The Golden County Magistrate

"Open that cabinet." Chen Yan pointed to a cabinet in the corner.

Xueyan went forward to open it and saw that it was full of chopped dry firewood.

"But this is too little, right? I'm afraid I can't cook two meals with just this." Xueyan was embarrassed again.

"Who told you to burn it all! This is used to start the fire. The cabinet next to it is used for cooking!" Chen Yan pointed again.

Xueyan opened the cabinet next to it and was dumbfounded.

There were pieces of black things in it, and she didn't recognize them at all!

Chen Yan looked at her confused expression and sighed.

This girl doesn't even know coal. It seems that I have to teach her one by one from the beginning.

But I can't blame her.

This kitchen can be said to be the most advanced kitchen in Da Zhou. Not only does it have a stove with enhanced air supply, but also a manual oil fume suction device. It doesn't use traditional firewood, but more efficient coal.

In addition, there is no need to go to the river to scoop water for washing rice and vegetables. You can just use the faucet to release the water stored in the water tower on the second floor for convenient use.

Other kitchen utensils such as steel kitchen knives, rice washing sieves, scoops, and condiments such as pepper, refined salt, sugar, brewed soy sauce, vinegar, and cooking wine are all available, which is more complete than the homes of princes and nobles.

Xueyan was completely confused as she watched his demonstration and explanation.

She had been to the imperial kitchen, but she had never seen a kitchen with so many utensils and condiments like here!

Compared with here, the imperial kitchen seems too simple!

But what really attracted her attention were several of the knives.

Unlike the kitchen knives in Da Zhou, which only had two or three simple ones, the knives here are really strange.

There are multi-hole knives specially used for making garlic paste, wolf tooth knives that can cut wolf tooth shapes, peeling knives for peeling fruit skins, and so on.

As for the bone-cutting knives, bone-chopping knives, and ordinary kitchen knives, there are all kinds of them. There are at least twenty kinds in total!

That's not all.

In addition to the knives, there are also several kinds of pots with strange shapes. For example, for stewing things, there is actually a strange iron pot called a pressure cooker, which is said to greatly improve the efficiency of stewing. Things that usually need to be stewed for two or three hours only need half an hour in it.

Xueyan looked at these utensils and listened to Chen Yan's explanation one by one. The more she listened, the more surprised she was.

She was born obsessed with the research and production of various tools and utensils. These novel things, like forklifts, completely expanded her cognition!

This meal was not finished until late at night.

Chen Yan looked at the four dishes and one soup on the table, and shook his head: "You can use so many convenient tools of mine, and spend two hours to make four dishes and one soup, and three of the four dishes are cold dishes. You are unprecedented."

Xue Yan blushed and stammered: "Next time... I should be more skilled."

In fact, it shouldn't take so long. She got used to the tools quickly, but those tools made her very curious. She studied each one for a long time, which delayed her time.

Chen Yan smiled and waved his hand: "Sit down!"

Xue Yan was stunned.

"You've worked so hard for so long, aren't you hungry?" Chen Yan asked in surprise.

"Ah? But how can I eat these adults..." Xue Yan was quite surprised.

"Did you poison it? Otherwise, why would you dare not eat it?" Chen Yan said deliberately.

"No!" Xueyan quickly explained, "The vegetables, meat, and eggs we used just now are all..."

"Don't talk about those nonsense. If you want to prove it, eat it for me." Chen Yan interrupted her directly.

Xueyan had no choice but to sit down and take a bite of each dish with chopsticks.

"Can you rest assured now?"

"It's just a hooligan to ignore the dose and talk about toxicity. You only take a small bite of each dish. Even if it's poisonous, it won't kill you!" Chen Yan said as he took a bowl, filled it with half a bowl of rice, and then picked up a lot of various dishes, piled them high in the bowl, and handed it to her.

"This is too..." Xueyan was surprised and said halfway, and suddenly her body was shocked and reacted.

Chen Yan didn't think she was poisoned at all, he just used this as an excuse to let her sit down and eat well!

"Rice may also be poisonous, so it is necessary." Chen Yan said seriously, "You finish this bowl, if nothing happens, I will believe that you didn't poison it."

Xue Yan looked at him deeply, her heart warmed, and she said nothing more, lowered her head, picked up the bowl, and ate it politely.

Chen Yan was also hungry for a long time. Seeing that she was finally willing to eat well, he smiled slightly and took the bowl to serve rice.

Seeing this, Xue Yan quickly put down her bowl and chopsticks, snatched the blue and white porcelain bowl in his hand, moved the rice for him, put both hands in front of him, and then picked up her own bowl again.

"Not bad! This official really appreciates your thoughtful attitude, haha!"

Chen YanHe laughed and ignored her, eating heartily.

I have to say, this girl is really well-educated.

She was obviously very hungry, but she was still very polite when eating.

Compared with Wei Han's gluttonous eating style, Xueyan is a real girl!

The meal took half an hour, and finally ended with the cups and plates empty, without any rice left.

There were some leftovers, and Xueyan waited for Chen Yan to put down his chopsticks, then put all the leftovers in one bowl, ate them all, and cleaned up.

"Are you still not full?" Chen Yan asked in surprise.

"No, it's not." Xueyan blushed slightly, "It would be a waste to leave these leftovers."

"So you are so frugal, whoever marries you in the future will be blessed!" Chen Yan couldn't help but be moved.

"Sir, please take a rest first, I'll clean up the dishes." Xueyan was embarrassed by what he said, and quickly got up to clean up.

Chen Yan stretched lazily.

It seems that she really has the talent to be a maid, she is quite diligent.

There is only one problem.

It would be even better if her cooking skills can be improved.

After Xueyan cleaned up and washed, she went to the study and said to Chen Yan who was picking his teeth with a toothpick: "Sir, the pots and bowls have been cleaned up, so I'll take my leave first."

Chen Yan was puzzled: "Goodbye? Where are you going?"

Xueyan said without thinking: "It's late, of course I'm going back to rest."

Chen Yan's expression became strange: "Wait, you don't think that serving this official's maid is as simple as cooking a meal every day, right?"

Xueyan was stunned: "What else do you have to do?"

Fengling Guard will also serve Tang Yun, but it is the people closest to Tang Yun who are responsible, either Qingyuan or Bailu, or now Li Rui. Xueyan has always been responsible for guarding, and really didn't think there is anything else to do.

"Do I need to teach you this?"

"When I go to bed, you have to make my bed with my clothes; when I wash, you have to run water, wring towels and wipe me."

"When I get up, you have to dress me and make my bed; when I go out, you have to hold an umbrella and carry my things for me."

"When I'm thirsty, pour me water; when I'm hungry, prepare snacks and meals."

"When I'm tired, massage my legs and shoulders; when I'm angry, comfort me with gentle words."

"In short, you have to take care of me meticulously!"

"If I can't sleep at night, hey..."

When Chen Yan said this, he looked her up and down with an ambiguous look.