Red Mansion Jia Lan: Do you want to run away tonight to visit your relatives? Chapter 95: Empathic Li Wan persuades peace and tries to make desserts to satisfy his craving
Chapter 95: Empathic Li Wan persuades peace and tries to make desserts to satisfy his craving
In the Grand View Garden, Jia Lan got up early as usual and had breakfast with Li Wan, and then went out.
However, this time he went not to Daiyu's Xiaoxiang Pavilion, nor to Jia Mu's or Sister Feng's courtyard. Instead, he went straight north to the gate of the backyard of Grand View Garden, not far from the back door of Rongguo Mansion.
This is the kitchen of Daguanyuan.
There was originally only one kitchen in the second gate of Rongguo Mansion. After Wang Xifeng's suggestion and Mrs. Wang's approval, a new small kitchen was built in the Grand View Garden, just outside the back garden gate. In the five big houses, Sister Feng meant that there were women everywhere
It is much more convenient to pick two cooks and women to prepare meals for the sisters alone during the night than to go all the way from the original kitchen in Rongguo Mansion.
The Daguanyuan kitchen is responsible for feeding about forty or fifty people, and the daily cost of buying vegetables is a fortune, plus two chickens, two ducks, and more than ten kilograms of meat.
After Sanchun and others took over the Grand View Garden, in order to motivate the people below, they raised the food standards a bit, but did not spend more money because they withheld it from the Baoyu brothers.
It turns out that Baoyu and Jia Huan are both young masters in the mansion, and as a rule, they have a monthly allowance of 2 taels of silver. However, the astute Tanchun discovered that for some reason, from the accounts, the two of them received an extra sum of 8 taels of "snacks" per year.
"Money" and "paper money", even Jia Lan, who has been studying abroad for more than a year, also received this money.
You don’t have to think that this is just a sign that the servants are pretending to be paid for it, and Tanchun is the one who makes the decision immediately.
Jia Lan couldn't help but laugh when Li Wan said this. The temperament of Sanchun was exactly the same as in the original work. Yingchun had ideas but no independent opinions. Xichun was still young. Li Wan was just an assistant and didn't talk much.
Those who speak out are secretly managing the Grand View Garden, and the girls mainly focus on exploring their sex.
As for Daiyu, she is focused on writing books, so it doesn’t matter.
Baoyu doesn't care much about money, or he has no concept of money at all. Although he only gets 2 taels a month, Mrs. Wang and Jia Mu usually give Baoyu money like water, and they don't care about 8 taels.
Don't care.
On the contrary, Jia Huan felt a little uncomfortable. In fact, I couldn't tell whether it was him or Aunt Zhao who felt uncomfortable. Anyway, the latter came to her because she was Tanchun's biological mother, and she almost made Tanchun unable to get off the stage.
Li Wan, who had suffered a loss, had already been reminded by Jia Lan that he was sincerely helping, and since he had not been favored by Mrs. Wang for many years, he also sympathized with Aunt Zhao among others, so he said: "Now I have stolen all the money from Baoyu and the others.
Baoyu has never been greedy for this. It must be because the servants are greedy and falsely claim the money.
Lan'er went out to study early, so she had the help of her ancestors. However, brother Huan really needed some help in studying, so why not just reduce the amount by half, and wait for the garden's scented tea to be sold later to make a profit, and then make up the rest?
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After saying that, she called Suyun and ordered him to go back to Daoxiang Village, take out the "Book of Talents on Small Questions" from Jialan's study, and handed it to Aunt Zhao with ten taels of silver.
"Earlier, Lan'er asked me to forward this book to Brother Huan. It's not an expensive book, but Lan'er has filled it with her thoughts and experiences. I hope it will be useful to Brother Huan's studies."
Aunt Zhao held the money and the book, and looked at Li Wan in surprise. She had already prepared to make a fuss, but unexpectedly, this living Bodhisattva who never took care of things actually opened her mouth to help her. She was immediately moved and said:
"Grandma Zhu is still considerate..."
