Red apricots make spring

Chapter 124
It turned out that it was not Shen Mengan's malicious trick to invite her to cook at Shen's house, Rourou finally breathed a sigh of relief.After a while, Shen Mengyi came to say hello to her and chatted with her, then asked Lue to take them to the kitchen to prepare, and went back to the room by herself.

Rourou can clearly feel that Shen Mengyi's attitude towards her is slightly indifferent today. She doesn't know about Duan Jinbracelet, she just thinks it's the result of the love letter that returned to her. Anyway, she doesn't care much about others' treatment of her. Attitude, not only is she not angry, she even thinks it's good. If Miss Shen doesn't ask her to learn how to make cakes in the future, and don't let her put down her business and often go in and out of Shen's residence, it will be even more perfect.

When she got to the kitchen, Rourou found that the big kitchen was twice as big as the small kitchen she had been back to last time, and there were countless cooks and servants who were in charge of cooking, but everyone had something to do. Nothing messed up.Shen Yuan seemed to have already sent someone to explain to the head cook of the big kitchen, so when Lu E came in with gentleness, he clapped his hands, telling everyone to stop what they were doing and listen to gentleness.

This battle is too big!

Sure enough, it was the prime minister's mansion, with a different atmosphere. It completely compared the kitchen of Zhao's mansion, which she thought was quite elegant, but then again, with so many good cooks in Shen's mansion, is it her turn to show off their skills?It made her even more incomprehensible to Shen Yuan's inexplicable arrangement.

Whether it was before or after crossing, Rou Rou had never dealt with commanding so many people, at this moment she was a little bit at a loss, she was a little stunned before choking out a sentence: "Everyone, keep busy."

As soon as the words were finished, everyone looked away from her in unison, turned around and started to get busy again.

Uh, why is it a bit like a leadership inspection?She rubbed her temples with a headache, and walked a few random steps, wanting to see what was cooking on the stove, who knew who she walked to, and whoever lifted the lid off the pot, and the chef in charge who followed said: "This is a milk soup made from chicken and duck racks, pork bones, pork knuckles, and pork belly. That one is made from old hen, ham, and scallops. There is also a pot of clear soup..."

Very good, very well prepared, she didn't know what else she could do, she was standing there with her chin in her hand, staring at the ingredients in the bamboo basket in a daze, Lue used the excuse that she had something to leave first, and before leaving, she told Her chief cook is the imperial cook bestowed by the Holy God, if you need any ingredients, just ask him.

Gentlely nodded, watched Lue leave, turned around and looked at the head cook again, the slightly bald guy was looking at her with interest, his eyes somewhat contemptuous, and three Puzzled, it seemed that she couldn't figure out what kind of outstanding means a little girl like her could have, so that Prime Minister Shen invited her here.

"Cough—" Qingrou cleared her throat and said, "My lord, please go to work first. I will send someone to look for you if I need anything later." She had heard that the imperial chef was also a rank seven to nine Well, for a commoner like her, she has to respectfully address her as an adult when she sees her.It's really terrible in Kyoto, the most indispensable thing is officials. It is estimated that a plaque fell in the downtown area and hit three people. Except for one who is a commoner, the other two must be either officials or relatives of officials.

"Sister, what are you going to do?" Xiaohuan dared to speak softly when she saw that the head cook nodded and walked away with his hands behind his back.She is very confident in Wenrou's craftsmanship, but after all, there are people outside the world, and there is a sky beyond the sky, she is still a little worried that the dishes made by Wenrou may not be able to shine in Shen's residence.

"Do whatever you want!" Rourou will figure it out now, she doesn't need to deliberately display her skills, anyway, she came here just to solve troubles, not to ask for rewards, she did too well, but it was troublesome.As she spoke, she opened her mouth to report the ingredients needed for the dishes she thought of, and asked Xiaohuan and Ye Yu to pick them up, clean and prepare them first, and then start with each dish in order according to the length of time it took to prepare it.

Although the head cook walked away, he was quite curious about Wen Wen's every move, and stood far away, paying attention to her actions from time to time.Seeing that she slaughtered a fat duck and cleaned it, scalded it in boiling water to remove the fishy stains, then stuffed it into a clay pot with some water, then sprinkled several kinds of seasonings in the pot, and put fresh cherries in it. Enter, seal the mouth of the jar, put it into a pot filled with water, cover the pot and simmer slowly, then ignore it, turn around and pick the duck feet again.

He couldn't help but sneered, thinking that this little girl was not very capable, but she was very quick at killing ducks, but this stewed fat duck was simply an entry-level dish in cooking, which didn't require knives, and didn't care about the heat. Who can't do it?So I didn't have any interest in watching any more, I just directed the cooks under my command to turn around, rolled up my sleeves myself, and planned to show off my skills, so that Prime Minister Shen could know that his cooking skills were much better than the cooks who came from the wild road many.

Time passed slowly, the sun climbed higher and higher, and it was almost time for dinner. The chef in charge was about to prepare the stir-fry, and then peeked at Wen Rou, and saw that her duck was still simmering on the fire. It's been two hours. If it's only duck, it's okay if she stew it longer, but there are cherries in it. Wouldn't it be so tender?When you take it out, it will look ugly, so you can't help but walk over to remind her: "Girl, your duck hasn't been stewed yet? I'm afraid you forgot the heat?"

Ruan Rou was studying whether the abalone in Shen's house was rotten, and asked Ye Yu to go to the chicken coop to pick up a small oily chicken whose herringbone bones between the chest and neck felt soft and elastic. When the head cook asked her, she took the time to raise her eyes Glancing at the fire, he said with a smile: "It's early, and it needs to be stewed for two or three hours, but fortunately, Lue said that the wine I prepared will be served at dinner, so let it simmer slowly. "

The chef in charge stood there speechless for a long time, then walked away slowly, and continued busy preparing his lunch.

After a break at noon, they had a meal. By Shen Shi, Ruan had already prepared eight cold dishes. She was particularly salivating about the plate of jellyfish in scallion oil. She and Xiaohuan ate a lot of them on the grounds of taste. Then the two looked at each other and smiled.It's not that she is petty and wants to be greedy for other people's food. The price of ancient seafood is so high that small families usually can't eat it. She just misses this taste very much, because this cold dish is her grandfather's favorite. I often make it to drink.

Seeing that the sun was setting gradually, even though the ingredients for the hot dishes were ready, they were very busy making them.Take the stewed preserved abalone as an example. You need to boil a clean new towel in the original chicken soup and let it cool down. Continue to the next step of cooking.The steps of making other dishes are also very complicated. Ye Yu and Xiaohuan, the two helpers, are so tired that they don't even have the time to wipe their sweat. In the end, they asked the head chef to send two people to help, and they barely managed it. .

The kitchen here is still busy, and the wine table in the hall over there has already been set up. Shen Yuan invited two colleagues for a banquet today, and she was feeling uneasy, wondering whether Wen Rou, the shopkeeper of the snack and pastry shop, would give him a whole set up. What about table snacks and dried fruits, that would be a shame!When I saw the eight cold dishes that were put on the table first, they were jellyfish in scallion oil, white-cut oily chicken, duck feet and bamboo shoots, smoked fish, crystal elbow flowers, oil-splashed conch slices, marinated meat platter, and honey jujube. Moreover, it was carved and served on a plate with an attractive color, which brought a half-hanging heart back to its original place.
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