Ye Chui did not stay for lunch. After leaving the villa area, he looked at the street in front of him with a wry smile. It was clean and tidy, but there would definitely be no taxis. Anyone who lived here would have to have a private car, and taxi drivers would have to be crazy to come here to take business.
When Ye Chui was hesitating about how to get home, a car suddenly stopped beside him: This was He Chengfei's 800,000 yuan car. The window was rolled down, revealing He Chengfei's handsome face. He smiled and looked at Ye Chui: "Why, can't you go home? Do you want me to give you a ride?"
He Chengfei's words naturally did not show any sincerity. If it were someone else, they would definitely refuse to save face, but Ye Chui did not think so. He was happy to save trouble if someone sent him home, so he smiled and nodded and opened the door of the passenger seat: "Thank you, the intersection of Shidao Street and Chenggong Street."
He Chengfei: “…”
The tone of voice made it seem as if he was being treated as a driver.
He Chengfei really wanted to kick Ye Chui out of the car, but he endured it and started the car. He remembered his father's teachings since he was a child. When facing the enemy, fighting with all your might is far inferior to defeating the opponent with a smile on your face. The more you do this, the more you can show your strength. Sometimes calmness is also a powerful force. He is very calm now.
Although he was pretending to be calm.
"Name your price." He Chengfei suddenly said to Ye Chui in the moving car, "As long as you are willing to leave Weiwei, you can name any price you want."
"hehe."
Ye Chui looked at He Chengfei. This kid is still a bit scheming. He smiled and said, "When we first met this morning, you probably didn't take me seriously at all and thought I couldn't be your opponent. But now you feel threatened and even use money to bribe me. This means you are afraid that you can't be my opponent. Do you think I'm right?"
"You..." He Chengfei's face changed, and his hands holding the steering wheel suddenly tightened. He said in a cold voice, "Would I be afraid of you? I just don't want to cause so much trouble! Don't forget that you are just a chef. If I'm not mistaken, you are only a one-star chef now, right?"
"No, you guessed wrong." Ye Chui corrected He Chengfei with a smile, "I'm not a one-star chef."
He Chengfei was slightly surprised, thinking that it was possible that Ye Chui was admitted as a two-star or even higher-star chef? The food he cooked could make Mr. Han so full that he had to be hospitalized, and he could also make dishes that would make Wu Haimei's heart flutter. Maybe this was really possible...
"Actually, I haven't taken the chef exam yet, and I don't have the chef certificate in my hand yet." While He Chengfei was guessing wildly in his mind, Ye Chui continued to speak leisurely, with a bit of teasing in his tone.
He Chengfei: “…”
He felt that he was fooled by Ye Chui.
Even if he was cunning, he was only seventeen years old after all. How could he bear it? He stopped the car and said to Ye Chui angrily: "I'm sorry, I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do. Please get out of the car!"
"OK."
Ye Chui nodded with a smile, pushed open the car door, and then raised his arm and waved to the street: "Taxi!"
—We have reached a busy area and can get a taxi.
Seeing Ye Chui hailing a taxi and getting in to leave in a blink of an eye, He Chengfei felt even angrier, but he soon calmed down. The gentlemanly spirit is not popular in the business world, and using any means necessary is the strongest means. He Chengfei has been influenced by this in his family since he was a child and has a deep understanding of this.
"You want to cure your aunt's anorexia with a dish? Then... I'll steal your dish first and see how you're going to cook it!"
He Chengfei sneered, he had already thought of a good idea.
When he got back to the restaurant by taxi, it was just eleven o'clock in the morning. When he entered the restaurant, Ye Chui thought about what he had told Han Yuyan when he left in the morning. He didn't know how well this sister cleaned the place. He didn't expect it to be clean. With her behavior, he would be lucky if she didn't accidentally destroy the restaurant...
Thinking this in his mind, Ye Chui entered the restaurant. Looking around, he exclaimed with surprise: the walls that were blackened by the thick smoke caused by Han Yuyan yesterday were now as white as new, spotless. The air was filled with the fragrance of detergent. When he walked into the kitchen, he saw that the stove and pots were all scrubbed clean and shiny, just like brand new.