Although the eight taels of silver were half less, she didn't have to hold on to a few taels of silver to make excuses. Now that she had gained face and benefited from benefits, her original focus on finding Tanchun to have fun with had faded away.
Just based on Jia Lan's reputation as the head of the small case, there is no problem in selling this book for hundreds of taels, but Aunt Zhao is also sober, and the value of such a book is far more than a few taels of silver.
She doesn't expect what kind of reading Jia Huan will get. As long as she can get a spot as a student like Jia Lan and surpass Jia Baoyu, she will be satisfied.
The reason why her money is always tight is because every penny in her hand has to be divided into three parts, one part for living by herself, one part for Jia Huan, and one part for the temple and the temple to burn incense and make offerings. p>
When Jia Lan came to the kitchen, it was not because he had not eaten enough breakfast, he came to the kitchen to fulfill his promise.
In order to complete the dessert he promised to make for the psychic treasure Yu Linglong, he thought for a long time and decided to make an imported product.
Just use eggs, sugar, wheat flour and water, not even honey.
The cooks and maids in the kitchen watched curiously as Jia Lan took a large bowl and beat in eggs, sugar and water, then stirred it back and forth with a large tea spoon, and then poured the liquid into a bowl lined with oil paper.
The sealed wooden frame grinding tool was baked in a special stove for a while, then taken out, then put back in and baked for more than half an hour, and a sweet fragrance wafted out.
"Langeer, what are you making? Why does it smell so good?"
Jia Lan took out the wooden box, opened the oil paper, and nodded with satisfaction: "This is called cake, a Western dessert."
When everyone saw that Jia Lan unmoulded the things and the aroma became more intense, they were all amazed. They had never seen such golden highlights, and just by smelling the smell, they knew it must taste good.
Jialan cut off a piece, blew on the hot air, and chewed slowly.
[Well, it has to be a place like Rongguofu. There is such good sugar. I guess that person should be quite satisfied...]
In Rongxi Hall.
"Delicious, delicious, delicious!"
Jia Baoyu used both hands to stuff in four or five pieces of cake at once, and then looked at Jia Lan eagerly: "Are there any more?"
"Hey!" Sister Feng said to Jia Mu with a smile: "This is the first time I've seen Uncle Bao like a certain food so much."
"Sister Feng, you will know after you try one!" Baoyu took Xiren and brought up a new stack of cakes, said the next sentence, and started eating hungrily.
"Is it so delicious?" Sister Feng took a piece in confusion, "It does look very novel."
When Dai Chai Sanchun saw how delicious Bao Yu was eating, they couldn't help but take a bite, and their eyes immediately lit up: "It's delicious!"
Although the people here can't be called gourmets, they can still be regarded as well-dressed and well-dressed people, and they immediately tasted the difference from ordinary pastries.
Jia Mu ate half a piece under Yuanyang's service and kept nodding: "Although this thing is made of simple ingredients, it feels soft, elastic, moist and dense, and has a sweet aftertaste. It is really good! Yuanyang girl, you should try it too."<
/p>
Yuanyang thanked her, took it from Jia Mu's hand, ate it in small bites, and praised with a smile: "My ancestors are right, it is indeed excellent!"
"I will tell Sister Yuanyang the method, and I can make it every day for my ancestors to try." Jia Lan said with a smile.
Sister Feng took a bite and was surprised by the sweetness of the cake. After hearing Jia Lan's words, her expression changed again.
Yuanyang smiled: "Brother Lan is very thoughtful. Although this food is delicious, our ancestors are old, so it is still not appropriate to eat more."
Jia Mu laughed: "Lan'er, did you hear it? My housekeeper has spoken, and the old lady has to listen."
Everyone laughed, but Baoyu continued to eat as if no one else was watching. Jialan rolled his eyes when he saw it.
[Eating a Nagasaki cake like this? And saying that you have eaten all over Kyushu in a hundred years?]