It is said to be a big kitchen, but in fact it is not as big as the independent kitchen of Mr. Sun, there are people coming and going, everyone is holding a plate and shouting to dodge left and right, and it is common to accidentally touch the dishes and knock over things.

Ling'er stood at the door for two seconds, glanced around and didn't find her destination, and the back collar was thrown aside: "Stinky boy, don't get in the way, go away!" A five-year-old and three-thick woman walked in quickly with a tray of shiny dishes and plates, and shouted: "Another steamed carp and sweet and sour pork ribs in room C, and a stewed mushroom with pheasant in room D......"

"Hey, gotta gotcha!" A cook inside answered loudly while stirring the pot, and then the woman went out with the tray to the other small door, and with a clatter, she threw the plate out as if it were waste, and came in with the tray to fetch the food from the stove; The woman hadn't gone out yet, and a few more women who were serving food came one after another, busy, chattering, and busy!

Ling'er was surprised, according to her understanding of the Yan family, their reputation in Banlin Town and nearby Shili Eight Townships was not ordinarily bad, why was the business of this Yan family restaurant so good? Looking at the posture of the kitchen, there must be a full seat in front of it! Aren't you afraid of being slaughtered?

Ling'er lay at the door and watched for a while, and finally a fire-burning woman noticed her and shouted, "Hey, boy, what are you doing sneaking around?" Are you here to steal the teacher? ”

Ling'er hurriedly waved her hand: "No, no, I'm a newly recruited helper from Yu Sanye, and I specially helped Grandpa Sun!" ”

"Grandpa Sun? Which grandpa sun? ”

"It's just... It's the same Chef Sun who has a separate kitchen over there! ”

"Huh? Chef Sun took you in? As soon as the mother-in-law's voice fell, the noisy kitchen suddenly quieted down, and everyone looked at this side in unison, almost unanimously seeing Ling'er from the beginning to the end, Ling'er was very uncomfortable, and unconsciously shrank back. Suddenly, someone sneered:

"Huh~~ I thought Chef Sun had a high vision, not that Fairy Child couldn't look down on him! Heh, this ...... I'm afraid it's not as good as a beggar, we really can't compare to the ground! ”

Everyone laughed, turned around and went to their respective jobs, stir-frying, watching the fire, and picking vegetables, but everyone obviously had a layer of banter on their faces, muttering to each other, and glancing in the direction of Ling'er from time to time!

Ling'er felt embarrassed, looked down at herself, and muttered in her heart: Am I that bad? Although his face and hands are smeared with pot ashes, and his clothes are in tatters, but people are wearing makeup, do they know on purpose? Hmph, how can these ordinary people understand this girl's thoughts? Wait for this girl to leave this hellish place after a bad old woman, and I won't come if you invite me!

Ling'er comforted herself and decided to ignore this group of people, the mother-in-law who asked just now added some firewood to the stove, and the stove blew the wind, and when she was a little free, she turned around and saw that Ling'er was still standing at the door, and said with a smile: "Little fairy, didn't you give Chef Sun a hand?" What are you doing here? ”

Ling'er touched her nose in embarrassment and whispered, "Grandpa Sun called me... Tell me to come to the big kitchen first to wash the dishes and learn the rules! ”

"Washing dishes? It's just in time, we really don't have enough dishes to wash dishes here! Oh, then go back! The mother-in-law pointed to the small doorway where the woman poured the dishes just now.

Although Ling'er didn't like this woman very much, for the sake of her help in guiding the way, she politely thanked her, and then walked to the small door. As soon as she went out, she was shocked by the situation in front of her: behind the small door was a small courtyard, about ten square meters, with a well in the middle, and five or six large wooden basins around it, but only three people were washing dishes.

They sat next to the wooden basin and scooped up the dishes and quickly wiped them inside and outside, and then threw them into the wooden basin next to them, and continued to the next one, almost every two seconds, even at this speed, there were still several large baskets of unwashed bowls in the back, not to mention that the number was still increasing!

"Get out of the way, stinky boy, get out of the way!" Ling'er was pushed to a stumbling side, threw a few steps forward, knelt next to the well with a pop, and there was a sound of pouring dishes behind him, and when Ling'er turned around, he saw a back with a tray. She wanted to stop the man and reason, but the woman who was washing the dishes looked up and said, "Boy, what are you doing?" ”

"I... I was sent by Chef Sun to wash the dishes! ”

"Chef Sun?" The man paused for two seconds, and the person behind him immediately urged: "Hurry up, hurry up, the plates will be piled up again in a while, the cooks have no plates, as soon as we complain, we will be busy in vain today!" ”

The woman grabbed the dishes with her hands and feet and continued to wash, and when she was a little relieved, she saw Ling'er stunned and shouted, "What are you doing standing?" Come and help! ”

"Help? Oh! All right! Ling'er rolled up her sleeves and squatted in front of the wooden basin, but was pushed by another woman: "Go away, go away, don't get in the way!" ”

Ling'er got up from the ground and looked at the two women with some complaints: one asked himself to help, and the other thought he was in the way, so what did he do? To do it or not to do it?

"Little brother, come, help me carry the basket!" A sturdy girl of thirteen or fourteen years old, who was sitting at the end of the process and was in charge of the final cleaning process, beckoned her, and Ling'er immediately jumped over and gently lifted the basket to the kitchen door.

