Xue Huan had already asked the servants to clean up the kitchen in advance. The kitchen was very spacious and could easily accommodate seven or eight people at the same time.
There is also a yard outside with a well, which makes it very convenient to fetch water for washing vegetables.
After Ye Diao and others arrived, Xue Huan didn't hesitate and started teaching directly.
First teach them how to handle crayfish. When cooking crayfish, the preliminary preparation work is the most important. After all, cooking crayfish is not difficult.
The two masters learned very seriously and meticulously.
The leaf dagger was also very interested and came over to help.
But he is not a real chef after all. It is no problem for him to eat them, but he really can't stand being patient and handling them one by one, so he stopped after playing for a while.
He began to wander around the mansion.
Xue Huan let him do as he pleased.
Ding Er and Master Xiao each prepared a pot of crayfish. They carried the cleaned crayfish and followed Xue Huan into the kitchen, each occupying a stove.
Before the crayfish were put into the pot, Ye Diao came back. Xue Huan suddenly remembered and said, "Last time, we tried to invite Mr. Feng to eat crayfish but it didn't work out. He might be willing to come this time. Send someone to ask him."
"Hey, why didn't I think of that? You're really thoughtful, Xiaoxian."
Ye Diao originally wanted to send his long-time attendant to make the trip, but after thinking about it, he decided to go himself.
Hearing that Zhao Xiaoxian had cooked something delicious, Feng Xian couldn't sit still any longer. He had already tasted it once, so there was no need to be reserved. He immediately followed Ye Diao into the carriage and went to the Zhao Mansion.
They came back just in time, the crayfish had just been taken out of the pot, and the fragrance wafted from far away. Feng Xian could smell it as soon as he entered the door.
Without the help of a servant, he could find his way to the kitchen by following the smell.
Xue Huan tasted the dishes made by the two chefs in turn. Ding Er and Master Xiao looked at her nervously.
The two of them already regarded Xue Huan, who taught them how to cook, as their master. They hoped to gain her approval, but were also afraid that the dishes they cooked would not be up to standard.
"Yes, Uncle Ding and Uncle Xiao have both mastered this crayfish dish."
Crayfish is a dish that is high in oil and spicy. As long as you put enough ingredients and cook it at the right temperature, the taste will be good.
What's more, both chefs are experienced chefs, so cooking crayfish is not difficult for them.
The reason why Xue Huan can teach them now is simply because she is a descendant and has mastered many recipes left by her predecessors.
Therefore, she always maintained a calm attitude during the teaching process and did not think that she was too strong.
However, because of this, Ding Er and Master Xiao respected her even more.
When they were apprentices, their masters would never be as generous as Miss Zhao. They were afraid that the apprentices would starve to death after teaching them, and they would often beat and scold them. But Miss Zhao was not like that at all. She never regarded herself as a master, and she was dedicated, patient and meticulous when teaching.
"Try it for yourselves."
Feng Xian walked into the kitchen at this time. "I can smell the fragrance from far away. What delicious food did you make? Let me enjoy it too."
"Mr. Feng is here." Xue Huan handed him a pair of chopsticks. "This is spicy crayfish, try it."
You should use your hands to eat crayfish, that's how it feels, but there are no gloves here, and it's not good to ask the guests to eat with their hands directly, that would be too rude.
But soon she no longer had such concerns, because Mr. Feng threw away his chopsticks and started eating directly.
The old man felt that eating crayfish with chopsticks was inconvenient.
Seeing that he was so casual, others didn't need to be either and just rolled up their sleeves and got started.
Xue Huan likes to eat crayfish with chilled fruit beer. Since there is no fruit beer here, she uses fruit wine instead.
However, the others were all grown men who didn't have much interest in soft and sweet wines like fruit wine, so she gave them another jar of white wine.
Xue Huan had eaten crayfish many times, and she had indulged in it at home not long ago, so she was not as addicted to it as Mr. Feng and the others, and could not stop eating it.
She ate a few and then left the table.
Afterwards, he taught Ding Er and Master Xiao other ways to cook crayfish.
The fragrance from the kitchen never dissipated throughout the day.
Feng Xian, Ye Diao and all the servants in the mansion enjoyed the feast.
The day was spent on teaching, and the next day Yingxianlou launched a new dish, crayfish.
Needless to say, it is extremely popular.
Xue Huan started preparing to open a snack shop.
She went to the shop first and looked it over inside and out. The shop was now empty and there was no one there.
Facing the street is a two-story building with a large area, about 50 square meters on the first floor. There is also a yard at the back, with a total of five rooms.
Xue Huan made a rough plan in her mind. The main hall could be used as a meeting room and a reception room. This is where she would hold meetings with employees or receive guests.
One room is used as a warehouse, one as a staff dormitory, and the other two are used as temporary studios. Once the workshop is built, people can be hired to increase production.
As for the employees, there is a shopkeeper, an accountant who knows how to do math, two people in charge of processing spicy strips, and a shopping guide, and that's about it.
Since human resources can be purchased directly in this era, Xue Huan will not waste the effort to recruit good people. After all, the production method of spicy strips in the early days still needs to be kept secret. It is much easier and more convenient to directly buy servants who have signed death contracts.
This kind of servant's death contract is held in the hands of the master. The price of betrayal is too high, which can ensure to the greatest extent that the formula will not be leaked.
Xue Huan handed the matter of buying people over to the housekeeper, and then went to the carpenter's shop to order a plaque and several pieces of furniture. She had drawn the drawings in advance.
Before the furniture was finished, Xue Huan asked someone to redecorate the shop, making it look more transparent, bright and spacious.
Chen Tian was very efficient and quickly found people for her. As per Xue Huan's request, they were all women.
"What are your names?"
Xue Huan sat at the head of the hall, looking at each of them in turn.
The woman standing on the far left stepped forward and bowed to her, "Your servant Zhenniang."
Zhenniang looked to be the oldest among the women, but she was only about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. She had a good-looking appearance and spoke in a steady tone, which made people feel comfortable listening to her.
"Don't call yourself a slave in front of me. I don't like it. Next."
The other women introduced themselves one by one.
"Slave, my name is Chunyan."
"Xia Xue."
"Qiu Rong."
"Winter Rhyme."
"Hey, your names happen to be Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Were you guys together before?"
Zhenniang replied, "My lady, yes, we used to serve a wealthy businessman's mistress. Later, the mistress was taken into the mansion, but we were not accepted by the wife, so we were sold."
This experience was indeed somewhat shameful, and the girl might be reluctant to tell it, but since the girl asked, she couldn't deliberately conceal it. Otherwise, if the girl knew about it in the future, she might be even more angry.
Now that it’s all said and done, it’s up to the girl whether to accept it or not.
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