Chapter 25: Cause of trouble
Magistrate Wang and Zhou County Wei waited for Gu Xiang to arrive in the kitchen, and personally exchanged the money for her. He then waited for Gu Xiang to stew ten pots of big black fish weighing seven or eight kilograms each, pasted them with golden cakes, and cooked a pot of marinade, threw the vegetables into skewers and cooked them, waiting to eat the hot rice that had just been out of the pot.
As soon as the tender fish was in the mouth, Magistrate Wang's eyes became moist little by little: "Good...eat!"
When you bite the rich dish, it is crisp and fragrant, no worse than the meat.
"It's so beautiful!"
County Wei Zhou was silent for a while and suddenly said, "How long can Miss Gu work in the kitchen?"
Magistrate Wang was stunned.
It’s still an old question. Gu Xiaoniang is fifteen years old and is waiting to marry... After she got married, can her husband’s family allow her to show up in public?
Magistrate Wang took away his son and nephew. Uncle Eleven's youngest son is sixteen years old this year. He has just passed the scholar and looks like Zhou Zheng. However, his aunt is a difficult person. If Miss Gu really marrys them, she will definitely be strictly controlled.
County Magistrate Zhou touched his wallet and considered the difficulty of hiring Gu Chu home as a cook. He looked up at Magistrate Wang's sad face, but said nothing.
Today, the army had just received the salary and everyone was happy. The soldiers who were punished on the river were in a depressed mood than usual.
The old dog couldn't help but sigh: "...The officials who cut corners at the time were the big soldiers who listened to the ears. Now we can finally get enough money and we have nothing to do."
But today's meal was very rich.
The Huotou Camp all took the money and was happy. In addition to getting black fish, they also pulled more than a dozen lambs from the surrounding villages.
Gu Xiang looked at these sheep and unknowingly produced more than a dozen flavors.
"Try it first, send me the river bank."
Gu Xiang decided to eat such a good sheep, so he slaughtered it on the river bank and made several more flavors, stewed, spicy, and a basin of braised mutton.
Gu Xiang slowly processed the mutton and put it into the pot.
The fragrance swayed for miles. Throughout the morning, the soldiers who stayed in the military camp were resting in peace and asked for battle.
The generals took the lead and led countless soldiers to fight towards the river embankment.
The mission that day was completed so quickly that a group of young soldiers did not get the opportunity to work.
The soldiers worked hard to work hard, and their eyes swept to the river bank frequently. The current unspoken rules of the Yongyi Army are to work harder and eat more.
"Gudu."
The five-hole open-covered large pot on the stove was bubbling with air bubbles.
In addition, although the six pots are stewed tightly, a slight lingering fragrance makes people feel even more irritated.
Gu Xiang took a spoon and scooped a bowl of soup, put it on his lips before he could drink it.
The old dog swallowed and looked over. Gu Xiang silently put down the spoon, looked around, and said resentfully: "This mutton soup cannot be eaten, so pour it."
thump!
The two soldiers with long necks next to them slipped under their feet and rolled into the river.
Lao Du quickly stood up from the chair and was stunned: "Ah?"
There are eleven pots of mutton soup in total. From Gu Xiang to the present, the generals and soldiers on the river bank have long arranged them properly.
The freshest lamb must be paid for a high salary, and the rest will be arranged according to the amount of labor.
For this matter, several soldiers who have read books and are good at calculating and counting have calculated carefully and ensured fairness as much as possible.
It’s okay to have pork, but they may not be able to eat mutton after three or five years in the army. This thing is very precious in everyone’s mind.
Many soldiers on the river bank were fined and paid for money, so they were waiting for the moon to wait for the lamb to be out of the pot for a tooth sacrifice.
Gu Chu's craftsmanship requires good ingredients to be revealed. When you smell the smell of mutton, everyone says that Gu Chu's craftsmanship was not even revealed half of it.
Then--I can’t eat lamb anymore?
Gu Xiang sighed lightly: Did she think? She just bought the "seasoning" skill. She was very enthusiastic. She had been cooking in the past few days, but she had been unable to go smoothly after many times.
"There is something else in the soup, Afeng, go and find Dr. Liu."
Afon was stunned.
The soldiers on the river bank were stunned for a moment, and then the uproar was heard. The chefs and the chefs in Huotou Camp also changed their expressions. Old Du hurried over. When Gu Xiang said this, a layer of fine and dense cold sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead, and his heart skipped a beat.
If it is true - once the soldiers eat mutton soup and have something wrong, then the entire Huotou camp will be counted, so no one can think of it!
It’s pretty good to go to jail, but it’s not bad to enslave the house. It’s not a big deal that the heads in the Huotou Camp will fall.
Old Du said in a trembling voice: "How is it possible? Did you... make a mistake?"
Afeng also stared at Gu Xiang with a deep heart.
Once there is really a problem with these mutton soup, even if there is no serious consequence, their Huotou Camp will be charged with ineffective supervision. If they cannot find any evil people who do this, the entire Huotou Camp will have to fall into pieces and even if they don’t die, they will lose their skin.
Gu Xiang scooped out a bowl of soup and poured it into the water tank next to him. In just a moment, the several fish raised in the water tank bleeded and their whole body twitched.
Lao Du's head became dizzy and his expression suddenly changed.
Gu Xiang whispered: "This medicine should have the same effect as Crodon. It is not fatal, and it will only cause diarrhea and weakness."
The soldiers looked at each other. This was not just a matter of diarrhea. They issued a military order. Once the river bank cannot be repaired on time, the generals would not care whether they had any difficulties. Everyone was already making mistakes and being punished. If something happened, they would be thrown into the coolie camp.
All soldiers knew that the place was hell on earth. If they really fell to that level, they would rather die than die.
But even if the soldiers have not eaten these dirty things now, if they cannot catch the "poisoned" guy in time, the Huotou Camp will never be able to ask for it.
Gu Xiang was helpless. She had just received the largest share of the salary and rewards from Huotou Camp. Not only the money, but the things she got here were much more important than money, and she was unwilling to see the chefs who had worked with her for so long.
"This matter is hidden for the time being, and we will conduct self-inspection in private."
Lao Du sighed, "Hundreds of people from Huotou Camp... I'm afraid it's not easy."
Gu Xiang smiled and said nothing more: "Cook first."
The Huotou Camp instantly became twirled.
The soldiers working on the river bank were more or less absent-minded, and the atmosphere on the river bank was solemn and tense.
But Gu Xiang was extremely calm and calm. While asking someone to seal the mutton soup and hand it over to military doctor Lao Liu for inspection and supervision, he cleaned the stove again, checked the ingredients, and made rice with fire. Fortunately, there was no problem with the marinade. The ingredients were thrown in and then came out, and it would be a pot of good dishes.
By the way, as usual, I took advantage of the cooking time to tell a small story.
"Yesterday we talked about the Dali Temple Shaoqing Zhao Yuchen who took Chongjiu to deal with the nine-tailed demon fox case. Today, they were invited by Xie Lin, the general of the Shangzhu Kingdom, to go to the imperial guards to watch the imperial guards' exercises. As a result, the poisoning incident occurred on the first day of their trip. Chongjiu was shocked and frightened and was covered in cold sweat. He quickly urged Zhao Yuchen to find out the mastermind behind the scenes."
"Zhao Yuchen smiled for a long time, shook his head and said, "It's no point in trying to catch this idiot."
Chapter completed!