XXXIII. Salt and sugar mixing is difficult
The Qin family's family banquet was scheduled for the next night, and I don't know why Qin Yude had such a big message, and felt that Qin Yuran would definitely not give up his younger siblings.
But no matter what, since the time has been set, Qin Wuran also went to the big kitchen, and the cooks of He Qin's family discussed the dishes for tomorrow night.
There are actually only a few kinds of dishes in Daqi, even if these medium-sized families invite the cooks back home, there is nothing new about them. Fortunately, Qin Wuran is not a person who likes innovation, so after reading the recipe, she didn't think there was any problem.
After all, she can cook those dishes, and there is no place for restraint in the ingredients, so she can't waste too much thought on this.
It's just that she doesn't think about it at ease, and others who ask for representation are not ready to do anything, so Song Qiuniang found someone to prepare in advance.
"Ma'am, is this going to work?" The old lady who was waiting by Song Qiuniang's side obviously didn't agree a little, and asked suspiciously at this time.
Song Qiuniang is a ten-finger who does not touch the spring water, although the family is not very generous since she was a child, she has never been allowed to go to the kitchen, so she doesn't know if this method is useful at all.
"Dead horses are used as live horse doctors, where do I know so much? But even if it's useless, it doesn't matter, if she dares to stay in the Qin family in the future, I have a way to rectify her. ”
The old lady thought that this was exactly the truth, after all, under the same roof, one was the housewife, and the other was the daughter of the deceased original wife, Qin Yude didn't care, Qin Yuran was not slaughtered?
So she put the mixed spices back in the big kitchen, and the cooks shook their heads, thinking that even if the sugar was ground to the same shape as salt, the people who cooked it would not fail to see it. And even those spices that don't know how to confuse at a glance, as long as you take a little bit, you still don't know what is going on in them?
This lady of the Qin family really had a bad idea.
I don't know what the cooks think in their hearts for the time being, but they have worked in the Qin family for many years, and they naturally have the ability to judge the situation, even if they see it at this time, they shouldn't see it, and Qin Wu didn't remind her at all after she came over.
There is even a little bit of a lively mind.
Qin Wuran has been studying seriously with Mrs. Li for so many years, and because of her natural talent, her skills and eyes are very accurate, and at this time, she glanced at the pile of spices, and saw that the commonly used salt shaker seemed to be more than just salt, and immediately scooped a small spoon and put it in the palm of her hand.
The cooks who saw it next to them thought to themselves that this was indeed the case, and shook their heads in private, knowing that this excitement probably couldn't be seen.
What they didn't expect was that Qin Wuran was slightly stunned when she tasted it for the first time, and then scooped a big spoonful and poured it directly into her mouth, her expression was not only shocked but dazed.
Could it be that she was stupid by Song Qiuniang's behavior?
The cooks thought that it would not be enough after all, so one of them stepped forward and reminded: "It's time to get ready now, so Miss should hurry up." ”
Qin Wuran only felt confused at this time, her mind was a mess, and she nodded and handled the ingredients in her hand according to her habits. But there was a storm in her heart, because she could only taste a little bit of the pile of powder that was obviously a mixture of sugar and salt just now.
There was still some disbelief in her heart, Qin Wuran subconsciously seemed to escape, and when the ingredients in her hands were all processed, when she faced the fish and shrimp that needed to be pickled, she still stretched out her slightly trembling hand and put it on the spices.
Sugar, salt, soy sauce, rice wine, aged vinegar......
One by one, they all seemed to have lost their original flavor and became dull, and even because Song Qiuniang had let people do something in it early, it was slightly mixed with other flavors at this time.
Qin Wuran couldn't identify what these were, so she could only suppress the apprehension in her heart, and said to the chef headed by the Qin family's kitchen: "The seasonings are all changed, and the Qin family's treasury should have everything." ”
The chef naturally knew that this was the wife of the Qin family, and he was still wondering whether to help her with this, but who knew that Qin Wuran, who was still gentle and gentle, suddenly scolded sharply, "Don't go quickly!" ”
Only then did the chef realize that it was not a matter of whether he could help or not, it was clearly an order.
