"Then what do you think of this Huamanxi?" The eldest lady sent Aunt Niu down, and she was upset, so she asked again.

"According to the meaning of the slave maid, I think I don't have to pay attention to it, she is not from our house, she just works on behalf of her mother, she doesn't need to do anything to her, and after a few days, her mother will be well, and she will naturally leave." Chun'er replied.

"Really? I'm afraid that she has the ability, and her heart is big, and she wants to enter the house. The eldest lady sneered.

However, Na Chun'er's expression froze for a moment, and then she whispered: "Madam, please forgive the slave maid for being blunt, I feel that she still doesn't look down on the position of a master in charge of our house, I heard that Xiao Yezi said that she is also a cook in someone else's house, and she has twenty taels of silver per month!" ”

"Twenty taels!" The eldest lady was taken aback, although Niu Er's monthly silver was thirty taels, but it was all she put water, if it was an ordinary kitchen master, she would not be able to get this silver at all, not to mention this girl, how old is she! A teenage girl can get twenty taels of silver a month?

"You go down first, and I'll take a look." It took a long time for the eldest lady to digest the news, waved her hand, and let Chun'er go down.

Besides, Hua Manxi and Xiao Yezi washed the pots and pans, and Hua Manxi took out snacks wrapped in handkerchiefs and silk cloth from his arms to Xiao Yezi, where did Xiao Yezi eat snacks, and he was more affectionate to Hua Manxi, and said: "Manxi, you are so good!" Do you know? Madame, that maid whispered to me about you just now! ”

"And what did you say?" After making a fuss for so long, Hua Manxi was also a little hungry, and Xiao Yezi was in the backyard of the kitchen, eating shortbread and osmanthus cakes together, drinking tea, and asked.

"I said that you are a cook for a big family, and you have twenty taels of silver per month! That Chun'er was shocked! Xiao Yezi smiled and said, "Although they are more decent to be big girls and don't need to do rough work, the monthly silver is not high, and it is only two or three taels of silver, which depends on the master's usual reward." ”

"You know a lot." Hua Manxi looked at her old god and couldn't help but say, "You really look like a good sister in my Peach Blossom Village, if you know each other, you will definitely be able to talk about it." ”

"Really? It's a pity that I don't know how long I want to be a cook in Sun's house, if you go back, I still don't have a companion, in the back kitchen is either a young man or an old woman, those little girls are waiting in the master's yard, and they all look down on me for doing rough work. Xiao Yezi sighed melancholy in his eyes.

Hua Manxi was trying to comfort and comfort her, but suddenly saw the branches and leaves at the foot of the courtyard wall move.

"Look, what's there!" Hua Manxi lowered his voice.

Xiao Yezi carried the lamp and looked over there carefully, but couldn't help but say excitedly: "It's a chicken!" It's the chicken that went out of the kitchen the other day! No wonder I couldn't find it after looking for so long, it turned out that I ran to the backyard where this bird doesn't! ”

"Little leaf, do you want to eat meat?" Hua Manxi listened to it and couldn't help but show a sly smile.

Xiao Yezi got along with her for a few days, where else did she not understand, so the two of them quickly looked at each other and smiled, both raised their index fingers and made a shushing gesture, and then tiptoed towards the chicken!

The chicken turned out to be entangled in vines and couldn't move at all, and was caught by Hua Manxi at once.

The two caught the chicken, and secretly returned to the small kitchen, killing the chicken neatly, Xiao Yezi was responsible for cleaning the chicken feathers, and Hua Manxi was responsible for making the chicken.

Hua Manxi thought about it and decided to make a salt-baked chicken with smooth and tender skin, and even the bones were salty and fragrant!

First, crush the sand ginger, rub it all over the whole chicken with salt, marinate it evenly inside and out, and then stuff the ginger slices and minced garlic into the belly of the chicken and hang it to dry for a while.

Then take out a large amount of coarse salt, put it in a pot and fry it, wrap the dried chicken in oiled paper, and then put it in a casserole, then put the hot salt in the casserole, bury the whole chicken, and then use low heat to heat the pot to keep the hot salt in the casserole always hot.

In about half an hour, you can turn off the fire, and then bake for a while with the residual temperature, and when the charcoal fire is completely cold, you can get out of the pot.

Salt-baked chicken, the color is slightly yellow, the skin is crisp and tender, the taste is refreshing and smooth, the meat is flexible and moderate, smooth but not greasy, the fragrance is rich, and it also has the function of warming and replenishing.

Hua Manxi and Xiao Yezi secretly brought the whole chicken back to Hua Lanxiang's room, and went to invite Zhao Xixi over, and the four of them tore open the salt-baked chicken that was still steaming, the orange and translucent chicken skin, the white and tender chicken, and the mellow and attractive aroma-

"This, what kind of delicacy is this, I can't control my wife's saliva when I see it-" Zhao Hao's words are not fake, how long has it been since he had a full meal of chicken in Sun Mansion? She is a steward, and she can also taste the master's dishes, but Xiao Yezi is really greedy, that Aunt Niu deducts ingredients for every meal, and the table is not pickles, or potatoes, and the best thing to eat these days is the pork stewed vermicelli made by Hua Manxi.

