"Put things in the yard first!" Han Niangzi also said, then looked at the environment of the yard and asked Liu Yiyi, "Miss Liu, hasn't you chosen which room to use as a kitchen?" ”

Liu Yiyi admitted: "The surprise came too quickly, I didn't expect to have the opportunity to cook again so soon. ”

"But it's not a matter of putting things in the yard, it's better for Miss Liu to choose now, and then I'll let them move and set it up for you, you have to finish the work and do it well, and then we can go back to Boss Tang to give an errand, right?"

Han Niangzi's initial impression of Liu Yiyi is okay, there is no eldest lady's shelf, she also stretches out her hand when she sees them moving things, and the most important thing is that she does not apply fat powder and has a faint smoke on her body, she is a frequent cook.

Liu Yiyi thought about it, just relying on her and Lotus Osmanthus, how could she have the strength to empty a room, and inevitably find someone to help: "Then please wait a moment with Mrs. Han and you, I will choose a small kitchen." ”

The main room is definitely not good, and the other wings Liu Yiyi quickly selected the second room on the left in line with the principle of good lighting and less furniture, and then Han Niangzi gave an order, and the strong women emptied the room, cleaned it again, moved into the kitchen utensils and set them up.

Liu Yiyi was going to come over to help, but was stopped by Han Niangzi: "It's a miasma to clean the house, we can still wash it when we go back, what about you, Miss Liu?" What if the palace waits for a while and summons you in? ”

Liu Yiyi was taken aback, but she was still thoughtful, which proved that Mrs. Han was really good, and she hurriedly thanked her: "Thank you Sister Han for reminding me, I forgot that washing here is not as convenient as at home." "Speaking of which, there are only three of them here, and I am afraid that there will be all kinds of inconveniences in my daily life in the future.

Han Niangzi naturally thought of this, she is from the capital, she and her husband are good cooks and shrewd, plus she has a boss who has a lot of hands and eyes, so she can often go in and out of the palace, and she still understands the system of selecting female officials in the palace.

There are only two kinds of female court officials, one is from a small family, who entered the palace as a palace maid in the year of the election, and worked on qualifications to see luck to climb up; The other is the origin of the official eunuch family. or selected to enter the palace or specially called, because of the background of the family, as soon as he enters the palace, he is an official.

Liu Yiyi's special call is not outrageous, and the place where she lives is indeed a courtyard that belongs to the palace to train female officials. But why are there only two girls around her? There are three masters and servants in a very large courtyard, and what about the grandmother who is responsible for teaching? What about the palace maid who is in charge of daily cleaning? What about the eunuchs who do menial chores?

Looking at the desertion in the courtyard, you can guess that Liu Yiyi is deliberately left out in the cold, which is not surprising, the palace is about to ascend to the sky today, and there are too many people who will be dusted in an instant. The question is, how could Liu Yiyi, who was deliberately ignored, make Lin Yuxiao look at it differently? Boss Tang also pays special attention?

Han Niangzi spoke affectionately to Liu Yiyi: "The little woman's Tonghe Building is on Changsheng Street in front, if Miss Liu needs anything, she can let Yahuan come to me, Miss Liu can also come to Tonghe Lou if she is free, and Tonghe Lou only entertains female guests." ”

"Only for women? Is it all the ladies or the ladies and ladies with status? Liu Yiyi recalled the current women's salons and women's clubs, and she didn't expect that there would be in ancient times.

"It's only to entertain ladies and ladies with status, and Tonghelou costs a lot of money, but the environment is also excellent, and ordinary women can't afford to come and won't come." Han Niangzi replied, there was something she didn't say. The more rich and powerful the lady is, the more she spends money, and her Tonghe Building is the second best business in the Tang Zhitang branch.

The positioning of the characteristic hotels is different, and it is not to say that the poor love the rich, "they are all restaurants for female guests, and the drinks and dishes also have characteristics, right?" Liu Yiyi asked according to the experience she had heard in her previous life.

Han Niangzi smiled even more: "Miss Liu is worthy of being the daughter of the richest man in Mengzhou, and she asked at the key point in one or two sentences, Tonghelou wine is light wine, and there is honey fruit wine made from fruits, and the dishes are more particular about color and fragrance than other stores." The taste is mainly light, and the female guests rarely order big fish and meat. ”

In fact, Han Niangzi didn't fully understand Liu Yiyi's affairs, but she heard that Lin Yuxiao was going to send a set of kitchen utensils to a woman, and the woman was still a female official who was about to enter the palace to wait for the Queen Mother. I couldn't help but ask curiously.

Xiao Tang said impatiently at the time: "Her surname is Liu, the daughter of a wealthy businessman in Mengzhou, her family is very rich, but she is not smart." ”

When the boss thinks that he has introduced himself in detail enough, but he doesn't know that it will make people more curious, hasn't the boss always hated stupid people? How can you still order good kitchen utensils to be delivered?

