The people, food is the sky.

The cook, whose status is not high, is indispensable for those who want to satisfy their appetites. Tian He's father-in-law is a chef with quite good cooking skills.

Unlike the chef next to him, Tian He's father-in-law is not good at those big fish and meat, but turning all kinds of inconspicuous ingredients into magic.

These ingredients are very easy to find and can be eaten by ordinary people. Wealthy families, because they eat a lot of delicacies from the mountains and seas, are more interested in this kind of fresh, easy-to-find ingredients.

Tian He's father-in-law relied on such a unique cooking skill to walk in the Pingtou people and the royal family. Although it does not have a prominent position, it has become a special existence. In his spare time, Tian He's father-in-law compiled the recipes he had learned and seen into a book, which he named "The Book of Food".

"Have you ever heard of the name Tian Rui?"

Tian He looked at Xing Ruyi calmly, and his fingertips fell on the book of "Controlling Food" and moved it slightly.

"Is that the cook who is good at vegetarian food?" Xing Ruyi asked, "I heard her name in my early years in Luoyang, but unfortunately I never had the opportunity to eat the food she cooked." ”

Tian He looked away and said softly: "Tian Rui is my father-in-law's biological daughter and my sister. ”

"Oh?"

Xing Ruyi sighed softly, a little surprised.

"It is said that the cook's profession is passed on to men but not to women, but my father-in-law only has Tian Rui, a biological daughter. My father-in-law is a very good cook, not only has a very high reputation among the people, but even the old men of the palace, the general's mansion, and the Hou Mansion also like his vegetarian food very much.

My stepmother left early, and Tian Rui has followed her stepfather since she was a child, and she has not suffered much. But learning to cook is one of the hardest skills in the world. Tian Rui didn't want to. His father-in-law was worried that his first-hand cooking skills would not be inherited, and he was worried about Tian Rui's future life, so he wanted to find an apprentice. ”

"That apprentice is you."

The corners of Tian He's mouth showed a touch of bitterness.

"It's me, but my father-in-law was looking for a boy. In the father-in-law's heart, cooking is a chore, and very few women can learn it. ”

"It's not just because of that, right?" Xing Ruyi looked at Tian He's eyes: "In addition to wanting to find an apprentice, your father-in-law also wants to find a son-in-law." It not only inherits his skills, but also helps him continue to take care of his daughter. ”

"Yes." Tian He nodded: "It's a pity that boys who are suitable for cooking are not suitable for being apprentices of their father-in-law, and those who are suitable for being apprentices are not suitable for cooking." Searching, picking, picking, searching, the father-in-law's health became bad. It was at that time that I appeared in the eyes of my father-in-law. ”

"You just said that Tian Rui doesn't like to be a cook, so ...... she" Xing Ruyi suddenly stopped in the middle of asking, she looked at Tian He and asked: "Those dishes are not made by Tian Rui, right?" On the surface, she is the beautiful chef who is popular in Luoyang, but in fact, she just comes out with those dishes to make a show, and it is you who really cook in the kitchen, it is you Tian He, right? ”

Tian He nodded.

"This is what my father-in-law told me when he was dying, and he thought that if Tian Rui could attract everyone's attention with his cooking skills, he might be able to choose a good husband in the future."

"What about you? Didn't your stepfather think about you, whether you wanted to? ”

"Father-in-law...... Thought. Tian He paused for a long time before saying: "Although Tian Rui is a child born to a righteous father, she has no talent for cooking. If there was no physical problem with his father-in-law, he would still be able to find a more satisfactory family for Tian Rui with his own thin name, but at that time, Tian Rui was not yet an adult, and his father-in-law had no time to find it for him. Tian Rui, except for my father-in-law and me, I have no one to rely on, and my father-in-law was forced to come up with this method out of desperation. After all, I know how to cook, and even if I don't have a father-in-law, I won't starve to death. ”

"Out of desperation?" Xing Ruyi shook his head: "Your father-in-law didn't treat everyone else as a fool. Didn't he think that Tian Rui's name was false, even if she found a wishful husband with that name, then after getting married, wouldn't she be afraid of being exposed. ”

"Madame said that these fathers have thought about it. Father-in-law didn't think about marrying Tian Rui to the kind of family that needs to cook by himself, even if he was forced to choose such a family in the end, as long as I was by Tian Rui's side before marriage, this secret would not be revealed. As for the marriage, the wood has become a boat, and it is not easy for the other party to regret it. ”

"You guys are Chi Guoguo's cheating marriage." After Xing Ruyi finished speaking, he asked again: "Have you been deceived?" ”

There was a hint of embarrassment in Tian He's eyes.

