were so clever and sophisticated, his eyes were squinted, and he was smiling and very talkative. But An Ran still saw the contempt flashing in his eyes.

An Ran is almost used to it now, because the things she did before are hard for others to look up to, but that is not her at all, and she can choose to ignore these contempt, but she has to be careful, this Xing'er will not see it at first glance. It's easy to deal with, and if you say it at the right time, I'm afraid it's because of bad intentions.

(End of this chapter)