Ma Dazhuang gave his approval, and Mu Wanting had no objections.
The reason she cooperated with the officials was simply to have a source of money so she could buy supplies.
Now, she has purchased a batch of supplies, and the source of the supplies has been explained.
The officials promised to take her with them on all the procurement trips from now on, so what reason did she have to do it again?
She had long since given up on this mess.
Zhang Caiyun even went to Mu Wanting to show off.
"I thought you were irreplaceable, but it turns out I can replace you so easily."
Mu Wanting smiled but remained silent.
"I hope you can smile for a few more days."
Her smile shattered Zhang Caiyun's smugness, making her feel uneasy all day, as if Mu Wanting had a hidden trick up her sleeve.
Zhang Caiyun's cooking skills are acceptable, but only to the point of being edible. Once the food is cooked, she has to wait for everyone to come and get it.
The children born to concubines in the second wife's family are the least respectful; they would rather eat black flour cakes and vegetable dumplings themselves than buy them.
The Song, Liu, and Zhao families all tried buying a bowl of meat soup, but after eating it, they all frowned.
They shouldn't have had too high expectations of Zhang Caiyun; how could the taste compare to what Mu Wanting made?
Zhang Caiyun also prepared a lot of food with great fanfare, but no prisoners came to buy it, so it had to be consumed internally.
Ma Dazhuang's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
In the past, they would receive thousands of taels of silver for each meal, but when it came to Zhang Caiyun, they only received a few dozen taels.
Enraged, he lashed Zhang Caiyun across the face with his whip.
"You don't have the skills, yet you take on this job. You think you're capable? You're just a charlatan."
Zhang Caiyun quickly said, "Sir, please try it. My cooking tastes pretty good."
Ma Dazhuang tasted it and found it wasn't bad. However, their palates had been spoiled by Mu Wanting, so Zhang Caiyun's cooking was considered unpalatable by them.
After finishing his meal, Ma Dazhuang turned around and saw Mu Wanting and the others eating roasted wild rabbit.
I don't know how Mu Wanting and the others are so lucky; they always manage to hunt these wild animals.
Their broth didn't taste good at all.
Now he doesn't want Zhang Caiyun to cook anymore, he wants Mu Wanting to cook, but he can't bring himself to ask.
So, he had no choice but to take Su Yu with him.
Su Yu was a good man. As soon as he got to Mu Wanting's place, he sat down cross-legged and started to eat and drink for free, completely forgetting about his mission.
Mu Wanting smiled and handed Su Yu a rabbit leg, then looked up at Ma Dazhuang and poured him a bowl of water.
"Sir, I've already given up the position of cook. Is there anything else you require?"
Ma Dazhuang had prepared a whole speech, but Mu Wanting choked him up, leaving him almost speechless.
Mu Wanting wasn't in a hurry; she ate rabbit meat while listening to everyone chat.
Ma Dazhuang swallowed hard, but he couldn't bring himself to ask for roasted rabbit.
It's Mu Wanting who should be trying to please him.
But after waiting for a long time, the third branch of the family didn't say anything, let alone ask him to eat barbecue, so Ma Dazhuang had to speak up himself.
"You'll be cooking tomorrow."
Having finally managed to shake off this hot potato, Mu Wanting had no intention of taking it back.
“Sir, my second aunt has already passed away. Since she has already accepted this position, I have no reason to take it away from her.”
"Besides, we have some conflicts. If I take this position, it will inevitably cause more disputes and increase the difficulty of management for the officials."
Ma Dazhuang: "......"
Now that Mu Wanting has said both good and bad things, he doesn't know what to say anymore.
Moreover, judging from Mu Wanting's appearance, she has absolutely no intention of becoming a cook.
Thinking about how delicious the food was before and how terrible the food was now, Ma Dazhuang felt very regretful.
If Mu Wanting were to open a restaurant in the capital with such culinary skills, it would definitely be packed to capacity.
Because of his pride and his reluctance to accept a small cut, he ruined the career of such a good cook.
In the following days, Zhang Caiyun firmly established herself as the cook and was very proud of herself.
However, Ma Dazhuang's expression turned sour.
Zhang Caiyun's cooking skills are far superior to Li Songqiang's, but now the prisoners are holding onto their money more and more tightly, and without Mu Wanting's cooking skills, there's no way to get them to willingly part with their money.
Therefore, he could only earn one or two hundred taels a day, which was nothing compared to his previous income.
He regretted it so much, he was filled with deep remorse.
But Zhang Caiyun, having gotten the better deal, acted innocent and went to Mu Wanting to show off.
"This cook must have it so easy. She gets to eat for free every day, and she even takes care of the meals for the four of us."
Mu Wanting calmly prepared the herbs, ignoring Zhang Caiyun.
Zhang Caiyun gritted her teeth.
"It seems the officials think I cook better than you, which is why they made me cook. It was wise of you to step down; the most valuable thing about a person is to know their own limitations."
Mu Wanting couldn't help but laugh.
"Second Aunt, you're so eager to cook, and you're so proud of yourself even though you don't get any reward?"
Zhang Caiyun snorted coldly.
"What do you know? You only got preferential treatment from the officials because you cooked for them and got on their good side."
"Now the opportunity is ours. We'll see how the official deals with your third branch of the family."
Mu Wanting laughed. It was a value exchange. Zhang Caiyun's value was just that of a cook who could cook food, so all she got in return was the food she could provide for the second branch of the family's legitimate children.
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