Shangshi female official

Chapter 91 Mutton Dumplings 1
The news comes from the gossip that Chunxi heard. It is said that a Taoist nun went to the prison to visit the prison one day, and Zheng Zhangying swallowed an excessive amount of cinnabar and died the next day.

Wang Yifu just listened quietly, cutting the bamboo shoots in her hands, she cut them neither fast nor slow, the winter bamboo shoots were cut very finely, if you cook a pot of soup with mushrooms and bacon, it will be delicious.

People in the dining room found it strange that Wang Yifu remained expressionless all day long, but when she was cutting vegetables, seasoning, and packing things, her voice and movements always made people unable to help but look at her face to see if she was smiling.

In the evening when the dining room was about to close, I saw Feng Xiaobao approaching their door step by step, he walked very slowly, if you didn't look carefully at the face, the figure looked like an old man.

When Feng Xiaobao saw Wang Yifu, he knelt down and cried, "Sister Yifu, Imperial Physician Du sent me to the imperial hospital, let me report a letter to you."

He cried terribly, and Wang Yifu hurriedly helped Feng Xiaobao up and went into the room to sit down, then went to the dining room and gave him the leftover white flour steamed buns from the morning, and said, "It's good to leave there. Doctor Du is kind, you are here now." Hospital, follow him carefully, don't cause trouble to others."

"I understand, Sister Efu, I will never make any trouble for Doctor Du."

"You should take a closer look in the past few days. Is there anything missing or missing from Imperial Physician Du? I have to thank him for doing such a big favor."

"Sister Yifu, don't worry, I'll take a closer look, and I'll definitely give Doctor Du a good gift later."

"Hungry, let's eat something."

Feng Xiaobao gorged himself on the steamed buns, and Wang Yifu poured him another glass of water. His skinny days could be settled in Tai Hospital.

The end of the year is approaching, and everyone in the palace is too busy to stop.

The most important sacrifice of the year in the Imperial Dining Room is the sacrifice to the Kitchen God on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month.

At Yin time on that day, an altar will be set up in front of the imperial dining room, and all the ladies and maids in the imperial dining room will bow to the Stove Lord under the leadership of the two Shangshi female officials.

No snow in the morning, no stars in the dark.

Dressed in official uniforms, the two female food officials brought the image of Lord Stove out of the first kitchen and hung it in front of the altar.

Three animals were sacrificed, three cups of wine were toasted, and the chanting officer of the Shangyi Bureau was invited to recite the sacrificial speech. Everyone kowtowed to the Stove Lord according to the guidance of the ritual officer, praying for the stove to be safe and sound every day in the coming year.

After paying homage to Lord Stove, the imperial dining room will be busy for several days. During the Chinese New Year period, there will be big and small banquets in every palace, so things must not be short, so from today onwards, all kinds of cooked food ingredients must be stocked.

Fry all kinds of meatballs, sauce meat, make bean curd skin rolls or egg rolls. From New Year's Eve to early February, as long as the master of the palace asks for a drink, there will be no shortage of meat tricks on the table.

Wang Yifu and Shen Ci cooperated to fry a small basket of meatballs, and sauced more than 20 catties of beef, and stored them in the tank at the door of the dining room in the cold.

During the whole day, they had to prepare three meals a day for the Empress Concubine De and prepare the ingredients for the Chinese New Year. After finishing their busy work in the evening, Mo Xi told them to come in and eat dumplings quickly.

Today's dumplings are all freshly made by Mo Xi. Seeing that everyone is busy in the afternoon, she immediately kneads the dough and mixes the stuffing to make dumplings. After making the dumplings, they put them outside. They freeze in a short while, which is very convenient.

Wang Yifu first took a sip of the soup to warm her stomach, and then took a bite of the dumpling. The dumpling skin was soft and chewy, and the stuffing inside was mutton, which was salty and not stinky. The soup in the dumpling was another kind of umami. taste.

"Sister Moxi, why do you eat mutton dumplings?" Wang Yifu couldn't bear to put down the bowl, and couldn't help asking.

"It's always been like this. In winter, you have to eat mutton dumplings to keep your ears from freezing."

In winter, eat a bowl of hot dumplings and use the dumpling soup to transform the original food. The weather is not so cold, and the whole body is warm.

In the early morning of the next day, the Shang Palace Bureau gave everyone another salary. In addition to silver and a piece of cloth, this year the ladies and gentlemen of the Shang Food Bureau distributed some miluo tangerines, phoenix oranges, and small kumquats from the south of the Yangtze River. Xishan apples, soft pomegranates, smallpox morels from Wutaishan, kelp from the East China Sea, asparagus, pine nuts from Liaodong, hazelnuts, chestnuts, pears from Beishan, etc.

After posting so many things, everyone's faces were full of joy. Wang Yifu picked some things for Feng Xiaobao to send to Du Jingmo, but he sent them back intact.

Feng Xiaobao did not handle his errands properly, and his face was full of embarrassment, "Dr. Du said that he doesn't want these things..."

"I asked you to take a closer look last time. What is missing there, what is short, do you have an idea?"

Feng Xiaobao frowned and thought about it, suddenly his eyebrows stretched, and he said happily: "Shoes!"

"Dr. Du, why are there such things as shoes missing?"

Wang Yifu thought it shouldn't be. Although Du Jingmo bought a house outside, his family must be dissatisfied with his approach, but the hospital's salary does not prevent him from even buying a pair of good shoes.

"Those shoes are frayed. Although they are thick, they have been worn for many years and they are all worn out. There is no wife in Mrs. Du's house to take care of him, so it is inevitable that life is rough."

"I'll get you the silver, can you find a way to buy a pair from outside the palace?"

"Sister, the new year is over, how can there be any shops open at this moment."

"What can I do? I need to buy a pair now, and I have to do it in what year and month. I'm not very good at the work of this female celebrity. I usually do everything from my heart."

Feng Xiaobao blinked his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "I have a way."

"Come and listen."

"There are some frugal old people in the palace who are reluctant to wear the shoes made in winter. The things made in the palace are not bad, but they need to spend more money."

"I'll give you all the money at the end of the year, but you have to find a pair that fits well. Don't spend money on us. Doctor Du's clothes don't fit well."

"Sister, don't worry, the Imperial Hospital will distribute some money to me at the end of the year. Let's get together, and I will paint the soles of the shoes. I will definitely find a pair for Imperial Doctor Du."

Feng Xiaobao was actually very clever, he got a pair of good shoes in less than two days, Wang Yifu thought that he could just give Du Jingmo a thank you, he wrapped the shoes with three inner and outer layers carefully, Bring it to the dining room and tell Wang Yifu to deliver it to him.

Wang Yifu was busy making elbows and bacon for the New Year's day, so busy that her feet didn't touch the ground, she just said: "You give me a gift, isn't it the same?"

"Sister, that's not the reason. Although he was the one who helped me, you were the one who asked for help. Besides, you have a lot of talent in these shoes. How can I give them to you? No matter what, you'd better go there yourself."

Feng Xiaobao packaged it nicely for her, and specially ran over from the Imperial Hospital to let her send it there. She really owed this debt, and she couldn't refuse, so she had to say hello to Shen Ci, hugging the shoes, and go down with Feng Xiaobao's company. Hospital.

(End of this chapter)