The story of a cook

Chapter 527
A person cannot bear too much love between a man and a woman in this life. In the past, there were 72 concubines in the Six Courts of the Three Palaces of the Emperor, but in the end there was only one person.

If the relationship between a man and a woman is only for love, it is to satisfy desire.

In Zhou Xiaomei's eyes, Sister Ma cares about me because she likes me. From a woman's point of view, if a woman doesn't like this man, she won't care about him.

When I was with Sister Ma, I didn't think about the relationship between men and women. Sister Ma is a good person, so I can't think about that.If I am not married and single, I might marry Sister Ma.

I received a reply from the editorial department of Dongfang Cuisine, saying that I am very interested in point management, and asked me to improve it. Some details should be clearer, and it is best to have pictures.Further clear explanations can be done, but there are no pictures, and there is only a point statistics table.The entire point management is just something formed in the head, without thorough actual implementation, that is to say, it is only a theory, and has not been recognized by actual combat. Such management will not be published.

Continue to improve the point management in theory, and with the trial operation of the kitchen in the past few months, I also have some practical experience, such as how to check, how to score, how to evaluate, these are all implemented very well.Put it together on the existing basis, and send the compiled copy to the editorial department of Dongfang Cuisine.Not expecting to be published, just to be recognized.

There are a lot of guests for dinner at night, but the food is not rushed, it is served at a uniform speed.I like this kind of meal the most, I can have time to make each dish up to standard, and there will be no phenomenon of rushing dishes and customer complaints.

It's almost eight o'clock, and I got off the stove after finishing the last dish.

Wang Tie was making small tofu. Seeing him sweating profusely, he told him to lose weight in the future because he was too fat.He is the fattest in the kitchen, weighing [-] catties, fatter than me.

He put the small tofu into the heated stone pot. The small tofu made a "squeak" sound when the stone pot was heated again, and the aroma wafted out.

"You can make this little tofu well now, much better than when you started." I said.

"It's all taught by the boss." He wiped the sweat from his forehead.

I smile.

"Boss, do you know dried cabbage?" he asked.

"I know." I said.

"I think it would be more delicious to replace the second cabbage with dried cabbage and small tofu. When I was young, my mother always made small tofu, especially in winter. Didn’t every family in our HLJ village dry the cabbage? My mother soaked the dried cabbage and then Chop it up and fry it just like we fry small tofu, add chopped green onion, it will always taste delicious after frying.” He said.

When he was talking, I began to imagine the scene of chopping dried cabbage and frying small tofu in my head. It should feel good, so I said to him: "Open a pound of dried cabbage today, and try it tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll tell the chopping board to turn on."

When I mentioned dried cabbage, I also thought of the dish "Northeast New Year's Cuisine". It might be better if the Chinese cabbage in it was replaced with dried cabbage. Try it after the dried cabbage comes back.

I haven't studied dishes for a long time, so I have to study them.

The phone rang, and it was Xia Haihua, the chief chef of Fulinju. He said that the two chefs I found from the provincial capital had already worked in his house. The dishes were very good, and the boss was very satisfied. have a drink.I can't just tell him, I'm very tired, and I'll wait for the time to pass.I haven't met the two chefs I found for him. After the introduction, they communicated with each other.As for drinking, forget it, I am very busy now, I want to sleep when I go back, and I will drink when I am not busy in the future.

Chuancaikou called me over the loudspeaker, walked over to see Manager Chen standing there, and asked her what was the matter, she said that there was a table for guests in the private room upstairs, and asked me to go up.I asked the guest why he knew me?She said that she might not know her, that is to say, she was looking for the head chef.Thinking about the food today, there is nothing wrong with it, because it is not about the food, and I don’t know many people in Binhai. If it is Wang Haitao, they should come to the kitchen to find me, and they will not eat in the private room. Besides, they are also busy at this point. Impossible to come.

who?It can't be Zhou Lan and Yao Liying, if they are, Manager Chen should say that a beautiful woman is looking for me.

