Although Xiaoguo was curious in his heart, seeing his sad appearance, he couldn't bear to ask again, and hurriedly said: "Presumably Uncle Sima, he must be a cooking wizard!" You can inherit his craftsmanship and make up for your regrets! ”

"Daddy is a wizard! It's just that my craftsmanship is far inferior to his, and I really can't inherit it! Sima Mingze said, "I have always wanted to find someone and talk to him about my father's bumpy life, but I can't find a suitable candidate, Brother Ma, are you willing to be my audience?" ”

Xiaoguo's eyes lit up, and she had already answered for her.

In the following time, Xiaoguo heard about a culinary genius, from shining to helpless and falling in a legendary life.

Sima Mingze's father, named Sima Run, was born in a poor family, and since he was a child, he has shown an amazing talent in cooking.

When he was eighteen years old, he worked as a cook in a restaurant, and because of a brilliant dish, he was discovered by the monarch of Panheng Kingdom, who went out for a private visit, and was promoted to the imperial chef of the harem.

After that, with his excellent skills, he became the head of the imperial kitchen, which was Sima Run's most proud moment!

He doesn't follow the old ways of cooking like ordinary chefs, but he is constantly trying to add new ingredients.

At that time, Concubine Yue, who was favored by the monarch, was even more designated for the meal, and she had to be made by Sima Imperial Chef.

Once, Concubine Yue held a banquet in the palace to entertain the harem sisters and asked Sima Run to cook some fresh dishes.

Sima Run's wife is the daughter of a noble who fell into the Qingyun Kingdom, and because she loves lantern fruit, she planted a large area of this plant in the mansion, and this lantern fruit naturally became one of Sima Run's research objects.

He found that although the taste of this fruit was prickly, after entering the mouth, it had a peculiar taste, which made people appetize!

Therefore, at this banquet, Sima Run used lantern fruit as one of the ingredients to make a dish!

I never thought that this dish had become a talisman!

After Concubine Yue ate it, she was poisoned and died!

The emperor was furious and ordered someone to investigate the matter thoroughly, and found that the dish made of lantern fruit contained highly poisonous, and immediately ordered someone to take down Sima Run and kill him with a cane!

Later, a villain slandered him, saying that Mrs. Sima was a spy of Qingyun Kingdom, and the emperor was angry, so he listened to the villain's words, arrested the Sima family, and beheaded them all on the street to show the public!

Sima Mingze escaped because he and his mother-in-law were recuperating in Zhuangzi!

After that, the mother-in-law took Sima Mingze to sell Zhuangzi, hid everywhere, came all the way here, and stayed.

I never thought that the Sima family would have such a tragic experience!

It's just that how could chili peppers kill people?

Xiaoguo couldn't help asking: "Mingze, do you know what kind of ingredients Uncle Sima's dish was made of back then?" ”

"Cabbage, lanterns, green onions, salt powder! Concubine Yue loves vegetarian food! Sima Mingze sneered a few times.

How can you find toxins in these few things?

Hong Yan's harem is relatively clean, the emperor is still young, and Xiaoguo has not experienced the intrigue between women, but he has watched a lot of novels and TV series like this in the last life.

Presumably, this Sima Run has offended people, and it is more likely that he has been used as a scapegoat!

Xiao Guo sighed for him in his heart, and heard Sima Mingze say emotionally: "Since my father was killed and my clansmen were killed, I will recite it several times a day, and I am afraid that I will forget!" Since I can cook on my own, I will make myself this dish every day, you see, I have eaten it for ten years, but there is a little sign of poisoning? Brother Ma, do you know that my father was framed, and he is innocent! The lives of dozens of our Situ family were given away in vain! ”

Xiao Guo looked straight into his eyes and said sincerely, "I know! Uncle Sima was framed! These ingredients, when paired together, will not have any problems! ”

When Sima Mingze heard this, he was stunned: "Every time I and my mother-in-law advance this matter, she just asks me to stop thinking about it...... Brother Ma, you, do you really believe that my father is innocent? ”

Xiaoguo nodded vigorously and affirmed: "I naturally believe it!" Because, this lantern fruit is also an indispensable condiment when I cook, whether it is poisonous or not, how can I not know? ”

Sima Mingze cried with joy, and the touching of his confidant, and being recognized for the first time, made him choke his throat and speechless.

Xiao Guo looked at the young man who was a head taller than himself, stood on tiptoe, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and comforted: "Uncle Sima, they are gone, people can't be resurrected after death, Ming Ze, what you can do now is not to be sad and painful, to cheer up!" Make yourself strong enough to avenge them and give them justice! ”

Sima Mingze wiped his eyes, nodded and said, "That's exactly what I thought, that's why I want to participate in the meal competition." When I entered the top 10 and joined the highest restaurant, it was announced to the world that the lantern fruit was not poisonous, and my father died in vain! ”

Xiaoguo praised: "Ambitious! I was not mistaken! ”

