Chapter 229: The Village Banquet
The tricycle glides lightly along the country road, and the breeze blows Erina's sideburns in the breeze. Although there is no bustle and bustle of the metropolis, the quiet pastoral scenery still makes this eldest lady who grew up in a famous family show a sincere smile, take the initiative to greet people passing by, and the hospitable Shunde people of course respond with the most sincere response.
Ouyang Xingsheng stopped the tricycle beside an old man passing by, and said with a smile, "Uncle, remember to go to the banquet on time tonight." Don't play cards and lose track of time. The old man smiled and glanced at Jiang Yunfeng and Erina Nagi in the back carriage, and replied, "I know, your father's cooking, old man, I am so likely to be absent?" You kid is really so talented as a chef, but you went to Peking University to study at Guanghua School of Management. It's a pity that your father's good craftsmanship is lost without inheritance. By the way, are these two the descendants who came back in place of Xiao Ming (Lu Ming's nickname)? ”
"Uncle Lu Ming is the executive committee member of this year's senior chef test, and he is too busy to do anything." Ouyang Xingsheng pointed to Jiang Yunfeng behind him, and then said, "If you don't believe it, uncle, you can ask about this." As for why I didn't inherit my father's craft, I really don't like the fumes in the kitchen. ”
"Hey, forget it, the twisted melon is not sweet. After all, you have to go your own way to prosper, and since you have chosen what you like, do it. The old man shook his head helplessly and asked Jiang Yunfeng, "Hou Sheng, Xiao Ming, does he really have no time?" ”
"Master Lu is really busy, so he asked me to come back on his behalf to celebrate the birthday of all grandfathers. He also specifically instructed me to bring the gifts he brought back from Beijing. Jiang Yunfeng replied truthfully, and showed the beautifully packaged gift box to the old man.
"Young people should put their careers first, and we old men don't blame you, we just hope you have time to come back and see more." The old man said and waved his hand to drive away, "Don't go back quickly, your father is too busy to be alone." ”
"Alas~" Ouyang Xingsheng started the tricycle from the new, drove a distance, and did not forget to turn around and tell again, "Uncle, remember to be on time!" ”
"Got it~ You kid hurry up and send someone to your father!" The old man looked at the tricycle disappearing around the corner of the road, looked up to the sky and sighed, "Times have changed, and some things will eventually become history." After speaking, he slowly disappeared on the other side of the path with his hands behind his back.
The tricycle finally stopped at the edge of the village square, Ouyang Xingsheng jumped out of the car, and said with a smile, "It's here, get off the car and I'll take you to find my father." Be careful! "I stepped forward to help Erina Nagikiri, who was about to jump off the back of the tricycle.
But Erina Nagi very skillfully took the first step and used Jiang Yunfeng's shoulder as a support point and jumped out of the car. This made Ouyang Xingsheng's eyes flow with a trace of loss. "This way, my dad is in front of the auditorium." Quickly hiding his loss, Ouyang Xingsheng led Jiang Yunfeng and Erina Nagi through the basketball court where the children were playing, walked straight to the side of a group of people who were busy, and said loudly, "Dad, I picked up my brother-in-law's representative." ”
A middle-aged man who was directing his helpers to build a stove with bricks removed from a tractor turned around, his beer belly shaking with his movements. The red face with a kind smile "It's coming, huh?" Didn't the phone call say that there was only one, how did it become two this time? ”
Ouyang Xingsheng was shocked when he saw Erina Nagikiri, and he forgot to ask about her relationship with Jiang Yunfeng for a while, but on the surface, the two of them should not be boyfriend and girlfriend. After all, Jiang Yunfeng always keeps a certain distance from Erina Nagikiri, except for the support just now, Jiang Yunfeng is playing the role of Erina Nagikiri's follower along the way. So I didn't know where to start for a while, so I had to scratch my head in embarrassment.
"My name is Jiang Yunfeng, I am a student of Yuanyue Tea House, and I was entrusted by Master Lu Ming to come to celebrate the birthday of the elders on his behalf. Master Lu specially asked me to bring a birthday gift for these things. As for this, she is my classmate in Yuanyue, and she is very interested in the village banquet and wants to understand the content of the village banquet more fully, so... Uninvited, I hope forgiveness. Jiang Yunfeng handed over the birthday gift in his hand, and apologized to the middle-aged man for Erina Nagikiri's uninvited behavior.
"It's okay, it's okay. One more person, a little more lively. What's more, he is an international friend. The middle-aged man took the birthday gift and handed it over to the helper, "I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Ouyang Xiu, and I am Lu Ming's brother-in-law." This unsuccessful guy is a dog. As he spoke, he didn't forget to rub Ouyang Xingsheng's hair.
