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Chapter 455 Gift (seeking a monthly pass)

Speaking of roast duck, Chen Nian is not sleepy at all, this thing is the ultimate goal of entering the dream this time.

As for the braised sea cucumber with scallions and the nine-turned large intestine in the middle, those are just extras.

Shen San said a few more words to Master Sun in the kitchen and then left. He had to go back to rest at noon. Although he was still at the peak of his physical strength, he was getting older after all, so he should pay more attention keep in good health.

Carry out health preservation from many aspects such as physical fitness and attention to work and rest.

And after Chen Nian cleaned up the kitchen in the afternoon, he bid farewell to Master Sun and went back to his room to sleep. He didn't go to play chess with Master Sun today, mainly because he slept a little late yesterday, so he had to go back and take a nap today.

While taking off his clothes and lying on the bed, contemplating calmly, he thought in his mind that the reward of coming to this dreamland this time is quite great.

On the surface, it seems that I have learned two more signature dishes from Master Sun, Jiuzhuan large intestine and sea cucumber with green onions, but in fact, during the martial arts conference, Master Sun used to entertain those guests. Nine is close to ten.

Taking advantage of this period of time, I can practice well, and when I go back, I can have a whole table for banquets. If someone wants to book a banquet here, they will have more choices, and among these dishes Most vintages are still intended to be placed only in banquets.

After all, some dishes are really time-consuming. If they are used for daily sales, then don’t cook other dishes yourself.

Moreover, the banquet served by Master Sun was paired with four or five dishes that he added. This is not a special banquet in Tianjin, because the special banquet in Tianjin pays attention to four big steaks and eight big bowls.

The four big steaks are mainly chicken, duck and fish, while the eight big bowls refer to fish slices, braised shrimp, family portraits, sweet-scented osmanthus fish bones, etc...

And these are just the thin eight bowls of the big bowls, and there are also the thick eight bowls that contain fried green shrimp, shredded chicken, sea cucumber balls, ingot meat, chicken in clear soup, stewed chicken, home-cooked carp, etc...

The eight big bowls are often used here to entertain guests. There are eight people in each table, and there are eight dishes on the table. All the dishes are served with big big bowls.

Sometimes there are eight big bowls on the birthday banquet. Usually, there will be a longevity peach made of pea noodles on this banquet, with a little red pigment to enhance the festive atmosphere.

Of course, the eight bowls mentioned above are all meaty dishes, and there are always some people who don’t like to eat meaty dishes. Therefore, Tianjin also has eight vegetarian bowls, which are fried yuanxiao, braised vegetarian gluten, and vegetarian miscellaneous (rotten skin, gluten, fungus, Bean sprouts, etc.), stewed goose neck (made with bean curd skin roll noodles, etc.), fried dumplings, vegetarian meat, roasted vegetarian eggplant, fried vegetarian meatballs, etc.

The four big steaks and the eight big bowls are actually not the same. They are mainly used to make some side dishes that match the eight big bowls. Chicken, grilled whole duck, grilled elbow, grilled square meat, grilled sea cucumber, grilled gluten, grilled fish, etc.

There are many varieties, including some expensive dishes.

It's just that this kind of banquet is not suitable for some occasions. After all, sometimes you have to pay attention to ostentation when eating. These big bowls and small bowls look really tiger-like when put together, but they are not as refined. mean.

And what Master Sun does is more inclined to the banquet of Shandong cuisine. This is very suitable for the Honghong restaurant for customers to mix and choose according to taste.

So after going back this time, the menu of Honghong Restaurant will be greatly expanded. It is easy to guess that everyone will be surprised that they have learned so many dishes all of a sudden.

But now Chen Nian also understands that there is absolutely no need to think so much at these times, just tell them that this is what he figured out by himself.

Anyway, I have already earned my name as a talented young chef. No matter what I do, as long as my explanation is ambiguous and vague, others will naturally make corresponding brain supplements.

Anyway, let them think about it, and it is impossible to think that they are actually wearing gold fingers.

And to be honest, if Chen Nian hadn't experienced it himself, he wouldn't believe that there really are cheating fingers in this world.

Just thinking about it like this, Chen Nian closed his eyes, and soon fell into dreamland.

After sleeping for about an hour, Chen Nian woke up naturally. Although he didn't have a watch, now Chen Nian can roughly calculate the time just by looking at the position of the sun in the sky.

If there is no accident, it should be more than two o'clock in the afternoon and less than three o'clock in the afternoon.

The sun hangs high like a stove in front of your eyes, scorching the earth continuously, and after waking up, Chen Nian is covered in sweat. There are no electric fans in this era, and the only way to enjoy the coolness is to rely on natural wind or a fan .

"Well, it's not good to travel to this kind of era. It's too hot in summer, and there's no effective way to avoid the heat, but it would be great if I can be the emperor next time I enter the dreamland, which can make people Fan yourself by the side."

But I usually enter the dream to be a cook, how can I be an emperor?
Unless it is like Zhu Youxiao, the carpenter emperor of the Ming Dynasty, except that the other party is a carpenter and he is cooking.

