Chapter 39 Cook? You can’t afford it

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"How about it?"

Li Lingshi looked at Zhao Shi with some danger. Zhao Shi's heart was filled with excitement, but his face was serious and honest. He even frowned and said in disgust: "Why did you find so many women? Do you want them to be waiters in the vegetable shop?"

"How can a woman be the second brother?" Li Lingshi was inexplicably happy and moved closer to Zhao Shi: "I mainly wanted to find a few cooks and a few wine sellers, but I didn't expect that this opening would lead to someone coming.

There were so many people here, and then I thought, since they’re all here, I’ll let you choose a few people to sell wine as bartenders.”

That's it?

Zhao Shi frowned as if he was a little disappointed, but his expression remained unchanged as he looked at the female phalanx in front of him.

After looking at it, Zhao Shi found that although these women were only twenty years old, almost all of them were wearing women's buns. They were obviously married women. Zhao Shi became more serious: "I have seen you all."

Lady."

Maybe it’s because I tied my hair,

Zhao Shi was serious, but these women were bold. Some returned the courtesy, some covered their mouths and laughed, and some even shouted: "What a handsome little official."

"Have you ever been married to a junior official?"

"If a small official opens a shop, even if it doesn't cost any money, as long as I can see the small official every day, I'm willing to do it!"

Thanks to Di Yong for turning into a secret guardian,

Zhao Shi's expression was honest and a little evasive, but in fact he was secretly happy. Who doesn't like the teasing of the young lady? But Li Lingshi got angry for some reason, put his hands on his hips, and scolded fiercely: "What are you doing?

Son? If you want to see handsome young officials every day, then go to the land of fireworks and be a sister!" Then he turned to look at Zhao Shi seriously, waved his arms happily, and then said more gently: "Why don't you choose quickly?"

"good."

Zhao Shi was not really so lustful that he was so lustful that he chose two women who were selling wine as pawns and was about to go to the second courtyard, but Li Lingshi grabbed him and said, "There is also a cook!"

Cook?

Zhao Shi's pupils shrank,

When did I say that I was looking for a cook? What I was looking for was a chef. It’s not that Zhao Shi was sexist, it was just that he... couldn’t afford a cook!

Looking through history,

Although there is a saying that "gentlemen cook far away from home", basically all recorded chefs are male, with few exceptions. Only in the Song Dynasty, the economy of the Song Dynasty was developed, which gave rise to some hedonistic habits, and the cooks were known as "beautiful and elegant".

, the image of "good food" became popular,

And as we all know,

popular,

It's just expensive.

Zhao Shi had seen at least seven or eight records of high-ranking officials in the Song Dynasty spending hundreds of gold to hire cooks. How could Zhao Shi afford to use this?

Li Lingshi didn't understand, so he pulled him and said, "Hurry up and choose! Once you've chosen, we can open tomorrow." The other women also covered their mouths and echoed: "Yes! Young Master, hurry up and choose! We are listening to you.

My husband said that although the shop is small, what he wants is a cook."

Zhao Shi looked at Li Lingshi,

Li Lingshi frowned slightly, as if he had noticed something, and lowered his voice and asked, "Did I do something wrong?"

Zhao Shi opened his mouth,

I really want to say...

Yes,

In the end, he calmly shook his head: "It doesn't matter, I can bear it." Then he couldn't leave. He bowed seriously, nodded and said: "Yes, although Shixianju is small, it is indeed

I really want to recruit some cooks."

"How many more?"

At that moment, another woman laughed out loud, and then said loudly: "Little husband, don't hold on for the sake of face. Besides, can you afford to support me just by running this small store?"

"I can afford to live on."

Zhao Shi smiled back, and then continued: "Not only can I make a living, but also, to be the cook in my shop, I need to sign a thirty-year contract."

"Thirty years?"

If it was just a joke before, when Zhao Shi said these words, he became slightly hostile. After all, cooks are not slaves. Except for some extremely rich and noble families who will hire them for a long time, ordinary officials and rich households can only be at banquets at most.

At that time, I spent a lot of money to hire someone, but this was enough to earn me a lot of face.

"Bah, you are young and you are not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue."

Some of them had a bad temper and started scolding them on the spot. Zhao Shi ignored him and continued: "Moreover, in the past thirty years, you need to work mainly in the store. After you finish the work in the store, you can only go there if someone offers you a large sum of money.

Moreover, no matter how much money there is, 70% will be taken away by the store."

"Seventy percent?"

Perhaps what Zhao Shi said was getting more and more outrageous. No one among the women was cursing them. They just walked around. In the end, there were only seven people left. Among the seven, three of them should be sisters. Then one woman Fu Shen said: "Little official

My dear, when we were recruiting workers, I heard your dear friend say, you have a unique recipe?"

Zhao Shi twitched the corner of his mouth fiercely,

You are talking too much!

Li Lingshi didn't dare to look at Zhao Shi. No matter how hard she thought, she couldn't imagine that women in the Song Dynasty were constrained everywhere. On the contrary, the position of cook was different. She could only say with a pale face: "I..." Zhao Shi raised his hand,

He signaled her not to apologize in a hurry, and then said with a smile: "Yes."

"only……"

"If you want to see my recipe, you need to meet three additional conditions."

Immediately, two more women frowned and left, and another one cursed something: "The little demon in the temple is very windy." Zhao Shi ignored it and continued: "First, it can only be learned, not passed on. Second, it can be passed on.

It needs to be recognized by the store. Third, even if it is passed on, the person who inherits it must have been working in the store for ten years."

crunch,

This time...

The last few women couldn't hold it any longer, and two more left on the spot. In the end, only the three sisters were left. It was not that all the three sisters didn't want to leave. At least the two younger ones had wanted to leave for a long time, but the other two

The thirteen- or fourteen-year-old woman looked at Zhao Shi with brighter eyes: "Where is the recipe?"

Zhao Shi nodded: "Please come with me." Then when he returned to the Second Entrance Hospital, Li Lingshi hurriedly followed, and the two younger sisters dragged their elder sister tightly: "Second mother, you must not go! This person is obviously a liar.

people."

"Liar?"

Erniang blinked: "It doesn't look like that, because the lies are so garbled and ridiculous, but they are getting more and more outrageous like his. In this way, I feel that maybe there is a real recipe."

"this……"

Siniang stiffened for a moment, but Sanniang was smart. Sanniang looked around and lowered her voice and said: "Yes! So he is not deceiving ordinary people, or he is specifically deceiving people like you. Moreover, you really don't think this

Is the yard weird? There always seems to be someone staring at me, let’s leave quickly!”

Erniang was a little hesitant,

Then,

Just when the two sisters thought they had persuaded her, she suddenly broke free from their restraints, held up her skirt and ran into the second courtyard: "Since you are afraid, just wait for me outside the door, and I will come as soon as I go.

"

this,

Idiot.

Fourth Niang threw her arms in annoyance and looked at her sister helplessly: "Sanniang, Second Niang has gone in, what should we do?"

"What can be done?"

Sanniang stamped her feet fiercely: "Follow me! Otherwise, if something happens to Erniang, my father will have to crawl out of the grave in the middle of the night and strangle us to death."

Not only Siniang,

behind the courtyard wall,

Outside the gate, some people shuddered violently. Why did this little lady look at Wen Wenjing and talk so scary?

And this time,

It happened that Sanniang noticed it again...

She also shivered violently and hurriedly ran into the second hospital. As she ran, she was cursing in her heart: "I'm going to get killed by you!"

"It killed me!"

"What kind of liar's den is this? This is clearly the palace of Yama!"

boom

Sanniang even stumbled.

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Chapter completed!