"I've seen Master Du, Mrs. Zheng This is your burden, take it."

"Thank you for the ceremony."

After taking back his things, Zheng Wan saluted Du Mingzhao and Qu Yu, and left excitedly with his good news.

Inside the house, Du Mingzhao quickly got what he wanted, brainstormed countless times in his head, and the moment he pushed open the door and saw Cui Zhiyun, a good idea immediately appeared in his mind.

"Cui Jiancheng, this is the sack you want to take and salvage from the bottom of the river."

Cui Zhiyun looked at the fragments of the sack on the table, showing a gray-brown color, which was very different from the one in the official shop on weekdays, and then felt it carefully with his hands, and the dry and hard feel was extremely rough.

couldn't help but flip it with his hands, and suddenly a section of red rope that had not been burned fell out of it, and the touch of his fingertips told him that this was not a hemp rope, but a more refined fine juan, a fine juan that ordinary people could not easily put on.

A sudden surge of anger welled up in his chest, and he was bound to catch the group.

Perhaps Cui Zhiyun's expression has always been well controlled, but Du Mingzhao, who was standing in front of him, didn't notice Cui Zhiyun's anger at all, thought about it again and again, and said his thoughts.

"I wonder if Cui Jiancheng still remembers the clear soup and cakes he enjoyed this morning?"

Cui Zhiyun didn't speak, just glanced up at Du Mingzhao.

At this moment, Du Mingzhao still didn't understand something, that is, Cui Jiancheng must be very satisfied with the clear soup and cakes, and he will be more confident in speaking next.

"I heard that the public chef's daily breakfast is dealt with by the miscellaneous servants at will, and the officials in the capital water prison do not like to go to the public kitchen to enjoy breakfast.

But you think, my supervisor is in charge of the supply of each department every day, and the fishermen below come back from the river in a hurry almost every day, and the officials who have stayed up all night are empty, and it is not good for the public kitchen to be unpresiding.

Since the person who made the breakfast this morning is so skilled, why not ask the lady to be in charge of the chef's breakfast later? ”

Cui Zhiyun reminisced about the taste of the clear soup in the morning, and then thought of the practical question raised by Du Mingzhao, and nodded in agreement.

"You are responsible for this."

"No!"

Du Mingzhao's voice was so loud that even his colleagues passing by outside the door could hear it, making people can't help but imagine what great things had happened inside, which could make Master Du so excited?

As soon as he got Cui Zhiyun's permission, Du Mingzhao was more confident in doing things.

In addition to Cui Zhiyun being the second-in-command of the Dushui Supervisor, there is also another identity of Cui Zhiyun, the eldest son of the Boling Cui family, and he will definitely inherit the foundation of the Cui family in the future.

Although it is so, the imperial examination can allow the poor to enter the court as officials, but the existence of five surnames and seven hopes is still difficult to match.

Just this background can make Cui Zhiyun unimpeded in the capital water prison, and even the young supervisor of the capital water prison has to look at Cui Jiancheng's face when he has something to do.

Du Mingzhao also seemed to have taken Shang Fang's sword, and immediately made it clear to the official in charge of public kitchen affairs.

As soon as he heard that it was Cui Jiancheng's order, the officials didn't dare to say anything, anyway, he was a breakfast cook who didn't enter the stream, and Cui Jiancheng wouldn't say anything more even if he changed the public kitchen to the Cui family's territory.

Therefore, Zheng Wan's stay in the chef of the capital water supervisor as a breakfast cook was decided.

When watching Zheng Wan being brought to the back kitchen by Wang Dianshi, who was in charge of the public kitchen, Zhao Qingyou thought that it was because the matter of using the kitchen ingredients privately in the morning was exposed, and just wanted to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, he heard Wang Dianshi say in his throat:

"From now on, Mrs. Zheng will be responsible for the supply of breakfast every day for the chef, and you will have full assistance, and there must be no mistakes!"

"No."

Although everyone didn't understand why Zheng Wan became the person in charge of breakfast, most people were still very happy, and after the morning, everyone felt that Zheng Wan was easier to get close to and talk.

Chapter 7 Umeboshi Baked Cake

They all stepped forward to congratulate.