Ye Chui was surprised. Han Yuyan actually cleaned the place, and cleaned it so cleanly? This was totally out of place.
"Master, you're back?" Han Yuyan heard footsteps and hurried downstairs. When she saw Ye Chui, she looked very proud and said, "How is it? I cleaned the place pretty well. Is it clean enough?"
"... Yeah, it's really clean." Ye Chui nodded, looking at this sister with a different eye, but then Ye Chui noticed a piece of paper on the stove next to him, so he walked over curiously and picked it up, only to see that it said: Receipt from Jiebai Housekeeping Service Company.
Ye Chui suddenly broke out in a sweat: "So you are looking for a housekeeping company..."
Han Yuyan: "…I didn't spend your money anyway."
Ye Chui: “…”
Shaking his head and giving a bitter smile, Ye Chui didn't say much. Han Yuyan herself was not from Xizhou, but now Old Han was recuperating in a hospital in Xizhou, so she was staying here for a while. This sister also wanted to use this time to learn the unique cooking skills from Ye Chui, which was of course impossible. Ye Chui estimated that she would be defeated soon, and during this time, as long as it was good for the restaurant, Ye Chui would let her do whatever she wanted... Anyway, it didn't cost him any money.
At noon, Wang Shiyu went home quietly. The original family of three now had an older sister. The atmosphere seemed to be more lively, and there was a sense of homeliness. In the afternoon, Ye Chui began to get busy. He didn't have to worry about the roast lamb stall now. He had to start busying himself with the dish he was going to prepare for Wu Haimei.
The name of this dish is: Palace Eggplant Dried Fish.
As the name suggests, Imperial Court Eggplant Dried Fish is a palace delicacy, ranked at the "Imperial Flavor" level in the Manchu-Han Banquet. The ingredients used are not precious, but the preparation method is very complicated and requires at least seven days of preparation. In the previous life, this delicious dish in the Manchu-Han Banquet had long been lost, but Ye Chui finally brought this dish to light after much exploration, and the clue that Ye Chui found for this dish was in "Dream of Red Mansions".
There are many descriptions of food in Dream of the Red Chamber. The dish described most carefully is "delicious eggplant fish". In the 41st chapter of the book, Fengjie, on the orders of Jia's mother, served this dish to Granny Liu. After eating it, Granny Liu said, "Don't fool me. If eggplants taste like this, we won't need to grow grain anymore. We can only grow eggplants."
Fengjie then explained the recipe of this dish to Granny Liu in detail: "Peel the freshly picked eggplants, take out the flesh, cut it into small dices, and fry it with chicken oil. Then use chicken breast meat, fragrant mushrooms, new bamboo shoots, mushrooms, five-spice dried bean curd, and various dried fruits, all cut into dices, simmer them in chicken broth until dry, collect the sesame oil, add fermented rice wine, mix it, put it in a porcelain jar, seal it tightly, take it out when you want to eat it, and mix it with the fried chicken and melon."
From Fengjie’s introduction, we can see that the ingredients used in this delicious eggplant jerky are not rare, but the preparation method is very complicated and the process is complex.
However, after Ye Chui's verification, he found that the delicious eggplant jerky made in this way was not perfect, and it lacked some "finishing touches": Although the Jia Mansion in Dream of Red Mansions was a wealthy family, it was still a little inferior to the palace. The delicious eggplant jerky introduced by Sister Feng was a simplified version of the palace's eggplant jerky!
Ye Chui, relying on his talent as a chef, after unremitting attempts, finally used the description of this delicious eggplant preserved fish in Dream of Red Mansions as a clue, and gradually figured out the authentic flavor of the palace eggplant preserved fish, allowing this dish that takes at least seven days to be served on the table to finally see the light of day!
Ye Chui was planning to use this imperial eggplant dish to treat Wu Haimei's anorexia!
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After looking at the comments, I found that many friends have guessed that this dish is the delicious eggplant fish in Dream of Red Mansions. They guessed it right~~~~~~~ We are now ranked 14th on the new book list. We continue to ask for recommendation votes. We are one step away from 12th place. If we reach the homepage, we will add more chapters. After 12th place, one chapter will be added for each place up~~~