The Red Mansions

Chapter 12 The Chef
Just after lunch, the people and carriages sent by Jia Rong arrived.

Jia Yun said hello to Mrs. Bu with a large bag of seasonings that she prepared, and then got in the car and left.

On the carriage, Jia Yun opened the curtains and looked out, and found that the carriage was heading south of the city. About two quarters of an hour later, it suddenly got into an alley, and Jia Yun was confused by the turns and turns. The direction is up.

"It's really not easy to find this place." Jia Yun put down the curtains and said with a dumbfounded smile.

Needless to say, the other courtyard I went to this time must be Jia Rong's secret base. For rich men like them, this kind of gimmick is the favorite to show their taste.

The carriage walked for another quarter of an hour, and suddenly stopped in front of an ordinary courtyard.

After getting off the car, Jia Yun looked at Jia Qin standing at the door, and said unexpectedly, "Brother Qin, when did you come?"

"Hey, I just arrived too, I know you're coming soon, so I'll wait here." Jia Qin said with a playful smile.

The two entered through the corner door, walked around the screen wall, passed through the vertical flower door, and entered the courtyard, where there is a cave.

The eaves are upturned, the barrel tiles and loach ridges, the doors and windows are all finely carved with fresh patterns, the vermilion corridors and columns, and the white stone terraces are built according to the situation, and they are not gorgeous and conventional.

The environment in the courtyard is closed and quiet, spacious and sparse. The houses on all sides are independent, and there are verandas connecting each other. The spacious courtyard is well-arranged with flowers and plants, accompanied by fish and birds, and stacked with rocks. It is a fresh and natural scene.

Jia Yun and Jia Qin were taken to the kitchen by the servants. The kitchen was very large and there were piles of ingredients, including chicken, duck and fish, and many hard-to-buy ingredients in the market, such as shark's fin, bird's nest, abalone and so on.

"Aren't you going to play with Master Bao and the others?" Jia Yun asked Jia Qin after the servants left.

Embarrassment flashed across Jia Qin's face, her cheeks trembled, and she said, "Don't be busy, I want to see how you cook."

"Hehe, it's still early, the real cooking will be in the evening." Jia Yun glanced at him and smiled.

Jia Qin twitched the corners of her mouth and said, "Isn't it because you're bored staying here by yourself? You don't even have anyone to talk to, so I'll accompany you for a while."

Jia Yun smiled, nodded and said, "Alright, then you can talk to me..."

After a while, Jia Rong came over with Jia Baoyu, Jia Qiang, Jia Huan, Jia Cong, Jia Rui, Jia Lan and others, and there were several Jia Yun did not know.

Seeing that Jia Yun was arranging the ingredients, Jia Rong said with a smile on her face, "Brother Yun, my father may also come over later, so you should be careful, if he is satisfied, it will be of your benefit."

Jia Yun smiled and said, "Don't worry, with the ingredients you prepared, I dare not neglect!"

"Can you tell me what dishes to cook?" Jia Rong asked curiously.

Jia Yun looked at the ingredients, thought for a while, and said, "I'm going to cook some Shandong cuisine, and more specifically, I want to cook a table of Confucian cuisine. What do you think, Brother Rong?"

Jia Rong, Jia Qiang and the others looked at each other, then turned around and said: "I have eaten Confucian cuisine before, and they pay attention to the integrity of the shape, without hurting the skin or breaking the bones. It is very difficult to master the heat, seasoning, shaping, etc. Brother Yun has Are you doing well?"

Seeing Jia Yun nodding silently, with a confident expression on her face that cannot be questioned, Jia Rong nodded and said, "Okay, you can do whatever you want, I've worked hard for you today!"

"Hehe, you gave me money, this is what I should do." Jia Yun smiled.

Jia Rong nodded and saw that Jia Qin was there, so she ordered: "Brother Qin is also here, then you can help Brother Yun here, see if you can help, it will be helpful anyway. "

Jia Qin smiled obsequiously and said, "Listen to Brother Rong's arrangement."

At this moment, Jia Baoyu, who was looking left and right, stepped forward and asked curiously, "Brother Yun, do you have a menu?"

Jia Yun: "Yes, there are twelve dishes in total, which are: Shark's Fin Yipin Pot, Braised Tendons in Braised Sauce, Tibetan Lamb with Fish Belly, Stir-fried Osmanthus Osmanthus Meat, Sixi Fish Roll, Pearl Tofu Soup, Grilled Fish Dried with Mushroom, Scallops Upside Down, Pucai in milk soup, braised prawns, potted tofu, and nine-turn large intestine."

These dishes are the signature dishes of Confucian cuisine, and each dish has been honed and honed, even if it is placed in the palace, it can still be on the table.

When Jia Baoyu heard these names, he swallowed and exclaimed: "Brother Yun, where did you learn all these skills, it's so admirable!"

