If Chen Xiuli hadn't come out of the same academy as him, and he was lucky enough to get a handwritten scroll from his master for reference, I'm afraid he wouldn't have recognized Xu Jinfei's identity.

He knew that Xu Jinfei's return to Beijing this time would definitely set off a bloody storm, but he didn't expect him to hide it even from Manxi.

However, this is the best course of action. He and Manxi had to hide in the shadows.

"Lord Chen, what's wrong? He's got a big head? Can't afford to offend? When Hua Manxi saw Chen Xiuli's appearance, he was stunned in his heart, and was faintly worried about whether he had caused any trouble.

"Yes, it's a big deal." Chen Xiuli covered his conscience and nodded, and told Hua Manxi the news of Xu Heng's fame at a young age and his recent return to Beijing.

Hua Manxi thought of that person, her heart was sour and soft, she forcibly suppressed the emotions that were wrong in her heart, and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity." ”

Chen Xiuli has been in Beijing for a year, although the city has made great progress, but it is an outsider, he can be hypocritical and snake, Manxi is his best friend, he wants to lie and deceive her, after all, he is a little uncomfortable. Therefore, he was a little weak-hearted, and glanced at the light clouds again.

"Cousin, what do you always stare at the light clouds? You're not married at such an age, you won't be—you won't be—a good man, will you? Wang Shishi's words were amazing.

"Poof-" Chen Xiuli finally pressed down the panic just now, took another sip of soup, and was squirted out by Wang Shishi's words.

"What are you doing, Chen Xiuli, are you crazy?" Although the light cloud flashed away alertly this time, it still made Wang Shishi frown.

"I'm crazy, you're crazy, why am I, why am I so manly?" Chen Xiuli felt that his cousin was really becoming more and more amazing, and he was accidentally scared to death by her.

"Then what are you staring at the light clouds, you have looked at him several times when we came in!" Wang Shishi muttered.

"I think Brother Danyun has a dignified appearance and an extraordinary temperament, if he wants to continue to follow Manxi, isn't that to be arranged into Yipinju? I don't think he's a good cook or a buddy like that. "Lord Chen is still witty and found an excuse for himself in time.

"yes, so what?" Wang Shishi was really diverted and looked at Hua Manxi.

"I think it's pretty good inside, you don't need to go in to protect me." Hua Manxi said indifferently.

Chen Xiuli knew the inside story, and was afraid that people would put their hands on her, so she naturally disagreed, and Danyun was afraid that Hua Xiaochu would change her mind and really didn't want him, so she shook her head together.

"No way!" The two said in unison.

"That's it, Danyun still has to go in, I'll ask Qin Baiting for help, Yipinju is his family's property after all, he can always talk." Chen Xiuli clapped his hands and said.

"It's better to invite each other if you meet by chance, it's better to invite each other now, anyway, I still want to give them the profit from the dividends of tomato sauce, so please ask my cousin to invite them now, give the money, he is beautiful, let him help, it will be easier to succeed." Wang Shishi said.

"Chen Er, go and invite Qin Gongzi, let him invite all those people who went to the Shishan County Food Festival, and say yes-"

"Said that Chef Hua went to Beijing and invited them to dinner." Chen Xiuli didn't say anything, Hua Manxi said.

Chen Er nodded and went out quickly.

Chen Xiuli turned around apologetically, looked at Hua Manxi, and said, "Isn't it too hard for you to come here in a hurry and ask you to cook?" ”

"I didn't have to work hard, I came to Kyoto to learn art, and it was more helpful for me to choose an imperial chef by figuring out the tastes of their Kyoto people first." Hua Manxi said, paused again, and continued, "Then let's hurry up and eat some to cushion our stomachs first, and then come back from grocery shopping." ”

"Okay." Chen Xiuli didn't say anything, asked his subordinates to serve some more noodles, and a few people ate them, and then began to list the menu to buy vegetables.

Hua Manxi specially asked Chen Xiuli about the dishes that he usually eats the most in Kyoto, and selected some to make.

This soup, Hua Manxi chose ham and fresh bamboo shoot soup, and the ham naturally had to be smoked by herself from Shishan County, and this season, the winter bamboo shoots are very fresh, and it is the most suitable to stew a salty, fresh, and slippery soup

Then there are steamed duck stuffed with wine, kung pao hare, fried quail, braised straw mushroom in oil, pearl tofu, diced black chicken, fried white mushroom with beef tenderloin, and at the end, Hua Manxi added a few dim sum to the menu, which are glutinous rice cold cake, kidney bean roll, and golden cake roll.

There are only a few people around Chen Xiuli, one is Chen Er, who often follows him in and out, and the other four are the housekeepers of this house, Hao Hao and two maids.

Now Chen Er went to invite guests, and the rest of the food shopping could only be handed over to the housekeeper and Haoxi, and the two maids were in the mansion to arrange the things prepared by the guests.

The dishes were quickly bought back according to the menu of Huamanxilie, and Danyun was already very skilled in killing, stomping, and burning fires.

These days, there is no technology, and even the dark guard is not easy to do. Danyun thought silently in his heart.

