From this moment on, Xia Shang officially settled in Saijia. Don't look at Xia Shang's decisive promise, in fact, this is the result of careful consideration.

For no other reason, Xia Shang didn't want to go back to the scum street, because he didn't have the memory of this body, he didn't know what had happened, and there was no information other than the scum street orphans he had heard from others before. Returning to the original place may cause a lot of trouble, such as meeting acquaintances, and maybe one day you will be exposed. It's better to go straight to Saijia and get to know everyone again in a new environment, which always feels safer. So when I heard that the eldest lady of the Sai family asked me to hire myself as a cook, I didn't hesitate.

"You are a cheerful person, so it's okay, I don't have too many requirements in my Saijia, as long as you do your part, don't say what you shouldn't say, don't listen to what you shouldn't hear."

"The villain understands."

"Okay, now tell me how you did it? I heard that you deliberately burned the chicken, poured cold water into it, and finally pulled the soup out of the chicken's belly, what is the purpose of doing this? ”

"Mrs. Hui, although the surface of the chicken is paste, the Chinese medicinal materials in the abdomen are still good. Only after sufficient firing can the medicinal properties of the Chinese herbal medicine in the chicken belly be forced, so it is burned. The purpose of pouring cold water is to allow the chicken to cool down quickly, and quickly force out the chicken juice, the chicken juice in the chicken belly and the essence of the herbs are fused, and there is no trace of influence in the confined space, so that the essence of all the ingredients is condensed together, so the soup can emit a strange aroma. ”

"I see, there is some truth to it. Your chicken soup is delicious, remember to prepare another bowl with me tomorrow morning. ”

"Yes."

……

At dusk, Xia Shang arrived at his future residence, which was the grass hut in the same compound during the day.

The grass hut is simple, there is a clay kang large enough for seven or eight people to live together, on which are padded with grain grass and bamboo mats, a square table, a kerosene lamp, and that's it.

Looking at the earthen kang, Xia Shang was a little worried, and said in his heart that he shouldn't live with a group of people, right?

The result was far from being as bad as imagined, and there was only one fat cook named Ah Kuan who lived with him, who cooked a big pot of rice for the Sai family. Xia Shang is responsible for cooking with the masters of the Sai family, performing their duties without interfering with each other.

After dusk, the fat cook Ah Kuan brought dinner to Xia Shang.

Looking at the black meal mixed with peas and minced meat in front of him, Xia Shang frowned.

Xia Shang is also a five-star chef, although he is not a master, but he does not worry about eating and drinking. Especially in terms of eating, I am used to eating high-quality dishes made by myself, and it is really difficult to swallow this kind of big pot rice by myself suddenly having to eat it by myself. Besides, there has been a big change today, from a glamorous chef to an ancient man, and I have no appetite to think about it.

In a daze, Ah Kuan lit the oil lamp and asked curiously, "Hey! I heard that you were personally photographed by the eldest lady. That's amazing! I've also heard about your way of making chicken soup, which is like magic, can you teach me? ”

Xia Shang was not in the mood, so he didn't reply.

But Na Ah Kuan was a chatter, and he didn't see that Xia Shang was in a bad mood at this time, and then said: "You serve the master's food, how much silver do you have every month?" I'm afraid I'm going to have to have three or five taels, right? But don't be too happy, none of our masters are easy to serve, and they have all the tastes in their mouths. Let's just say that the eldest lady, all the cooks in ten miles and eight towns have been searched, and none of them have an appetite for her. Not to mention the more delicate second lady, the third lady who has nothing to do. Even if you can serve them well, there is still a sick young master, a fierce young lady. The Saijia's money is not easy to earn, so I advise you to plan ahead. ”

Xia Shang didn't speak, but Ah Kuan worked tirelessly: "Try my craftsmanship, big pot rice, it's very proper!" None of the dozens of subordinates of the Saijia family had any explanations. ”

Xia Shang couldn't bear it anymore, got up and went to the kang: "I'm sleeping." ”

"Hey! Don't eat a good meal? Do you know what waste is? ”

When he arrived at the kang, Xia Shang was speechless.

Ah Kuan took a sip: "What's the spirit?" Our lowly life can't be compared with you, and the people who serve the master are different. But I'd like to see how many days you can cattle? ”

Ah Kuan scolded on the side, Xia Shang squinted his eyes and automatically filtered those foul words, and his mind was full of the past.

Crossing is an irreversible process, and memories are powerless.

More than ten years of chef experience has given Xia Shang a calm and strong that does not match his age.

"Xia Shang, remember the past tonight, tomorrow when the sun first rises is the time for you to forget your previous life and face a new life!"

Tonight is destined to be sleepless.

……

In the chaos, Xia Shang felt a little drowsy, and felt strange when he was blurred. A hazy mist swirled as if to take him somewhere......

"Wake up! Wake up! This feeling is not good at all, Xia Shang wanted to wake himself up, and after struggling for a long time, he finally opened his eyes!

At this moment, Xia Shang's world changed, and what appeared in front of him was a room that he was extremely familiar with!

It's a kitchen, Xia Shang's private kitchen!

Everything here is all too familiar, modern décor, modern kitchenware......

This is the place where Xia Shang learns to cook!

"How did I end up here? Was it dreaming before? I didn't cross at all? For a moment, Xia Shang himself was in a trance, and he couldn't tell which was real and which was a dream.

The kitchen layout is familiar, but a little different, because everything is brand new, not a drop of oil sticks anywhere, the cabinets don't seem to have been opened, and the stainless steel pots and pans show no signs of burning......

