The day before the Lan family's birthday banquet.

Idle is also idle, Chen Jixing picked up a load of farmhouse fertilizer fermented according to the method Ye Feng said, and went to the field to water winter wheat and rape.

Since the bumper harvest of corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes and the successful interplanting, he has convinced Ye Feng's idea. No, since hearing Ye Feng say that these specially fermented farmhouse fertilizers can promote the growth of wheat and rape, and proper irrigation will increase the yield next year, Chen Jixing's enthusiasm is called a high.

Not only that, but he also went to the old mansion and told his two brothers about these methods. It's not that he doesn't mind what his sister-in-law Huang said before, but he sincerely hopes that his two elder brothers' families can collect a little more food.

The women of the Zhao family took their children to the bazaar to make a big purchase, and they were not afraid of forgetting anything, Ye Feng had already talked to a few people several times to ensure that everyone remembered all the ingredients.

In addition, Ye Feng quietly told Ye to remember to go to the pharmacy to buy some star anise, fennel and cinnamon. Although he didn't know what Ye Feng was going to do with these "medicinal materials", Ye still agreed.

She was sure in her heart that Ye Feng must have a reason to do this.

Seeing that the Ye family agreed to buy these spices, Ye Feng began to tinker with Chen Qianshan with the dried chili peppers that everyone brought.

Ye Feng took out a dustpan and cut off the stems and broken parts of the dried chili peppers with scissors, and asked Chen Qianshan to do the same.

To say that this pile of dried chili peppers is really a lot, he really didn't know how to get it until the Year of the Monkey after dealing with it alone.

Chen Qianshan was worried that he wouldn't know anything but to build a stove and light a fire, and when the time came, he was afraid that he would get less. Therefore, listening to Ye Feng's call to him, instead of being unhappy, he was very happy.

Ye Feng's ability can be regarded as something he has seen, this village kitchen has not yet started to cook, just by going into the mountains to cut down trees, he has earned more than ten taels of silver in advance. Fortunately, his mother didn't come to find trouble like Aunt Cha, otherwise, such a good errand would not have been her turn.

In all fairness, Aunt Cha's cooking level is also very good, but no one in the Yaya Township Chef thought of looking for her, or even definitely wouldn't ask her to join, for obvious reasons.

After selecting the dried chili peppers, the two of them carefully washed them and put them in a large dustpan to dry.

When he went to the stove to find a large clay pot, Ye Feng thought that if he wanted to grind these chili peppers into chili noodles, he had to have a stone mill.

If you want to put it in modern times, it is not a matter at all, the general household juicer and cooking machine will do, or you will go to the market to buy chili peppers, and people will definitely grind them for you for free. No matter how bad it is, there are large bags of ground chili noodles in the supermarket.

However, Chen Jixing's family does not have a stone mill!

Thinking of this, Ye Feng had a headache, he took it for granted. Just like the last time I came back from Taojia Village, I always thought that someone would open a shop to sell pastries at night.

It's just that the Qianliang family and the Da Niu family definitely didn't have it, because he had been there, but he didn't see it. There is one in Chen Wumei's family, and he has been to the Chen family's old house several times, and he keeps it in the yard.

However, he didn't want these people to interfere in the matter of being a village cook for the time being, so he definitely couldn't go there.

What should I do?

After all, tomorrow's banquet is full of meat and vegetables, and there will naturally be no problems with a few people from the Zhao family. But to quickly promote the duck duck village kitchen, I really have to think of some ways. The spices and this chili oil he had asked Ye to buy were his secret weapons.

After thinking for a long time, Ye Feng asked Chen Qianshan, "Do you know who has a stone mill in our village?" It's better to be more honest and have a tight mouth? This is the secret of our cooking, and if it is known, we will not be able to make money. ”

Although this chili oil has no technical content, he wants to keep it for as long as possible, at least until the duck and duck country chef is famous before being figured out.

When Chen Qianshan heard this, he also felt that what Ye Feng said was right, but his expression was a little weird and said, "Stone mill, I have it at home." ”

"Haha, why didn't you say it earlier, let's go, go to your house to grind chili noodles." Ye Feng said happily. The members of Duck Duck Country Kitchen are naturally trustworthy, at least for now, everyone is of the same mind.

Chen Qianming took the initiative to bring a dustpan containing dried chili peppers and took Ye Feng to his house.

Liu was sitting in the courtyard with the soles of his shoes.

