Chapter 103: Rare to cook
The next morning, in addition to giving him a silver ticket of 180,000 taels, He Mu also brought a man who looked seven or eight points similar to him, but he was much older. After Lei Biao and Lin Xia appeared, their sharp eyes swept over the two of them for a long time, and when they first looked at Lei Biao, a trace of surprise flashed in their eyes, and they did not say anything.
"Boss Lei, Mrs. Lei, this is my father." He Mu said in a friendly introduction.
Lei Biao and Lin Xia only nodded slightly, not much of a surprise, and only instructed the maid to serve tea and pastries to the two of them, and said lightly: "Master He, please use tea and snacks." ”
"I thought that Boss Lei and Mrs. Lei would be more stable, but today it seems that it is now the world of your young juniors." Master He sighed with emotion, and glanced at He Mu who was sitting beside him, and He Mu hurriedly took out a stack of thick silver tickets from his sleeve and put them directly on the coffee table.
Lin Xia quietly took a deep breath, the 180,000 taels of silver tickets were clearly in front of him, and he was a little excited, but he still had to pretend to be calm and hold the shelf. He instructed the agarwood guarding beside him: "Go and invite Mr. Qian." ”
Agarwood responded, and hurriedly invited Qian Dong over, and when Qian Dong appeared, Master He and He Mu both frowned slightly, they didn't expect Mr. Lei Mansion General Ledger to be so young, but after all, it was someone else's business, and it was not appropriate to comment more.
Qian Dong was already accustomed to seeing the young and abnormal eyes of others, so he only saluted the upper seat and said, "Master, madam." ”
"Count He Gongzi's silver tickets." Lin Xia commanded.
Qian Dong was also surprised when he stepped forward to take the silver ticket handed over by He Mu, thinking that what kind of business did his proprietress do with people again, and she actually made so much money. The face value of the silver ticket is one thousand taels, and after carefully identifying the authenticity of each one, he counted the number, a total of one hundred and eighty tickets, and Qian Dong couldn't help but take a breath.
"The face value of the silver ticket is 1,000 taels, and there are no fake silver tickets, a total of 180 tickets, a total of 180,000 taels." Qian Dong said slowly.
Lin Xia nodded slightly, "Let's go into storage." ”
Qian Dongying said: "Yes." After speaking, Qian Dong took the silver ticket and put it into the small wooden box he brought with him, locked the special silver lock and left directly.
After the money was paid, Master He and He Mu directly took Lei Biao Lin Xia to the farm on the outskirts of the capital, and the endless farmland belonged to their He family. Lin Xia was not polite, and directly instructed them how to build a vegetable greenhouse, and then pointed out a few details of the problem, Lin Xia avoided that they did not understand, and specially drew drawings and detailed introductions.
Master He and He Mu were both immersed in shock, if they hadn't seen the drawings with their own eyes, saw Lin Xia's guidance to build a greenhouse, and talked about the principle of the Tao, they really didn't believe that this could grow vegetables out of season.
Lin Xia wasn't worried that they wouldn't believe it, "Now you can start building a greenhouse and growing vegetables, because there is no seasonal limit for greenhouses." ”
Master He and He Mu nodded again and again, indicating that they would immediately implement the matter of building a greenhouse to grow vegetables.
"If it is negotiated, then we can stamp the seal and handprint on the contract, and then let someone send it to the government for filing." Lin Xia said.
Although He Mu said that he was the young master of Juxian Pavilion, it was Master He who really spoke, and he saw the authenticity of the drawings with his fierce eyes, and he expected to get the market after the greenhouse, and he didn't grind, he directly took out his private seal and stamped it, and also printed his finger print. Lei Biao took out the seal from his arms and printed the three big characters of Yalinju on it, and then Lei Biao and Lin Xia each printed finger prints.
One copy of Lei Biao and one copy of Master He, after the official government has passed the file, they will keep their own.
Before leaving, Lin Xia shamefully asked Master He if he could sell a few acres of land, Master He saw the value of these two people, and was very happy to befriend the two, so he told them that there was a small village in the western suburbs, and they could consider buying it there, and they were willing to sell it to Yalinju at a discount when the vegetables were ripe in the future.
Lin Xia didn't refuse, he directly agreed, and hurriedly ordered someone to go to the western suburbs to investigate the situation.
Seeing that the income of 180,000 taels of silver appeared on the account book, Lin Xia could wake up with a smile in his dreams, with a smile on his face all day, and his speech was gentle and gentle, just when the vegetables and fruits sent to the capital from Yalinju had arrived in Lei Mansion, Lin Xia was ready to cook a few fresh dishes himself, which could be added to the menu in the restaurant.
In fact, in order to prevent diners from being tired of the unchanged menu, Lin Xia had already released the news that if the chef researched a new dish, each dish could be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and if it was widely praised after being put into the menu, if there were many people ordering food, one would be sold to the outside world, and the chef who studied the dishes could get a commission of 10%, encouraging everyone to study more.
Fortunately, after the introduction of this policy, some people have begun to innovate, and even added to the menu, and received a very considerable commission.
In the kitchen, the cauldron was boiling hot oil, Lin Xia threw the two fish with the changed knife into the oil pot to fry, put the two fish wrapped in batter and fried to golden brown into a basin on the side, and then took out the excess oil and put it aside for later use. Pick up a small bowl containing peppercorns, chili peppers, star anise, cinnamon and other ingredients, pour all of them into the pot, and with a stinging sound, white smoke rises instantly.
