When Zhao Qingzao came to the kitchen, she saw a very old woman sitting at the door of the kitchen basking in the sun, so she walked over with a smile and said hello: "Grandma, you are the cook of the county kitchen, right?"

"My teeth are fine. The old woman replied to Zhao Qingzao with a smile.

A drop of cold sweat flowed from Zhao Qingzao's forehead, and at the same time, he felt sympathy for the people of the yamen, an old woman who couldn't even hear the words clearly, and how delicious a meal could she make.

Thinking of this, she chuckled and shook her head, then bent down and approached the old woman and shouted, "Mother-in-law, what's your last name?"

The old woman turned to look at her: "What?"

Zhao Qingzao was helpless, so he had to raise his voice: "I said, what is your surname?

Now the old woman finally heard clearly: "Oh, my husband's surname is Liu, and they all call me Granny Liu." ”

Zhao Qingzao nodded: "Granny Liu is good." ”

Granny Liu smiled and nodded: "Okay, it's all good, but who are you?"

"I am the new cook of the Yamen, my husband is Shen Changting, the master of the Yamen, and my name is Zhao Qingzao, you can call me the lady of the Shen family, or you can call me Qingzao. Zhao Qingzao continued to introduce himself at the top of his voice.

Granny Liu nodded: "Then I'll call you green dates!, but what will I do after you come?"

Zhao Qingzao said softly: "I didn't expect to be confused about this matter. ”

"What are you talking about? Be louder, I can't hear clearly. Granny Liu asked with one hand pulling her ear.

Zhao Qingzao began to shout again: "I said, you can just give me a hand in the future, that is, washing vegetables, or something." ”

Granny Liu nodded: "Oh, it's okay for you to come, I'm old." ”

Zhao Qingzao got up, looked down at the old Granny Liu, and sighed softly: "I originally wanted you to wash and pick vegetables, but now it seems that forget it!"

Then she raised her feet and went into the kitchen to check the ingredients, while Granny Liu continued to sit at the door and bask in the sun.

Zhao Qingzao walked around the kitchen and nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, the ingredients and seasonings here are sufficient, it seems that you can eat well at noon." ”

Then he walked out, grabbed a servant and said with a smile: "This little brother, can you help me go and ask the county magistrate?"

Now everyone in the yamen, including the two dogs in the backyard, knows that Master Shen has a lady with superb cooking skills, and this lady is now the kitchen cook, so when this official sees Zhao Qingzao coming from the direction of the kitchen, he knows who she is.

The official hurriedly bent down and saluted: "The lady of the Shen family doesn't have to be so polite, if you have something, just order the little one." ”

Zhao Qingzao looked at his respectful attitude, and waved his hand a little unnaturally: "Little brother doesn't have to be so polite, I just want you to ask the county magistrate, can you cook now?" Our yamen has a large population, and it will take more time to cook, so I want to start doing it now, I don't know if I can do it." ”

The servant nodded suddenly: "Then I'll go and help Mrs. Shen ask now, please sit in the kitchen and wait for a while!"

Zhao Qingzao smiled and nodded, and then the official turned around and walked in the direction of the county magistrate's office.

Zhao Qingzao walked to the door of the kitchen, also pulled a stool over, sat next to Granny Liu, and basked in the sun with her, Granny Liu turned her head and looked at her with a smile, and then turned her head over again.

Zhao Qingzao also laughed softly, and began to be stunned, but after a while, the little brother of the official hurriedly ran over, and after Zhao Qingzao saw it, he hurriedly greeted him: "Hard little brother, what did the county magistrate say?"

The official stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead before he spoke: "Shen Niangzi, the county magistrate said, in the future, the kitchen will be up to you, and you can cook when you want." ”

Zhao Qingzao nodded manfully: "Okay, I know, it's really hard work." ”

The official smiled at her: "The lady of the Shen family doesn't have to be so polite, I heard that your cooking skills are very good, but I have always been able to eat the dishes you make!"

Zhao Qingzao smiled happily: "I'll do it right away, then I can let the little brother eat it at noon, okay?"

The official nodded heavily: "Okay, then you go first, I'll go first, if there is anything to do, you come to me again, my surname is Wang." ”

Zhao Qingzao smiled and nodded: "Then you go and get busy first, little brother Wang." ”

The official then turned around and left, Zhao Qingzao watched his back leave, and then turned around and returned to the kitchen.

She walked up to Granny Liu and asked, "Granny Liu, can you help me light the fire?" I'm going to start cooking now. ”

Granny Liu smiled and nodded: "Okay, old woman, I have a good fire." ”

Zhao Qingzao chuckled and nodded, then stepped forward and helped Granny Liu: "Mother-in-law, slow down, I'll help you." ”

Granny Liu smiled and nodded: "Good boy, then I will trouble you a lot." ”

Zhao Qingzao said that it was not troublesome, and then helped Granny Liu to the stove: "Granny Liu, you boil the pot of water first! ”

Granny Liu nodded: "Okay." ”

Then the cooperation between the two began, although Granny Liu was old and dazzled, but the fire really burned very well, and the size of the fire was also very powerful, and the dishes made by Zhao Qingzao also added a lot of color because of this.

After some hard work, Zhao Qingzao made a sumptuous meal, braised lion's head, steamed eggs with minced meat, stir-fried eggplant, sour and hot shredded potatoes and several dishes.

