self-improvement as a cook

Chapter 28

Just as An Ran finished packing the fish, she dug out a pack of coarse salt from the bamboo basket, a small coarse porcelain pot, smeared the inside and outside of the fish with coarse salt, passed it through thin wooden strips, and put it on a nearby stone to marinate and air-dry. This way the grilled fish will be more tender.

An Zihe couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "Are you bringing these things with you when you come out?" An Ran didn't bother to talk to him, and today she said that she was here with her elder brother to chop zongzi leaves, but in fact it was just a cover. In the wild, maybe you can get local materials, let the eldest brother catch a hare and voles, and roast it to eat, so naturally come prepared.

You don't need to bring too many things. A pack of coarse salt and a small can of vegetable oil are enough to grill the most authentic delicious food. It's just that I didn't expect to grill fish. I should have prepared some onion and ginger to remove the fishy smell.

Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly caught a glimpse of the ostentatious weeds on the edge of the pit, my eyes lit up, I really thought of something, there was wild perilla growing on the edge of the pit, which was ready to remove the smell, I walked over to pick up a handful of young leaves, Wash it in water and stuff it into the belly of the fish, which can remove the fishy smell and enhance the fragrance. The grilled fish also has the unique fragrance of perilla.

The fish is almost marinated, An Zihe has already lit the fire, and his technique is extremely skillful, An Ran suddenly understands, pointing at him: "You were just pretending."

An Zihe blinked and pretended to be confused: "What are you pretending? I'm really not good at cleaning fish, but it's okay to start a fire." Putting the fish that An Ran had handled on the fire, An Ran noticed the temporary barbecue that An Zihe had built with a few sticks. The height of the rack is just right, and the way of grilling fish is not like a novice.

Sometimes, An Ran really feels that this person is quite contradictory. He looks like a scholar on the outside, but he is too domineering on the inside, with a strong desire to control. That's why An Ran feels dangerous, but sometimes, she can't help feeling a little bit against him. Favorable feelings, such as the last time when making oily and spicy noodles, and the man who lit a fire to grill fish today, made An Ran feel that this is not a man who is idle. He knows life and can cook. A very interesting man, especially good at pleasing women.

Thinking of this, An Ran was startled, judging from his tricks to please herself, this man is definitely a master of the art, and the skill of pleasing women is by no means a natural skill, there is only one way to practice it, and that is women, and there are many women who are pleasing to her Therefore, it is nonsense to say how this man keeps himself clean. Based on An Zihe's words and deeds, there are definitely more than one or two women.

An Ran suddenly understood that in the eyes of the ancients, as long as they were not married and married a daughter-in-law, there could be no number of women. Thinking of how many times this man used his tricks to curry favor with other women, An Ran felt extremely disgusted. How much he pretends, this is a dirty man.

Thinking of this, there was no mood for a picnic, so he stopped chopping the reed leaves, carried the bamboo basket and walked to the back door of Zhuangzi, intending to go in to find Zhou Tai.

An Zihe is in a pretty good mood at the moment, this girl doesn't pay much attention to him, she has no intention of leaving after all, and he is still thinking about what to do after eating grilled fish, it's still early, it's rare to catch this girl, so go back so much It's a pity, maybe you can go to the other side of the mountain to see the scenery, don't all women like it.

Who knows that this girl is so moody, and I don't know why, she is about to leave as soon as she lifts her feet, no matter how good her temper is, she will fail to meet this girl, not to mention, he doesn't have a good temper at all, his face darkens, He took two steps over to stop her, took a deep breath, tried his best to suppress his temper, and tried his best to calm down: "I said that your little temper is too much, you were fine just now, why are you annoyed again?"

An Ran saw that his brows were frowning, and there was a bit of impatience in his eyes, so she couldn't help sneering secretly, "Is the chief executive taking too much care of things? I'm letting my temper have nothing to do with you, chief executive, please feel free to do so." , I have to go back." Said, spared An Zihe and left.

An Zihe's temper could no longer be suppressed, his eyes darkened, he grabbed her, pulled her back and clamped her in his arms, An Ran wanted to struggle, but found that the man's arms were like iron tongs, and his strength was extremely strong. The ones in front of the absolute disparity of power can't do it at all.Feeling the man's anger, I felt a little frightened: "You, what do you want to do?"

