Just after the fifteenth day, the shops on the streets of Xianyang began to bustle again.
First, the major restaurants in Xianyang City continued to open their doors to welcome customers, and then there were all kinds of hawkers on the streets actively selling.
Wen Shouzheng, a chef, just cooked a few meals at home during the Chinese New Year. Although Mr. Songtao and others stayed here, Mr. Songtao is not a picky person after all, and what he wants to eat are local dishes from his hometown. For Wen Shouzheng, That said, these are a piece of cake.
In addition, Wen Shouzheng often helped the cook with Wen Rou, this year Wen Shouzheng lived in vain and fat, and his mental and physical strength was surprisingly well maintained!
After the festival, as soon as Zuixianlou opened, Yuanzi and the others began to show off their New Year's income in the back kitchen.
"Today's Chinese New Year, I got two red envelopes!"
"me too!"
"Sister Rou'er, I heard that your family had a happy event a few years ago. Isn't your new aunt very generous?"
"Hee hee, go to work. Shopkeeper Li will come to inspect later. If you do a good job, maybe there will be extra rewards!" Wen Rou giggled, and immediately went into the small kitchen to continue learning crafts with Wen Shouzheng.
Although the cooking skills of the previous life are all there, what Ruan Rou thinks about is how to surpass the previous life.
If you stay on the craft of the previous life, after a few years, it will be merged with the previous life, and it will start again and again.
Since rebirth has such a good foundation, why not improve your culinary skills as soon as possible, so that you don’t have to submissively hide behind your father when you are next 18 years old, maybe you will do something different in this life!
"Father, from today onwards, I want to continue fighting with you!" Rou Rou walked to Wen Shouzheng's side.
"What? My daughter thinks cooking is boring?" Wen Shouzheng asked with a smile.
"Of course not, I still have to continue to learn cooking skills from my father, but I want to continue to practice the basic skills!" Rourou raised her eyes, with a serious expression on her face.
"Okay! As expected of my Wen Shouzheng's daughter, she knows how to make further progress, and knows how to return to the original point! Come on, this is the menu for today's noon, go and prepare the ingredients!" Wen Shouzheng's eyes lit up, tenderness unexpectedly After the year, it was proposed to re-practice the basic skills. This kind of prudence, humility and diligence has to be praised by Wen Shouzheng from the bottom of his heart.
Gentle and careful glance at the menu in his hand, it is full of trivial and meticulous cutting work, the amount used is large and cumbersome, it can really keep a novice busy all day!
"Sister Rou'er, I'll help you!" Fang Dashi came over, leaned next to Wen Rou, and looked at the menu seriously.
"Yo! There are so many! It's enough to be busy for a while!" Fang Dashi exclaimed slightly.
"Brother Shitou, go get busy. Today is the first day after the festival. You have a lot of things to do. Just leave these to me!" Gently and quickly put away the menu, and briskly turned to go to the material room up.
"Master, there are so many, even if I come here, I will have to work for a day!" Fang Dashi turned to look at Wen Shouzheng. I was a little worried about being gentle.
"Shitou, go and do your own thing, let Rou'er do it!" Wen Shouzheng took a sip of tea leisurely, then got up immediately, and stood in front of the stove full of energy.
In the back kitchen, the old order was in good order, only the sound of continuous knife work, the sound of splashing water, and the sound of oil stains when preparing ingredients were heard.
Suddenly, shopkeeper Li rushed in with Zhu Zi.
"Chef Wen, hurry up. Get ready to go with me!" Shopkeeper Li couldn't even catch his breath.
"Shopkeeper Li, this is..." Wen Shouzheng said.
"The Fan family suddenly wants to hold a banquet today, saying that they want to see off the distinguished guests in Beijing! They specified that Zuixianlou should send the best chef to the house. It is a surprise, Chef Wen. Hurry up and get ready, the carriage of the Fan family Already waiting outside!" Shopkeeper Li hurriedly urged.
"The Fan family? The Fan family of the richest man in Xianyang?" Wen Shouzheng was startled.
"Exactly! Chef Wen, the Fan family didn't specify a menu, they only said to make four tables of banquets, and the ingredients used are from Zuixianlou. The specifications are prepared according to a table of twelve taels. There is no time. You hurry up and prepare, I will go first I'll delay it for you!" Shopkeeper Li said, pulling the pillar and hurried out again.
"So urgent? No preparation at all!" Although Wen Shouzheng was a little caught off guard, he was a seasoned chef after all, and he would not lose his inch when faced with such an urgent banquet.
"Father, these are all ready, what else is there to do!" At this moment, Wenrou pointed to the rows of ingredients behind him that had been washed, cut, prepared, and even carved, and said softly asked.
"Sister Rou'er, this... you did all of this!" Fang Dashi rubbed his eyes, he couldn't believe it, it took only two hours, and the words that were written on Wen Shouzheng's menu just now changed vividly It has become a neat and delicate food preparation in front of you!
"Rou'er, you came at a good time. Take these prepared ingredients and go to Fan's Mansion with Dad! By the way, Shitou, you bring pots and knives, and go with you!" Wen Shouzheng ordered.
After Wen Shouzheng finished giving his orders, he quickly rushed to the cooking room to find ingredients for the main course.
Four tables of banquets, each table ten taels of silver! Once you have it, use it!