"Oops~ Dad!" Ouyang Xingsheng pushed away his father's hand in disgust, "I'm a college student, don't keep doing this." And there are outsiders. ”
"Ouyang Xiu? Great writer! Jiang Yunfeng was shocked after listening to his self-introduction.
Ouyang Xiu waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's just the same name, I'm just a country cook, not a writer like the 'Eight Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties'." Playing with a kitchen knife and slipping through to write, anything that wants to write more than 500 words has to be written by my son, which is really ashamed of my name. By the way, since this young lady wants to know more about the village banquet, and you are all students of Yuanyue, why don't you come together to help? ”
After Jiang Yunfeng's translation, Erina Nagi nodded happily. "No problem, if there is anything Master Ouyang commands."
Fresh ingredients were delivered one after another, and Chef Ouyang found more than a dozen diligent and skilled housewives in the village in advance to be responsible for cleaning the ingredients, cutting and other preliminary preparations. The fire was already burning, and the big iron pot was set up on the stove. The village banquet kitchen is the veil of her mystery.
"What are you doing here?" Jiang Yunfeng, who was using a flamespray gun to burn off the pig's hair, looked back when he heard this, only to see Erina Nagikiri, who had changed into an apron, standing behind him prettyly. A pleated skirt in the style of a Japanese campus, a sailor-style blouse, and a pullover with 'wings of freedom' printed on it, but with the sleeves rolled up. Half of the white jade arm was exposed. Due to the warm weather in the southern country, Erina Nagikiri's perfect legs were directly exposed to the air, successfully attracting the attention of all the males present. However, this beautiful thing is particularly inconsistent with a floral apron.
"Master Ouyang asked me to burn the pig hair, and then remove all the bones except for the pork ribs and trotters, it should be 'Jun'an Steamed Pig'."
"Steamed pigs? Such a big one goes straight to the pot? Erina Nagikiri trotted over on her crystal sandals and looked at the whole pig on the desk and asked.
"Miss, don't run so fast, be careful." Jiang Yunfeng hurriedly put down the spray gun, stretched out his arm for her to support, and then said, "That's right, it's to be steamed in a special cage." ”
Erina Nagi touched the pigskin lightly and said, "It feels very elastic, and it was just slaughtered this morning." However, this pig is at least 50 kilograms, so how can it be flavored? ”
"Look at me." Jiang Yunfeng smiled. The two worked together to quickly burn the remaining pig hair from the skin, scrape off the black stolen goods, and wash the skin with clean water. Jiang Yunfeng grabbed the two-legged pork leg on one side, took a deep breath, simmered, and turned the whole pig over. With the belly facing up, choose a boning knife, push and pull, and instantly lift the lumbar vertebrae below the pork ribs. The blade runs and removes the pelvis by the way, too.
Eri Nagikiri, who watched from the sidelines, couldn't stand the itchy hands and also got her hands dirty, but she has been making French food and Japanese food all year round, and has no experience in deboning large livestock. So when Jiang Yunfeng had already shaved off all the bones of the lower half of the pig, Erina Nagi took a lot of effort to pry out a shoulder blade.
"Hehe, let me do all this physical work. The eldest lady really wanted to help, so she put the bone-deboned pork with a cross knife. Cut to the fat layer, don't cut through the pork skin. ”
"The high-achieving student of Yuanyue is faster than I imagined." Ouyang Xiu stirred the big bowl in his hand and walked over to check the progress of the whole pig processing. Turning around and shouting, "Boom! Come over here and help me taste the sauce, and it's a bit of a thing! ”
"Oh!" Ouyang Xingsheng, who was playing with the children on the basketball court not far away, heard his father's shout, answered and ran back. Seeing his son return to him, Ouyang Xiu handed out the big bowl and said with a smile, "You guys can taste it too, I'm old, and my tongue is no longer so sensitive to taste." ”
The three of them dipped a little sauce and put it in their mouths at the same time, Jiang Yunfeng took a sip for a long time, and he didn't taste anything wrong. But Erina Nagi and Ouyang Xingsheng said at the same time that the amount of tofu was too large. Although one speaks Japanese and the other speaks Chinese. But Ouyang Xingsheng understood, and Erina Nagi also grabbed a few keywords to understand Ouyang Xingsheng's meaning, and the two looked at each other in surprise. However, Ouyang Xingsheng took the big bowl with the sauce, smelled it, and said with a frown, "Dad, today's shiitake mushrooms are not too fresh." ”
Jiang Yunfeng raised his eyebrows, it turned out that Ouyang Xingsheng not only had Erina's 'Tongue of God' but also Ye Shan Liang's 'Nose of God'. With these two talents at the same time, but the lack of interest in cooking, no wonder the old man he met on the way here is sorry... (To be continued)