Danyun quickly processed the ducks, hares, quails, and chicken, and Hua Manxi was much more relaxed and began to cook.

To make steamed duck with wine, the duck should be washed until the meat is white, then marinated with an appropriate amount of salt, and then soaked in rice wine to taste.

Add water to the pot, put it in a container, pour the marinated duck with rice wine, put in a little green onion and ginger, then steam it over high heat, and sprinkle a handful of wolfberries before leaving the pot.

This dish is very easy to control, moisturizing the effect of moisturizing and drying, it is the most suitable to eat in the dry autumn and winter, and with the unique sweet aroma of rice wine, it is very delicious, but when steaming, you must pay attention to the heat, if it is steamed old, it is not good.

Then, Hua Manxi made the palace protection hare, this wild rabbit is the hunting farmer to sell, very fresh, Hua Manxi will be processed rabbit meat diced, and then with salt, ginger and onion, cooking wine, egg white, starch and other pulp, boil oil, the rabbit slip until cooked, and then take out the drain oil.

Then heat the oil, put in the ginger, onions, garlic, chili, stir-fry, then put in the green and red chili peppers and stir-fry, put in the rabbit and stir-fry, and finally pour in soy sauce, cooking wine, toffee, salt, a little sugar, white vinegar to taste, and then put in the fried peanuts, pour some red oil, and it's done.

Fry the quail, this dish is simple, after marinating the quail, put it in the oil pan to fry the crispy, and then add pepper and salt to dip it to eat, this dish pays attention to a steaming hot, so Hua Manxi put this dish at the end to do, add the quail to the seasoning and marinate, and wait for the side.

The rest of the dishes are hot dishes, and they are fried on a high heat after preparing the ingredients, which is not a difficult dish to make, only the ham and winter bamboo shoot soup, the ham needs to be simmered softly, and then put in the winter bamboo shoot slices, as well as some green vegetables, the ham is salty, and even the salt does not need to be added.

Hua Manxi was busy in the kitchen for a while, and the guests also arrived one after another.

Qin Baiting was naturally the first to enter the door, and even Chen Xiuli went straight to the kitchen without paying attention, and when he saw Hua Manxi, he was simply surprised and relieved: "Chef Hua, long time no see!" I'm so hungry for your cooking! ”

Hua Manxi was making pastries at this time, while making kidney bean rolls, he raised his head and glanced at Qin Baiting, Kyoto is much colder than Shishan County, Qin Baiting is wearing a big coat with a black fur scarf on the outside, and a blue and white brocade inside, which makes him full of vitality and heroic.

"Master Qin, long time no see!" Hua Manxi smiled at him, feeling that he definitely had his hand when he came to Beijing.

"Wow, it's so fragrant, it's so fragrant, what is it made of?" Qin Baiting was attracted by the aroma on the stove, and jumped to the stove, wanting to eat secretly.

"It's a soup of ham and bamboo shoots, and I brought the ham from home." Hua Manxi said truthfully.

"Okay, Chef Hua, you are really eccentric, if you bring ham to Chen Xiuli, you won't bring it to us! We've been through it all together! Qin Xiaoye was so angry that he jumped up, but he said coquettishly to Hua Manxi, "I not only want to eat ham, but also want to eat sausages, bacon, by the way, and the sour bamboo shoots that were eaten at the farmhouse, even Lord Shen will never forget it." ”

"Really? I seem to have brought sausages, and bacon also has them, so I originally brought a lot, but it was too cold on the way, so I exchanged something for a fox skin. Hua Manxi said without a red heart, "Since you want to eat it, let's fry another sausage." ”

"What! You actually took the delicious food and exchanged it for a fox skin! Really, fox fur is something! I have a lot of money in my house, how many you want! Qin Baiting looked like he hated iron but not steel, "It's just a fox skin, so I changed the specialty you made!" It's too tyrannical! ”

"Okay, okay, didn't I come to Kyoto? If you want to eat, I'll make you some and send them to the house. Hua Manxi couldn't stand it anymore and hurriedly said.

"That's pretty much it, by the way, I'm going to eat sausages, preferably with a little chili, I love it so much." Qin Xiaoye licked his lips and salivated very much.

"Got it, I'll do it." Hua Manxi said helplessly.

She did what she said, washed two sausages, cut them into thin slices, and then fried them with some green and red peppers, deliberately aggravating some chili peppers, the choking and spicy smell made people appetize.

The smell followed the chimney into the street and into the noses of those who passed by the carriage.

This person is not an outsider, it is Zhao Yi, Lord Zhao, who is one step slower than them.

He sniffed vigorously at the air and sighed, "This is authentic and high-quality lap-mei, similar to the one we ate last time." ”

The Queen Mother likes lap-mei, and it is just right for him to take some lap-mei to honor him on this business trip.

"My lord's nose is really smart, do you think that carriage is familiar?" The housekeeper grinned, pointed to the carriage parked in front of Chen Xiuli's house, and said.

"Isn't this the carriage of those two little girls! Find out whose house it is. I'm going to get some cured meat for the Queen Mother. Zhao Yi's eyes flashed with a gleam and commanded.

"Yes, sir." The housekeeper nodded in response, and then went to Qinglong Street on the other side.