She couldn't bear it anymore, Hua Manxi tore a big chicken leg for her, her eyes lit up with excitement, and she didn't have time to speak, so she quickly took a bite.

"Hey, although chicken thighs are all meat, chicken thighs are actually more difficult to chew and tougher, and the meat of chicken wings is the most tender, so I will give you and your mother." Hua Manxi explained as he ripped off a big chicken wing and gave it to Zhao Xixi.

"It's good to have something to eat, even if you give the chicken head and chicken feet, my wife doesn't dare to dislike it." Zhao took the chicken wings and sniffed the tempting aroma, it was really fragrant, she thought that the three-cup chicken made by Hua Manxi two days ago was the best taste in the world, but she couldn't imagine that there was a more fragrant method.

She tasted it a little, the chicken skin was crisp and smooth, the meat was tender and mellow, even the bones were salty and salty, and she wanted to chew the bones and swallow them in her stomach.

Hua Lanxiang ate a lot of good things today, but at this time, she just drank the medicine, her mouth was bitter, and she also ate a chicken wing, and the rest of the chicken, Zhao Xixi, Xiao Yezi and Hua Manxi were swept away like a cloud after a while.

Xiao Yezi licked his fingers regardless of the image, and sighed with great satisfaction: "I've grown so big, this is definitely the best meal I've ever had!" So satisfied! I'm so happy! Manxi, you're so nice! ”

Zhao glanced at her and quipped: "Don't say that you little girl, my wife has lived to such an old age, and she has never eaten such delicious chicken!" It's really delicious! In fact, I don't like to eat chicken very much, I think that in addition to chicken legs and chicken wings, other meats are firewood, but this chicken is really tender and smooth, I, hey, I haven't read a book, I really don't know how to praise Manxi, I can only say who marries Manxi in the future, what a blessing! If it weren't for my son's marriage, I would immediately ask you for a kiss! ”

Hua Lanxiang felt that although the taste of this chicken was good, she had just eaten Buddha jumping over the wall today, so she didn't feel too amazing, but she still said with Yourongyan: "Zhao Xixiao laughed, you praise her so much, she probably doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick." ”

"Where, Manxi is the most stable girl I have ever seen, that is, Chun'er next to the eldest lady, and she is not half a point behind." Zhao Xixi was really amazed by Hua Manxi's craftsmanship, such a delicious dish, no wonder the little master refused to eat.

"Manxi, the little young master has a soft spot for the dishes you make, you just have to coax the little young master, and the eldest lady can't do anything to you!" Zhao Xixi whispered to Hua Manxi again and said.

Hua Manxi understood, nodded, and a few people talked again, and then sent Zhao Xixi and Xiao Yezi away.

"Mother, you sleep first, I'll take this chicken bone to the backyard and throw it away." Hua Manxi cleaned up the bones on the table, wrapped them in the oiled paper that had just wrapped the chicken, and then carefully walked to the wasteland in the backyard.

However, there were two people sitting in the place where she and Xiao Yezi were drinking tea just now.

She was startled, and quickly squatted in the corner and bent down.

According to the routine of the TV series, generally speaking, those who don't sleep in the middle of the night and hide in this secluded place either have a conspiracy to kill people and set fires, or have an adultery with invisible light! Obviously, it's the former, because it's two men who are sitting!

"What happened last time was so dangerous, I almost killed the second daughter-in-law of the cow!" A man said angrily.

Niu's second daughter-in-law? Could it be that they were the ones who set the fire in the kitchen? What do they want to do? Why help Aunt Niu!

"They are relatives of the eldest lady, and if they fall out, it will not do us any good." Another gloomy voice rang out.

"It's all to blame for that Hua Lanxiang, who has been sick for so long, provoked a dead girl who doesn't know the height of the sky to come in, and almost ruined our business, if it weren't for you, I would have driven them out of the house a long time ago!" The other man said again.

"Thou shalt not mess around! Hua Lanxiang - she is the woman I fancied. The man said in a gloomy voice again.

"Hey, boss, you are really, what is so good-looking about a half-old, you are still a rough servant, there are so many young maids in the master's room, don't you like it?"

"I don't need you to say much about my business! Just remember to get things done! The man whispered coldly, and walked away.

Hua Manxi squatted in the corner of the wall, personally experienced the corner of the wall, and was so frightened that he didn't even dare to breathe loudly, he exhaled slowly and slowly.

When the two of them were far away, Hua Manxi wiped the sweat from his forehead, put the chicken bones outside the wall, and then quickly returned to Hua Lanxiang's room.

It's so dangerous, if she hadn't been cautious, calm, and discovered, I'm afraid she would have been killed.

The two men were facing away from her, and she didn't see people's faces clearly, but the news she heard was absolutely exciting, one of the men, coveting her mother, they were hiding secrets, a secret that Aunt Niu knew!