cook maid concubine

Chapter 131
When a group of people arrived at Juxuan Building in a carriage, a large platform had already been set up at the entrance of Juxuan Building, and a temporary stove was placed on the platform.The audience was full of people who joined in the fun, and the scene looked a bit like the scene when they participated in the entrance examination at the gate of the Ji Mansion's old house.It was obviously much more lively than last time.

After getting off the carriage, He Xiaoxiao was taken aback by the scene in front of him, and subconsciously grabbed Qian Hongxian's hand.

Qian Hongxian obviously didn't expect that Ji Nanjin would make such a big battle. He originally thought that they just need to cook in the back kitchen and serve them out for guests to taste.But looking at the current scene, it is clear that they are going to cook in front of everyone.

She doesn't care about it herself, but she is a little worried about He Xiaoxiao, especially remembering that the girl knocked over the salt jar because she was too nervous during the entrance examination, and almost screwed up the examination.There are only a lot more people today than last time. Qian Hongxian was worried that she would be too nervous and lose her usual level, so she couldn't help but patted her hand to comfort her and said, "It's okay, just treat it as cooking in the house. .”

He Xiaoxiao clutched her heart, feeling her heart was beating so fast, plus she didn't rest last night, her complexion looked very bad, even her voice trembled unconsciously , "I don't want to, but I just can't control it. When I think of so many people watching me in the audience, my hands tremble unconsciously."

"That's because you don't have enough confidence in yourself. Believe me, you'll be fine." He Xiaoxiao has been helping her in the small kitchen for the past few days. Qian Hongxian found that although she didn't have much understanding in cooking, she still had solid basic skills. As long as it is not an innovative dish, there is generally no big problem.

"I……"

What else did He Xiaoxiao want to say? Over there, Steward Wei had already come to the stage to announce the assessment, and explained the relevant rules and selection methods. After that, it was everyone's turn to draw lots.

Qian Hongxian saw that other people came to the stage one after another, turned around and said to He Xiaoxiao, "Do you still remember the question I asked you this morning? Listen to me, if you want to go to the capital, you should calm down and take the assessment. If you don't want to go, then it doesn't matter if you pass the assessment or not, and there's no need to be nervous."

He Xiaoxiao's mind went blank for a moment, and he didn't quite understand what Qian Hongxian meant, so he just stared at her blankly.After regaining consciousness, he realized that everyone else had already taken the stage, including Qian Hongxian.

He Xiaoxiao regained her concentration, and then hurried to the stage, together with everyone, took out today's assessment questions from a large cardboard box one after another.

After seeing the name of the dish clearly, He Xiaoxiao couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it was not too difficult for her.

But what did the red thread mean to her just now?She wanted to ask Qian Hongxian several times, but due to the many people around her, she couldn't find the opportunity.

After the lottery was over, the butler did not announce the result of the lottery to everyone on the spot, but just asked everyone to go to the ingredients area to choose ingredients.

What Qian Hongxian drew was a lot of gold, and when she saw these words, she felt at a loss, because she had never heard of this dish before, and she didn't know how to get it.

Everyone else ran to choose ingredients, but she was still staring at those words in a daze.

"What's the matter?" He Xiaoxiao finally found a chance to approach her, but seeing her staring blankly at the note in her hand, she guessed that she must be stumped by the topic on the paper.Stretching out his head to look, he was also clueless, and even forgot the question he was going to ask her.

Seeing her reaction, Qian Hongxian guessed that the gold-filled ground is definitely not a local customary name, and it may be the restaurant's own name.

Usually when we name a dish, we will make a fuss about its shape, but what kind of dish is related to gold?

Qian Hongxian carefully recalled the ingredients she saw in the back kitchen yesterday.Suddenly, her eyes lit up. At this time, she was very grateful to the person who made trouble in the restaurant yesterday.If it weren't for the other party, she wouldn't have had the opportunity to enter the back kitchen, so she might really be unable to do anything today.

She vaguely remembered that when she was in the back kitchen yesterday, she saw a helper carving sweet potato cubes into the shape of ingots, which should be related to this dish.There are many ways to make sweet potatoes, including steaming, frying and boiling, but those are all ways to eat at home.The most popular one in the restaurant is candied sweet potato.

Just imagine rolling sweet potato cubes carved into ingots, and putting them on a plate would be full of gold?

Thinking of this, Qian Hongxian suddenly became enlightened.Dragging He Xiaoxiao towards the ingredients area.

When choosing ingredients, Qian Hongxian couldn't help but sigh that the person who came up with this dish is so talented. The candied sweet potato, which was not too common, immediately became taller after the other party's improvement.

Sure enough, human wisdom is infinite.

He Xiaoxiao looked at her and knew that she had already figured out the key point, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief for her.Seeing her devote herself wholeheartedly to the preparation of the ingredients, she was also infected, so she concentrated on selecting the ingredients to be used later.

