A farmer's daughter who traveled through time: Marrying a sickly man

Seeing Xia Tian was so sensible, the Second Madam looked at her gratefully and said with a smile, "In that case, there will be no problem at all."

The main reason is that there are too many masters in the Wu'an Marquis Mansion. If an opening is made here in the summer, then the others will follow suit and have to build a small kitchen in the yard, which will be a considerable expense.

She is the head of the household now, but she doesn't dare to spend money casually. After all, she has to support such a large family, and the daily expenses are a huge sum of money.

Seeing that the Third Madam was silent, the Second Madam pleaded, "If you also want to build a small kitchen in the yard, you can pay for it, and I can arrange for the main kitchen to help you buy what you need."

When the Third Madam heard that she had to pay for it herself, she looked embarrassed and said, "Forget it, I won't do it. It's too troublesome."

The old lady nodded, thinking that this was a good idea, and let them discuss it themselves. She didn't need to worry about these trivial matters.

After leaving the house, the third lady left without looking back.

The Second Madam then took Xia Tian's hand and thanked her, "Thank you for helping Second Aunt out. You don't know how expensive firewood and rice are unless you manage the household.

But what I just said is true. If you need anything, you can tell me and I'll have the kitchen staff buy it for you to save you the trouble. The money will come from the public treasury, so just don't tell anyone."

"Thank you, Second Aunt. I'll go back and write a list and have someone send it over later. But I'll pay for it myself, so that no one finds out and causes trouble for you."

She can still afford a little bit of money!

"That's fine. I'll be leaving first. You can just have someone bring it over later."

"Okay, take care, Second Aunt."

The small kitchen matter was settled, and Xia Tian was in a good mood. He went back and made a list of the pots, pans, and other things he needed, and asked Ningxiang to take the silver to deliver it to the second lady.

He also directed the little girls in the yard to clean up the kitchen quickly.

Jinglanyuan used to be Shen Hui's yard. It originally had a small kitchen, but it had not been used for several years, so it needed to be cleaned up before it could be used.

The small kitchen is not big, only about 20 or 30 square meters, but with more people there is more power, and we cleaned it up neatly and tidy in just one afternoon.

Just wait for the cooking utensils and ingredients to be in place, then you can start cooking.

Her first step was to teach Cuiling how to cook various types of porridge. Cantonese cuisine has the most types and quantities of porridge, and it is both healthy and delicious.

There are also various kinds of soups that are both nutritious and delicious.

He vowed to promote Cantonese cuisine in Beijing.

Thinking of this, Xia Tian couldn't wait to go back to the study to find some paper, cut it into the size of a book, and prepare to write down the recipe first.

Ningxiang was quietly grinding ink nearby. Seeing her wife writing furiously without even thinking, she admired her even more.

Although her wife is young and comes from a humble background, she knows a lot and is smart. She researched and wrote all the recipes herself.

If she were to manage the Marquis's Mansion, she would definitely manage it in an orderly manner.

Xia Tian had no intention of taking over the Marquis' Mansion, and she didn't want to be free labor for these people in the Marquis' Mansion.

She just wants to make her own little money now.

In this way, until dinner time, she had written dozens of recipes, all for various kinds of porridge.

Seeing that she had finished writing, Ningxiang took the needle and thread and helped her bind the porridge recipe so that it would be convenient to read.

Xia Tian was very pleased to see Ningxiang's virtuous appearance. If she went out in the future, she would definitely take Ningxiang and Ningxue with her.

When Shen Nian came back in the evening, he saw that she had tidied up the kitchen in just one day and even wrote a thick cookbook. While admiring her, he also took her hand and rubbed it with heartache.

My hands must be sore after writing so many words.

While enjoying Shen Nian's service, Xia Tian recounted to Shen Nian what he had done today.

Both of them have been busy recently and don't have many opportunities to sit together and chat like this. Shen Nian watched Xia Tian chattering non-stop, his thoughts drifting away, as if he was back in the courtyard of Liujia Village.

Back then, this girl didn't care whether you were listening or responding, she would just share her own things. Although it felt noisy sometimes, it seemed to have some magical power that could calm people down.

Early the next morning, the second wife asked the people in the kitchen to deliver everything she wanted.

Xia Tian took the list and checked the quality. There was no problem. He asked Ningxiang to give each person a purse as a reward. After the people from the kitchen left, he started to ask the little girls to wash and clean.

After all the pots, pans, jars, etc. were cleaned and boiled in water twice, they were allowed to sort and arrange them one by one.

After eating the food sent from the big kitchen at noon, she started teaching Cuiling how to make porridge in the afternoon.

Ningxue, Cuiyun and others also followed to learn, but when it comes to cooking, it really does require some talent.

Cuiling is the talented one. As long as she explains the main steps once, people can make the same dish by following the recipe.

In the afternoon, I only learned how to make mushroom and pork ribs porridge and duck blood porridge. When Cuiling was cooking over the small stove, the constant aroma made the onlookers swallow their saliva.

I haven't tasted it yet, but just the smell tells me it must be delicious.

Xia Tian looked at the greedy girls and waited until the porridge was ready, so he simply let Cui Ling give each of them a small bowl to taste it.

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Xia Tian took a bite and she felt that this was the taste she remembered.

"Well, it's delicious, so delicious." Several people ate without even raising their heads.

Xia Tian left a bowl of mushroom and pork ribs porridge for Shen Nian, and let them share the rest.

In the following time, Cui Ling learned how to make two kinds of porridge every day. In addition to sharing them with them, she would occasionally send a bowl to the old lady, Marquis Wu'an and the second lady in the summer for them to try.

Ever since the old lady drank the porridge she sent, sometimes when she didn't send any more, she would send Nanny Zhang or Mu Jin to bring her a bowl.

With these people's feedback, she has great confidence in the business of her hotel.

I have almost learned how to make porridge, and in the summer I start to cook various health-preserving soups.

Even the old lady who drank the soup from time to time had a rosy complexion after drinking it.

The old lady thought that Xia Tian’s health-preserving soup was indeed extraordinary, so she copied the recipes of several of her favorite soups and asked someone to make them in her own small kitchen.

It doesn’t matter in the summer, she has plenty of recipes in her mind anyway.

When Cuiling had almost finished her studies, Xia Tian arranged for her to temporarily live in Linglong Lane, where she would teach Xiaoyou and the other two girls.

Because Xiao You is dexterous, Xia Tian wrote a special dessert recipe for her and asked her to study it first.

The restaurant's renovation is almost done, and Master Liu said it will be all done by the end of the month.

Xia Tian specially drew a pattern for the clothes and asked Aunt Gu to buy the cloth according to the pattern to make uniform clothes for the restaurant staff. These would then be used as work clothes for their restaurant, which would also be a highlight.

The two chefs hired by Uncle Gu also each brought an apprentice. In the summer, they were asked to come during the day to practice new dishes in the kitchen in the second courtyard of the newly purchased house.

The preliminary preparations for the restaurant were proceeding in an orderly manner, but even now, Xia Tian discovered that she had not yet named the restaurant.