Chapter 248: The Imperial Dining Room
Returning to the kitchen with Xiao Yin, Xiao Jin was sitting on a chair in the corner and quietly waiting for the two to return.
"Little gold and little silver!" As soon as Hua Mian entered the house, he began to arrange work for the two brothers, "Which department is responsible for purchasing the ingredients in the imperial dining room?" ”
“... This... I don't know", Jin replied weakly and lowered his head, as if he felt that he didn't know that these were a big mistake.
"The imperial dining room has a separate buying department, which is separate from other purchasing departments, designated by Jia Lao, and the palace people who are responsible for purchasing ingredients in the palace only serve the imperial dining room", Xiaoyin replied fluently.
"Since this is the case, the two of you will go to the imperial dining room to get two of the new ingredients for the day."
Xiao Jin and Xiaoyin didn't ask about the use, they only picked up a big back basket from the corner of the kitchen and put it on their backs, said hello to Hua Mian and went out of the yard.
Hua Mian began to prepare, and was brushing the wooden barrel when he saw Xiao Jin Xiaoyin coming in from outside the courtyard.
"Coming back so soon?" , Hua Mian thought that he had come in a carriage when he entered the palace, and he thought that the place like the imperial dining room must be at the very edge of the harem, far away from the sleeping palaces.
"We are very close to the imperial dining room with Jinggong, and we will arrive at the palace two palaces", Xiao Yin said as he took the basket on Xiao Jin's back and put it down together.
Hua Mian saw that there was nothing in the back basket, "What's the matter?" Today's ingredients have been airspaced?
Xiao Jin shook his head, and Xiao Yin replied, "Jia Lao said that he couldn't give us the ingredients."
"How so?" Can't give? It's not that there isn't, but that it doesn't give? Hua Mian remembered that Jia Lao was the old man who helped him out of the siege at the palace gate, although he didn't seem to have anything to do with being amiable in appearance, but he wasn't so stingy that he didn't even give them some ingredients, right?
"Xiaoyin, lead the way!"
"Huh? Girl Flowers, are you..."
"If he doesn't give it to you, I'll ask for it myself", just kidding, the imperial dining room doesn't give you ingredients?
The ingredients used in the previous trial of Huamian were all specially asked by Concubine Jing to go out of the palace to buy, but this is not a long-term solution after all, it is impossible to wait for Ling Ran, who is the head of the palace and Jing Palace, to buy vegetables every day, and it is necessary to be able to distribute the ingredients from the imperial dining room.
Hua Mian only called Xiao Yin to accompany her, and Xiao Jin silently followed behind the two with a bamboo basket.
It's true that the imperial dining room is not far away, but it's too close, right?! A place to cook, it is actually in such a good position in the harem, Hua Mian vomited in her heart, the other party was actually surrounded by the palace of the concubines, didn't they smell of oil smoke?
Where is this like a place to cook? The building that unfolded in front of Hua Mian was actually larger and more gorgeous than the area occupied by Concubine Jing and Jing Palace, wouldn't it have any conflict with the Heavenly God Sect in this country?
"Girl Blossom, please come this way"
Hua Mian was about to step into a side door next to the main hall of the imperial dining room, when Xiao Yin shouted, "This hall is the warehouse of the imperial dining room", seeing Hua Mian's puzzled face, Xiao Yin explained.
The main hall is still used as a storehouse for storing ingredients, and several doors of the main hall are open, so when you walk to the door, you can smell the unique smell of ingredients wafting from inside.
"There are so many more, why don't you want to give them to us?"
Rows of bamboo wooden shelves in the hall are neatly placed, all kinds of fish, meat, poultry, eggs, vegetables and condiments are readily available, Hua Mian is almost dazzled, and even in the sink on one side, there are large ice cubes on the other side, just to cool down the room.