Era: 1979 From mountain man to richest man

Chapter 137 Holding back the meeting, not helping, cooking show

Hearing the sound outside the door, Mr. Kong and Kong Liang both glanced at Song Chaoyang.

In addition to Kong Fan outside the door, Kong Yun's mother came with her this time.

She and Kong Yun had a falling out because of Song Chaoyang, and this visit should be to ease the relationship.

After opening the door later, she didn't know what her reaction would be when she saw Song Chaoyang here.

It shouldn't be a big deal if she gets mad, after all, there are so many people, and the old man can't let her act up.

After thinking of this, Mr. Kong looked at Song Chaoyang and found that his expression did not change at all, but looked calm.

I thought to myself that this young man has a really good attitude.

I couldn't help but think highly of him again.

"Go and open the door." Mr. Kong instructed his granddaughter Kong Yao.

Lin Huifang forced a smile with a stiff expression.

The door was soon opened.

It looked like they had just come from the vegetable market.

"He was the one who caught the shooting of educated youths that made a big fuss a few days ago."

But on this occasion, it was not easy for her to get angry.

"Hello." Fang Yan also nodded towards her.

Kong Fan was startled, but he didn't expect Song Chaoyang to be here.

Song Chaoyang smiled at her and greeted her:
"Auntie meets again."

Lin Huifang's eyesight wasn't very good, and she didn't even recognize Song Chaoyang at first glance.

As soon as they entered the room, they not only saw Kong Liang and the old man, but also Fang Yan and Song Chaoyang sitting beside them.

When Fang Yan heard this, he looked at Song Chaoyang in surprise and said:

Hysterical, just in front of her husband and daughter.

Only then did Lin Huifang take a serious look at Song Chaoyang's face, and then her expression suddenly froze:
"You...it's you!?"

"I didn't expect it was him who did it."

"Uncle, aunt!" Kong Yao, the little girl, greeted Kong Fan and his wife outside the door.

After listening to grandpa's words, the little girl ran over directly.

Seeing a stranger at Mr. Kong's place and the calligraphy and paintings spread on the table, she greeted him with a smile:
"Yeah, Dad, you have guests here today."

At this time, Lin Huifang was completely speechless and stepped aside with an ugly face.

Today she was dragged by a man to ease the relationship with her daughter, but she didn't expect to bump into Song Chaoyang directly.

"Chief Editor Fang rarely visits..."

Kong Liang in the room responded to the elder brother at the door.

Damn it!
How did he get here?

Then he glanced at Song Chaoyang next to him and said with a smile:

The old man introduced to his eldest son and daughter-in-law:

"Really? I was still in the capital at that time. When I came back, I just heard other people talk about it, but I didn't understand it carefully."

"Editor Fang, we met once." Kong Fan first greeted Fang Yan.

"It's just me." Song Chaoyang nodded with a warm smile.

In front of so many people, she still has to save face.

"It turns out that we are friends from the provincial capital. It seems that we are here by chance today."

Then he nodded to Song Chaoyang.

At this time, Kong Fan and Lin Huifang had already walked in from outside.

At this time, Lin Huifang still didn't react. She took a few steps closer and said enthusiastically:

"Coming with him is the most popular signed writer from their publishing house...Song Chaoyang."

"He helped me a lot before and saved our daughter twice."

Seeing this scene, Kong Fan immediately walked out, stepped forward and held Fang Yan's hand:

After all, he is a person with status and status, so it would be unseemly for him to cause trouble in this place and spread the news.

"Hey, little Yaoyao, when did you come? Are your parents here too?" Kong Fan looked at Kong Yao who opened the door in surprise and asked her.

Kong Fan was holding a big fish in his hand, and Lin Huifang was also holding pork, lettuce, radish and cauliflower.

"Xiao Song and I have known each other for a long time."

"I got here after nine o'clock last night."

"Fang Yan, the editor-in-chief of Dongfang Publishing House in the provincial capital, is an old acquaintance of mine."

But she really didn't expect Song Chaoyang to come here.

Try to calm down and observe for a while before you see it.

It seemed that Song Chaoyang came here with Fang Yan.

She was a little surprised.

I just heard the introduction and that was the editor-in-chief.

Song Chaoyang has received so much attention in such a short period of time?

Everyone from the publishing house headquarters in the province has come down!

