Because the two families live far away and have no contact, although it is the family, the original owner has no impression of this Grandma Gu, and Gu Mingzhen was very surprised when she walked into this small courtyard.

The yard is not very big, there are only two houses, and there is a chimney on the roof of the one on the right.

The lights were on in the house, but Gu Cheng didn't trespass, and stood outside and shouted, "Auntie." ”

A figure was printed on the window paper, and as she walked, an old woman appeared at the door, who looked too old to look old, with long black and white hair combed very seriously, meticulously, and in the slightly sunken eye sockets, there was a pair of sharp eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, and the gown with a thin figure was very wide and ill-fitting.

Gu Mingzhen bowed seriously and said, "Grandma." ”

With this strange title, Grandma Gu was noncommittal, the corners of her mouth moved slightly, and she asked, "You are the eldest girl of the boy's family." ”

"Yes. I always felt that the old lady in front of me was not ordinary, and Gu Mingzhen subconsciously respected her.

Grandma Gu nodded, went back to the house, blew out the candle, came out with a lantern and locked the door, and said, "Let's go!"

Ay?

Grandma Gu walked in front and said without looking back: "You come with the regretful girl at this time, don't you just want to follow to work, it just so happens that your sister-in-law fell last night, her foot was swollen and she couldn't come, and she was missing someone." ”

It's shit luck.

A group of three people walked in the silent snowy night, no one spoke, only the sound of creaking snow under their feet, and when the sky was getting white, the three of them arrived at Sun's house in Yangliuwan.

This Sun family in this village is equivalent to the existence of the landlord, the yard is built very large, the three of them arrived at the side door, Gu Grandma knocked on the door, and after a while, the door was opened from the inside, and the three people followed a subordinate to the kitchen, except for the people who got up early to clean the yard, and did not see anyone else, the kitchen was also empty, and the dishes to be used for today's banquet were neatly placed aside.

The first day of the formal banquet has been eaten, and the dishes in the next two days will be more casual, but the Sun family is rich, and he is still married to a well-known talented woman, even if it is a flowing water banquet, it is also full of weight.

Grandma Gu glanced at the dishes on the ground, she already had a plan for what to cook, and turned her head and asked, "Do you know how to cut vegetables?"

Chopping vegetables is the most basic skill for a person who often soaks in the kitchen, she can not only chop vegetables, but also carve.

Seeing her nodding, Grandma Gu said again: "After these radishes are peeled, some of them are cut into pieces, and some of them are shredded and the cabbage stalks and leaves are separated, and I will talk about it when I come." ”

After explaining this, she went straight out of the kitchen.

Gu Cheng had already fetched water from the well and started washing vegetables.

In winter, the well water was not as cold as imagined, and even a little warm, the aunt and nephew quickly washed out several large boxes of radishes, and another person took a knife and began to peel the skin, Gu Mingzhen cut it faster than Gu Cheng, and after cutting half of it, he left the rest of the work to Gu Cheng, and began to cut the shredded radish.

When Grandma Gu came back, the radish and cabbage had already been cut, and Gu Cheng led Gu Mingzhen to wash out the rest of the vegetables.

"The knife work is good. ”

The old man didn't talk much, so he praised Gu Mingzhen and started to work.

It was a flowing water mat, and there were not many vegetables in winter, so Grandma Gu reluctantly prepared six meat and six vegetables, and began to cook vegetables at the end of the time, Gu regretted burning the fire in front of the stove, Gu Mingzhen helped to lay a hand, and was busy until Shen Shi slowed down the speed of urging vegetables outside.

Gu Mingzhen finished the last dish, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, last night I was still feeling that sixty clerks had a lot of money, and now I understand that this is making money, it is completely a desperate posture.

She clenched her fist and pounded her sore waist, and when she turned her head, she saw Gu Cheng standing there like a nobody, watching Grandma Gu fry their dishes, and Grandma Gu's waist was still as straight as when she came in the morning, and the movement of turning the vegetables with a copper spoon was not slow at all.

After finishing frying a plate of shredded radish, seeing Gu Mingzhen leaning on the board weakly, a rare smile appeared on Grandma Gu's unsmiling face, which was fleeting: "If you want to do this business, you have to keep up with your physical strength, especially your arm strength, if you want to become an excellent chef, it is a basic skill, you see your aunt, she is too thin and has no strength in her hands, I have already persuaded her to change her career, but this girl is stubborn and has been unwilling." ”

Gu Mingzhen was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect to hear the word "upside down" in ancient times, in ancient times, it was an earthen stove that burned firewood, and as soon as the action of turning the pot was done, the firewood ash would definitely be everywhere, but since Grandma Gu said it now, this matter must be true.

Gu Mingzhen glanced at Gu Cheng, she was fiddling with a fish that was about to be put in the pot with her head half-bowed, and she didn't raise her head after listening to Grandma Gu's words, but the expression on her face was not difficult to see stubbornness.

"Cooks don't necessarily have to cook hot dishes, I once read in a book, there was a chef in the previous dynasty who was famous for cold dishes, and his carving skills can almost be fake, although my sister-in-law's arm strength is not good, but she is skillful, isn't it twice the result with half the effort to learn cold dishes?"

Gu Cheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked up at Gu Mingzhen.

