took the small wooden box slightly larger than a palm handed by the steward of the horse, and saw that there were some broken ice the size of a fist or even smaller inside, but there was no dissatisfaction on his face, but with a hint of surprise, his hands tightened the wooden box, lest he fall unsteadily for a while: "This lady is really good to the slave maid, the slave and maid are afraid that they are not dreaming, right?" ”

After the words fell, Meng Wei carefully put the wooden box on the table beside her, rubbed her eyes with one hand, and then twisted the other arm, and then was full of joy: "Steward Ma, slave maid didn't dream, is this true?" Madame was so nice! ”

The horse steward who had a full view of Meng Wei's looks and movements on the side nodded, full of relief: "Although this ice cube is a little broken, it is also something that our subordinates can't afford to use, don't mention how envious the people in the mansion are if you can use it." Madame is so good, so you should serve your master even more well in the future. ”

"The slave and maid know, thank you for the teachings of the steward."

Meng Wei went back to the house and thought about it, the clothes she was wearing today had been cut with a big knife, and there was a lot of blood stained, this ancient pancreas was not as strong as modern soap and decontamination powder, so this blood stain could not be removed at all.

However, since Ma Guanshi said that she was promoted to a second-class maid, then it means that she will not be wearing the pale pink muslin clothes of the third-class maid, but the lake-green clothes of the second-class maid, so this dress will be useless in the future.

Meng Wei simply split the clothes into palm-sized pieces, wrapped ice cubes in the cloth, and placed them in the four corners.

She still remembers that when she was making chilled juice before, the ice cubes that the housekeeper asked her to send were the kind of large rectangular ice cubes that two people hugged, but that was the treatment that only the master of the house had.

Meng Wei had also asked Aunt Lin when it was hot and uncomfortable at night before, but the answer she got was similar to what Steward Ma said, the next person is not qualified to use this ice cube, maybe the housekeeper of this Hou Mansion still has some right to use it, but it is absolutely impossible for a little girl like her to use ice cubes.

It's just because in ancient times, ice cubes were collected in winter and placed in ice cellars, and when it was summer, those rich families would spend money to buy them.

You must know that in ancient times when there was no air conditioner, not even an electric fan, if the window was just open, it would not make people feel cool at all, even Meng Wei often woke up in the middle of her sleep these days or woke up sweaty.

So even if it's just some broken ice, but it can make her sleep comfortably, Meng Wei naturally won't dislike it, but it's a pity that she can only enjoy this kind of day for three days.

With the ice cubes, Meng Wei really woke up naturally from sleep.

But it is said to be a natural wake-up, because these days I often get up early to make breakfast for Ye Zichuan in different ways, and I am also used to getting up early, so at about the same time, even if I am still a little sleepy, I woke up instantly.

Now that she woke up, she glanced at the corner of the wall and saw that there were only faint water stains around her, thinking that the ice cubes had melted last night, and they were too hot and evaporated a lot, so there was only a little bit of water stains, and if she continued to sleep, she was afraid that she would wake up hot later.

Meng Wei didn't want to sweat anymore, the firewood in this Hou Mansion cost money to buy, even if it was only a few copper plates, but she was a maid who often let people boil water and take a bath, which may be hypocritical in the eyes of others, Meng Wei felt that she should really ask Aunt Lin to help bring a small stove instead.

In the past, there were only men in the Sichuan Courtyard, and they just had to tell the kitchen to cook or something, but this summer, Meng Wei sometimes got up early and sweated and wanted to take a bath, and it was still the same at night, and now there is nothing, but if it is a long time, it is inevitable that those people will not talk about her little maid and the maid's score in private.

Rather than this, Meng Wei would rather buy a small stove, not to mention that it is easy to boil water, even in the future, in winter, she is not afraid of the cold, but she asked in advance, it is impossible for the maids in this house to share the charcoal in winter, only the first-class maids can share some charcoal.

Since she got up, thinking of the chili pepper she ate yesterday, Meng Wei couldn't help but feel a little hungry again, so she went to the kitchen, even if she wanted to go out, she had to fill her stomach first, right?

When Meng Wei went, Aunt Lin had already begun to prepare, and when she saw her, she was very concerned and asked her to sit and rest on the side: "Xiaowei, you are injured, come and rest, what do you want to eat, just tell me, I will make it for you." ”

"Aunt Lin, what are you going to do?"

"Little Hou Ye likes to eat xiaolongbao, and I'm going to make soup-filled xiaolongbao. Bird's nest porridge also has two kinds of pastries and a small bowl of osmanthus rice cake and cold salad cucumber. ”

"Aunt Lin, how did you prepare what I asked you to prepare yesterday?"

Aunt Lin was a little embarrassed: "The pig is well prepared for the water and the pig's head, but no one has eaten beef before, so I can't buy it if I want to buy it for a while." ”

Meng Wei learned that although the Dalan Dynasty did not prohibit the eating of beef, there were not many people in ordinary families who were willing to eat cattle, because cattle were the main source of cultivated land, not to mention that compared to pigs, cattle were more difficult to raise, and the number was small, and beef was not something that everyone would do, so in this way, beef became scarce.

Yesterday, when Meng Wei was cooking cold rabbits, she suddenly thought of eating beef and lo-mei cold, so she asked Aunt Lin to try to see if she could get beef and pigs into the water.

However, although there is no beef, it is not bad to have pork in the water, and it is the best to use it to make lo-mei.

"Just shoot the cucumber, I'll teach you to make a cold salad of kelp shreds, and then make a dandan noodle, and then teach you to mix the marinade, wait until you make the duck into fried duck pieces at noon, collect the neck duck claws and duck wings and ice them, and teach you how to make them when I come back in the afternoon."

If the master doesn't have any special instructions, Aunt Lin will make three similar dishes and send them, so if you want to use duck to cook, then you can leave three copies of duck neck and the like, and use them as experiments to teach.

Last time, Meng Wei taught Aunt Lin to make fried noodles, this time she decided to change to dandan noodles, I remember that two of the five most famous domestic noodles in my previous life are dandan noodles and fried noodles, as for Yi noodles and knife-cut noodles, they are both hot soup types, not to eat in summer, and there is also a hot dry noodle, Meng Wei feels that it is too dry, and she has no idea for the time being.

When it comes to dandan noodles and jajangmyeon, many people think that they are similar, but in fact, both the taste of the sauce and the choice of noodles are different.

The fried noodles are wide noodles, and there are many side dishes with the ingredients, and the sauce is fragrant, smooth and refreshing.

But dandan noodles are different, most of them will choose thin noodles, there are more condiments, there are no side dishes, but the marinade is crispy, salty, fresh and slightly spicy, fragrant, very delicious.

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