The last time we met, this kid was still wearing patched clothes and looked poor.

This time we met, we had already changed from one shot to another and wore a brand new set.

When I first met him, I really didn’t recognize him.

"Huifang, don't wait here, go to the kitchen and help." Mr. Kong spoke at this time.

He didn't want his eldest daughter-in-law to cause any trouble.

Seeing her standing there without saying a word, she went directly to the kitchen.

After hearing the old man's words, Lin Huifang reacted.

"Oh, okay!" Although Lin Huifang's mother's family has a higher status and connections, Mr. Kong's words still hold great weight for her.

Don't look at the expression he usually makes on his man.

But when it comes to the old man, she still has to control her temper.

The reason is that the old man of the Kong family and her father are comrades in arms, and they saved her father's life on the battlefield.

This relationship goes beyond status and can be considered a life-long friendship.

At this time, Kong Fan also put the fish he was holding into his wife's hand:

"There are so many people today, so I asked my mother to cook this fish."

Lin Huifang opened her mouth to speak but stopped.

But in the end he nodded and agreed.

Now in the presence of so many people, she had to hold back whatever she wanted to say.

Not here. When she was in the countryside, she could make trouble as much as she wanted.

When Lin Huifang walked to the kitchen, she realized that her daughter was there.

At the moment, he was chatting with Kong Liang's wife.

Seeing her coming, Kong Yun seemed not to notice and chose to ignore her.

The last time Kong Yun went home, she turned him away.

Instead, the old lady and Kong Liang's daughter-in-law Zhang Lanfang greeted her.

After Lin Huifang put away her things, she glanced at her daughter.

She wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere, but Kong Yun simply stood up and took out the cut fruit plate.

Don't give her a chance at all.

Seeing that she was a little embarrassed, Zhang Lanfang took the initiative to find a topic to chat with her.

At this moment, outside, Kong Fan also learned about Song Chaoyang's recent achievements.

He was right, Song Chaoyang had always had a very appreciative attitude.

He was quite happy about Song Chaoyang's achievements today, and he praised Song Chaoyang.

Counting this, this is the first time Song Chaoyang has published a book.

There can be such a market reaction.

It can also be said to be an instant hit.

Kong Fan said that he had good taste. When he met Song Chaoyang for the first time, he felt that the young man in front of him was extraordinary.

My future achievements will definitely not be low. I didn’t expect that it would only take so long for me to reach my current height.

Many writers spend their entire lives writing books, but they will never be as popular as he is now.

This alone puts us far behind our peers.

It shows that Song Chaoyang was born to eat this bowl of rice.

Seeing Kong Fan praise Song Chaoyang, Fang Yan showed a thoughtful expression.

However, Song Chaoyang was not stunned by his praise, and still said very calmly that he still had a lot to improve.

Of course, this is indeed the case. Song Chaoyang had already noticed that his understanding of this industry was still somewhat shallow in the contract incident.

The water here is not generally deep.

If there is no senior to take care of him, just relying on him to be able to write good books, he will be an illegal worker at best.

Sometimes it's not all you have to do, you have to have someone to help you.

This is the importance of so-called noble people.

Fang Yan can be considered a noble person in his field, and now it seems that Mr. Kong can be considered a noble person as well.

If it weren't for Mr. Kong, according to Fang Yan's temper, he might not have made up his mind to help him so quickly.

After Kong Yun delivered the things, she stood by and listened. Listening to her father's compliments to Song Chaoyang, she smiled happier than anyone else.

After they finished praising Song Chaoyang, Mr. Kong and the others began to appreciate the calligraphy and paintings that Fang Yan had brought over.

What is surprising is that Kong Fan did not expect that Kong Fan also studied these calligraphy and paintings.

After looking at it with a magnifying glass for a while, he frowned and said that it looked real.

Fang Yan laughed and said that this high imitation was just like that.

Song Chaoyang was not sure at this moment that what Fang Yan sent was definitely authentic.

Just when everyone was about to start discussing whether it was a high imitation or an original, there was a smell of paste coming from the kitchen.

Then the old lady shouted:

"Oh, why did you turn up the heat so much? Just simmer it on low heat. It will be burnt by such a high fire."

"Stop it, Lan Fang and I will do it."

