When Nian Bing heard this, his heart couldn't help shrinking. Frankly speaking, the main reason why he left Ice and Snow City was indeed because of himself, but there was another reason, which was to avoid these attractive beauties. He knew that Although a beautiful woman is good, it will make him depressed. He never thought that Xue Jing would chase him out and travel the mainland with him. How could he agree to this
"Jingjing, don't be like this. My master once told me that my culinary skills can already be mastered, but I still need more comprehension to reach the pinnacle of culinary skills. After walking for seven or eight years, you can't always follow me!"
Xue Jing smiled and said: "Why not, anyway, you can't get rid of me. No matter how many years, I will follow you. If you find it inconvenient, you can marry me. How about I feel wronged and marry you?" ?”
Nian Bing was speechless, he was really afraid of Xue Jing, and said with a wry smile: "Stop joking, how can I be worthy of you? Miss, please let me go. Could it be that Uncle Xue agreed to come out to find me like this? Is it?"
Xue Jing stuck out her tongue and said: "Is there anything that is not worthy, I think you think I am not worthy of you. I ran out secretly, but I left a letter for my father."
Nian Bing was overjoyed. At this time, he had recovered from the shock when Xue Jing first appeared, and immediately put on a sad look on his face, watching Xue Jing without saying a word.
Xue Jing froze for a moment, and said, "Nian Bing, what's wrong with you?"
Nian Bing sighed softly, and said: "Jingjing, you are so wrong! How could you run away from home? Uncle Xue is just a daughter like you, and he pins all his hopes on you. Over sixty years old, as a child, you should be filial by his side! You came out to look for me so secretly, have you ever thought about how worried Uncle Xue is?"
When Xue Jing heard Nian Bing mentioning her father, she immediately lowered her head. Although she had a bad temper, she was very filial to her father, and said in a low voice, "I, I don't want to either! But you suddenly said, I feel that the whole Qingfengzhai It seems to be empty, so I decided to come out to find you. I think Dad will forgive me."
Don't deliberately mobilize your emotions, when you think of your parents in your heart, Nian Bing's face suddenly shows true feelings, "Quiet, compared with me, you are already much luckier. Do you know how much I want to be with my parents?" But, I can’t do it. If my parents are safe and sound, I’m willing to give up everything I have now and stay by their side as a filial piety. How I want to see my father and mother again! It's possible." The sad breath was so real, he was no longer pretending at this moment, thinking of his parents, a strong hatred for the Ice God Pagoda suddenly surged in his heart.
Feeling the sadness exuded by Nian Bing, Xue Jing couldn't help being taken aback, "Nian Bing, what's wrong with you? Where are your parents? I've never heard you talk about family affairs."
Nian Bing took a deep breath and said: "I can't determine their life and death. Although I know where they fell, I can't find them now. Jing Jing, do you know what kind of people I hate the most? They are not filial You have an old father at home, but you leave secretly. Uncle Xue should be so worried! Listen to me, I will rest in Binglan City for one night today, and go back quickly tomorrow. Also say hello to Uncle Xue for me. After returning from traveling on the mainland, I will definitely go to Qingfengzhai to see you."
Nian Bing's voice was very sincere, but Xue Jing felt something was wrong. She had gone to find Luo Rou before she decided to leave Ice and Snow City. Otherwise, it is impossible for her to know the direction Nian Bing left. Luo Rou once told her that Nian Bing is a very difficult person. If you want to find him, you must be careful, and don't believe Bing's words lightly.
Xue Jing thought for a while, and said: "Nian Bing, how about this, I will write a letter to my father tomorrow to tell him that I am safe, and then I will go to the Alan Empire with you. Send the letter over, and I'll go back after you finish delivering the letter, okay?" There was a trace of tenderness in her eyes, and the crazy girl phenomenon completely disappeared. Although she didn't fully believe Nian Bing's words, Nian Bing still moved her. When she was very young, Xue Jing's mother passed away. When she was brought up, she had a very deep relationship with Xueji's father and daughter. After hearing Nian Bing's words, the love for father and daughter surged in her heart, and then she felt that it was inappropriate for her to leave secretly.
