Chapter 56: Steaming Wine
"Oh, good." Little Lori nodded, thinking that he was hungry and wanted to eat, "Then young master, wait a minute, I'll go to the kitchen to get you breakfast." With that, she twisted her waist and walked out.
Unexpectedly, he didn't take two steps, but he found that Bai He was following behind him step by step, and he couldn't help but be curious: "Young master, where are you going?" β
"Go to the kitchen." White River Channel.
"Go to the kitchen?!" Little Lori was taken aback when she heard this, in her impression, the young master never went to the kitchen, in his own words: the gentleman cooks far away.
Whether the young master was a gentleman before remains to be verified, but the "Far Kitchen" is a certainty - in fact, the vast majority of men in this era will not enter the kitchen. And now, the young master, who is determined to be a "gentleman", actually offered to go to the kitchen? , it can't be another illness, right?!
"Young master, are you feeling unwell, why don't you go to the doctor for you?" Little Lori was a little panicked, for fear that last night's worries would become a reality.
Bai He didn't know what she was thinking, so he just smiled and said, "I'm fine, I'm not uncomfortable." β
"So, what are you going to do in the kitchen?"
Khan, when you go to the kitchen, you have to ask for a doctor? What kind of logic? Shirakawa sweated. As a modern person who had just crossed the second day, he didn't think for a while that there was still a taboo atmosphere of "gentlemen cooking far away" in this era, so he replied casually when he heard the words: "Oh, there is something I want to see...... Let's go, lead the way! β
"Oh......" Little Lori saw that his behavior and conversation were quite normal, not like a foul look, she was immediately relieved, and responded weakly, and led the way in front.
The two soon arrived in the kitchen.
The Lin family has a big business, and there are hundreds of people in the whole house, and it is not easy to feed such a large group of people, so early in the morning, the kitchen is already busy. And when Bai He walked to the door, breakfast had already been made in the kitchen, and more than a dozen kitchen workers were squatting at the door drinking gruel and chatting.
A fat aunt with an apron at the door, saw Bai He coming from a distance, rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand, and suddenly exclaimed: "Yo, isn't this my uncle?" β
"Hehe, hello everyone!" Shirakawa smiled and said hello, and went straight to the door.
"Oh, young master, how, how did you get into this place? In a dirty place like the kitchen, where should a noble person like you enter, if you let Madame and Miss know, wouldn't you ......" The aunt hurriedly stopped. She was covered in oil smoke and dirty, and it was difficult to push the white river out, so she stood at the door of the kitchen vigorously, trembling as if she were blocking a robber from entering the door.
"It's okay, I'm just going to come in and have a look." Shirakawa laughed.
"W-How can this work? Uncle, what do you want to eat, just tell the slave maid, there is no need to go in and get dirty......" The fat aunt lowered her eyebrows and said pleasantly, mainly because she was afraid that the second uncle would suddenly get nervous and dismantle the kitchen, so everyone would wait for hunger at noon.
Bai He must have come to the kitchen because of something, and now there is no reason not to enter, so when he heard the words, he said: "I can take what I want to eat, get out of the way!" So saying, he rushed inside.
"Yuan'er ......" The fat aunt couldn't stop him, so she had to ask the little Lori for help. Although this aunt is not well received, this little girl is still very likable, and even the lady and the two young ladies love her very much.
Little Lori shrugged her shoulders with a helpless expression. On the way here, she didn't persuade her, and even her mouth was almost broken, but the young master was determined to go to the kitchen after eating the scales, and she was helpless.
At this time, seeing that Bai He had already entered the kitchen, the gang of people at the door immediately began to talk as if they were facing a great enemy: "What did those two stunned people do, and they actually ran to the kitchen?" Didn't he never go into the kitchen? β
"Hell knows what he had in mind!"
"Quick, go and tell Madame, just say that Uncle is coming to the kitchen to make trouble!"
"Huh!" One of the housekeepers answered and ran away as fast as he could.
As he was discussing, he suddenly heard Bai He shouting: "Someone! β
When everyone heard this, they immediately showed an expression of "It's over, it's over, and the last piece of pure land in the Lin Mansion will also be ruined". But when they saw that their uncle had spoken, of course they didn't dare to disobey - at least not in front of them, so they hurriedly ran into the kitchen, and as soon as they entered the door, they saw Bai He pointing to the wooden retort on the stove and giving orders: "Dismantle this thing for me!" β
Poor retort, how did you provoke this idiot? All the family members couldn't help but wail in their hearts. The fat aunt was curious: "Uncle, why are you going to dismantle this retort?" β
"Steamed wine."
"Uh...... Steaming, steaming? The fat aunt was dumbfounded, she had steamed rice, steamed buns, steamed cakes, but she had never heard of this steamed wine: "This wine...... Can it be steamed too? What is my uncle doing with steaming wine? β
"......" Bai He felt a little difficult to explain for a while, and after thinking about it, he simply carried forward the true colors of the two stunned people to the end, without explaining, he grinned and said: "It's fun to steam, don't worry about it!" He turned his head and pointed, "You, you, and you...... A few of you, go get chisels and other tools, and find a skilled carpenter by the way. Find a few more bamboo tubes and come back, probably this long and so big...... Do you understand? Got it and go! β
The family members who were named looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
"The young master ordered, you should go......" Little Lori said, and the family members glanced at each other again, and then went.
Taking advantage of the efforts to find the carpenter, Bai He happened to be a little hungry, and when he saw that there was porridge in the pot, he simply took a bowl and stood by the stove and drank the freshly baked steamed cakes. In his previous life, he was a baby from the countryside, and he was not a picky eater, and now he eats the clear soup with little water.
The eyes of those family members were straight one by one, and they thought to themselves, isn't this uncle evil? Didn't he often say that these coarse foods are only suitable for feeding dogs, why did he eat so well today? Little Lori was also very surprised, and couldn't help but reach out and touch the young master's forehead to see if he had a fever, but as soon as she stretched it out, she was knocked back by Bai He's chopsticks, shaking her little hand and gasping for air.
Bai He didn't bother to pay attention to what they thought, just took care of himself. As the saying goes, if you eat or not, the sin is extremely evil, everything is inferior, only if you eat high, no one can be wronged by the stomach, right?
The utility room is not far away, and there is also one in the carpenter's house, Bai He has just eaten two bowls, barely half full, and the few family members have already returned with carpenters and tools.
Bai He put down the bowl and said with a smile: "It's all here, then let's get ready to start." β
"Excuse me, uncle, what are your orders?" The carpenter's name is Lin Sixi, more than half a hundred years old, everyone usually calls him Uncle Sixi, his hands are covered with thick meat calluses, and he is an experienced old carpenter.
Bai He smiled mysteriously and said, "Don't worry, I won't dismantle this kitchen, I just want to renovate this retort and steam something." Well...... Anyway, wait until I say it, and you can just do it...... Eh, wait, don't be busy dismantling it just yet! β
He looked at the bamboo tube and felt that he was quite satisfied, so he made a gesture on the retort, and then instructed: "Open a hole from here, and follow the size of the bamboo tube, remember that it must be just right, and there must be no air leakage......
"Good!" The old carpenter was also simply at work.