self-improvement as a cook

Chapter 64

In modern times, everyone who has watched the Hong Kong movie God of Cookery knows this dish, because the stuffing inside the bread is made of shrimp jelly. After being boiled in hot soup, the shrimp jelly melts into shrimp juice. It will burst out when it goes down, so there is also a well-known name, "Baojiang Niuwan".

The meatballs are firm and the shrimp meat is delicious. When you bite down, several elements burst out at the same time, giving diners the top taste, which makes this unremarkable snack a classic name.

To achieve the meatball’s strength, chopping or cutting can’t be used. Chopping the meat is more convenient, but it will cut off the fiber of the beef itself. In this way, it is impossible to get a strong taste.

A whole piece of fine beef leg meat needs to be pounded into a mud with a wooden stick. It looks like a meat paste, but the fiber in the meat can still be retained, and the finished dish has a strong taste.

It’s easy to say, but beating beef is a kung fu, which requires long-lasting and uniform force. It is quite strenuous to do it by yourself, but Mei is very different. He has been practicing martial arts all year round. Not to mention his strength, the best thing is that he can control , will not suddenly big and small, and will not have momentum and stamina.

What's more, I can stand by and admire my masculine demeanor, and in my heart YY Mei Da's chest muscles and abdominal muscles at this time... His eyes fell on the half of his exposed arm, and he could clearly see the stretched muscles. The wooden stick trembled regularly when it fell.

An Ran couldn't help but think of the time when the two of them did that, every time Mei used extra force, so that she always felt vaguely afraid that she would break down, but she had to say that the harder a man used at that time, the more powerful a woman would be. The more comfortable you will be, the more clearly you can feel that the man loves you, and even secretly hope that he will work harder.

Didn't experts say that every woman has a more or less masochistic tendency in her heart, unlike men who like gentle women, most women like domineering men.

Of course, domineering is not unreasonable, but sometimes, men take the initiative to be domineering, which can make women clearly feel that they are deeply loved. In their bones, women are a group that lacks a sense of security, so they always want to be loved.Meida did this perfectly.

An Ran was almost full of enthusiasm, but in the eyes of others, he felt very fresh. Mr. Mingyue walked around Mei Da twice, watching him beat the meat while stroking his beard: "This method looks fresh. Never seen."

However, Yue Jintang rolled up his arms and sleeves and eagerly said to An Ran: "This king is also coming to try?"

One sentence brought An Ran back to reality. An Ran who was interrupted was quite upset, and gave him a blank look: "Your Highness, don't look at the simplicity, if you can't keep up with half the strength, or if there is a slight mistake, this dish will fail."

Yue Jintang resentfully said: "To put it bluntly, you don't believe me. To tell you the truth, my skills are no worse than your man's. But, what kind of meatballs are you going to do? Wouldn't it be much easier to chop them with a knife? .”

But Liu Yicai snorted: "If you chop the meat, you won't be able to tell the difference. To put it bluntly, it's just pretending to show others. I don't believe it. There is no difference between the meat beaten with a wooden stick and the chopped meat."

An Ran glanced around, although the cooks present didn't say anything, their eyes were more or less puzzled, probably similar to Liu Yicai's thoughts.

An Ran thought for a while, and said, "This beef ball is a snack, and the reason why people like it is because of the two words, strength, and the recipe of the famous southern dish lion's head. All the seniors here must know it An Ran would like to ask, why can't the meat of the lion's head be chopped, but cut bit by bit with a knife?"

Cui Fu: "The master said that it is to get a better taste."

An Ran nodded: "The beef balls that An Ran made today are also for the taste." Seeing that Mei Da had beaten it, she went over to remove the meat paste: "Look, everyone, although this meat is soft and rotten like mud, there are still traces of meat inside. The strands of entanglement, this entanglement is the fiber of the meat, and it is also the secret of the unique flavor of this beef ball."

