Upon hearing this, Mrs. Ye smiled and said, "Then I'll have to borrow your good wishes."
A few people were in the kitchen, using the remaining soup base to cook some vegetables.
When Mrs. Ye San, Lin Yumei, and Feng Yueying took their first bite, they all looked surprised.
As soon as Lin Yumei tasted the soup, she exclaimed, "What did I just say? Even the broth can taste like this. Madam You is amazing.
"I've been a kitchen helper for over ten years, and this is the first time I've tasted such a rich and fragrant broth."
Although Feng Yueying didn't say anything, she showed an expression of enjoyment and nodded repeatedly to agree with Lin Yumei's words.
Sister-in-law Ye said, "Even I didn't know that my eldest sister-in-law had such a skill."
Lin Yumei asked, "Hasn't Madam You ever done this at home?"
Mrs. Ye said helplessly, "This pot of soup uses pig's trotters, ham, pork tripe, duck, and several chickens. How can we afford it at home normally?"
"That's right." Lin Yumei nodded. "If it weren't for the flower viewing banquet, Master Yuanwai wouldn't be so particular about his food and drink on a daily basis, let alone us ordinary people."
As Mrs. Ye ate, she thought of what Mr. Jiang had just said, and she said to Mrs. Ye San, "Mr. Jiang has to go out tomorrow for something, so he gave us a day off. Let's call your eldest brother and go visit the third sister together. We can also send her some clothes and bedding. It's getting colder every day, so we should send them early to prevent her from getting frozen."
Lin Yumei asked curiously, "Is Third Brother also in the city? Where does he work?"
"It's in a carpentry workshop. I don't remember what it's called, but I know it's on Xingwang Street." Mrs. Ye said, "I'll go there tomorrow and ask around. I should know."
"Xingwang Street, that couldn't be Zhang's Carpentry Workshop, could it?" Lin Yumei suddenly became excited. "My husband works there. I'll take you there tomorrow."
"How could such a coincidence happen?" Mrs. Ye San had never expected that such a fate would happen.
Lin Yumei thought for a moment and then said, "Sister-in-law, when did my third brother go to the carpentry workshop to work?"
"It was just a few days ago, and I haven't been working for long."
"My husband recently came back and told me that a new carpenter from out of town has come to the carpentry shop. Although he's unskilled, he does a great job. Most importantly, he's very smart. He can understand anything he handles with just a little thought. Could he be talking about Third Brother?"
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Ye Dasao and Mrs. Ye Sansao looked at each other in surprise. They thought that this must be referring to Ye Lao San, but they did not dare to confirm it completely.
"You'll know when you go there tomorrow." After finishing her meal, Mrs. Ye put down her chopsticks and stood up to check the wooden barrels used to brew chrysanthemum rice wine.
A little wine has seeped out of the round hole in the middle of the glutinous rice.
Mrs. Ye covered the water with the cloth again and said that it should be drinkable in two days.
Because they didn't have to cook for Mr. Jiang in the evening, Mrs. Ye and the others came out of the east wing after dinner.
Mrs. Ye was the last one to come out. She closed and locked all the windows, and after coming out, she locked the door tightly with a padlock.
The other three kitchen helpers had nothing to do. They had already eaten lunch and were sitting at the door of the main room, eating melon seeds and chatting.
Seeing Mrs. Ye come out and lock the door carefully, I couldn't help but laugh again.
Through Lin Yumei's previous introduction, Mrs. Ye already knew the identities of these three people.
Because there are so many wealthy families in the capital, there are a lot of businesses opening restaurants and taverns and serving various banquets.
Therefore, in these places around Beijing, many ordinary families like to send their children to learn cooking or even learn how to be a good kitchen helper.
Learning cooking is not only expensive, but you also have to find a chef who is willing to take you in, so the threshold is high.
The job of kitchen helper that Lin Yumei and Feng Yueying learned had a lower threshold and anyone could learn it as long as they paid the money.
However, some people, like Lin Yumei, can only do chores like washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, and chopping meat.
A small number of people will learn a specialized craft like Feng Yueying.
For example, Feng Yueying has mastered the knife skills to perfection, some people are good at making soup and decocting medicine, and some people specialize in learning white-cooked dishes.
Anyway, there were so many things, and they were divided in great detail that both Mrs. Ye Da and Mrs. Ye San called themselves frogs in the well.
Therefore, in the capital and surrounding areas, kitchen helper has even become a profession with a large number of people.
Just like Lin Yumei is often tied together with Feng Yueying, other gang leaders also like to form cliques.
This time when Mr. Jiang was looking for kitchen helpers, he found a total of six people.
Feng Yueying is irreplaceable because of her excellent knife skills, and Lin Yumei was brought in by her.
The other four people are also a small group that is often tied together.
On the surface, the leader of the four people was the woman who had been the first to be sarcastic to Mrs. Ye, named Jin Donglan.
But in fact, the most intelligent and stable of these four people was Hong Qin, who was dismissed by Mr. Jiang.
Usually, Jin Donglan takes the lead, Hong Qin sits in the middle, and Wu Ying and Tian Xiaohui act as lackeys. They often steal other people's work.
Even though Feng Yueying was good at knife skills, the two of them were often bullied by the four of them.
So after discovering Qiu Wei's unusual attitude towards Mrs. Ye, Lin Yumei took the lead in coming forward to show her goodwill, followed by Feng Yueying.
Now Lin Yumei has confirmed that Mrs. Ye’s cooking skills are extraordinary and she is not a liar as Jin Donglan said.
So when he saw the three people constantly committing suicide without Hong Qin in charge, he felt so happy, as if he had already seen their end.
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