The crossed scholar

"Well! Well, as long as I have the ingredients, I can handle the rest myself!" Zhu Xiaobao thought for a while and said, this is not boasting, as long as he has the ingredients, he can make a full banquet with his skills!

"Well! By the way, there is one more thing to remind you! That Wu Boss, you must not offend him. He is a ruthless person. I saw him teaching the martial arts of those female guards with my own eyes. He smashed a stone with one palm. The pier was broken!" Ji Zhizhen suddenly thought of Mr. Wu and reminded him.Although he lost to Zhu Xiaobao, Ji Zhizhen admired Zhu Xiaobao very much, and reminded him kindly at this time.

"Really? This old man... Oh, no! Is this Boss Wu so powerful? I thought he was just an old man!" Zhu Xiaobao shrank his neck and said with a little fear, thinking that he had discovered the relationship between Boss Wu and Aunt Wei. Secret, I feel a little nervous!

"So it's better for Mini to have a good relationship with him. If he nods and changes jobs for you, it won't be so hard! Do you know what he likes the most?" Ji Zhizheng is still giving Zhu Xiaobao an idea.

"I got it! This old man... Bah, bah, bah, this Boss Wu seems to like drinking more! Why don't you get some food, and I'll get him some good wine?" Zhu Xiaobao suddenly thought of a very good idea.Said a little excitedly.

"Let me try it! Xiaobao, I'm leaving first. If Manager Wu comes back, it will be difficult to explain!" Ji Zhizheng saw that the time was not short, a little worried, and said hastily.

"Understood, you go, you get me something as soon as possible! Anything!" Zhu Xiaobao nodded, although he was very reluctant, he finally had someone who could talk.But he didn't keep Ji Zhixuan anymore.

Ji Zhizheng ran away sneakily, looked around, and left quickly after making sure that there was no one there.

But behind a big tree not far away, at this time, a person turned out, it was Mr. Wu. Mr. Wu looked at the direction where Ji Zhizhen was running away, frowned, and said in a low voice: "This guy is running here!" What are you doing here? I hope you are not here to eat and drink, otherwise, I will kill that little fat man together! Strange, why these two people get together! Moreover, this little fat man's talents and learning don't look like a subordinate man!"

Two days later, Ji Zhizhen sent many things one after another, including whole grains, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and even chili and peppercorns. The condiments in this world are quite complete.

Chapter 3 Bottom

Ji Zhizhen sent many kinds of things, but not many.Zhu Xiaobao reckoned that Ji Zhizheng didn't spend much money. Ji Zhizheng is currently spending two taels of silver a month, and she is still facing the crisis of being fired. If she can't generate income for the Princess Mansion next month, she will be fired!Now Manager Wu arranged for him to look for business opportunities. The Princess Mansion is too short of money, and urgently needs to have his own business and stable income as soon as possible.

Coming out of the canteen where the servants of the princess mansion ate, Zhu Xiaobao once again made up his mind to do it himself.Dare to feel that he, the slave who was picked up by the nineteenth princess, is still unwelcome!The servants in the princess clothes actually looked down on him and bullied him together.Every time I go to eat, there are only bean cakes left. The vegetables and soup in the wooden barrel have long been filled, but bean cakes are enough!But this thing is too bad to eat!

In fact, there are not many meals for these slaves, and there are not many people in the princess mansion, including the princess and those guards, there are only more than 200 people.Therefore, the food intake of the servants is guaranteed, but these servants all know that Zhu Xiaobao knocked the nineteenth princess into the pool, so they are very hostile to him.After working as a slave for a long time, he naturally formed the consciousness of defending his master!

Especially those slaves who have been with the nineteenth princess since they were young, they hate Zhu Xiaobao very much and always want to make things difficult for him!

"Hey! Isn't this Zhu Xiaobao who was beaten up by others?" Just after leaving the dining hall, Zhu Xiaobao met a girl in a green skirt. She was mainly serving Wu Yue's female guards. the maid.Maybe because of Wu Yue's influence, he hates Zhu Xiaobao very much, always finds fault, and mocks Zhu Xiaobao in front of everyone!

