Ma Yun was finally deducted from a month's salary, but it was not Long Xiang who said it, but Long Qian announced it in front of all the employees, without any reason. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Long Xiang lowered his head and didn't say anything, Ma Yun finally refuted a few words, but the answer Long Qian gave was silence.

Uncle Zhong began to feel a little depressed during this time, as if he had something on his mind. After Ma Yun was announced to have his salary deducted, Uncle Zhong called Ma Yun and Long Xiang aside, took out a wad of money and handed it to Ma Yun.

"Master, what do you mean by that?" Ma Yun immediately understood, "It was the shopkeeper who deducted my money, and you shouldn't have paid for him." ”

Uncle Zhong replied, "I didn't say this money for the big treasurer, but I gave it for Long Xiang." Did you borrow the Baicao Catalogue to Long Xiang? ”

"yes, am I doing something wrong?" Now Ma Yun didn't understand it even more, now that Long Xiang is an apprentice, it should be more natural to give him books.

"Long Xiang has his own path to take, not you, not even me, he is an apprentice, but neither of you is qualified to be his master." Uncle Zhong was a little helpless, thinking of Long Xiang's life experience, he would feel very sorry.

"You can take this money, and I hope you don't blame the big treasurer." Uncle Zhong bent down and bowed his head, offered it with both hands, and begged Ma Yun to accept the money in a very humble tone.

Ma Yun didn't know what to do for a while, and Long Xiang next to him helped take the money, stuffed it into Ma Yun's arms, and said to Ma Yun: "Brother Ma, you just accept this money, this time I didn't do a good job, my father found out, next time it won't be like this." ”

"Young Master Long, there can't be a next time, do you know that you almost got into a big disaster this time?" Uncle Zhong didn't know whether he was shocked or afraid, and he shouted loudly.

Long Xiang also sensed the seriousness of the situation and didn't dare to say anything. Ma Yun took the money, and what Uncle Zhong said later, he didn't know what it meant, and he didn't dare to ask, so he had to go into the back kitchen, after he graduated, he was also in the hot and cold world, and he also experienced a lot of deductions from his salary.

After Uncle Zhong waited for Ma Yun to leave, he said to Long Xiang, "Young Master, I don't know if you have time tonight?" ”

"Yes, what?" Long Xiang was a little puzzled, he got the news from Ma Yun when he was at work, except that he didn't come to the back kitchen for the past five days, and Uncle Zhong also disappeared in the past five days, causing his business to plummet during this time, and he also had two days off in between.

"In that case, then I will come to you tonight, and after twelve o'clock, you turn on the light in your room, and make it a secret word, and don't let the master know."

"Why can't you call my dad to know?"

"The eldest young master, he is preparing a bigger plan now, and he can't be disturbed in any way, so only the two of us will go tonight."

"What are you going to do?"

"You'll find out at night."

Uncle Zhong still had reservations, but Long Xiang didn't ask much, he knew that Uncle Zhong would definitely not harm him.

Ma Yun finally knew why Uncle Zhong said that he and Xiong Guangye couldn't become Long Xiang's masters, fifteen dishes, Long Xiang just watched Uncle Zhong make it once, and it was perfectly copied, except for the difference in taste, the others were basically like a photocopier, and the whole action was smooth, just like a novice who had just touched the kitchen.

"Well, that's good. It's a little bit better than last time, but it's still far from the ideal goal. After Long Qian's lunch, he tasted the fifteen dishes made by Long Xiang one by one and gave satisfactory results.

Ma Yun and Xiong Guangye were also surprised, this is only a little progress, so Long Qian's requirements are inevitably too high, and they don't want to think that Long Xiang is only eighteen years old!

"This afternoon, any of these fifteen dishes will be in your hands, and if there is another thing to return the dishes, then the training will be doubled in the evening." Long Qian put forward a new demand.

"Yes." Long Xiang now has great confidence, although the Baicao catalog has been burned, but everything in it is still remembered by Long Xiang, so he can make these fifteen dishes so easily and skillfully today.

Long Qian found that Long Xiang's face was silent, and he knew that Long Xiang was still worried about his burning of the Baicao Catalog, but Long Qian didn't want to explain anything, he knew that Long Xiang would understand his hard work in the future.

Dinner is the busiest time for the restaurant, and now there is no side staff, and the four chefs in the back kitchen have been alternating kitchen knives and spoons in their hands, and the pressure has increased suddenly. However, there is no danger that there is no such thing as returning the dishes for dinner, and Long Xiang is qualified in this assessment.

The most amazing thing is Xiong Guangye, because the most that Long Xiang did tonight was miscellaneous, and it was also the area he was responsible for. At the end of work, Ma Yun, Xiong Guangye and Long Xiang each had a bottle of drink in their hands and sat on the steps in front of the door.

