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This Qingyuan restaurant is the largest restaurant in Youzhou, and there are many people who usually come here to eat, and there is no shortage of people in powerful positions such as some dignitaries.

But in the past three months, the business of this Qingyuan restaurant has become even more popular. Usually from the morning, the streets are full of people waiting to eat.

There are even some relatively wealthy people who come from afar and do not hesitate to spend a lot of money just to eat the food in advance.

"Add a spiced sweet and sour pork ribs."

"I'm here for a braised anglerfish."

"Another steamed lotus seed soup."

One by one, the voices kept coming from the outside into the back kitchen. I saw a young man with a delicate face and short hair busy beside the stove, still scolding in a whisper,

"Nima, why are people so delicious in ancient times, they are completely a group of foodies, and the cooking skills of labor and management are full of praise one by one."

That's right, this person is Ge Liang, who has been in Youzhou for more than three months.

I remember that when he first came to Youzhou, Ge Liang couldn't believe his eyes, where is this like the Yellow Turban Uprising, this Nima is peaceful, there is no sign of turmoil at all.

There was even a suspicion that those extremely irresponsible historians were scribbling, deliberately exaggerating, and bluffing.

However, when Ge Liang came in, he inquired about it and found out that there was indeed a riot among a group of people wearing yellow scarves in the surrounding area, but Ge Liang estimated that the war should not have spread to Youzhou for the time being.

But since he has come, it is impossible for him to run back to Longzhong, and wait for March to come, so he decided to wait here slowly.

That being the case, the question arises?

His livelihood problem needs to be solved, he is penniless, he still lives on the old man's vegetables and flatbread along the way, and it is impossible to survive three months in this secluded land.

So Ge Liang began to look for a 'job', but the ancient 'capitalist' industry and commerce were underdeveloped, and they were basically some individual small businesses.

For example, those who sell steamed buns, those who sell sugar gourds, etc., in this kind of place, there are too many merchants, how can they still recruit him.

But in the end, fortunately, when Ge Liang passed by Qingyuan Restaurant, he saw a sign at the door with a recruitment information for kitchen workers.

So he immediately ran in, and when Ge Liang entered, he was dumbfounded.

Nima, there are more than a dozen people of different ages waiting in it, the competition is extremely fierce, and Ge Liang has no score in his heart.

But in the end, it was Ge Liang's three-inch tongue, plus no wages, only a bite to eat, under the condition of no bottom limit. Stand out from the crowd and succeed as a small worker in peeling potatoes and vegetables with skin.

During this period, Ge Liang had to inquire about the situation near Youzhou every day, and once the war spread, it would not be far from the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang to come here.

Pity him Ge Liang, thinking that Liu Bei and the three of them asked Zhuge Liang to come out of the mountain three times.

And now that he Ge Liang has to travel thousands of miles to this Youzhou, and even work in this restaurant, struggling to make a living, he is really more popular than others.

"Alas, one misstep becomes a thousand hatreds!" Ge Liang sighed secretly.

Even if he becomes famous in the future, it is estimated that he will leave himself a laughing stock for a lifetime, just like Sun Wukong, who later became the Monkey King, and was not often ridiculed as Bi Ma Wen.

But he has no choice, he is not Tao Yuanming, it is impossible not to bend his waist for five buckets of rice. He is not like Tao Yuanming, he has no income now, if he doesn't bend his waist now, he will die in the future!

When he first came to this restaurant, he just came to eat with a mouthful of food, Ge Liang originally thought that his life would go on like this, until one day at noon, all this changed dramatically.

"Here, you can help me look at this."

In the back kitchen, a chef in Qingyuan Restaurant looked pained, and quickly pointed to Ge Liang, who was silently peeling potatoes on the side, and then ran in the direction of the toilet.

"Oh"

Ge Liang casually agreed, then put down the half-peeled potatoes in his hand, stood up and walked to the cauldron.

Seeing a few simple pieces of pork ribs fried in the pot, Ge Liang looked helpless, such a good material was wasted like this.