Zhu Xiaobao looked at the maid named Xiao Cui in a panic, lowered his head and wanted to leave quickly.But he didn't expect this maid to stand in front of him, and asked loudly on purpose: "Hey! Pig...Xiaobao, can you clean yourself up and eat again next time? There is a bad smell on your body. Could it be that the feces and urine that were beaten last time have not been washed? Do you want my sister to clean it up for you?"

"Don't dare! I can't tell the difference between men and women! Besides, I have washed before going out to eat!" Zhu Xiaobao looked up at Xiaocui, knowing that she is the one among these maids who like to push her forward, and it is said that she is very popular with Wu Yue. Favor.Zhu Xiaobao kept reminding himself that he must endure!

"Hahahaha! You're so ridiculous, this little fat man still understands how men and women give and take? Aunt Wei said he hasn't grown all his hair yet!" Xiao Cui said louder on purpose, and the group of maids and male servants around her were all Followed by a big laugh.Xiaocui just listened to what the outspoken Aunt Wei said casually, and now she just took it out to tease Zhu Xiaobao!

"You're talking nonsense! Which eye of yours saw it?" Zhu Xiaobao immediately blushed and said, and couldn't help but fight back: "I'm no less tall than you! Get out of the way, I have to go back to work!"

"You?... This dog slave from the Fourteenth House..." Xiaocui was so embarrassed that she couldn't help but want to curse, but she didn't dare to speak out against the Fourteenth Princess, only the Fourteenth House.

The maids and male servants next to her looked at Xiao Cui and laughed obscenely. Even though they were servants, they knew these things very well, and they usually gossip about each other, and they were all between men and women. thing!Some things are the same no matter which dynasty and region!How many of these house slaves are bold and sneaky secretly, each has a lover!It's just that everyone knows it!

So this time it was Xiao Cui's turn to become the target of everyone's jokes, Xiao Cui shouted angrily: "Sisters, let's take him apart and see if he has grown all his hair!"

"Okay! We will help you to witness!" Those servants were even more happy, and shouted with joy, anyway, this is the dining hall for the servants, and ordinary masters and stewards will not come here!

Seven or eight servant girls rushed forward, wanting to make Zhu Xiaobao look ugly!

"Don't come here! I won't be polite if you come here again!" Zhu Xiaobao was startled and angry, and shouted loudly.Then I wanted to run away.But it was blocked by those male servants and pushed back!

The seven or eight maidservants were also very courageous, and as soon as they swarmed up, they started to do it with all their hands and feet!Not to mention that these maids usually work every day, practice martial arts in their free time, and their strength in their hands is no less than that of Zhu Xiaobao. Zhu Xiaobao is actually very passive, and he is about to take off his pants and make a fool of himself!He didn't care about anything else, he desperately threw his hands away, pulled out the kitchen knife from his waist, and waved it around!But Zhu Xiaobao didn't want to hurt people, he just used the back of his knife to scare people!

"Ah?" This time the servant girls were terrified. No one thought that Zhu Xiaobao had a kitchen knife on him, and he dared to use it to commit murder!Although he didn't want to hurt anyone, the side of the knife still hit Xiao Cui's face, and with a "slap", Xiao Cui's face became red and swollen!

The next scene made Zhu Xiaobao dumbfounded. Several maids surrounded him and started besieging him. He keeps wandering!From time to time, Zhu Xiaobao was punched or kicked!And it hurts!

One of the servants seemed to be afraid that his friend would be hurt, so he brought a kitchen knife from the kitchen and slashed at Zhu Xiaobao!

In the crisis, Zhu Xiaobao also reacted quickly, and actually blocked it with his own kitchen knife!

"Crack!"

With a very crisp sound, the kitchen knife in the servant's hand was cut off by Zhu Xiaobao, and half of the cut off head flew towards a servant girl!And it flew towards the head, but the speed was too fast, no one could stop it, and something was about to happen!

With a sound of "Dang!", the half of the blade was deflected by a stone, and flew over the maidservant's cheek, before being nailed to a tree behind her!