"What are you doing?" An Zihe sneered, and looked down at her: "Since you are so ignorant, we don't have to hide it anymore. What are you pretending to be, what kind of cook? You have only been a cook for a few days. Before Where are you from and what have you done? If you really don't remember, please remind you. "

An Ran's face turned pale, and suddenly he realized that An Zihe was doing it on purpose, he knew who he was, and he thought so, An Ran climbed onto the bed of the elder, and no one in the house knew that An Zihe was the manager of the restaurant, but he was also the manager of An's house. How could my half-master not know this? Even though I entered the kitchen and worshiped the master, I couldn't erase the black history in front of me. Without mentioning it on the face, there must be a lot of discussion behind the scenes.

Even if An Zihe didn't know who he was when he met him in the big kitchen for the first time, he would know who he was later on, but he never mentioned it, because he forgot, he was pretending to be confused, and those ambiguous behaviors probably I feel that there is no need to respect a girl who climbs the bed, and teasing and teasing satisfies his bad taste, it's just a pastime.

It suddenly occurred to him that when Mrs. Su passed her birthday that day, he pretended to rescue him. If he hadn't reached the limit of his patience today, he would probably continue to have an affair with him.

I remember Lin Xing'er said that no matter how novel or sincere a man's tricks are in chasing women, there is only one purpose, which is to get in bed. It's my great honor, I should rush to let him molested, this man is simply dirtier than the old man.

An Ran was trembling with anger, wishing to stab him to death with one knife, when she thought of this, she suddenly thought of the dagger on her waist, without even thinking about pulling it out, she slammed it back.

An Zihe never thought that this woman would dare to use a knife with him. Even if he had practiced fists and kicks, he was quick to dodge, and he almost died. His face was livid, and he grabbed her wrist with skill, and snatched the dagger away. , thrown directly into the puddle.

Although An Ran's dagger was snatched, his body was free after all. Seeing him coming to grab him again, he dodged sideways, bent and stretched his backhand, and punched him. During the punch, he staggered a few steps and reached the edge of the pit.

Now that she tore her face and moved her hand, An Ran didn't even think about it, she stepped forward and kicked An Zihe into the puddle, only heard a plop, An Ran didn't have much strength, and she didn't kick at all. How far away, just fell into shallow water near the shore, An Zihe struggled a few times to stand up, covered in mud and water, staring at a reed on his head, how embarrassing it must have been.

An Ran couldn't help laughing, and didn't dare to stay any longer. Even though the two of them fought for a short time, they probably knew that this man was a practitioner. The reason why she kicked him down was entirely because of An Zihe's lack of defense. Let's start, I'm afraid ten of them are not one of them.

An Ran suddenly realized that the fists and kicks he had learned in modern times were really nothing. If he met a hooligan, he could handle it. If he really met a Lianjiazi, he would definitely give it to him for nothing. Said: "Even if you have to climb the bed, with the old man in front of you, my aunt will still see you as a failure to manage things. I advise you to stay away from me in the future. It really annoys me. I will fight you with a white knife to get in and a red knife to come out." No one should think about it." Putting down his harsh words, he ran away like flying with a bamboo basket on his back.

After this kind of thing happened, An Ran didn't dare to go to Zhuangzi to look for Zhou Tai anymore. Turning around, An Zi and An Zi became annoyed and angry, so it was troublesome, and they ran back to Jizhou City along the way they came from.

After returning to the small courtyard in Daolingdang Hutong, and inserting the courtyard door from the inside, he breathed a sigh of relief. His legs softened and he sat on the ground, patting his chest. After calming down, he felt a little scared. He was too reckless just now. An Zi and Ruo Ruo What about retaliation?
But he also understands that it's useless to be afraid after things happen, Zhuo feels that he will never be able to be a chef in Anji Restaurant, An Zihe is the chief manager of the restaurant, now that he offended him, he is still working under him, Isn't it just looking for bad luck? Let's go back to the house and let the second senior brother come out to replace her. Don't wait a year, just pack up the money in your hand and redeem yourself.

Even if the master is in Anfu, and he is not from Anfu, if he redeems himself, he can still see his master outside if he wants to. Once he is free, he will not be controlled by others in the future, and it will not be so easy for An Zihe to make trouble for himself. up.After thinking about it, he hurried into the house to tidy up and went back to Anfu.

