The thrilling event last night had disappeared, and the preparations for welcoming Mr. Songtao were still in full swing, and everyone did not dare to slack off at all.
Who knows when that big man from the imperial city will appear in front of everyone!
It was just after lunch, and the kitchen was finished. Everyone sat around, eating a simple meal, and chatting about various anecdotes about this great Confucianist on the street recently.
"Hey, have you heard? In order to find a place for Mr. Songtao, Mr. Zhao gave up his newly built villa!"
"Hey, think about how luxurious Master Zhao's newly built garden is. I heard that half of the barren hills in the suburbs of Xianyang were cut down just for wood!"
"What's the matter? I've heard that the construction of this other garden is very particular. It seems that Zhang Yuanwai hired craftsmen from the capital to specially design it!"
"Look at what you said, it's the same as you went in to see it!"
"I'd like to go and see it, but unfortunately I can't get in! But I have a distant cousin who also participated in the construction of the other garden. He said that there are several kitchens among them! He is very particular about it!"
"Hey, I went shopping this morning and heard some great news."
"Say it!"
"In order to make this important person live comfortably, Mr. Zhao ordered all the villagers within a radius of half a mile around the Bieyuan to move away from yesterday!"
"My dear! It's noisy! However, his other garden is surrounded by mountains and rivers, so there must be no one around!"
"Hey, you're wrong. They're just hard-working people in thatched huts. If you let them move, where will they go?"
"Alas! That is, the twelfth lunar month is about to enter, and the weather is getting colder every day, these miserable people!"
"Alas! The world is as black as crows!"
"I said Shouzheng, why is it so quiet today? Haven't you heard?" Chef Tang asked.
"Hehe, these have nothing to do with our back kitchen. We just need to do our best to cook well and entertain this distinguished guest well! Besides, what's the use of being soft-spoken?" Wen Shouzheng sighed.
"Girl Rou'er has been learning to cook with you for more than ten days, but can she still endure this hardship?" Chef Zheng picked up a piece of meat.
"Hey, to tell you the truth, my daughter is extremely talented, and I'm planning to teach her how to cook from now on!" Wen Shouzheng said proudly.
"Hmph." Chef Zhang sneered twice and filled a bowl of soup.
"As a master, I am both a teacher and a father. I am extremely caring for my apprentices. I am not like someone who doesn't care about his apprentices. I just let him be a miser for three years!" Wen Shouzheng squinted Chef Zhang said disdainfully.
"Wen Shouzheng, who are you talking about? Make it clear! Who doesn't care?" Chef Zhang was anxious, put down the bowl and chopsticks with a "snap", and stood up.
"You say others can be worthy of you? A person like you is not worthy of being a master!" Wen Shouzheng snorted coldly.
"Xiao Wu is my apprentice, so I can teach as much as I want! Unlike someone who has a big mouth, his daughter has only been here for more than ten days, and she clamors to teach cooking! If you haven't learned to crawl, you have to learn to run!" Chef Zhang stared, and retorted.
"Brother Zhang, don't say a few words!" Chef Tang hurriedly tried to persuade him.
"Don't pull me!" Chef Zhang shook off Chef Tang's hand vigorously.
"Okay! Tell me, how did you teach Xiao Wu?" Wen Shouzheng sneered.
"Washing vegetables is the first step for Qin Xing'er to get started. You must be familiar with the nature of vegetables before you can handle the ingredients with ease; cutting vegetables is the foundation of Qin Xing'er. How can you learn all kinds of knife skills in a few days? Let's talk about side dishes. , how can you match them indiscriminately? Only by understanding the principles of food cooking first can you cook with reason and evidence, and there will be no disadvantages. If it is as you said, your daughter will have to learn to cook after ten days in the kitchen, at best You can only shoot a cucumber! The physical properties are bad, even if it is cooked by a master chef, it will be tasteless! For example, the chicken should be tender, and the duck should be fat; crucian carp is better with a flat body and white belly; The bamboo shoots turned into earth have few knots but are sweet and fresh; other miscellaneous things can be analogized. The reason why I let Xiao Wu do odd jobs for a long time is for my own reasons." Chef Zhang spoke clearly and logically, and he could hear the people next to him Chef Zheng and Chef Tang were both stunned. They never expected Chef Zhang, who is usually not good at speaking, to have such a high opinion on cooking. He thought he could only cook pasta!
"Hey, I have taught Rou'er what you said a long time ago!" Wen Shouzheng narrowed his eyes, got up slowly, and looked at Chef Zhang.
"Your teaching is all superficial! My little five is hard-working and has been practicing basic skills for three years. I think with a little guidance at that time, I can cook dishes that will shock everyone!" Chef Zhang looked confident.
"According to what you said, I really want to open my eyes and see how superb your apprentice, Chef Zhang, is so painstakingly teaching! Don't wait until today, anyway, my Rou'er has never learned how to cook. How about Let's teach one now. After an hour, let Rou'er and Xiao Wu compete, how dare you?" Wen Shouzheng reckoned that he had drunk a lot of wine today, and said provocatively.
"Hmph, that's what you said! Wen Shouzheng, don't make your daughter cry if you lose!" Chef Zhang smiled smugly.
Xiao Wu has been studying with him for three years, and Wen Rou has only been in the kitchen for more than ten days. This kind of competition... thinking about it, I feel that it is a big deal.
"Cut!" Wen Shouzheng snorted in disdain.
"Okay, that's a good idea! I think it's better to have a lottery. If anyone loses, he will be fined a tael of silver and put it in the back kitchen for everyone to have wine together in the future. How about it?" Looking at the appearance, I thought about the food sculpture that was made by gentle hands a few days ago. I think this competition must be worth seeing! Better to get some benefits out of it! No matter who wins or loses, everyone has wine to eat, wouldn't everyone be happy!
"It's a deal!" Wen Shouzheng slapped the table down!
"It's not a man to regret it!" Chef Zhang's fist burst out with veins.
"Master... I..." Xiao Wu was a little stage frightened, with a face of shrinking back, never expecting that cooking, which he had always wanted to learn, would appear in this kind of swords and swords! Why is it a bit chilly
"What me! I have trained you for three years, don't embarrass me later, or I will break your dog legs!" Chef Zhang turned his head and growled at Xiaowu.
"Rou'er, don't worry, dad will teach you carefully later!" Wen Shouzheng turned his head away and said in a soft voice.
Xiao Wu cried in his heart, they are all masters, why should there be such a big difference!
"I think since it's a competition, if everyone makes a dish separately, it will be unfair to judge after a while, why don't you all do a dish together. How about it?" Chef Zheng saw the atmosphere in the back kitchen was different, and hurriedly reconciled it.
"Okay!" The two chefs agreed.
"What to do?" The two chefs asked again in unison.
"I think, since the two juniors are learning to cook for the first time, it's better not to make it too difficult, let's make fried cabbage! The time is only one hour, how about it?" Chef Zheng glanced around.
The most common Chinese cabbage in winter caught everyone's attention.
038 Vinegar Choked Cabbage