The man said at this time: "Can you invite the girl to my Xu Mansion to cook this dish, and I will give the girl double the salary." ”

"I'm a roast fish seller, not a cook."

"People go to the side of the road, don't be in a hurry to refuse, girl, you can only sell a basket of fish for one tael of silver, and I will give you five taels, how about it?" The man stared at her with a grin.

The man seemed to be pleasant, but the meaning of temptation was more obvious, and Duran immediately raised her vigilance, she didn't know him, why should she listen to him.

"I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with you, so you'd better hire another chef." She coldly refused.

Seeing that Du Lan's face was full of vigilance, the man laughed and said, "My second son of the Xu Mansion has a bad appetite recently, I just want to invite the girl to go to the mansion to cook fish, and I don't have any other meaning." ”

Duran was unmoved.

The man pointed to the wine jar of the carriage, "Our Xu Mansion is a big family in the wine business, and we often send wine to the restaurant, if you don't believe it, just ask the surrounding vendors." ”

Duran glanced at the carriage, it was indeed a cart of wine jars, and then looked at a few restaurants nearby, and then believed a little, thinking that she would need wine to make cooking wine in the future, maybe it would be beneficial to deal with him in the future.

She picked a decent sweet and sour fish and sent it to the eldest brother who sold tofu, thanked him for his kindness in borrowing the knife, and asked him about it by the way.

The eldest brother who sells tofu said that he has set up a stall here all the year round, and he often sees Xufu delivering wine.

After getting confirmation, she walked back and asked the middle-aged man, "Is the Xu Mansion far from here?" ”

"Just two streets ahead." The man said politely.

Duran agreed to come down with selfish intentions, thinking that Gu Youan should come back soon, so he asked the eldest brother who sold tofu to help take care of the stall.

Anyway, the wooden cart and basket are not worth a lot of money, and besides, the eldest brother who sells tofu is here all the year round, so it is impossible for people to covet her broken things.

The middle-aged man took her into Xu's mansion through the back door, and asked the guy to take her to the kitchen, while he reported to the front hall.

Duran followed all the way, his eyes kept looking at the backyard of the Xu Mansion, the pavilions, the birds and the flowers, and it was really a big family.

"It's here, girl, please."

Duran nodded, and walked inside.

Rao knew that the Xu Mansion was very large and luxurious, but he was still surprised by the kitchen in front of him, which was spacious and bright, and the shelves and vegetable baskets were in order. The floor is paved with bluestone slabs, and knives and spatulas are readily available.

The cook has a clear division of labor, and they are busy with each other, and when they see someone, they immediately stop what they are doing and look at it.

Duran immediately took on her demeanor as a chef and began to direct the men in the kitchen.

"Hey, you go wash a few tomatoes and blanch them in the pot."

"You clean the fish for me."

"Hurry up and light the fire."

The kitchen man was so busy that he was not happy to hear her commanding her.

The guy from the Xue Mansion scolded: "Don't you have long ears?" Hurry up. ”

"But we're all busy." The head of the cook said.

"Be careful if you don't obey, I'll tell the big butler."

As soon as these words came out, the people in the kitchen actively cooperated.

Someone helped, and Duran quickly made sweet and sour fish, and the sweet and sour aroma filled the kitchen.

The middle-aged man had just arrived in the front hall and found that the eldest prince was receiving merchants from Shengjing.

He walked in and saluted the two merchants: "Baoqing has seen Xue Gongzi and Chen Gongzi. ”

"Baoqing, I haven't seen you for a long time, you've gained a lot of weight." Chen Jingting joked with a smile.

Xu Baoqing walked to Xu Hening's side and replied: "It's all the benevolent heads of the family, we have a good time, I have to thank all the masters in the family." ”

"Baoqing's mouth will make the master happy, can life be bad. But playing false in front of the master can be regarded as loyal, Hening, you say yes? Hahaha! Chen Jingting laughed loudly at Xu Hening.

"Brother Jingting reminds me that in the future, I have to carefully distinguish between what Baoqing said was true and what was false." After Xu Hening finished joking, he asked Xue Baoqing, "What did you do when you came in?" ”

"Following the instructions of the eldest son, I found appetizing specialties for the second son. It's just that the girl sold out of vegetables, and the slave brought the person back, and is now cooking for the second son in the kitchen. ”

When it came to cooking, Xue Yan and Chen Jingting looked at each other and stood up, "It's not too early, it's time for our two brothers to say goodbye, let's talk about it another day." ”

Xu Hening hurriedly got up and stayed, "Brother Xue Yan and Brother Jingting have come from afar, I should wash the dust for the two of you." It just so happened that the family invited a new cook, so the two brothers stayed for a light meal. ”

"In that case, then we might as well be respectful." Xue Yan was also not polite, and arched his hand towards Xu Hening.