An Ran didn't tell his senior brother what happened, the matter between himself and An Zihe was too absurd and too embarrassing, and he really couldn't say it, what's more, he was afraid that his senior brother would know that trouble would happen, even though he hadn't been a teacher for long, However, the two senior brothers really love him. Like the master, they are very protective of the calf. If they find out about this and confront An Zihe, it will be troublesome.

An Ran knew that the reason why the master brought the two senior brothers to Anfu was actually to repay the favor. An Ran was not clear about the grievances back then, but she could vaguely guess that the master owed the elder a big favor, maybe it was also for the sake of Taking refuge, that Han Zizhang defeated the master and became the royal chef of the palace. Naturally, his power was extraordinary.

After thinking it through, he just said that he couldn't handle it, and asked the second senior brother to help save the situation. The second senior brother already felt sorry for An Ran, so he would ask questions when he heard it, so he immediately went back to his master and went to replace An Ran.An Ran breathed a sigh of relief, and told the godmother that the master asked her to go back to the house, and the godmother stopped asking.

After such a thing happened, An Ran was not in the mood to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival anymore. She returned to her small courtyard, took advantage of the wages she had received in the past few months, and found out that the wages of the restaurant had not yet been paid. I also worked for more than a month, and I took two taels of silver, plus the wages of the outside kitchen before, and some extra money, all of which were more than three taels of silver.

Two or three taels should be enough. As for the expenses after going out, the wages of the restaurant should be similar. With the master around, even if An Zihe wants to make trouble, the wages will not be less for himself.

An Ran packed up the silver and copper coins and put them in a purse, put them in her bosom, went to the master where she made a few puff pastries and carried them to the front to find Ding Shoucai.

Ding Shoucai is the chief steward of the An Mansion, and there is a separate small courtyard in the mansion to take care of his affairs. An Ran deliberately picked a time for a while, guessing that at this time, Ding Shoucai should not be busy, and ran into Xing'er as soon as he entered the small courtyard.

When Xing'er saw An Ran, he was stunned for a moment, but he didn't dare to be the same as before. Now that An Ran is the disciple of Mr. Zheng and the chef of An Kee Restaurant, he couldn't offend him, so he put on a big smile : "Oh, I said that the magpies were squawking this morning. It turns out that Miss An is coming. Come on, sit in the room, sit in the room."

Let An Ran enter the main room and sit down, make tea, and hurry to call him godfather. He is decent, and he is also a servant of the mansion, so he greedily greedy a lot of money, and he must act like that, after all, the old man above is not a fool, so he has plenty of money, and it is not from the strong wind, so he will not let his servants Be greedy casually, this big butler is really scheming.

When Ding Shoucai heard that Xing'er said that An Ran had come, he was taken aback, and thought, why did she come, this one can't be offended now, even though he was puzzled, he hurried over.

Seeing him, An Ran knelt down and saluted: "An Ran greets the housekeeper."

Ding Shoucai hurriedly said: "I don't dare to accept the girl's gift." Then he politely asked An Ran's master, and said: "Where is the girl here today?"

An Ran handed over the basket in her hand: "An Ran made a few snacks in her free time, and gave them to the butler to taste. If they are not good, don't be disgusted by the butler, An Ran hasn't left her teacher yet."

Ding Shoucai's eyes lit up. He knew that An Ran was speaking politely. Even if he hadn't been a teacher, could the old man's apprentice be poor in craftsmanship? Especially, he could smell it as soon as he came in. Look, there are two layers of pastries neatly stacked in the basket. There are four kinds of fillings, and there are more patterns. There are plum-shaped ones, peony-shaped ones, chrysanthemum-shaped ones, and peach-shaped ones. They are very delicate. .

Even the fine dim sum made on the noodle table in the big kitchen couldn’t compare to it, and her face turned into a flower with a smile: “Young lady is really good at cooking, I’m lucky today.” I knew that An Ran must have something to do. , without waiting for her to open her mouth, she said directly: "If you have something to do, girl, just say it."

Only then did An Ran say: "To tell you the truth, Chief Steward, I came here today to redeem myself."

