Chapter 120 - Asking Chef Tan yo Take Care of Baozhu (1/2)

Chapter 120: Asking Chef Tan yo Take Care of Baozhu

Translator: Flying Lines

The Wong Family was very lively that day. The kitchen was also kept busy and everyone had their hands full.

Ye Xiaoxian did not have time to take a break until she had cooked all the dishes and the banquet began outside.

She had just stopped working when Scholar Wong’s maid came looking for Xiao Baozhu, asking Xiao Baozhu if she was finished working here. She wanted Xiao Baozhu back to serve the bride who had already been sent to her wedding room.

Xiao Baozhu had been busy for quite a while in the kitchen and had not had a chance to eat any food. Besides, she did not want to do the work of serving the bride.

The maid saw that Baozhu was behaving in an undisciplined manner so she then became even more aggressive. “If you don’t go, then you won’t need to eat lunch. We won’t bring any for you!”

Ye Xiaoxian interjected, “Baozhu won’t go back today. She’ll just eat here.”

“Who are you? Can you manage our family’s business?” The maid saw that Ye Xiaoxian was in plain clothes, so she a.s.sumed that she must not be a guest attending the wedding banquet, so she glared at Ye Xiaoxian.

“Who I am is not your business! Just leave!” Ye Xiaoxian hated such people the most. They were also from lower cla.s.s but had to bully someone inferior than them. When they saw someone superior than them they would fawn over them.

As expected, seeing Ye Xiaoxian having some conflict with the maid, the cook of the Wongs quickly walked over. The cook was in his thirties, having worked in this family for quite some time, so he had a say in the matter.

The cook did not like Ye Xiaoxian at first. He had long heard that for the young master’s wedding banquet they would invite a chef from outside. He did not expect that the chef would turn out to be a little girl, so he was not convinced.

However, when Ye Xiaoxian displayed her slicing technique in the kitchen, the chef was tempted to kneel in front of Ye Xiaoxian and call her “Master”.

This little girl could actually carve tofu into a flower, slice cuc.u.mbers into different shapes to decorate the dishes and garnish the dishes in very delicate ways. Such work could not be done unless one had learned and practiced hard for ten or so years.

The chef had been convinced in various ways. He also wanted to learn some tricks from Ye Xiaoxian but Ye Xiaoxian was too busy to mind him, so she was only engaged in her own work.

It was almost done and the cook came over, thinking of chatting a bit with Ye Xiaoxian. He did not expect that a lowly maid would have any conflict with Ye Xiaoxian.

“What happened? What happened?” the cook shouted.

When the maid saw the chef come over she immediately refrained from showing her c.o.c.ky att.i.tude. After all, the chef was in a much higher position in this family than her. “Chef Tan, I’m here to ask Young Master’s handmaid to tidy up the yard. The bride has been taken in and it won’t do if the handmaid isn’t there to serve her, right? Otherwise it would make her feel slighted by our family.”

Ye Xiaoxian then said to Chef Tan, “When I first arrived I told you that Baozhu was here to help me today. She’s been so busy that she hasn’t had a chance to even drink any water. Is it reasonable to call her back right now? Will having servants serve on an empty stomach make the bride feel less slighted by your family?”

“Well…” The maid still tried to say something.

Chef Tan then asked her, “Lian, are you trying to slack off?”

“Of course not!” Lian said. “I’ve been…”

“When the bride comes she will surely bring her own servants from her parent’s house. She’ll be much more familiar with her own people. Why should you make a handmaid serve her? Just go back by yourself for now.”

“…” The maid looked at Xiao Baozhu then turned to Ye Xiaoxian. At last she listened to Chef Tan and went back alone.