That's right. Kitchen utensils! Han Niangzi put aside her gossip heart first, she had to do her job first: "Miss Liu, don't look at these kitchen utensils, only eighty percent of them are new, our boss said, brand new may not be the best, only used can compare which is really practical." ”

"I know, for example, every kitchen knife is actually different, some have a sharp blade but a rough handle, and some have a smooth handle but don't cut the meat smoothly, and even if it starts to work, later sharpeners may also ruin it." Liu Yiyi's profession of sharpening knives in her last life is about to disappear, and the remaining few will destroy her two beloved "treasure knives"!

"Miss Liu is an expert, it seems that there is no need for the little woman to say more." Han Niangzi thinks this is not stupid?

"I like to listen to Sister Han very much, what are the main dishes of Tonghelou? I remember that Boss Tang made hydrangea scallops, as well as mint and fresh peaches, all of which were delicious and beautiful. For a girl who loves cooking and only loves cooking, Liu Yiyi is no less interested in all kinds of food than a fanatical star chaser.

If you don't love it, you can't become an expert, and when she saw her thirsty sight, Mrs. Han regarded her as a fellow practitioner: "There are hydrangea scallops and mint fresh peaches, especially mint fresh peaches, this is a new product that Boss Tang plans to launch in May this year, I can't imagine that Miss Liu already knows." ”

"But mint fresh peach is a seasonal dish, the lady who pays attention to maintenance will not eat so cold in other seasons, and the main dishes of the four seasons of Tonghelou are lotus loin, mushroom meatloaf, jasmine shrimp, crystal duck, white dew chicken, tofu dumplings, ......"

"Shopkeeper, the kitchenette has been cleaned up."

As soon as Han Niangzi talked about Tonghelou, she was very dedicated to introducing it, especially every time she talked about a signature dish in detail, Liu Yiyi could always echo and say what characteristics this dish has, and what are similar to it, and then the two of them said what they are good at and why they prefer this.

What a soulmate! Han Niangzi didn't have a woman who could discuss cooking skills with her before, in ancient times, women couldn't show their heads lightly, if it weren't for her father's imperial chef background and just a girl of her, there was no way for her daughter to be a son, and she couldn't learn this good cooking skill.

It was her father who taught her, and it was Boss Tang who gave her a place to use, and Liu Yiyi's family was not very rich. Why didn't Master Liu let his daughter learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and learn cooking?

Before I could ask about it, the kitchenette was already cleaned up.

"Miss Liu, let's see if there is anything that is not suitable, so I can let them rearrange it." Han Niangzi was busy talking.

Liu Yiyi went to the door of the small kitchen and glanced inside. Immediately said: "It's so good, you don't need to move." She didn't say this to please people, this wing was not a special kitchen, so there was no chimney, and the strong women folded the stove under the window. In this way, as long as the window is opened for ventilation, you will not worry.

The kitchen utensils that Lin Yuxiao promised to give also included bricks for stacking stoves, as well as firewood and a few bags of rice noodles, as well as cooking oil and various condiments, a basket of vegetables and a large piece of meat, Liu Yiyi didn't know if this was his special order, or Xiao Tang and Han Niangzi were careful and thoughtful, but she was really grateful.

"Thank you for your hard work, I would like to invite Sister Han and a few eldest sisters and aunts to drink tea...... Liu Yiyi took out a small purse on her body and gave it to Mrs. Han, and there were only a dozen taels of broken silver in the purse, no more and more inconspicuous.

Liu Yiyi was before going to Beijing. Lotus osmanthus specially bought back dozens of small purses, especially to the money village to exchange hundreds of taels of broken silver, each bag of more than a dozen taels respectively, these two have already had the heart to enter the palace Yahuan has inquired, the palace pays attention to do big things before giving big gifts, usually with people or small favors and small favors for a long time, more contact feelings and do not cause trouble.

Liu Yiyi heard the two maids say this, and also thought of the palace fighting novel she had read, the palace rewarded people with golden melon seeds, and the prince asked the chamberlain to inquire about the news. It's for golden beans, which are valuable and unnoticeable.

She didn't want to give gold, it was too expensive and conspicuous, but she still carried a few small purses with broken silver. It's not going to work.

Han Niangzi was angry and funny when she saw her taking out the silver: "I really let Lin Gongzi say it, Miss Liu's kind little woman didn't dare to accept it, because Lin Gongzi said that these are gifts of apology, if we accept this silver, his apology will be meaningless." ”

Liu Yiyi's face turned red all of a sudden. What she would do, Lin Yuxiao actually expected it in advance!?