And this is basically impossible, but if you can't become an emperor, it seems that you can be the master or young master of a wealthy family, the kind of people who have nothing to do and just walk around the market and bully men and women.

If it's this kind of identity, it doesn't seem to be that much psychological pressure to let someone stand beside your bed and fan it gently so that you can sleep coolly.

"I hope so, but no matter what, there must be a less poor start, right? From the beginning of entering the dreamland to the present, the conditions seem to be the best this time. Eat whatever you want, no matter what you do. Someone pays the bill."

Thinking of Chen Nian here, I couldn't help sighing at the boldness of the third master.

Since Chen Nian has already been to the vegetable market in the morning and bought all the vegetables he will use for the day, he does not need to go to the vegetable market again in the afternoon.

You can watch them practice martial arts in the martial arts gym.

You can make gestures while looking at yourself. If you can learn a half-movement or something, it will be blood money.

As a result, Chen Nian secretly practiced here, and was seen by Shen San inside. Shen San found it interesting, and he knew that Chen Nian didn't have to prepare meals so early at this time.

So I don't care about Chen Nian appearing here at this time.

So he beckoned for Chen Nian to come over.

"You want to learn martial arts?" Shen San asked curiously.

Shen San was teaching other disciples at this time, and the others couldn't help looking over after hearing this, with curious expressions on their faces.

"No, it's just that watching you guys practice feels a bit powerful, and I'm also gesticulating next to you. Third Master, if this is not allowed here, I won't watch it in the future." Chen Nian's words were perfect, because he also I don't know if Jinwumen has such rules.

To make up for myself is also to give myself a step down, so that even if Jinwumen really does not allow stealing, I can show that it was an unintentional mistake.

But Shen San didn't seem to care so much after hearing Chen Nian's words: "It's okay, Jinwumen has no such rules. Since you are in Jinwumen, you can learn these things if you want to. Anyway, learning martial arts requires talent. Yes, you are talented and able to learn, that is your ability, when the time comes you call me master, it is no big deal.

But if you can't learn it, you can't say that I am your master when you go out. Although you are talented in cooking, martial arts and cooking are still different. "

Shen San explained.

Chen Nian understood Shen San's meaning as soon as he heard it.

What Shen San meant was that he could learn, and he could learn whatever he wanted as long as he didn't delay his job, but if he could really learn something famous, Chen Nian would naturally have to formally apprentice him, after all, he couldn't learn in vain .

But if you don't understand anything at the end of the study, then there is no need to recognize this master. Although Shen San has a high reputation in Tianjin and is a bit more modest, it is also a matter of face. I'm afraid it will make people laugh if I talk about the incompetent apprentice.

"Don't worry, third master, I will definitely study hard, but I will never delay cooking. I will also talk to Master Sun at that time, so that he will not be able to find me when the time comes. Of course, third master, I am in Jinwu Cooking is definitely the most important thing in the door, and if you have spare time, come and practice.

Even if you can't learn any tricks in the end, it's still very good as a way to strengthen your body. "

Chen Nian also didn't say anything to death, he still made it clear to Shen San that he would never let go of the kitchen just because he came to practice.

Finally, Shen San nodded and pointed out a place for Chen Nian: "If you want to practice in the future, just stand there. If you have time, you can see how they practice. If you don't know how to do it, you can ask me. I'll tell you if I'm busy."

"Thank you, Third Master!" Chen Nian was overjoyed, he didn't expect that he could learn another skill from this recipe.

But right now I am learning to cook in the martial arts hall, and everyone is very good, if I can learn some martial arts and go back, it seems to be good.

Just like when I was a cook in the Chunyu class, I still cook when I should, but I also learn singing and makeup with everyone when I find time.

It can be regarded as enriching my personal skills, and that skill was indeed used after I went back.

"Okay, then you can follow the practice first, watch for some time by yourself, don't delay cooking." Shen San smiled and waved his hand, and asked Chen Nian to study with everyone at the position he just pointed out.

No matter how Shen San taught him, he just followed and gesticulated, but soon he also found that he seemed to be inferior to others in martial arts.

Although the movements can keep up, the punches or palms are not as energetic as everyone else.

While Shen San was talking about it, he turned around and raised his leg and kicked sideways, which was ridiculous, and the other disciples followed suit.

Most of the disciples followed suit, that is to say, what a small number of people did was not standard and perfect, but what Chen Nian did was like fooling around.

Originally, this palm was used to catch the enemy by surprise, but in the end, Chen Nian forced himself to perform a juggling act for the opponent.

But maybe the performance of the old age can make the other party watch the fun and let him go.

After practicing like this for a while, Chen Nian reckoned that the time was almost up, so he quietly left the martial arts hall and went back to the back kitchen to prepare dinner.

"Master, I practiced with the third master just now, and I sweated a little, and I feel pretty good." After returning to the kitchen, Chen Nian told Master Sun about the afternoon.

And when Master Sun heard this, he didn't feel that Chen Nian was not doing his job properly. Since Shen San asked Chen Nian to practice by his side, it was enough to practice. Anyway, it's better for young people to learn more.