Since receiving the eleven taels of silver that Chen Qianshan took home, she seems to have relaxed her tense nerves, and there are more smiles on her face, and several daughters-in-law in the village who are good friends with her say that she is young.

Of course, these daughters-in-law are not stupid, they all know what Chen Qianshan is doing with Chen Jixing's cheap brother-in-law now, and it is said that one will sell for 500 yuan.

At first, they, like most villagers, were not convinced that the wood would last long, either cracking or chipping. As a result, after visiting the cutting board in Liu's house, he was envious.

This cutting board is so easy to use, no slag, no cracking, the key is clean.

And when you wash it with water and stand it up, it will become dry and refreshing as soon as the water dries, where it is like the stone cutting board at home, which is black and bulky.

At that moment, he began to ask why the chopping board didn't crack.

Liu's family is naturally not a fool, her family is counting on this job to make money, and wants to inquire about the method? There are no doors. Besides, the last process is indeed only known to Ye Feng, and the others are just helping to cut down the tree, make it look like a cutting board, and then planing it.

Because he heard the dog barking, he looked up and saw that it was his third son who had come back with Ye Feng, and he was still holding a large dustpan of dried chili peppers in his hand.

Ye Feng hurriedly greeted Liu, and Liu was happy, so he asked, "Didn't you go to buy ingredients?" What are you two going to do with these dry spicies! ”

"Qianshan and I had more important things to do, so we didn't go to the city to buy ingredients. Auntie, didn't we just receive a business, and we need to go over this afternoon to prepare in advance. The Lan family has many relatives, and it is a banquet for the 60th birthday, and there are guests coming tonight, so it will start from dinner. These peppers need to be ground into noodles and used for cooking. ”

Liu then understood that this was to borrow a stone mill.

In fact, it is not a secret that they have a stone mill, and almost everyone in the village knows about it. And even if outsiders come to use it, it doesn't matter, not to mention that this is still San'er's business.

"That's just right, I only cleaned it when I got up in the morning, you can use it." Liu is very enthusiastic. When it comes to buying and selling, she is naturally extremely supportive.

After thinking about it, Ye Feng said again: "Auntie, this is the secret of our cooking, you can't tell anyone else." ”

Where would Liu refuse, as long as there is money to be made, she will be the first to keep her mouth shut, and she will never reveal a word to the outside world.

Chen Qianshan pulled the grinding, and Ye Feng poured the dried chili peppers into it little by little. Slowly, the unique aroma of chili peppers came out, and of course, there was a choking spicy taste, which made several people sneeze.

When all the grinding was finished, Chen Qianshan was sweating profusely, but the chili noodles were very rough and did not meet Ye Feng's requirements at all.

After thinking about it, I grinded it again.

This time, the chili noodles ground out were much better, and Ye Feng looked at it and said: "Well, grinding it more often is indeed different, it is much better than the first time, it would be fine if it was a little more fine." ”

He just sighed, in fact, it is completely okay to use it to make chili oil, just coarse, anyway, chili oil is mainly used to improve color and taste, and the essence is almost in the oil.

As a result, Chen Qianshan began to grind for the third time.

Fortunately, the further back it goes, the easier it becomes, Chen Qianshan is not busy in vain, after three stone grinding, the chili noodles are fine, and there is a spicy smell from a distance.

Ye Feng hurriedly took the clay pot and prepared to go home.

It is inconvenient to have no plastic bags, and this clay pot is not only difficult to handle, but also easy to regain moisture.

said goodbye to Liu and Chen Qianshan, and asked Chen Qianshan to come to the house after lunch, and Ye Feng went home with the clay pot.

When he left in the morning, Ye said that the few people in charge of procurement would eat in the city today, and there was no need to wait for them. They had so much to buy that they were afraid that they would be hungry when they came back to cook.

Chen Jixing and Ye Feng simply heated up the leftovers in the morning and ate them, and then moved out the kitchenware they bought before to tidy up. For example, put the pot in the pot and base it up, put the jar with chili noodles in it, put a few steamers with gauze, and so on.

Originally, I looked at a lot of kitchen utensils, but after storage and sorting, it seemed to be less than half, and it was not so messy.

After doing this, Chen Qianshan came on time, and several people discussed the next things in the courtyard.