Leave after sending a letter to the Oran Empire? Is this true? Nian Bing was a little puzzled, but Xue Jing had already said that, and he really had no reason to refuse, so he nodded helplessly and said: "Okay, but, there is one thing I want to explain in advance, you can't Make trouble for me, otherwise, I will never allow you to go with me."
Xue Jing giggled, and said: "Don't worry, I'll just listen to you, so it's okay. I can even promise you, try to control myself not to lose my temper." As she spoke, her heart was also With her own wishful thinking, she had already confirmed Nian Bing's position in her heart when she left Ice and Snow City and came out to recall Nian Bing. At this moment, she thought to herself, didn't you teach me that if you like someone, you have to be brave to pursue him? what? It takes at least fifteen to twenty days to walk from here to the capital of the Oran Empire. I don't believe that you won't develop feelings for me after such a long time. Xue Jing is still very confident about her figure and appearance. If Nian Bing can go back with him, then all problems will be solved.
Right here, the waiter came out with a plate, "Sir, your food is ready." As he spoke, he put three plates on the table one by one.
As soon as Nian Bing saw the food, his mind shifted immediately, and he whispered secretly, even if he was cooking these three things, he might not be much faster than the chef here. A faint fragrance is coming out, the most fragrant of which is naturally the golden incense circle.
Xue Jing said in surprise: "Isn't this the Golden Fragrance Circle? Why are they also sold here?"
Nian Bing smiled slightly, and said, "Quiet, let's taste it and see how the chef here is, Master Biming." As he spoke, he picked up a golden incense ring with his chopsticks and took a bite. The moment the Golden Fragrance Circle entered, Nian Bing was moved and looked at Xue Jing. Xue Jing was also looking at him at this time.
"Nian Bing, do you know who the chef here is? Why is the Jinxiang circle made by him the same as Uncle Ming's? Uncle Ming said that the secret of Jinxiang circle is passed on by them alone, except for him and his Other than the master, only your senior ghost chef knows, what's going on?"
Nian Bing shook his head and said: "I don't know, try these two again, do you know these two kinds of pasta?"
Xue Jing was attracted by Jin Xiangquan before, and only now noticed the other two kinds of pasta, she shook her head in a daze, and said, "Nian Bing, what are these?"
Nian Bing pointed to the plate of food that was neatly stacked together, with a yellow appearance, like a pastry: "This is donkey rolling, a famous snack in the Huarong Empire, but it is very difficult to make it well. I think, you must If you like it, try it."
Xue Jing picked up the donkey and took a small bite. After chewing a few times, surprise appeared on her face. "It's delicious, it's really delicious! What is this thing made of? It's fragrant, sweet, and a little sticky. It tastes great."
Nian Bing also picked up a piece and ate it, and said while eating: "It's really good, it's the authentic donkey rolling. The taste is very good. In fact, donkey rolling should be called bean cake, because it is put in the cake after it is made. Roll the soybean noodles, like a real donkey rolling in the field, raising dust, hence the name. Its raw material is to steam the yellow rice noodles with water, and add a little more water to make the noodles soft. After frying the soybeans, Rolled into flour noodles. When making it, dip the steamed yellow rice noodles with soybean rice noodles and roll them into slices, then spread red bean paste and roll them up. Knot into two small pieces and sprinkle with white sugar. It is ready when making. It is rolled evenly, with distinct layers, and the appearance is yellow. It is characterized by fragrance, sweetness, and stickiness, and has a strong aroma of soybean powder. Quietly, you see, the layers of this donkey roll are very distinct, and there are so many layers, each layer Uniform thickness, this is the top grade in the donkey roll, called the thousand-layer donkey roll. It looks very simple on the surface, but in fact, because the bean flour itself is very soft after reconciliation, it is not easy to control it as you like." After finishing the last sentence , he stuffed the remaining donkey rolls into his mouth, and nodded with satisfaction. Finally, you can eat delicious food without doing it yourself.
After eating a donkey roll, Xue Jing didn't continue to do it, but pointed to another plate, and said: "What about this one? It looks yellow and seems to be quite thin, like a transparent thin crystal. It smells a little ginger."