Redemption?Ding Shoucai was stunned, thinking that he had been a housekeeper in Anfu for so many years, and this was the first time he heard that a girl wanted to redeem her body. The girl came in, now let's not talk about buying, sending it to Anfu for nothing, and she can't get in. Those girls who are in the mansion with a prostitution contract can secretly enjoy it, because they don't have to be afraid of losing their jobs. They are people from the mansion, much better than those hired outside. No, but this one wants to redeem himself.

Seeing that he didn't speak, An Ran couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, and couldn't help asking: "The housekeeper is like this, could it be that a girl like me can't redeem herself?"

Ding Shoucai returned to his senses: "It's not impossible, it's just that there is no girl who wants to redeem her body." Then, he glanced at An Ran: "Miss An, it's not easy to find errands in our house. What is the girl going out to redeem herself for?"

An Ran's eyes flickered and he said vaguely: "I just want to feel at ease, butler, you just tell An Ran how much money you need to redeem your body."

Ding Shoucai turned a few turns in his heart, but became happy instead. What happened to Shanliu before, and it got out, Chang Guier kept complaining to himself, not doing his best to protect his daughter, now even the benefits are gone, Shanliu's errand Let An Ran do it again, but here and there, the same long-term income is missing.

I'm feeling uncomfortable, I don't want this girl to redeem her body, so it's not good, if she goes out, the big kitchen will be free, and it's convenient for me to stuff myself. I won't remember, it just happened to be cheap for myself.

What's more, she can also sell An Ran's favor. This girl has worshiped Mr. Zheng as her master, and she will be able to get ahead no matter what in the future. She might be able to ask her sometime soon.

Thinking about it this way, I seem to understand the reason for An Ran's redemption. Other girls don't want to redeem themselves, and they can't find a better place than the mansion, but this girl is different. .

Thinking about it, he said: "If the girl insists on redeeming her body, she can't force it to stay in the house. Let me check the original situation." As he said, he asked Xing'er to get the old account of buying the girl, flipped through it, and pointed to it. One place: "Look, girl, it was one tael of silver when I bought the girl to enter the mansion. I remember it here."

An Ran breathed a sigh of relief, but also secretly sighed, it was really cheap, one tael of silver could buy someone.

Since Ding Shoucai wanted to be a favor, he had to make deductions first: "Although it was only one tael when I bought it, I have been living in the mansion for food and clothing all these years, and I still have a monthly bill, so I need more money to redeem myself, and it usually costs ten taels. silver."

An Ran scanned the quotations early, and knew that Ding Shoucai said this to let her know his favor, but she followed suit with a look of astonishment and embarrassment: "Ten taels? Don't hide it from the housekeeper. In the mansion, there is not much money in hand, ten taels is absolutely impossible to get, otherwise, when I go back, I will talk to my two senior brothers and borrow some first."

When the big housekeeper heard this, he hurriedly said: "Don't be busy, don't be busy, although it usually takes ten taels, but now that the girl is begging me, she has to help the girl even if I give up my old face. Go back, girl, and wait for me to understand." I went back to the old master and asked the girl for a favor, I guess one or two taels would be enough."

An Ran knew that he was using it as a cover, and wanted to let her know his feelings. She was not the girl in front of the Elder Master, and she left the Orchid Courtyard. In this case, I will trouble the housekeeper."

As he said, he took out three taels of silver from his purse and put it on the table: "This is three taels of silver. If it's not enough, the housekeeper will tell me again. I'll find it."

The butler is the most greedy for money. When he saw the money, his eyes lit up, and he said to himself, this is cheap, and he can earn two taels, so he agreed with a smile.

An Ran stood up: "Then An Ran will go back first, and come back tomorrow." She got up to say goodbye, but she was really relieved when she came out, as long as Ming Er got the deed of sale, she would be free from now on, no need to be a girl, and she would be free again. Don't be afraid of An Zihe taking the opportunity to make trouble.

Thinking of An Zihe's embarrassment in the water, An Ran couldn't help laughing, regardless of whether there will be any troubles in the future, today he was relieved, went back to his small courtyard, and tidied up.

In fact, there is nothing to clean up, the clothes of the two Anfu maids are already worn out, and this one is newly made by the godmother.