When she saw the oranges and eggs in He Xiaoxiao's basket, Qian Hongxian couldn't help laughing, "So you want to make orange custard?"

She just ate this dish yesterday, it is tender and smooth, and it is worthy of being one of Juxuanlou's signature dishes.

He Xiaoxiao smiled shyly and said, "Yes, I only saw my father do it before, and I don't know if I can do it well."

Qian Hongxian reassured her and said, "Don't worry, this is easy to make. Remember to add warm water to the eggs, and then control the ratio of egg liquid to water to 1:1. This ratio and water temperature make the custard the most tender. And , wait for the water to boil and then put it in the pot to steam, the most important thing is to steam on low heat, so that the steamed egg liquid will not affect the appearance and taste." It is easy to say, but it is not so easy to really do it well.Because the custard has very strict requirements on heat and time, without a timer and without full experience, it is very possible that the custard will be steamed or spoiled.

Fortunately, although He Xiaoxiao has never made orange-flavored custard, she has made ordinary custard, and she probably knows it by heart.Coupled with what Qian Hongxian said to her just now, she pointed out almost all the key points. If she still can't do it, it can only prove that she is not suitable for the job of a cook.

After selecting the ingredients, the next step is the formal assessment.The assessment time is stipulated as one hour.

According to the rules of the review, for this review, 55 guests who go to Juxuan Building most often will be selected, and the five chefs from the restaurant will be selected as the reviewers.In other words, all of them have to prepare [-] servings within an hour, which is quite urgent.

In addition, the estimation of the serving size of the dishes is also very important.

Fortunately, the dishes that Qian Hongxian cooks are not too brain-intensive to think about. Generally, larger sweet potatoes can be made into 20 ingots. In other words, she only needs to prepare a few sweet potatoes. , the time-consuming part is that all these sweet potato pieces need to be carved into the shape of ingots.

Fortunately, Qian Hongxian's knives are exquisite, and the carving of ingots is not complicated.An hour is enough for her.

Qian Hongxian skillfully peeled and cut the sweet potatoes into pieces, and when she picked up the carving knife to carve ingots, she was suddenly pricked by something in her palm, and she felt tingling in more than one place.Qian Hongxian frowned, and subconsciously opened her palm to take a look.At first glance, there is nothing in hand.

And when she picked up the carving knife and prepared to carve again, the tingling feeling became clear again.

It felt like being accidentally pricked by a cactus before.

Qian Hongxian froze for a moment, then raised the carving knife in his hand to the sunlight, and when he looked carefully, he found that the handle of the knife was covered with small thorns as fine as fluff.

These thorns are very small, almost the size of a human hair, and you can't see them unless you look carefully.

The expression on Qian Hongxian's face suddenly became dignified. The knives she used for the assessment were all her own, and she would clean and wipe them carefully after each use. Where did these burrs come from?

Confused, Qian Hongxian checked the remaining knives and found that except for the kitchen knife that was taken out first, the other knives were more or less covered with burrs.It was obvious that someone had put the burrs in her knife case on purpose.

Needless to say the purpose.

Just, who would do it?

Her knife box is usually placed directly in the small kitchen, and she will lock it when she leaves the small kitchen. The most important thing is that she used these knives yesterday afternoon, the only time when they could be tampered with. It was only from yesterday evening after she finished cooking and left the small kitchen to this morning.

Thinking of this, Qian Hongxian raised his head and glanced at the several people behind the other counters, and found that everyone was concentrating on cooking, and he couldn't see who was the most suspicious for a while.

But she had a feeling it must be one of them.

Sure enough, where there are people, disputes and calculations are indispensable. There are only a few people like this. I really don't know what kind of situation they will face after they go to the capital.

Qian Hongxian glanced at her right hand covered with burrs. The burrs were too small to be seen with the naked eye, but they hurt like needle pricks when she exerted a little force.Frowning, she sighed from the bottom of her heart, then took out an embroidered handkerchief from her sleeve, carefully wrapped the handle of the carving knife, rinsed it repeatedly with clean water until the velvet on it was washed clean, and then put the carving knife on its back. The knife was switched to the left hand for carving.

When I was a child watching The Legend of Condor Heroes, I was very envious of Zhou Botong's two-handed fighting skills, so I also learned to train my left hand. After a long time, my left hand is much more flexible than before, but I still can't do it like Zhou Botong. Painting, but cutting vegetables and carving flowers is not a problem for her.

Many people in the audience noticed that she suddenly changed her right hand to her left, including Ji Nanjin and several chefs in Juxuan Building.Seeing that she could use both hands freely, her eyes were filled with surprise for a moment.

Ji Nanjin thought she was left-handed at first, but soon realized that she was not. Although her left hand is also very proficient, it is still not as good as her right hand. It should be acquired.Looking at the slightly stiff posture of her right hand, it seems that she has been injured.

(End of this chapter)