Chen Qianshan said: "I told my eldest brother and second brother, they are both willing to go to the forest to find camphor wood, I went to the forest early this morning, and I just came back when I went out." Although I didn't find a big one, I did find a tree with a thick bowl, and the two of them dug it up and planted it in the yard. ”

Ye Feng thought this was a good idea, and it seemed that when he was free, he should go to the forest to find some small saplings and plant them. Although camphor wood is notoriously slow to grow, it doesn't mean that it won't grow, and it will grow up one day.

As a few people were talking, they heard Qianyan shouting outside: "Dad, Dad, uncle, come out and help." ”

Hearing this, Chen Jixing hurriedly got up, and Ye Feng and Chen Qianshan also hurriedly followed. It seems that several people who went to the county to purchase have returned.

The cow seemed tired, and stopped there to catch its breath, and its exhalation suddenly became a white mist in this winter.

When Ye Feng saw the ingredients on the car, he understood why this cow was so tired. Master Lan asked for more than 20 tables, and asked for more meat and vegetables, so this ingredient was naturally indispensable.

Chen Jiwan carefully freed the cow and pulled it back to feed it with water and feeding, while Zhao, Da Niu's mother and Ye were busy taking home the items they had previously purchased privately.

Seeing a few people walking towards their homes with large bags and small bags, Ye Feng couldn't help but sigh, it seems that women in any time and space like to go shopping.

After estimating that the cow had rested, everyone gathered again and worked together to carry all kinds of kitchen utensils into the car. After making sure that nothing went wrong, Da Niu's mother asked her eldest and second eldest to help keep an eye on Chen Jixing's home, after all, he has pigs and chickens at home.

After doing this, Chen Jixing, Chen Qianshan, Ye Feng and Chen Qianliang walked on foot, Da Niu's mother took Da Niu, Ye took Qianyan and Zhao took the ox cart, and the group began to rush to Yejia Village.

Originally, the Zhao family also wanted to take Qianliang in the car, but Qianliang felt that the cars were all women or children, so he would rather walk with Ye Feng and the others.

The overall dispatch of the Yaya Township Kitchen alarmed many villagers.

Watching a group of people drive out of a cart full of goods, everyone pointed and pointed, not knowing what they were thinking. Especially the people who laughed at their whimsical and crazy desire to make money after listening to the propaganda before, they feel very uncomfortable at the moment.

You say, why do people really get business!

The people in the Yaya Township Chef don't know this, and they have been happy since the purchase. Ye Feng had already told them that if they wanted to bargain, they must bargain, so they said that they were village cooks, and they would buy them here in the future, and they would buy a lot.

As a result, in line with the principle of bargaining to the death, several people gave full play to the talent and combat effectiveness of women bargaining, and saved a lot of money.

The key is that Ye Feng said that when the final price of vegetables and meat is reported, it will be reported according to the market price. In other words, the difference in the middle is the profit they purchase today. At this point, they also completely understood why Ye Feng wanted to say that he wanted to receive this kind of all-inclusive banquet.

Unexpectedly, Zhao was actually the best arithmetic among several people, so he was in charge of bookkeeping. She held a few pieces of straw paper in her hand that she didn't know she had found, and drew countless marks with charcoal with symbols that Ye Feng couldn't understand.

Zhao looked at the account again, and only after confirming that it was correct, did he say to Ye: "Big sister, your younger brother is really powerful, and he knows that let's bargain, otherwise, we will make less money today." ”

Ye Shi said with a smile: "He has a lot of ideas in his head, and I can't keep up with Qianyan's father." But today's silver is saved, we have worked so hard, and it is not in vain to run in vain. ”

After thinking about it, he said to the big cow's mother: "That kid said, your family is tired of driving ox carts, and the cattle are also tired, so I will give you some extra silver when the time comes." ”

Da Niu's mother was happy, but what she said was: "Isn't it just a few more miles, he can't be tired of a big man." ”

But he also did not refuse to give extra money.

Chen Jiwan doesn't mind if she takes the silver or not, anyway, the cutting board business is divided equally among several people. But today the cow is indeed tired, and it is good to compensate a little.

Zhao naturally has no opinion, she wants to come out to earn money to support her family, but it is more about having something to do and a platform to play to her strengths.

After being widowed for many years, she has lived like ashes.

It wasn't until her son grew up that she realized that she still had a son to raise, and if nothing else, she would have grandchildren in the future, and her life should not be silent like this.