Speaking of this, An Ran couldn't help being moved. The godmother was busy in the kitchen every day, and there was still a lot of work at home, but she still found time to sew two clothes and shoes for herself. Although it was just ordinary coarse cloth, the stitches were fine. , I can see that it took a lot of effort, and I didn't tell myself beforehand, no wonder, I saw my godmother comparing my clothes and shoes a few days ago, it turned out that she was making new ones for me.

Touching the clothes on her body, she threw the old clothes of the two girls aside. She is no longer a girl in Anfu, so why would she wear this? She didn't have much in all, so she packed up her little baggage and followed The master's knife box is placed in one place.

Thinking of Defu again, he couldn't help sighing, now that he's gone, he can only wait for another chance to take him out, but he can entrust the two senior brothers to take care of him, this kid is clever, with a little help, he should be a helper in the kitchen. Can hold it up.

An Ran was looking forward to getting the deed of selling herself tomorrow, so she didn't sleep well all night, got up early the next morning, packed up, and went to look for Ding Shoucai, just entered the small courtyard, when she bumped into Ding Shoucai head-on.

When Ding Shoucai saw that she couldn't help but put three liang of silver back into her hand, An Ran was stunned: "Boss, what's the meaning of this?"

Ding Shoucai's expression was rather complicated. After thinking for a while, he dragged her aside and said in a low voice, "It's not a big deal for a girl to redeem her body. I only paid the money for the redemption. The master usually doesn't make things difficult, but yesterday the elder Suddenly ordered down, saying that there are no changes in the mansion in recent days, let alone redemption to leave the mansion. Girl, I think this means that it is clearly aimed at the girl. The girl still thinks about whether she has offended someone. Such a difficult girl."

An Ran's complexion changed a few times, she gritted her teeth, and said to herself, who else could it be? It must be that vile and shameless An Zihe who was behind the scenes. Seeing that her complexion was not good, the head housekeeper gave her advice: "There are distinguished guests in the house today. It's too late to tell the girl in detail, if the girl insists on redeeming herself, it's better to ask the old man to talk to the old man, because of the old man's face, this matter is nothing."

"Thank you, butler, for reminding that Anran will have time to cook a few good dishes some other day, and treat the butler to a drink, since the butler is busy with housework, Anran will not delay." Saying goodbye, she was really angry in her heart.

As soon as I entered the big kitchen, I saw that it was full of heat. Everyone was here. The second fire and the third fire were all busy there. An Ran was stunned. Uncle was dying of anxiety. Chef Zhao went to the restaurant for you. Chef Gao served the old man. This big kitchen has to rely on you. Today the old man specially sent a message, saying that the guests are important today. Don't talk about you, I don't even think about it as a manager, hurry up, hurry up, here is the menu, you have a look first, everything else is fine, only this dish of cherry meat and silver buds is difficult, especially the latter one, I But never heard of it."

An Ran was silent for a moment: "Uncle Fu, do you know what important guests are invited to the mansion today?"

An Fu: "Speaking of this, this is really a noble man. He is Xiaoyaohou from Beijing. He went to the south of the Yangtze River to buy tributes for the Longevity Festival. He passed by our Jizhou. Because he had some friendship with our elder, he invited him to the mansion for a banquet. Mr. Zhifu, Su Tongpan, I have to come over in a while, even the third master, who we don't socialize much, is also here to accompany the banquet in the garden, and the chief steward of the restaurant called the elder master back early in the morning."

An Ranxin said that this old man really has the means to invite a Hou Ye who is on an imperial errand to the mansion, probably even the prefect of Jizhou does not have such face.

Moreover, An Zihe?After looking at the menu, he suddenly realized that the menu must have been written by An Zihe, he is really an expert, and he knows how difficult it is to cook.

An Fu whispered: "You don't know that this Xiaoyaohou is a cousin of our Long Live Lord. He is quite favored. He must often eat the imperial food in the palace. He is a master who has eaten and seen it before. It's a little bit worse, and I'm afraid I can't hide it from the mouth of this Marquis."

As he spoke, he glanced at An Ran: "Otherwise, please come out, old man."

An Ran frowned, the master hurt his wrist, he used to be an imperial cook, now his wrist can't be strained, he can't handle the stove, so what can he do, besides, the cherry meat is fine for these two dishes, as long as the knife is solid, you can control the fried meat well The oil is warm and hot, and the fried juice is bright, sour and sweet. This dish of cherry meat is done, but the latter dish with silver buds is extremely difficult.