When the shrimp meat jelly in Gouzi has been boiled, put it in ice cubes to cool down, and then start to boil the meatballs. Songyuelou has boiled beef bone soup, which saves a lot of trouble, otherwise, just cook this pot Beef bone soup also takes two days to make.

The beef wraps the shrimp jelly, and after forming into balls, boil them in boiling water and put them into a bowl, mix with the thick and fragrant beef bone soup, add coriander, and a bowl of brightly colored and fragrant heart-wrapped beef balls is ready.

Yue Jintang had been hungry for a long time. Ever since Mei beat the beef just now, he wanted to know what is different about this beef ball.

As soon as a bowl of beef balls was put in the bowl, he scooped one up and stuffed it into his mouth. He inhaled so hot that he couldn't bear to spit it out. He finally got used to the bite, and suddenly a stream of juice flowed from his mouth. The spray came out, and it was spraying on the face of Cui Fu standing opposite him.

Cui Fu naturally didn't dare to be annoyed, but he was really burned for a while, so he wiped it with a handkerchief, and felt a kind of umami smell permeating it.

The chef's mouth and nose are the sharpest, and he is even more sensitive to the best delicacy. You can tell it just by smelling it, and look at the way Xiaoyao County King eats it, and you can know how delicious this beef ball is. Busy ate one.

Take the example of Yue Jintang, Cui Fuxue was smart, he didn't bite directly like Yue Jintang, but slowly bit the meatball with his mouth closed, and the delicious shrimp juice wrapped in the meatball burst out, overflowing the whole mouth, Going down the throat, it is sweet and sweet all the way, and then biting the meatball, it is extremely strong.

The juicy beef is mixed with the shrimp juice inside, and it becomes the most extreme taste, which is indescribably wonderful, and he can't imagine the wonderful taste in his life.

Even Shangguan Yi, the governor of Jiangnan who was in an extremely bad mood, and Jia Dairen, the prefect of Suzhou who was on pins and needles, ate a lot, and the pot of meatballs was emptied as soon as it came out of the pot.

Those who haven't eaten are very greedy, and those who have eaten are even more unsatisfactory. They have long since thrown Wang Pinrong's hollow meatballs behind their necks, and no one has mentioned them.

An Ran did not forget, and glanced at him: "If An Ran's prediction is correct, the hollow meatball you just made was hollow because it was filled with lard, and the lard melts when heated, so the meatball turns It becomes hollow. If I were to make this hollow meatball, I would never wrap it with lard, because the lard will melt when heated, but it will remain in the meatball, which will hinder the taste of the beef ball. It will feel greasy, and it is easy to freeze when it is a little cold. It can’t be poured. Use mountain delicacies to freeze and wrap it in meatballs. This is much better than lard. In the heart-wrapped beef balls I made, shrimp meat is wrapped Dong, this is not a unique skill, let alone superb cooking skills, this dish of heart-wrapped beef balls is not a dish that An Ran wants to compete with you, but just wants to tell everyone how your hollow meatballs are made."

As soon as she said that, Wang Pinrong's master and apprentice, who were already in despair, suddenly felt a little hopeful. Even if Wang Pinrong didn't want to admit it, he knew that An Ran's Baoxin Niuwan was obviously much better than her own.

That is to say, the outcome of the second round has already been divided. In this way, not only did I not get Songyuelou, but I also had to break my own arm. If a cook loses an arm, he will be desperate. Once you are a cook, what will you rely on for the rest of your life?

The more I thought about it, the more afraid I became, the sweat started to break down, but I didn't expect to see a hopeless situation, but there was a sudden turning point, even though I knew in my heart that since An Ran dared to say that, I was afraid that there would be a trick, but she was still lucky.

Yue Jintang was anxious, and pulled An Ran aside: "You girl is stupid, this second course is obviously won, so why don't you count it?"

But Shangguanyi smiled and said: "Jintang, you are worrying too much. Miss An is a superb cook. Since she said so, she will definitely be able to cook even better delicacies. I am looking forward to it even more. However, since the girl said the above Beef balls don't count, if the dishes cooked by the girl are not as good as hollow meatballs, then the girl will lose in the second round."

