Yoshida Mii

Chapter 170
When the group arrived in Anzhou, the sun had already risen high, and it was midsummer now, and the gates of the city were crowded with people who entered the city taking advantage of the coolness of the early morning.

The boy and the coachman drove the carriage into the city amidst the crowds, passed through the bustling streets, and soon arrived at the Octagonal Building.

In the morning, there were no customers in the octagonal building. When Dong Bao arrived, the door had just opened, and the guys were sweeping in front of the building with clean white towels on their shoulders.

The carriage drove directly into the yard behind the octagonal building, which was where Dongbao showed off his cooking skills last time.

In addition to Wang Cong, waiting there was the little Wang Wu, wearing a golden crown with a huge ruby ​​on his head, a white brocade robe, red lips and white teeth, and the iconic "I am rich, I am very attractive" on his face. " Standing on the steps with a haughty expression, he looked down at Dong Bao from a high position.

"It's coming." Wang Cong smiled politely, his words were full of joy, but he didn't complain.

Lin Shi jumped out of the carriage first, bowed his hands politely, and said, "Your Majesty, you have been waiting for a long time." After saying that, he helped Dong Bao out of the carriage. Cloth wrapped.

When he saw "Wang Lao Wu", Dong Bao was obviously surprised. He didn't expect that this young man was here.

Mr. Wang Wu said bluntly: "I came here today to see how you cook. If the dishes are not delicious, there is no money to take."

Dong Bao smiled, looked at Wang Cong, Wang Cong winked behind Wang Wu's back, and mouthed Dong Bao, "He's just like this, don't worry about it."

It can be seen that Wang Cong is very respectful to Wang Wu. Even if he disapproves of Wang Wu's actions, he has not directly expressed his dissatisfaction with Wang Wu. Dong Bao has heard that some big families have the status of the direct branch and the offshoot. It's different, I didn't expect it to be so.

After Dong Bao entered the stove, Wang Cong called two middle-aged men, and whispered a few words to them, and the two followed Dong Bao into the stove. Shanghe's body was covered with oil stains, so he knew that these two people should be the chef from the Octagonal Building, and they came in to observe how she cooks.

This is a small kitchen, and two chefs came in, as well as a guy who helped cook the pot. To Dong Bao's surprise, Wang Wu also entered the kitchen with his hands behind his back and a reserved expression on his face.

Don't scholars pay attention to the gentleman who stays away from the kitchen!Just like Wang Cong, although he runs a restaurant, he doesn't participate in the cooking, and he doesn't even enter the kitchen.

Lin Shi and the others wanted to come in, but because the kitchen was too small, they just stood at the door and waited.

Dong Bao glanced at Wang Wu in surprise, then lowered his head and stopped paying attention to him.Because of Huang's incident a few days ago, Dongbao has been feeling very uncomfortable. Now she especially hates unreasonable people, such as this bad-tempered young master who was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. Just ignore it.

Today she plans to cook two dishes, one is steamed pork with rice noodles, and the other is stewed pork with preserved vegetables. However, she has asked all the people she knows, including the well-informed Liu Fuzi and Li Changfeng. Neither of them has heard of "Meicai". I had to give up using plum vegetables and use long beans that are common in this season.

After Wang Laowu was ignored, he was very unhappy, no matter how the two cooks nodded and bowed, he was not happy, and stared at the girl who cut the meat with his hands behind his back, isn't this girl a servant of his family!Why did you come to the octagonal building to deceive people?The most hateful thing is that he still doesn't take him seriously!

"How do you know how to cook these dishes?" Wang Lao Wu asked bluntly, he still wondered where Dong Bao learned it from, this little girl is younger than him, how can she have such great ability?
Dong Bao was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and said with a smile: "I just think about it every day when I have nothing to do. Like this time, with the urging of the prince, I immediately thought of two dishes."

The implication is that this dish has to be pondered slowly, and accumulated one by one, not the original mastery.

Wang Laowu snorted and laughed, and slowly glanced at the people who came with Dong Bao, and said with a malicious smile: "I heard that you came with that kid Zhou Pingshan last time? What? You and that boy?" Did he know him after that time?"

Dong Bao resisted the frown that was about to frown, and didn't even raise his head, pretending that he didn't hear his words, and continued to cut vegetables with his head down.

Mr. Wang Wu began to feel a little boring. He kicked the vegetable roots that rolled down to his feet vigorously. Looking at Dong Bao's busy figure, in fact, this girl is quite good-looking, much better than those at home, clean face, white clothes and green skirts, and a red rope tied in her hair, neither the flattery of a maid, nor the shyness of seeing them like ordinary country people.

It is said that she behaves politely, neither humble nor overbearing, like a well-bred lady, but she does not have so many etiquette rules like a lady, but her words and deeds are a bit higher than others.