Jia Yun glanced at him with a smile and said, "I have been begging for food on the street since I was six or seven years old, and I have met a few tall people."

Jia Baoyu sighed: "This also shows that Brother Yun is a caring person. If I meet those high-level people, I will at most take some money and ask them to cook me a few delicious meals, but I will not learn from them. ability."

Jia Yun shook her head and said, "Second Master Bao, you were born rich and well-off, and you don't need to learn these useless things."

"Who said it's useless? If I had your skills, I could often cook delicious food for sister Lin." Jia Baoyu said in a daze, and his thoughts had already gone to the scene where the beauty smiled after cooking for Lin Daiyu. up.

Jia Rong shook her head, said hello to Jia Yun, and dragged away Jia Baoyu who was still in a daze.

After everyone withdrew, Jia Yun asked Jia Qin, "They all came here today, what's the matter?"

"There's a shit, what else can they do besides eating, drinking and having fun?" Jia Qin pouted.

Jia Yun glanced at him, didn't answer any more, and just sorted out the ingredients on her own, but she was thinking in her heart:
"Jia Qin is really a guy who doesn't know what's good and what's not to do. From now on, we need to stay away from him, so as not to cause trouble and suffer disaster."

In the original book, this guy managed the family temple when Jia's family was building the Grand View Garden, hung out with nuns, gambled with prostitutes, and there was nothing he dared not do.

Just based on what he said just now, Jia Yun can tell that Jia Qin lacks the most basic sense of awe, and has no face or skin. When others say that he is arrogant and treacherous, he is really not joking, but telling the truth .

After a while, Jia Qin couldn't help and was bored, so he pulled a bench and fell asleep.

It took half an hour. After Jia Yun prepared the ingredients, seeing that Jia Qin was still sleeping soundly, she ignored him, turned around and went out of the kitchen, found the servant in the courtyard, and asked him to help make a pot of tea for drinking.

Soon, the tea was delivered, and Jia Yun took a bench from the kitchen and sat outside the door, drinking tea while looking at the scenery in the courtyard, it was quite relaxing.

When it was almost evening, a servant came to inform that work could start. Jia Yun saw that it was getting late, so she put down her teacup, walked to the kitchen, and started cooking.

In the spacious kitchen, Jia Yun holds the large iron pot in her hand with a towel, and shakes it left and right, as if playing.

The aroma lingered in the kitchen and soon spread to the yard.

As soon as Jia Lian, who had just walked into the yard from the outside, smelled the aroma of vegetables, he searched for the smell and went to the kitchen.

Seeing Jia Yun, Jia Lian's eyes lit up, he walked over with a smile, and said, "It's really you, Brother Yun. A few days ago, I heard Baoyu say that the food you cook is very delicious. I was dubious. I didn't expect him this time. Tell the truth."

Jia Yun glanced back, shook the pot, and asked with a smile, "Second Uncle Lian, why are you all here today?"

Jia Lian and Jia Yun have always known each other. Jia Lian often helps the Rongguo Mansion distribute annual gifts, and basically goes to Jia Yun's house several times a year.

"Hehe, it's nothing to worry about. Brother Rong and the rest of us won some money playing leaf cards last afternoon and promised to invite us to be hosts, so we all came here." Jia Lian said with a smile.

Jia Yun poured the vegetables into the plate, and said in disbelief, "The little one is called Jia Lan, right? He also played the leaf card?"

"That's not true. His mother takes him seriously. Besides, he is so young, who dares to play leaf cards with him? He should be brought here by Baoyu." Jia Lian shook his head and said.

Jia Yun smiled, and didn't ask any more questions. Although he knew Jia Lian, he didn't have much friendship, so naturally he couldn't exchange words, so he kept his head down and continued cooking.

Seeing that he suddenly stopped talking, Jia Lian pondered for a moment and asked curiously, "Brother Yun, Brother Rong invited you to cook, how much did you pay?"

Jia Yun cast a glance at him and said truthfully, "Ten taels."

This price was a few days ago when Jia Baoyu took Jia Rong and the others to their home for dinner. Jia Rong asked Jia Yun how much it would cost if he was invited to help the cook, and Jia Yun said this price at that time.

After all, he was going to take the imperial examination and needed more time to study and practice martial arts in the future. He didn't want to have too little money. If it was ten taels of silver for him to cook a meal, he would be willing to work hard.

Jia Lian smacked her lips and said, "It's not cheap! The wages for this meal are equivalent to my monthly salary for two months."

Jia Yun rolled his eyes at him, and said angrily, "Second Uncle Lian, are you a person who lives on a monthly basis?"

Jia Lian laughed dryly, stared at Jia Yun a few times, and said, "I didn't expect you to be a wonderful person. Why didn't you see it before?"

(End of this chapter)