Immediately after everyone's eyes blurred, Mr. Wu appeared in front of Zhu Xiaobao, snatched Zhu Xiaobao's kitchen knife, and looked at it carefully.In the end, he said with a sullen face: "You bastards, kneel down!"

Crash!Immediately, all these servants knelt down obediently, and only Zhu Xiaobao was left standing there stupidly!His eyes were fixed on his own kitchen knife, which was a family heirloom that traveled here with him, even if he offended Chief Wu, he would take it back!

"Is this yours?" Director Wu asked coldly after inspecting the kitchen knife.

"It's from my family, give it back to me!" Although Zhu Xiaobao was very scared, he still said bravely.

"He committed murder with a knife!" Xiao Cui complained first, covering her face.

"No! They want to take off my pants!" Zhu Xiaobao also hastily argued.

"We were just joking with him! He just took out the knife! He still has a knife with him, so he must have malicious intentions!" Xiao Cui hurriedly argued, and even changed the topic to the kitchen knife!

"Snapped!"

Unexpectedly, before Xiaocui could finish her sentence, Manager Wu slapped her mouth with a backhand so that the corner of her mouth was bleeding, and she almost passed out!But Xiaocui didn't dare to make any resistance, and knelt upright!

"Smart talk and stingy! Do you think I didn't see it? Have you been too polite to you recently? Haven't enforced the family law for a long time?" Mr. Wu snorted coldly.

As soon as this remark came out, these servants trembled all over, enforcing the family law?That's at least [-] big boards, usually within three days you can't get out of bed at all!

"Boss Wu, please spare me! We don't dare anymore! Boss Wu, Boss Wu..." The group of servants kowtowed and begged for mercy, and howled in their mouths. They wanted to die in their hearts. Boss Wu always said what he said!But I still want to beg for mercy, even if it means less punishment!

"Xiao Cui and Xia Dong each went to get the big board, and everyone else went to work for me! I will punish you not to have dinner tonight!" Unexpectedly, this time, Manager Wu would be lenient, and only punished Xiao Cui and Xiao Cui. Xia Dong, Xia Dong is the manservant who came out to fight with a kitchen knife.

"Boss Xie Wu!" The rest of the servants were overjoyed, the punishment of skipping one meal of dinner was really too light, and they were overjoyed.Then turn around and disperse!

On the other hand, Xiaocui and Xia Dong turned pale and trembled all over, until this time it was a big disaster!Who would have thought that Manager Wu would appear here!The two tremblingly walked to the front hall, which is a special place to punish servants!

"What do you say? You still carry a kitchen knife in broad daylight? Where did this kitchen knife come from?" Director Wu only looked at Zhu Xiaobao at this time, and asked calmly. He was no longer as fierce as before!

"I'm in self-defense! Why don't they just let them take off my pants! This kitchen knife is from my family. My ancestors were cooks. Give it back to me!" Zhu Xiaobao said eloquently.

"Family? The cook?..." Mr. Wu looked at Zhu Xiaobao and thought for a while, then returned the kitchen knife to him, and then ordered: "You go back first, and after you go back, go and get the clutter in the back of my room." The room is sorted out..."

"Oh!" Zhu Xiaobao took his kitchen knife and looked at Manager Wu in surprise!That's it?No punishment at all?This is not like the old man's usual style!

"What are you looking at? Don't tell me you want to receive the [-]th board too?" Director Wu's expression changed suddenly, and he said angrily.

"Ah? No, no, I'll go back to work right now! Well, thank you, Manager Wu!" Zhu Xiaobao shook his head quickly and said.Picking up his belt from the ground, it was almost taken off by these maids just now, what a thrill!So before leaving, Zhu Xiaobao bowed to Mr. Wu to salute, and thanked him!

Manager Wu didn't pay attention to Zhu Xiaobao at all, until Zhu Xiaobao was far away, he murmured: "What a knife! It cuts gold, jade, and iron like mud. It's a pity that it's a kitchen knife! A family heirloom?..."