Nian Bing smiled and said: "This is a ginger spatula. Compared with donkey rolling, it is more famous. It is a well-known snack in the southernmost Naqilu Empire. Most children like to eat it. At the beginning, I In order to learn this snack, the master once went to the Qilu Empire and tried various methods to obtain the true biography. Like the Jinxiang circle, this ginger sauce also has its own recipe for making it, which is called: all made by hand In the future, it will be used to coax children in a specific way. It is crispy, sweet, crispy and ginger-flavored. It is exquisite and small. Among them, the most important thing is the word crisp. In the production process, the shredded ginger is arranged fork, which can be known from its name. There is fresh ginger in its raw materials, so it is named after the obvious taste of fresh ginger when eaten. It needs to use fresh ginger to peel and stamp it into fine powder, add a certain amount of alum powder to the flour, put it into a basin together, and mix it with cold water Dough. Another method is to knead the dough with water, put it on a noodle rolling machine and roll it five or six times until the thin slices are even and smooth, then sprinkle fine starch and empty noodles on the thin slices, fold them up to form long strips, and cut them with a knife Fork strips with a width of one inch and a length of two inches, stack two small pieces together, cut three knives in the middle, spread them into a single piece and turn them together, and fry them in warm oil. The method of honey is to use fresh ginger peeled and cut into thin strips, boil the ginger with water, remove the ginger, add sugar, put caramel and sweet-scented osmanthus in the pot, continue to boil, then move to a small fire, and fry the fried Put the fork into the osmanthus caramel made from shredded ginger and pass honey. After the honey is passed, the fork turns light yellow and has the characteristics of crisp, sweet, and fragrant. It tastes like ginger when eaten. You don’t need to eat this row of fork, but you can also feel that you are on a business trip No, just the appearance, I can only do this under normal circumstances.
Xue Jing is naturally familiar with Nian Bing's sense of the world, and naturally understands that the normal situation he refers to is not using magic. The three pastries in front of him can get such a high evaluation from him, which shows that the chef here is not ordinary.
"Papapa." Applause suddenly sounded, and a clear voice said: "Okay, who can order these three kinds of pasta, it turns out to be an expert! It's a pleasure to meet you." Nian Bing and Xue Jing asked Looking in the direction of the sound, I saw a pretty woman in a chef's costume standing at the entrance of the back hall, looking at the two of them.
Seeing this girl, Nian Bing and Xue Jing couldn't help but gasp. They have seen ugly ones, but they have never seen such ugly ones. These days, Nian Bing has seen too many beauties, and suddenly seeing a peerless ugly girl is really uncomfortable. The girl's figure looks pretty good, with a tall and curvy figure, but her face can only be described as terrifying, with a hooked nose, unlined eyebrows, high cheekbones, small eyes, and the most terrifying thing is that her mouth is sloppy. Large yellow buck teeth exposed. Seeing her appearance, I am afraid that no one is in the mood to eat. It's horrible, it's really horrible! However, she is not without advantages, perhaps because of her poor appearance, her skin looks very fair, and the feeling of a water girl is very attractive if she doesn't look at her face.
Standing up, a look of pity flashed across Nian Bing's eyes, and he walked up to the girl and said, "Are you the chef here?"
The girl looked at Nian Bing with small eyes, nodded and said: "Yes, I am the chef and the only chef here. I just heard your evaluation of these three kinds of pastries. I think you are also an expert."
Nian Bing smiled and said: "I don't dare to be an expert. I was attracted by the sign of Yikou. It seems that the three gold coins are really worth the money. The three pastries you made are all cooked just right, especially Donkey rolling, although I can do this kind of thousand-layered donkey rolling, I am afraid it is not as uniform as you." His best cooking skills are knife skills and various big meals, although he has also worked hard on pasta. , but Nian Bing asked himself, if he didn't combine his own ice and fire magic in the pastry, it would be difficult to compare with the girl in front of him. It seems that this girl is not older than himself, so young, and her cooking skills have reached the point of proficiency , Nian Bing couldn't help but secretly admire her, presumably, like herself, she had also been taught by a famous teacher.