An Ran smiled and nodded: "Naturally."

Shangguan Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking that this girl is so old, can she really be so good at cooking?
An Ran ignored what he was thinking, and took a look at Wang Pinrong: "Since you say you are a cook from the Northern School, then An Ran will cook a Northern dish. There is a hollow glass ball in the Northern dish, which is exactly the same as your hollow meat ball. The south and the north, seriously speaking, come from the same vein, but there is no need to wrap lard. As long as you can accurately control the heat of the oil pan, you can achieve a hollow effect, and the cooking skills of wire drawing are also derived from northern cuisine. An Ran made a slight change, and made a glass-drawn hollow glazed ball, which saves the monotony of making southern dishes, but in fact, there are also many unique skills in northern dishes that are worth learning." Said, walked to the stove.

This glazed meatball is an authentic Shandong cuisine, and it is one of Anran's favorite dishes. Anran always thinks that it is more like a dessert.

The main ingredients are flour and egg yolks, add boiling water to the flour, stir into a thick paste, cool to warm, add egg yolks, stir well to make balls, deep fry in warm oil until they float up, remove.

Reheat the oil pan, pour in the meatballs and fry them again. Take them out when they are hollow and golden brown. If you follow the traditional method, the next step is to pour the fried sugar sauce. This dish is complete, but An Ran wants to change it .

Ask Gouzi to fetch a large flat plate. After frying the sugar, stick the fried hollow balls with sugar layer by layer until they stick nine layers high. Slowly heat the remaining sugar in the pot. , the temperature of the sugar is the key to pulling the sugar shreds. When the temperature is just right, gently pull the spoon with the spoon in your hand...

Everyone couldn't help opening their eyes wide, shocked by the incredible scene in front of them, and felt that the sugar juice in the pot was in An Ran's hands, as if it had life, following her hand, it circled the nine-layered pot on the plate. The glazed balls were entangled round and round, wrapping the whole nine layers of balls in the sugar shreds from bottom to top.

The balls are wrapped in layers of crystal sugar silk, as round as pearls, golden in color, exquisite and translucent, you don't need to taste it, just this superb cooking skill, I don't know how many streets have been thrown away by Wang Pinrong.

Although we all know that silk-drawing is the unique skill of Beicai, especially Han Zizhang's big apprentice, Ge Shunsheng's special skill is to draw silk in one pot, but who has seen such silk-drawing.

Liu Yicai said in his heart that it was a good thing that Ge Shunsheng didn't compete with this girl in Qizhou that day, otherwise, even with this unique skill of drawing silk, he would have to lose even if he couldn't find it.

Liu Yicai now fully understands that his master is simply free, and this girl has never taken her master seriously from the beginning.

Liu Yicai suddenly felt that something was wrong, so it seemed that his master had already lost, if this arm was gone, what kind of cook would he be, and he would have a way out by following him.

Moreover, Liu Yicai always felt that something was wrong today, and he was afraid that the master would leave an arm behind, and he would not be able to finish the job, so he couldn't help shaking when he saw the cold light in the eyes of His Royal Highness.

What's more, the master lost this battle, and even lost the face of His Royal Highness King Jianing of the Governor's Mansion. Even if he retreats completely today, there will be no way out in the future, so he should slip away first, find a useful backer, and save money. It's unlucky to follow the master.

Thinking of backing away slowly, while no one was paying attention to him, he got into the crowd and disappeared after a while.

Wang Pinrong was so stupid, he stared at An Ran in a daze, shook his head, and kept muttering: "How is it possible, how is it possible, you are only so young, you have learned a few years of craft, it is impossible, impossible..." over and over again That's it.

Not to mention him, as long as there are cooks in the kitchen, one of them will feel that An Ran's culinary skills are too mysterious, but watching An Ran use them, I don't believe it.

