Chapter 16: Hope is in vain
finally sent away the mother who was like a flower, and the smile on her gentle face immediately collapsed, obviously she was upset, and she had to pretend to be happy, she was so tired! But in order to reassure the woman, she had to force a smile, and it was only then that she relaxed and began to have a headache with money.
Money money money, the most cheesy thing in the world, but without it, it's really hard to move an inch! If she was in the original world, she worked hard, worked diligently, and could get a lot of salary every month, but now that she is a maid who has been sold, she only has a fixed monthly salary of 100 copper coins, how can she afford the food and clothing of two people? If she wants Wen Gang to eat well, she has to spend at least three or four hangs of money every month, not to mention that she has to find a way to redeem herself, which is something that cannot be done without money.
"Ruhua, your mother is gone?"
When she thought about her heart and walked out, Mrs. Cai, who was not far away, greeted her, and she suddenly remembered that she should also take care of this old woman, after all, she usually bothered her when she bought things and bought them, and her family came to visit her, and she had to borrow her room to say something private, so she reached out and touched it in her arms, and secretly counted out fifty copper coins, thinking about it, she felt that it was too much, put it back ten Wen, and felt that the number was not very lucky, and then put it back to ten Wen, so she responded to the sound and stuffed the money into Cai Pozi's hand, and said with a smile: " This time I'm bothering my mother-in-law again, so let's use this money to buy tea and eat it. ”
"How does this work?" Mrs. Cai hurriedly waved her hand and refused to ask for it, but the money was not handed back to her.
smiled gently: "As long as your mother-in-law doesn't think I'm stingy, what's the politeness to me?" Saying that, she was funny in her heart, and she felt too stingy, but now she really has no money, and the one hundred and seventy copper coins left in her arms are simply the principal she wants to use to make money.
Mrs. Cai squirmed and accepted the money, her old face smiled like a flower, and she said softly: "If you have any needles and threads to buy, just come to the old woman." ”
Gently agreed, went far away, and still pondered about money in his heart. Of course, borrowing money is not going to work, in this Zhao Mansion, I am afraid that there is only one Xiaohuan who is willing to lend her money, and the maximum amount she can take out is only ten copper coins! So, what about the reward of the old man of the Zhao Mansion? He was still very generous, and last time he felt that the egg skin fish roll tasted good, so he rewarded a bunch of money casually, whether it works or not, try it first.
After making up her mind, Wen Wen went back and continued to chop firewood, so she went into the kitchen to find Sister-in-law Liu and asked her if she could make two dishes for this meal at noon.
Since the last time she showed her hand and made an egg skin fish roll, she has not cooked again, firstly, it is not good to show her edge, and secondly, it is not reasonable for Sister-in-law Liu, who is covering up for her, to suddenly increase her cooking skills, which will arouse suspicion. So as soon as she said that she was going to cook today, Sister-in-law Liu was a little strange, and after thinking about it carefully, Fang Xiaohuan said that someone in Ruhua's family came to see her, and guessed that she was probably waiting for the money to be used, and wanted to earn the master's reward, so she said lightly: "It's okay, but what are you going to cook?" ”
Gently lowered her head and thought about it, "Make a wild garlic dry pot shrimp and three cups*." ”
Naturally, Sister-in-law Liu had never eaten these two dishes, but as soon as she heard the name of the dish, she knew that it was made with shrimp and chicken, so she went with her to cook her own dishes.
Three cups of chicken is a famous dish in Jiangxi, it is not difficult to make, as long as the ingredients are fresh, the materials are appropriate, and then pay attention to the heat, as for the wild garlic dry pot shrimp is simpler to make, the ingredients only need fresh live shrimp, wild garlic and a few radish, add a little salt and black pepper before the pot. Fortunately, although there is no condiment such as chili pepper here, pepper, pepper, cumin are still very common, and there are also a lot of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and wine.
When the meal was set up in the upper room, these two dishes were sent, and the old man of Zhao Fu was naturally full of praise after tasting it, but I don't know if it was gentle and unlucky, or whether the old man Zhao thought that his servants did not need to be rewarded from time to time, when Jinxiu came to pass the word, not only did he not bring the reward money, but instructed Sister-in-law Liu: "Tomorrow, the eldest lady will eat fast, let you carefully cook a few vegetarian dishes, but a little meat oil is not allowed to be put aside!" ”
"Fasting?" Sister-in-law Liu was surprised: "Isn't it usually prepared in the small kitchen?" "There are two kitchens in Zhao's house, Sister-in-law Liu is in charge of the big kitchen, full-time three meals a day, and a small kitchen is for preparing snacks and supper.
"Madame said, you just listen, what are you doing with so many questions?" Jinxiu put down her words and left.
Gentleness is naturally a big disappointment, and another financial road is broken, where will she find money for Wen Gang to recuperate after two days?
Sister-in-law Liu was also having a headache, complaining softly: "I think it's all the trouble caused by the dishes you cooked, otherwise it's so decent, how could the eldest lady think of me?" How can I make any vegetarian dishes, braised pork is my specialty! ”
was blamed by Sister-in-law Liu, and Gentleness suddenly became happy again, yes, it is impossible for Master Zhao to reward people every day for one or two dishes, so the big kitchen prepares food for the eldest lady for the first time, if it tastes delicious, maybe you can get some extra pieces? Thinking like this, she immediately asked Sister-in-law Liu to do the work and promised to help cook vegetarian dishes tomorrow.
Sister-in-law Liu saw that she was confident, and she was also slightly relieved, but she inevitably nagged her twice, until she saw that Wen Wen lowered her head and did not speak, and she was dry and boring, so she turned around and walked away.
This time I didn't get a reward for cooking, but I gave Wen Wen a lesson, so that she understood that this kind of thing is determined by the mood of the master's family, and she was happy, and she was rewarded with a penny or two, and she was not happy, and she didn't give a penny of copper money, so she didn't dare to pin her hopes of making money on the eldest lady, what if she didn't reward it then? It's too late to think about it on your own! What's more, taking care of Ruhua's family is to help the poor not to save the emergency, and I don't know how much money to invest, it is far from enough to make money by rewarding, and I have to think about a long-term plan.
Gently stood there with her head down and racked her brains, but she didn't have any good ideas for a while, she just raised her head and saw Xiaohuan coming from a distance, but she instantly thought of a way to try it, so she beckoned, called Xiaohuan, and pulled her to a secluded place where no one was, and then asked: "Xiaohuan, I have something I want to ask you." ”
Seeing that she was so solemn, Xiaohuan was stunned and said with a smile: "What's the matter?" My sister just asks, and she doesn't need to be polite to me. ”