Chapter 13: Oily Noodles (1)
Wen Mingtang followed Jiang Laosu and Zhang Caimai with his luggage.
On the way there, Jiang Laosu told her about the treatment of the public chef yamen of Dali Temple.
"The treatment of the yamen chefs in all ministries in the capital is the same, with a monthly salary of 500 yuan, two days off a month, and food and accommodation are all in the yamen."
Wen Mingtang knew that Zhao Sishan's errand for himself would definitely not be bad, but he didn't expect it to be so rich. You must know that all the monthly expenses of an ordinary family of three are only 800 yuan, and she is 500 yuan, and her food and accommodation are still included in it, so if you calculate it, the monthly surplus is at least more than half of the salary.
Besides, this is also the position of the yamen, unless the dynasty is changed, do not want the yamen of Dali Temple. Otherwise, there is no need to worry about the owner running away and deducting wages.
It's a good job with stability and shelter! Of course, considering that this is the chef of the Yamen of Dali Temple, the word "stable" has to be said separately.
The group chatted while walking, and it was already past twilight when they reached the yamen of Dali Temple.
After dusk, the officials of the various ministries and yamen of Chang'an City have already reached the time of their next duty. However, yamen such as Dali Temple are uncertain about the case or something, and it is not easy to say anything about the time and duty.
When Wen Mingtang and others arrived at Dali Temple, the yamen of Dali Temple was brightly lit, like daytime.
"I guess what's going on!" Jiang Laosuo shook his head when he saw it, said casually, and led Wen Mingtang to the canteen of the back office.
The twilight food in the dining hall has been withdrawn, and at this hour, there are no officials of Dali Temple who have nothing to eat, only a few handymen are chatting around the table with a pile of fried melon seeds.
Seeing that Jiang Laosuo suddenly brought a little lady in, several handymen were startled, quickly stood up, and called "Master Jiang" unevenly.
Although he is the head chef of the Guozijian chef next door, he is also a "temporary manager", and he is half in charge, so he naturally can't be presumptuous.
Jiang Laosuo smiled at them and nodded, and asked, "What about Ji Caimai?" ”
"In the room!" A little girl of twelve or thirteen years old said crisply, "I'll call now!" ”
With that, he ran out vigorously, and after a short time, he brought a middle-aged man in his forties over.
As soon as the middle-aged man saw Jiang Laosuo, he hugged his fists and saluted, and called, "Master Jiang! ”
Jiang Laosuo nodded at him, pointed to Wen Mingtang beside him and introduced: "This is the new chef recruited by Lao Suo for your Dali Temple, just came out of the palace, the craftsmanship is very good, and the chefs in the imperial dining room have praised it again and again!" ”
When he heard that this was the new chef recruited by Jiang Laosuo, Ji Caimai was stunned for a moment, and when his eyes fell on Wen Mingtang's face, he looked carefully, and his face suddenly became subtle.
Wen Mingtang noticed the change in Ji Caimai's face, and knew that things were not good.
Sure enough, Ji Cai sneered the next moment he bought it, and said, "Chef Zhou was still a closed disciple of the chef of Hongyun Building!" As a result, not only was the food mediocre, but I heard that something was going on. If Lin Shaoqing hadn't taken action to transfer her away, the family would not have come to the door, but our Dali Temple! ”
Wen Mingtang, who listened to the words, couldn't help but smile bitterly: I didn't expect that Chef Zhou in front of her was so good at stirring things up, and she had already made trouble here in Dali Temple.
With such a "jewel" in front, I'm afraid that anyone will avoid the cook who is almost the same age.
This is really not polite, but Jiang Laosuo is old, and he is not thin-faced, and when he heard this, he immediately smiled: "Old Ji! Those students of our Guozijian are only thirteen or fourteen years old, and after all, they are still half-old children, so they can't be the masters! But you, the officials of Dali Temple, are the youngest and weakest, so why do you ask your family to come to you? Besides, you Dali Temple chefs...... Tsk," Speaking of this, Jiang Laosuo shook his head, squeezed his eyes at Ji Caimai, and said, "There are many things, which one is better than your Dali Temple?" ”
Implication: What kind of place is your chef in Dali Temple?