Ge Liang has been here for so long in Qingyuan Restaurant, and he has some basic understanding of the food of the Three Kingdoms. Here he has to complain, in ancient times, people's diet was really simple, just the basic ingredients into the pot to fry, and then put in some simple ingredients, waiting for the pot to be cooked and ready to eat.

I think that when he Ge Liang was studying in the capital of China, he rented a house outside to live, and usually ate and drank by himself. Whenever there is a dish that you don't know, or you want to eat, you will ask Du Niang on the Internet, and then learn to make it for yourself.

Just like this pork ribs, his best thing is to make spiced sweet and sour pork ribs, looking at the meat in the pot, Ge Liang's heart suddenly became skilled, he hadn't made this dish for a long time, so he began to make it.

Prepare the relevant brine and other seasonings, put them in the water and cook for about 20 minutes, then scoop them up, put the prepared seasonings into it and mix for a while, fry them for a while, fry them for a while, put in the brine, and three tablespoons of sugar, simmer on low heat for a few minutes, and finally put some chopped green onions in the pot, and finally it is done.

Looking at the results of his dozens of minutes, Ge Liang was very satisfied, but he didn't know what the taste was, after all, he was not qualified to taste it, but it was definitely not as good as what he had done before, because the seasoning here was too simple.

"Hey, what are you doing, who told you to mess around." Suddenly, a voice came from the side.

Ge Liang turned his head and saw that it was the chef who had just gone to the toilet, looking at him angrily, as if he was very dissatisfied with his messing with his own dishes, and he was very dissatisfied with this 'strange' appearance.

"and peel your potatoes."

The latter glanced at Ge Liang impatiently, and then yelled at him, but in the end he still served this bowl of dishes, after all, this small pork rib meat is not cheap, it can't be wasted, as long as the guests don't return it.

"Fuck your uncle."

Ge Liang scolded secretly in his heart, but he still slowly walked to the side to peel his own potatoes, people had to bow their heads under the eaves, not to mention the person who controlled the back kitchen, even the shopkeeper had to give a few thin noodles.

A moment later.

Suddenly, the shopkeeper Li of this restaurant ran in, holding the five-spiced sweet and sour pork ribs that Ge Liang had just made, and said loudly to the entire back kitchen,

"Who did this just now, come out quickly."

As soon as the chef saw that the situation was not good, he immediately ran out and sneered: "Shopkeeper Li, that's the case, what about me just now..."

So the chef recounted what had just happened, adding oil and vinegar, and pushed his responsibility to the fullest.

"You, come here, do this all over again."

Shopkeeper Li walked up to Ge Liang and said to him with a straight face.

"Oh"

Ge Liang couldn't help it, he didn't know if there was something wrong with what he did just now, after all, he hadn't tasted it after he finished it, so he painted the scoop according to the gourd again, and did it again.

When he was done, Shopkeeper Li walked to the side, picked up the chopsticks and took a bite.

After a while, I saw a golden light in his eyes, and then his face immediately softened, and he said to Ge Liang: "Young man, what do you call it." ”

"In Xia Zhuge Liang, the word Ge Liang."

Ge Liang said seriously, and unconsciously changed his name, because if he didn't do this, he wouldn't be used to others calling him Kong Ming in the future.

"Good name, good name."

Shopkeeper Li's face was not red, and his heart did not beat against his will, and he was thinking: "What a ghost name, so ugly, it doesn't matter to him, as long as he can cook." ”

"Brother Ge Liang, do you want to cook, as long as you agree, I guarantee that in our Qingyuan Restaurant, your salary will definitely be much more than his."

Shopkeeper Li immediately pointed to the chef who shirked his responsibility just now, an old man like Shopkeeper Li, he didn't need to guess to know that there was a little contradiction between the two of them, so he deliberately brought it up.

"Yes, you can."

Ge Liang agreed after thinking about it for a long time, just kidding, he has a lot of status, as well as wages, and he also has extra time. It is convenient to observe when Youzhou Taishou Liu Yan will release the list, which will also help his plan in the future.

And then in this way, the future generation of heroes of the Three Kingdoms has been a cook for more than three months in this small land of Youzhou...

And to Ge Liang's surprise, this incident was later passed on as a good story, which was regarded as a typical example by historians to encourage young people in later generations not to be impetuous and radical...