But although he didn't mind it in his heart, he still laughed and cursed and said, "Why? Learning how to cook is not enough, but now you want to learn martial arts? Do you think you don't do enough daily work?"

Although the words seemed to be blaming, how could Chen Nian not know that the old man didn't care about these things when he heard Master Sun's tone?

"Master, don't I want to learn some physical fitness skills so that I can be more energetic when cooking and chopping firewood?" Chen Nian also said with a smile.

"Okay, I was joking with you just now. I don't care about you if you want to learn in the future, but I have to make one thing clear to you. Now that you ask me to be your master, you must focus on the kitchen. Don't make a distinction between primary and secondary at that time, I won't be able to keep you, and if the third master can see you at that time, I don't care if I accept you as an apprentice, anyway, I definitely can't do it here. "

Master Sun said seriously.

And Chen Nian also stopped laughing at this time, and his face became serious: "Don't worry, Master, I know this in my heart. I really learn martial arts to strengthen my body. If I can protect myself a little bit Means, that is the best.

But cooking is the guy I eat. People can have hobbies and pursuits, but they can't lose their money-making skills. "

"That's fine." Master Sun nodded, with a smile on his face again, "In the past, the third master also wanted me to follow along and teach me something to strengthen my body, but I didn't want to learn.

I've worked my whole life and now I have to cook for people, so what am I going to do if I'm going to make myself miserable?Anyway, people live their whole life to eat, drink, and scatter. I still want to play chess, drink tea, and bask in the sun when I have nothing to do. "

Chen Nian nodded, thinking that Master Sun was indeed a more casual person.

The older I get, the more open I look.

"Master, it's better for you to live more comfortably." Chen Nian couldn't help giving a thumbs up.

"By the way, master, when shall we cook roast duck for senior brother?" Chen Nian thought of this again while talking.

"In two or three days, don't worry about it. I don't think Dechun is that easy. I'll do it in two or three days. And you don't have to worry. These skills will be taught to you sooner or later."

After being seen through his psychology, Chen Nian couldn't help scratching his head, he laughed twice and got away with it.

In this way, in the next two days, Chen Nian went to the martial arts gym in front to practice with everyone when he was free every day, making gestures.

Before the meal time, go back to the kitchen and prepare to cook or help Master Sun.

But during these two days, Master Sun didn't cook any special dishes, most of them were home-cooked dishes, and he knew them without having to learn them.

But watching Master Sun do these things can also refer to the practice of the Northern School.

And at night, when they cleaned up the kitchen, there was nothing to do. At this time, it was usually after eight o'clock in the evening.

In the past, Chen Nian usually went back to bed early, or played chess with Master Sun.

But now Chen Nian will start cooking by himself in the kitchen.

The cooking is the same as what Master Sun made at the banquet before, and all the money for cooking is bought back from Chen Nian's own pocket.

And Shen San passed by the kitchen when he went back to rest, and saw Chen Nian working in it alone, so he also went in to inquire. After learning that Chen Nian practiced at his own expense, Shen San was very surprised.

He said that if Chen Nian wants to practice, there is no need to pay for it at his own expense. The martial arts gym is not short of the money of one or two chickens and ducks anyway.

But Chen Nian said it was different.

One yard is one yard, the money for my own practice must not be paid by the martial arts gym, and besides learning how to cook with Master Sun, I have nothing special to do here, so even saving money is useless. It is better to use good steel on the blade.

"Oh, if I could have known you ten years earlier, I would definitely have taken you as an apprentice at that time. In fact, your talent in martial arts is not bad, and you are tall, smart and flexible, but you are a little old. When you are older, even though you are old, it does not hinder your learning of martial arts, but your achievements in the end will always be inferior to those who practiced martial arts since childhood."

It is obvious that Shen San also took a fancy to these qualities of old age.

"Third Master, you can't say that. Meeting people is fate, so what is ten years ago or now? As for learning martial arts or learning cooking, in the final analysis, it is the ability to eat alone, they are both the same."

Shen San agreed with this very much: "Well said."

Immediately afterwards, he looked at Chen Nian again: "Then you should practice first, if you can't finish eating alone at night, keep it, tomorrow the gang will definitely fight for food, don't worry about wasting it, then I will go back first gone."

"Okay, third master, you should go to bed early."

"Ah."

Shen San waved his hand towards Chen Nian, and went back to his courtyard to rest.

After watching Shen San go back, Chen Nian was cooking while thinking that Shen San never seemed to worry about money.

But he hadn't heard of any way for Jinwumen to make money like Longhumen established the Dragonhu Chamber of Commerce.

However, Third Master Shen is very generous no matter what he does, coupled with his kindness and strength, that's why he is respected by the world.

There are two types of people who learn martial arts in Jinwumen, one is to pay tuition fees or food and crops to learn, and the other is to be taken as a disciple by Shen San, who does not need to pay tuition fees.

Although Jinwumen often do external work to protect other people's safety and maintain order, but these jobs are not much, and Jinwumen only takes [-]% of the income, and the remaining [-]% belongs to the disciples themselves. .

Then the question arises, why is Mr. Shen so rich?

(End of this chapter)