Chapter 36: There is hidden gossip in the house
Bai Ko took advantage of the darkness to run all the way to the east kitchen, only when she crossed the door she only took two steps, saving the doorkeepers of the mother-in-law for not knowing the rules, and her face was raw, every time she crossed a door, the mother-in-law had to check the sign once.
But in the past half a day, Bai Ko's name has spread, and the mother-in-law all know that there is now a chef named Bai Ko by the third young master's side, which gives her a good face, and she doesn't care about her coming and going.
In the east kitchen, at this time, it was still being cleaned, and only the handymen were working in the courtyard, Bai Ko waved at them to say hello, and rushed into the red kitchen, picked a round pumpkin on the ingredient rack, and then ran away again.
The handymen were dumbfounded and discussed.
"It's really hard to be a chef for the third young master, how many times do you have to run back and forth every day?"
"I heard that she has to work on both sides, and when the third young master is not at home, she still has to work in this east kitchen."
"That thin little body can afford it?"
"Or can those people wait to see her joke?"
"Hey, then I would rather this girl can do a good job, and strive to be transferred to Wenling Academy and not come back."
"Yo? Are you so optimistic about her? ”
"Wenling Courtyard is where the children and grandchildren live, and the first thing to do there is to do things there has to be like an iron gourd filled with lead, these apprentices have been here for three months, have you ever seen that girl with a broken mouth? Bullied her honestly, and when she threw the job to her, she didn't complain, right? ”
The handymen thought for a moment, laughed approvingly, and dispersed to continue their work.
After a while, the cooks and the ladies came to make supper, and the handymen couldn't say a few words to them, so no one told them that Bai Ko had come back to get something.
It was dark, and she had to go in and out at various small doors, and she had to come back to sleep after making supper.
The mothers-in-law looked at the face of Wenling Courtyard and said that Bai Xin also felt that it would be indeed convenient to live in Wenling Courtyard in the future, and after a few days, the inventory in the small kitchen gradually increased, and there was no need to run to the east kitchen at night.
Panting and running back to Wenling Courtyard, Meihuan had finished eating and changed her sister's class, so it was Meilun sitting in the kitchen, drinking hot water, and chatting with a few girls.
As soon as Bai Ko entered the door, she cut the little pumpkin into four pieces, threw it to the girl to dig out the pot and wash it, and then weighed the millet and handed it to another girl to wash it, and then she cleaned her hands again, and then walked to the stove, put on a skirt, put on her arms, and began to give Meilun hot rice.
The third young master scolded in the main room before, Bai Qiao pretended to have amnesia, did not say a word, Meilun drank water silently, and did not make a sound.
When the girls brought in the washed millet and pumpkin and put them on the long table, the meal was only half hot, and they were also clever enough to fetch clean water from the well to cook porridge.
Bai Ko heated the meal, put it in front of Meilun, turned around and began to cook millet pumpkin soup.
A whole little pumpkin was cut, a casserole was boiled, a soup cup was taken out of the third young master's share, and the rest was left for the girls and mothers-in-law to enjoy.
"These are for you as a supper, it's hard to stay up all night, drink some when you're hungry, pumpkin and millet are good for your stomach. If it's cold, heat it up through the water, use the tea stove if you don't use it, and warm it slowly, you will all have this? ”
The girls who wait for the masters can't count on their cooking skills, and they will use a tea stove to heat a hot tonic or something, and they can't do the work under the stove, so Bai Ko must be reminded, don't ruin the new kitchen in their careless hands.
"Well, we'll still have hot soup, don't worry." Meilun asked the girl to put away the casserole, she put away the soup cup herself, and said to Bai Ko kindly.
The hot meal just now Meilun only felt that it was better than the fresh, and the food in the western kitchen was simply foolish compared to this, with such a capable chef coming over, it would be beneficial to everyone in this Wenling Courtyard, so why put that old man's shelf.
Bai Ko made supper, and she didn't have to worry about cleaning up the rest, she took off her skirt and arm, washed her hands, and hurried back to the east kitchen.
Along the way, he accompanied the smiling faces and politely asked the mother-in-law to open the door, and only stayed at Aunt Nie for a while.
"Trouble the third aunt, you still keep the door for me so late."
Bai Ko smiled and flashed in through the half-open door, took the candlestick in Aunt Nie's hand, and helped her light it up, so that she could lock the door again.
"You went to wait for the third young master on the first day, his small kitchen was newly repaired, where are all the things, you will definitely have to run back and forth these days, I can't leave the door for you."
"It's still the third aunt who loves me, and in the future, the family will hold a banquet for the New Year's festival or something, sue me, and I will teach the aunt a few new dishes with a long face."
"Oh, that's great, my dinner table can be a little new. Now who doesn't know that the tofu dish you made is in the filial piety banquet menu, and you Mr. Wen haven't even taken out a complete menu until now, but your dish is firmly on the ground first. You can beware of it, that guy is usually a smiling Maitreya Buddha, but if anyone gets in his way and threatens his status, hum. ”
"Well, now that there is no one around, the third aunt might as well say more, the maid has a good bottom in her heart."
Bai Ko didn't expect to be lucky enough to listen to the gossip of the New Year, so she quickly took Aunt Nie to the hut, moistened her throat with the tea on the table, and waited for her to speak slowly.
"Wen Gushan is not an old man in the house, he is a cook bought by the third master outside, at that time, the rich aunt who accompanied him was pregnant, and she had severe morning sickness, and she could only eat the food made by Wen Gushan, so when the third master sent someone to send the rich aunt back to the house to raise the baby, he also brought the cook back by the way, so that he could concentrate on serving the rich aunt's diet."
"Aunt Fu is so blessed, hehehehe."
"The three masters were all slowly promoted from small officials, and at the beginning of the official position was low, not to mention that the three ladies had to raise children, although the house could afford to buy another house to settle the family, but the distance was inconvenient after all. The wife is not around, and the man can't live without a woman to take care of his daily life, so he is always with his aunt, and if he is pregnant, he will come back and change people. This rich aunt is the most favored, the third master has seven children under his knees, two sons and five daughters, and the third lady only gave birth to the second young master, but the rich aunt gave birth to two daughters and a son, and this son is the youngest seventh young master in the house. ”
"Aunt Fu is so favored, so our Manager Wen has gained a firm foothold in the mansion with the light of Aunt Fu?"
"Yes, his own cooking skills are also good, Aunt Fu will give him another support, as soon as he stands firm, he will climb up with all his heart, and those who stand in his way will not end well."
"If the third aunt knows something, just say it, the maid still wants to wait for the third young master in peace."
"That's right, you must wait for the third young master, if you have the opportunity, you can simply transfer to Wenling Courtyard, don't come back, as long as Wen Gushan is in charge of the kitchen for a day, the people below will have no chance of coming out."
Aunt Nie took a good look at Bai Ko, remembered some of the past, and couldn't help sighing.