Because there are many goods, and Chen Jiwan feels sorry for the cow, and the time is not in a hurry, but it is just after noon, so the two children swayed along the way, and the two children went to see the fish in the wooden basin that kept slapping the water, and gradually became sleepy, and began to sleep in their respective mothers' arms.

Ye Ermei has been looking at the entrance of the village since lunch, everyone has discussed it, and they will gather to do things this afternoon.

Although she only made shou noodles, Ye said that there were not enough people and asked her to help. In fact, the Ye family is also selfish, and only hopes that Ye Ermei can learn more skills. When everyone feels that they can't do without Second Sister Ye, she can officially join the Duck Duck Township Kitchen.

Just after I didn't know how many steps back and forth, from a distance, Ye Ermei saw an ox cart swaying over. I was overjoyed, and at the same time I understood that this must be the Ye family.

When they got closer, it was really the Ye family.

Second Sister Ye led the way in front, and after a while, the group finally arrived at the back door of Master Lan's house.

Sister-in-law Zhu has been waiting there for a long time.

Now that she has some relatives at home, she asks her son and daughter-in-law to help greet her, and from time to time to see if the Ye family is here.

If she doesn't come again, she will have to go to Ye's house to ask, you must know that there are two tables of people to eat tonight.

Of course, she also had a thought, so she tried the level of the duck duck village chef with tonight's dishes first.

Seeing that the Ye family finally came, they hurriedly greeted him.

At this time, Ye Feng finally arrived.

Several people worked together to move all the items and all kinds of ingredients on the car, and for a while, there was a lot of piles. Fortunately, the backyard of the Lan family is very spacious, and it is also connected to the kitchen, which is very convenient.

After moving things, Chen Jixing and Chen Qianshan began to discuss where to build the stove.

Chen Jiwan rested for a while, and then drove the ox cart back. Da Niu's mother said that let him deal with the eldest and second child for a day, and she will be able to return home tomorrow night.

The base stove is also very particular, not to mention the technology, the location is also very important, not only to consider the wind direction, but also to see the overall layout of the main house. For example, you can't blacken the walls that people paint.

There are those who are exquisite, and even the direction has strict rules.

After discussing for a long time, and asking the Lan family's preferences and taboos, they chose an excellent location, and Chen Jixing and Chen Qianshan began to use green bricks to build a stove.

The Ye women set up the kitchen utensils one by one and cleaned them one by one with water. Regardless of the taste, cleanliness comes first.

Sister-in-law Zhu's heart was originally a little apprehensive, this duck and duck village chef is said to be the first time to take on the job, and she really has no bottom in her heart. But, in any case, there is no one but them who can help at the moment.

Seeing everyone arranging in an orderly manner and cleaning all the kitchen utensils with water, I felt a little relieved.

When I saw the ingredients, the fish was lively, the vegetables were fresh, and the meat had no peculiar smell, I was relieved and ready to return to the yard to continue to greet guests.

Today's arrivals are all blood relatives, and they are all going to stay for one night.

After thinking about it, he said to the Ye family: "Everyone, tomorrow is my father-in-law's birthday, so I will trouble you more." It's just that, as you have seen, we need to make two tables tonight to entertain the guests, and everyone is tired. If tomorrow's banquet is successful, I will give you some extra silver. ”

Her words were both encouraging and threatening, but Zhao was stunned and didn't hear it, only heard that there was extra silver to take, so they all said that they would definitely show their best level.

Sister-in-law Zhu saw that her words worked, so she went back to the courtyard to greet the guests.

After waiting for the stove to be good and seeing that the sky was almost over, Ye asked Chen Jixing to make a fire and let Chen Qianshan continue to build the stove.

When the pot was washed, she threw the big stick bones into it and boiled them.

After the blood foam was removed, it was washed again, and the pot was washed and watered, and then it began to boil. Although they didn't know why Ye Feng had to make soup for them, they still did it.

Several people discussed it again, anyway, they are all relatives of the Lan family tonight, and Sister-in-law Zhu must be going to try the dishes, so they decided to show their hands in advance and make tomorrow's dishes in advance, so as to reassure the heart of the main family.

For a while, a few people were a little too busy.

Fortunately, Ye Ermei is used to it, not to mention washing, choosing, and cutting vegetables, she is also good at killing chickens and washing internal organs. With her help, several people were a lot easier.

So they all thought in their hearts, the person recommended by the Ye family is indeed good.

