Chapter 45: The Match of the Jade Qiong Building
Originally, the Qin family and the others still wanted to see Gu Yunxin's jokes, but they didn't expect Gu Yunxin to take care of the affairs of the mansion in an orderly manner, and no one knew that Gu Yunxin was in charge of the affairs of the mansion in the previous life.
"Master, you have been busy taking care of the affairs of the house all day, you must be very tired, the slave will come and press you." Hongxuan said softly.
"Okay." Gu Yunxin put down the pen in his hand and leaned back on the back of the chair, Hongxuan's technique was extremely skillful, and after a few massages, Gu Yunxin felt a lot more relaxed.
"Miss, the fresh fish porridge you ordered the slave maid to send to the eldest lady just now, the eldest lady ate it very deliciously." Laneige said with a smile.
"My mother is happy, I don't have much appetite to eat, and I have no appetite for greasy things." Gu Yunxin said with a light smile.
"Look, Miss, what you said is as if you were pregnant yourself." Xiangzhi laughed.
Hearing Xiangzhi say this, Gu Yunxin smiled slightly, she was naturally pregnant, and she was also a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses with auspiciousness, but after all, this auspicious rui did not have a good ending.
It is said that most of the situation after pregnancy is the same as that of his mother, when he was pregnant with two children, he also had morning sickness, but he was very happy with the fresh fish porridge made by a cook in the house.
And this fresh fish porridge also benefited from the cook, but because of the bowl of hot porridge she gave herself, she died under Xiao Ziming's sword.
If she meets that cook again in her lifetime, she will definitely repay her kindness. Xiangzhi saw Gu Yunxin thinking to herself, and thought that Gu Yunxin was angry with her, so she immediately knelt in front of Gu Yunxin, "Miss, the slave maid talked nonsense, which made Miss unhappy, and asked Miss to punish her." ”
"Xiangzhi, get up, I'm not angry, I'm just thinking about whether to find a good cook for my mother to take care of my mother's diet during pregnancy."
"Miss, then tomorrow the slave maid will arrange for someone to find a suitable cook to come back." Xiangzhi smiled lightly.
Time flies like a white horse, and in the blink of an eye, Gu Yunxin has been in charge of the affairs of the mansion for more than a month, and those who were originally watching the show didn't expect Gu Yunxin to be so comfortable at all.
On this day, when Gu Yunxin was outside to buy ingredients for Old Lady Gu's birthday, she met a middle-aged woman on the street, which made Gu Yunxin's eyes light up, wasn't this woman the Chun Niang who took care of her diet in the Ningguo Marquis Mansion back then?
The woman had a burden on her arm, and it seemed that she had just come to Kyoto, but she sat in a teahouse and asked for a bowl of coarse tea, and after a few sips, she asked the owner of the teahouse about the fact that there were restaurants or large families in Kyoto who wanted cooks.
The owner of the tea house was also very kind, so he told her that Yuqionglou in Beijing was recruiting a cook, and if she had real skills, she could try it.
Hearing this, Gu Yunxin smiled slightly, this Chun Niang was indeed invited by Xiao Ziming from Yuqiong Building at a high price, and it seems that all this is still continuing according to the trajectory that happened before.
Chun Niang came to the outside of Yuqiong Building, and saw that there were a lot of people queuing, Yuqiong Building's food is the best in Kyoto, but this price is naturally the highest, even so, there will still be a lot of rich and noble people who come here to enjoy delicious food.
"This little brother, is this Yuqionglou a cook?" Chunniang asked.
The little guy in Yuqionglou looked Chunniang up and down, "It's true that you're recruiting a cook, but I see that this eldest sister is so thin, I'm afraid you can't lift a kitchen knife." ”
This is not that the little guy looks down on Chunniang, but the kitchen knives used in the big restaurants are different from those used by ordinary people, and the kitchen knives in the restaurants often cut some pork bones and sheep bones, if the knife is too light, it is not easy to cut the pork bones. Therefore, most of the cooks in restaurants are men, and women are only some helpers, such as washing vegetables, picking vegetables, and so on.
"Little brother, don't look at me thin, I was also a cook in a big family when I was in my hometown before, I must have carried this kitchen knife, you let me go in and try it." Chun Niang said with a smile.
"Okay, then if you can't pass the assessment, my master doesn't need you, don't rely on it." The little guy reminded.
Chun Niang walked into the Yuqiong Building, was really stunned by the scenery in front of her, this Yuqiong Building is very gorgeously decorated, carefully counted to be six stories high, in addition to the stairs on both sides, there is a cage-like object, looking at a small guy carrying the dishes in, and then turning a thing inside, the cage will rise.
Gu Yunxin also came to this Yuqiong Building for the first time, and I heard that the boss of this Yuqiong Building was very mysterious, and others had never seen what his true face was like. For this reason, Gu Yunxin was also very curious, if the chef was selected today, would the boss of this Yuqiong Building show up.