These daily seasonings are naturally impossible for the Qin family to be less, and the chef is afraid of delaying today's family banquet, so he has completely purchased those seasonings, which can be regarded as replacing the passive hands and feet. Qin Wuran breathed a long sigh of relief, but that heart still didn't let go.
Because she knew that the test for her was yet to come.
A family banquet was done in a hurry, and without Old Lady Li by her side, Qin Wuran seemed to be unsure of what to do. I wanted to taste the taste at the end and see if I could give myself some confidence, but she seemed to have really lost her sense of taste, and those dishes that had been filled with enough spices went through her tongue, and they all seemed to have lost the taste they should have.
"Miss, let me serve it when it's ready, you can't make the distinguished guests in front of you wait." The chef mentioned it next to him, and took the plate in her hand.
Qin Wanran's mind was a mess, and she couldn't figure out what was going on, she sat there trying to sort out what had happened in the past few days, but she couldn't guess what went wrong.
Rendered her most sensitive tongue useless.
After the dish was served, there was nothing to do with Qin Wu, but Song Qiuniang in front of her came over, and when she saw her, she had a triumphant smile in her eyes, and she was still sighing.
"I can also say that your grandfather has seven or eight points of true biography, I see how you cook those dishes are either salty or sweet, and even the beef and mutton still have the original fishy smell, just like you, your grandfather still dares you to help in the back kitchen of Li Kee Restaurant?"
Qin Wuran was dumbfounded, but she could only stare at Song Qiuniang, and she couldn't say anything to refute.
"That's it, don't look at me like that, the master has lost a lot of temper this time, and you don't have to stay in the Qin family. Give me the two hundred taels, and get out of here with your younger siblings. Song Qiuniang stretched out her hand arrogantly and asked her for the two hundred taels of silver tickets.
Qin Wuran also felt that this was a way out, and at this time she just wanted to quickly escape from this place, from this place where she realized that her tongue was out of order.
So two hundred taels slapped it into her hand, and went to the small courtyard to find Qin Cinian and Qin Yingnian.
"Where are we going?" Qin Yingnian asked cautiously, but he didn't have much to resist, just followed Qin Yingnian in a daze.
But Qin Wuran was tired of facing it at this time, and only said that she would leave first, but she couldn't think of any plans on the side.
The three of them walked through the small door, after all, there were many people at the gate for today's banquet, but after Qin Yuran left from the small door, she still went around to the gate, seeing that the guests and friends of the Qin Mansion were full of laughter, and she was inexplicably a little stunned.
Until someone behind her patted her on the shoulder, Qin Wuran followed that hand and forgot about it, and what was facing her was a pair of eyes full of tenderness.
People who have been in the darkness for a long time will always can't help but think about those rare lights, when she left the Qin family, Old Lady Li became the brightest light in her life, but now that this light is extinguished, she is like returning to the darkness that can't find a direction.
At this most embarrassing time, Shen Linzhou's smile was like another beam of light, it only shone on that small piece, but it was enough to make her want to run to this warmth.
"Mrs. Qin has moved her hands and feet in those spices, I can see it, but I can't taste it, why can't I taste it?"
As soon as these words came out, Douda's tears kept rolling down from the top of those apricot eyes, wetting the front of the clothes, and some fell to the ground, mixed with the dust.
Shen Linzhou was a little distressed, and gently hugged the child in her early teens, so that her head was buried in her chest.
"Let's go, I'll take you home." Shen Linzhou said softly.
The carriage stopped not far away, Shen Linzhou took Qin Yinran, Ah Jin pulled Qin to welcome the New Year, and the five of them went to the carriage and rushed back to Yuanxi Town overnight.
Zhao Li also knew that Qin Wuran had found the Qin family, although he was a little reluctant in his heart, but after all, Qin Wuran was a member of the Qin family, and he was just a cook who left home, and he couldn't manage it so widely.
But at this time, when he saw Shen Linzhou holding Qin Wuran, who was obviously asleep and still sobbing like a little beast, he immediately felt distressed and angry.
"What's going on?" Zhao Li hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
Shen Linzhou shook his head, saying that he would send Qin Yu back first, and let Ah Jin explain it to him in detail.
The latter nodded when he got the order, and then gently pushed the somewhat timid Qin Cinian and Qin Yingnian forward, "This is Cinian and Yingnian, she brought it out from the Qin family." ”