"This chef's position has been vacant for more than half a year, and I finally recruited one for you, so don't pick it!" Jiang Laosuo said and reached out to pat Ji Caimai's shoulder, pointed at Wen Mingtang, and said, "If Little Lady Wen disagrees with you, you can change it again!" Whether you change twelve or thirteen, you are all in the first place, and you can't catch up with the yamen next to you. ”
Ji Caimai: "......"
Jiang Laosu's words are really irrefutable. What's more, the chef of Dali Temple is indeed short of people.
Yes, after thinking about it, Ji Caimai nodded after all.
Then, without asking Wen Mingtang which one he was good at, Ji Caimai said: "Right now, our chef's lunch and evening food are being cooked by the master. If there is a lack of one to make morning food, can Wen Xiaoniang make morning food? ”
The three eclipses a day are divided into morning food, lunch food and evening food, of which lunch and evening food belong to the "regular food" for most cooks, and they can make the most tricks, while the morning food is not good, and the patterns are just a few, which is that the morning food master has always been extremely difficult to get out and is the most easy to ignore.
As soon as Ji Caimai opened his mouth, he arranged people to the position of the court food master, if he said that he did not mean to embarrass Wen Mingtang, who would believe it?
These filthy Wen Mingtang can detect it, how can someone like Jiang Laosu not notice it?
Originally, she was a little weak-hearted, and arranged a good little lady into a place where everyone avoided such as the chef of Dali Temple. Right now, seeing that Ji Caimai directly gave Wen Mingtang a dismount like this, Jiang Laosuo hurriedly opened his mouth to try to stop it.
He said: "Little Lady Wen has done an excellent job of green plum pork ribs in one hand, so if you arrange for her to be on the lunch or evening food seat, you can let her play her strengths." ”
When Ding Caimai told him, he specially mentioned that this little lady Wen made green plum pork ribs in one hand, and thought it was her specialty.
When the new chef takes office, he directly offers a specialty dish, so that she can quickly gain a foothold here.
Moreover, although if there is a vacancy in the Yamen chef next to Zhang Caimai, Wen Xiaoniang will be transferred out of the Dali Temple Chef, but it is really impossible to say when the Yamen chef will have a vacancy.
What if you have to wait a year and a half? It is always good to stand firm, so as not to ask those Dali Temple officials who have "a lot of things" to pick thorns.
It's good that the clinker Jiang Laosuo didn't help, but this help aroused Ji Caimai's dislike even more, he looked at Wen Mingtang on the side with a smile, and said, "Master Jiang's words are wrong!" Which yamen chef in this capital can still pick three food seats? Get busy, don't you have to do all three meals? If Mrs. Wen can't cook morning food, why don't you go to the restaurant outside to find out, some restaurants will really recruit chefs who only do lunch or evening food! ”
One sentence made Jiang Laosuo speechless: Although Ji Caimai's words are a bit provocative, they are also the truth. The cooks in this public kitchen all have to cook three foods, and Wen Mingtang really can't say anything if he really only cooks lunch or evening food.
But this morning food ...... It's really hard to shine!
Jiang Laosuo hesitated for a moment and looked at Wen Mingtang: "Little lady Wen, what can you do with this morning food?" ”
Compared to his hesitation, the girl is refreshing! He smiled at him and spoke, saying in a crisp voice, "Do it!" ”
This refreshing response made the picky Ji Caimai raise his eyebrows, which was a little surprised. However, thinking of the previous Chef Zhou, her somewhat loose face sank again.
The chef was so crisp and diligent when she came here that week. Isn't it still ...... Anyway, he didn't dare to believe such a little lady casually!