Then came the voice of Kong Yun’s wife Lin Huifang:

"Mom, it's not that I can't get it, I was just thinking about something and got distracted." The old lady was not angry and said calmly:

"I know, I know, you are uneasy."

After saying that, he shouted:
"Okay Lan Fang, stop working, this is all burnt, just use this pot of food to feed the rhubarb."

After a while, the old lady came out with a pot that was smoking black.

A pot of roasted chicken with potatoes was charred and joined together, giving off a mushy smell.

The old lady went out with the pot and poured it into the dog's basin at the door.

The big yellow dog in the room took one look and let out a dissatisfied bark.

The old lady scolded the big yellow dog, then came back with the pot and said to everyone in the living room:
"Sorry, dinner may be late today."

"It's okay, Teacher Xia, we are not in a hurry." Fang Yan said with a smile to the old lady.

When the old lady heard this, she immediately pointed to the fruit Kong Yun had cut just now:
"When you're hungry, eat some fruit first. Xiao Song bought it. It tastes pretty good."

After speaking, he glanced at Song Chaoyang.

At this moment, Kong Yun's wife, Lin Huifang, had been kicked out of the kitchen by the old lady.

He felt restless as soon as he arrived here today. He had just helped to light a fire, but by some strange coincidence, the fire was even bigger.

The Kong family has gas stoves and honeycomb briquette stoves.

She was using a gas stove just now. When she was thinking about something, she turned the switch and turned up the heat.

Although the old lady didn't blame her, she felt quite embarrassed.

Song Chaoyang had nothing to do at the moment, so he simply stood up and said to everyone:

"How about I come and help? Several people can hurry up."

After hearing this, the old lady quickly said:

"Oh, how can we let the guests take action? What will it sound like if it spreads?"

"Hurry up and sit down."

At this time Kong Yun said:
"Grandma, Chaoyang's cooking is delicious. When I was in the countryside, I liked his cooking the most."

"I haven't eaten the food he cooked for a long time, why don't you let him show off his cooking?"

The old lady looked at Song Chaoyang curiously and asked:
"Really? Xiao Song, can you cook?"

"A little bit, I still know the life skills I grew up in the countryside." Song Chaoyang said modestly.

The old lady smiled and said:

"Xiaoyun is a picky person. If she can say it tastes good, it must be good."

"It's okay to make simple dishes. If you don't mind, I can try it." Song Chaoyang said to the old lady.

Kong Fan also stood up at this moment and said to everyone:

"Xiao Song does know how to cook, I can prove it."

"I haven't gone into details just now. The steam turbine factory that is about to be built in our county was built by Xiao Song."

After saying this, he paused, gave a thumbs up and said:

"I still remember that the dish was called Braised Turtle."

"The leader of the inspection team, Gao, couldn't stop eating it and said it was delicious!"

"Really?" This was the first time the old lady heard this inside story.

He looked at Song Chaoyang in surprise.

A dish can play such a big role.

I'm afraid this young man's cooking skills are a bit impressive.

At this time, Fang Yan also rolled up his sleeves and said:
"It just so happens that I can also cook. Why don't I show off my skills with Xiao Song?"

"On behalf of our Oriental Publishing House, prepare some dishes."

When he heard that Fang Yan could do it, Mr. Kong was surprised and said:

"Fang Yan, when will you learn to cook?"

"When you were young, I remember when you cooked me rice, it was still raw."

Fang Yan was immediately embarrassed by Mr. Kong's words.

He quickly explained:

"My father-in-law is the heir to Shizhonglou. After I got married, I learned a little bit from him."

"The Shizhong Building...that's really awesome." Mr. Kong nodded.

"You know?" Fang Yan asked.

Mr. Kong smiled and said:
"Hey, you must know that Du Xiaotian, the chef of the Republic of China, is in it."

"Many of the state banquet chefs from the East Sichuan school are his descendants."

"You can't fail me in this test."

After speaking, he turned to Fang Yan and said:
"Is your father-in-law's status in the chef world not low?"

Fang Yan nodded:

"He is currently teaching his apprentice at the Capital Hotel."

"Hey, are you really a state banquet chef?" This was the first time Kong Xiang heard Fang Yan talk about his father-in-law, but he didn't expect that he was a state banquet chef.

Even Song Chaoyang was a little surprised.

Logically speaking, many of the videos of state banquet chefs that I watched in my previous life should have been the apprentices of Fang Yan's father-in-law.

