Xiaocui, Xiaohong, who came out of Wuyuan, immediately broke out the dissatisfaction in her heart. The two little maids were one sentence, and I walked towards the kitchen while chatting. The focus of their topic has long been a cliché. The two of them were dissatisfied with the sixth lady Chu Hanyue, not one or two points, and complained that their master Chu Hanlu attached too much importance to sisterly affection, and did not take out the identity of the owner of the Wuyuan to suppress the other party, but let the other party have a tendency to occupy the magpie's nest and be anti-guest-oriented.

Xiaocui and Xiaohong, who were unhappy, stopped talking when they saw people, until they were about to walk to the kitchen, and they ended this chat. They went to Steward Zhang as soon as they walked into the kitchen, after all, the allocation of dishes in each courtyard was all arranged and dispatched by her.

"Tonight, the fifth and sixth ladies will meet for dinner, so please send out the two dishes of our Wuyuan so that we can bring them back." Xiao Cui, who had a smile on her face, knew that the two masters in the courtyard were not powerful in the house, so she could only be polite and polite.

Sitting on a stool, Steward Zhang, who supervised the work of his subordinates from time to time, glanced at the two people in front of him, and recognized them as Xiaocui and Xiaohong, the little maids in the Wuyuan Garden. She didn't take care of the two of them at the first time, so she stood up slowly, and asked loudly at the room full of people: "Who of you knows which courtyard will the master go to for dinner tonight?" ”

Cui Zhuniang, who had just fried a dish and put it on the plate, put down the spoon, turned her back, wiped her hands on the apron, and walked over to her, and replied: "Before, when you were not there, the little maid of Lanxin Pavilion came to the kitchen to pass the word. Tonight. The lord will have dinner with Mrs. Xi and the second son in their courtyard. ”

Steward Zhang, who knew that the head of the family would eat in that courtyard, would take it as the first priority and asked, "Have you ever said what dishes you want to prepare in particular?" Or are there certain dishes that need to be handled with care? ”

Cui Zhuniang, who walked close to her, stopped, and replied with a smile: "You can sit down with confidence." I've told you all about it. Recent. Mrs. Xi's mouth is light, so she asked us to make the flavor of her favorite dishes a little heavier. I entrust all this and the food that the master likes to do to our Li Mansion's chief chef, Sister Zheng. Other than that, I'll take care of the rest of the dishes for her. ”

"It's not to be sloppy." knows that Lin Ruoxi's mouth is not only tricky, but also delicious, and he can eat a natural steward Zhang, and he dare not snub this lady who is both favored and powerful in the house, and is still a serious lady. She sat down again without any relief. He added, "Is there any special instruction from the eldest lady's side?" ”

"Not really. It should still be prepared according to the old way, a bowl of white rice porridge, a steamed bun, four plates of fresh fruits and vegetables of various colors, and less oil and salt. Knowing that the head of the family did not accompany the eldest lady for dinner, Zhao Tianer's dinner was generally a vegetarian Cuizhu Niang, and replied to her one by one.

"The four vegetarian dishes sent to the eldest lady, you have to do it carefully. Filigree. Not only that, that bowl of white rice porridge and that steamed bun. But you have to use the best rice and the best noodles for me, and make them alone. Steward Zhang is good life admonished.

"You keep 10,000 hearts in your stomach. None of them worked in the kitchen for one day, two days, and all of them were very clean. Vegetables are used in the freshest and best shoots. "The smiling Cuizhu Niang. He also ignored Xiao Cui and Xiao Hong, who were standing not far away, and made relevant additions.

and they are tacitly stewards of Zhang, and they understand the unwritten rules in this kitchen, that is, they are arranged in an order by their gang of people in the house behind their backs. The lord, the eldest lady and the second lady. The third lady, her eldest lady and the two sons are in the first echelon of food, and as for the others, they continue to decrease in turn, and the difference is a little worse.

This is second only to the fourth lady Qiuyue, and it is regarded as the people who also belong to the second echelon, which is the big housekeeper Zhu Biao in the house, the second housekeeper Zhou Hu, the eldest girl ugly girl, the eldest aunt Ning Xiang, and the first-class maid Lu'er, and they are lined up in an echelon, and then the third echelon is Zijuan, Ziyan, Xiaoshuang, Dongxiang, Xia Xiang, the second-class maid in the second door of Taohong, and the main stewards in the house, such as Du Juan, Qingya, Zhao Han and so on. The fourth echelon that continued down was the fifth lady Chu Hanlu and her Chinese book and others. As for the sixth lady Chu Hanyue, she was classified into the category of Fuqin, Siqi, Shushu, Zhuhua and other third-class maids in the first and second doors, belonging to the fifth echelon......

Xiaohong, who stood for a long time, saw that no one paid attention to them, so she couldn't help urging and said, "Our lady is still waiting!" ”

"What's the hurry? Could it be that you are blind? Aren't you busy preparing? Steward Zhang, who was unhappy with her urging, said in a very blunt tone: "Give it all to me, wait." Xiao Cui stretched out her left hand and pulled Xiao Hong's sleeve standing next to her, signaling that she still had to wait patiently, but faster. This urging, I'm afraid it will have to be slower than usual, after all, the housewife is neither powerful nor favored in the house, so it is reasonable that the maids they follow are not welcome.

At this time, Qiu Tong, who walked in from outside, fanned the smell of oily smoke with his right hand on the one hand, and walked to Manager Zhang on the other hand, and said bluntly: "The eldest lady said that she wants to eat fish brain tofu tonight." ”

"I know the way, I know the way. I'll arrange for two people to go down to kill the fish and take out the fish brains to make the most delicious fish brain tofu for our eldest lady. Steward Zhang, who was still a little angry on his face just now, instantly changed into a smiling face and said, "The smoke in the kitchen is really big." Girl, you should sit outside and eat melon seeds! Once it's done, I'll ask you to pick it up. ”

"Then it's bothering the aunt." Qiu Tong, who also knew what she was from, did not rely on the fact that she was a fourth-class maid close to the eldest lady, so she had no one in her eyes, and she still said politely.

"It's not a hassle at all. Doing things for our eldest lady, that's as it should be. Steward Zhang, who was smiling with wrinkles all over his face, on the one hand instructed the two servants who were doing chores in the kitchen to hurry out to kill fish and get fish brains, and on the other hand, he assigned a rough maid to take out an assorted box and entertain him. (To be continued......)