followed closely behind Wang Po, and at the same time didn't say a word, honestly being a little maid.

The person who cursed was an old woman, who looked fat, and her face was full of fat, and her flesh seemed to shake every time she said a word.

"What's so nice about others scolding, if you see too much, you'll lose your eyes, come, catch the young master's quilt, I'll take the rest."

In this way, there was no danger out of there, on the way back to the yard, I don't know why, Wang Po seemed to be very happy.

"It turns out that you broke the old immortal basket, and you did a good job, and I was very relieved to see her extremely angry."

"Mother-in-law, do you have a grudge against that person?"

"Hatred is not counted, it's just that when her master just turned over, she relied on her uncle's favor, she was a little presumptuous, and she was even more unpopular, and now that there are newcomers, they just pick up the fox's tail and be a man.

When the young lady was still there, she gave her three points, and she thought that the young lady was easy to bully, so she had to inch in, and the master and the servant were not good things. ”

"Mother-in-law, so they're not good people?"

In this regard, Wang Po just sneered a few times, and then said, "Good person? There are few good people in this Liufu, Erya, you remember that there are no good people who survived in this mansion. ”

At that time, I didn't understand what Wang Po said, I just thought that I shouldn't trust others easily, but in the next two years, I really understood.

I have seen too many sinister hearts, and even my own heart will become hard, like iron and stone.

In this way, he silently followed the princess all the way back to the courtyard and put the young master's quilt away.

The young master has two beds, one in the east room, and one in the study, so when he is tired, he can rest for a while, or take a nap.

And I put the quilt on the bed in the east wing, and I also tidied it up, and it looked neat, like a longboard.

Then I went to the kitchen to help Wang Po, and I didn't know what to eat tonight.

When I entered the kitchen, I couldn't wait to ask Mrs. Wang what to eat tonight?

"Eat fish tonight, the carp that was sent as soon as it was killed is two, one large and one small."

"Mother-in-law, how do we eat it, whether it is stewed soup, steamed, or fried."

As I spoke, I imagined the final product and my saliva was about to water.

When the princess saw my stupid appearance, she said, "Take back your saliva for me, what do you think?" Go and ask the young master, how to eat the fish, and let the young master make an idea. ”

Well, I walked out of the kitchen a little happily, step by step, as if jumping, until I reached the young master's study.

At this time, there are a few more bright lights in the study, although the sky is not dark, but the room is not very bright, so you need to light a few candles to illuminate it.

Ordinary people light oil lamps at night, while large families light candles.

And some of the poorest people can't even afford to light oil lamps, so they have to go to bed as soon as it gets dark, and they have to get up as soon as the day dawns.

After knocking on the door and getting the permission of the young master, I pushed the door and entered, feeling as if the inside and outside were not the same world.

Four or five candles were lit in the room, and the light of the candles made the whole room not dim at all.

After being stunned for a while, I still said, "Young master, when you eat fish at night, there are two carps, one large and one small." ”

"Okay, it's just the right time to change the taste."

"But young master, mother-in-law said that it is up to you to decide how to eat."

The young master thought for a while and said, "The small one, let's bring the soup, and the big one is used for steaming, and the specific way to do it is up to the princess to decide." ”

Hearing what the young master said, he chose to retire and jumped back to the kitchen step by step.

"Mother-in-law, the young master said, the small stew, the big steam."

Then Wang Po instructed me to wash the green onions, ginger and garlic, cut the ginger into slices, peel the yam, and cut it into several sections.

"Erya, take a good look, first of all, stew fish, put some lard in a hot pot with a spoon, and then put in the cut fish after the lard is completely melted, fry for a while, and then pour in a little water, and then put the cut ginger and yam in, and the garlic can be put in after mashing, and the lotus seeds and orange peel are put in directly, by the way, you have to pour some wine, and the rest is to boil over slow fire."

And Wang Po wanted to see me, did she listen carefully, so she asked me questions.

"At the end, I poured something into it."

I immediately replied that it was wine.

And the princess asked me why I poured the wine.

I replied tentatively, "Is it because the young master likes to drink drunk fish soup?" ”

"Stupid girl, pour some wine, of course, to remove the fishy smell of fish, and it can improve the freshness."

The princess saw that I should have listened, so she asked me to boil the water in another pot, and then put the steamer on it.

And Wang Po went to prepare the materials and changed the fish to a knife.

When the water boiled and there was more white mist, Wang Po put the fish in again.

The fish is full of ginger and garlic, and rice wine is also poured to remove the smell and freshness.

But I felt that the belly of the fish was bulging, and I didn't know what Wang Po put in it.

"Erya, what's the difference between the fish stewed just now and the steamed fish now."

Isn't it obvious, one is stewed soup, the other is steamed, of course, the method is different.

But Wang Po is not sure that there must be some deep meaning in asking such a simple question.

The material is basically the same, and that must be on the water.

"Mother-in-law, does one use more water and the other has less?"

Wang Po only rolled her eyes at this, and then said, "It's rare that you can notice that it's water."

Next, you listen, in the future, you have to use water to stew soup, and while the water is slowly boiling, the umami of the ingredients will be integrated into the soup, so that the soup is delicious.

The steamed fish is put into the steamer after the water boils, so that the water vapor cannot take away the umami of the fish, so as to retain the freshness of the fish to the greatest extent. ”

It's amazing how much attention has to be done in this small kitchen.

In addition to being amazed, I feel that every dish is easy to come by, and it is carefully prepared by the chef, and it is only after eating it with heart that it lives up to the gift of food.

Then Wang Po arranged for me to peel the loofah.

The loofah should be a fresh loofah just picked in the afternoon, and it is still very tender, the loofah can not be old, a little old, the taste is much worse, and it is only suitable for stewed soup, no matter how old it is, only to leave the seeds, or eat its seeds, so it is said that the loofah should be eaten while it is tender.

Peel the five loofahs, wash them with water again, and cut them into thin slices by the princess.

After the wok is heated on the stove, pour in a small spoon of camellia oil, first stir-fry the minced garlic at high temperature, and then fry the thinly shredded loofah, and then add various ingredients in turn.

And you can't use a spatula in this process, you can only use the pot by Wang Po, and you can't do it without a certain amount of strength and experience.

According to Wang Po, the reason why you can't use a spatula, but keep turning the pot, is because the loofah is very brittle, and the spatula will fall apart with a light touch, and if you do it a few more times, the loofah slices will be gone, and it is not beautiful on the plate.

When making this dish, Wang Po was very nervous, and sweat kept running down her face.

After it was done, I took a good breath.

"When you can get this dish ready, the kitchen will be handed over to you," Wang Po said to me earnestly.