Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

The boy clasped his ears and looked at the two with wide eyes. The boy in front of him was fair and handsome, very attractive, with a pair of sword eyebrows full of heroic spirit.The one behind, although also wearing men's clothing, but with her high breasts and her somewhat feminine oval face, she looked like a woman no matter what.

"Little brother, don't look at her, she is my maid."

"The cook also brought the maid?" The boy noticed that the two men were carrying some cooking utensils on their backs, and there was also a maid. It was very likely that he was some kind of powerful cook. After all, he should be cooking for money, otherwise, what would be the use of it? worthy of a maid.After thinking about it like this, the boy hesitated even more. "Are you two coming to Kaifeng Mansion to apply for a cook? This is the back door of Kaifeng Mansion. Are you sure you went right?"

Zhao Hanyan was a little puzzled by this question, and then he and Xiuzhu beside him glanced at each other, and nodded to the servant with certainty, "Yes, I came to Kaifeng Mansion to apply for a job, could it be that someone recruited me?"

Zhao Hanyan raised his eyebrows slightly and asked sincerely.

The little servant was fascinated by Zhao Hanyan's eyes that seemed to flow like a clear stream, and he was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly waved his hands and said: "No, no, of course I didn't recruit. But before you come in, I still have to confirm , do you two know about the last cook?"

"What's the matter?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

"Sure enough, I don't know, so I said how could there be a good cook coming to the door." The boy sighed disappointedly, "Our master said that this matter cannot be kept secret, so I will make it clear to you in advance. The previous manager of the Kaifeng Mansion The cook was killed in the kitchen, and the murderer was the accomplice of the prisoner in Kaifeng Mansion Prison."

"My God!" Xiuzhu covered her mouth in amazement, and moved to Zhao Hanyan's side in fear, "My lord, it's not worthwhile to risk being killed as a cook here."

Zhao Hanyan nodded in agreement.Zhao Zhen's instructions to her three days ago were still warm. Being a cook in Kaifeng Mansion is an official place, which is safe and can reassure him.It turned out that the word "safety" was a joke of her emperor's cousin.

"The two of you still want to apply for the job as cooks?" The young servant carefully looked back and forth between their master and servant, and before he got an answer, he was a little nervous, and for the first time he was reluctant to leave.

"Apply." Zhao Hanyan said simply.

The little servant was overjoyed, and quickly pushed the door to the maximum, warmly invited them in, and asked them to help with things.Zhao Hanyan and Xiuzhu were not too polite, they really gave him everything.The boy was stunned for a moment, so he had no choice but to silently carry the things and lead them to the kitchen first.

"This is the kitchen." The boy put down his things with a smile, heaved a sigh of relief, and said to the two of them.

Zhao Hanyan glanced at Xiuzhu.

Xiuzhu immediately understood, and took a string of money from the purse to the boy.

The boy was stunned again, "What is this for?"

"You can't let you carry things for nothing, take them, and use them for tea later." Xiuzhu smiled and handed over the money.

The boy didn't expect to get a reward, so he was very happy and thanked him again and again, but he felt a little guilty for slandering him when he picked up the luggage just now.

"It's not so much, just get two papers, it's not easy, everyone will help each other in the future." The servant returned most of the rest to Xiuzhu, "Leave the things here for now, I will take you to see the master."

After saying that, the boy led the way.

After Xiuzhu took back the money, she came to Zhao Hanyan's side in a pleasant surprise, and whispered: "The people in Kaifeng Mansion are quite real."

"It doesn't matter who the owner is, the top is right and the bottom is right."

The master and servant followed the servant to Gongsun Ce's room.When Gongsun Ce heard that he had finally recruited a cook, he was very happy, and immediately met Zhao Hanyan and Xiuzhu.When meeting for the first time, it is inevitable to look at each other.Gongsun Ce looked at Zhao Hanyan, with fair skin and pure eyes. When he smiled, his eyes were bent into crescent moons, his small nose was slightly upturned, and his pair of sword eyebrows were really heroic. He was a handsome and pleasing boy, and he was not bad at looking .As for the maidservant behind him, Gongsun Ce had already heard from the servant just now, and of course he could tell at a glance that it was a woman.

Zhao Hanyan sized up Gongsun Ce, more like 'checking in', after all, the one in front of her was the first Kaifeng mansion celebrity she had ever seen.Aged in his 30s, he is delicate and elegant, with a bit of a fairy air, and he smiles very kindly, and he is easy to get along with at a glance.Gongsun Ce's speech is very gentle, and his slow tone not only makes people listen to him, but also gives people a sense of calm.

After the hatchback met, they both had a good impression of each other.

After Gongsun Ce asked Zhao Hanyan to take a seat, he twirled his beard and nodded, and asked Zhao Hanyan his name, age, where he lived, etc. with a smile.

"My name is Zhao Han, and my apprentice and I are both from the capital city. My ancestors were from a scholarly background, but my father's generation has declined. My father made a living by opening a tavern. He hoped that I would be successful in my studies. Later, my parents passed away one after another. It was difficult to continue, so I had to give up my studies and make a living first. So I came to be called to be a cook, begging for food." Zhao Hanyan tried to explain his identity as clearly as possible, "Of course, there are other small things besides cooking here. Mind, Kaifeng Mansion is well-known far and wide, and Mr. Bao's reputation has long been heard. The most important thing is that this is an official place, and there is a smell of books. I thought that I might have the opportunity to study while cooking."

After hearing these explanations, Gongsun Ce nodded slightly. No wonder the cook who came this time did not shy away from dead people in the kitchen.Gongsun Ce nodded in satisfaction, "Brother Zhao Han is very good, so stay here, if you want books or pens and inks, just come and borrow them from me."

"Thank you sir." Zhao Hanyan saluted Gongsun Ce and thanked him.

Gongsun Ce carefully observed the conversation and behavior of this young man named Zhao Han, and nodded again. He was generous, neither humble nor overbearing. Very good.

"Then you maid?" Gongsun Ce asked.

Zhao Hanyan smiled awkwardly, "To tell you the truth, after my mother passed away, she was actually bought by my father to serve me, she is considered half a sister."

Gongsun Ce nodded. He wanted to go to the kitchen to make arrangements, but when he saw Zhao Hu coming, he sent Zhao Hu there.

"The kitchen hasn't been used for nearly a month, and it needs to be cleaned. You need to ask more people to help." Gongsun Ce instructed.

From the moment Zhao Hu entered the door, he noticed that there were two unfamiliar people in the room, and one of them had a very attractive appearance.Junde does not attract envy and is full of aura, which makes people naturally have a good impression of him.

Zhao Hu hurriedly accepted the job, and took Zhao Hanyan's master and servant to the kitchen. On the way, he did not forget to introduce himself enthusiastically, as well as Zhan Zhao, Wang Chao, Ma Han, Zhang Long and others.

Zhao Hanyan listened carefully one by one.

After arriving at the place, Zhao Hu called all the people in the kitchen, and continued to introduce the other four people in the kitchen to Zhao Hanyan: Li San who chopped firewood, Lai Wang who lit the fire, brothers Chunlai and Chunqu who were in charge of washing vegetables and compradors and other chores.

Spring is coming, spring is going, these two people should be the ones who secretly protect him as Zhao Zhen said.Zhao Hanyan took a special look at the two of them. He was dressed in civilian clothes and greeted himself with a silly smile. He really looked like a servant helping the kitchen, without the slightest appearance of a guard.

Since it was agreed that they would not expose each other's identities, Zhao Hanyan didn't linger on them too much. Looking at the environment of the kitchen, it was true that it hadn't been touched for a few days and there was dust.Moreover, the kitchen is not big. There are three stoves and ovens. It can be used after a little renovation.

There are nearly a hundred officials working in the Kaifeng mansion, and the small dilapidated kitchen must not be for everyone's meals, and she just heard that the kitchen has been shelved for nearly a month after the cook's accident, Zhao Hanyan asked the reason for this What.

Li San explained: "The meals of those officials are not under our control. We are a small kitchen. We only take care of the meals of the master, the master, the Zhan guards, and the four lieutenants Wang, Ma, Zhang, and Zhao. Kaifeng Mansion is busy with business. Master Bao often forgets to eat and sleep when doing business. The master and guard Zhan have been working closely with Master Bao, and naturally they are also busy, so eight or nine out of ten times a day, the time for eating is not on time. It’s different for officials and other officials. My lord can’t bear to add more work to the cooks who receive public rations over there, so I pay for such a small kitchen by myself.”

"I see." Zhao Hanyan nodded.

"There is a name for several people eating together around the table, called 'small dining table'." Chunlai added.

"Small dining table? Cough..." Zhao Hanyan couldn't help laughing, because he felt that the occasion was inappropriate, he covered his mouth with his hands and pretended to cough, and then said in a serious manner, "It seems that it will take two days to fix it here, please trouble Mr. Zhao Wei help to pass on to Mr. Gongsun."

