diskusbooks Chapter 537 She's just a cook
Chapter 537 She's just a cook
How could Chunfeng not be nervous? She had accompanied the madam to the prefectural city to protect her safety. Now, she was like a useless person, having to let the madam do everything herself, while she, a servant, was just sitting idly outside.
What if there's any real danger?
If anything were to happen to the lady, she wouldn't be spared even if she died ten thousand times.
Du Mingxian knew Chunfeng was worried, but she had her own way of protecting herself and could adapt to any situation. Although she was not very skilled, the important thing was that she had lived two lives and was more mature than Chunfeng. She would definitely not put herself in danger.
Unable to comfort Chunfeng, she stopped talking. No matter how much she said, Chunfeng would worry as long as she went, so she might as well save her worries and focus on her next trip to the Tian family.
After leaving home, she first went out to find a secluded spot, prepared everything she needed for the day, and then carried a basket on her back to the Tian family's house.
It was the same familiar door. This time, instead of just standing at the door waiting, she walked up directly to the gatekeeper and told him she was looking for an old woman.
"You're the one who came here today to make food, right? You wait here while I go find it."
Du Mingxian put her things on the ground and stood quietly to the side waiting. Soon the old woman ran over and apologized to Du Mingxian, "I'm sorry, sister, I was busy just now."
"It's alright, shall we go in now?"
"Chengcheng, let me help you."
"Okay."
The old woman and Du Mingxian carried the baskets inside. They weren't particularly heavy, but Du Mingxian, considering she was pregnant, didn't want to exert too much effort.
Upon entering the Tian residence, Du Mingxian found it to be far superior to any other ordinary house.
Previously, she had frequented banquets at the homes of officials, but now, seeing the Tian family mansion, she could only express her admiration—it was understated yet luxurious.
At first glance, it looks no different from any other house; it's just an ordinary house. But if you look closely, you'll see that it's exquisite in every detail, and some of the items here are quite expensive.
This made her even more suspicious that the Tian family really needed to be thoroughly investigated.
From the flower garden to the back kitchen, we encountered some servants along the way. These servants were quite ordinary, and their rules were not very strict. Compared to such an exquisite and culturally rich mansion, the servants' rules were very lax and did not match the mansion.
We walked all the way to the kitchen yard.
The Tian family's kitchen was a small courtyard, and the old woman explained patiently.
"There are five kitchens here, two large and three small. Today, since Miss invited you here, we specially set aside a small kitchen for you to use, and also assigned you two maids. I don't know if we have enough staff?"
"If you don't have enough manpower, just tell me and I'll transfer two more people to you. Most importantly, you must make sure that Miss's things are not delayed."
Du Mingxian smiled and said, "Auntie, you can rest assured, there will be no problem at all. Two maids will be enough to help you."
After saying that, she leaned closer to the old woman and whispered, "Auntie, you see, we must send two reliable people over. I've heard that wealthy families can be quite chaotic sometimes. What if someone is dissatisfied with me or the young lady and takes this opportunity to send someone with problems over? That would be troublesome."
The old woman, who had been working in the back courtyard all along, naturally knew about these things. "Don't worry, I'll pick two honest and dutiful maids for you. If that doesn't work, I'll get two from the young lady's courtyard for you to use temporarily, and then send them back when you're done."
"Can we transfer people from Miss's courtyard? What if Miss herself doesn't have enough people? Maybe we should forget it." Du Mingxian looked scared. "This is my first time entering a house like this, and I'm a little scared. Auntie, we know each other very well, so you must help me."
"Don't worry, I will definitely help you. I won't do anything to you. Just quietly make what Miss wants."
"Okay, okay," Du Mingxian readily agreed.
The old woman waved her hand, "It's almost time. I'll go and get some people for you. You stay here, and I'll bring them to you personally in a bit."
"Okay, ma'am, please hurry, I'm afraid of running into someone I know."
"well."
After the old woman left, Du Mingxian sat on the threshold of the door, watching people come and go. Some maids came back with things, and some went out with things. She was very nervous.
It's past breakfast time now, are the Tian family eating separately?
A moment later, a maidservant dressed in decent clothes walked in. Du Mingxian could tell at a glance that she must be a personal maidservant of her master.
The maid was arrogant. When she came in and saw Du Mingxian sitting there, she was immediately pleased. "What are you doing sitting there? You lazybones, hurry up and serve the young masters some food."
Du Mingxian pointed to herself instead, "Me?"
She knew that the backyard of wealthy families was never peaceful, and she thought nothing would happen at the Tian family's house today, but now it seems... it's not that you can just invite trouble if you don't want to; some people bring trouble directly to your door.
"Of course it's you. Which courtyard do you belong to? You have no manners at all."
Du Mingxian rolled her eyes, not at all intimidated, "I am not a servant of the Tian family."
“If you’re not a servant of the manor, what are you doing here? Do you know that this is a very important place in the kitchen? There can’t be any accidents here. If you do something wrong, how will you explain yourself?”
Still feeling unsatisfied, the maid pointed to another maid carrying fruit and said, "Go find the steward. There's a busybody here; he should really investigate. Is this a place where just anyone can come and go?"
The maidservant, upon seeing Du Mingxian's seat and her clothes, immediately explained, "This is not a maidservant of our household; she is a cook whom the eldest young lady hired from outside."
"What? A cook?"
"Yes, the chef that the young lady hired is going to cook something delicious for her today. That small kitchen was specially set aside for her."
The maid's face paled upon hearing the young lady's words. She felt angry thinking about what she had just said, and then she saw that Du Mingxian was extremely angry.
She originally wanted to leave directly, but she was so angry that she didn't dare to vent her anger on Du Mingxian. Instead, she pointed at the maid who had told her the truth and scolded her, "What are you doing? Since you were the chef that the young lady had invited back, why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"I didn't even recognize you when I came in, and you've been talking for so long. I think you have ulterior motives. You want me to recruit the young lady and upset her, don't you?"
The maidservant began to tremble and hurriedly explained, "No, really no, I really didn't think that. I was in the main kitchen the whole time and didn't come out. I don't know what you said to that cook."