Grandma Gu smiled: "The idea is not bad, but the few chefs who can be invited must be from a rich and noble family, regretting the girl like this, I'm afraid that no one will invite her without more than ten years of training." ”

Gu Mingzhen grinned and said: "Isn't there still me, my hot dish skills are good, my sister-in-law will practice the cold dish skills again, we will follow Grandma to hone for a few years, and when you are old, you will take over your job, and you can still provide for your old age!"

When washing vegetables before, Gu Mingzhen had already taken advantage of Grandma Gu's absence to ask Gu Cheng about her situation.

Grandma Gu lost her husband at an early age and raised her two sons alone, but her sons joined the army one after another and died in the barracks, and she is now alone.

"You have arranged for my future life, can you carve?"

Gu Mingzhen nodded.

Grandma Gu looked around, picked up an uncut radish head and put it on the table: "Come to one?"

For banquets, many cooks will bring their own props, because they are easy to use, Grandma Gu has no need for this, and the main thing is to provide these, she generally does not bring them herself, and the Sun family does not have a knife that can be used for carving.

Grandma Gu obviously also discovered this problem, and untied the small bag she brought in the morning, revealing a leather tool kit that looked very old inside, and inside the bag was a set of knives, which looked quite complete.

"Take your pick. ”

Gu Mingzhen was going to carve Yueji, and she didn't need a special carving knife, so she chose a knife casually, picked up the radish head and made a few strokes on it and began to cut it.

Although she went to learn cooking skills in her last life, carving is just a gift course after buying a full set of courses, and after learning back, she will occasionally take apples and carrots at home to practice her hands, and the craft is barely considered an entry in modern times, and the carved things are decent, but even so, it makes Gu Cheng look straight.

Generally, people in the village have red and white ceremonies, and it has been shown that the main family is generous, and delicate objects like carvings have never heard of it.

Gu Cheng watched Gu Mingzhen's five fingers fly for a moment, it seemed that a long time had passed, and it seemed that it was just a blink of an eye, the crumbs on the radish head fell, and a moon flower had already begun to take shape.

The more she got to the heart of the flower, Gu Mingzhen's speed slowed down more and more, Gu regret didn't dare to come out with her knife, and it wasn't until Gu Mingzhen fell the last knife that she let out a long breath.

The flower is only the size of a child's fist, but the petals are layered and crystal clear and lifelike.

A hint of admiration flashed in Grandma Gu's eyes, she could have this kind of skill at a young age, it can be seen that she has worked hard, but she will not praise others easily, she only said lightly that it is okay, and then picked up the chopsticks and sat aside and began to eat.

Shang Ke meant that there was still progress to be made, and Gu Mingzhen was not discouraged, she had never specifically learned this.

Washing and drying the knife and putting it back in the tool kit, Gu Mingzhen went to serve the meal by herself, and saw that Gu Cheng was still looking at the flower, and shouted, "Sister-in-law, let's eat first." ”

Gu regretted in response, took the flowers to the dining table, and looked at them while eating, obviously interested in carving.

Gu Mingzhen took a bite of rice into her mouth, looked at Grandma Gu, who was even meticulous about eating, and suddenly said: "Grandma's carving knife is so complete, I think she is a master, does Grandma accept apprentices?"

Hearing this, Gu Cheng's gaze also left the carving and landed on Grandma Gu's face.

But she didn't answer immediately, chewed the rice in her mouth carefully, and waited until she swallowed all the rice in one bite before turning her head to Gu Cheng and said, "Want to learn?"

That's naturally what I thought, Gu Cheng nodded, his eyes full of anticipation.

Grandma Gu said, "Wait for your mother...... Wait until your sister-in-law is free, let her take you over. ”

Although she didn't say what she was doing in the past, Gu Cheng didn't follow her to do things for a day or two, and if someone led her, it must be to learn from a teacher, but if she wanted her sister-in-law to lead her to the past, what was this for?

"Congratulations to Grandma, I love my disciple. "No matter what it is for, it doesn't affect the acceptance of apprentices anyway.

"Less poor, hurry up and finish eating, today is the last day, the main family said that you can go back early today. ”

Gu Mingzhen immediately stopped talking, and ate quickly, originally eating the food cooked by Ye's family, which made her have serious doubts about the food of this world, and the words are not good, then it is called pig food, but after eating the food cooked by Grandma Gu before getting busy at noon, Gu Mingzhen has developed love for this world again, and there are people outside the sky.

There is no need to clean up the things in the kitchen, and after eating, the three of them checked that their things were not missing, and then followed a small servant out, and walked outside the second courtyard, and it happened that a couple of newcomers sent the guests back.

The groom looks quite honest and looks like an honest man, but the bride is quite beautiful and looks like a countryman.

Xu is Gu Mingzhen's gaze was too naked, a couple of newlyweds looked over here, and the bride whispered something to the little girl next to her, and walked straight to this side.

When he got closer, the groom gave a salute and said: "I heard that Aunt Gu's dishes are very good, and this time I pushed the Li family to come to the cold house, Xiaosheng is grateful, this is a thank you gift, and I hope not to shirk it." ”

Grandma Gu is not a saint, and this money is earned by her own hands, even if it is a reward, it is not very unpleasant to say, and she is blessed and takes over the money bag.

Gu Mingzhen has read in the novel before, some big families will make a silver nude to express good luck, and put it in a small bag to reward the next person during the New Year's Festival, presumably this is the one in front of him.