Wen Shou was opening the door of the cold storage. The hump, bear's paw, and elephant pull that were prepared for Mr. Songtao were frozen in the cold storage intact.
Wen Shouzheng rolled his eyes, chuckled, took only one bear's paw, wrapped it carefully with cloth, and came out of the material room satisfied.
"Father, you're ready, you can go!" Taking advantage of Wen Shouzheng's search for information just now, Rourou probably asked Fang Dashi where he was going today, although he didn't know why it was so urgent, but after all, it was Fan who was going. Mansion, there is a person she just met the day before yesterday!
The carriage of Fan's mansion ran wildly all the way, shaking Wen Rou's stomach upside down, and finally stopped just before it was about to leave.
It really is the richest man in Xianyang, the grandeur and luxury of the Fan Mansion: the tall mansion, the red lights are hung high, although it is the New Year's Eve, the excitement and luxury of that day can still be felt.
"Chef Wen, this way please." A man dressed as a domestic servant of Fan's mansion walked up to greet him quickly, led Wen Shouzheng and his party, and entered through the side door.
"Wow! What a luxurious mansion!" Wen Wen entered Fan's mansion for the first time in her past and present lives.
Although I have long heard that the Fan family is the richest businessman in Xianyang, but seeing how rich it is, I am really amazed when I see it today!
This specification can probably be compared with the aristocratic families in the capital!
Rourou recalled that in her previous life, because of the need to pass on meals, she had more or less entered and left some aristocratic mansions in the capital. Not only did he secretly curse in his heart: "Bah! Thinking about the Fan Mansion's glory today, it must be the hard work of blackmailing the people, colluding with the government, and it's all the people's fat and anointing to carve up!"
"Chef Wen is here." While speaking, the servants of the Fan Mansion had brought Wen Shouzheng and the three of them into the private kitchen of the Fan Mansion.
Here, the ladies and maids of the Fan Mansion are neatly dressed and clean. Already been waiting for this.
"This is Chef Wen from Zuixianlou. You all have to listen to Chef Wen today. Do you know who the young master is hosting today? Those are Mr. Wu and Mr. Liang from the capital! There are also all the wives, aunts, and young masters from Fan's mansion." Ladies and gentlemen will accompany you, and the master and wife will also participate. If you do well, everyone will give a reward! If there is a slight mistake, hehe, be careful of your life!" The servant reprimanded him with bad words, not hurting or itching He said some polite words, leaving Wen Shouzheng and the three of them behind. then left.
"You can just do some daily chores. We are here!" Wen Shouzheng looked at the pretty women and maids standing in front of him. Xindao, everyone said that the young master of the Fan Mansion was licentious, but he didn't expect the master of the Fan Mansion to be the same, look at these servants. Everyone is charming, it's no wonder that they can cook well!
Wen Shouzheng dismissed them with a few words.
"Father, four tables of banquets, the three of us are enough!" Rourou walked over to cheer Wen Shouzheng on!
"Well, that's right! I think I, Wen Shouzheng, will go out, one for three, plus you two capable assistants. Let's start now!" Wen Shouzheng looked relaxed.
"Father, leave the cooking to me and brother Shitou, and you just have to make your bear's paws well!" Rourou said with a smile.
"You girl, how do you know that the main course I'm going to cook today is bear's paw?" Wen Shouzheng glanced tenderly.
"I smell it!" Rourou pointed to her nose, then pointed to the food basket wrapped in a cloth beside Wen Shouzheng.
"You ghost girl! I forgot!" Wen Shouzheng laughed loudly. Turn around and scribble down a menu, hand it over to Ruan Rou and Fang Dashi, and concentrate on making bear's paws.
Just as Wen Rou and Fang Dashi were about to start cooking, a familiar voice came from the door.
"Yo, who am I supposed to be! So it's an old acquaintance!" Fan Jian walked slowly into the kitchen with his hands behind his back.
"Mr. Fan, I'm Wen Shouzheng from Zuixian Tower. What do you want?" Wen Shouzheng wiped the water from his hands and hurriedly followed him. Wen Shouzheng, the young master of the richest man in Xianyang, naturally recognized him.
Fan Jian ignored Wen Shouzheng, but walked towards Wen Rou with a smile all over his face.
"Mr. Fan, this is the kitchen. I'm afraid it's not suitable for your noble son's identity and status. If you stain your clothes again, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it!" Looking at Fan Jian tenderly and coldly.
"Ha! That's a good point! I don't really have nothing to do, I want to come to this dirty and oily kitchen! I just came to see, what's the main course for today? Just to see if it's right for my friend from the capital city. Appetite!" Holding the fan in one hand, Fan Jian gently patted the tiger's mouth with the other hand, turned around, and finally landed on the bear's paw that Wen Shouzheng was about to cook.
"Chef Wen, right?" Fan Jian raised his eyes and glanced at Wen Shouzheng, "You won't cook this for us at noon, right?" After finishing speaking, he casually pointed to the fat bear's paw.
"Mr. Fan has good eyesight. Mr. Wen is planning to do this. This bear paw is sweet and juicy, and it is just right for cooking. It is a good food for nourishment and beauty in winter!" Wen Shouzheng said.
"Cut! It's as if I've never eaten a bear's paw. This food is too oily, not to my liking! I want to change my taste recently, how about asking Chef Wen to make abalone?" Fan Jian After all, he looked at Wen Shouzheng with a provocative expression on his face.