Director Wu carefully recalled the documents sent from the Fourteenth Princess Mansion. This Zhu Xiaobao was bought from another place two years ago by the Fourteenth Princess Mansion, and there is no other family member!A slave who can be a cook should be a trustworthy family slave!But this Zhu Xiaobao doesn't look like her, otherwise she would be beaten to death casually by the Fourteenth Princess?

Of course, Zhu Xiaobao's survival is also a very unexpected thing. According to Wu Yue, it should definitely not survive!And he and that Ji Zhizheng are still together, what's going on? ...

Zhu Xiaobao returned to the place where he lived, and the more he thought about it, the more breathless he became. It's nothing more than being a slave after traveling here, and he is still a slave at the bottom. Even a few servant girls dare to bully him.This is really a bit deceptive!Why should slaves embarrass slaves!

But if you are angry, you still have to do the work arranged by Director Wu!Zhu Xiaobao found the utility room and started to tidy it up. Unexpectedly, Zhu Xiaobao found an object, which made him very happy. In the corner of the utility room, there was actually a stone mill!

Chapter 4 Please pay!

Zhu Xiaobao was overjoyed all of a sudden, he didn't expect such a good thing to exist here, you know that with a stone mill, you can process a lot of things!What was even more unexpected was that what I had only seen in books before would actually appear in front of me!

Since Zhu Xiaobao is in a better mood, he is also working very hard to tidy up this utility room, hoping to gain something again!Sure enough, the more you tidy up, the more rewarding you will be. Not only is there a stone mill, but there is actually a stove in the utility room, and there is a large pot embedded in one of the stoves. Don’t ask about it, it must be a fire. hole!Looking up, it should be a chimney!It's just that this iron pot is too big, it should be used for steaming, it must not be used for cooking!It was only then that Zhu Xiaobao remembered that in ancient times, there seemed to be no stir-frying, or in other words, stir-frying was rarely used!

Zhu Xiaobao, who originally hated cooks, now misses being a cook very much!Mainly because he wants to improve his food!But with these things alone, there seems to be a lot, which makes Zhu Xiaobao a little anxious!

But the mood is still very good now, Zhu Xiaobao cleaned the utility room clean, even picked up two buckets of water, and rinsed it inside and out!I didn't feel tired at all!

Zhu Xiaobao felt that it was necessary for him to go out for a trip, and he still needed to buy a lot of things, besides, he didn't know what the market was like in this world!Anyway, there are quite a lot of agricultural products, but the others are unknown!

Now Zhu Xiaobao couldn't wait to see Ji Zhixuan, so he didn't know what he was busy with?I haven't come to find myself for several days!Shouldn't he be seducing another woman from a good family?

I was thinking about it, but I didn't expect Mr. Wu to walk in.But Manager Wu was also taken aback when he came in, this little fat man's work efficiency is very high!Actually cleaned the utility room.The stone mill is being carefully scrubbed!

"Why did you find this thing?" Director Wu asked a little puzzled.

"Hey! Idle is idle, can this thing be used for me?" Zhu Xiaobao asked with a smile on his face, this is also he is testing Mr. Wu, to see if he can get close to Mrs. Wu!Because today he found that Manager Wu is still very authoritative, if he can wrap this thigh, his life will be much better!

"Huh? You can use it if you want! But what can you use it for?" Mr. Wu frowned and asked, really unable to figure out what this little fat man is going to do!

"Well! I want to cook by myself! I don't want to go to the dining hall to eat! You can also see that those servants are ostracizing me! They say that I am sent by the fourteenth princess!" Zhu Xiaobao said in a depressed mood.

"Isn't it?" Director Wu asked indifferently.

"How is it possible? I can't even beat a maidservant, and my bones are not strong enough, so I can recruit everything with a single blow! Who would send me to be a spy!" Zhu Xiaobao immediately called out!

"Hmph! I'll check it out myself! You can use this mill if you want! But you can cook by yourself? I warn you, don't go to the kitchen to beg for rice, noodles and vegetables!" Manager Wu began to be a little interested Now, this little fat man looks full of confidence, what the hell is he going to do!