Silver sprouts are bean sprouts, the head and tail are cut off and only the middle section is called silver sprouts, and the inlaid silver sprouts are inlaid with minced chicken into bean sprouts, poured with hot oil and cooked.

It is easy to say, but it is extremely difficult to do. Let alone the bean sprouts are crisp and tender. If the oil temperature is too high, the bean sprouts will be unsightly. If you don’t want the food, then wait for the whole family to kill the nine clans.

What's more, the bean sprouts are slender in nature, if you want to inlay chicken mince, you can imagine how difficult it would be. Because it takes a lot of work to inlay silver sprouts, it is not often seen even at imperial banquets, let alone Folks, if it wasn't for Anzi and Xiaodujichang, who deliberately took revenge and wanted to make a fool of themselves, how could they order such tricky dishes.

Moreover, this matter was caused by me, if I got my master involved, wouldn't I become an unfilial disciple? She has made cherry meat before, so it can't trouble her. As for the inlaid silver buds, as long as I am careful, there is an [-]% chance You can mix it up.

The more An Zihe wanted to make things difficult for himself, the more he couldn't let him get what he wanted. These two dishes completely aroused An Ran's competitive spirit. For so many years, even in modern times, he cooked it for a distinguished guest from abroad. Cuisine is not as competitive as it is now.

An Ran looked at An Fu: "Leave these two dishes to me, but, Uncle Fu, can you second Defu from the outside kitchen first, he is my apprentice, and it would be most convenient for me to help me prepare the dishes."

An Fu also knew that with An Ran's craftsmanship, even though he was known as a help cook, he was already a chef in the house, and there was another help cook in the big kitchen. An Fu was worried at first.

An Ran's words reminded him, that's right, they can't be moved over, but they can be seconded. From now on, Defu will be someone from the outside kitchen, and internally, he will be seconded to help the big kitchen. As long as Defu is willing, outsiders can control .

As for Defule's displeasure, needless to say, it's probably too good to be true, and I only count on a few monthly wages. As long as I come to the big kitchen, there are plenty of benefits, and I'm afraid I won't be able to do it if I don't have enough oil and water.

What's more, guarding An Ran and those two chefs, even if they learn something worthwhile, they will be worried for the rest of their lives. Thinking about it, they hurriedly sent someone to call Defu.

Telford received the letter, he was so happy that he almost fainted, and ran over in a hurry. When An Ran saw him, he didn't talk nonsense, told him what he had to prepare, and asked him if he had written it down. Seeing him nod, Then I went to work on other things.

Calling Defu, mainly for the most tricky dish of inlaid silver buds, fortunately, An Ran heard the recipe from the master a few days ago, otherwise, An Zihe would really be proud of it today.

This method of inlaid silver buds is not difficult, but it takes a lot of work. You need to select thicker bean sprouts, pinch off the head and tail, and leave the silver buds in the middle, and then use an embroidery needle to thread moist silk thread. Pass the minced chicken from the middle of the silver sprouts, bring the minced chicken into the bean sprouts, then put it into a colander, and pour it with fried hot pepper oil. While pouring the pepper oil, shake the bean sprouts with stuffing to loosen them. After a slight change in color, sprinkle with refined salt, and pour hot oil, this dish is ready.

The most labor-intensive thing is to put the minced chicken into the bean sprouts, and it takes half a day for a small plate of silver sprouts. with.

When a piece of cherry meat in An Ran's hand came out of the pot, the meat balls were placed on the plate, and the purple juice was evenly wrapped on each piece of meat, like a layer of translucent and crystal clear glass, so bright that it looked like a cherry from a distance. With a plate of freshly picked cherries, I felt relieved and asked someone to serve it.

, the cherry meat has gone up, and the bean sprouts of Defu are almost worn out. Anfu has been watching outside for a long time. Just when Defu came, he still frowned. He looks so stupid, but such a stupid-looking boy can do such delicate work.

Anfu watched Defu's two mallet-like fingers, pinching a thin embroidery needle and passing through the bean sprouts. It looked very inconsistent, but he did it better than anyone else. At the end, An Fu even felt that Defu's mallet-like fingers might be more coincidental than those embroiderers in the embroidery room. No wonder, girl An Ran insisted on transferring him, she was indeed a talent.An Fu wondered, after staying in the mansion for so many years, why didn't he find out that there are so many capable people hidden in the outside kitchen.

