There is a Wangfu wife at home

Chapter 235 Cooking (Part [-])
The butler raised his hand towards Li Jiaoniang, and said politely, "What's your name, lady?"

Li Jiaoniang smiled slightly, "My husband's family name is Luo, and my maiden name is Li."

"It turned out to be Mrs. Li, our master and wife want to see you, please come with me." He made a gesture of invitation.

Chef Li and Chef Zhang looked at each other, and were even more surprised. The housekeeper is so polite?

Master and Madam want to see Mrs. Li?Is this a bowl of egg custard?

There is obviously no place for this egg custard.

Li Jiaoniang understood the expressions of the two, and smiled secretly in her heart, you know, the basic skills are more important than cooking skills.

The complicated dishes look very gimmicky, but they are only good-looking, and you have to eat them to know whether they are good or not.

Simple dishes may look simple, but it is difficult to achieve endless aftertaste.

She was a foodie in her previous life, she liked to figure out what to eat by herself, and she also ate delicacies from all over the world.

But whenever she is free, she makes egg custard, and also likes to study how to make it tender and fragrant.

Because her grandma in her previous life had bad teeth and couldn't eat hard vegetables and meat dishes, she has been studying various soups and tofu since she was ten years old.

The old lady in this house is an 80-year-old man with few teeth left in her mouth.

Calculated according to the age of early marriage in ancient times, Mrs. He Yuanwai is about 60 years old, and bad teeth are inevitable.

Serve them a bowl of delicious food that's easy to bite, just what they're looking for.

When it comes to cooking, whether it is good or not is second, and the most important thing is to do what you like.

The two cooks couldn't even think of this, no wonder they were not allowed to be the chefs of the banquet.

"The butler will lead the way." Li Jiaoniang smiled slightly.

She nodded to Luo Cheng, and the two followed the butler to the other direction of the house.

In the kitchen, the two cooks were still discussing.

"Hey, from the Zhang family, what is so special about this little lady's egg custard that made the old lady fall in love with her?" Cook Li looked at the empty bowl, wondering.

Chef Zhang blinked, picked up the spoon, scraped off the little custard left in the bowl, and put it into her mouth to suck.

"That's right, it's nothing special." Chef Zhang couldn't figure it out either.

Cook Li gave her a sideways glance, "I've eaten all of this, what can I taste from this little bit of foam?"

Chef Zhang threw away the spoon, pursed her lips, "That's right, but I still can't figure it out."

Li Jiaoniang cleaned the stove, "Forget it, the master agrees, we have nothing to do."

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Li Jiaoniang and Luo Cheng followed the housekeeper to a row of tall houses.

The house imitates the style of the houses of rich families in the city, with carved railings and painted buildings.

Under the eaves on the side of the entrance of the main house, there are many bird cages hanging, and a maid is feeding the birds.

There is also a maid sitting under the eaves, embroidering something.

A woman is pruning the flower branches in the garden.

Going up the steps, Li Jiaoniang saw again that there was a girl in the main room, sweeping the dust on the cabinet and the big vase with a feather duster.

Two maids stood beside an old couple, one on the left and the other on the right, waving their fans.

There are so many servants in the main house alone, so it can be seen that the family background of this family is quite good.

However, the Song Dynasty advocated frugality and was not fond of wearing silk. This was true for officials, and even more so for folks. Rich people only wore fine cloth and fine linen.

Wearing a dark brown muslin gown, He Yuanwai, about 60 years old, was looking at an account book.

Mrs. He in the same color clothes is a fat old woman with a round face, with a little white hair in the middle of green hair, she is tilting her head and talking to the girl beside her.

The butler stepped forward, "Master, madam, someone brought it here. This is Mrs. Li, and this is Xiaoguan Luo."

Li Jiaoniang and Luo Cheng stepped forward and bowed to them, "I have met Mrs. He, Mrs. He."

Mrs. He and Mrs. He raised their heads together, first glanced at Luo Cheng, nodded, and then looked at Li Jiaoniang together.

There was a look of surprise in the eyes of the two of them.

Member Wai He asked, "Miss Li has been cooking for several years?"

This is the interview?

Li Jiaoniang replied generously, "Six years."

Member Wai held the tip of his beard and asked Li Jiaoniang, "You are only fifteen or sixteen years old, but you have been cooking for six years, and you started cooking at ten?"

Li Jiaoniang nodded, "Yes, I have loved cooking since I was a child. Someone in my family worked as a cook in an official's house in Longquan County. He was very good at cooking, so he learned from him for many years until he got married."

She said half-lying, half-seriously.

She is from Longquan County, and her surname is Li, and she can be found out through this investigation.