"Of course! At worst, I'll buy it myself!" Zhu Xiaobao said excitedly.

"Buy it yourself? Do you have any money?" Manager Wu asked with a smile on his lips.

"Me? Manager Wu, I'm not going to eat, can the money I save be paid to me?" Zhu Xiaobao's reaction was quick, and he immediately thought of a way to cash in!

"No! You didn't eat by yourself! I didn't ask you to cook by yourself! Hmph, don't you already have a lot of food and condiments in your room?" Director Wu immediately rejected Zhu Xiaobao's unreasonable Require!But it also revealed Zhu Xiaobao's secret!

"Ah? You...you know?" Zhu Xiaobao suddenly became nervous!

"Hmph! You still want to hide this from me? What is your relationship with that Ji Zhizheng? How did you know each other?" Director Wu's face darkened again. He was not worried about Zhu Xiaobao, but he was worried about that Ji Zhizheng. A little wary, that scholar's reputation is not very good!If it weren't for the lack of people in the Princess Mansion, they wouldn't have recruited this lustful talent!

"No...it's nothing, he just wanted to help me because he fell in love with me!" Zhu Xiaobao said hesitantly!

"Lie! I just bought so many things and sent them to you just because you're lucky. Huh, if you don't tell the truth, I'll break your dog legs!" Director Wu suddenly became fierce on the right side.

"Okay, okay! We are betting that he lost to me, believe it or not!" Zhu Xiaobao said resolutely.

"Hmm! I'll check it out!" Director Wu's expression changed several times before he said.Zhu Xiaobao made a bet with Ji Zhizhen that he was watching from a distance!Otherwise, he wouldn't be so polite to Zhu Xiaobao today, even [-] boards would be exempted!

But Manager Wu didn't ask any more questions, but turned around and left. Zhu Xiaobao felt that Manager Wu seemed to have something on his mind, and seemed somewhat absent-minded!

But I can't control so much anymore. If I want to stop conflicting with those servants, I have to solve the problem by myself.Zhu Xiaobao worked even harder to clean the stone mill!

Then Zhu Xiaobao ran back to his dilapidated house and cleaned up the things Ji Zhizhen bought. There was a small bag of rice, a big bag of soybeans, a small bag of corn flour, and some condiments, including a bag of salt!

With these things in hand, Zhu Xiaobao began to figure out how to get something to eat first!After thinking about it for a while, my eyes suddenly lit up. I have it, but let’s make tofu first!That thing is smooth/tender, much better than the bean pancakes in the canteen!

Right now Zhu Xiaobao was busy, first he purified the salt in his hand, the salt that Ji Zhizhen bought was coarse salt!I don't know if Ji Zhizhen is trying to save money, or if the salt in this world is just so rough!

This re-purification process is very simple, and the current junior high school students can already complete it independently!Dissolve the coarse salt first, then filter it, and then re-dry the filtered brine to get fine white fine salt!

Of course, the filtered impurities are also useful, because it contains magnesium chloride, which can be used as a bittern.After this busy work, Zhu Xiaobao was sweating!But his obsession with food made him very excited, and he was always in high spirits!

With the brine, Zhu Xiaobao started to grind the beans next!I found a wooden stick, and started to circle around the stone mill, not to mention that this thing is quite tiring, if only there was a donkey to pull the mill!Zhu Xiaobao shook his head helplessly, now he has no choice but to use himself as a donkey!

Not long after, the milky white soybean milk was squeezed out from the gap of the stone mill!This is the most important material for making tofu!

The next step is to cook the soy milk. After the cooked soy milk is filtered with a piece of gauze, after cooling down a little, add the brine and let it stand for a while. Open the cover cloth on the surface first, and point it with your fingers. It has solidified!Hey, a big pot of tofu is done!

I really want to thank the original owner of the utility room. There are a lot of pots and bowls left. Zhu Xiaobao found that the porcelain production level in this world is very high, because all the pots and bowls are very delicate and very thin. , the appearance is also very beautiful!There is also a container similar to a casserole.

