When Su Wan first started working as the breakfast chef in the western-style kitchen, many people found it incredible.

What can a twelve year old kid do?

People are not even as tall as the stove, but now ten days have passed and every breakfast is delicious.

Although the ingredients used are simple, Su Wan can make breakfast very delicious.

It's totally different from before.

Even though the palace servants from the Imperial Household Department and the Imperial Treasure Department came out, no one else would believe it.

But the palace servants in these two places had only one attitude: if you don’t believe it, then don’t believe it. If you don’t go, we can eat more.

Anyway, the palace maids from these two places ran to the west kitchen every day.

Moreover, the breakfast in the western kitchen is served on a five-day cycle, so you will never get tired of it.

I heard that this is just a spring recipe, and you can make it in different ways in summer, autumn, and winter.

In this case, it is acceptable for the ingredients to be simple.

As long as it tastes good enough!

But as they were eating, many people began to wonder, since breakfast can be improved, what about lunch and dinner?

These two meals are also very important!

So the suggestions came like snowflakes to the western kitchen, or even directly to the Shangshisi.

The Chief of the Imperial Food Department, the Deputy Prime Minister of the West who was still being punished, and the left and right leaders of the Western Kitchen, these four people naturally took these suggestions seriously.

At this moment, they were discussing when Su Wan would take over lunch and dinner.

Zuo Zhizhang, who was on duty now, said, "Breakfast is going smoothly. One of the senior palace maids in the west kitchen can lead the preparation. As long as we strictly follow the requirements set by Su Wan, the taste will not be too bad."

Naturally, the food cooked by others cannot compare to Su Wan's, but Su Wan takes care of every detail and leaves all the cooking details to the senior palace maid. In this way, the food cooked is still quite good and much more delicious than that in ordinary canteens.

The head of the Imperial Food Department nodded slightly after hearing this: "It's better than I thought."

But the officer asked again: "If you want to make lunch or dinner, do you really not need me to send someone over?"

"It shouldn't be necessary." The right hand said, "Try Su Wan's ability."

The chief officer made the final decision: "If that's the case, do it quickly and tidy up the western kitchen as soon as possible so that the people in the surrounding departments and palaces can have a good meal."

The entire Shangshisi, or the entire Western Kitchen, would definitely not place all its hopes on Su Wan alone.

But I didn't expect that she would give more and more surprises.

Why not try again?

Deputy Prime Minister Xi sighed and was about to say something when he saw his superior shaking his head slightly.

The West Kitchen is not her sole responsibility, so let her be at ease and finish the punishment first.

Because lunch is complicated and dinner is simple, I might as well take charge of both meals together and there will be enough time.

This news must also be informed to Su Wan to see when she will be ready.

At this moment, Su Wan was surrounded by a group of people.

Mainly led by Wei Jun, everyone had nothing to do, so they naturally wanted to chat with Su Wan. One of the topics of the chat was, when will you start making lunch? Make dinner!

Now only a small number of people know that Su Wan is the breakfast chef.

The main reason is that Su Wan herself is low-key. On weekdays, she either cooks or goes back to her room.

He was stopped by Wei Jun and was waiting for him.

The guard next to Wei Jun looked at Su Wan curiously and said, "I know you. When you first entered the palace, did you eat with us in the west kitchen?"

Su Wan saw that the guard was tall, about sixteen or seventeen years old, and looked up at him: "Yes, it's me."

At that time, Wei Jun was with this guard, and he told her how bad the food in the west kitchen was.

She didn't believe it at the time!

The guard smiled and said, "My name is Zhuo Hui. I'm Wei Jun's friend and also a member of the Imperial Household Department."

"My name is Su Wan." Su Wan said with a smile, "It's no use asking me. When to make lunch and dinner, we have to listen to the ladies-in-waiting."

After hearing this, Wei Jun and Zhuo Hui immediately became dejected.

So difficult.

They no longer wanted to eat out.

After getting used to the breakfast made by Su Wan, I feel that all the food is tasteless.

Even I’m tired of eating the Anqingfang Li family’s big pig’s trotters.

Su Wan looked at their expressions and found them very funny: "Don't worry, I think it will start soon."

Zhuo Hui's eyes lit up immediately: "That's good!"

Zhuo Hui probably felt that his expression was too exaggerated, so he said embarrassedly: "Since you are not the one making lunch today, I will go to eat pig's trotter rice. Do you want me to bring you a portion?"

Pig's trotter rice?

Wei Jun explained: "It's Anqingfang, which is just across the wall from us. There is a Li's pig's trotter there, which tastes great. We usually go there to have some meat."

After hearing that, Su Wan really wanted to try it.

But it is not convenient for her to go in and out, but Zhuo Hui can.

Because of Wei Jun's relationship, the three of them quickly became familiar with each other.

However, Su Wan thought about it and gave them some more money, asking them to bring some back for their roommates.

There are delicious foods, we can’t forget Yu Shu and the others!

Zhuo Hui did not refuse and said with a smile: "Then you guys wait, I'll be back soon."

It is still more convenient for guards to move around in the palace.

Several people agreed to meet in the small kitchen where Su Wan had stayed before, to tidy up the room and eat there later.

It was the free time in the morning, and Yu Shu was soon called over, but Xiaoyue and Chunxiang still had work to do, but the pig's trotter rice would be saved for them.

The small kitchen where I stayed before is still in the same state as it was then.

Su Wan subconsciously tidied it up. There was still some rice that had not been used up, which she also sorted out.

Wei Jun also cleaned the stone table in the yard and decided to have dinner there later.

