Li Tuo really saw the market today. Today he finally understood how high the wall and how wide the gap was between the nobles and the common people.
No one on either side can imagine what the other's life is like. The superior ruling class knows that the people are poor, but they cannot imagine how poor they will be.
If the whole family wears a pair of pants, a large number of people will freeze and starve to death every winter. During famine years, there will even be tragedies of cannibalism... They cannot see these things.
The common people at the bottom know which nobles are very rich, but they cannot imagine how rich they are.
Li Lianying is just a eunuch, he can write more than 200 water brand names and hang them in the greenhouse, and he can eat whatever he wants! What a luxury this is, which shows that the Li family kitchen has to prepare so many dishes every day.
Dried vegetables, bacon, etc. can be kept for a few more days. Those fresh vegetables, fish, etc., if you can’t eat them, why not throw them away and waste them!
Moreover, it is already early winter, and there are still fresh cabbages, rapeseed, and cucumbers on the water sign... These are all grown in greenhouses. Only some gardeners in western Beijing have this skill!
During the New Year days, fresh vegetables are worth real money!
What is even more unexpected is this fresh seasoning. One tael of powder is equivalent to one tael of gold. This is eating gold!
Li Tuo raised his cup and toasted to Li Lianying and said, "I'm convinced... I'm really convinced!"
Li Lianying laughed loudly, "Haha... Mr. Li, what I show you today is just the tip of the iceberg. You can't imagine the life of this superior person!"
"The Zajia admit that you know more about the news in the officialdom than I do, and you know many twists and turns better than I do! In the future, you should pay more attention to matters in the court and serve Lafayette more!"
"But you have to listen to me when it comes to eating, drinking, having fun... As long as you show all your loyalty, your future life will be more expensive than that of a prince..."
"You can't imagine the sweetness in this... Come on, bring the bowl of cheese to Mr. Li..."
Manchus and Mongolians love to eat cheese. This is also a famous snack in old Beijing. It is not the hard kind in the West, but a smooth and tender snow-white cheese like old tofu.
Li Tuo took a bite with a spoon and couldn't help but give him a thumbs up: "Oh... this is better than all the cheeses on the street. It's refreshing and fragrant... it's really good!"
"That's... made of human milk..." Li Lianying said lightly.
Poof... Li Tuo sprayed out all the cheese in one gulp, and sprayed all over the face of the butler who was waiting next to him.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry...butler...I'm not mentally prepared for this at all!" Li Tuo never thought that the raw material of this bowl of cheese was not milk.
I sprayed them all, sprayed all over the butler's face and apologized quickly.
Li Lianying sneered and said, "This is not right, Mr. Li... You are giving him face by spraying him in the face... What's wrong? How dare you stand up straight for someone who has no rules?"
The butler knelt down and said, "Thank you, Mr. Li, for the cheese. Thank you, Mr. Li, for the cheese..." After saying that, he wiped the cheese on his face with his hand and put it in his mouth.
Good guy, this scene is so disgusting that Li Tuo is so upset that he almost vomits.
Li Lianying looked at him and said, "Don't be unaccustomed, Mr. Li, you have to adapt... This is how a slave works, let alone spraying him with cheese, if you reward him with a pot of golden juice, doesn't he have to drink it too?" "
"Isn't that right?" The strange voice frightened all the servants and turned pale. The butler quickly kowtowed, "Master is saying, Master is saying...Thank you, Mr. Li for the reward, thank Mr. Li for the reward... …”
What is golden juice? That was dung soup. Li Tuo couldn't stand the sight of it and quickly ordered a cup of Longjing tea to rinse his mouth.
Li Lianying clapped her hands, and a row of six women walked in from outside the flower hall and stood in a row in front of Li Tuo.
"The imperial concubines in the capital... are very strict. Once our concubines in the Forbidden City give birth, they are not allowed to breastfeed their own children..."
"This requires a wet nurse, and all nobles of the Eight Banners have a rule of drinking a bowl of human milk to replenish their health...Have you never heard of it, Mr. Li?"
"Even the Queen Mother Lafayette must drink a bowl every day..." Li Lianying smiled strangely at Li Tuo and said, "It seems that the bowl just now was not to Mr. Li's appetite... Here is a change for you!"
"These are the other six wet nurses... You choose one, and they will express the milk for you in front of you... Otherwise, you can drink directly from your mouth..."
After saying that, the six women unbuttoned the sides of their cheongsam like walking zombies, revealing a piece of snowy white!
Li Tuo really didn't expect to see such a scene today. He really wanted to rush out the door, but when he saw Li Lianying's expression from the corner of his eye, he knew that this matter was not that simple.
This is a test. This is a test of whether you, Li Tuo, really want to get on the bus. This is a test of whether you are the same type of person as us in your heart!
If you don't even dare to drink a bowl of cheese, it means that you are not the same type of person as us!
Li Tuo suppressed the nausea in his heart, gritted his teeth and smiled cruelly, "The manager was joking. I can't keep my mouth shut when you drink to each other... Come on... Just this one, I'll change my taste..."
After living for nearly forty years, this was the first time that Li Tuo saw this Western scene. A bowl of 'milk' appeared in front of him and was processed on the spot.
Then Li Lianying is still looking at you. If you don’t drink, I’m afraid there will be no good fruit to eat in the future!
Pull it down, I will drink it as poison! Li Tuo was filled with grief and indignation. He held the bowl of milk and swallowed it all with his eyes closed.
At that moment, Li Tuo burst into tears. Why is it so difficult to be an official? Why is it so difficult?
"Okay! Okay, okay... Mr. Li, that's right. It doesn't matter if you don't get used to it at first. You will get used to it after three days... This is really a great supplement!"
"Come here, send this wet nurse to Mr. Li's house... Since Mr. Li likes this, I have to part with her!"
How could Li Tuo refuse? How dare Li Tuo refuse? Starting tonight, the door to a new world will open to him.
Since people are willing to risk their lives, they have nothing to fear. Whatever moves you, Li Lianying, make, I, Li Tuoquan, will take over. After a bowl of milk, Li Tuo shakes off his cheeks and eats the food.
Not to mention, this was not about etiquette, but Li Lianying smiled in return: "Haha... Mr. Li likes it, then eat more. When I, the cook, have used up all my tricks, I will send it to your house..."
"Private dishes, you have to raise private dishes now!"
The butler next to him who had just finished wiping his face smiled flatteringly and said, "Master Li may not know the secrets here. The private dishes in this capital are all inherited..."
"Every big family has the habit of hiring outside cooks with high salaries, regardless of whether it's Huaiyang cuisine, Shandong cuisine or Luoyang water banquet... As long as the famous chef has unique skills, he can pay a high salary!"
"But if you make a lot of money, you must also have skills... As an external cook, you must ensure that the dishes are different every day, and once there is a dish that the master likes, you have to leave the recipe!"
"Once a chef has cooked all the unique dishes in his stomach and there is no more new dishes, then he will have to pack it up and find a new home without having to waste time with the host."
"Just like this, one chef after another took turns, and the owner's favorite recipes became more and more abundant... Over several generations and hundreds of years, a very unique private cuisine system was naturally formed!"
"Master Li, you have to play like this now!"