Shangguanyi's eyes were quite complicated. Originally, the matter of Songyuelou was because King Ning wanted to make things difficult for the emperor, but who would have thought that such a little girl would come out and not mention it, but Songyuelou would fight for it. Fame, needless to say, the business of Songyue Tower will definitely be more prosperous in the future. I, the governor of the south of the Yangtze River, will be envious after looking at it. After all, who doesn't love this white money.

Yue Jintang laughed a few times, and looked at Wang Pinrong: "Chef Wang, what's the matter, what's the outcome of this second dish?"

Wang Pinrong's face was pale, he turned his head suddenly, raised his legs and wanted to run, but unfortunately he just moved two steps, when he let out a scream, was hit on the back, and lay on the ground, looking very ugly.

It was Mei Da's stick that hit him just now, the blow was so hard that Wang Pinrong couldn't even get up, and had to be dragged back by two of Yue Jintang's guards.

Yue Jintang shook his fan: "Wang Pinrong, you really opened my eyes. After all, I am also a famous chef. If I lose this bet, I will run away. I didn't plant anything. You must have forgotten that this king and I The governor, the magistrate, and Mr. Mingyue are all witnesses to this gambling game. If you are really let go, and if you don’t take it seriously if it is reported in the future, we will still have a reputation. We have to be willing to admit defeat and say Well, whether you take off this arm by yourself, or this king, it is absolutely impossible to walk out of Songyue Tower whole."

Wang Pinrong had lost the momentum he had just now, and his intestines were turning green with regret, so he couldn't help but hate Han Zizhang, and let him calm down. Take it in.

Now the only one who can save me is the governor. Thinking of this, I braced myself for the pain in my back, knelt on the ground, walked a few steps to Shangguanyi, and reached out to grab Shangguanyi's robe: "Governor, you Just because I have served you for several years, please help me, I am a cook, if this arm is gone, how will I survive in the future, I still have a wife and children to support me at home, You save the little one, save the little one..."

As he said that, he kowtowed, blood flowed from his forehead and flowed down the blue bricks, it was very miserable, but in such a miserable scene, no one around felt sorry for him, and those who wanted to say something to him, instead, seven He talked about all the wicked things he did in the past, and the more he talked, the more lively he was.

How could Yue Jintang let Wang Pinrong deny it? With a wave of his hand, a guard came up. Without saying a word, he pulled out the knife from his waist, raised the knife in his hand, and chopped off Wang Pinrong's left arm with a click.

Wang Pinrong screamed and passed out. The guard didn't even blink, and threw the arm out of his hand. A wild dog ran from nowhere, and when he saw the meat, he rushed to grab Wang Pinrong's arm and ran away. It's gone.

No one went up to stop him. When he thought of the immoral things Wang Pinrong had done, he felt that he was really cheap with just one arm. It can be seen that Wang Pinrong has a lot of hate.

Shangguanyi looked at Yue Jintang dissatisfied: "Although I bet on an arm, if I cut it off directly, if I lose my life, it will cause trouble for Miss An and Songyuelou."

These words are really insidious, and the meaning behind the words is that if Wang Pinrong loses his life, Songyuelou and Anran will be charged with this life lawsuit.

Cui Fu's expression changed, and he went to look at Wang Pinrong on the ground.

But Mei Da said: "Your Excellency, don't worry, I have the holy medicine for healing here, not to mention a broken arm, even if both arms are gone, you can live well, dog, give Chef Wang a bandage."

Gouzi responded, stepped forward to take the medicine and squatted on the ground to give Wang Pinrong the medicine.

Yue Jintang also said: "Uncle is indeed worrying too much. The lawsuit against Wang Pinrong is over yet. If he is so dead, how can he succeed? Cui Dong's family, hurry up and find the doctor. Didn't you hear what the governor said? If this person dies In your Songyue Building, you and girl An Ran will face a death lawsuit."

