Red apricots make spring

Chapter 21
After finally seeing Ruhua's mother away, the smile on the gentle face immediately collapsed, it was so tiring to pretend to be happy despite being so upset in my heart!But in order to make the woman feel at ease, she had to force a smile on her face. It wasn't until she relaxed at this moment that she started to worry about money.

Money, money, money is the most vulgar thing in the world, but without it, it's really hard to move an inch!If she was in the original world, she would work harder and work diligently, and she would be able to get a good salary every month, but now that she is a prostituted maid, she only has a fixed monthly salary of one hundred copper coins, how can she afford it? Can afford food and clothing for two people?If Wen Gang wanted to eat well, he would have to spend at least three or four dollars a month, not to mention that she had to find a way to redeem herself, these were all things that could not be done without money.

"Ru Hua, your mother is gone?"

When Rourou was thinking about her thoughts and walked out, Mrs. Cai, who was guarding not far away, greeted her, and she suddenly remembered that she should also take care of this old woman, after all, she usually has to trouble her when shopping, and Ruhua's family came to visit her , I had to borrow her house to say something private, so I reached out and touched it in my bosom, and secretly counted out fifty copper coins. After thinking about it, I thought it was too much, and I put ten coins back. I felt that the number was not auspicious, so I put it back Shiwen, then went up to greet her, put the money into Granny Cai's hand, and said with a smile: "This time I'm going to trouble you again, Granny, let's use this money to buy a cup of tea."

"How can this be done?" Mrs. Cai quickly waved her hand and refused to take it, but the money was not returned to her.

She smiled gently and said, "As long as you don't think I'm stingy, mother-in-law, why are you being polite to me?" She said, amused in her heart, and she also felt that she was too stingy, but now she really has no money, and the rest of her bosom The 170 Wen copper coins she bought were basically the principal she wanted to use to make money. If she used up all the extravagant money, then she could only cry with Ruhua's mother and younger brother, holding their heads together.

Granny Cai accepted the money coyly, smiling like a flower on her old face, and said repeatedly: "If you have any needles and thread to buy, just come to the old lady."

With a gentle promise, he went far away, still thinking about money in his heart.Of course, the road of borrowing money will not work, Xiaohuan is probably the only one willing to lend her money in the Zhao residence, and the largest amount she can give is only ten copper coins!So, what about the reward from the master of the Zhao family?He is quite generous in his actions. Last time he thought the egg skin fish roll tasted good, so he rewarded him with a lot of money. No matter if it works or not, let's try it first.

After making up her mind, Wenrou went back to continue chopping firewood, then went into the kitchen to find Mrs. Liu, and asked her if she could let her cook two dishes for lunch.

Since she showed her skills last time and made an egg-skin fish roll, she hasn't cooked any more. Firstly, it's not good to be too sharp, and secondly, it doesn't make sense for Mrs. Liu, who is covering her up, to be a great cook. It will be suspicious.So today when she said that she wanted to cook, Mrs. Liu felt a little strange. After thinking about it, just now Xiaohuan said that someone from Ruhua's family came to see her. Then he said lightly: "There is nothing wrong with this, but what kind of food are you going to cook?"

Gentle lowered her head and thought for a while, "Make a dry pot shrimp with wild garlic and three cups of *."

Mrs. Liu naturally had never eaten these two dishes, but she knew that they were made with fresh shrimp and chicken as soon as she heard the name of the dish, so she let her cook it herself.

Three cups of chicken is a famous dish in Jiangxi. It is not difficult to make, as long as the ingredients are fresh, the ingredients are appropriate, and then pay attention to the heat. As for the dried wild garlic shrimp, it is even easier to cook. The ingredients only need fresh live shrimp and wild garlic. And a few radishes, just add some salt and black pepper before cooking.Fortunately, although there is no condiment like chili here, pepper, pepper, and cumin are still very common, as well as a lot of oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar wine.

When the meal was set up in the upper room, and these two dishes were brought up, the master of the Zhao family was full of praise after tasting it, but he didn't know whether it was because being gentle was more unlucky, or because Master Zhao thought that his servants didn't need to tip often, this time Jinxiu came to spread the word At that time, not only did he not bring the reward, but he also told Mrs. Liu: "Tomorrow the lady will have a vegetarian meal, so I asked you to carefully cook some vegetarian dishes, but you are not allowed to put any meat or oil in it!"

"Sister-in-law Liu?" Aunt Liu was surprised: "Isn't it usually prepared by the small kitchen?" There are two kitchens in Zhao's mansion, and Aunt Liu is in charge of the big kitchen, which is full-time for three meals a day, and there is another small kitchen. The kitchen is used to prepare snacks and suppers. The eldest lady thinks the small kitchen is cleaner, so it is not the big kitchen's turn to intervene in the preparation of meals during fasting.

"Madam said, just listen, what are you asking so much for?" Jinxiu left without saying a word.

Wen Rou was naturally disappointed, another source of income was cut off, where would she find money for Wen Gang to take care of her body two days later?
Mrs. Liu also had a headache, complaining softly: "I think it's all the trouble caused by your cooking, otherwise it's very good, why would Da Furen think of me? I can't make vegetarian dishes, braised pork is my specialty vegetable!"

Being reprimanded by Aunt Liu, Ruanrou suddenly became happy again. That's right, it is impossible for Mr. Zhao to reward his servants for one or two dishes every day. It is the first time that the big kitchen prepares vegetarian dishes for the lady. If the dishes are delicious, Maybe I can get some extra pieces?Thinking of this, she immediately asked Mrs. Liu for work, and promised to help cook vegetarian dishes tomorrow.

Seeing that she looked confident, Mrs. Liu felt relieved, but it was inevitable that she would keep nagging her a few words. She didn't turn and walk away until she saw Wen Wen lowered her head and said nothing, and her mouth became dry and boring.

This time I didn't get a reward for cooking, but it taught Wen Rou a lesson, let her understand that rewards are based on the mood of the host. If she is happy, she will be rewarded with a penny. If she is unhappy, she will not pay a penny Yes, so she no longer dares to pin her hope of making money on the eldest lady, what if she doesn't reward it then?It's too late to think about it temporarily!What's more, taking care of Ruhua's family is to save the poor, not an emergency, and I don't know how much money I need to invest. It is not enough to make money from rewards alone, and I have to think about long-term plans.

Gentle stood there with her head down, racking her brains, but she didn't have any good ideas for a while, just happened to raise her head, and saw Xiaohuan coming from a distance, and instantly thought of a way to try, so she called Beckoning, calling Xiaohuan, pulling her to a secluded place where no one was around, and then asked: "Xiaohuan, I have something to ask you."

Seeing her speaking so seriously, Xiaohuan was taken aback for a moment, and said with a smile, "What's the matter? Sister just ask, you don't need to be polite to me."

(End of this chapter)