Chapter 682: Opportunity
Lu Tian was a little depressed every day, and after going on like this for a week, he finally couldn't help it, he couldn't be like this, he couldn't just be a house slave who washed dishes.
If this was in Huaxia, he could still resign and not do it, but this is a different world, unless he doesn't want to live, otherwise he can't disobey the orders from above.
If you want to escape from here, you still have to start from above and change your situation little by little.
In Liufu, all those who signed the deed of sale were domestic slaves, but in order to motivate domestic slaves, there was naturally an incentive system.
First of all, domestic slaves also have ranks, divided into upper class, middle class, and lower class, and above the upper class is the steward, at this time, the deed of sale can be redeemed, and there is a chance to break away from Liufu.
The status is different, the natural treatment is also different, among them, the low-class domestic slaves can only eat coarse tea and light rice, have ten yuan a month, and live in a centralized room, while the middle is twenty Wen, the upper class is fifty Wen, and the steward is one or two silver, and can have their own room.
The great-brother who arranged for him last time has a bit of strength, and he is the guard of the ten families, so he is a high-class domestic slave, and he is also in charge of some miscellaneous affairs, and his status is similar to that of ordinary people.
Lu Tian felt that if he wanted to change his situation, he still had to have a good relationship with this Zeng brother.
But the problem in front of him was that he had no money, and through his observation in the past half a month, he roughly distinguished that the purchasing power of a penny in this world was ten yuan in Huaxia, and his ten yuan a month was only equivalent to one hundred yuan.
And now, a month away, it's still far away, and he thinks it's too long to wait for this money.
"I still have to find a way to make some money, but I'm just an inferior house slave, and I can't go out at all."
Lu Tian's eyes showed thought, his head didn't turn stiffly, he knew from Wen's mother that only the middle house slave had the opportunity to leave the house, and the top house slave could enter and leave freely, if he went out rashly now, if he was discovered, he might be beaten to death.
"You have to think about it from within." Lu Tian thought in his heart, this Liufu, there are two main channels for promotion, namely seniority and merit.
The qualifications are very simple, as long as you do a good job and do it for a certain amount of time, you can also be promoted, it takes about three years to go down to the middle, and ten years to the top class.
And the credit is relatively broad, and it is easy to be promoted by the appreciation of the Liu family, if not, it is also a credit to make special contributions to the Liu Mansion, such as catching thieves and protecting the master.
What Lu Tian wants is credit, but he stays here to wash the dishes, and the Liu family can't see it every day, so he has almost no chance to make meritorious contributions, so he has to find a way to get out of here.
Originally, Brother Zeng said that he would arrange it after a while, but now the other party obviously forgot that he didn't have any money, so it was really difficult to do things.
Fortunately, in the kitchen, at least the meal can be full, but this meal is not quite to his liking, mainly because it is too light.
He found that the dishes here were very light, unlike the dishes he had eaten in his previous life, with all kinds of heavy tastes.
"It would be nice to have a bowl of braised pork." Lu Tian swallowed his saliva, a little nostalgic for the food he had eaten.
At this time, several maids walked in, holding leftovers in their hands, and Lu Tian looked at them and found that many of them had not moved.
One of the most beautiful and best-dressed maids spoke: "Lao Jiang, the second lady doesn't want to eat these, let you change the dish." ”
Lao Jiang came over flatteringly and said carefully: "Xiao Ling, I don't know what the second lady wants to eat, the old man will do it again." ”
The maid Xiaoling frowned: "The second miss said that she didn't want to eat the usual dishes, and asked if you had any special dishes, and the second miss wanted to eat something different." ”
"This ......" Lao Jiang is a local, and he usually cooks local dishes, and these second ladies have basically eaten them, and he can't come up with any good dishes.
He turned to look at the others: "Do you have any special dishes, take one out and see!" ”
Several cooks looked at each other, they were in a similar situation to Lao Jiang, they had been in Liufu for more than ten years, and they had done all the dishes they could make, and they really didn't have new dishes.
The maid Xiaoling's face turned cold: "Why, I can't even get a dish, what's the use of asking you." ”
Her scolding, many people shrunk their necks, this is what is the name of the second young lady, her status is comparable to that of a steward, and it is not something they can disobey at all.
The maid Xiaoling looked at the others, but as soon as she looked over, those people lowered their heads, making her angry and scolding again.
Suddenly, a weak voice sounded: "That, there is a dish in my hometown, and the second lady may like it." ”
Whew!
In an instant, many eyes stared at it and found that it was a small dishwasher, and many people didn't care.
The maid Xiaoling's brows furrowed again, and she looked at him coldly: "Do you know how to cook?" ”
"Yes."
Lu Tian felt that this was his chance, and he was not modest, he really didn't have any cooking skills, but he could still make a few home-cooked dishes.
The maid Xiaoling looked at Lao Jiang again: "What's going on with him, I haven't seen it before." ”
"Xiao Ling, he is a beggar rescued by the second lady on the street, and he was arranged to wash dishes with us."
"Beggars?" A trace of disdain flashed in the maid Xiaoling's eyes, and she said with some disbelief: "He knows how to cook?" ”
"The old man doesn't know about this, so let him try it." Lao Jiang suggested that no matter whether Lu Tian does it or not, the responsibility will no longer be him, and it is Lu Tian who is unlucky.
The maid Xiaoling pondered for a moment, thinking that the others couldn't take out anything, so she could only speak: "I'll give you a chance, but the ugly words are ahead, if you mess up, you will bear the consequences." ”
"Of course!" Lu Tian could only gamble that the second lady thought the dishes he made were delicious.
"Lao Jiang, give him a place, two quarters of an hour later, later, I'll come over to get the food."
After speaking, Xiao Ling took the other maids and turned to leave.
"Xiaotian, come to me, you can use the ingredients here as you like, and they will listen to you, you can't mess up." Lao Jiang got out of the way, made room for Lu Tian, and took the initiative to help Lu Tian, after all, this is a kitchen business, and it must be done well.
"Thank you!" Lu Tian's face was solemn, and he was not polite: "Lao Luo, help me cut this piece of meat into pieces, and Lao Li will give me some ......"
In this short period of time, Lu Tian basically understands the meat, vegetables, and condiments here, although many names are different, but the functions are very similar, and he has no problem making original dishes.
This time, what he has to do is braised pork, because Liu Feiyan is a woman, he chose a relatively thin pork belly to ensure that the braised pork is not greasy.
After the meat is cut, it is blanched with boiling water, then fried for a while in the old way, added to the old soy sauce of this world, after adding water to boil, add a kind of sugar similar to brown sugar, in order to save time, it is simmered over medium heat, and the unique fragrance comes out, which makes Lao Jiang and others twitch their noses curiously.