Chapter 45: The Great Lady Has a Mission
"I will only come over at noon most of the time in the future, at most I will take a nap here, and the relationship with everyone will become more and more estranged, and if you encounter difficulties, I can only help, it is up to you."
"Well, don't be afraid, you concentrate on serving the third young master, the more stable your position in Wenling Courtyard is, the more no one dares to bully me, these people in the kitchen are snobbish, today I saw several cooks and cooks patting Mengmei's ass."
"What did she do to make people ass?"
"Haven't you heard? Wen Gushan asked everyone to come out with the menu, and the selected people had a share of the credit, Mengmei was the first in the competition, so no one would beat her idea. ”
"She's got a big face."
"Anyway, no one knows that her dish was taught by Wen Gushan."
"It should be that the person who knows didn't say it."
"Shall we speak out, then?"
"Don't do it for the time being, without evidence that she and Wen Gushan have hooked up and committed adultery, even if we say it, she doesn't have to admit it, not to mention that it will annoy Wen Gushan, he is a kitchen manager, I can't fix it, it's easy to fix you."
"We can borrow someone else's mouth, and we don't have to say it ourselves."
On what basis should others believe? You have to rely on the evidence that they did hook up and commit adultery. ”
"Well, that makes sense, then I'll pray day and night that she will get pregnant soon. Even if Wen Gushan doesn't admit it, she is pregnant before marriage, and her personal future is over. ”
"Don't talk about her, it's frustrating to talk about, it's not good for sleep. Let me ask you, do you want your debut dish to be included in the menu? ”
"What's the use, whether they are selected or not, they don't have good words. If you are selected, some people will definitely say that you came up with the idea behind it, and if you are not selected, you will definitely say that I am still close to you, but I have not learned any skills. ”
"So when you think about it, you don't even want to try?"
"Do you want to try?"
"If the dishes are to be evaluated in front of the master, you have to try it, if it's just Wen Gushan who makes the idea, then it's really better to forget it."
"yes, why didn't I think of it, I'll ask again tomorrow."
"Alright, go to sleep, I'm sleepy."
"Uh-huh, sleep."
The two of them lay down separately and slowly fell asleep.
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Early the next morning, everyone in Wenling Courtyard finished breakfast one after another, and Bai Ko was sitting outside the kitchen resting, but when he looked up, he saw the third young master Gu Yun walking out in a dark arrow sleeve, and left the hospital without squinting.
Bai Ko immediately thought of the eight-step alley outside the second gate to walk the carriage and horses, this early morning such a dress, must have gone out to ride a horse?
"The third young master went out to ride a horse at this time, can't he go to the clan school?" Bai Ko casually asked Aunt Su, the gatekeeper who was also squatting beside her to drink water, who was less than forty years old, but looked older.
"The young master has to go to Bajingfang in the east of the city every few days to test riding and shooting, and there is a public school field in Bajingfang, do you know?"
"Isn't Bajingfang quite close to the city wall, and the workshops in that area seem to be military, but after a long time, they are now all mixed with military and civilians, and the school field is also used by ordinary people?"
"That's right, it's just that the military and civilians are slowly mixed, and the school field will be open for people to practice riding and archery, and they will be paid according to the head, and they will be charged for renting horses, and they will also be charged for bows and arrows and shooting ranges, and they will be paid for everything that needs to be used in the field anyway."
"Yo, that's still an income."
"It's such a big school, and you usually have to ask people to work, so it's not too much to collect some money."
"That's right. This way of martial arts is no less expensive than Xi Wen. ”
"Haven't you heard of a word called 'rich and poor'? Those who practice martial arts are the real rich people, these lines, weapons, masters, eat and drink every day, which does not cost more money, ordinary food and clothing, make do with a child who reads, and absolutely cannot afford to provide for a child who practices martial arts. ”
"It's also heh, even if you don't practice weapons, only practice fists and feet, and crawl and roll every day, these clothes are much more wasteful."
"That's right, the guards in the palace get a few new clothes every month."
"Our Tianshui Fang is in the northeast of the capital, and Bajingfang is some distance away from us, doesn't the third young master have to go out for a day? Where does he eat and rest at noon? ”
"Madame bought a small house for the young master in Bajingfang, I heard that it is not far from the school field, and I eat and rest there at noon, and there is a family guarding the house there, and I wait for the young master for a few days every month, but I am at ease."
Bai Ko immediately couldn't help but think of a night before, when the third young master led two guards to appear in the east kitchen for supper.
Those eight achievements are rushed back from Yaichifang.
After the chat, Bai Ko picked up a bucket and rag and continued to clean up her new room, set up a bamboo pole in the middle of the yard and covered the bedding to dry well, and scrubbed all the furniture in the room again.
The sun has risen in the sky, the beautiful sisters sit in the shade under the west wing porch to do needlework, Bai Ko is busy wiping the furniture and sweating, but looking at the bright and tidy new room, she feels a sense of accomplishment in her heart.
Just when Bai Ko was about to pour the water with a bucket, she saw the small door connecting the verandah of the east wing and the back garden, and Pang's mother walked in.
The three girls hurriedly put down the things in their hands and greeted each other warmly.
"Yo, this is busy? Looks like you're pretty much packed, can you move in today? Meilun, did the young master say hello to Mr. Wen? "Mother Pang will know, naturally it was said last night when the young master went to ask for peace.
Anyway, the young master of Wenling Academy is in charge of himself, and the lady doesn't care how he allocates the room.
"Mother Pang, the young master said, let me go to the east kitchen with Bai Ko at noon to talk to it."
"That's good, it's convenient to find Bai Ko in the future."
"Mother Pang has something to find a servant?" Bai Ko was a little surprised, and then quickly calmed down, "Why don't you go to the house, the tables and chairs are all wiped just now and clean." ”
Mama Pang stepped into the hall with a smile, sat down at the table of the Eight Immortals, and beckoned Bai Ko to sit opposite her.
"Mother Pang has a place where she can get a servant, just say it."
Bai Ko lifted the teapot on the table with some apprehension and poured a cup of boiled water for the guests, Mama Pang represents the will of the eldest lady, is the eldest lady looking for her to have something?
"Don't be nervous, I'm just here to ask, do you know how to cook vegetarian dishes?"
"Vegetarian? What nature? Vegan? Ovo-lacto-vegetarian? Pot side vegetarian? ”
"Vegan."
"Home or hospitality?"
"Make a table of vegan for the filial piety banquet."
"Have a special guest?"
"Our ancestor has a grandson and two younger brothers, and the younger brother and daughter-in-law have been vegetarians for many years, and they don't get any meat at all, and these two brothers and daughters-in-law must be sitting at the same table with our old lady at the filial piety banquet, so there is no way, which table she sits, which table will eat vegan."
"This old grandmother is so old, isn't she?"
"Actually, it's four years younger than our old lady."
"So what are her usual dietary taboos and preferences? Is the mouth okay? ”
"There's a list, why don't you take a look at it first?"
Mother Pang naturally took out a few pieces of paper from her arms, spread them out and pushed them to Bai Ko.
Bai Ko thanked him and picked it up to read it.