Sima Mingze blushed again, scratched his head and said: "To be honest, I don't have my father's talent, and I haven't been guided by a master, I only know how to cook some homely meals, and the ingredients are limited to those planted in the yard, how can I be qualified to compete with the children of their culinary family?" It's just that this competition is only held once every five years, and I don't feel willing to participate in it! My mother-in-law is bent on making me a family a long time ago, and I think five years later, I will have a wife and children, and it will be even more difficult to go out again! ”

Xiaoguo said: "I can understand your concerns, but you must not be too arrogant!" As the saying goes, food is the sky! Edible, and home-cooked meals, with limited ingredients, to make healthy and delicious dishes, is the realm that a real master should achieve! Think about it, apart from those royal nobles, who can accompany ordinary people with fish and meat? ”

"There are 100 ways to make every ingredient," she picked up the spinach on the table, and continued, "For example, this spinach can be used as a soup, can be fried, can be boiled, can be used as a filling, can be used as a main dish, can be used as a side dish, how can it be limited?" ”

Sima Mingze saw that what she said was the Tao, and heard that she also dared to add the lantern fruit that the world could not accept in the cooking process, and guessed that she must also be a fellow practitioner, so he pleaded with him: "I hope that Brother Ma can bend down and demonstrate, Mingze is grateful!" ”

Xiao Guo liked his upright character, and he had the intention to rely on the accumulated experience of thousands of years of human beings in the previous life, and nodded him to one or two, and then responded happily: "In this way, the foolish brother will take this spinach as an example and sacrifice ugliness!" ”

Sima Mingze saw that she was skilled with a knife, cutting or chopping, all of them were neat, and he knew that he had met a master, so he raised his attention to 10,000 points, staring intently at her skillful and smooth operation, and he didn't dare to blink his eyelids, for fear of missing a move!

It wasn't until the dishes emitted a tangy fragrance that several different techniques were used to make a full table of spinach with both color and flavor, and when they were placed in front of Sima Mingze, he woke up like a dream.

Xiaoguo took out a pair of chopsticks and handed them to him: "Come, how about tasting it?" ”

Sima Mingze took the plate of spinach that was closest to him, put it in his mouth, chewed it twice, and his body shook, revealing an incredible expression.

He quickly tasted a few more other kinds of cooking, put the chopsticks on the stove, and knelt down with a "coo" towards Xiaoguo.

Xiaoguo was taken aback by his move: "Mingze, what are you doing?" ”

"Master, please take me as an apprentice!" Sima Mingze looked at Xiaoguo with bright eyes, and as he spoke, he kowtowed three times happily.

Xiaoguo just wanted to give him a look, but he didn't expect that he would eat a few bites of food, so he devoted himself to apprenticeship.

For accepting apprentices, Xiaoguo actually had this idea for a long time, and she also intended to make the world's food more perfect and sound in taste.

Sima Mingze has talent in this area and is a rare candidate for apprenticeship, but she doesn't plan to live here for a long time, and Old Madam Sima is old, and she can't follow them at will.

Therefore, she was embarrassed: "Mingze, although I am very happy, but I ......"

Sima Mingze hurriedly interrupted her: "Don't worry, Mingze promises that he will not cause any trouble to Master because of the affairs of the Sima family!" ”

Xiaoguo smiled: "If you are my apprentice, the affairs of the Sima family are naturally also my affairs, so will you add another trouble?" I'm just worried about my mother-in-law! My stepfather and I just happened to be passing through here this time, and we will soon be leaving! If you leave with me to learn cooking, you may not be able to come back for half a year, or a year or two, and your mother-in-law is old, how can you live alone? ”

"You don't have to worry about me!" Old Madam Situ suddenly said outside the door.

Xiaoguo and Sima Mingze were taken aback, and they both turned their heads to look in the direction of the door.

I saw Mrs. Sima and Jiang Shang standing outside the door, looking at them with a smile.

"Madame Sima and I smelled the fragrance, come over and take a look, just in time to hear your conversation!" Jiang Shang explained.

"Mingze, you can follow Master with confidence! Our village's mother Du is in this town! She came to visit her at home yesterday, and she wanted to quit her current master's house, and came with me, saying that she didn't need to be paid, and that she had to stutter and eat! Old Madam Sima said.

"Mother Du is still alive? Is she really here? Sima Mingze said in surprise.

Old Madam Sima nodded: "You didn't come home from work last night, I was going to tell you today, but I haven't had time to say it yet!" ”

Sima Mingze said happily to Xiaoguo: "It's good to have Mother Du here!" Yay! Great! ”

Although Xiaoguo didn't know why this Mother Du was sacred, seeing that Mrs. Sima also strongly supported the apprenticeship, she gladly accepted this apprentice.

At that moment, under the witness of Jiang Shang and Mrs. Sima, Xiaoguo drank Sima Mingzejing's tea and officially accepted him as an apprentice!

The next day, the mother they called Du, moved into Sima's house with simple luggage.

After Xiaoguo saw her, she finally understood why Sima Mingze was so relieved to hand over her mother-in-law to take care of her.

This Du's mother is about forty years old, tall and strong, at first glance she looks like a man, she has a very loud voice, but her face is kind, at first glance she is a very good and easy to get along with.