The little girl was very satisfied, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's a boy, looking so thin and small, and his strength is greater than mine!" You can fetch me two more buckets of water! ”

After the girl instructed to sit back on the stool and lift the wooden basin to pour water, Ling'er went over to take a handle and overturned the wooden basin lightly, the two women in front were a little surprised, and looked back at Ling'er twice, and the first woman smiled: "Oh, the young man is good, just right, help me change the water!" ”

Ling'er immediately ran over to help, and by the way, she didn't forget to call sweetly: "Auntie, my name is Xiaoshi, and I've been helping here for the next few days, I don't know what to call my aunt!" ”

"Hehe, the kid's mouth is quite sweet, my husband's surname is Bai, and the husband is the third, you can call me Aunt Bai!"

"Aunt Bai is good!"

"Hehe, okay, this eldest sister's surname is Lu Ming Wuniang, you can call her Aunt Wu!"

Aunt Bai was talking about the woman next to her with a cold face and a stern tone, Yun Shu was a little strange why the third aunt didn't report the woman's husband's surname? But she didn't ask much, and still called it properly. The woman hummed lightly, and urged Aunt Bai to hurry up, and the sturdy little girl at the end was the daughter of Aunt Bai San, called Bai Shuangniang.

The backyard of washing dishes is not ordinarily busy, from the time she came in until two or three hours later, it is estimated that it is already half an afternoon, and there are fewer dirty dishes and plates when she comes in.

Ling'er is not very good at washing dishes, and Bai Sanniang and others are afraid that her hands and feet will be slow, which will affect her progress or break the dishes, so they only assign her to do some hard work, such as fetching water, changing water, carrying baskets, sorting dishes, etc. Although Ling'er has a lot of strength, she has been doing this non-stop, hunched over, and she has nothing to eat, and sometimes she can't stand it!

Seeing that the dishes were almost finished, Bai Sanniang stood up and shook her arms and twisted her neck, and sighed: "Hey, the work at noon is almost over!" Wu Niang, Shuangniang, wash out those are enough, these are kept for the time being, let's go to eat, rest for half an hour, and come back! ”

Lu Wuniang said: "What are you keeping for?" Later, the shopkeeper will come and say that we are lazy! ”

Shuangniang also let out a long breath and stood up and said: "Fifth aunt, no matter how clean we are, the shopkeeper is not the same to pick, fortunately, I ate two big bowls of rice before the start of work in the morning, or I really can't hold it anymore!" Hey, little rock, have you eaten in the morning? ”

When Shuangniang mentioned it, Ling'er suddenly felt her stomach gurgling, and she said with a blue face: "I... I ate a dry biscuit before dawn, and then it was gone! ”

"Huh? Haven't you eaten for most of the day? And so powerful, it's amazing! ”

"Alright, let's go, little stone, come and eat with us! Wu Niang, you come too, hurry up! Aunt Bai greeted a few people, took an apron, entered the kitchen from the small door, and greeted with a smile: "Chef Zhou, do you still have our food?" ”

A middle-aged man on the stove glanced back and replied with a smile: "Yes, it's steaming for you, come and get it!" ”

"Hey, okay! Let me see what is delicious today? Bai Sanniang rubbed her hands and smiled and went over to remove the lid of the steamer, Shuangniang took two trays, one for herself, and handed it to Ling'er, and said with a smile: "Little stone, go, let's take something delicious!" ”

They took their food, sat down at a small stone table by the wall of the courtyard outside the kitchen, set the dishes and began to eat. Looking at the big fish and meat on the table, Ling'er was curious: The Yan family is so stingy, how can they be willing to give such a good meal to their subordinates?

Aunt Bai Sanjie and Shuangniang both enthusiastically served vegetables to Ling'er, and Lu Wuniang only cared about holding the bowl and eating her own, and the meal was quite lively. After messing around with a few people for a long time, intuitively these people are not bad people, and Ling'er also admires their diligence, but why are they willing to stay in Yanjia Restaurant to work? Could it be that they are the house slaves of the Yan family?

Ling'er hesitated again and again, and asked in a low voice, "Third aunt, do you have to wash so many dishes every day?" How much can you get a month for such hard work? ”

"Oh, almost, you don't need to wash it in the morning, you start washing it in the middle of the morning until there are no more dirty dishes in the afternoon when the guests finish eating, and then start in the evening until all the dishes are washed. The salary is okay, as long as you don't break the bowl and don't be picked by the guests, you can pay a tael of silver a month! ”

"A tael of silver!" Ling'er's eyes widened, so tall! You must know that the salary of dishwashers in other places is generally only 500 yuan, but here it has doubled!

Shuangniang pouted and said: "That's what I said, but every time the shopkeeper always has to find faults, I haven't really gotten a tael of silver in a month!" It's good to have 800 texts! ”

Aunt Bai sighed: "What's the way, your father is sick and asks for money to buy medicine, your second brother needs tuition to learn carpenter, and your third brother has to pay for school, Shuangniang, our mother and daughter will work hard for two more years, and when your second brother learns carpenter work, you can earn money to support your family, if your third brother can take the test or something, it would be better!" ”

Ling'er saw that the atmosphere on the table was a little depressed, and wanted to enliven the atmosphere, "Sister Shuangniang, it's okay, you see that we have big fish and meat every day, and we can't eat it at home for a month or two, so let's take the silver that has been deducted to eat!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )