Inside the kitchen of Honglou Hotel.
"Brother Ye, I bought the things you asked me to buy." Meng Gang wiped the sweat off his face and ran back from outside. He handed a bag to Ye Chui. "Chinese medicinal materials such as Polygonatum odoratum, Lily bulbs, and Polygonatum sibiricum are all sold in Chinese medicine stores, but the quail meat you mentioned is hard to find. Fortunately, a butcher who has been cooperating with our restaurant for a long time can help find it."
Ye Chui took out the things Meng Gang bought from the bag and checked them one by one. This was the soup he promised to make for Mr. Han, a lung-moistening and cough-relieving soup.
This soup is a medicinal food that can moisten the lungs and relieve coughs, and replenish the body and invigorate qi. The ingredients used are mainly traditional Chinese medicine. The almonds, longans, and lotus seeds needed are already prepared in the restaurant, but the others need to be bought outside.
Fortunately, there is a Chinese medicine store nearby, so it is not too difficult to buy it.
The most important ingredient in this soup is quail meat, which Meng Gang also found.
Although quail is very small, it is also a very nutritious meat. There are records about quail meat in the Compendium of Materia Medica, which says that it "replenishes the five internal organs, benefits the middle qi, strengthens the muscles and bones, resists cold and heat, and eliminates heat."
Quail meat is also rich in protein and vitamins, and is an excellent nutritional supplement. It is even known as "animal ginseng". However, after the ban on quail as meat was lifted in this world, people have not had time to put quail back on the dining table. After all, quail are too small and have little meat, making it difficult for people to be interested in this food and discover its greatness.
Ye Chui carefully washed the cleaned quail meat and then added ginger to blanch it. The so-called adding ginger to blanch means putting it into the pot and cooking it together with ginger slices until half-cooked.
Then he took out a pressure cooker, put the quail meat and several other medicinal herbs in a certain proportion into it, and boiled them under high pressure.
In fact, the standard way to cook this soup is to simmer it over low heat for three hours. But Ye Chui doesn’t have time to wait that long, so he has to use a pressure cooker.
High pressure can make the chemical reactions in the ingredients occur at the fastest speed. This method may taste a little different from the old-fashioned soup that has been simmered over low heat for three hours, but with the craftsmanship of God of Food Ye Chui, it can make up for the shortcomings to some extent.
While waiting for the pressure cooker to boil, Ye Chui thought about what was happening in the box upstairs.
Unexpectedly, Lin Zhengdao and Han Lao had already secretly joined forces. Once a letter of intent for cooperation in the Yanjing Food City was brought out, Zhang Hantao's actions during this period immediately became a clown.
Once this contract is brought out, the board of directors of Lin's Enterprise will not only kick Lin Zhengdao out of the company, but will probably be eager to let him stay in the company again. This contract is simply incomparable to the efforts Zhang Hantao had made before.
"Ginger is more experienced than others, after all, my uncle is also a well-known figure in the business world, and his methods are very powerful." Ye Cui couldn't help but think secretly in his heart.
Lin Zhengdao has been competing with Han Lao's company for more than ten years. The two sides are like water and fire. When Han Lao got the food city development project and was looking for a partner, no one expected that he would sign a contract with Lin Zhengdao, and the employees in Lin's company did not expect that Han Lao would be willing to share a piece of the pie.
If everything that happened in Honglou today was a Hongmen Banquet, then it was a Hongmen Banquet that Lin Zhengdao deliberately set up to mock Zhang Hantao.
The lung-moistening and cough-relieving soup, which takes three hours to make, is now completely ready after just twenty minutes of high-pressure boiling.
Ye Chui manipulated the pressure cooker to release the steam inside and opened the pressure cooker.
At this time, all the Chinese medicinal materials and quail meat have been cooked thoroughly, becoming an attractive milky white liquid. However, it is not completely finished at this step. Because of the high-pressure cooking, the taste of the soup is a little astringent, so Ye Chui needs to make up for it.
He took out a pear from the freezer next to him - pears are also a common item in the hotel. After all, this is a five-star hotel, and things like fruit plates are also very necessary.
Wash the pear (no need to peel it), cut it into small pieces, put it into a pressure cooker, and cook it at room temperature.
The flesh of the snow pear is as tender and white as snow. It is a very common fruit. It is also recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica, "Pear is beneficial, and its nature is downward and smooth." This is a fruit that is very beneficial to the body and has many functions.
The original lung-clearing and cough-relieving soup does not contain pears. Adding pear cubes in the final stage is Ye Chui's original idea. It can add a bit of sweetness to the soup and reduce the astringency of the soup caused by high-pressure steaming.
After simmering at room temperature in the pressure cooker for another ten minutes, Ye Chui took a delicate small bowl and scooped the soup in the pot into it with a spoon.
The soup is now finished.
Ye Chui carried the bowl of soup and came to the private room on the third floor.
Just now when Ye Chui came down to make soup, the discussion about the letter of intent had already begun in the box. Although the four directors Qi Yaohua, Lu Ming, Robert and Wei Yi did not interfere in the company's operational affairs, they attached great importance to this letter of intent for cooperation and could not wait to cooperate with Mr. Han. This project would be a huge improvement for the entire Lin Group.
When Ye Chui entered the box carrying the bowl of soup, several directors were surrounding Lin Zhengdao, discussing matters regarding the cooperation project.
The secretary named Xiao Zhou brought by Mr. Han also participated.
As for Zhang Hantao, he was sitting alone in the corner, looking distraught and with an expression of disbelief. He had been preparing for a long time and thought he could surely drive Lin Zhengdao out of the company, but he did not expect that Lin Zhengdao would turn the tables and easily resolve his attack.
His dark face was filled with indescribable anger, but he had to suppress it. He sat in the corner of the box, not saying a word, his shoulders trembling slightly.
And Mr. Han in the box was also sitting on one side, apparently resting his eyes.
Lin Wei didn't know much about the company's operations, so she stood next to Mr. Han with a faint smile on her face. She had been worried about some problems her father would encounter these past two days, but she didn't expect that her father had already had a plan and could easily resolve the crisis. In addition to making her feel relaxed, she also had a faint admiration for her father.
Ye Chui brought the lung moistening and cough relieving soup to Old Han, and Lin Wei hurriedly helped Ye Chui to bring the bowl of soup to Old Han: "Grandpa Han, your soup."
Old Han leaned back in his chair, opened his eyes slightly, and reached out to take the soup that Ye Chui handed to him.
But at this moment, Ye Chui's smiling face suddenly froze for a moment: "Mr. Han, you don't look very well."
Old Han's skinny, wrinkled face was originally full of energy, but now it looks very listless, with a deep sense of fatigue, and a little pale. He seems to be in great pain
"Well... I'm fine..." A hint of a smile appeared on Han Lao's lips, but that smile seemed quite weak. With trembling fingers, he took the bowl of soup from Lin Wei's hand, with a greedy look on his face, "This soup tastes very good. It seems to have a hint of snow pear fragrance compared to the usual lung-moistening and cough-relieving soup... Not bad, not bad."
As he said this, he scooped a spoonful with a spoon and slowly put it into his mouth.
Ye Cui and Lin Wei looked at each other and both noticed that Old Han looked a little unusual at the moment, showing a sense of old age. They were both a little worried, and soon, something that made them even more worried happened.
Just as the soup spoon was about to be put into Old Han's mouth, his hand suddenly shook and the spoon fell to the ground. Old Han's other hand also seemed to become weak, and the soup bowl in his hand shook and fell directly to the ground.
With a snap, the soup bowl and spoon fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
This sound immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the box, and everyone looked over.
"Mr. Han?" Ye Chui cried out, and hurriedly supported Mr. Han's body as he was about to slide down from the chair.
At this moment, Old Han closed his eyes again, ignoring Ye Chui's shouts, and his body was trembling slightly. The trembling seemed very unusual and gave people a very dangerous signal.
"Mr. Han?"
"Old man?"
"What's going on here?"
Other people in the box gathered around.
Lin Zhengdao responded most promptly: "Call an ambulance!"
His confidant Xiao Zhang immediately took out his cell phone and called the emergency number.
"I think it would be quicker for us to send him to the hospital," Lu Ming suggested. The middle-aged man was strong and he carried Old Han on his back as he said this. At this time, Old Lin's identity was no longer important, he was just a seriously ill old man.
The others also hurried to take care of Lu Bing and helped to send Old Han down the restaurant. Ye Chui followed closely behind. Lin Wei grabbed Ye Chui's hand because of nervousness. She said with some fear: "Grandpa Han was fine just now, how come he suddenly became like this..."
"Maybe they are just some minor problems..." Ye Chui said in a deep voice, but he knew that he was comforting himself. Mr. Han's condition definitely didn't seem like a minor problem. It's just that Mr. Han was fine before. When he attacked Fan Hong, Shi Dingping, Lu Bing and others in the hotel lobby, he looked very strong. But why did he suddenly fall ill
The middle-aged secretary who came with Mr. Han turned around and said anxiously, "Mr. Han's health has not been very good recently. I've been worried that he won't be able to hold on... Alas, after all, he is already 97 years old this year. At this age, one foot has almost stepped into the coffin."
Hearing the words of the middle-aged secretary, Ye Chui's face couldn't help but reveal a hint of sadness.
Ye Chui really had a grandfather-grandson relationship with Mr. Han. He had promised Mr. Han that he would prepare all kinds of delicious food to entertain him, but he didn't expect that he would no longer have the chance...
There was a small chaos in Honglou, and Zhang Hantao, who was walking at the end, couldn't help but sneer as he watched everyone hurriedly taking Old Han out.
"This old man is in trouble now. It's really unforgivable. If he gets into trouble, things will be easier to deal with..." (~^~)