sbdcsierra Chapter 21 Junior 7
Chapter 21 Junior 7
Changfeng raised his head slightly.
"Whether my sword is sharp or rusty depends on your decision."
After a long while, Chang Feng finally said, "Okay."
The next moment, Changfeng disappeared again.
Bai Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to herself that Changfeng's temper was really troublesome. Her life depended on him, and she couldn't keep trying so hard to even talk to him.
Here, the first lady was still trying to kill her like a wolf, over there, the old lady's words and actions were completely incomprehensible to her, and behind her was the second lady who was always causing trouble.
The troublesome Changfeng and the troublesome Houfu.
Bai Zhi knocked her head hard, trying to dump out all the nonsense, then she rolled up her sleeves, picked up the bowl of noodles and started slurping.
No matter what, the world is big, eating and drinking are the most important.
It started to rain heavily early in the morning on June 15th, as if there was a hole in the sky. Just as the sky was getting light, Bai Zhi was awakened by the sound of rain hitting tiles.
The sound of heavy rain beating against the house was so annoying that Bai Zhi couldn't stop it no matter how hard she tried to cover herself with the quilt. She simply threw off the quilt and tried to get up.
She rubbed her eyes and glanced at the floor beside the bed - still empty.
Gu Yan hasn't come back for two days in a row.
Yesterday, Chef Xu asked her in a roundabout way where Gu Yan had gone. She guessed that Gu Yan was probably doing something unspeakable, so she could only reply that Gu Yan might have gone to a brothel.
She wasn't talking nonsense. It was said that Gu Yan really liked to visit brothels and was a patron of many prostitutes.
If he doesn't come back, rumors will spread in a few days that the third master of the Marquis' Mansion has suffered a stroke.
Bai Zhi really couldn't sleep, and it was too early now. The chickens hadn't woken up yet, so it was not easy to wake up Cook Xu to make breakfast. She simply put on a raincoat and walked through the rain to the small kitchen, planning to make something for herself.
At least she has finally learned how to use a wood stove, and she still needs to keep improving.
At this moment, the sound of chopping something was heard from the small kitchen, which should have been empty.
Bai Zhi sneaked in and found that it was Lin the cook who was chopping meat on the chopping board. Lin the cook was chopping so focused that he didn't notice that an uninvited guest had entered the small kitchen.
The look of a half-grown child concentrating so intently was really amusing. She wanted to tease him, so she tiptoed behind Lin the cook and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!"
Bai Zhi was quick to grab the hand of Lin the chef holding the knife.
This kid is too easy to fool! The knife almost hit her head!
Lin the cook was startled for a moment before he realized that it was Bai Zhi who came. He quickly put down the kitchen knife and said, "Madam 3333!"
Bai Zhi raised her chin towards the chopping board: "What delicious food do you want to make?"
Cook Lin pinched his fingers and said, "It's... it's wontons."
"You're coming to the main kitchen to make breakfast?"
In the past, Chef Xu was in charge of the kitchen, while Chef Lin made the fire and cut the vegetables. Now, has Chef Lin become an apprentice?
Lin the cook said coyly, "It's not breakfast. Aunt Xu allowed me... allowed me to use the stove when it's not time for dinner... I'm practicing making wontons here before Aunt Xu comes to make breakfast."
Bai Zhi's eyes lit up.
Xu's cooking skills were really superb, and because of Bai Zhi's status, she was not allowed to do too much, so the dish was often ready before she could figure out what was going on. Wouldn't it be great if she could practice with Lin the chef in her spare time?
Bai Zhi washed her hands with a basin of water, and grabbed a new chopping board and a new kitchen knife: "Then I'll practice with you, too. Do you have any meat?"
Lin, the chef, was not as concerned about Bai Zhi's status as Xu, the chef, because Bai Zhi was not arrogant and was quite close to her. He did not say those words about "the third wife is a golden branch and jade leaf" and gave half of the meat filling on his chopping board to Bai Zhi.
Then comes kneading the dough, rolling out the skin, and making wontons.
Kneading dough is indeed a craft. Bai Zhi watched Lin, the chef, knead the dough until it was as smooth as a white steamed bun, with his hands and the edge of the basin clean. But when she kneaded the dough, she added some flour when it was too thin, and then added some water when it was too dry. After four or five rounds, the dough was like mud.
What the hell is this? Why is it so difficult?
Cook Lin tilted his head to look at the lump of flour in Baizhi's basin and couldn't help laughing softly: "Third Madam... you can't add water like that." He took Baizhi's basin and did the same thing as Baizhi, adding flour and water, and when he returned it, it had turned into a smooth dough.
Then she began to carefully teach Baizhi how to roll out the dough, add water, add stuffing and make wontons.
Chef Lin deliberately slowed down his techniques, but in Bai Zhi's eyes it still looked like magic. It was the first time she realized how clumsy she was and that she couldn't keep up at all.
Neither the noodles nor the filling were obedient.
In contrast, Lin the chef flipped the dough in his hands and made a wonton in the blink of an eye. He did his job very efficiently.
Bai Zhi asked, "What's your name?"
Lin the cook: "My name is Lin Chuqi."
"Born on the seventh day?"
Lin Chuqi replied in a low voice: "No... Chuqi picked me up. My mother picked me up and brought me from Weizhou to the capital. I worked with Mother Xu."
According to the original owner's memory, Weizhou was once the fief of King Jing. A few years ago, King Jing colluded with the enemy and rebelled, causing the enemy soldiers to invade Weizhou and create a large number of refugees.
He is also a poor child.
Lin Chuqi looks about the same age as Qiaoqiao, but he is actually more steady than Qiaoqiao. Once Bai Zhi stops talking, he quietly starts making wontons, and in a short while he has made dozens of crystal clear little wontons.
While Bai Zhi was still busy making wontons, Lin Chuqi was already scooping out the broth.
"Third Madam!"
Bai Zhi turned around and saw Cook Xu rushing into the kitchen in a hurry: "Oh Third Madam, how could you... Chuqi! How could you let Third Madam do it! You don't know how to count!"
Bai Zhi quickly explained: "I asked Chu Qi to teach me how to make wontons."
Cook Xu was originally training Lin Chuqi to act like a model for Third Madam, but after hearing what Bai Zhi said, she felt relieved: "Third Madam, please go back and rest. I will make breakfast right away."
Bai Zhi pointed to the wontons on the chopping board and said, "Let's eat this in the morning."
Cook Xu hurriedly said, "Third Madam! How can I let you eat the meal made on the seventh day? This is against the rules. Third Madam wants to eat wontons, I will make new ones right away."
Bai Zhi insisted, "It would be a waste to wrap it again. Let's just eat this."
Cook Xu looked embarrassed.
"Now that Gu Yan is not here, no one will complain about this, don't worry." Bai Zhi was talking and suddenly realized - if she was not allowed to eat the food made by Chuqi, then what was she going to do with these wontons?
Bai Zhi looked at Cook Xu and said, "If I don't come, will these wontons be thrown away?"
Cook Xu said, "Ah... yes, yes, yes, it should be thrown away. Chuqi's cooking skills are not good enough, how can she be the main cook for the Third Master and the Third Madam?"
Bai Zhi frowned slightly.
Although they knew that this should be the rule of Zaolanhou Mansion and they had to obey it, the food was not guilty, but it was a bit sinful to throw away the wontons that had just come out of the pot.