The girl smiled slightly, and frankly speaking, her smile was uglier than ordinary people crying, and said: "Every chef has his or her own specialties. Ask yourself, what you make is worth a gold coin."
Nian Bing's heart moved, and said: "I don't know if the girl knows a senior named Miao Chu. There are rumors about the other two types of pasta, but not many people know the secret of the Golden Fragrance Circle."
A gleam of surprise flashed in the girl's eyes, "You can tell the source of my cooking skills at a glance, who are you?"
Nian Shui smiled slightly, and said, "I'm just an ordinary chef. I have a friend who is a disciple of Master Miao Chu, so I know a little bit about the cooking skills of Miao Chu. That's why I can recognize your chef. art."
The girl was shocked, "Do you know Senior Brother Ming Yuan? But, he is in Ice and Snow City!"
Xue Jing's excited voice came from behind Nian Bing, "Are you Uncle Ming Yuan's junior sister?"
Seeing Dao Xuejing's beautiful face, the girl couldn't help lowering her head in shame, and said, "Yes, I am the master's closed disciple. The master said that the brother has been in Ice and Snow City."
Xue Jingmei's eyes flickered, as if she had thought of something, she stepped forward and took the girl's soft little hand kindly, and said: "Come on, let's sit over there and talk, you call Uncle Ming Yuan Senior Brother, it seems that I am still inferior to you For the rest of my life, hehe."
Seeing the two girls walk aside and sit down, as if they had forgotten about themselves, Nian Bing couldn't help showing a helpless wry smile. However, he was very curious about this girl who called herself Junior Sister Ming Yuan, from her appearance on the noodles. From the point of view of attainments, it is by no means under the Ming Yuan who immersed himself in this way. Although the master said that he is very talented, but because he has learned almost all cooking skills in the past eight years, there are very few specializations, but with the help of magic, he can become a top chef. But Nian Bing understands that if he wants to make a breakthrough in cooking. You must never rely on magic for a long time, you must experience it for a long time and improve in all aspects.
Walking to the table and sitting down, I happened to hear Xue Jing asking the girl: "My name is Xue Jing, and Uncle Ming Yuan is the head chef of our Qingfengzhai. What's your name?"
There was excitement in the girl's eyes, "My name is Minghui, are you from Qingfengzhai? My master once said, let me go to Qingfengzhai to see my senior when I have time. How is my senior now? Are you okay? "
Xue Jing nodded and said: "Uncle Ming is very good, he doesn't cook much by himself now. But, why have I never seen him do the donkey roll and ginger sauce! Could it be that he can't? "
Minghui nodded and said: "Yes, brother probably can't. The master took me to exchange these two kinds of pasta with my cooking skills when I was traveling abroad. The master has not seen the brother for many years. When you travel outside, you can gain a lot of knowledge. Like this ginger sauce, the local children have a nursery rhyme to praise it. Twist, broken row fork, ten kinds of ground flowers, a large package is like crystal, sweet and crispy in the mouth. It is called Qilu's two famous snacks together with Chilu Empire's twist."
Hearing this, Nian Bingren couldn't help asking: "Where is Senior Miaochu now? I want to ask him a lot."
Minghui smiled slightly. The buck teeth in his mouth seemed to stand out even more. "The master is not here. After he left me to work here, we left alone. He said, let me practice here for a few more years. I don't know him Where did you go?"
Nian Bing said sincerely: "Miss Minghui, your cooking skills are already very superb."
Minghui was a little shy, a blush appeared on his fair face, he shook his head, and said: "It's not really. The master said that although I have good talent, my memory is poor, so I don't want me to learn all kinds of things at the same time like my senior brother. Cooking skills, he said, in that case, although I can also become a good chef, it is difficult to become a top culinary expert on the mainland. Instead, it is better to only learn one of the culinary skills. In that way, the key to becoming a top chef The hope is great. So, I chose the pastry without the smell of blood, and my goal is to become a top pastry chef."