An Ran wanted to promote Defu to show his face, and told Anfu that the last dish of this dish inlaid with silver buds must be finished at the banquet, so that the beauty can be seen, so it is most appropriate to let Defu serve.

Seeing An Ran cook two imperial court dishes with his own eyes, An Fu convinced this girl from the bottom of his heart. This girl is really capable, so he believed in her words, but he was also afraid that Defu, who had never seen the world, made a mistake at the banquet , I led him there by myself, and I also had a thought in my heart, if I really showed my face today and got a reward, I would not lose my share.

Although he believed in An Ran's craftsmanship, he was still a little apprehensive. When he arrived at the table, he kowtowed to salute, and told him that this dish needs to be poured with oil on the table to get its beauty. With a smile: "I don't want to think that there are really good people in this mansion, brother An. The cherry meat just now is no worse than the ones from the imperial dining room in the palace. This silver bud was encrusted with silver buds. Last year's Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, the Marquis received Mu Huang's favor, far away." I saw Han Zizhang from the imperial dining room cooking this dish of inlaid silver sprouts for the Lord Long Live. Unexpectedly, the chef of your family can also make this imperial dish. Ben Hou has been wondering how to insert meat stuffing with money, the bean sprouts are already very thin, how can they fit into the meat stuffing, hurry up, let Ben Hou see it too."

An Fu hurriedly ordered Defu to hold a small red clay stove behind him, with a small cup of bright oil warmed on it, and the bean sprouts sprinkled with pepper oil were placed on a plate.

Defu picked up the small cup from the small red clay stove and slowly poured it into the plate. In an instant, the bean sprouts in the plate became silvery and transparent, and the minced chicken was faintly visible, which was wonderful.

An Fu was dumbfounded. He never knew that a dish could be so beautiful. Only then did he understand the reason why An Ran asked Defu to pour oil on the table. , I just saw that it was too wonderful, I couldn't help taking a peek at the old man, and said in my heart, thanks to the blessing of An Ran, the reward will definitely be obtained today.

Cooking two imperial meals in a row, An Ran will finish her work today, and leave the rest to Defu, move a bench by herself, and sit in the shade of the courtyard to drink tea. After eating two dishes, my whole body felt sticky and uncomfortable. I thought about going back and taking a shower first. I guess the banquet at the house will not be too long today.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of silk and bamboo coming from the garden, accompanied by soft and waxy little tunes, which made my bones cringe, I couldn't help curling my lips, I was wrong, today's table probably won't be finished in a while .

Suddenly thinking of An Zihe, there must have been a charming fan to persuade him to drink at this moment, and he couldn't feel refreshed, so he racked his brains to think of a bad move, and he didn't confuse himself. I don't believe he can still be happy.

Thinking of An Zihe's unhappiness, An Ran felt much happier in her heart, and she drank a sip of Brother Tea's Jasmine Gao Mo, not to mention how enjoyable it was.

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw An Fu walking in with a happy face, and he yelled when he came in: "Where did the old man say anything? He said that the dishes cooked today are very good, and he gave the reward. From top to bottom of our big kitchen, there are There is a reward for each of them, and when the work is over, remember to go to the accountant one by one to receive the reward."

Saying that, he walked over to An Ran with a smile on his face: "Girl An Ran, Uncle Fu congratulates you first, Master Hou ate those two dishes full of praise, and said he wanted to meet the chef who cooked the dish inlaid with silver buds just now." , the Elder Master passed you on."

An Ran was taken aback. Today, An Zihe and An Zihe got so angry that they made such a big splash, but they didn't expect to go to the banquet, not to mention kicking An Zihe into the puddle yesterday. Things should be avoided, not to mention, An Ran suddenly remembered that An Fu had just said that the third master was also there, and even though the matter of the Xijiao aisle was over, there was no guarantee that the third master would recognize him.

Everyone at this table is an enemy, can I have a good time if I go up by myself, how can I get by if I don’t go, when I was anxious, an idea came to my mind, and I touched my forehead: "Uncle Fu, why do I feel like I am in front of you?" It's kind of dark..."

An Fu was stunned for a moment, and saw that the girl who was still fine just now fell to the ground and fainted...

(End of this chapter)