Xia Chunyu really couldn't bear to see such a sloppy woman dangling in front of his eyes, so he dropped the book in his hand, walked over, grabbed her by the collar of her neck and carried her out like a chick.
"Go to the well and wash yourself."
Ye Jiayao was no longer able to complain about this man's bad behavior. She didn't bother to raise her eyelids and silently turned around and went to the well behind the kitchen.
Uh, so obedient? Xia Chunyu thought she would get angry, but she was a woman who dared to throw shoes in his face and call him crazy. Although she will be submissive and flattering, she still has a bit of arrogance in her bones. Once it pricks her, she will raise all the thorns on her body to fight back.
Xia Chunyu felt helpless as if he had punched cotton, and went back to his room angrily to continue reading.
After a while, Song Qi and Peng Wu came back carrying four large baskets and two bags of rice and noodles.
Ye Jiayao took a look and saw that there was no shortage of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, as well as pots and pans, and even a complete set of knives. The ingredients included a big carp, a pork chop, a killed chicken, a leg of lamb, and There are all kinds of seasonal vegetables. Ye Jiayao stared: Can four people eat so much? The nature of a bandit is evident. Even going to the kitchen of his own cottage to get something is like robbing someone.
Although she was very tired, the words had been spoken. Today's dinner was her first serious meal when she settled in the village. Ye Jiayao still cheered up and prepared to show off her skills.
Ye Jiayao caught a carp and threw the fish to the ground. After it fainted, he began to remove the scales and internal organs while asking: "Song Qi, Peng Wu, where are you from?"
Peng Wu was lighting the fire: "I'm from Hebei."
Song Qi said in Zhan Zaipai: "I am from Zhenjiang."
"What about the third boss?"
Song Qi scratched his head: "I don't know who the Third Leader is. I haven't heard him mention it."
Uh... Okay, the guy's accent seems to be from the Wuyue area. In this case, it should be fine to cook Huaiyang cuisine.
China's food culture is extensive and profound. After long-term development and evolution, it has developed into a system with distinctive local flavor characteristics. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was roughly divided into southern food and northern food systems. By the Qing Dynasty, it developed into four systems: Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, and Huaiyang. The major cuisines were later divided into more detailed categories, forming eight major cuisines.
Although Ye Jiayao has researched all major cuisines, Huaiyang cuisine is what she is best at because her father is a special chef in a five-star hotel in Suzhou. Huaiyang cuisine pays attention to the selection of ingredients, fine preparation, emphasis on knife skills, light seasoning, pursuit of original taste, good color, fragrance and shape, and is an elegant style. Make good use of heat in cooking, and are good at stewing, stewing, simmering, stewing, steaming, roasting, stir-frying and other cooking methods.
Seeing his sister-in-law's skillful movements, Song Qi asked: "Sister-in-law, where did you learn this cooking skill?"
"At home... I mean I learned it from my cook."
"You, a young lady, still need to learn this?"
Ye Jiayao looked up at the beams at a 45-degree angle, her eyes complicated and difficult to distinguish, which seemed to bring back some unbearable memories of the past, and then she lowered her head and sighed: "Hey... it's hard to explain in words."
When you don't want to talk, it's definitely a good way to pretend to be melancholy and sophisticated.
Sure enough, Song Qi stopped asking.
After finishing the fish, Ye Jiayao first put the chops chopped by Song Qi into the pot and stir-fried, then added ginger slices, a few mushrooms, cooking wine, soy sauce and other seasonings. After frying, put it into a casserole and simmered it slowly over a steady fire. This is how it is braised. The pork ribs are tasty enough, with rich bone aroma and tender meat.
Then wash the chopping board and start cutting the soft tofu. I saw her carefully slicing the soft tofu into paper-like thin slices, neatly arranged one by one. The fingers of her left hand were bent close to the back of the knife. As the fingers retreated, the kitchen knife moved quickly and evenly. The whole process was done in one go. Peng Wu's eyes went straight, was he chopping tofu
Song Qi said in surprise: "Sister-in-law, are you going to make Wensi tofu?"
Ye Jiayao chuckled: "Yes! Have you eaten it?"
Song Qi swallowed: "No, no, but I have seen it."
"Then I will let you try the authentic Wensi tofu today, but unfortunately there is no ham." Ye Jiayao said regretfully.
Song Qi thought for a while: "Is it okay to use wind meat? I saw there is wind meat in the kitchen."
Ye Jiayao's eyes lit up: "Okay, why not? Although the pork belly is not as brightly colored and salty and sweet as ham, its texture is tender, refreshing but not greasy, and it is also a good flavor-enhancing condiment."
"Then I'll get it." Song Qifeng left in a hurry.
Ye Jiayao originally wanted to tell her that just cut off a small piece, otherwise they might carry the whole piece of meat back, but Song Qi seemed to have gone far away in a gust of wind.
After cutting the chicken breast, bamboo shoots and shredded mushrooms, Song Qi came back panting. As expected, he had a large piece of meat. He said out of breath: "Old Yutou is too stingy. Why don't you just cut it into pieces?" Did you want a piece of his meat? He actually chased him out with a kitchen knife."
Ye Jiayao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This was truly a bandit among bandits.
Xia Chunyu looked at the smoke rising from the top of the kitchen, and couldn't help but feel some anticipation. He didn't know what tricks she would come up with. He wanted to go over and have a look, but he was afraid that others would misunderstand that he was greedy, so he had to suppress his curiosity. Continue to pretend to flip through the book.
I picked up the teapot and poured water, but the water was gone. I called Song Qi at the top of my lungs, but no one came.
Xia Chunyu immediately took the kettle and went to the kitchen.