"Congratulations to Mrs. Zheng, the people in the back kitchen will be at your disposal in the future."

"You don't have to be so polite, everyone will help each other in the future."

Wang Dianshi saw Zheng Wan talking happily with others, and immediately turned around and left, he didn't like to come to the back kitchen, thinking about the food he had eaten before seemed to smell a fishy smell.

Zhao Qingyou rushed out of the crowd directly, grabbed Zheng Wan's clothes, her eyes sparkled, and she wanted to know what had happened during her departure.

After all, the two of them were still discussing yesterday, and today Zheng Wan took his things and lived in his home temporarily.

The others looked at the intimacy of the two and spread out very with great eyes.

Seeing this, Zhao Qingyou directly took Zheng Wan's hand and walked to a secluded place, and couldn't wait to ask:

"How did you stay all of a sudden?"

"Speaking of which, thanks to the meal prepared for you today, it happened to be eaten by Master Du, who thought that my craftsmanship was good, and asked me to stay and take charge of breakfast. I think that I have nowhere to go for the time being, and I can stay with you. ”

"That's really good, Master Du is really a good person!"

Zheng Wan nodded in agreement.

Zhao Qingyou answered the doubts in his heart, subconsciously looked up at the sky, and exclaimed:

"Chef Liu is coming soon, go back to the kitchen first, and then talk to the lady when you get off duty."

Without waiting for Zheng Wan to speak, the person hurriedly ran to the kitchen.

She continued to stay here for a while, and then she saw a man with a full posture walking slowly in front of the people, and gradually approached in the direction of the back kitchen.

Even she could see the respectful and humble attitude of the people who followed her, almost all of them were walking with their bodies bent.

At a glance, it was clear that the person must be Chef Liu in Zhao Qingyou's mouth.

However, her work does not seem to have any intersection with the other party, and she doesn't have to think about getting along for the time being.

At this time, Zheng Wan remembered that he didn't seem to have time to look through his baggage, and quickly left the realm of the back kitchen and returned to the miscellaneous room.

She was lucky to be able to live in a room by herself.

Because her physical condition was so bad that day, no one thought that she would wake up, and she was worried that the dead would die in her room, so she randomly packed up a room that was originally used as a utility room and moved in.

The space is not large, about eight square meters, put a wooden couch and stool, and there is almost no place for anyone to put their feet.

Zheng Wan's newly acquired burden was placed on the couch, and looking at the marks left by the water soaking on it, she could imagine the urgency and panic of the situation at that time.

Even when she woke up and thought about it several times, she didn't remember in her mind who was pulling herself out of the futon.

However, there is a high probability that it should be her aunt, right?

While thinking about the warm memories of the past, she opened the baggage, and there were only two linen gowns inside, and the style should be what her aunt liked.

The rest was only a letter and a jade pendant, neither of which she had ever seen in her memory, which was strange.

Maybe it was a gift from her aunt she had never met? Specially brought with you to find relatives?

And the envelope is even more peculiar hard and crisp to the touch, the paper surface is uneven, as if it can be crushed with a force.

Most of the content of the letter was smeared due to the soaking of the river, but it can also be seen from the words in it that A-Niang took her and Aya to Luoyang to join a sister named Zheng Lanru.

As for the rest of the information, she couldn't see it clearly, but Zheng Wan thought that when she found her aunt, all the confusion might be solved.

Fold the letter paper and put it back in the envelope, pressed it under her most secure pillow, and began to plan her own money-making plan.

What needs to be put in the first place now is to first make the breakfast of the water supervisor this month, get the first month's salary, and then plan your own stall, sell some novel food, and return the medicine money paid by the cow and fish master.

When she is debt-free and light, she thinks about where she is going.

After thinking about it several times, Zheng Wan felt that her plan was fine, as long as everything could go according to the established trajectory, she would soon be able to achieve her goal.

But when she had eaten the familiar lunch, she suddenly felt that the first thing she did after paying her salary was to get a small stove that she could serve by herself and open a small stove, and she really couldn't live a day like this.