When I came to the second floor, I met Zhou Xiaomei and asked her which private room person called me, and she said that [-] called me.

"Do I know the people inside?" I asked.

"You probably don't know each other. They are all quite old, but there are two young ones," she said.

"Know what?" I asked.

"I don't know, I just said to find the head chef. No, I said the head chef at first. I said that there is no head chef in my family, but there is a head chef. Then they said to find the head chef." She said.

I thought for a while and said, "It seems to be Little Japan, otherwise I can't be called the head chef."

Knock on the door and enter the private room, there are six people in total.A middle-aged couple in their 30s sat in the lower seat. On the main seat was an old man in his 60s with white beard and hair and a thin body, but he was very energetic and his face was red.On his right hand sat an elderly couple, aged sixty or above.Sitting on the left is a middle-aged man in his 40s. He is slightly fat and looks like an official.

"Let me introduce myself. I am the head chef of our family. I heard from the waiter that you are looking for me?" I said politely.

"Oh—" The old man sitting in the main seat looked at me with scrutiny, his expression was very excited.

I don't know why he was so excited, he thought he knew me, and asked, "You always know me?"

The old man pointed to a plate of "farm fried dried vegetables" in front of him and asked me, "You made this?"

I was a little confused. I took a look at the plate of "Farm's Stir-fried Dried Vegetables".

I said, "I did it."

The old man said excitedly: "Well done, well done, I haven't tasted this taste for many years—"

Speaking of this because of excitement, I am a little bit speechless.The man sitting on his left looked like an official and said, "Third Uncle, didn't you have enough for today?"

Looking at the old man again, there were tears in his eyes——
what's the situation?To be honest, I'm a little confused.

The official-looking man said to me a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, this is my third uncle. He just came back from Japan and said that eating the dried vegetables you fried tasted like my milk cooking when he was a child. I was a little excited. Must see you."

It turned out to be the case, and why did it happen.

He bowed deeply to the old man, and asked with a smile on his face, "Old man, if you guess correctly, your hometown should be from Beipiao?"

The old man's eyes lit up, he became even more excited, and said, "Yes, from Beipiao."

"If you weren't from Beipiao, you wouldn't be able to taste the peppery noodles inside." I said with a smile.

"Yes, the oil in the fryer is still on, put the soy sauce first, and then the pepper noodles." The old man said.

I laughed and said: "You said the word 'fryer', which proves that you are from Beipiao, otherwise you don't know what a fryer is."

The old man smiled, and then seemed to recall the past, and said to the official man and the middle-aged couple: "There were no you at that time, that is, during the Chinese New Year, your grandma only put some lard in cooking, Fry it with soy sauce, put some pepper noodles, and after the frying is finished, the whole outhouse will be full of fragrance—"

"Third brother, it was only when you came home that mom made a bottle of soy sauce. If you don't come home, mom doesn't even make soy sauce. It's just salty salt particles. We are all borrowing your light." The old man sitting next to the old man smiled. Said, but I could feel that the old man was very excited when he said it.

"I go home several times a year——At that time our family was poor, and I was still studying—" Speaking of this old man's eyes were a little wet, and he couldn't continue.

Seeing the old man like this, the official-looking man explained to me: "Master, the chef is right, my third uncle has been in Japan for more than 20 years, and this time he came back to visit relatives, and eating your dishes tastes like home."

I said, "I'm also from Beipiao, so I understand."

The official man introduced to me, "This is my old uncle and my old aunt, and this is my younger brother and sister at my old uncle's house."

Nod hello to their family.

The old man said to me: "Master, you are Beipiao when you speak. Sit down and chat a few words."

Since I am a fellow villager, I will sit down and chat for a few words.

The old man from Yuanlai was from Wujianfang near Beipiao. His family background was not good, and he was a landlord class. He was overthrown and became a poor and lower-middle peasant.The family is difficult, but the mind is flexible. After the reform and opening up, he made money by doing business, and then went to Japan. He belonged to the first batch of people who went abroad.The old man has three brothers in total, and the elderly couple sitting next to him are his younger brother and younger sibling.The young couple are his younger brother's son and daughter-in-law, and the other official men are his elder brother's children.