Good guy, if you really want to count, shouldn’t you be considered a disciple?
Then you still have to call Fang Yan uncle?
After hearing that Fang Yan had learned from the state banquet chef, the people present simply lost interest in reading calligraphy and painting.

Quan followed Fang Yan and Song Chaoyang to the kitchen.

Fang Yan looked at the ingredients on site and discussed in a low voice with Song Chaoyang what dishes the two of them should cook.

Song Chaoyang looked at it and chose a fish-flavored shredded pork, a mapo tofu, and a dry-roasted fish.

Fang Yan chose fried crispy pork, twice-cooked pork, and finally pickled fish.

The big fish that had just been killed was cut into two halves by two people.

It's like eating two fish with one fish.

Fortunately, the Kong family's kitchen is large enough for the two of them to perform at the same time.

However, everyone's attention fell more on Fang Yan. This editor-in-chief was taught step by step by the state banquet chef.

Although he is not a serious chef, the food he cooks is definitely not bad.

On the other hand, Song Chaoyang was a young man who came from the countryside. No one believed that what he could do could compare to Fang Yan.

The only people at the scene who had expectations for him were Kong Yun and Kong Fan, father and daughter.

Kong Yun had eaten the food made by Song Chaoyang.

That was the best of all the dishes she had ever tasted.

What does a state banquet taste like? Although she didn't know it, she supported Song Chaoyang unconditionally.

Have absolute confidence in him.

And Kong Fan knew the braised turtle dish that Song Chaoyang made.

At that time, Team Leader Gao made the round dumplings by himself. Although he didn't eat it, judging from the comments that Team Leader Gao said, it was definitely not bad.

Who is Team Leader Gao?

That is someone who can speak even in the Capital Industry Department.

He has definitely had a state banquet.

People say it’s delicious and can’t fault it, so what does that mean?

This shows that even if Song Chaoyang's cooking skills are not at the top, they are not far away.

At least this is the case with the braised turtle dish.

If the braised turtle is so good, there is no reason why other dishes should be so bad, right?
Lin Huifang, Kong Yun's wife, looked at Fang Yan with complicated eyes.

I thought to myself that this kid really doesn't have any eyesight.

Everyone knows that Fang Yan was taught by a state banquet chef.

He actually dared to compete on the same stage.

Can the cooked food still be eaten?

Wasn't it that he was compared immediately?

Just now I felt that this guy had some talent for writing books, but now it seems that he really doesn't know how to advance or retreat.

Everyone in the audience had their own psychological activities, but it did not affect Song Chaoyang and the others.

At this time, Song Chaoyang and Fang Yan had already started the production process.

Since they are not the hotel's chef, no one cuts the ingredients for them.

You have to do everything yourself.

So the first thing to show was the sword skills of the two people.

Right from the beginning, it can be seen that Fang Yan has definitely practiced.

He dealt with the fish first.

Knife after knife, the fish was sliced ​​very thinly.

Each piece is translucent.

And it moves very quickly, which is a joy to watch.

At this time, Song Chaoyang was processing a large piece of tenderloin for the fish-flavored shredded pork.

The tenderloin was cut into pieces in his hands, and then quickly cut into strips.

The size is uniform and the speed is very fast.

At this glance, he is not inferior to Fang Yan.

It's a bit surprising that a country boy actually has such knife skills.

One was trained by a state banquet chef, and the other really didn’t know who he learned from.

The two of them actually looked pretty much the same.

Even the preparation of ingredients for Fang Yan’s twice-cooked pork required a lot of cooking, and Song Chaoyang was much faster in the end.

When Fang Yan started cutting the twice-cooked pork, Song Chaoyang had already made his first fish-flavored shredded pork.

By the time Fang Yan started making the first dish, Song Chaoyang had already started making the second Mapo Tofu.

From the beginning to the end, Song Chaoyang's movements were very agile, and his movements were smooth and flowing without any pause. Compared with Fang Yan, he had to think about what to do from time to time.

On the contrary, he is more like being trained by a professional chef.

This shocked everyone around him.

Just from their perspective, Song Chaoyang would at least surpass Fang Yan in terms of proficiency.

Next, we waited for the dishes to be served and everyone commented.

The three dishes he cooked looked good, but I didn't know how they would taste.

(End of this chapter)