Lucinda replied in a serious tone, “You absolutely did the right thing. Since they became servants, you should discipline them according to the regulations for servants. If they refuse to comply, you can penalize them accordingly. However, you must also monitor the male servants in the house. Despite the situation, I won’t allow them to entertain any nasty thoughts.”
“Okay, Miss Ross. Don’t worry. I will take care of it,” Jaliyah promised.
As the window wasn’t closed, Lucinda suddenly smelled burning. The smell appeared to be emanating from downstairs.
Lucinda was horrified when she ended the call and immediately ran down the stairs. The sight of the kitchen which was filled with thick smoke startled her.
As Nathaniel attempted to fan the smoke away with his hands, he got choked and coughed.
Lucinda was left stunned.
“I told you to cook, not to burn down the house.”
She covered her mouth and nose, rushed into the kitchen, turned off the gas range, and switched on the range hood and exhaust fan.
After some time, the smell slowly dissipated.
Lucinda looked at the charred contents in the pot and asked Nathaniel, “What were you cooking?”
He responded truthfully, “Spareribs with brown sauce.”
Lucinda peeked at the contents in the pot again and was astounded.
“Did you use a whole bottle of sauce? And now it’s completely burned!
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Didn’t you even read the cookbook?”
Nathaniel replied helplessly, “I followed the cookbook. It said to cook it with a low heat for one and a half hours, but I thought it was taking too long, so I turned up the heat.”
“So these are all burnt.”
Nathaniel didn’t respond.
He felt that she was just taunting him.
Lucinda had no words. She sighed and asked, “Do you think that I should eat this for dinner?”
“I prepared another simple dish.”
She raised an eyebrow.
“Where?”
Nathaniel then led her to the dining table.
The dish looked somewhat normal in color. Lucinda sighed and decided to give it a try.