"Boss, I want to advance my monthly salary." Xie Yunjiao said shamelessly.
Zhong Wanshan thought a lot. He thought Xie Yunjiao would make excessive demands, but he didn't expect that she just wanted to advance her monthly salary.
Even Butler Zhong who was standing by was stunned. Is that it?
"No?"
Zhong Wanshan didn't say anything, and Xie Yunjiao smiled awkwardly.
Really, if she had known earlier, she wouldn't have gone to so much trouble to prepare so many dishes to please Zhong Wanshan's daughter.
This time it was really like a deaf person listening to an opera, all my efforts were in vain.
"You just want an advance on your monthly salary, no other requests?" Zhong Wanshan finally asked.
Xie Yunjiao's eyes lit up, and she became excited: "Can you make other requests? Then..."
"If you can tell me how to keep the flowers in the garden healthy and not wither in winter, I will agree to your other requests."
Zhong Wanshan interrupted Xie Yunjiao and took the opportunity to negotiate terms with her.
He is a businessman and never does business at a loss.
"Okay, that's not easy. But I haven't thought of any other requirements yet. I'll tell you when I do."
Xie Yunjiao didn't expect that this trip would not only allow her to advance her monthly allowance, but also make Zhong Wanshan owe her a favor.
She needs to think carefully about how to make use of this precious opportunity.
She told Zhong Wanshan that if he wanted the flowers in the garden to survive the winter, he must create a suitable living environment for them.
She asked Zhong Wanshan to build a greenhouse and water it at the right temperature.
The greenhouse was quickly set up, and Zhong Wanshan asked people to make charcoal inside to keep it warm. After a few days, those withered flowers became full of life.
Zhong Huaishuang was so surprised to see the flowers in the greenhouse that she smiled for the first time in a long time.
She gradually became curious about Xie Yunjiao. She wondered what kind of person she was who could make so many delicious foods and teach people how to grow flowers.
That day, Xie Yunjiao went to the Zhong Mansion to prepare food for Zhong Huaishuang, and suddenly heard that Zhong Huaishuang wanted to see her.
She was also curious about why Zhong Huaishuang was looking for her, so she went over.
Zhong Huaishuang didn't expect Xie Yunjiao to look so cute, with a round face and a pair of big, smart almond-shaped eyes. But after she came into the room, she stood aside politely and didn't look around rudely.
"Are you Chef Xie? I thought you were a man." Zhong Huaishuang looked at Xie Yunjiao with a smile. She didn't expect that she was a pretty girl with a cute look.
Xie Yunjiao smiled when she saw how easy Zhong Huaishuang was to get along with: "It's not only men who can cook well, women can do it too.
Just tell me what you like to eat."
It was the first time that Xie Yunjiao saw Zhong Huaishuang, and she was shocked by her thin face and bony hands.
There is a stark contrast between her and Zhong Huaishuang; one is extremely fat, while the other is extremely thin.
It's both fatal, she would rather die of fat.
"Okay," Zhong Huaishuang nodded with a smile, "The food you cook is delicious, but I don't have a good appetite, so I can't eat much."
"You don't need to eat too much. Your condition needs to be treated slowly. There's no rush."
Xie Yunjiao also met people with anorexia in later lives. Like Zhong Huaishuang, they were terribly thin and vomited everything they ate.
But Zhong Huaishuang is okay. At least she is willing to eat, and she should be able to recover slowly.
"Miss Zhong, are you worried about something?"
"Huh?" Zhong Huaishuang was startled. She looked at Xie Yunjiao in surprise. She didn't expect that she could guess what she was thinking when they just met for the first time.
"I've become so worn out for her," Zhong Huaishuang's eyes misted over. "I actually miss the eight-treasure porridge in the capital. I wonder if you can make it?"
Eight Treasure Porridge? It wasn't uncommon, but since Zhong Huaishuang asked for the Beijing Eight Treasure Porridge, it must have something special about it.
"I wonder what the eight-treasure porridge Miss Zhong wants to eat tastes like?"
"I'm just saying it casually, don't take it seriously."
Zhong Huaishuang seemed to have a special feeling for the eight-treasure porridge. Seeing her depressed look, Xie Yunjiao decided to help her make this porridge.
But she couldn't get anything out of Zhong Huaishuang, so she had to turn to Zhong Wanshan.
"Eight Treasure Porridge from the capital?"
Hearing this, Zhong Wanshan's expression suddenly changed and became solemn.
It seems that this bowl of eight-treasure porridge that Zhong Huaishuang still misses has some special features.
"How does this porridge taste?" Xie Yunjiao asked curiously.
She already likes to study various kinds of food, and this special eight-treasure porridge has piqued her interest even more.
Zhong Wanshan sighed and said slowly: "In fact, the Eight Treasure Porridge is a famous dish of Yue Man Lou in Beijing. Only the Yang family can make it. You can't taste it anywhere else.
Many people have tried to make this dish, but none of them have succeeded.”
What he meant was that Xie Yunjiao didn't need to ask anymore, as it would be a waste of time.
By the ninth generation of the Yang family, only Yang Shuang, Zhong Wanshan's wife, was born, and then Master Yang died of a serious illness.
Fortunately, he told Madam Yang how to make Eight Treasure Porridge before he died.
Now it is the tenth generation, and Yang Shengshan has been taught how to make Eight Treasure Porridge by Grandma Yang since he was a child.
However, Zhong Huaishuang, who was more talented in cooking and could taste the quality of food with just her tongue, was excluded because she was a woman and had a different surname.
However, the Eight Treasure Porridge has a unique taste and was awarded the reputation of being the best porridge in the world by the former emperor himself. Everyone who has tasted it will never forget it.
Not to mention Zhong Huaishuang, who has a connection with this eight-treasure porridge.
In fact, she said she wanted to drink eight-treasure porridge because she missed home, her mother and her younger brother.
He shouldn't have brought Zhong Huaishuang back then. Perhaps she couldn't bear the pain of missing him.
But when Zhong Huaishuang made a mistake, he and Yang Shuang had to bring Zhong Huaishuang back in order to protect her.
"How can you know if it will succeed if you don't try? I have even made the long-lost Dragon Nine Pearls, let alone the Eight Treasure Porridge which has not been lost yet." Xie Yunjiao said.
Zhong Wanshan's eyes lit up. Yes, Xie Yunjiao is a great cook, maybe she can make eight-treasure porridge.
"That porridge, though called porridge, has no rice. It has a light bamboo fragrance, like the morning dew between bamboo leaves, fresh and elegant. If you savor it carefully, you'll find a fresh, fragrant, and rich chicken aroma.
It goes down your throat smoothly and leaves you with an unforgettable taste.”
"If you keep thinking about it, there will be a response." Xie Yunjiao said.
Zhong Wanshan looked at Xie Yunjiao's confident eyes, and his heart suddenly started beating rapidly.
"Could it be that you already have an idea?"
"Yes, but we still have to wait and see whether it can be accomplished. Give me some time." Xie Yunjiao said.
"Not to mention giving you a little time, even a little more time will be fine. What conditions do you want this time?" Zhong Wanshan didn't think that Xie Yunjiao would do useless work.
"Why do you think of me like that? I don't always negotiate conditions," Xie Yunjiao said with a smile, "but if you insist on forcing it on me, I won't mind."
"Did I just say that? How could I have forgotten?"
Xie Yunjiao: “…”
She never thought that capitalists in this era could be so cunning. She shouldn't have said those superfluous words.
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