Chapter 4: Which are you, handsome boy?
Bai Ko squeezed Lu Doudou's hand and asked her to let go of her sleeve and stand up to talk to the other party.
"This little brother, which yard are you? If you are looking for a kitchen, please go through the door. ”
"You're kitchen handymen?"
The young man in cloth had a slightly hoarse voice, and when he heard it, he was in the period of voice change, that is, he was fourteen or fifteen years old, with a childish face, but he had a calm temperament, and he couldn't hide his own brilliance in simple cloth clothes, plus he was good-looking, with red lips and white teeth, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, especially his eyes, which were flexible and sharp, and clear and clear.
Everyone loves handsome guys and beauties, but what made Bai Ko's eyebrows slightly raised was this person's voice, which sounded a little familiar, like the guy who scared her last night, and immediately involuntarily looked at it a few more times.
"We are kitchen apprentices." Bai Ko said respectfully, the light of the night channel was hazy, and no matter how she looked, she couldn't connect the other party with the dark shadow of last night, but the more she listened to the voice, the more familiar it became.
"Oh? The twenty-four apprentices? How are you cooking? ”
"There's no chance of getting on the stove."
The cloth-clothed boy frowned, feeling a little surprised.
"You've been here for a few months, and you haven't been on the stove?"
"You won't even be allowed to enter the kitchen."
"So what are you doing?"
"Work with handymen."
"Aren't you going to do three tests? What to test? ”
"Only the basics are tested."
"You can't go into the kitchen, how can you practice the basics?"
Bai Ko shrugged his shoulders heavily, "Sacrifice your rest time to practice." ”
"Tsk, if you don't go to the stove, what's the point." The young man in cloth was very dissatisfied with this answer, and turned to leave.
"Did the little brother come to our apprentice on purpose?"
After all, Bai Ko has lived two lives, and she has rich experience in her previous life, so when she saw the other party's reaction, she immediately made a bold guess.
"After the filial piety period is over, there will be a lot of banquets in the mansion, you know this, right?"
"I know, the eldest lord is going to attack the knighthood, and he may be promoted, these are two big banquets, and then there are small banquets for various gatherings of relatives and friends."
"Originally, I thought that you apprentices would come in from outside, and you must have learned some new market dishes, and if you improve them, you may be able to add some new ideas to the table, but who knows that you will not be cooked."
Bai Ko spread his hands helplessly, "I really don't blame us." ”
"Do you want to go to the stove?"
"Yes!" Bai Ko and Lu Doudou couldn't help but widen their eyes immediately, but fortunately they remembered not to shout loudly.
"In this way, you can give me a few new snacks to coax the children, and if they are happy, I will help you get a chance to cook." The young man in cloth gave a condition that was difficult to refuse.
"Coax children's dim sum, all kinds of salty cakes and sweet cakes, and the market dim sum is not on the table in the house." Lu Doudou saw that the other party didn't have a shelf, and she was dressed in cloth, she gradually relaxed, and began to crunch and bite the walnut shell again.
The young man in cloth turned pale, showing that he was not satisfied with this answer.
Lu Doudou hurriedly lowered his head and concentrated on gnawing walnuts.
Bai Ko has something to say.
"This little brother, whose child are you talking about? Civilian's? The eunuch's house? Princes and nobles? ”
"The grandsons and granddaughters of the great lord."
"How many are there?"
"Five."
"How old are they?"
Bai Ko felt so tired, why did this little brother ask and answer, and he was not clever at all.
"Is it necessary?" The cloth-clothed boy frowned.
"It is necessary to have different diets at different ages, and younger children should pay more attention to their diets and pay attention to the distinction to be a conscientious cook."
"The eldest son born to the eldest lady is almost seven years old, the eldest daughter is more than four years old, the eldest daughter born to the second lady is also more than four years old, and there are twins who can already climb."
"Wait a minute, apart from the twins, are those three children a year old or a virtual age? I need to know how old I want to give advice. ”
"Why?"