The smell of the food in the kitchen has already spread far and wide, and there are a lot of people around the door of the kitchen early in the morning, and everyone has craned their necks to look inside, wanting to see what is so fragrant.

Even Granny Liu in the house couldn't help but move her nose: "What are you doing? Why are they so fragrant?"

Zhao Qingzao picked up a bowl full of vegetables next to him and handed it to Granny Liu: "Mother-in-law, this is what I specially left for you, you can taste it!"

Granny Liu took it with a smile, and then sat aside to eat, Zhao Qingzao looked at her with a smile, and then turned her head to look at the door, and when she glanced around among those people, her eyes lit up.

Because she saw Little Brother Wang just now, she shouted at him, "Little Brother Wang, come here." ”

The little brother Wang walked in excitedly: "Shen family lady, what's the matter with you calling me?"

Zhao Qing smiled: "I want you to accompany me for another leg." ”

"That's no problem, the lady of the Shen family, you command. ”

Zhao Qingzao picked up a large dinner plate on the table and said to Brother Wang, "Little brother, you carry another one, let's go and send it to the county magistrate." ”

Brother Wang looked at the delicious dishes on the table and secretly swallowed: "Okay!"

Zhao Qingzao had already seen his thoughts: "Don't worry, Brother Wang, I'll keep some for you!"

Brother Wang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he quickly picked up the plate on the table and followed behind Zhao Qingzao.

Zhao Qingzao walked to the door and said to the young men who were constantly swallowing their saliva: "Okay, let's go in and eat! ”

Then those people cheered and rushed in, while Zhao Qingzao shook his head helplessly, glanced at Wang Xiaoge behind him, and then the two of them went to the front yard with the dishes.

Wait for her to put the dishes in place, and then thank Brother Wang: "Brother Wang, thank you very much, you can go back quickly! Behind the stove, I hid a big bowl of such dishes, you quickly take them out and eat them, it won't taste good when it's cold." ”

Brother Wang glanced at her happily and gratefully, thanked her, and hurried out.

Only then did Zhao Qingzao shout at the inner room: "It's time to eat." ”

Then the county magistrate, Shen Changting, Chu Xingshan, and the annoying master all walked out.

The county magistrate looked at the dishes on the table with a smile: "Okay, well, this official can eat a full meal." ”

Then the group sat down and began to eat, everyone tasted the dishes on the table and was full of praise, Zhao Qingzao saw that they were eating happily, and then returned to the kitchen first.

As soon as she walked into the kitchen, she heard the voices of everyone praising her for her good cooking skills, and Zhao Qingzao coughed a little embarrassedly: "How are you eating?"

The officials in the house hurriedly turned their heads when they heard her voice, and then they all began to laugh and praise her, and said that if Zhao Qingzao stopped doing it in the future, then he would not do it.

The dishes she made have been affirmed by others, and Zhao Qingzao herself is also very happy in her heart, but she waved her hand modestly on the surface: "It's not as exaggerated as everyone says, if you eat well, then I will make it for you every day, okay." ”

Of course, the crowd shouted.

After Zhao Qingzao finished eating the dishes he left, Shen Changting also came over to pick her up, Zhao Qingzao just wanted to wash all the pots and bowls, but was stopped by Granny Liu: "Qingzao, you can go back with your father-in-law quickly! ”

Zhao Qingzao was reluctant at first, but in the end, she couldn't resist Granny Liu, so she had to follow Shen Changting and leave.

Out of the kitchen door, Shen Changting pulled her to the front yard again, and Zhao Qingzao looked at him puzzled: "What's wrong?

Shen Changting shook his head with a smile: "The county magistrate still has something to say to you!"

Zhao Qingzao sighed softly, and then obediently followed behind him and walked to the front yard.

After seeing the county magistrate, Zhao Qingzao lightly bowed: "I don't know if the county magistrate called the little woman over, what do you want to order?"

The county magistrate gently stroked his beard: "It's nothing, I just want to thank you, thank you for being able to cook us such a delicious meal." ”

Zhao Qingzao hurriedly waved his hand: "The little woman really doesn't dare to be an adult, it was originally thanks to the fact that the adult does not dislike the little woman's cooking skills, how dare she take the adult's gratitude!"

The county magistrate shook his head with a smile: "Deserve it, master, you say yes!"

After hearing this, the master who was sitting under the county order hurriedly got up and gave his hand: "What the lord said is that Mrs. Shen's craftsmanship is indeed very good, and after eating the small ones, they all feel very delicious." ”

Zhao Qingzao couldn't believe his master's praise of himself, didn't this old man like to find fault with himself the most? Why did he start praising himself again.

She really couldn't figure it out, so she secretly turned her head to look at Shen Changting who was standing aside, and the latter gently gestured to the county magistrate sitting on the top with his eyes, Zhao Qingzao realized that the feeling was that the county magistrate was here to support the field with him, thinking of this, Zhao Qingzao couldn't help but laugh softly.

But she found that this was a bit rude, so she held back the smile on her face, and then bowed slightly to the master: "The master praised it falsely, and the little girl didn't dare to be." ”

The master's face was a little bad, but he still gave his hand to Zhao Qingzao perfunctorily: "Mrs. Shen doesn't have to be so modest. ”