Chapter 177: The Imperial Chef Who Got His Name
"It's Chef Hua, look at the seats, please tea, please tea." Master Wang smiled and hurriedly stepped forward to greet her, "Shishi is greeting her friend, Cui'er should call Miss." ”
"Master Wang is polite." