Chapter 38: A Clever Woman Has No Rice

Meijing waved her hand: "I'm just remembering things." ”

What to remember? Jinyi looked up and looked around, if you want to say that you are not familiar with this world's mansion, if you want to remember the environment, you should also pay more attention to the pavilions and pavilions, and arrange them everywhere.

"Further on, it's the third lap." Jinyi said: "Does the master still want to see it?" ”

"After reading it, we can go back to rest and eat something." Meijing raised her head and said with a smile: "The Shizi Mansion is really big." ”

"It's a big deal, after all, there are so many people here." Jade Esophage: "To manage this backyard, the master has to worry a lot." ”

It's a lot of trouble, there are so many people and it's hard to serve, just after the ledger, if something goes wrong, this piece of fat will probably have to be snatched away by others.

However, if you can manage it well...... Meijing laughed twice, isn't it more convenient for her to make money?

"The princess, the prince is back, and I have invited Governor Cheng to come, please arrange a banquet." A maid ran outside, and hurriedly said, "The person has arrived at the gate of the house!" ”

So suddenly? Shen Meijing hurriedly followed the maid to the kitchen.

The princess said it nicely, she is an old mother who cares about everything, and she even has to take care of what the guests come to eat! Banquet Cheng Dudu, when did Cheng Dudu see that he was not drunk? What kind of dishes to use, what kind of wine is good, what kind of wine is right!

The kitchen was in a mess, a few chefs were nowhere to be seen, and only two maids sat at the door and laughed. Seeing her coming, the two maids hurriedly stood up and saluted: "The princess! ”

"What about people?" Looking at the kitchen, Meijing frowned: "It's almost noon, how can there be no one in the kitchen?" ”

The two maids glanced at each other, and one of them shook his head and said, "The slave doesn't know, every day at two o'clock, Master Wen will come to the kitchen in advance to arrange, and now it's three o'clock..."

It means that she came late, so no one in the kitchen arranged it, and they all dispersed? Shen Meijing is speechless, the chef in this Shizi Mansion is also personality enough, no one tells him to stop making lunch?

"Look, the princess is at the kitchen door." The door of the wing room next to the kitchen opened a crack, and a small guy was lying on the crack of the door to watch, looking at the person behind him: "Let's not do things, what if we are fined?" ”

Behind him, a chef smoked a big cigarette, lay on the kang and said: "What are you afraid of, if you want to be punished, you will also be fined monthly money, and the master has given enough to return the capital." Can you still drive us out of the house? ”

"Chef Qin is right." A fat man next to him wore an apron and smiled flatteringly: "This Hengcheng is the culinary skills of Chef Qin, and even the prince is full of praise." We are tired today and want to take a day off, presumably you will not blame. ”

The little guy nodded and continued to look out.

Shen Meijing stood at the door of the kitchen, looked at the two maids calmly and said, "Where is the cook now?" I'll go and ask for it personally. ”

The maid shook her head again and again: "The slaves and maids don't know where they are, so the princess should find it herself." ”

Jinyi's eyebrows furrowed slightly: "The maid who is serving in the kitchen will not know the whereabouts of the chef?" Are you deceiving the princess that you don't know the relationship, or do you think we're all fools? ”

The two maids were so frightened that they knelt down: "The princess forgives the sins, the slaves and maids really don't know, the chef in the house went out after breakfast today, if you don't believe it, you can go to the concierge." ”

"The princess." The maid who had just come to report the news was still standing behind, and said urgently: "The guest and the prince have already gone to the main courtyard, I'm afraid it's too late." ”

Shen Meijing pursed her lips and turned her head to look at Yushi: "You go and inform the housekeeper, the chef is not here today, let the servants go out of the house and invite the chef of the restaurant to come back and cook for the people in each courtyard." ”

Yu Shi responded, and hurriedly ran to the door with her skirt.

