"This lady just asked, isn't it possible to cook big dishes?" Xiao Ji looked at Leng Yue with a smile, if she hadn't combed her women's bun, it would be difficult to see that she was already a wife.

"Madame can't talk about it, I'm just a woman from the countryside, and I know how to cook a few dishes, but I don't know if you can eat it?" Leng Yue was embarrassed by Xiao Ji, and bowed his head.

"You can try it, if the dishes are done well, my Wu'er thinks it is delicious, and we are willing to pay two taels of silver." There was no shortage of silver in his family, his father was in charge of the official salt, and after paying taxes to the court every year, the remaining official salt became private salt, and some merchants bought goods from his family at a high price, and the silver taels obtained became private property.

It's not that his family wants to be greedy for this silver, his father's annual salt tax is twice as much as that issued by the court, the emperor is satisfied, and if he pays more to other officials, he will have to keep an eye on this position, so his father will choose to settle in this inconspicuous township, and let him make the county order of Zhongshan County.

Leng Yue heard that there were two taels of silver to earn, and immediately agreed to come down, and he could earn an extra two taels of silver, and the extra two taels of silver he earned would buy more rice and noodles and put them at Aunt Qiu's house, and also add two new clothes to Aunt Qiu's Fang'er, so as to thank others for their kindness.

"Then, Xiang'er, you can take this lady to the back kitchen." Mrs. Xiao doesn't know how to call Leng Yue, when she first met, she would call someone else's little lady, today I heard Leng Yue send her bird's nest, and called someone else's sister, and now she follows Ji'er to call Mrs. Leng Yue, probably she is dizzy when she listens.

Mrs. Leng Yue Chaoxiao blinked and motioned for herself to step back.

Frying and cooking, Leng Yue has already learned a few tricks from the chef of the army, and the dishes she makes, her father praises them, the appetite of a little child, Leng Yue can't believe that she can't handle it.

Is there a father to pick again? Western, Chinese, international famous dishes, her father has never eaten any delicious dishes in Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan and Lu, and wants to serve the tip of her father's tongue, without two brushes, don't want to get by, all the dishes in her family, and the fried dishes are top third-rate chefs.

Leng Yue entered the kitchen, started by himself, and didn't do much, so he made four big dishes, fried steak, fried yellow beef, cooked meat, boiled yellow croaker, steak is five servings, Leng Yue inquired, Mrs. Xiao's family of five, two sons, and one daughter, naturally they want to prepare five portions for their family.

Xiang'er felt fragrant when she saw Leng Yue pouring juice on the burnt beef, this kind of practice has never been done in Xiaofu, just looking at it has an appetite, Young Master Wu must be satisfied.

"Put this dish on first, it won't taste good if it's cold." Leng Yue closed the lid and instructed Xiang'er.

"Yes!" Xiang'er asked the maid who served the food to hurry up and serve it to the masters.

As soon as Master Xiao came back and said a few words to his youngest son, he heard that a big spoon chef was temporarily invited in the house today, and I don't know if it is better than Sister-in-law Qing's skills?

But it's really not delicious, it's just a matter of two taels of silver, since Mrs. and Ji'er have agreed, just wait and see.

Xiang'er led the maids into the main hall, as soon as the lid was opened, the fragrance of cumin came to the nose, everyone swallowed their saliva, Xiaoji looked at the steak in front of him and said: "It smells very fragrant, I don't know the taste......"

Xiao Ji's words were not finished, Xiao Wu, who couldn't help but lower his mouth, bit a piece of meat and praised vaguely: "It's delicious!" Delicious! I've never had such delicious beef, it's so delicious. ”

Master Xiao and Mrs. Xiao heard their youngest son's praise, and also tasted it, and everyone didn't stop their mouths, and they almost licked the plate.

"This juice is so fragrant and mellow that even the imperial chef of the palace can't make such a taste." Master Xiao stroked his beard and said with great satisfaction.

"Dad, since you like it so much, why don't your son leave her for you to be a cook?" Xiaoji was also quite surprised that a village woman with such a beautiful appearance would know how to cook such a tasteful dish.

"Hey, if people are willing to stay, they have to see her own wishes first, if she is really willing to stay, the official is quite happy to give her a generous example of silver." Master Xiao is a very enlightened person, and he will never use his identity to suppress others when others do not want to.