When Su Wan came out, Wei Jun was still muttering: "This is a quiet place with few people coming and going."

Not long after, the guard Zhuo Hui brought back some pig's trotter rice, which made Yu Shu very greedy.

I am just fairly familiar with Wei Jun, but not that close to Zhuo Hui, so it’s not easy to show it.

But Su Wan stared at the soft and delicious pig's trotters and subconsciously wanted to eat them.

Just looking at the color and taste, you can tell it’s definitely good.

Wei Jun chuckled: "This pig's trotter is good, right? Most importantly, it's not greasy. If I have enough money, I can eat three in one go!"

Although pig's trotters have little meat, they taste great.

Who doesn’t like delicious pig’s trotters?

The pig's trotters are stewed until soft, topped with golden millet rice, sprinkled with some soup, and accompanied by vegetables.

This is probably the ancient version of rice with gravy. As far as Su Wan knows, this kind of rice is quite common, and costs about ten to fifteen cents per serving.

The meat used is naturally not good meat, it is just leftovers like pig's trotters that people don't eat at that time.

But this one makes such delicious food with scraps.

It is worthy of the famous Li family pig's trotter.

Su Wan, Yu Shu, Wei Jun and Zhuo Hui sat at the stone table and started eating immediately.

It turns out this is what it feels like to eat at your own kitchen instead of in the western kitchen. But it’s true, if you don’t eat well at lunch, you won’t have the energy to work.

But just now Su Wan paid for the pig's trotter meal for her three roommates, which cost a total of forty-five cents.

By this calculation, if a person eats similar meals every day, it will cost four hundred and fifty coins a month.

According to the calculation of Tianxiang Kingdom, one hundred wen was equal to one qian of silver, and one thousand wen was equal to one tael of silver.

Just the lunch meal would cost four or five cents of silver for the entire month.

There is also breakfast and dinner on this day. Adding all these together, I'm afraid the food consumption in a month is nearly one or two ounces.

The monthly salary of a young palace maid was two taels of silver.

The same is true for ordinary eunuchs.

Wei Jun's, which took a longer time, was only four taels.

Zhuo Hui was a guard after all, and he was paid six taels of silver a month.

But for most people, it is not the case that one person’s fullness can satisfy the whole family.

Apart from the Shangbaojian, there were only a few people from truly wealthy families who were assigned to the government offices near the West Outer Palace.

Maybe you have to support a family.

If there were more people in the family, including mother, wife and children, wouldn't it be even more miserable?

Take Wei Jun for example. He eats 4 taels of rice a month, and 1 tael of rice is for food, not to mention all kinds of expenses. He also has a mother to take care of him at home.

No wonder when Su Wan met him for the first time, he was so poor that he couldn't afford to eat out and could only come to the west kitchen for a meal.

If you don’t manage a household, you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are.

After eating a big pig's trotter, Su Wan understood better why more and more palace servants came to the west kitchen recently.

And I can totally understand why people complain.

If you put it on her, she will complain too!

There is a free cafeteria, but the food is extremely bad, so we have to go out and buy food.

Who has too much money to burn?

Pig's trotters are indeed delicious and can be eaten as an occasional snack, but if you really want to ensure food and shelter, you should go to the canteen.

But he also knew that if the powerful nobles exerted their influence, the palace maids below would not have enough food to eat for a long time.

This kind of person is too hateful.

After dinner, the four of them still had to go on duty.

Su Wan looked at Wei Jun and Zhuo Hui and said, "You will be able to come to the west dining room for lunch and dinner soon."

"When you come to the western dining room for breakfast, you will see the sign for lunch and dinner written by me hanging in the yard. Be sure to come and eat."

These words made the young eunuch Wei Jun and the guard Zhuo Hui's eyes light up.

Yay!

I am happy to hear this!

All they had to do was wait and look at the food sign in the west kitchen courtyard.

By the way, when the breakfast menu in the western kitchen was changed to be written by Su Wan, did that mean Su Wan started to be the head chef?

There is no need to hide this news.

As soon as the two returned to the Imperial Household Department, they immediately told their colleagues about the hanging of the sign.

Just wait and see the sign!

When will Su Wan’s handwriting appear on the sign!

That’s the dish made by Su Wan!

For a while, a lot of people would pass by in the yard of the west kitchen, whether they had anything to do or not.

There is only one purpose, when will Su Wan write the sign?

They can't wait!

Su Wan didn't expect that just by saying this casually, everyone would stare at her handwriting every day.

Her handwriting is so embarrassing to look at it too much.

Fortunately, when You Zhizhang asked someone to send her a light lunch box, he also gave her a copy of calligraphy.

When I have free time, I can write more.

It's just that her introduction to traditional Chinese characters started with Yan Pei, so she had a bit of a sharp edge, but the calligraphy copybook that You Zhizhang gave her was written in a graceful style. Su Wan was originally a beginner, but she managed to combine these two styles together and had her own unique insights, which looked quite good.

After Su Wan finished writing the menu for tomorrow's breakfast, she saw her left and right managers coming over with happy faces, and it was obvious that they had something to say to Su Wan.

Su Wan suddenly realized something and asked directly, "Should we start making lunch?"

"Not only lunch, but dinner too." Zuo Zhizhang said with a smile, "You might be able to do it."

Su Wan thought about the food prices she had calculated today and the empty pockets of the officials and palace servants, and immediately nodded: "Of course."

“I can start doing it tomorrow!”

She is writing tomorrow's menu now!

It’s just cooking, she can do it!

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