The tsundere young master squinted his eyes and felt that for the first time, he was a bit misleading. Why did he suddenly grab her and want to give it to Zhou Pingshan?Seeing that Dong Bao bowed his head and ignored him, he also felt that what he said just now was a bit too much, but it was impossible for him to apologize. As the local tyrant of Anzhou, even the son of the prefect's family had to be courteous when he saw him. Since I was born, I haven't apologized to anyone, and I don't even have the consciousness to apologize.

Wang Gongzi watched her chopping vegetables and answered the questions of the two cooks from time to time. He was a little bored. He wanted to talk to her but didn't know what to say. Like a pole, he lowered his status, and blurted out, "I'm asking you something!"

"When you came to my house as a maid, why didn't you sell tofu and vegetable recipes to earn money?" Fifth Prince Wang asked with his chin raised.

Complete questioning tone, very unfriendly.

Dong Bao stopped the kitchen knife in his hand and glanced at him. No matter how rich the Wang family is, being a maid of the Wang family is still a lowly slave, and she is a slave, and she has to be a maid in front of many people.I have long thought that this young man is good-looking, but his heart is not as dark as usual, and he always wants to make others feel uncomfortable.What is it if you are not a psychopath at a young age?
Stared at by Dong Bao's clear black and white eyes, Wang Lao Wu felt a little guilty, thinking that what he was telling was the truth, he became confident again, "Why don't you speak? Are you dumb?"

Dong Bao thought about it for a long time, how to scare this little boy, let him know that his aunt is not so easy to bully, and then he lowered his head and cut the meat, saying: "At that time, my father just died, and the family had no money to earn. My grandma sold me to help my third uncle to study. If my mother hadn’t knelt down and begged her, she might have sold me somewhere. My family was waiting for me to earn money to go back, and then I just came to you I was kicked out by you with just one word. My grandma was very angry when I didn’t earn any money... Later, when she wanted to sell me again, my mother was seriously ill. My grandma didn’t want to spend money on her treatment, so she sent The two of us were kicked out of our homes, and we really had nowhere to go, so we thought about selling tofu. We farmers are stupid and only know how to farm. Who would want to sell tofu? This is not... If you don’t want to find a way to survive, you will starve to death gone."

Dong Bao's tone was flat, but what he heard made people sigh.The man and the cook stared blankly at Dongbao, the kitchen was quiet, only the slight sound of the firewood burning. I didn't expect this sweet smiling girl to have such a bitter past. tears.

Wang Laowu was also stunned, and looked at Dongbao with a dull expression on his exquisite little face, as if looking for a reason for himself, and said after a while: "You didn't say it at that time... how would I know?" So, he couldn't go on talking, he just didn't bother to care about the poor family of a poor servant girl.Who sells their children to the current people, which one is not poor and can't get rid of the pot?Now he notices Dong Bao, just because Dong Bao is different from other girls, it caught his eyes and caught his attention.If it was someone else, he wouldn't bother to take a second look.

"How about..." Before Wu Wang could finish his words, Dong Bao smiled and said to the two chefs: "It's ready, steam it in a basket for a quarter of an hour and it's done."

The rice noodles of steamed pork with rice noodles are ground by Dongbao after drying the glutinous rice at home. Mix the seasoning and mix well with the washed and cut meat slices. After spreading a layer of tender pumpkin cut into small pieces on the bottom, put it in a basket and steam it over high heat.

The braised pork must first be sliced ​​and cooked, then steamed with honey and seasonings, so that the steamed meat is fat but not greasy, much tastier than braised pork.

After a while, the aroma overflowed with the steam. After a quarter of an hour, Dongbao opened the drawer and asked the waiter to bring out two bowls of steamed meat. Not only was the aroma stronger, but the color in the bowl The bright and beautiful slices of meat make people's index fingers move just by looking at them.

"Ms. Song is really exquisite!" The two chefs praised, "We have been helping cook since we were 12 years old, and we never thought that we could do the same with meat and vegetables!"

Dong Bao waved his hand modestly. She didn't come up with this idea, and said with a smile: "I was idle at home thinking about it. The two masters are so busy in the octagonal building that I don't have time to think about it. If I have the same idle time as me, I can definitely do it." Come up with more dishes."

She is not talking nonsense. In her world, many chefs did not confine their work to the kitchen. Many people learned local cooking and food preparation methods and collected various seasonings while traveling, so that they could create new recipes for themselves. The chef who is always busy cooking can't create fresh dishes.

Mr. Wang Wu tasted some of every dish, took the tea handed by the boy to rinse his mouth, and now he looked at Dong Bao with a different look. No matter how contemptuous he was, he had to admit that the dish was well cooked. , Wang Cong spent a lot of money to buy this dish, it is worth it!
Wang Cong took another pair of chopsticks and tasted the two dishes while they were still hot. Just by looking at his expression, he could tell that he was very satisfied with the two dishes.

Dong Bao took the blue cloth bag in Lin Shi's hand and said, "This is the seasoning for the tamales I prepared. This big bag is enough to make hundreds of dishes."

Wang Cong took the burden, and smiled at Dong Bao, "How much does Miss Song plan to sell these two dishes?"

(End of this chapter)