Just learn pasta? Nian Bing couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, but he agreed with Miao Chu's approach. Back then, Cha Ji once told him that if it wasn't because he possessed the two magics of ice and fire, he also hoped that he could learn from one of the cooking skills. , in that way, you can first refine the same, and then continue to develop in other directions. Later, because magic can be used in the kitchen to make the food ever-changing, Chaji decided to let him develop in all aspects at the same time, and gradually improve through long-term practice and self-understanding. The heat of cooking.
With a slight smile, Nian Bing said: "You are already a top pastry chef. I think, even if you are a senior chef, at your age, the pastry making is probably not as good as you are now. Tomorrow I have experienced the chef's cooking skills, but except for the golden incense rings in the pastry, I am afraid that other skills are not as good as yours."
When Minghui heard Nian Bing's praise, the blush on his face deepened, "This big brother is absurd. In fact, it is all thanks to Master. Without his careful training, I would not be where I am today. Master Taught me for twelve years. From the age of five, I learned how to knead dough with the master. When I was fourteen years old, I walked with the master on the mainland. After three years of training, the master summed up the essence of local flour and blended into it. It is because of my pastry cooking skills that I have achieved what I am today, but compared with a real good chef, I am nothing, after all, I am just a pastry chef."
Nian Bing shook his head and said: "No, Miss Minghui, you are wrong. Although you are only a pastry chef, if you can do your best in this aspect and become the number one pastry chef in the mainland, then you The achievement will never be lower than that of any chef. You must have confidence in yourself. As a good chef, humility is a must, but you must not be inferior. If you want others to recognize you, you must first recognize yourself. do you understand?"
Minghui looked at Nian Bing deeply, and after a while, she suddenly smiled, "You are so kind, like my master. If the master sees you, I am afraid he will be very happy. You can definitely talk " Having said this, she turned to Xue Jing, who was beside her, and asked: "Sister Xue, I heard from a traveling merchant a few days ago that a very powerful chef appeared in Ice and Snow City, and he is also a magician. It is possible to integrate magic into cooking skills, so that the dishes made have many special flavors, I wonder if it is true?"
Xue Jing glanced at Nian Bing, smiled and said: "Of course it's true, and this chef once worked in our Qingfengzhai." She and Nian Bing didn't have any doubts about Minghui. It's fake, but cooking skills can't be fake, especially such profound pastry skills.
Minghui was surprised and said: "Really? Is his culinary skills really as amazing as those business travellers said? I really want to see the effect of the combination of magic and cooking skills, but unfortunately I don't know magic, otherwise I must try it too."
Xue Jing's smile became even brighter. "It's not easy to know whether his culinary skills are legendary or not. You just have to experience it yourself."
Ming Hui was taken aback, and said: "Learn the lesson" But he is in the Ice and Snow City, do I want to go to the Ice and Snow City to learn the lesson? I really can't do without people here. "
Xue Jing smiled and said: "It's not easy to learn, you don't even need to go out the door here to do it, because he is here."
Minghui's mind was obviously a little slow, and he still didn't understand what she meant. Looking at Xue Jing suspiciously, Xue Jing turned her gaze to Nian Bing, and said in a low voice: "The ice and fire magic chef you mentioned is far away in the sky, and it's close in front of you!"
Minghui stared at Nian Bing with wide eyes: "You, are you the legendary ice and fire magic chef?"
Nian Bing smiled bitterly: "I'm not an old antique, so don't use the word legend to describe it. However, I am indeed the chef you mentioned who cooks with magic. You can call me Nian Bing."
The excitement in Minghui's eyes could not be concealed. Just like when Nian Bing met Ming Yuan for the first time, only chefs of their level will have this special feeling when they meet chefs of at least the same level, as if meeting their relatives , "Great, then I must learn. Brother Nian Bing, can you come with me to the kitchen?"
Nian Bing smiled: "I also want to learn some skills from you. Frankly speaking, but in terms of noodles, I am definitely not as good as you."