Cui Fu shivered in fright, hurriedly went to invite the doctor, and the doctor came after a while, looked at the wound that the dog had bandaged, and couldn't help saying: "It's really a magic medicine, such a big wound has stopped the bleeding." Carefully call Pulse: "It's just a lot of blood loss, there is no danger of life."

Yue Jintang smiled: "Did Cui's family hear that there is something that nourishes blood and qi? Hurry up and pour it down for him. As long as this person has a breath, if he leaves Songyuelou, he will have nothing to do with you whether he lives or dies in the future." gone."

Cui Fu gritted his teeth, and called the manager of the restaurant: "You go back home and look for Madam to ask for Curry's key. There is a ginseng on the top shelf, get it quickly."

The steward also knew that this matter was no small matter, so he ran away like flying.

The ginseng brought from Cui's mansion is as thick as three fingers, and its arms and legs are all long. Even if it is not a thousand years old, it is at least a century old ginseng, which can be regarded as a treasure that is hard to find.

Even if it wasn't his own, those present were secretly distressed. The reason why Cui Fu was willing to take out this treasure was because he was really afraid that Wang Pinrong would die in his Songyue Tower.

Even if the Governor-General doesn't settle accounts with himself, this place of business will always look for a good omen, and death is a big taboo. No matter how good the food in Songyuelou is, customers will not dare to come to the door in the future.

After pouring down a bowl of old ginseng soup, Wang Pinrong woke up slowly, opened his eyes, and came back to his senses after a long time, knelt on the ground, crying, and let Shangguanyi decide for him, without mentioning any gambling competition .

Shangguanyi frowned, glanced at him, and said in his heart, this guy is really unlucky, if he died just now, it would be Yue Jintang and Mr. Mingyue, Songyuelou and Anran are also inseparable, but he didn't want to be a dead man It's hard, he didn't die like this, and seeing how angry he is at the moment, he won't be able to die for a while.

But he thought that he was Han Zizhang's younger brother, and Han Zizhang was still needed now, so he had to give him some face, so he stood up: "Wang Pinrong gave Songyue downstairs the letter of challenge. Although he deserves the result now, in the end I would also like to admit defeat in the bet, let’s forget about it, and someone will bring him back.”

Two messengers came up and were about to carry him, but Mei Dao said: "Wait a minute, the Songyuelou matter is settled, but there is still a lawsuit that needs to be clarified by Chef Wang and bring him up."

As soon as Mei Da finished speaking, two thick servants came up, each carrying a sack on their shoulders, they dropped the sack when they reached the front, opened the mouth, and two people crawled out of the sack.

As soon as he saw these two people, Wang Pinrong felt his head buzzing, and thought, it's over, it's over, this is not setting up a trap for that girl, this is falling into someone else's plot.

Yue Jintang pretended to say: "Who are these two people?"

Cui Fu: "These two are well-known rascals in Suzhou, and they don't want to find a job. They sneak around all day long and don't do good things."

Yue Jintang nodded: "Brother Mei, why are you tying up these two rogues?"

Mei Da stretched out his hand and pulled the rags from their mouths: "Your Excellency and the prefect are here, so you can talk about it yourself."

The two rascals didn't dare to raise their heads. After seeing Mei Da's methods, they were very honest and said tremblingly: "Wang Pinrong was afraid that Chef An's cooking skills would win him, so he gave us two brothers 100 taels of silver." I asked our two brothers to put poisonous snakes in Chef An’s garden while there was no one at night. If Chef An was bitten to death by a poisonous snake, he would not come to Songyue Tower today. Both of us were under the influence of Wang Pinrong. Instigate, my lords, please forgive me, my lord, please forgive me..."

After saying a few words, everyone present couldn't help looking at Wang Pinrong.

Mr. Mingyue pointed at him: "Fortunately, you are still the private chef of the Governor's Mansion, and you actually want to kill people for a culinary competition. What do you think of the king's law? What do you think of my Dayan's law? Or, Who is instigating behind you?"