It's just that Ye Ermei always feels that someone is looking at her, and when she looks at it, she finds that there is nothing unusual, so she thinks that it may be because it is dark and the light is not good, and she is dazzled.

Ye Feng saw that several people had the posture of doing a big job, so he hurriedly found a stove, took wood from the burning stove to start a fire, and then put the wood in.

In the yard, Chen Jixing's firewood is neatly placed, which is very convenient to use.

When it was getting dark, a few people began to stir-fry.

Ye Feng had already poured the vegetable oil into the pot and burned it, and then went to the kitchen to get a small clay pot, and put the chili noodles, star anise bought by Ye's family, grass fruit, bay leaves, cinnamon and salt.

After the oil was cooked, Ye Feng turned off the fire and waited for the vegetable oil to cool.

After feeling that the vegetable oil was almost cold, Ye Feng poured the oil in the pot into the clay pot. All of a sudden, a scent came to my face.

Ye Shi was also stunned when he smelled this smell, this chili noodles were splashed with oil, it smelled so good?

Seeing that Ye Ermei had cut the braised pig's head and pig ears, Ye Feng took another clay pot, poured the meat into it, and then sprinkled it with chopped green onions, minced garlic and a little powdered sugar that he had already grinded, and finally poured his newly made chili oil.

One by one, the dishes were served out with the permission of Sister-in-law Zhu, after all, it was winter, and it would be cold if it was cooked early. Several people waited for Sister-in-law Zhu to say that it was time to serve the food before they started to fry in the pot.

With Chen Jixing's firewood, it is very fast to stir-fry the vegetables.

It was originally a ritual for the relatives of the Zhu family to come to celebrate the birthday of the old man of the Lan family one night in advance, but they were originally waiting to see the jokes, and they heard that tomorrow's cook turned out to be the first village chef to make a banquet.

Anyway, after living most of their lives, they have never heard of any village cooks. And the name is also funny, Duck Duck Country Chef? It smells like duck.

Besides, you have the ability to name it after a chicken!

So, when Zhu asked everyone to sit at the table and start waiting, their eyes were a little more playful. At the same time, I thought in my heart, if this dish is not delicious, will the Zhu family dare to bite the bullet and let them continue to make it tomorrow?

As a result, when the dishes were actually served, everyone tasted them one by one with a picky mentality, and they were all good. Not to mention the variety of dishes, they are all strictly in accordance with the requirements of the banquet, and there are many of them.

Especially the cold salad pork ear pig head, I don't know what kind of seasoning is used, and it tastes very delicious. Let's say it's spicy, I can't see a trace of chili pepper after rummaging through the plates. And this chili flavor and garlic and some very familiar but indescribable flavors are a perfect match.

This pig's head and pig ears were originally a sharp weapon and perfect match for men's wine, but they usually eat it directly and bought it from the braised meat shop, but they bought it back and cut everything, who knew that it could be mixed and eaten like this.

And when people mix it like this today, the taste has simply been raised to more than one grade. Everyone was happy to drink, and even more happy to eat.

Even Zhu's father-in-law looked for Master Lan and said, "This time my daughter-in-law has worked hard, and the one I found temporarily is very good at cooking." Well, this pig ear is very good, and when the time comes, you should reward it, don't treat others badly. ”

Hearing this, Master Lan hurriedly said to the Zhu family, tomorrow this pig's head meat will be mixed more, and the men love to eat it.

received the praise of his father-in-law, and Zhu's hanging heart was completely relaxed.

You know, if this table is not done, she will be the one who will suffer at that time. It's okay now, even the father-in-law who has always been picky and has a gradual deterioration of taste said that it is good, then it must not be wrong.

She had been busy greeting guests just now, and she hadn't had time to taste it yet. Seeing that everyone was busy moving the chopsticks, I sat down and tasted the pig ear and pork head meat that made my father-in-law full of praise.

As soon as she ate it, she understood why the dish was loved by men, and the taste was really amazing!

In the backyard, the Ye family, who had been tired for a long time, also set up a table and ate the extra dishes just now.

As a result, as in the reaction of the front yard, everyone praised this pork ear pork head meat for being well done and tasting good.

However, Ye Feng was not proud, because he knew in his heart that he was just a trick, and these spices were the most encroaching on people's taste buds. He doesn't know how to cook or anything, at most he can be a mover.

After eating, several people put out the fire and went to sleep in the house prepared by the Lan family.