"This morning, the eldest lady sent someone to spread the word, the menu last time was not satisfied, and it had to be modified, and Zeng Zhu couldn't write a new menu."

"Why? She can't write? ”

"It's not such a simple question."

"She's down?"

"To be precise, it was Wen Gushan who deliberately lowered the level of the stewards, so that he could continue to keep his ministry as the steward in next year's promotion competition."

"Slow down! There should be a time in between! This could not have been an impromptu idea. Did Zeng Zhu really say that? ”

"Well, Steward Zeng Zhu said very clearly, the old man lingered on the sick bed for more than a year before he died, so Wen Gushan was already playing this idea at that time, just in the name of filial piety, the steward and the cooks and cooks were not allowed to go out at will, Steward Zeng Zhu said that in the past three years, the happiest time they went out was to spend a few days to buy our batch of apprentices."

"Wengu Mountain is looking for death!" Gu Yun was really angry this time.

"Wen Gushan can't come back in the short term, quitting smoking and recuperating are not simple trivial matters, while he is away, please ask the eldest lady to clean up the east kitchen."

"Definitely."

Knowing that the conversation was over, Bai Ko bowed and retired to the kitchenette to prepare supper.

Early the next morning, Uncle Yan sent someone to send the ingredients of the day, and everyone was busy sending the third young master out of school, and then everyone watched how Bai Ko made braised pork.

The last time I bought the oven tools, the eldest lady did not refute her list, but gave a step in place, this time there was a big iron fork to put this large piece of pork belly on the stove and roast the meat skin with fire.

When they made breakfast, they washed rice and cooked porridge, and specially left her a pot of the thickest, which happened to be sent with the ingredients.

At the same time as the barbecue, the girls were not idle, boiling water according to Bai Ko's instructions, and when the meat skin was roasted and soaked in the rice washing water, the boiling water was also put in the courtyard to cool slowly.

When the meat had to be soaked in the rice washing water for a stick of incense, Bai Ko washed her hands and went to the yard next door to wash her clothes, and when she returned, the time was exactly the same.

The boiling water in the courtyard is still hot, Bai Ko divides the boiling water into two basins, pours different amounts of cold water into it, makes the water temperature of the two basins hotter and the other warmer, and puts another basin of cold water, and washes the pigskin with the water of these three basins in turn, and washes the charred black on the skin together with the pig's hair.

After the meat is cleaned, you can cook it in the pot, the water in the pot should be submerged with the meat pieces, and put in the fishy green onion ginger and cooking wine, when the pot sits on the stove, the little girl lights the incense stick of time, and boils for about two quarters of an hour.

While the meat was cooking, Shirako was preparing the marinade for the simmering meat, and the soup stock for the sauce was specially left over from yesterday, because the fresh soup stock from the East Kitchen was simmering on the stove at this time.

Put in the marinade of various ingredients and stir evenly, put it on the side for later use, tell the little girl to look at the heat and time, Bai Ko went to the courtyard to move her muscles and bones, and practiced kung fu several times.

Two quarters of an hour passed in a flash, Bai Ko walked into the small kitchen with a sweaty head after practice, changed the pork belly that had no fishy smell to the marinade pot, and then put it on the fire to simmer for half an hour, and told everyone to wait for the time to come, just take it out and let it cool, and then wait for her to come back at noon to do the rest of the work.

After listening to her words, everyone responded, set a time to guard the pot of meat, and Bai Ko carried a pot of warm water back to the room to wipe himself and change his clothes, and then went to work in the east kitchen.

When I arrived at the East Kitchen, I learned that Zeng Zhu had only come back after being called to Jichengtang to inquire about the new menu in the morning, and Lu Meihua looked at Zeng Zhu's ugly face and gloated a little.

Zeng Zhu ignored Lu Meihua's ridicule, and assigned errands to the cooks and cooks step by step, and cooked the masters' lunch, and when everyone in the kitchen was eating, she only took two steamed buns, carefully avoided the sight of others, went out from the kitchen door, went around the mezzanine, and talked to Bai Ko.

Bai Ko was still with Lu Dou Dou Hongsu and Wan Qiu, Wan Qiu saw Steward Zeng coming over and then standing in the shade to nibble on steamed buns, pouting at Bai Ko, and motioning her to come over.

Cautiously looking around to see if there were no outsiders, Bai Ko walked quickly to Zeng Zhu and saluted her.

"Don't be so polite at lunchtime, we're just chatting."

Bai Ko immediately returned a cute smile and took a bite of the rice.

"In the morning, the eldest lady called me over, on the surface she was urging me to ask about the menu, but in fact she was asking me about Wen Gushan deliberately detaining us, your mouth really waits for no one."

"Steward, last night the third young master specially asked if our kitchen was too peaceful recently, and the maid didn't dare to hide it, thinking that he must have taken the opportunity to ask for good morning to tell the eldest lady."

Zeng Zhu broke off a small piece of steamed bun and threw it into his mouth, sighing faintly.

"I don't blame you, it's a good thing to let the masters know, at least the eldest lady didn't force me to take out the menu as much as possible, I think the menu will be written for you in the end, which can be regarded as achieving your wishes in advance."

"The eldest lady now knows that the cooking skills of the old chefs have been reduced by Wengushan, if she renovates the East Kitchen, what will happen to everyone?"

"I don't know, this is unprecedented, it's really unpredictable, I don't think there are many people who can escape, like I am married and will not touch me, you newcomers will also stay, the most dangerous thing is those old chefs, if you get out of the kitchen, I really don't know where I will be sent."

"After the Guogong Mansion is filial piety, it will resume normal socialization, and the house has not been separated, and when the time comes, the old lady and the young master of the third room will hold a small banquet from time to time, and it will take people to do the work, if there is time to make up for the newcomer earlier, I am afraid it is not a good thing to send away a group of experienced and solid old chefs at this juncture."

"It's here that people are hesitant, the level of the old chefs has declined, but the foundation is solid, and they are good at all kinds of things under the stove, and they also have the value of leaving behind in this regard."

"If you have a solid foundation, if someone teaches them, there is still a chance to improve their cooking skills again, but they are generally older, how much are they willing to learn?"

"If such a person is the case, it is not worthy of sympathy to send it away."

"I still have to sympathize, the third young master said last night that if he doesn't work hard, he will drag everyone back, and sell it to the mine."

"Really?!"

Bai Ko shrugged his shoulders and sent a mouthful of food to his mouth, "I don't know, anyway, when the third young master said this, I will relay it as it is, anyway, my mouth is so fast that I don't wait for anyone." ”

Zeng Zhu was amused, and poked Bai Ko's head with his free hand, "You call your mouth a door." ”

Bai Ko giggled, and flashed back to Lu Doudou and them with his rice bowl.