Traveling to ancient times to sweep the catering industry

The people in the kitchen were still talking and didn't notice that He was listening at the door.

He coughed twice to remind the people inside, then walked in and asked, "My young lady wants to have breakfast. Can you please help me make some food?"

"You are..." The cooks didn't know He.

He said, "I came here as a dowry with my young lady. I came to bring some food to her. My last name is He."

When the cooks heard that it was from the new lady's room, they immediately greeted her with smiles, trying to please the new master.

"Mother He! What would you like to eat, Madam? We'll make it right away."

Mother Zhou also pulled He aside and said, "Mother He, please sit down quickly. Don't wait any longer."

Seeing that Zhou was not as rigid as Wu, He quickly approached her and asked, "I just came here and overheard at the door. I wonder which wife of the general is the son and daughter of this young man you are talking about?"

He had heard that the general had two wives, but she had never heard that either wife had given birth to a child. If the son was really born to one of the wives, then even if her daughter gave birth to a child in the future, she would have to be ranked behind, and her position would be unstable.

Zhou was happy to befriend He, so she leaned over and whispered, "They are not born by any lady. This boy and girl are a pair of boy and girl, six years old this year. The general suddenly brought them back from outside two years ago. We don't know where they came from. The general just said they were his own children and asked the people in the mansion to treat them well."

Those brought back from outside are children from the concubine's wife.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

The son of a concubine is not a threat yet.

He asked again: "Are there any other concubines in the mansion who have given birth to children? And which concubine is the most favored now?"

Zhou shook her head: "The general has no other children except this pair of children. The general rarely returns to the general's mansion, so it is not considered that any concubine is favored."

He nodded, took out some change and handed it to Zhou: "Madam has just entered the mansion and doesn't know much about the affairs of the mansion. I will need your help in the future!"

"I don't deserve it. If Madam can use us, we will definitely serve you."

After pretending to refuse, Zhou still accepted a few taels of silver.

After finding out the news, He hurried back to report to Cheng Wenwen.

Cheng Wenwen was still catching up on her sleep, so He hurriedly pulled her up.

Cheng Wenwen sighed: "Aunt He, what's wrong?"

"Miss, the general already has a concubine's eldest son! The general is already twenty-six years old, so you must pay more attention to this heir!"

Although he is just a concubine's eldest son born to a concubine, if the age difference between a concubine's eldest son and the legitimate son is too big, his status will inevitably be somewhat unstable.

"He has children?"

He thought she cared, and hurriedly explained: "Yes, but he is just a concubine's child, young lady, don't take it too seriously, when you give birth to a legitimate son, his status will be higher than his."

Cheng Wenwen's sleepiness faded a little, thinking that this general was not only old and ugly, but also had been married three times and had a wife and concubines, and he even had an illegitimate child with a mistress. Her impression of the general became even worse.

The desire to escape became stronger.

Originally, he had planned to wait until he recovered from his injuries before thinking about escaping yesterday, but now he doesn't have enough money and the general's mansion is so complicated, so making money and running away is imminent.

"Is breakfast ready?"

Only after you have enough food and keep your body healthy can you make plans for the next step.

Seeing Cheng Wenwen's attitude, He felt that it was the emperor who was not anxious, but the eunuch was. She sighed and brought breakfast to the bedside. Since Cheng Wenwen's hand was broken, she had to serve her meal.

After dinner, Cheng Wenwen lay down again. She had a sore back from the fall yesterday and needed to recuperate.

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After recuperating for several days, Cheng Wenwen finally got out of bed and walked around.

But despite her cultivation, she is still able to command her subordinates to do things.

"Aunt He, how much money do we have left?"

Mother He had already counted them and replied, "The boxes of dowry we brought with us were almost all robbed! Now we only have some personal money left, which adds up to about eight or nine strings of cash!"

Money shops and silver bills were not yet popular in the Great Sheng Dynasty, so it was very inconvenient to carry money. Her dowry was mostly boxes of organized money, which were all snatched away in an instant when the bandits came.

Seven or eight strings of cash is equivalent to thirty or forty thousand yuan in modern times, which is actually a lot. But if you want to escape and be self-reliant, the money will be spent in one or two years, so you have to find a way to make money. Only when you have enough money can you be guaranteed to escape.

"Mother He, go buy some more pork. It should be fat and lean. The meat doesn't have to be too good, but it has to be fresh."

He was puzzled: "Miss, what are you going to do?"

"We are short of money! Of course we should do business!"

He disagreed and said, "Miss, we can't do this if we are short of money. We can't do business outside in public. It will be embarrassing if it gets out! The general will lose face!"

