After listening to this, Yang Huairen not only knew how this Khitan chef learned cooking skills and how he became a cook in Pingqiao Inn, but also began to understand why he was able to make this kind of food that not only had Khitan characteristics, but also integrated with Han cooking techniques.

Perhaps the origin of this fusion does not lie in him, but in his master who has not studied with a teacher, but has instructed him in cooking.

If you don't guess wrong, the chef of the Prince's Mansion should be a Han man, and he once had a lot of fame in the Great Song Dynasty, and then came to Liao to develop.

Being able to serve as a chef in the Prince's Mansion of Liao has proven his strength, and it is precisely because he has the culinary foundation of the Han people that after coming to Liao, he came into contact with the food of the Khitan people, so he combined two different cooking skills to create a delicacy like roast mutton.

Thinking of this, Yang Huairen was a little anxious in his heart, and went to meet those famous chefs in Zhongjing for a while, and their cooking skills were definitely not as bad as Yang Huairen imagined, but as the ghost sister said, among them, there should be a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger.

Yang Huairen has not lost his self-confidence, but this kind of competition between peers can greatly improve their cooking skills in the process, especially in the understanding of food, there will be new discoveries and enlightenment.

Thinking about it at a deeper level, Yang Huairen felt that the ethnic integration he had thought about in his heart before was just that two ethnic groups lived together in the same area through mutual marriage, which was a way of blood fusion, which took dozens or hundreds of years to slowly integrate together.

And now he has a new idea, in addition to blood relations, the integration of culture, customs, living habits and food seems to make this process of integration of ethnic groups smoother and more inclusive than the integration of blood relations.

It is precisely because of this inspiration that Yang Huairen seems to see a brighter dawn.

When he set off again the next day, Yang Huairen specially left some special foods he had prepared in advance and gave them to the people at Pingqiao Inn, thanking them for the delicious food they provided, and also thanking them for the new inspiration brought to him by this model family of ethnic integration.

The mission crossed the Luan River and headed northeast, and the distance from Zhongjing Dading Mansion was getting closer and closer, but Yang Letian's mood was getting more and more nervous.

It was he who insisted on coming to Zhongjing to find his father, whom he hadn't seen for many years, but the closer he got to Dading Mansion, his heart began to contradict, and he became more silent all day long.

On this day, Yang Huairen ate lunch, only half of which was eaten, and then ordered a personal guard to summon Yang Lotian to come.

Yang Lotian saw that Yang Huairen had only eaten half of the lunch in front of him, and he understood what was going on.

"Master, the apprentice knows that he is wrong."

Yang Huairen said that you are smart, but he was not angry, but beckoned him to sit down and talk.

"Lotte, you raise your head," Yang Huairen said kindly when he saw Yang Lotte's head drooping like a frosted eggplant, "We are cooks, no matter what our mood and state are, as long as we are cooking, we must take out the best mental state, although the current dishes are not for the guests to eat, but we must do our best every time."

This is not only the most basic professional ethics of a chef, but also a chef who has requirements for himself, and if he does not respect food, he does not respect his profession, let alone himself. ”

"Master, I'm ......"

Yang Huairen smiled, "What, do you regret following me to the Liao Kingdom to find your father?" ”

Yang Lotian shook his head, his face was a little embarrassed, "Apprentice...... It's not regret, it's ...... Seeing that we will be able to go to Zhongjing Dading Mansion in a few days, the mood of the disciple somehow became nervous.

In the past few days, my chest has been full of panic, I have tossed and turned at night, I can't sleep, and during the day, I am in a trance again, and I am weak to do anything. ”

"Alas......"

Yang Huairen sighed, "You don't have to blame yourself too much, I, as a master, also have something wrong, I am always busy with other things, and I really care less about you." ”

Yang Lotian raised his head and hurriedly defended, "Master don't blame yourself, it's all the fault of the disciples, no wonder Master." ”

Yang Huairen smiled, "You don't have to find a reason for me to shirk, let alone take everything on yourself, in this world, many things are not as simple as we imagined."

It's a human instinct to say that you want to look for your biological father. Now that you are about to arrive in Zhongjing, you are nervous and afraid, which is also human instinct. ”

Yang Lotian nodded gratefully, "Thank you, Master, for your comfort." When I decided to secretly follow Master to Liaoguo that day, I was very firm in my heart, I just wanted to know what kind of person my father was.

If he has forgotten about our mother and son, I will be a little more acceptable, and I will never have to meet him again, and I will be at ease.

If he was persecuted, the more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable it became, and it was not he who caused harm to our whole family, but the barbaric Khitans who captured him and shattered our family.

But what the truth is, I can only guess, and now when I am about to know the answer, I don't know why I want to escape, and I don't know how to face it.

If the disciple sees his father a few days later, how can he ask him? Do you ask directly or tactfully? Will he tell me the truth?

Even, maybe he's forgotten about me a long time ago. After all, I was still very young when he left, and after so many years, I have grown up, and I am no longer the face I had when I was a child.

And the way he looks, in vain...... I can't remember it for a long time, but I really tried hard to remember, but after searching for a long time, there was only a vague figure, and I really couldn't remember what my face looked like.

Maybe it's ridiculous that our father and son met on the streets of Dading Mansion without recognizing each other?

Just looking for someone with a name, the apprentice doesn't know if he can find him, maybe he has already changed his name and surname?

The master was entrusted by the official family to envoy to the Liao State, which is a big deal, and the matter of the apprentice looking for his father is a small matter, if the master delays the major event entrusted by the official family for the apprentice's family affairs, the apprentice does not know how to face it! ”

Yang Huairen also knew that Yang Lotian was a stuffy gourd character, and he was originally not good at talking, but when it came to his father, whom he hadn't seen for many years, he actually said so much, it seems that he is so contradictory in his heart.

Yang Huairen smiled, "You don't have to be too deliberate to embarrass yourself, some things can't be forced." Do you remember the name of our restaurant? ”

"Suiyuan? ...... with fate"

Yang Lotian silently repeated these two words, and a smile slowly appeared on his face.