After the old man went abroad, his younger brother was also in business. He came to Binhai from Beipiao and struggled for more than 20 years. He made some achievements and had a regular business.Now the whole family lives in Binhai, and my son is very promising. After graduating from university, he got married and started a business.When the old man's elder brother passed away, his son, that is, an official man, was indeed an official in Binhai, and he was very promising.

"Master, where are you from Beipiao?" the old man asked.

"Heichengzi." I said.

"I always go to Heichengzi. There is a big market in Heichengzi. It's a market every three or six times. It costs [-] cents to take the bus from Beipiao. It's the market when you get off the bus. At that time, I dumped leek seeds and green onion seeds, and let the 'Siqing Team' 'I caught it, and said I was speculative." After speaking, the old man laughed.

"I remember at that time you came back the next day and asked mom to scold you." said the old man's younger brother.

"It's not like that." The old man was very touched, and then asked me: "Now you Heicheng are doing well?"

"It's pretty good now, but it's still three-six-nine episodes, much bigger than before." I said.

"Everything is good now, unlike in the past, we are rich in China." The old man said.

"Come back, old man, it is said that Ye Luo returns to his roots, and that is not as good as home." I said.

"It's better to be at home, the older you get, the more you miss home—" the old man said with emotion.

Unexpectedly, a plate of "Fried Dried Vegetables from the Farm" can eat a fellow returning home, and even eat it to tears.

The old man's family is reunited, and I, an outsider, can't always disturb them. After chatting for a while, I bid farewell to the family and left the private room.When I came out, the young couple gave me a business card and told me to call them if I had anything to do in Binhai. They were all fellow villagers, so they could help me with anything.The man who was an official also left me a phone number, saying that I can call him if there is anything to do. He works in the Public Security Bureau.I couldn't help but look at him more, I didn't expect to meet a fellow who worked in the Public Security Bureau in Binhai, it was rare.But after thinking about it, it is impossible for him to break the law. I guess calling him is just drinking.

Seeing me coming out of the private room, Zhou Xiaomei came over and asked, "Have you met someone you know after staying so long?"

I said: "We are really acquaintances, we fellows, just came back from Japan."

"Do you know him?" She asked curiously.

"I don't know him. He is an old man who came back from Japan. Eating 'farm fried dried vegetables' tastes like our Beipiao. It's amazing." I said.

"Your cooking smells like Beipiao."

"Really? I don't feel it." I said.

"Why not, I just ate it, and it smelled like chopped green onion in a frying pan," she said.

Look at her and feel it carefully, it really is like this.I couldn't help laughing, and said to her: "You know, this is called not forgetting the original."

Then he took out the business card given by the old man's nephew and handed it to her, "I'll give it to you, our fellow, who makes building materials."

She took a look at the business card and asked, "Ma Shujun? Are you and sister Ma in the same family?"

"I don't know, there are too many people with the surname Ma." I said.

"Sister Ma, Ma Shuli, this is Ma Shujun, and they all belong to our Beipiao family. What if they belong to the same family?" she said.

I thought about it, maybe it was, and said to her, "I'll ask."

After finishing speaking, he took back his business card and went to the bakery.

Sister Ma was doing sanitation at the close of the market, so I went over and asked her directly: "Sister Ma, is the five-room old Ma's family your family?"

"How can there be a surname Ma in the five rooms? Some of them moved there later." Sister Ma said.

"Then do you know Ma Shujun?" I asked.

"Ma Shujun?" Sister Ma thought for a while and said, "Ma Shujun, right? There is no one named Ma Shujun. In our old Ma family, we used the word 'shu' for women in our generation, and the word 'tree' for men. What you mean is male and female. ?”

"Men." I said.

"That's not our family, someone else named Ma."

she said for sure.

(End of this chapter)