"Looks like a trick."

Xing Ruyi said to herself, and suddenly lost interest in continuing to listen to the story.

"If it is according to Madame, we should have been deceived. Judging from the lady's dress, it should also be from a large family. Since it is a big family, it is natural to know that although the cook is only busy in the back kitchen, if it is in line with the wishes of the head of the family, she will be called to the front hall to receive the reward.

According to my father-in-law's instructions, I cooked in the kitchen every time, and Tian Rui went out to receive the reward. After a long time, everyone in Los Angeles knows that there is a little chef who is very good at cooking vegetarian food and has cooking skills comparable to that of her father-in-law.

Tian Rui is different from me, she is very good-looking, not much better than those young ladies from rich and noble families. After a banquet, Tian Rui, who went to receive the reward, was favored by a rich son. That boy was very handsome and very good at saying some pleasing things, but he was not Tian Rui's lover. ”

"Because that rich boy already has a wife and concubine at home, right?"

"Yes! The rich boy was over twenty years old, and he not only had a wife, but also two concubines. Although he repeatedly promised that after Tian Rui entered the door, he dispersed the two concubines, and promised to let Tian Rui be a flat wife. But how can you easily believe this kind of words. ”

"It seems that you are not confused. The family has wealth, is handsome, can speak, and has a wife and concubine at home, this kind of man will not easily stop for a cook. Even if Tian Rui marries as he wishes, he will drive away the two existing concubines according to his promise, who can guarantee that the today of these two concubines is not Tian Rui's tomorrow. ”

"Madame is right, I have this kind of concern, so I firmly disagree. But Tian Rui didn't take back my hard work, but felt that I was jealous of her and deliberately blocking her happiness. ”

"Such a brainless girl, did she do even more brainless things after you objected?"

Tian He lowered his eyes and moved his fingers slightly.

Tian Rui ...... She told the boy our secret. ”

"Did that boy ever dislike her because of this?"

"Not really." Tian He said, shaking his head, and his shoulders shook with him.

"I learned the truth, but I never got rid of it, and you appeared alone in this city, and you were entangled with Luo San, there must be other entanglements behind this."

"Yes!" Tian He showed a slightly painful expression on his face: "Tian Rui took that son, but that son found me with a few family members with heavy weapons." Tian Rui told me clearly and plainly that the reason why I was brought back by my stepfather was because my stepfather wanted someone who could help her forever. Now that she's got everything she wants, it's dangerous to keep me. ”

"According to your father-in-law's deathbed request, you only need to help Tian Rui find her wishful husband to leave the door of self-reliance, but at that time, how to explain that there are two little chefs in this world who are good at vegetarianism? Therefore, Tian Rui wanted to kill you to avoid such an embarrassing scene in the future, and that son just took a fancy to Tian Rui's false name, so he helped Tian Rui kill you. ”

Tian He closed his eyes and was silent for a long time before he spoke again: "Yes, Tian Rui did say this to me. But I never thought of standing on my own, never thought about winning the name of a chef who was famous all over the world, and even I never thought of giving up Tian Rui. What I always thought about was that if Tian Rui got married, I would follow her. She is used to eating the dishes made by her father-in-law, and she must not be used to eating what others make. If she marries an ordinary family, I will live next door to her, and if she marries a rich family, I will enter the house to be a cook. Can...... Tian Rui didn't believe me, and listened to the words of that son and insisted on killing me. ”

"And how did you escape?"

"They thought I was dead and rolled me up with a torn mat and threw me into a mass grave. It was Luo San, it was Luo San who passed through the mass grave at that time, and he saved me. ”