Transmigrated as A Farm Girl Making Her Family Rich-Chapter 93 - 92 Honey Pastries
Chapter 93: Chapter 92 Honey Pastries
The Tang Family was the richest in the county, and they had businesses all across the country. None of their legitimate or illegitimate children could ever be so poor as to not afford honey.
They dined on exotic delicacies from the mountains and seas, including bird’s nests, after all, those were valuable supplements.
The women’s health and beauty regimes were meticulous; they would have the doctor prescribe dietary recipes that enhanced beauty.
“Jinhua, your young Master is truly naive. How can he fancy a common wet nurse and even visit her home? It’s unbecoming of his status,” said Cui Zhu, the maid at Tang Xiyue’s side.
“Indeed, it’s quite absurd for a legitimate young Master to value a common wet nurse so highly,” another maid, this one serving beside the concubine of the illegitimate young madam, chimed in.
“The young Master is so dependent on a common wet nurse; how can the young madam bear it?” said a maid belonging to one of Mr. Tang’s concubines; she had only given birth to an illegitimate Lady, who was just a few months old.
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“Is there any use in saying so much? Quite bold of you to gossip about the masters, aren’t you afraid Madam will punish you?”
“If you think the things that a common wet nurse brings back are of no good, you can choose not to send her honey-made cakes to the masters,” another added.
Jinhua, being a maid close to Madam, spoke with some authority—she was Madam’s right-hand woman. Normally, everyone showed her some respect.
Her words left the others merely pouting and not daring to refuse.
Their words were but an echo of what their masters had discussed; they looked down on commoners merely based on their masters’ stature.
They didn’t dare refuse; if they truly refused, they would definitely be scolded by their masters for incompetence.
The little maids following Jinhua to the kitchen, two of them, greatly admired how eloquent Jinhua was. To become an important maid like Jinhua was to be skilled and resourceful.
They could read, calculate, and usually helped Madam with various tasks.
They aspired to become a significant maid like Jinhua, hoping that one day they could earn a higher monthly salary and perhaps a brighter future.
Being valued by their masters could even earn them a better marriage.
Even if they didn’t marry into a rich family, becoming a shopkeeper’s wife at the Tang Family Store, or a housekeeper’s wife, was still better than being a servant or a commoner’s wife.
The little maids, who were not born into the house, were from families that couldn’t afford to keep them. To provide for the males in the family, girls were sold to the Tang Mansion. Becoming a maid in the Tang Mansion wasn’t easy; of course, they needed to be carefully selected.
Jinhua placed the first batch of cakes prepared in the kitchen into a food box and, together with the little maid, took them back.
The maids from other masters left in the kitchen could only wait, naturally forming a line.
After Jinhua had departed, they resumed their discussion. “A common wet nurse, why does she have such good honey?”
They all expressed their desire to buy some of the honey for their masters or for themselves.
“Don’t even think about it; just now we asked Miss Jinhua, and there’s no saying that the Li Family is in the business of selling honey. It’s likely that Mrs. Li bought it from somewhere else to ingratiate herself with the Tang Family. No one has heard of their family keeping bees.
“The people who went to the Li Family’s house said so; their courtyard is so small, there’s simply no place for keeping bees,”
Overheard by an old woman busy working, she doused their conversation with a dose of reality.
“We’d still need to find out where exactly Mrs. Li is buying her honey, so we can perhaps ask our families to buy some, or ask Mrs. Li to bring us some next time she goes,” another added.
“Exactly, asking Mrs. Li might be a better idea, as that’s her home after all,” another agreed.
The maids and old women all shared a common thought.
“If only we could make pastries every day using such fine honey.”
While the chef had been making pastries, as a chef, he was allowed to taste the flavor. Having eaten a bit of the pastry earlier, he felt his skills had greatly improved—it was simply a heavenly delicacy that enhanced his culinary abilities.
The chef, hired by the Tang Family with a high salary, possessed the skills of a major restaurant. As a chef, he especially wanted his skills to advance.
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If he did well at the Tang Mansion, there would be reward money. He was a pastry chef, not a cook for other dishes; a kitchen had several chefs, each with their own tasks, and all had assistants.
Jinhua, accompanied by a maid, delivered the pastries into Madam’s courtyard living room, where the Old Master, young Master, young madam, and the housekeeper were also present.
“Madam, the kitchen has finished making the pastries. When I returned, I saw other masters’ attendants going to the kitchen to fetch pastries, all having heard that the pastries were made with honey brought back by the young Master from the Li Family. They all wanted to taste them.”
As Jinhua spoke, Maid had already opened the food box, releasing the sweet aroma of the pastries, making everyone in the living room, whether standing or sitting, want to salivate.
“Hmm, no wonder they all followed the scent to the kitchen. It really smells delicious…”
The Madam’s appreciation made everyone in the living room nod in agreement.
At that moment, the young madam remembered not to eat commoners’ food, fearing it might be poisonous and dangerous for the baby in her womb.
Pregnant people tend to enjoy eating more, and it was now an hour before the afternoon meal, which was tea time.
Pregnant individuals particularly enjoy eating, generally consuming larger amounts of food, and tend to get hungry easily.
“Jufeng, go get some,” said the young madam.
“Yes,” Jufeng, smelling it herself, wanted to eat too. For them, the servants, if the masters rewarded them, that was the best. If the masters did not issue a command, they could only smell but not eat.
Being a maid by the master’s side didn’t mean sharing the master’s meals; they ate leftovers or had their own servant’s menu.
“Not bad, very tasty, even better than pastries from the restaurants outside. It’s made by the same chef, but the different honey has made such a big difference,” remarked Tang Xiyue.
Tang Xiyue, who had once studied in Imperial City, was accustomed to tasting delicacies at major restaurants as a rich family’s young Master, and found that the usual delicacies paled in comparison to the ordinary pastries he ate today.
Using ordinary ingredients, yet producing a heavenly delight.
“Indeed, it tastes very good…” Mr. Tang felt that none of the good food he had eaten over the decades could compare to the pastries he ate today.
Not only did they taste good, but as they settled in the stomach, they gave a warm sensation during the winter and made the whole body feel comfortable.
The housekeeper also had the fortune to eat two pieces of pastry, feeling this endeavor was well accomplished. Being rewarded with chrysanthemum tea and these pastries delighted him more than reward money could.
As the housekeeper next to Old Master and the chief housekeeper of Tang Mansion, he was not short of money; he was fortunate enough to have bought a large house in the county. His family was doing well, his son working in business with the young Master, and though just a servant in another’s household, he lived the life of a wealthy master.
The adults in the living room, after eating the pastries, felt like eating more.
Very soon, only a little of the pastries remained, reserved by the adults thinking of leaving some for Shunyan; otherwise, they would have finished them.
Madam was full and felt that she could skip dinner. As a housekeeper and noble lady, she generally ate light to maintain health, preferring to eat small meals more frequently.
This was truly a way to maintain health. Overeating and lack of exercise not only leads to obesity but also puts pressure on body organs, thereby causing a decline in physical functions.