"Then the son went and asked her." Xiao Ji has a good impression of Leng Yue, he wants to pay for the money, she shouldn't refuse, right?

When Leng Yue saw Xiao Ji, he said directly: "This little lady, looking at your clothes, your husband's family must not be rich, it is better to stay in my house and be a cook, my father promised to give you fifteen taels of silver every month, are you willing?" ”

"I don't want to!" Leng Yue shook his head and rejected Xiaoji.

If it was in the past, she would have done it, but now, she has enough capital to run a farm for herself, no matter how much she earns, it is her own belongings, and she will work for others, unless she is penniless will choose such a strategy.

"You don't think the money is enough, I can add it, how about twenty taels?" Xiao Ji didn't expect this little lady to refuse her, and kindly reminded: "You must know that doing things in my house, you don't have to worry about food and clothing in your life, and it is much better than your father-in-law risking his life to pick bird's nest." ”

He has been a county magistrate for so many years, and he has long known that the hunters in the mountains are exchanging their lives for money when they collect bird's nests, and many young and strong men will die every year when they collect bird's nests.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I have the idea of supporting my own family, and it is better to do something in someone else's house, so I might as well do it myself." Leng Yue replied with a smile.

Xiao Ji looked at Leng Yue with some surprise when she heard this, a village woman, how bold is she? Changing to another woman, when she heard that Xiaofu hired her, she jumped up unhappily, but this little lady was also calm, and Xiaoji became more and more interested in Leng Yue.

"Dare to ask the little lady where she lives?" Xiao Ji thought that it was the village under his jurisdiction, and he could go and see it when he had a chance.

"It's Miaoshan Village under this town, it's a little far away, this son, I still have two children waiting for the women to go back to feed, can I?" Leng Yue wanted to check out and leave, but Lao Qiutou didn't wait for her when it was late.

"Yes!" Xiao Ji was not verbose, "In this way, my father has a good impression of you, and I want to meet you, why don't you go with me to the main hall to meet my father?" ”

See you, just see you, isn't it just a rich and noble family, she hasn't seen any kind of big scene in the cold.

"Xiao Gongzi, please lead the way."

Xiao Ji nodded with a smile, turned sideways slightly and made a gesture of please, then walked in front and led Leng Yue to the main hall, Leng Yue lowered his head and followed closely behind him, until Xiao Ji wrote: "Father, I invited this little lady here." ”

"Please let her in." A gentle but not dignified male voice said.

Leng Yue stepped forward and made a woman's salute, "The women of the people meet the adults." ”

She had already inquired clearly from the people who were doing chores in the kitchen, this Xiao family has been an official for generations, Master Xiao is in charge of the salt merchants, and the eldest prince of Xiao is the county commander in Zhongshan County, as for the second son of Xiao, he has no official position, but I heard that the second son of Xiao has the intention to train the second son of Xiao to become a military attaché, and this is not his master took him to Beijing to take the test to gain fame.

This Xiao master really knows how to cultivate his son as much as he can, and his desire for profit is so heavy, it seems that Xiaofu is not a good person, how can Leng Yue stay in Xiaofu to be a cook.

"Get up!" Master Xiao raised his hand, "The dishes you cook are very in line with the taste of the official, this lady really doesn't consider being a chef in the house?" How about the official being willing to give thirty taels of silver? ”

The maids around were speechless, thirty taels, they had a few months of silver, I don't know how to feel when Sister-in-law Qing came back and heard about it, Sister-in-law Qing's silver in the house for a month was only eight taels, this lady made a few dishes and the old man was willing to hire her as a cook at a high price of thirty taels, what did she hesitate about such a good thing? Hurry up.

The maid here and Leng Yue got along for two hours, and they came to chat with Leng Yue, unlike Sister-in-law Qing, who is a cook in the house, and always likes to put up some shelves to direct them to do things, which is like this little lady, when they serve food, they will always care about being careful and hot, and they are very humble, Xiaofu should invite such a person to be a cook, and they are so less angry.

You must know that the lord and the lady rarely beat and scold them, why should they be angry with a cook who is on an equal footing with them?

"Lord Xie values it, but the children in the women's family are still young, and they can't do without the women's ......"

Before Leng Yue's words were finished, Master Xiao waved his hand, "It's easy, the official can take them all into the mansion to settle you, how about it?" ”

"This?" Leng Yue didn't expect that this Master Xiao was a generous person, and people mentioned all the conditions to this, should she or not?