"Ahem, ma'am, ahem, ahem, so choking!" Shiso was so smoky from this spicy and choking oil smoke that he coughed, and his eyes were red.
Lei Biao, who had been watching the small kitchen not far away, saw billowing white smoke coming out of the kitchen, and his eyebrows immediately locked up, and hurriedly rushed into the small kitchen, "Xia'er?!" Through the smoke, I could only dimly see Lin Xia standing in front of the stove, and the kitchen was coughing.
"Husband, I'm here! It's okay in the kitchen, it's just that there's too much smoke. Lin Xia knew that Lei Biao was worried about her, and while responding, he secretly sighed in his heart how good it would be if there was a range hood, so that he would not be in the smoke.
"Xia'er, what are you doing?" Lei Biao smelled the smell of chili peppers in the kitchen, which was somewhat familiar, like a hot pot.
Lin Xia threw the green onions and ginger into the pot and stir-fried them quickly, then added water, stabbed again, directly covered the pot, and then quickly slipped out.
"Oh my mother, I'm choking."
After Lin Xia ran out, he choked and coughed a few times, Lei Biao stepped forward and patted Lin Xia's back in distress, and complained: "It's good to let the next person do these things in the kitchen, why do you have to do it yourself?" ”
Lin Xia hugged Lei Biao's arm with a smile and said affectionately: "Husband, I don't want to cook something fresh for you by myself, I've been eating perilla dishes lately." ”
Lei Biao shook his head helplessly and sighed: "Whose lady will be like you, and wash her hands to make soup." ”
"Please, you used to eat what I made well, obviously the food is delicious." Lin Xia said coquettishly.
The corners of Lei Biao's slightly pursed mouth drew a beautiful arc, and he leaned into Lin Xia's ear and whispered: "Yes, whether it is Mrs. or Mrs. cooking, I eat very fragrant, and I want to eat it again and again......"
Lin Xia's black eyes suddenly flashed with a touch of panic, and her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, especially the breathing in her ears tickled, and she hurriedly raised her hand and pushed Lei Biao hard, "I hate you!" He threw down a sentence and ran into the kitchen.
The warmth in Lei Biao's eyes became thicker and thicker, he had always enjoyed the process of teasing Lin Xia, because the reaction was so cute, no matter how long it was.
After Lin Xia entered the kitchen again, the smoke in the kitchen had dissipated a lot, and he directly opened the lid of the pot, threw all the cleaned bean sprouts into the pot, and then added the perilla cut fish into the pot one by one while the soup was boiling, and put the washed vegetable leaves in after the fish turned white, and when the water boiled again, he immediately sprinkled some salt into it to taste, and then put it in a pot.
In less than half an hour, Lin Xia came out of the kitchen leisurely, called the maid to bring the dishes in the kitchen to the table, and went to change into a set of clean clothes first. When he arrived in the dining room, Lin Xia saw Lei Biao, Xiao Xu'er and Xiao Chen'er, the three fathers and sons, looking at the six dishes and one soup on the table with their eyes, because Lin Xia had not yet sat down and could not hold the banquet for the time being, these three fathers and sons were all in a hurry.
Lin Xia couldn't help but smile, sat down next to Lei Biao quickly, and said softly, "Wait a minute." ”
"Mother, here!" Xiao Chen'er couldn't wait to grab the chopsticks and poke at the white fish balls on the plate, but the accuracy was really not high, the fish balls bounced directly to the outside of the plate, Xiao Chen'er called out unhappily, "Pill pills!" ”
Zi Su, who was standing on the side staring at Xiao Chen'er eating, shook his head slightly, and hurriedly sat down next to Xiao Chen'er and put the fish balls he was thinking about into his bowl.
Seeing this, Lin Xia called: "Agarwood, perilla, Dongling, you can eat together, don't just serve Xiao Xu'er and Xiao Chen'er to eat." ”
"Yes." The three of them responded, directly called the maid to bring the dishes and chopsticks, and shared the table with Lei Biao Lin Xia and the two young masters, without the slightest unaccustomedness.
"Madame, is this fish ball a different method, why is it not the same as the fish ball eaten on the string?" Lei Biao took a fish ball and put it in his mouth and bit it, and immediately ate the difference.
This fish ball is extremely elastic, chewy, delicious, and has no fishy smell at all, and it is refreshing to eat.
Lin Xia was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Lei Biao to remember the taste of the fish balls in the spicy hot, although there was indeed a slight difference in taste between the two, and replied: "Yes, when pounding the fish balls, only the fishy ingredients are put in, and the balls are pinched directly in the water, so the taste will be more refreshing." ”
Lei Biao nodded again and again, didn't say more, patronized the picket and ate vegetables, he already liked to eat spicy, these six dishes, one soup and three dishes were all spicy, plus it was made by his little lady herself, so this table of dishes was too much to his appetite, and he was very happy to eat.
Zi Su also silently tasted the food on the table, and said secretly: "I finally know why Mrs. said that the master is tired of eating the food I cooked, and I am much inferior to Mrs. ”
The corners of Lin Xia's lips raised a slight smile, the big guy ate happily, she was very satisfied, and quipped: "Zisu, can't you throw the cooking work to me again, I'm just doing it on a whim to change the taste." ”
Shisu pretended to be afraid and said, "Madam, Shisu will never dare, as long as Madame teaches Shisu all the dishes you know, Shisu promises"
"Hahaha, that's a bit difficult, I'll teach you when I think of it." After all, China has been around for 5,000 years, and there are thousands of delicacies, and it is difficult to say that they can be made all.