What's even more strange is that now Xia Shang can feel that this is not a dream, because all this is too real, everything in the kitchen is real, and there is no ethereal feeling.

Xia Shang had read all kinds of novels, and quickly made a preliminary judgment in the face of such a situation. To test his judgment, he opened the kitchen door, and outside was a one-acre vegetable garden.

This is also the structure of his private house, and Xia Shang eats home-grown vegetables at home. But this garden, which is the same as his own, is empty, with nothing but black soil that looks extremely fertile.

Xia Shang didn't say much, and continued to walk outside the vegetable garden, and the result was the same as he thought, there were pastures and poultry sheds outside the vegetable garden, and the structure was exactly the same as his modern one, and even the wine cellar was exactly the same. But it's all empty.

At this time, Xia Shang understood that there was only one explanation for such a situation.

This is the personal space that appears in many novels, and it is a small world of independence that can bring a lot of convenience to the protagonist.

And there is only one explanation for such a space, you can cook in the kitchen here, you can use modern knives, you can also use the vegetable garden to grow vegetables, pastures to graze, wine cellars to make wine......

Perhaps growing vegetables here will have many advantages over the outside world, such as growing better and faster......

In order to verify his idea, Xia Shang went back to the kitchen, because he had seen some vegetable seeds being placed there before.

Back in the kitchen, next to the knife holder are just a few packets of seeds, with potatoes, tomatoes, onions, corn, peppers......

"! Awesome! All of them were not available in the Tang Dynasty! ”

Now Xia Shang is cool, with these seeds, there is no longer any worry about many dishes without ingredients and seasonings.

"Why don't you plant something first?"

Xia Shang kept his eyes on the chili peppers.

Xia Shang is a person who is not spicy or happy, there were no chili peppers in the Tang Dynasty, which really cost people's lives, so plant some chili peppers first.

Take the chili seeds to the vegetable garden to experiment first, and then come back in a few days to see how things go.

After that, Xia Shang returned to the kitchen, and the seasoning next to the vegetables was even more attractive.

Seasoning salt, refined salt, monosodium glutamate, chicken essence, soybean soy sauce, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, small sesame oil, rattan pepper oil, sesame oil......

"! With these seasonings, even in the Tang Dynasty, what dishes can't be made? ”

These are treasures!

Xia Shang excitedly picked up a pack of monosodium glutamate, this thing is a gem beyond the times, as long as any dish is added to a loss, it feels better than any chef!

……

The sky was slightly bright, the rooster crowed, and the subordinates of the Sai family came out of their respective houses one after another and began to work in the compound.

The sound of clanging bells interrupted Xia Shang's sweet dream.

Suddenly startled, Xia Shang sat up from the bed, and it seemed to be a dream in a trance. Just as he was about to sigh, a pack of MSG in his hand made him break out in a cold sweat!

"Really! It turned out to be true! ”

This shock was indescribable, and Xia Shang was silent for a long time.

"How did you get to that space?"

In doubt, there seems to be a trace of burning in my chest!

"Amulet! Family heirloom amulet! ”

A small talisman on his chest emitted this faint light, which was Xia Shang's personal belongings since he was a child. At this moment, as soon as he put his hand on the amulet, a wonderful feeling would come over him, as if he could enter it if he wanted to.

The sudden discovery gave Xia Shang a lot of time to digest. But he didn't forget about preparing chicken soup for the eldest lady.

After getting up and washing briefly, I went to the compound.

In ancient times, the cool morning breeze refreshed the spleen, and when it swept away all sleepiness on the cheeks.

In the compound, there are family members chopping firewood and maids doing laundry, each performing their own duties, and there is little conversation between them.

The kitchen is the same as yesterday's, and the adjacent room is the storeroom, which is guarded by an old man named Li Cripple.

Xia Shang explained his intentions, quickly selected the required ingredients in the warehouse, and then returned to the kitchen to start preparing.

Ah Kuan was already busy making breakfast in the kitchen, and when he saw that Xia Shang didn't say anything, he must have hatred.

Recalling what happened with Ah Kuan last night, Xia Shang felt a little guilty, but he didn't know how to speak, thinking that it was better to do his own.

It was not difficult for Xia Shang to make the same chicken soup as yesterday, but he had to make some improvements in this process.

After all, yesterday's work was a failure, and Xia Shang just chose the edible part of the failure, and added his own tricks and mouths to bring the failure to life.

Starting all over again today, Xia Shang naturally has to deal with it seriously and justify his name as a five-star chef in ancient times.

The first is to kill chickens.

Cutting the neck, bleeding, scalding the skin with boiling water, then plucking and washing, removing the internal organs, everything goes smoothly without delay.

Ah Kuan, who was peeking on the side, was dumbfounded, he was also a cook, but he had never seen such a quick person to kill chickens, and what was even more terrifying was still to come, he found that Xia Shang was going to the chicken bones!

Ordinary kitchen knives are like having eyes in Xia Shang's hands, and every time they cut in, they can remove a bone, and the speed is extremely fast, the kitchen knives fly up and down on the chicken, and the whole thing is an acrobatics!

Ah Kuan could see it, stepped forward and took a chicken bone to take a look, and found that there was not even a trace of meat residue on it.

"That's too godly, isn't it?" Ah Kuan swallowed, "If this guy stays in the Sai family, will he still have my job in the future?" ”

An invisible pressure enveloped Ah Kuan: "Hey! You're a little different from what you did yesterday, huh? ”

Xia Shang wanted to have a good relationship with Ah Kuan, so he took this opportunity to tell what happened yesterday without concealment.