Minghui took the initiative to hold Nian Bing's hand, completely forgetting the difference between men and women, and pulling him was like walking into the kitchen. Because of Minghui's appearance, Xue Jing didn't have the slightest jealousy, and followed the two with a smile. After leaving the kitchen, as the heir of Qingfengzhai, how could she miss this kind of competition between top chefs
The kitchen of Yipin Noodles is very large, but it is empty. As Minghui said, she is the only chef here, and there are no other assistants. The most striking thing about the kitchen is the huge chopping board. The left side is covered with clean cotton cloth. It's covered, don't look at it, Nian Bing also knows that there must be all kinds of dough underneath.
"Minghui, what kind of pasta are you best at, can I try it? I haven't had enough of those pastries just now." Nian Bing smiled and put forward his own request.
Minghui said: "I am best at beef noodles, please give advice to Brother Nian Bing." While talking, she opened the lid of the stove below and boiled a pot of water.
Beef noodles sounded very ordinary, but Nian Bing knew that the beef noodles made by Minghui were definitely not simple. Just as he was thinking, Minghui took out a piece of noodles from the bottom of the chopping board. The noodles were cylindrical. About half a foot long, as thick as a woman's forearm, she looked at Nian Bing, "I don't know what kind of noodles I want to eat? Thick, thin, wide, flat, please choose one."
Nian Bing smiled and said: "Among the noodles, thin noodles are the ones that require the chef's skills the most. I will eat thin ones, which are easier to digest. Noodles are divided into concentrated ones according to their thickness, which are two pillars, two thin, thin, and capillary. , A pot of silk, I think, the fine noodles you make will be thinner than a pot of silk, please."
"Okay." After answering a simple word, Minghui's eyes suddenly changed. This look is very familiar to Nian Bing. It is the perfect unity of concentration and concentration. Her eyes are fixed on the board. Slightly pushing back and forth makes the surface slowly lengthen. Nian Bing knows that this is the toughness of re-feeling the surface. The toughness is different, and the method of making noodles is also completely different. Even if the noodles are kneaded by yourself, you must fully feel them before making them, otherwise, deviations will easily occur.
Xue Jing whispered: "Nian Bing, is there any special seasoning in her beef noodles? Is there a secret recipe?"
Nian Bing shook his head and said: "If it is based on special seasonings or secret recipes, then it is definitely not a top pastry chef. I think what she cooks should be ordinary beef noodles. Read on, it is definitely the same as your usual noodles." The beef noodles she eats are different. It can be seen from her technique that she uses the ramen technique. This method can make the noodles reach the thinnest level. The highest state is that when the ramen is finished, there is no disconnection, completely It’s a whole stick, so the top ramen is also called a stick of noodles, or the best longevity noodles.”
When Nian Bing was explaining to Xue Jing, Ming Hui moved, holding one end of the ramen with both hands, and talking slowly, the serious expression was still so concentrated, and the eyes moved with the face. At this moment, it seemed that the ramen It was as if it had become one with her body.
At the beginning, she moved very slowly, pulling her face away from both sides, and the face remained in the shape of a cylinder. Suddenly, she shook her hands vigorously, and the face in her hand instantly became longer, and it hit the chopping board with a thumping sound. The moment the face bounced up, she put the face of her left hand into her right hand like lightning, and at the same time, her left hand passed through the curved face, stretching instantly, and it was a process of changing from one to two.
Minghui's movements began to become faster, so fast that it was dizzying. The white noodles seemed to come alive in her hands, constantly interspersed and folded. The original cylindrical noodles soon became filaments. Nian Bing kept Counting, in just a short while, the unbeaten noodles have turned into 4096 noodles. Nian Bing has also learned how to pull noodles. He asked himself, in the case of such a small noodle. , I can only achieve this level at most and make the face constantly. However, Minghui didn't stop the movement of her hands, but slowed down from the original speed. Her hands trembled slightly at the same time, as if she couldn't hold the noodles in her hands, but her hands were trembling. But it was very rhythmic, the four thousand and ninety-six noodles moved slightly like hair strands in the trembling of her hands, and the noodles touched each other. Because the noodles were extremely thin, Minghui's The trembling looks so thrilling, it seems that these facial threads may break at any time.