After Mr. Mingyue said a word, Shangguanyi's face changed slightly: "What do you mean by this, sir? Could it be that sir is suspicious that the official ordered him to do something."

Mr. Mingyue snorted: "Wang Pinrong is nothing more than a cook in your governor's mansion. If no one instructed you, how dare you do such a bold thing."

At this moment, Wang Pinrong didn't know if he was confused or lost his mind in a panic. Hearing Mr. Mingyue's words, he seemed to have found the last straw to save his life, and hurriedly yelled: "Master Governor, you help the little one, the little one This is all for the sake of the governor."

Shangguanyi's face was ashen when he said a word, and he kicked him out: "What a dare, you came to grab me for what you did yourself."

Looking at the two rogues, he said gloomyly: "You two are telling the truth, who ordered you to go to the Mei Manor to harm people? If there is even half a lie, I will definitely teach you to die."

The two trembled in fear and became one, but they knew very clearly in their hearts that they must not talk about it indiscriminately at this time, otherwise, they might not even know why this life is gone.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly said: "Wang Pinrong ordered us, and here is the 100 taels of bank note he gave us as evidence." He took out the bank note from his arms.

Shangguanyi took it over and took a look, heaved a sigh of relief, he didn't even look at Wang Pinrong, and threw the silver ticket to the prefect Jia Dairen: "Although Wang Pinrong is the cook of my governor's mansion, I will not protect my shortcomings, even if I commit a crime After the king's law is established, how to judge and sentence, naturally there is a magistrate, and it is not easy for me to interfere, so the crime of beheading is what he deserves." Put down the words and walked away.

Wang Pinrong rolled his eyes, and passed out again, but Cui Fu was terrified, so he squatted down and checked his breath, feeling that he was breathing, and his heart was at ease.

Yue Jintang glanced at Jia Dairen: "Your Excellency Jia has heard what the governor said. I think you know how this case will be judged and judged. King Gangben heard that Wang Pinrong did a lot of bad things besides the snake incident. Why don't we just sum it up this time, make sure that the trial is clear, and it will not be in vain for Mr. Jia's reputation as Qingtian."

Jia Dairen hurriedly responded cowardly, but he scolded Shangguanyi's eight generations of ancestors in his heart. What the hell is this? It is obvious that the governor's mansion sat on his ass, but in the end, he asked himself to wipe his ass. This Wang Pinrong It's nothing, but there is Han Zizhang behind this guy.

That Han Zizhang is the number one chef in the imperial dining room, is he easy to mess with? He cleaned up his younger brother himself, and this account will be on his head as soon as he is sure.

He wanted to let Wang Pinrong go, but this person has all the evidence, besides, so many ordinary people are watching helplessly, how can it be waterproof? What's more, the king of Xiaoyao County specifically said that he will be tried together with the previous case, not to mention the things that Wang Pinrong did. Counting all the wicked things, any one of them is enough to beheaded.

This Wang Pinrong can't be saved no matter what, it doesn't matter if he died, but he implicated himself in it, and even Shangguanyi didn't want to see him.

The more I thought about it, the more aggrieved I felt, but when things got to this point, what else could I do, so I sighed and asked the Yacha to come over and carry Wang Pinrong, and was about to go back to the magistrate's Yamen while holding the two rogues.

But suddenly he heard Yue Jintang say: "My lord, take a step slowly."

Jia Dairen was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Yue Jintang called him to stop him?

Yue Jintang glanced at the two rogues and said with a smile: "Although these two are rogues, they were instigated by others. In addition, they have the intention to mend their mistakes. Although they are guilty, they are not worthy of death."

As he spoke, he leaned closer to him and said in a low voice: "If my lord spares their lives, I will thank you very much."

Jia Dairen was a little puzzled immediately: "What does His Royal Highness mean?" This matter has gotten to such an unmanageable point now, in the final analysis, isn't it because Xiaoyao County King set up a situation early in the morning and forced it here step by step? Why did this talk about love again for the two rogues?

