The black-bellied peasant girl is reborn, and her weird relatives are mad

"Brother Fuzi, please arrange some work for us two." Li Jiyi packed up and returned to the shop.

"Brother, don't call me brother. I'm thirteen and you look older than me." Fuzi scratched his head with his left hand and threw the rag in his right hand into the basin. "I don't know how to arrange it either. You can ask the shopkeeper."

Li Jiyi smiled embarrassedly. This young man was quite interesting.

Xiao Chengzi smiled and said, "No need to ask, follow Fuzi and wipe the wine jar. Do you have any special skills?"

"I'm OK at cooking." Li Jiyi was a little embarrassed when talking about cooking. His mother always scolded him, saying that it was unbecoming for a man to stay in the kitchen all the time.

Xiao Chengzi was very happy. "That's great. Usually, the three of us men are not good at cooking, and the food we make is barely edible. From now on, everyone's three meals will be left to you."

"There's a small ice cellar in the back kitchen. There's a lot of meat in it. You can make more meat for lunch."

Xiao Chengzi handed over all the ingredients in the kitchen to him, which showed how much he wanted someone to take over.

Jiang Muxia had already come to the kitchen, looking for ingredients she could cook.

She was not here to work, she was just a hostage. She could do whatever she wanted, and she had to stay here until the well storing the treasure was dug out.

She had to prepare to open a snack bar in the future, and Xuji Tavern was the perfect place for her to practice because it had almost all the ingredients.

"You are here. The shopkeeper just said that there is an ice cellar under the kitchen compartment, and there is meat in it. I will stew meat for you at noon." Li Jiyi took a willow bowl and walked towards the compartment where the wooden wine jars were placed.

Jiang Muxia was curious. She didn't expect there would be an ice cellar here, so she followed Li Jiyi to find out.

The two came to the corner of the compartment and stopped in front of a square wooden floor. Li Jiyi pulled the ring on the corner of the board, and a square hole appeared in front of him.

A chill hit my face.

"Wait for me outside." Li Jiyi had only heard that wealthy families had ice cellars, and this was the first time he saw their real appearance.

"Brother Ji Yi, this is the first time I've seen an ice cellar. I'm so curious. How about letting me go down and take a look?" She just wanted to go down and see what kind of food was inside. She had seen ice cellars bigger than this one in the home of her benefactor in her previous life.

Li Jiyi thought for a moment and said, "How about this, I'll go down first and take a look. If there's no danger, you can go down later."

"it is good."

After a while, Li Jiyi brought up half a dozen pig ribs. "There's nothing good to see in there. It's all poultry meat. Go ahead. I'll wait for you upstairs."

Jiang Muxia went down to the ice cellar, and found that it was small but complete.

The ice cellar is made of bluestone slabs all around, with wooden shelves placed against the walls. Except for the few ice cubes left on the shelves at the exit, the other wooden shelves are full of ice. There are several baskets on the ground, with chicken, duck, sheep, rabbit and other meats placed in different categories, and there is frost on them, which seems to indicate that the freezing effect is quite good.

"Brother Ji Yi, I took two pieces of mutton. I will make mutton pilaf for you to try later." In the previous life, the two children's favorite dish was mutton pilaf. Unfortunately, there were no carrots here.

"What is mutton pilaf? Why does it sound like food from the Western Regions?" Li Jiyi asked puzzledly.

"Oh, I heard about it from others. Isn't this just an attempt? We don't know if it will succeed or not. Don't you want to make new dishes? Maybe I can help you come up with new ideas." She was careless for a moment and almost couldn't find an excuse.

"That's great, let me see it."

The two were busy in the kitchen. At 9 o'clock, the shop in front became lively and some customers came to order wine.

I vaguely heard someone ask Xiao Chengzi, "Boss, have you hired a chef? What kind of food is it? Why does it smell so good? Are you not content with just selling wine and want to expand into the food business?"

Xiao Chengzi was dealing with the guests and sighed in his heart, these two people are really good, it seems that he can have a good lunch.

Fuzi took advantage of the free time to run into the kitchen several times, wishing he could eat first.

The meat was stewed in the pot until it was well-cooked. By the time Li Jiyi's scallion pancakes were ready, the mutton marinated by Jiang Muxia had already absorbed the flavor. It was put into the pot and stir-fried until it was 80% cooked. The soaked rice was spread on the meat and simmered over low heat.

At noon, Li Jiyi's stewed meat, egg drop soup and scallion pancakes were placed on the long table in the kitchen.

Jiang Muxia put the pilaf into a ceramic bowl, put it on the table, and mixed it with spinach. It was refreshing and delicious, and could help to relieve the greasiness of the pilaf.

The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly, "I'll go to the front and ask the shopkeeper how to arrange the meals."

Jiang Muxia came to the shop in front. The table was full of porters working at the ferry. "Boss, the meal is ready. Where do we eat?"

"You can take the master's portion to the second floor. Fuzi and I will take turns eating. You two can eat with Fuzi. After you finish eating, come and help in the shop."

When Fuzi heard that he could go to eat, he put down the work in his hands and ran to the backyard.

Jiang Muxia put each dish in a small bowl, placed them on a tray, and carried them to the second floor via the backyard stairs.

It was the same room she came to last time. She knocked on the door gently, and after getting a response, she pushed the door open and walked in.

"Master, it's time to eat." She gently placed the tray on the small table against the wall and was about to leave the room.

Xu Da stopped her and said, "I bought three mu of land in Beiyangang where you mentioned. I will send people there in two days to build a courtyard wall and three blue-tiled houses in the name of a separate courtyard."

"Okay, how long will it take?"

"Ten days will be enough."

"Ten days? Sure. By the way, can I sell the mutton pilaf I made today to the guests?"

"No." Xu Da looked at the mutton pilaf in front of her. This was food from the Western Regions. How could a village girl from the Central Plains make it? She became more curious about Jiang Muxia. Who was she?

Jiang Muxia did not refute, turned around and left the room.

Although he disagreed to sell them, she still figured out a way to divide the pilaf and cold dishes into small plates and went to the front shop to distribute them to every customer there.

"Uncle, please try the snacks I made today for free. If you like them, come to the shop often. We will give out various snacks for free from time to time." She was so happy that she didn't notice that the man in front of the second-floor window had a smile on his face and looked at her with an ambiguous look as she walked around the shop.

From the satisfied expressions of the guests, it can be concluded that everyone is very satisfied with the mutton pilaf.

Someone else asked about the price. "Girl, you must be the new cook. We smelled the fragrance a long time ago, but we didn't expect it was made by a little girl. How much is this snack?"

"Uncle, you are really good at recognizing pearls. I told you that these snacks are free. Our shop will also send such snacks from time to time in the future. As long as you come often, you will be able to enjoy them."

Xiao Chengzi complained in his heart, the master of the family invited back a boy who was good at spending money. She knew how expensive mutton was, and he gave it away for free from time to time? But he was just an employee, so he dared not say anything.

I thought to myself that I should talk to this girl when no one was around.

A familiar voice came from outside the shop.

"Sir, this is the tavern. I saw the Li family kid driving a bullock cart to the ferry early in the morning. There were also bags on the cart. I have been waiting here and did not see her leave."