Jin Yi said in a low voice: "Master, even if you invite the chef back, I'm afraid it will be too late for the guests at this time." ”

Without a gentle backyard, it became a mess in an instant. If the greeting is not good, the prince is afraid that he will be blamed.

Meijing looked at the two maids with their heads down, chuckled, rolled up her sleeves and stepped into the kitchen: "It's too late, you can help me make a fire." ”

She wants to cook herself? Jinyi and Yushi hurriedly followed, and the two maids outside chuckled lightly and stood at the door without moving.

There was nothing in the kitchen, and no matter how skillful her hands were, what could she do?

Jin Yi opened the cabinet where vegetables and meat are usually put and looked around, but it was all empty, even the jar for pickles was empty!

"This is clearly embarrassing for you!" Jinyi said angrily: "The slave went out to find them and asked for an explanation!" ”

Meijing tied up her wide sleeves and said with a smile: "Don't go, I can come up with it for them, it must be that the dishes were all used up yesterday, and I didn't arrange it this morning, so no one went out to buy it." Instead of being angry, you might as well run an errand for me. ”

Jinyi was angry, and seeing that the beautiful scenery was so calm, he could only forcibly suppress his anger and asked in a low voice: "What does the master want the slave to do?" ”

"Run a trip to Yiquzhai, there is purslane on the sunny wall on the left side of the door, it is a delicious wild vegetable, you dig some. After another trip to the main courtyard house, there is gray cabbage. Let's see if you can make a plate. There are also perilla and houttuynia in the barren yards to the south, and it won't take long to dig up any edible wild vegetables anyway. ”

Jin Yi was dumbfounded, wild vegetables? How can there be wild vegetables in the prince's mansion? And...... How does the princess know where she grows up?

She didn't have time to think about it, she turned around and ran, greeted the two maids, and did what Meijing said.

Shen Meijing was not in a hurry, and made two pots on the fire rack, one pot was water and the other pot was oil. Quickly cut the green onion and ginger, mix the chili oil, and then set the plate. I turned my head and went to the garden to pick a few flowers, and set them up beautifully.

After doing this, there are already maids who have come back with the purslane they have picked. Remove the old leaves and roots, cut them into sections, blanch them with water, add salt to taste, mix with seasonings, and land them on the prepared plate, which is a small dish.

Houttuynia cordata is excellent for wine, and she happens to make it too, cleaning and cutting it into sections, mixing it with the prepared chili oil, and forming it into a plate.

Wild vegetables alone are not enough, and after thinking about it, Meijing rushed out of the kitchen and grabbed a chicken from the cage behind the kitchen.

The maids next to "Princess Shizi ......" looked stupid and wanted to help them, but they couldn't insert them at all.

Shen Meijing pinched the root of the chicken's wings in one hand and held a knife in the other, and she didn't need anyone to help her pinch the chicken's head, so she directly wiped the chicken's neck quickly and accurately.

The chicken "clucked" twice, fluttered twice, did not move, and bled a bowl.

The maids who witnessed the whole process stiffened and did not move like the chickens in her hands.

When the water boiled for the second time, the chicken was already in the pot, first cooked, then smeared with salt, coated with flour and fell into the oil pot for a moment, and then scooped up and smeared spices, and finally stuffed some flavorful seasonings into the chicken belly and put it in the steamer.

"Go and greet the guests." Meijing looked back at the stupid brocade clothes and said, "I'll be there later, you go over first to stabilize the prince." ”

"Yes......" Jinyi came back to his senses and hurriedly ran out.

Wiping a handful of sweat, Shen Meijing took out the finished chicken and cut it, and sighed: "This is the only way, if any of you are free, prepare to serve." ”

The aroma was overflowing, and the maid standing on the side slapped herself back to her senses, and walked out with her head down.

"The princess." The housekeeper finally came to the kitchen, looked at her, and said with a smile, "Is there anything you need?" ”

It's really fast enough, Shen Meijing smiled: "There's nothing you need, just wait until I go kill a duck and roast it and send it over." ”