"Okay, okay, I'll tell the story right away." Zhao Hu hurriedly agreed, turned around and was about to leave.

Zhao Hanyan: "Then our room?"

"Yes, why did I forget about this? I'll take you there, not far from the kitchen." Zhao Hu led the way with a smile, went out from the west door of the kitchen and turned right, and arrived at a small courtyard.

Chunlaichunqu lived in the east and west wing rooms in the small courtyard, the only small main room was given to Zhao Hanyan, and the side room on the side was lived by Xiuzhu.Li San and Lai Wang have homes abroad, so they don't live in Kaifeng Mansion.

After sending Zhao Hu away, Xiuzhu began to tidy up the room.Enduring everything else, when it came to tidying the bedding, Xiuzhu couldn't help complaining: "This bed is too hard, it's no different from sleeping on the floor, and the bedding still smells weird. Young master, can this small shabby house really live in? None The palace maid lives in a good room."

Zhao Hanyan doesn’t pick where he lives, as long as it’s neat and clean, “It doesn’t matter where you live, as long as it’s clean, you go and change this bedding. If anyone asks, just say it’s from our own house.”

Xiuzhu promised to do it immediately.

At noon, the sky became more and more cloudy, and there was a burst of heavy rain. Although it only lasted for a stick of incense, it stopped, but there was already a lot of water on the ground.Soon after the rain stopped, the wind picked up, and the sky turned clear.

Zhao Hanyan started to get busy, planning to take Li San, Lai Wang and others to modify the stove and clean up the kitchen.But seeing that everyone hadn't eaten, she had to eat enough before she could work. She looked at the ingredients in the kitchen. Except for salt, sugar and sesame seeds, there were only noodles and oil left, nothing else.

Chunlai explained embarrassingly: "Because I don't have a cook, I haven't bought food for a long time."

"It's okay, let's deal with it casually." Zhao Hanyan said.

Several people responded with a smile, but their faces were slightly embarrassed.

Li San with a wry smile on his face: I thought the cook would be able to grab some delicious food, but now I don’t even have any vegetable leaves. What can I do, what a fart.

Laiwang moved his eyes: There is only noodles left in the kitchen, how about steamed buns?I don't want to eat steamed buns, they don't even have any taste.

Chunlai with an indifferent expression: I got up late today, and I just went out with Chun to have a good meal, and I'm not hungry at all.

After Zhao Hanyan listened to everyone's ideas, he calmly considered.There are only noodles left, but there is still a taste, how about making pretzels?After making up his mind, Zhao Hanyan went to fetch the noodles, kneaded the noodles in half with water and oil, and made salt and pepper fillings with sugar, sesame seeds, salt, pepper powder and sesame oil.Wrap the stuffing in the noodles, roll out the cake, and put it in the oven.Zhao Hanyan still doesn't know how to control the oven's heat. Fortunately, Laiwang, who is in charge of the fire, has experience and knows how much fire is needed to bake the cakes. So when the cakes are finally baked, except for a few, the fire is too high, and most of them are not bad.

Freshly baked cakes are the best. The crust is crispy. Once you take a bite, the soft inside and crispy outside and the full aroma of the noodles will instantly soothe the stomachs of the hungry. Take another bite and you will be full of delicious fillings. The unique salt-and-pepper flavor and sesame aroma combined with the crispy texture make the biscuits more fragrant and make people unable to stop eating. There is no need for side dishes anymore.

The only downside is that it is a bit dry, so drink it with water.

After Zhao Hanyan took a bite of the pancake, he remembered something and asked Xiuzhu to fetch the jar of ebony sauce she had brought.Use a spoon to put a spoonful into a bowl, and then mix it with cold deep well water to become ebony tea. In summer, drinking sweet and sour ebony tea is appetizing, quenching thirst and refreshing, and it is just right to eat with cakes.

Li San and Laiwang couldn't control their mouths at all, so they ate eight in one go, and even the brothers Chunqu and Chunlai, who were no longer hungry, ate three in one go.Fortunately, Zhao Hanyan did a lot, which was enough to eat.

Li San especially likes to drink this black plum tea, and asked Zhao Hanyan how to make this dark plum sauce, "I will ask my wife to make one later, the children will definitely like it."

"It's very simple. One catty of ebony plums, washed and smashed, add sugar according to taste, more dessert, less sour. Mix well, put it in a jar, boil it in water for a stick of incense, and take it when you want to drink it. It is best used in dog days to cool off the heat."

"Write it down, write it down, thank you Brother Han, I will tell my wife when I get back tonight!" Li San said happily.