Besides, he's just a cook, and he's not looking for a wife, so the He family won't be so strict.

Sure enough, Yuanwai He nodded and said, "My mother liked the egg custard you made just now, and she agreed to ask you to keep it. However, you have also heard that my family is looking for someone who can host the banquet." The chef is not a cook who cooks in ordinary days. You should know this in your heart, right?"

Li Jiaoniang nodded towards Yuanwai He, "I am willing to accept the assessment."

Luo Cheng frowned, and there is an assessment?

Li Jiaoniang winked at him confidently.

"Master, let's ask Mrs. Li to arrange dinner, and have dinner an hour earlier today." Mrs. He said, "Arrange a table of wine and food, and look at the dishes and tastes. Ten dishes are required."

"Well, ma'am, that's a good idea, so let's do it." Mr. He said.

Mrs. He said to the housekeeper, "He An, take Mrs. Li and his wife to the kitchen, and tell the two cooks in the kitchen that they must cooperate with Mrs. Li in cooking."

"Understood, ma'am." The butler replied.

Li Jiaoniang and Luo Cheng saluted Mrs. He Yuanwai and followed the housekeeper back to the kitchen.

The butler repeated Mrs. He's words to the two cooks, "Madam asked Mrs. Li to arrange dinner, and you should cooperate, so there must be no mistakes."

Call Li Jiaoniang to talk, the result has already been decided.

The two cooks dared not refuse to listen, and replied "yes" together.

However, I still look down on Li Jiaoniang in my heart, thinking that Li Jiaoniang must be good-looking, and the housekeeper just spoke for Li Jiaoniang.

Look, my wife asked Zhang Luo to have a table of dishes. If I can't cook them, I still won't order them.

"Thank you, two aunts for help." Li Jiaoniang smiled at them very politely.

"You're welcome." The two cooks replied lightly.

The butler arranged things and left.

Li Jiaoniang said to Luo Cheng, "I don't need your help here, why don't you drive the carriage back to the tavern and watch?"

Luo Cheng disagreed, "I'll be with you. If there's anything you need my help with, I'll just do it. For example, light the fire and pass a bowl."

He also noticed that the two cooks promised the housekeeper that they would cooperate with Li Jiaoniang, but in fact, the corners of their mouths were twitching.

He was sure that if he walked away, no one would watch for Li Jiaoniang, and the two cooks would tamper with the dishes.

Add an extra teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of vinegar, and a tasty dish can quickly become unpalatable.

Li Jiaoniang shook her head amusedly, "Okay, okay, you stay."

She is not timid, what is he worried about?

There is still an hour and a half before dinner time, which is three hours in modern times.

There is enough time.

She looked around in the kitchen, carefully checked all the dishes, and asked the cook for a pen and paper to write down everything.

The two cooks watched her busy with all their leisure.

Luo Cheng is like a guard, always guarding against the mischief of the cooks.

There are a lot of dishes, but most of the masters of the He family are elderly, so Li Jiaoniang decided to cook more dishes that are easy to chew.

She took a pen and wrote down the ten dishes.

Fish ball soup made from grass carp, fried shrimp with loofah, steamed pearl meatball, steamed rice field eel, diced ham and stewed winter melon, steamed eggplant with garlic, steamed meat with five-spice powder, fish fillet soup with pickled cabbage, roasted chicken breast with beans, sweet and sour fish cubes.

There are meat and vegetables, meat and fish, vegetables and soup.

After the menu was listed, Li Jiaoniang began to prepare the ingredients.

Luo Cheng helped her clear out a table, and Li Jiaoniang found ten bowls with vegetables and put them on the table, and then began to clean up the dishes one by one.

"Auntie, can I help wash this dish?"

"Auntie, help kill that fish."

Li Jiaoniang smiled slightly and said to the two cooks.

The two cooks looked at me and I looked at you, doing things reluctantly.

Slow down.

Luo Cheng's complexion immediately turned ugly.

Li Jiaoniang pulled his hand and cast eyes on him.

How could she not see the evil intentions of the two cooks?However, it seems that these two people have worked in the He family for many years, and they have won the trust of the whole family. She and Luo Cheng are newcomers, so no matter what happens, people will not believe them.

Only when the table of wine and food for tonight is ready, and the He family promises her to cook the banquet tomorrow, she will come and treat the two cooks.

She has plenty of ways to punish the two cooks.

With a cold face, Luo Cheng snorted softly, "Okay, listen to you, I'll bear with it for now. If they play tricks again, I won't spare them."

Li Jiaoniang whispered, "If you don't bother me, I will punish you."

(End of this chapter)