"Young Master Long, you are the most talented one I've ever seen since I became a chef. Five days ago, you were a rookie, but now you can take charge on your own, why is the gap between people so big? ”

"Brother Xiong, you're joking, I'm just making some home-cooked food, your specialty dishes won't have a chance to play today, if you take them out, I'm nothing." Long Xiang is a little afraid of Long Qian, respects Uncle Zhong, and will be restrained between words, but in the face of Ma Yun and Xiong Guangye, he will bring the market spirit of the two of them with him, and he will not be so restrained when he speaks.

Xiong Guangye was very useful, and smiled.

Ma Yun also didn't have a good idea to say anything now because of the morning's incident, so he laughed twice next to him, which was a response.

Long Xiang looked at Ma Yun, suddenly remembered the question he asked a few days ago, and asked again: "Then Brother Ma, do you think that with my current level, if you go to take the culinary qualification exam, how many stars can you get?" ”

"How many stars?" Ma Yun didn't answer, Xiong Guangye smiled first, and hurriedly replied: "If you go now, at most, at most it will be ten stars, and it may not even be considered a beginner, and that kind of exam is not something you can succeed by just stir-frying two dishes." ”

"Yes, there are countless people in the world who learn to cook, but how many can become real chefs?" Ma Yun looked up at the sky, his eyes full of fantasy, as if he was longing for something.

Long Xiang was a little surprised: "Didn't you two succeed?" ”

"No, I went three times and failed. Ma Yun went twice and failed. Xiong Guangye said: "I am already 30 years old, there is no chance to fight anymore, it is too difficult, if there is no absolute talent, and the guidance of famous teachers, it is difficult to get a chef qualification certificate." ”

"That's right, we both lost in the end because of our talent. Unlike you, who have such a good innate, why is God so unfair, and give you a little time, I don't know how far you can grow, will it be a prefecture-level chef, or even a heaven-level? Ma Yun looked at Long Xiang with envy.

Indeed, Ma Yun and Xiong Guangye's talent and qualifications are worlds apart from Long Xiang, but this is also destined from the beginning. Ma Yun and Xiong Guangye are guerrillas, there is no backstage, there is no help, just with their own enthusiasm, it is already very good to be able to support it so far.

Even if they are admitted to the chef, if they don't have strong strength support, no endless supply of ingredients, high-end recipes, and the guidance of famous teachers, just relying on the back kitchen to take charge, their skills will not improve at all, which is why the two of them can only look for work in the remote place of Longyang, never expected that they would be able to meet a loyal uncle with a prefecture-level chef, otherwise how could they have such cooking skills.

"Can you tell us about the chef exam?" Long Xiang then asked.

"This chef exam, hey, what's it for?" Xiong Guangye was just about to say something, but Ma Yun next to him patted him.

Ma Yun got up and said to Xiong Guangye: "The shopkeeper called us just now, it seems that we have collected things after work." ”

"Oh, let's go. Young Master Long, there are a lot of things here, I'll tell you about it tomorrow. Xiong Guangye patted his ass and prepared to get off work, it was so late, if he was saying a few more words, he would have to delay the time to sleep.

Long Xiang looked at the two people in the distance, and couldn't help but ask Xiang Cangtian: Can't I even have a confidant around me?

It was already half past eleven when he returned to the backyard, Long Xiang hurriedly scrubbed his body and blew out the lights, but his eyes were still firmly fixed on the back kitchen, and the last person to leave every day would be Long Qian.

I waited and waited, and finally saw that the lights in the back kitchen were turned off, and there was no light in Long Qian's house. Long Xiang hurriedly got up, lit a candle like a broad bean, next to the window, not long after the candle was lit, there was a bang sound outside, Long Xiang blew out the candle, and the cat bent out of the backyard.

A black shadow came out of Long Xiang and ran towards the forest outside the town, and Long Xiang followed the black shadow and ran all the way until he reached the depths of the forest, and then stopped.

The man in black is naturally Uncle Zhong, he is dressed in black, and he carries a big burden behind him, and there is a slight smell of dried meat from it. Long Xiang's nose was sharp, and he smelled it at once: "It's so fragrant, Uncle Zhong, what did you take out of the store?" ”

"This is the best Jinhua ham, this is not what I took in the store, it is my own treasure for many years, and I have to meet two old friends today to take it out." Uncle Zhong said.

Long Xiang doesn't know what Jinhua ham is, only knows that this is a very good thing in ham, and it has been mentioned many times in the Baicao catalog, and it is one of the staple foods in Zhejiang cuisine, but Su cuisine is also involved, but the book does not mention the specific method.

"Then this friend is very important!" Long Xiang said with a smile.

"Of course it's important, it's like a friend of life and death!" What surprised Long Xiang, when Uncle Zhong said that he was a friend of life and death, he wanted to crush his steel teeth, and this friend of life and death seemed to be a little different.