Chapter 13: Intricacies

Xiaocui woke up Li Yi to get up for lunch. Previously, she had been using her consciousness to communicate with the system, and her head was dizzy due to not having a good rest, so she didn't want to get up.

I suddenly remembered that in the "light curtain", I saw that the original owner had two meals a day, morning and evening. How did you have lunch? She looked at Xiao Cui suspiciously.

"It's the grace of the old lady. It is said that fever is the easiest to empty the body, and I specially ordered the kitchen to add a meal for you today. ”

Seeing that Li Yi didn't want to get up, Xiaocui immediately explained.

If you want to say that Li Yi doesn't want to do the most at the moment, eating is definitely in the first place. Li Yi gritted her teeth in her heart, and really wanted to "thank you" the old lady for her "concern".

Raised his hand and motioned for Xiao Cui to help herself get up. Li Yi was suddenly afraid: she had only been a "superior" for a day, and now she seemed to have done it thousands of times to ask others to serve her, so it was a matter of course.

If one day, if you do something out of the ordinary, which is unacceptable to this society and is not tolerated by the world, can you adapt to the identity of the "inferior" so quickly?

"Now is not the time to think about this" Li Yi hurriedly stopped his cranky thoughts, and put more thought on how to naturally "invent" dishes that people in this era can accept.

The noon dishes are no different from those in the morning: clear soup noodles, mutton porridge, steamed buns and batter. The only difference is that the boiled greens are replaced by cabbage stewed mutton, the soup is not white, and when you taste it, it actually has the taste of soy sauce.

Li Yi was pleasantly surprised to discover the fact that there was "soy sauce" in this era: she didn't need to create such a difficult process as "brewing".

The food she has seen in this era is mostly stewed and boiled, and the dim sum is steamed. There is no "frying" and "frying", and you can play on these two points in the future.

From the huge and complex knowledge she obtained in costume dramas and ancient novels, she learned that in ancient times, "woks" were often used to cook food. It is shaped like a "ding": three legs hold a pot.

This kind of utensil is very thick, and it is really inconvenient to use it for stir-frying. This is one of the reasons why there is no such processing method as "frying".

Another important reason is the "oil" that must be used in stir-frying. In ancient times, the main source of oil was only one kind of "fat". When did vegetable oil come to be?

Since soy sauce has appeared, it means that there are "soybeans" here. If you have soybeans and yourself, are you still worried about not having vegetable oil? Li Yi snickered.

Her joy was quickly diluted by the taste in her mouth: although the soy sauce was placed in it, the smell of mutton still lingered in her mouth.

Li Yi does not reject eating mutton in modern times. On the contrary, I like to eat grilled lamb chops, braised mutton, fish and mutton dishes.

The two meals she ate here made her have a psychological shadow on "mutton".

Feeling a spoonful of brown batter, the familiar burnt aroma filled Li Yi's mouth......

Burnt? How does flour taste like this? Only "fried"!

This one turned out to be fried! Is there already an iron pot here? Thinking of this, Li Yi's excited breathing began to rapid.

I'll have to find a chance to go to the kitchen, and that's right, but it's not so easy to find a reason.

Absent-mindedly "eating" lunch (so that she shields her sense of taste, Li Yi will not call it "eating" because of the simple act of swallowing), her eyes fell on the utensils that served the dishes: "It's not the same as the first few times I saw it." ”

Is it the old lady's special tableware? Does she have a dedicated kitchen?

The original owner had never asked about such a miscellaneous thing as cutlery. It's okay to pretend that you just found it and ask, right?

Li Yi put down the dishes and chopsticks and gently pressed the corner of his mouth twice with a handkerchief. Try to say in a casual tone: "Today's tableware is chic. ”

Xiaohong handed the fan with the pendant to Li Yi: "Yes, this is the old lady's tableware." ”

Because she grew up with the original owner, the original owner treated her kindly. She has always said whatever comes to her mind in front of the original owner.

Although she is not as thoughtful as Xiao Cui, she is better than straightforward. The family likes her a lot.

"The common utensils are all black pottery. Only the tableware at the old lady and the old man is fine white porcelain. The lord will only take it out for hospitality purposes. ”

Li Yi pretended to look at the fan carefully. But he said: "I am at the old lady's, but I often see her using this cutlery." ”

"Yes, the old lady uses this every day. It's about convenience. ”

Xiaohong prepares to put the replaced cloud-shaped jade pendant into the original owner's dressing box. Li Yi hurriedly stopped it and said that she would give it to Xiaohong. As soon as she was happy, she couldn't stop: "Although it is said that Mrs. is in charge of the house now, Mrs. is taking care of everything in the big warehouse." But the key to the little storeroom is still with the old lady. ”

She really wanted to know the big and small things in the Chen Mansion. Li Yi simply put down the fan in his hand and put on a posture of listening to the story carefully.

Xiaohong saw her look of "I'm very good, tell me a story", and laughed out loud: "Miss has really grown up, and she is beginning to be curious about the affairs of the house!" I used to be the most impatient to listen to me say this. ”

Li Yi did a thought struggle, can she still pretend to be shy when she is old? In less than half a second, she made a decision: lower her head and cover her face with her hands.

From between her fingers, a voice as thin as a gnat: "I don't want to hear it either, but I'm fourteen years old, and the old lady said ...... a few days ago."

"Her acting skills are really good, and the appropriate blank space gives her enough room for imagination." Li Yi secretly applauded his performance in his heart.

Sure enough, Xiaohong lived up to her acting skills and caught the point of this passage: "What to say?" Did you say you were going to find a husband? Hahaha, someone is starting to prepare for marriage now, is it ashamed? Xiaohong smiled and came over to pull Li Yi's hand to see her shy expression.

Li Yi won't let go of death - she must not be allowed to see her calm face.

The two of them had a fight, and they both sweated a little. Xiaohong was worried that Li Yi's health was not doing well, so she stopped laughing.

While fanning Li Yi, he continued: "Madame wants to go to get the things from the small warehouse, or ask the old lady for the right cards." ”

"But what does this have to do with food?"

Originally, the tableware at home was placed in the large warehouse, and the lady felt that the white porcelain was a little valuable, so she asked the old lady to put it in the small warehouse. The old lady said, "No matter how valuable it is, it's just cutlery!" If you don't take out the utensils and use them, why do you lock them in the warehouse? "Since then, the old lady has started to use white porcelain cutlery."

Listening to Xiaohong's description, most people will think that the old lady is not very satisfied with Mother Chen, so she will lose her face. There is Xiaohong, a stupid girl, who thinks that the old lady is afraid of trouble.

Li Yi is more and more satisfied with the two close maids of the original owner: one is calm and meticulous, and the other is lively and kind. Both are well-behaved and heartfelt. One point is even more rare.

What she didn't know was that Xiao Cui instructed her servants to wash the dishes and send them back to the old lady, and when she walked to the door of the room and heard that the two of them were arguing about finding a husband, she didn't go in.

Xiaocui outside the house has a complicated expression: Everyone thinks I am mature and sensible, but in fact, I envy Xiaohong, who has no heart and lungs.

Xiaohong was sold into the mansion at a very young age, so that she didn't have time to endure hardship. Although she is a subordinate, because she is sexy, lively and simple, everyone in the Chen family likes her very much.

And me? How much effort did it take to become a first-class maid by Miss's side? Before entering the Chen Mansion......

Xiao Cui hurriedly shook her head, dispelling the chaotic thoughts in her mind, and hearing that the two people in the house had stopped fighting, she quietly pushed the door and entered the house.