There were six men competing with Chun Niang, all of whom were sturdy, watching as they had the same ingredients at their tables, a gong hanging on the side, and an incense burner.
It seems that this is to let them play fairly, the owner of this Yuqionglou is really different from other people, if it is the owner of other restaurants, he will only let the cook go to the kitchen to work first, if he does things quickly, he will keep it, otherwise, he will find an excuse to drive away.
And the boss of this Yuqionglou can let them play fairly, and it is in front of everyone, which shows that his requirements for the cook are also very high.
The steward of Yuqionglou lit an incense stick in the incense burner, and then sounded the gong, and several cooks began to choose vegetables and cut vegetables.
Chun Niang glanced at the dishes of the rest of the people, then began to stew the rice in a small casserole, and then selected all the dishes and cut them all into cubes. Seeing this, Gu Yunxin said in his heart, this Chun Niang is going to make Yangzhou fried rice, this Chun Niang is originally from Yangzhou, and this fried rice is often eaten in ordinary people in Yangzhou.
Yangzhou fried rice is not a simple dish, but also has a staple food added to it, so that those who are alone can eat the dish and eat at the same time.
The incense burned out, the gong sounded again, and the people who participated in the competition also stopped their movements, and the cook standing on the far left made a squirrel osmanthus fish, which can be called full of color and flavor, so that people couldn't help but move their index fingers when they saw it, followed by braised prawns in oil, chestnuts stewed hooves, and when everyone looked at the dish in front of Chun Niang, what they saw was just a bowl of fried rice.
"Hahaha...... It turned out to be a bowl of fried rice? Do you think it's a roadside stall? The crowd scoffed.
Chun Niang didn't feel embarrassed because of this ridicule, Gu Yunxin knew that in the future, when these people came to Yuqiong Lou to eat, they asked for Chun Niang's dish of Yangzhou fried rice.
"Master, everyone cooks dishes, and it looks very good, that woman is just a plate of fried rice, I'm afraid she won't be able to be the cook of this Yuqionglou." Xiangzhi said regretfully.
"What's that, if you don't want Yuqionglou, we want it in the house, didn't Miss still want to find a cook for the eldest lady to take care of the food a few days ago?" Laneige kindly reminded.
"yes, yes, how did I forget about it? Miss, or let's invite this cook back to our house." Xiangzhi said happily.
"Don't worry, let's take a look first." Gu Yunxin said lightly.
When she met Chun Niang back then, it was a year later than this time, if she changed the time when the two met, would it change everything else?
Perhaps, all this has changed since she rescued her mother. If this is really the case, then Chunniang is a very good candidate.
Gu Yunxin thought to himself, and at this moment, a little second came to Gu Yunxin with a small plate, "This young lady, please taste this first dish, if you think it is delicious, please raise your hand in a while." ”
"Okay." Gu Yun smiled in his heart.
It seems that the owner of this Yuqionglou wants customers to taste it, and that's right, the customer's tongue is the most important, if he thinks it's good, and the customer doesn't buy it, then it's not okay.
Suddenly, Gu Yunxin's eyes fell in front of a compartment door on the first floor, these dishes will be brought in by the steward of Yuqiong Building, come to think of it, that person is the boss of Yuqiong Building.
People who have such a novel idea, Gu Yunxin really has the heart to see what the other party looks like. When the shopkeeper brought the fried rice made by Chun Niang to everyone, many people were repulsed, how could a plate of ordinary fried rice arouse people's appetite? But this is Yuqiong Building, if you don't taste it now, I'm afraid you will offend the boss of Yuqiong Building.
Gu Yunxin was the first person to taste fried rice, and the others were embarrassed not to taste it when they saw it, but they didn't expect that this tasting would make everyone like this fried rice.
"This fried rice is so delicious, it's simply the best in the world." One of the guests was delighted.
"yes, yes, it's really delicious." Then, a second or third man shouted that the fried rice was delicious, which surprised the other cooks, and they also came up to taste it, and it was delicious.
Just when everyone was still discussing who the boss of Yuqiong would keep, the steward of Yuqiong Mansion began to announce the results, "Several, thank you very much for coming to participate in our Yuqiong Building's chef competition. Our boss said that a few people stayed, and a few of them were good at different cuisines, and our Yuqionglou was to accept dishes from all over the world to meet the needs of different guests. ”
"That'...... What about our monthly money? One of them, a middle-aged man dressed in a gray coarse cloth short, said.
"Don't worry, your monthly money is ten taels of silver per month." The steward said with a smile.
Hearing that there are ten taels of silver per month, these cooks are very happy, and other restaurants are only five taels of silver at most, but I didn't expect Yuqionglou to give double.
"Miss, that Chun Niang was selected by Yuqiong Building, can't we find such a good cook?" Xiangzhi sighed.
"That's not necessarily, I'll go talk to the boss." After finishing speaking, Gu Yunxin walked towards the compartment with a step......