Yue Jintang glanced at Mei Da: "There is a saying that knowing the mistakes can make things better. Although these two people were ordered by others, they didn't succeed in the end. The person who ordered them later should be given a heavy sentence. Years, that's about it."

Jia Dairen's eyes flashed, and he understood what Yue Jintang meant, Wang Pinrong would surely die, and as for the two rascals, they could just be thrown in prison for a few years.

Although he still didn't understand the purpose of Yue Jintang's actions, his mind became active. Seeing that the Governor's Mansion was unreliable, if he could climb up to the King of Xiaoyao County, wouldn't it be more useful than the Governor's Mansion.

Thinking of this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly whispered: "Your Majesty's intention, I understand, and I will try this case when I return to the government office."

Yue Jintang nodded: "My lord has worked hard."

Watching Jia Dairen leave, he turned his head and leaned into Mei Da's ear: "You owe me a favor, and I don't need you to pay it back. I just need your wife to cook a few more delicious dishes, so that I can satisfy my hunger. Who do you think your daughter-in-law learned her culinary skills from, how can I be better than her master Mr. Zheng?"

Mei Da's eyes flashed, and she said to herself, I want to know too.

After watching An Ran make these few dishes today, Mei Da felt an unknown panic in her heart. She realized that even if she didn't think about some things, she couldn't be ignored. Who is she?Where did it come from?I don't care and don't pursue it, but I am afraid that one day, just like she suddenly appeared, what should I do if she disappears, I don't even know where to find her.Maybe I should find a chance to ask her.

Seeing him looking at her, An Ran seemed puzzled, and walked over: "What's wrong?"

Although Mei Da wanted to ask clearly, she also understood that Songyue Tower was not a place for the couple to talk, so she shook her head, seeing her tired face, she couldn't help feeling distressed: "Tired?"

An Ran nodded: "I'm a little tired."

"Then let's go home." Just as the couple said they were going to leave, Cui Fu, the owner of Songyuelou, rushed over: "Miss An, Miss An, if it weren't for the girl's cooking skills, this Songyuelou might not be our Cui Fu today." The business of the family is over, you are the great benefactor of Songyuelou, and even more so of our Cui family, Cui Fu has nothing else to thank the girl, so I invite the girl to be worshiped by Cui Fu." He bowed deeply to the ground .

An Ran hurriedly helped him up: "You are a senior in the kitchen industry, An Ran can't afford it, and An Ran didn't come all because of Songyue Tower."

He raised his head and looked around: "The reason why he defeated Wang Pinrong today was not due to An Ran alone, but thanks to those seniors in the kitchen industry who were idle in the past, everyone must have noticed that An Ran's cooking techniques are not pure Southern style. "

Everyone was stunned.

Cui Fu hurriedly said: "Miss, where do you start with this? The girl is a direct disciple of Mr. Zheng, and Mr. Zheng is the master chef of our southern school. Since the girl has inherited the mantle of the old man, she is from our southern sect."

The surrounding owners also nodded.

An Ran shook her head: "What I said in Qizhou, An Ran still wants to say it again in front of the senior chefs in Jiangnan today, with this kitchen knife in his hand, no matter whether it is north or south, they are all colleagues. It is still a handicraft that can be developed and improved by absorbing the strengths of all families. The southern cuisine emphasizes the original taste and emphasizes knife skills. It is famous for its elegance. What we chefs should do is to cook delicious dishes to satisfy the diners, diners are not divided into north and south, but we chefs have to divide into north and south, isn't it ridiculous."

Suddenly a cook said: "It's not that we want to share, it's Han Zizhang. After he became the imperial chef, he took the title of the best chef in the world and tried every means to outrun our Southern cooks. The girl also saw that Wang Pinrong clearly cooks southern dishes." , but he insisted on saying that he was from the northern school, and made things difficult for us everywhere. If it wasn't for the girl's superb cooking skills and won this challenge, not only the Songyuelou family, but also the old restaurants in Jiangnan might not be able to get rid of his murderous hands. Girl, it's not us who want to fight, it's Han Zizhang who forces us to fight."