"Giving a thank you gift is the common feeling of people who come and go, which proves that Miss Liu respects our hard work," Mrs. Han is very good at observing words and expressions, "Lin Gongzi is a special case, and this purse is still very practical in the palace." ”

After receiving the comfort of Han Niangzi, Liu Yiyi also calmed down, it is indeed rare to be able to calculate in advance what she will reward like Lin Yuxiao, the male god is comparable to ordinary people...... So what kind of wind did she have in her head at the beginning, and she thought that she could catch up with God and stand side by side with him?

Han Niangzi still has the business of the restaurant to be busy, Liu Yiyi can't pull people to talk endlessly because of the speculation of the conversation, and made an appointment to "go to Tonghe downstairs to cook if you are free", she waved away Han Niangzi and her party, and then rolled up her sleeves and planned to make lunch.

Because I haven't felt hungry for hundreds of years, the lotus osmanthus only reacted when the young lady started cooking, and it was time for humans to eat again! This is not good, if they should still be hungry after entering the palace, they will definitely be discovered by real humans!

"Miss, what can the servants do?" Lotus osmanthus to be remedied.

"Boil water, wash vegetables, wash dishes, wash pots." Cooking must be hygienic.

In just half an hour, after boiling water and washing the meat and vegetables, Liu Yiyi personally made five bowls of steaming green vegetables and shredded pork noodles, not only the three of them, but also the two old family members at the door.

Jin Cai Jinxi ate red and full of praise, the eldest lady will be a good cook, they often heard about it when they were in the willow house, but unfortunately there was no luck to eat, but they came to the capital to eat, and saw with their own eyes that there were people in the capital to give gifts to the young lady, they were temporarily relieved.

However, the two old family Ding did not plan to return to Mengzhou immediately, and before going out, Master Liu specially told him that they must wait until the eldest lady enters the palace and has an official official position before they can go back.

So after eating, he first drove the carriage to return the vehicle to the dock, and then found an inn nearby to stay, before going out, Master Liu thought of a qiē, and gave them enough silver taels to live in a second-class inn in the capital for a month.

Osmanthus was ordered by Miss to send in Cai Jinxi, and watched the two move in before walking back, and then when they arrived at the entrance of the alley where they lived now, they saw a small white lynx guarding the middle of the road.

"Uncle Bai?!" Osmanthus was surprised and delighted, "Why did you come out?" ”

"Why can't I come out?" The little lynx said proudly, "Of course I have to go shopping when I first come to the capital." ”

"Aren't you going to enter the palace with Lord Lin?" Osmanthus is still counting on Bai Shan to see her sisters first.

"Lin Gongzi didn't let me enter the palace, saying that there would be a bunch of women who took a fancy to me." Although this is not the other to look at, but the thought of being stared at by a bunch of human women, the goblins can't stand it!

Osmanthus sighed regretfully, but she thought that her young lady had praised Baishan for being so cute, and she was looking forward to touching and hugging it......

Osmanthus hurriedly shook her head, seeing that Lin Yuxiao and Xiao Tang hugged Baishan was nothing, if it was a human being...... The picture is truly terrifying.

"What are you doing?" Bai Shan looked at her and suddenly shook his head, is this a madness?

The little lynx with a curious expression on the side of her head was really harmless and cute, but Osmanthus didn't dare to despise it at all, she had seen the real body of this person, so she hurriedly came back to her senses and said: "No, I'm just thinking about what to do with the lunch that Miss cooked?" My young lady personally cooked green vegetables and shredded pork noodles, and she praised them for being delicious, Uncle Bai, do you want to eat them? ”

"That young lady of yours...... I heard Don Xiao say that the only thing she can appear smart and capable is her cooking skills, you bring it to me to taste. Bai Shan didn't refuse, he had a very hard life before he had the ability, and he ate everything and preferred sweet.

Osmanthus took out a bowl of shredded noodles with vegetables and meat that was still hot from the food box in her hand and put it in the place, and even attached chopsticks: "Please, my sister and I are worried about what to do with this noodle. ”

Bai Shan didn't use chopsticks, so he lowered his head and ate while eating the bowl.

This is the posture of a normal animal meal, but Osmanthus is strange: "Uncle Bai, don't you eat without changing your human form?" "Since Master Liu and Master Shui Yue have been able to maintain their human form, they are no longer willing to use their original bodies to eat, wear, live and travel, and they are actually quite envious of human beings.

"It's not the same, it's been the same for a while." Bai Shan said in a muffled voice.

Why? It won't be because of that Lu Tingqi, right? Osmanthus guessed and didn't dare to ask, she didn't have a deep friendship with Bai Shan, "Are the noodles delicious?" Seeing that Bai Shan went down to a big bowl for a while, she took out another bowl. (To be continued.) )