Although the fourth wife has never managed the house in the Zhen Mansion, she is almost in charge of the affairs in the west courtyard of the Zhen Mansion, and the fourth wife is hearty and generous, and never competes with the slaves and maids for profit, so the popularity of the fourth wife in the mansion has always been good. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info took over the feed, and also in line with the mentality of doing things only to seek no fault and not to seek merit, often took Zhen Wanyi to run the Changkang Institute, which really made Zhen Wanyi learn a lot.

In terms of rice alone, Zhenfu has to buy a total of four kinds of rice, one is the glutinous rice used in making dim sum, and the other is the long-budding rice eaten by the masters, in fact, it is a selected late rice, and the growth period is long, with high starch content, so the particles are full and have a good taste, and it costs 26 yuan per catty, which is considered a high-priced rice in Qinghe City.

One is the mothers and big maids in each courtyard, they eat a little worse, unselected late rice or carefully selected early rice, but the early rice grains are short and easy to break in the process of rice cooking, which affects the appearance, so this is the staple food of other servants.

The money issued by the imperial court to officials is unselected late rice and selected early rice, but most officials do not know how to eat it themselves, and they take it home for the servants to use, and they eat it themselves and then buy good polished rice in the grain store. If the servant woman in the family doesn't eat much and can't finish it, she will take it to the grain shop to exchange for good rice, then there is a big difference in the middle, often four catties of Lu rice can be exchanged for one catty of polished rice, Zhen Wanyi saw the steward of the third wife's house in the capital to exchange rice.

The difference in fabric is also large, from top to bottom is divided into three levels, three categories of silk, cotton and linen, so this purchase needs to be extra careful, the head is enough, otherwise more waste, less will cause contradictions.

Zhen Wanyi went to the council hall with the fourth wife every day to see how the fourth wife handled affairs, and accompanied the fourth wife to the Changkang Institute to report to listen to the old lady's experience, and tell some interesting stories about Chen sesame rotten grain in previous years. The rest of the groceries are unified into one, respectively, sent people to procure, according to the past practice to give money, good goods can be saved will continue to appoint, and most of the silver saved in the form of reward money to the most powerful one, so that the three procurement people are like chicken blood, all over the city to find good goods and then desperately bargain, just to strive to be the most provincial and most powerful people, and the three of them also achieved a mutual monitoring effect.

Zhen Wanyi, who learned of this scene, really admired the fourth wife.

The fourth lady sneered and said: "What's so difficult about this, your grandfather's family has so many properties, if you don't have a good way, how can you stop the shopkeepers from filling their own pockets?" When your uncle took over the industry, the business of the Yu family went to the Nantong seaside, and the shop was all over the four major counties where the Daqing River flows, before I got married, there were seven big shopkeepers under the name of the Yu family, thirty-eight two shopkeepers, and I don't know how many apprentices, every five years the big shopkeeper changed the cabinet, and every two years the two shopkeepers changed the cabinet, it was by relying on the mutual supervision mechanism between the big shopkeeper and the second shopkeeper to prevent the incident of internal theft. Now that your mother and I are in charge of such a small mansion, the amount of money we handle in a year is only a thousand taels, and it is not a trivial matter to deal with them. ”

Hearing this, Zhen Wanyi had to sigh at the glory of her grandfather's family, but the business was so big, but it was destroyed overnight, no wonder the fourth wife was unwilling.

After the fourth wife housekes, Zhen Wanyi feels that the biggest change is that the food in her yard is much better, both the dishes and the taste are two points more refined than before, and there are often mothers-in-law in the kitchen who send snacks and pickles to her yard, probably I also heard that she likes to eat pickles, so she has a plate for each meal, but she doesn't know that the reason why Zhen Wanyi eats pickles is because the dishes on the table are not what she likes, so she chose pickles. Otherwise, who likes to eat only pickles?

Seeing Mama Mu bring another cup of soup, Zhen Wanyi wailed: "Mama, I have three meals a day plus two soups, look at me, I have grown a circle, and I will become a pig if I grow any longer." ”

Mama Mu smiled, put down the porcelain cup, and came out with a small bowl, "Miss said and laughed again, Miss Eight is not eating like this, and I haven't seen any fat, besides, your skeleton is small, and no matter how much meat you grow, you won't be fat, you don't have to worry, now this look must be what the prince likes, hehe." Today's boiled bird's nest, what is the difference in the taste of Miss to taste? ”

Zhen Wanyi rolled her eyes slightly, picked up the spoon weakly, scooped a spoonful and looked at it, it was crystal clear, loose and soft and glutinous, and there was a faint fragrance of egg white, thick but not greasy, "It's delicious, is it grandma's craftsmanship?" ”

Mama Mu smiled, "Miss's mouth is tricky, this bird's nest is a good thing, seeing that it is about to enter autumn, the autumn climate is dry, Miss drinks such a small bowl every day to nourish yin and nourish her face." ”

Zhen Wanyi drank the bird's nest in the small bowl, "Mama has only stared at me for a day." ”

"This eating is also a science, and only when you can eat can you make delicious food."

Zhen Wanyi was puzzled when she heard this: "Mama wants me to learn to cook?" ”

"When the prince arrived in the capital, he didn't get used to eating the food in the capital, but he was a stuffy gourd, and he didn't like to eat nothing more than to eat less. Miss's cooking intentions need to be practiced, and where the prince eats in the future depends on how Miss's skills are? ”

Although Zhen Wanyi showed a shy look on her face, she still nodded, this Mama Mu was devoted to her, if she hadn't not, she wouldn't have informed her of Qi Rong's preference, but she didn't expect him to be such a picky eater.

So for the next period of time, Zhen Wanyi had to stay in the kitchen for more than an hour a day, and the fourth wife was distressed for a long time, thinking that when she was at home, her mother said that her daughter's family wanted to be a good cook, but before she got married, she still found a good maid for her to cook, and Mama Huang made a good dish, but she couldn't interfere in the affairs of the house after marrying into Zhen's house, and there were fewer places for Mama Huang to play.

Zhen Wanyi thinks that cooking is very simple, the kitchen lady and maid will wash and cut the dishes, all she has to do is to move her mouth and little fingers, and finally put the vegetables in the pot and stir-fry, and the dishes are cooked and dished, which is easy. But the taste is really unsatisfactory, and Zhen Wanyi finds it difficult to taste it herself.

After tasting the cherry, he directly put down his chopsticks and rolled up his sleeves, and said, "Miss, you still watch from the side, just do it from the slave." ”

As soon as she heard this, the stubborn side of Zhen Wanyi's nature also broke out, Cherry can learn good cooking skills, but she can't learn it? So I humbly asked the cook and cherry for advice, and slowly did it myself, and the taste of the dishes I made became better and better. (To be continued.) )