An Ran was stunned, yes, Han Zizhang was the source of all the conflicts, and Cui Qing Wang Pinrong was just Han Zizhang's minion, if he wanted the kitchen to be truly peaceful, he had to drag Han Zizhang from the position of the world's number one chef. It is a complete solution.

After taking a bath and leaning on the Kang, An Ran was still thinking about it.

Mei Da came in with the bird's nest soup, and saw her leaning on the pillow, staring at a clump of plantains outside the green screen window in a daze, frowning, wondering what was she thinking?

He went over to sit down, held her in his arms, supported her chin, carefully examined her expression, saw that she was much better than in Songyue Tower just now, and felt relieved.

An Ran grabbed his hand: "Don't make trouble, that's right, when did you catch those two rogues who came to release the snake just now, why don't I know?"

Mei laughed loudly: "It's naturally midnight to do such a bad thing." As she spoke, she leaned into her ear: "Usually at that time, you are so tired that you fall asleep, so you don't care about this."

An Ran felt itchy ears, and blushed: "It's not that you can't stop tormenting... But Wang Pinrong is really vicious. Speaking of which, I haven't met him face to face, but I have worked so hard to get him my life."

Mei Da shook her head: "There are thousands of people, some are good and some are bad, some are kind, and of course there are vicious ones, there are those like you and your master who are only thinking about cooking, and there are greedy and shameless ones like Han Zizhang and Wang Pinrong. For the sake of self-interest, it doesn't matter how the world cooks, even monks are good or bad, let alone cooks, it doesn't matter if you do good to good, but you have to use evil to evil, just like people like Wang Pinrong , we must not have the slightest kindness, let this kind of evil person live, he will harm the good person, well, don't think about it, eat this bowl of soup."

An Ran poked her head over to look, and couldn't help saying: "It's bird's nest again, why eat this every day? There are three things I don't like to eat the most, one is bird's nest, the other is shark's fin, and the third is abalone."

Mei couldn't help being amused: "You pick out the good ones and don't like to eat them."

An Ran shook her head: "Although these three ingredients are sought after by people and can be regarded as extremely valuable ingredients, they really don't have any taste. If they are served in dishes, they need to be boiled in broth to season them. Rather than that, it's better to eat other ingredients directly, not better. "

Mei laughed loudly, and tapped her forehead: "I can't say no to you, but this bird's nest is good for your body, eat some every day, and take good care of your body, so that it will be easier to conceive."

Pfft... An Ran almost spat out a mouthful of bird's nest, and looked at him helplessly: "Brother Mei, I think it's better to let nature take its course when it comes to children, and I've heard people say that children are very strange, and the more you want them, the more you will feel." Not easy."

Mei Da was stunned: "There is such a saying, why haven't I heard..." Seeing that An Ran finished eating the bird's nest, she picked her up and said in a low voice, "Although it is God's will, it still requires our own efforts to achieve it. "

It was night after all this tossing. When An Ran tidied up and sat back on the kang again, her whole body was weak. The consequences of indulgence were extremely serious, but Mei Da was full of energy. , I was called out by Yue Jintang just now, and I don't know what happened.

An Ran read the book by herself for a while, and then asked the servant woman to bring out a sewing basket, and did some sewing, which was too complicated for An Ran to do, and she had a sachet in her hand.

With the current progress, it is estimated that the Dragon Boat Festival can be done well, and it is also my own intention to give it to Mei Da to carry it with me, but the hand is too raw, but a needle stuck in the finger, blood rushed out immediately, and the pain was excruciating.

An Ran hurriedly put her finger in her mouth, and saw the servant woman in front of her walk in: "Ma'am, Miss Shangguan from the Governor's Mansion is here to visit."

An Ran was taken aback, Shangguan Yao?I had an old grievance with her in the other courtyard in Jizhou, what did she ask me to do?

(End of this chapter)