Zhao Qingyou looked at Zheng Wan's appearance as if he was eating poison, and then thought about the clear soup and cakes he had eaten this morning, and suddenly understood why Zheng Wan had such an expression.

At the same time, I also understood why Zheng Wan always refused to eat more when he was recuperating before, and would rather drink a big bowl of bitter medicine than refuse to eat.

She suddenly felt that the most familiar fish in her mouth was a little weird, and a bitter taste came out of it when she ate it, which was difficult to swallow.

He smiled a little awkwardly and said, "It seems to be a little unpalatable." ”

"It's okay, let's fill my stomach first. By the way, did Chef Liu know that breakfast would be handed over to others in the future? ”

"Today, Master Liu doesn't look any different from the past, maybe he hasn't had time to understand it yet. However, Chef Liu doesn't like to get up early to make breakfast, and it has been several years since he was handed over to our handyman, so he must not have any thoughts about the appearance of the lady. ”

"Really?"

It can only be said that Zhao Qingyou is still too naïve, when Du Mingzhao informed Wang Dian of this appointment, someone immediately ran to Chef Liu to tell the informant.

That's why Zheng Wan happened to bump into Chef Liu and his disciples into the back kitchen today, if it was in the past, Chef Liu would have come later.

Anyway, not many people in the capital water supervisor will come to the public kitchen to eat, and even if they do, they are from poor families who don't mind Taoism or even worse ordinary people.

When the handymen had processed the ingredients, he watched his disciples fool around, and he was making two dishes that looked like they could bluff people, and they were all working!

Zheng Wan's appearance is like a signal, a signal that threatens Chef Liu's status, he has never underestimated anyone, especially this person was just a foreign girl who cultivated here a few days ago.

Therefore, the next day, Zheng Wan got up early and came to the warehouse, opened the door, and saw an empty picture.

Zhao Qingyou, who followed behind him, couldn't help but exclaim: "The treasury obviously knows that it is the lady who prepares breakfast today, why only prepare flour and dried vegetables, as well as the pork meat that our miscellaneous servants occasionally eat, and the officials in the front yard think that they only eat mutton." ”

Zheng Wan raised his eyebrows as if he knew that he would be troubled.

Zhao Qingyou began to rummage around worriedly.

"Lady, you see, there is not even a single egg left today, even if you want to make yesterday's delicious clear soup cakes, you can't make up the ingredients."

Zheng Wan stood at the door, looked around, and found a wooden basin of soybeans that had been soaked earlier, and immediately had a plan for today's breakfast.

"Since there are not many ingredients, we use local ingredients to make a crispy, salty and fragrant umeboshi pancake that tastes more and more flavorful the more you chew. Those soaked soybeans are made into soy milk, and when other people come, Sister Qingyou remembers to ask someone to grind. ”

After that, she took away the dried plum vegetables and pork meat in Zhao Qingyou's puzzled eyes.

It can be said that Zheng Wan came early, and there is still enough time to soak the plum vegetables softly, and the remaining pork meat is also fat and thin, which is just used to make plum vegetable baked cakes.

When Zhao Qingyou came back to his senses, he hurriedly snatched the dried plum vegetables from Zheng Wan's hand, "Go wash and soak the dried vegetables, and the lady will go and prepare the others." ”

"Yes, too."

Zheng Wan cleaned the pork, peeled off the skin, first cut the pork meat into dice-sized particles, and then stacked them together and chopped them, looking like a lump of fat with white flowers, and occasionally a few grains of lean meat dotted in between.

After that, she made the dough of the baked cakes, first mixed one-sixth of the noodle soup, then mixed with other flour and old noodles, added an appropriate amount of cold water and noodles, and put it aside to rise.

The dough made in this way is a little harder than the semi-hot noodles, but it still retains the softness and firmness of the semi-hot noodles, which is perfect for making umeboshi yakiniku.

At this moment, the other handymen also arrived, and when they saw Zheng Wan, who was already busy inside, they couldn't help but be a little panicked.

stepped forward to Zheng Wan and said, "It's too late." ”

"You don't have to be so nervous, you just want to be on duty on the first day, and you're worried that you're not familiar with the back kitchen, so you came early, and you still come according to the previous hours in the future."