Zhu Xiaobao went outside to find a few bricks, built a simple small stove, and used the branches he picked up to live on, and it turned out to be the first pot of poutine tofu soup in this world!The bracken was discovered by Zhu Xiaobao when he was weeding in the nursery, and he has made full use of it now!

Director Wu was sitting in his room thinking about the latest things. The recent situation is really bad. The situation of the nineteenth princess is not good. Everything is aimed at her!And the most important thing is that there is not much money in the family. If you want to develop your own strength, you must not have money!

At this moment, Director Wu suddenly asked about a scent, which was a scent that he had never smelled before, and it inexplicably whetted his appetite!Looking at the sky, it is indeed time for dinner!

Director Wu walked over following the scent, and as soon as he walked into the utility room, he saw Zhu Xiaobao holding a large bowl of tofu soup, eating with a smile on his face and sweating on his forehead!Seeing Mr. Wu, he warmly poured a bowl for Mr. Wu too!

"This is what you made? What is this?" Although Manager Wu didn't know what it was, he was immediately attracted by the white and tender tofu!And there are some bracken in it, I seem to have seen it before, but I didn't expect it to be used as a dish by this little fat man to burn!

"Tofu! Try it, it's nourishing and beautifying, green and environmentally friendly, and it's delicious! It's definitely a rare delicacy!" Zhu Xiaobao said a little smugly, and even shook his head in the end!

Manager Wu was holding a bowl of bracken and tofu soup with two thick hands, but he was secretly amazed in his heart!This little fat man was probably really a cook at first!Manager Wu is not picky about food on weekdays, his only hobby is to drink some wine!But this time, he was a little attracted.

I took a spoonful with a spoon and put it into my mouth. Although it was a little hot, but as it spread out, Manager Wu was really surprised!The deliciousness of the bracken, the smoothness/tenderness of the tofu, and the slightly sticky soup are really unique and delicious like never before!

"You made this... what is it called with this little thing in your hand?" Director Wu asked hesitantly.

"Bracken tofu soup! Hehe, I don't have to fight with those servants anymore! I can't grab them every time!" Zhu Xiaobao said very happily. In fact, compared to the delicious tofu soup, the bigger Joy is the result of doing it yourself!

"Hmm! Not bad! Very good!" Manager Wu seemed not good at words, so he would say such simple words of praise!But a bowl of bracken and tofu soup was eaten up in a blink of an eye!

"Hee hee! Are you done eating? Manager Wu, can you please pay?"

"..."

Chapter 5 I don't see anything

Manager Wu was a little dumbfounded, it seemed that no servant had talked to him like this for a long time, this little fat man seemed to be full of confidence, he forgot his identity!But I did eat his food!This made Manager Wu a little bit unreasonable!

But Director Wu's age is not for nothing, if he is stumped by a brat, wouldn't it be a joke to spread the word?

"Hmm! Okay, how much is it?" Director Wu didn't appear surprised or angry, but asked calmly.

"One tael of silver for a bowl of bean curd soup, no deception!" Zhu Xiaobao is indeed a little smug now, seeing that Mr. Wu is not angry, he stretched out a chubby finger and said, full of anticipation, he will soon If you have money, you can buy a lot of things!

"Oh?" Mr. Wu trembled in his heart, thinking, you really dare to speak!A tael of silver?Ordinary people's monthly expenses are only one tael of silver.How dare you ask for a tael of silver for something made from such a handful of beans!But Manager Wu still said calmly: "Yes! Take it, this is two taels of silver, and give me another bowl!"

"Okay! Don't worry, as long as you are satisfied with what you eat, that will be my greatest happiness!" Zhu Xiaobao accepted the money overjoyed, and then served Boss Wu another bowl of bracken and tofu soup deftly!

Manager Wu was not too polite, he sat down and began to enjoy it firmly, what a fart of being polite!I bought this for a tael of silver!But when the food was almost finished, Manager Wu said slowly: "Zhu Xiaobao! These two bowls of tofu soup are worth the money, right?"