Bai Xiaobai is determined to win.

"By the way, Mr. Chen, what the hell is going on, why do you want to reproduce the cordyceps duck soup more than 60 years ago. ”

Chen Qian confessed: "My mother, he ate a bowl of cordyceps duck soup made by his brother 60 years ago, and I still can't forget it. I've been asking different chefs to cook this dish for more than a decade, but after my mother drank it, she felt that it was different from what she had drunk back then. ”

Chen Qian roughly told the past more than 60 years ago.

More than 60 years ago, not long after the establishment of the New China Kingdom, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet.

Chen Qian's mother and uncle settled in Medog County as the first batch of Han Chinese people to enter Tibet, and after the death of their parents, the two siblings depended on each other.

At that time, the standard of living was not high, and Chen Qian's mother was nine years old, and she had a serious illness, with yellow muscles and weak body.

Local Tibetan medicine advises that it is best to drink cordyceps duck soup, which is very beneficial for the weak body.

Chen Qian's uncle was not afraid of the cold, so he went up to the alpine meadow area of more than 4,000 meters alone and dug up several cordyceps.

Duck stewed with cordyceps, Chen Qian's uncle fed his mother one bite at a time.

Chen Qian's mother finally gradually regained her strength and fully recovered.

Chen Qian's uncle fell from a snow-capped mountain meadow cliff because of the last time he picked cordyceps, and finally died.

Chen Qian's mother has always felt guilty about this, and the cordyceps duck soup she drank back then can no longer taste like it was at the beginning.

Bai Xiaobai asked, "Then your mother can still remember the original taste?"

In fact, this is the most surprising point of Bai Xiaobai.

After all, it has been more than sixty years, and theoretically the original taste should have been almost forgotten now, how can it be remembered clearly.

Chen Qian said, "I also think I'm strange, I asked my mother, she said that the Cordyceps duck soup back then was completely different from now, and she couldn't tell her what the specific difference was." ”

When Bai Xiaobai heard this, he asked, "Mr. Chen, can you take a look at your mother, I want to know something about the situation." ”

Chen Qian was a little embarrassed and said, "My mother is seriously ill now, and she is still lying in bed and unable to move, and she hasn't woken up yet." ”

It turned out that Chen Qian's mother was terminally ill, and she had reached an advanced stage, and there was no hope of a cure in major hospitals, even in well-known hospitals abroad.

Chen Qian's mother doesn't want to spend money casually, let alone live in an intensive care ward and undergo all kinds of useless chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Chen Qian had no choice but to follow his mother's wishes and let her go home to recuperate.

The bedroom door opened.

It was Chen Qian's wife who opened the door.

"Mom, I'm awake, I'm about to call you. ”

Chen Qian then took Bai Xiaobai to his mother's bedroom.

As soon as you enter the door, you can smell the heavy potion, mixed with the smell of Chinese medicine.

Chen Qian's mother was lying on the bed, dying, she opened her eyes, and said weakly, "Xiao Qian, are you there?"

Chen Qian knelt in front of the hospital bed, held back his tears, and said with a face that wanted to cry, "Mom, where is my son? What do you need, you say?"

Chen Qian's mother said, "It's nothing, it's just that you don't have to work in vain anymore, it's too expensive and labor-intensive, after so many years, if you can make the taste of the year, you should have made it early." Your filial piety mother understands, but your mother's time is running out. ”

The words were hearty, Chen Qian really couldn't hold back his tears.

Tears flowed like strands of pearls.

Looking at this picture of life and death, Bai Xiaobai also felt inexplicable mental arithmetic.

When his parents were in a car accident, he didn't even see the last one.

The aftermath was not explained, but after Bai Xiaobai learned the news, he also burst into tears, and he still remembers it vividly.

After Chen Qian talked to his mother for a while, he introduced to his mother, "Mom, this is the latest chef I have hired, he is Bai Xiaobai from Jianghai Province, and he is very good at cooking, I believe he can reproduce the cordyceps duck soup from 60 years ago." ”

Bai Xiaobai walked to the hospital bed, Chen Qian's mother opened her eyes and glanced at it, her pupils suddenly dilated, and she was surprised, "You...... You are ......"

After Chen Qian's mother saw Bai Xiaobai, her expression was very surprised, it seemed to be horror, and it seemed to be a surprise.

Bai Xiaobai "......"

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" asked Chen Qian.

Chen Qian's mother said, "A few days ago...... A few days ago, your uncle said in a dream that there would be a cook who would come back to our house and look exactly like the one in front of him, how could this be?"

Bai Xiaobai continued to be speechless, it couldn't be so coincidental.

Could it be that this is the legendary psychic, dreaming of Chen Zhen.

Mr. Chen's mother is in her early seventies, with gray hair and serious illness, she looks old and decadent, but very kind.

Bai Xiaobai calmed down and asked Chen Qian's mother kindly, "Grandma, what is the special difference between the cordyceps duck soup you drank back then and now, can you give me a rough idea of the difference." ”

If you want to recreate the taste of food from more than 60 years ago, you must know where the gap lies.

Chen Qian's mother said, "I...... I can't say it, I just think that the soup is particularly delicious and delicious, if ...... If you have to say it, there is no duck smell at all in the soup, and there is no medicinal smell of cordyceps, and I feel very comfortable after drinking the soup, and the taste is indescribable, that is...... It is very flavorful and the soup has a very good texture. ”

Bai Xiaobai asked, "Grandma, have you ever seen the process of making this delicacy back then?"

Chen Qian's mother said, "No, it's all made by my brother, and he served it to me when it was ready, and I don't know how to make it." ”

Chen Qian's mother's words were too rough and simple, without a particular key point, and Bai Xiaobai was also confused after listening to it.

"Then do you have the impression that this soup is anything special besides being delicious?" Bai Xiaobai continued to ask.

"A special place?" Chen Qian's mother thought about it carefully, "By the way, I remember, every time I ...... When I drink soup, I get to ...... At the back, there is some powder at the bottom of the bowl. ”

Bai Xiaobai heard something strange, and continued to ask, "What kind of powder?"

"I can't remember what kind of powder, it's not like medicine residue, it's not like sand, it's a very fine powder. ”

Chen Qian's mother was out of breath and a little night sweat after finishing a paragraph.

Bai Xiaobai was inconvenient to ask again.

Chen Qian was a little teary-eyed, shook his head, and whispered to Bai Xiaobai, "Boss Bai, I said that my mother has been in the past few days, I hope you can fulfill my mother's last wish, and also let my son do his last filial piety." If you have any props and ingredients, I will do my best to provide them. ”

Bai Xiaobai said, "Mr. Chen, don't worry, I will do my best." ”

Bai Xiaobai said with confidence, but in fact he didn't have a clue.

The method of cordyceps duck soup is very simple, and Bai Xiaobai has also made it, but according to Xiao Liu and Chen Qian.

In the past ten years, countless chefs have come to Chen's villa to make this delicacy, but the cordyceps duck soup they made is not the same as what Chen Qian's mother drank back then.

These chefs have tried a variety of methods, in the selection of ingredients, in the method of cooking, but they have never succeeded.

Bai Xiaobai knew that this time the test was not simple.

After leaving the bedroom, Chen Qian and Bai Xiaobai said, "Boss Bai, it's hard work, if you need to say anything, I'll do it immediately." ”

Bai Xiaobai said, "I didn't think of it for the time being, let me think about it." ”