Not only was the young man in cloth puzzled, but Lu Doudou was also a question mark.
"The simplest truth is that children under the age of three should not eat whole beans and nuts to prevent choking, and these ingredients must be carefully processed."
"Oh."
Some truths are worthless if they are broken, and the young man in cloth and Lu Doudou immediately understood.
"Little brother, just let the sisters around the lady come over and give instructions for this kind of thing, why let the little brother go by himself, you must be the little guy in front of the eldest master, right?" Bai Ko said with a smile.
The cloth-clothed young man pursed his lips and put his hands behind his back, "Why can't the eldest master care about his grandson's diet?" ”
The hairs on Bai Ko and Lu Doudou's backs immediately stood up, and their faces turned pale.
"The servant lost his words, please forgive the little brother!" Bai Ko hurriedly bowed his head and confessed.
"For the sake of the fact that you still have some truth in what you built earlier, I can ignore your gaffe just now."
"Thank you, little brother."
"I can also tell you that the actual age of your eldest grandson is more than five years old, less than six years old, the eldest daughter of the eldest lady and the eldest daughter of the second lady are the same, less than three years old, and the difference between the two girls' birthdays is three months. If you can name a few fresh recipes, I'll forget all about your gaffe. "The little brother knows how to threaten and lure and provoke people's hearts.
"Little brother, I can't talk about fresh recipes, let's make a pumpkin and shrimp soup for the twins, there is an early-maturing variety of small pumpkin on the market this season. After cooking, don't season it first, but serve the soup to the baby first, and then put salt on the rest, and give the shrimp to the three brothers and sisters. ”
"A spoon is seasoned and unseasoned?"
"Baby food under one year old has less sugar, no salt, and no condiments. Don't be afraid of the light taste, it's just right for babies, if they can accept the shrimp flavor, and when the weather is cold, the fresh shrimp will be on the market, so it's good to make shrimp paste for them to eat. ”
"I see." The young man in cloth had a teachable expression on his face, "What new snacks do those three children have?" ”
"To bring nuts or not to bring nuts?"
"A few of each."
"Baklava, nut bean paste, nut egg rolls, honey praline mille-feuille, nut glutinous balls, crispy nut balls, these are all snacks made with crushed nuts. Pan-fried lotus root cake, grilled sausage flower roll, **pea puree, crispy fried chicken rice, mung bean pancake, sesame apple cake, meat muffin, two-color hair cake, fried milk. Little brother, you can pick whatever you want. ”
Bai Ko reported a string of pastries and snacks without stopping, and Lu Doudou was stupid, his throat slid up and down, and he swallowed a lot of saliva.
A smile slowly appeared on the face of the cloth-clothed young man, "Okay, even if you are serious about your studies, the recipe will come as soon as you open your mouth, I won't care about the previous rudeness, if you make those little young masters and young ladies happy, I will make a suggestion to the old master and Mrs. when I turn around, so that your apprentices have a chance to go to the stove." ”
"Why don't you take the opportunity to change the assessment method?"
"Inch in?" The cloth-clothed boy half-narrowed his eyes in displeasure.
Lu Doudou took a cool breath and didn't dare to look down, Bai Ko actually drummed in her heart, but she still mustered up the courage to look directly into the other party's eyes.
"Little brother, our twenty-four apprentices, are all from different workshops, the best of the best to come in, everyone's basic skills are impeccable, no matter how much it can't be compared, it's better to let us go to the stove to really try our cooking skills, and we are convinced if we lose."
The cloth-clothed young man didn't answer the words, but suddenly pointed to Bai Ko and asked, "What's your name?" ”
"Me? My name is White. Her name is Lu Doudou. ”
"Knowing that I am in front of the great master, how can you still call yourself 'me'? The kitchen should also teach you good manners. ”
"Maybe we'll have to wait until the final six people are selected before we start teaching."
Bai Ko made up a reason, but the other party didn't listen to it at all, shook his hand and left.