"Then please come with me to the dining room, and let's talk while eating."

Xu Hening made a gesture of invitation to the two, and then instructed Xue Baoqing: "Butler, let the new chef make a few more specialty dishes." ”

"Yes!"

Xue Baoqing hurriedly came to the kitchen, smelled the rich sweet fragrance, his eyes fell on the fish on the plate, and said happily: "This is sweet and sour fish?" ”

"Hmm."

"It smells so much better than what you're selling outside." He couldn't help but boast.

"That is, it's freshly burned, it's steaming, and the fragrance is naturally stronger." Duran had a proud look on his face.

"That's, that's." Xue Baoqing smiled modestly at Du Lan: "There are a few distinguished guests in the house, bother the girl to cook a few more good dishes, and I will double the salary for you." ”

"Okay." Duran put the sweet and sour fish out of the pot and put it on the plate, and it was easy for her to cook, not to mention that there was money to be made, so why not.

"You all cooperate with this girl, and if anyone is disobedient, be careful to serve the board." Xue Baoqing's cold eyes swept over the people in the kitchen.

"Yes, Grand Butler."

Before leaving, he told the guy who had been guarding the kitchen to send the sweet and sour fish to the second son.

The weather was getting hotter, and Xu Heming, the second son of the Xu Mansion, was lazily leaning on the rocking chair, and the maids around him kept fanning him.

The guy Duanyu stepped forward and said with a flattering smile: "Second son, this is specially made by the big housekeeper to ask you to cook from the outside, do you taste it to your appetite." ”

Xu Heming didn't bother to raise his eyelids, "Go away, my son is not hungry." ”

"Childe, why don't you take a bite, it's the first time I've seen this small dish." As he spoke, he handed the plate in front of him.

The fragrant heat penetrated his nostrils, and Xu Heming opened his eyes and looked, "What is this?" ”

"Back to the second son, this is sweet and sour fish."

I really haven't heard of it, Xu Heming said to the maid behind him: "Feed this son to taste." ”

"Yes." The maid took the plate, carefully picked out the fish bones, dipped them in sweet and sour sauce and fed them to Xu Heming's mouth.

Xu Heming tasted it, and his heart suddenly brightened, "My son has eaten all over Luo'an City, why have I never tasted this kind of taste, where did the cook find it." ”

"Back to the second son, this is made by a girl outside, and the big housekeeper saw that this sweet and sour fish tasted strange, so he brought someone back to make it for you."

"Girl? What kind of girl? Xu Heming was interested.

"Fifteen or sixteen." The guy answered truthfully.

Xu Heming's eyes flashed with a light of unknown meaning, "Bring it here, and say that this son has a lot of rewards." ”

"The little ones will go immediately."

Duran was stir-frying in the kitchen, and the man came to call her, saying that the second son was full of praise for her dishes and wanted to be rewarded.

Thinking that the Xue family had a big business, and rewarding should be a common thing, he went with him.

Passing through the pavilion building, the weeping willow river, and then bypassing the nine-curved corridor, I don't know how many turns I made before I came to the residence of the second son.

Along the way, Du Lan was envious, Xue's family background was not ordinary, when would she be able to earn so much money and live in a luxurious mansion.

"When you arrive at the girl, Childe is waiting for you in the house, please."

Duran looked around the courtyard and saw that the door was open, and he walked in with his feet.

"Hey, why is there no one?" She felt strange in her heart, and was about to turn around, when she was suddenly firmly hugged from behind.

Duran was startled, and bent his elbow and poked hard behind him.

Xu Heming dodged sideways and grabbed her arm, "Sister, don't worry, the master just wants to play with you." ”

"Play with your mother's big-headed ghost!" She crouched down quickly, and swept across with a whirlwind leg.

Xu Heming hurriedly jumped up and laughed strangely: "Hehe! Have real skill. ”

As soon as he landed, he kicked him head-on, he hurriedly dodged, took the opportunity to grab Duran's foot, and smiled: "Playing with the master, you are still a little tender." ”

Seeing this, Duran quickly raised his other leg, Xu Heming reached out and grabbed it again, both feet were firmly grasped by him, and his upper body suddenly lost support and went straight to the ground.

Seeing that he was about to fall to the ground, Duran turned sideways and propped himself up on the ground with one hand.

Seeing that the woman in his hand was so embarrassed, Xu Heming laughed: "This is in the hands of the master." ”

"Shameless!" Duran scolded angrily.

"Damn, I don't know how to lift, look at how I clean you up, master." With that, he dragged Duran down and lunged at her viciously.