Cheng Wenwen didn't agree with He's mother's red tape and backward ideas at all, but she couldn't argue with He's mother, so she could only use her status to intimidate her and said seriously:

"Mother He, now that you are with me, I am your master and you must obey me in everything! Don't use the rules of the wealthy families you used to teach me. You must do whatever I say!"

It was the first time that Mother He saw the young lady being serious, so she didn't dare to say anything and went to sell pork according to Cheng Wenwen's instructions.

Cheng Wenwen took advantage of this opportunity to take out a drawing and handed it to Pei'er: "Go find a blacksmith shop and print this out according to the drawing."

Pei'er held the painting, a little puzzled: "Miss, what is this?"

"It's the grill! Go get it!"

"Yes!"

Pei'er has followed the young lady since she was a child. Although the young lady can always come up with strange things, she knows that these things are of course useful, so she will not question the young lady's orders like He's mother.

Cheng Wenwen's drawing was very clear, and Pei'er quickly found a blacksmith who could make it. She paid a deposit of ten cents and could pick it up the next day. It was quite fast.

Mother He bought ten kilograms of pork and asked a guard to help carry it back.

"Miss, what are we going to do with all this pork? We can't just sell the pork, can we?"

Cheng Wenwen answered their questions: "Let's make grilled sausages and set up a street stall!"

Aren’t all those who have become wealthy nowadays started out by setting up stalls on the street?

Fortunately, Cheng Wenwen used to like watching food videos and accidentally saw a blogger selling grilled sausages on the street. Now that she has traveled to ancient times, it is a good opportunity for her to put it into practice.

Cheng Wenwen was directing several people to do things with her arm hanging down.

Mother He was chopping the meat while Pei'er was seasoning and making sausages.

The two maids Wu Li sent to take care of her were named Xiaolan and Xiaodie. They were sisters and were arranged by Cheng Wenwen to cook sausages.

The five people in the yard had a clear division of labor, and soon the sausages came out of the pot one by one, and the semi-finished products were ready.

Cheng Wenwen fanned the fire with one hand, set up a small pot, and began to fry the sausages. Soon, the yard was filled with the sizzling aroma of meat, which was extremely tempting.

"Ma'am, it smells so good!"

"Yeah! We've made sausages at home, but they've never been this delicious!"

Xiaolan and Xiaodie were obviously greedy. They had never seen the world, so they were easily tempted by the fragrance.

Cheng Wenwen called out to the four people working: "Come on, take a break and try some!"

Pei'er rushed over first and took a bite of the sausage without hesitation. With a sizzling sound, oil instantly splashed out of her mouth. She said incoherently: "It's so delicious! Miss's cooking skills are really good!"

He also tasted it carefully and found it was indeed delicious. "I have worked for aristocratic families for such a long time, and I have eaten all kinds of delicacies, but I have never eaten sausages made in this special way!"

Cheng Wenwen smiled and said, of course, this is a modern way of making sausage, it certainly didn’t exist in ancient times.

He continued to ask: "Miss, what secret recipes do you use to make it?"

There were all kinds of spices from Cheng Wenwen, and He couldn't tell what they were at all.

The two little girls were also very curious and leaned over to listen.

Cheng Wenwen did not hide anything and said directly: "It's just some onions, ginger, garlic, star anise, pepper, cinnamon, chili and five-spice powder..."

There were so many spices that even if Cheng Wenwen told them, they couldn’t remember them all.

He said, "I know about onions, ginger and garlic, but aren't star anise, pepper and cinnamon medicines? I have never heard of the other things."

Cheng Wenwen thought that these spices were treasures she had accumulated over the past ten years when she traveled back to ancient times. Ancient species were not complete, and it took her a long time to find them.

Fortunately, the bandits didn't like the bottles and jars she brought, otherwise she would have been left with nothing.

After a few people had enjoyed their fill, they packed the remaining sausages. The weather was not hot, so it was no problem to store them for a day or two.

Cheng Wenwen immediately said, "Mother He, when our barbecue grill arrives, we will go out and set up a stall together!"

He was worried: "Miss, do you really want to set up a street stall?"

"Of course it's real. How can it be fake if it's already made?" Cheng Wenwen added, "But my injury hasn't healed yet, so it's hard for me to go out. You and Pei'er have to try it first!"

Pei Er had never set up a stall in public, so she asked again: "But Miss, where are we going to set up the stall?"

Cheng Wenwen thought for a moment and said, "Of course it's at the school gate! There's a lot of traffic!"

He was puzzled: "School? What place is it?"

Cheng Wenwen immediately corrected herself after making a slip of the tongue: "It's right in front of the academy. When students get home from school in the afternoon, they are hungry and when they smell the delicious grilled sausages, they naturally want to buy one."

Pei Er said: "Yes! Miss is really smart! Such delicious sausages will definitely sell out in no time!"

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