As soon as I arrived at the door of the kitchen, I smelled the strong aroma of fish, which made my mouth full. Xia Chunyu threw the teapot on the table and shouted, "Where are the people? Where have all the people died?"
Peng Wu hurriedly ran out of the kitchen: "Third Master, please wait a moment, the food will be ready soon."
Xia Chunyu said solemnly: "Who asked you about food? Do you know that the teapot is empty? It's just a meal, not a banquet. Do you need so many people? You also want to change your career to be a cook, right? Okay? , you can go to work in the kitchen tomorrow."
Peng Wu was scolded and looked disgraced: "I'm going to boil water right now."
Ye Jiayao couldn't bear it any longer. She grabbed the spoon in her hand and was about to go out. Song Qi grabbed her and shook her head.
Xia Chunyu turned on the fire but didn't see anyone coming out, so he had to go back to the house.
Song Qi looked at the door for a moment, then came back and said, "The third boss has gone back."
Ye Jiayao said angrily: "He is too difficult to take care of. Everyone has good intentions and wants to cook him a delicious meal. It's okay if they don't appreciate it, and they come here to find trouble."
Song Qi laughed and said, "Sister-in-law, don't take it to heart. San is actually a good family member."
"What a piece of shit, he always gets angry." Ye Jiayao said bitterly.
"Then you can't blame the third master. No one in the village is easy to get along with. The third master took the third position in Heifenggang within two months of going up to the mountain. Many brothers in the village are dissatisfied. If the third master is not more powerful, how can he It can be controlled." Song Qi said with a smile.
Ye Jiayao rolled her eyes, that's it. He just wanted to calm everyone down and make everyone listen to him, just like a dog.
"What about the second master and the first master? How are they?" Ye Jiayao asked.
Song Qi frowned and said, "It's hard to say. Let's take the first master! He seems to have a good temper. I heard that he is a scholar and doesn't know martial arts, but the brothers in the village are afraid of him. As for the second master, it seems He has a fierce look on his face, but he is the talkative one."
In other words, the fair-faced ones sing the red-faced ones, and the red-faced ones sing the fair-faced ones. Ye Jiayao changed to a frying pan, poured a thin layer of oil on it, put the shiitake mushrooms stuffed with minced meat into it and fried it. The aroma of the meat and the shiitake mushrooms blended together, stimulating people's sense of smell. Fry until they were about seven to eight cooked, and then poured in Add a little wet starch to the prepared soup and cook for a while, so that the mushrooms can absorb the moisture and flavor of the soup and become smooth and delicious.
This is the modern way to cook shiitake mushrooms on an iron plate. Ye Jiayao slightly modified it and turned it into another dish. Use chopsticks to place the mushrooms on the fried green cabbage leaves, pour the soup evenly, and another delicious dish is freshly baked.
"Okay, take it over!" Ye Jiayao clapped her hands and it was done.
Today I cooked a total of five dishes, braised pork ribs, sweet and sour carp, mushrooms and green vegetables, Wensi tofu, and braised fresh bamboo shoots with braised pork.
Song Qi put her nose up to sniff it and sighed with satisfaction: "Sister-in-law, your cooking skills are really impressive. Just looking at this color and smelling this fragrance will make people drool."
Ye Jiayao smiled and said: "Be careful not to drip saliva in."
"Sister-in-law, why don't you carry it over yourself? The third master will definitely like it when he sees it." Song Qi said.
Ye Jiayao curled her lips: "Forget it, he doesn't like me today, so I won't bother him."
She has not forgotten that someone carried her out like a rag. She has never been so embarrassed in her life.
"How can it be possible? The third master is cold-faced and warm-hearted." Song Qi said with a smile.
Ye Jiayao insisted not to go and picked up some food to eat by herself in the kitchen.
In the room, Xia Chunyu was a little dazzled looking at the five dishes. The presentation was excellent and the taste was delicious. If Song Qi and Peng Wu hadn't been nearby, he would have thought he was sitting in a big restaurant in Jinling. !
"Third Master, please try it quickly. My sister-in-law's cooking is delicious." Song Qi felt greedy in her stomach and couldn't help but want to use her chopsticks.
Peng Wu also swallowed hard: "Third Master, you have found a treasure."
Xia Chunyu glanced at him: "What treasure? Hurry and get the wine."
The heart says that the living treasure is not bad.
I usually eat stewed meat in big pots, which makes me sick to death. It is rare to have such exquisite food, which can whet your appetite. Good food should be paired with good wine.
"Hey." Peng Wu happily went to bring a jar of wine and filled it with the third master.
Xia Chunyu picked up the chopsticks and then thought of Ye Jiayao, and asked, "Where is your sister-in-law?"
Song Qi said: "Sister-in-law is boiling hot water for us to eat by ourselves."
"Why do you boil hot water when you eat?" Xia Chunyu muttered, thinking of her dirty face, maybe she needs to boil hot water for a bath! Women are troublesome, and men like them can just fetch a bucket of water from the well and pour it in, or swim back and forth to the pool behind the mountain for a few times.
The fish is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sour and sweet. The braised pork ribs are fragrant and soft. The mushrooms are covered with a layer of pork belly. The crispiness of the fried meat and the smooth texture of the mushrooms make it delicious. What surprised him was the Wensi tofu, shredded tofu, shredded bamboo shoots, shredded mushrooms, shredded chicken breast, and pork. The strands were as thin as hair. Even the most famous chef in Jinling could only do this with this kind of knife skills. Xia Chunyu felt a little uncomfortable. Dare you believe: "Your sister-in-law cut this tofu?"
Peng Wudao: "My sister-in-law cut it. I was dumbfounded. Just chop it up, and the shredded tofu that comes out looks like strands of hair."
Xia Chunyu nodded. It seemed that he had indeed found a treasure, in a sense.
(End of chapter)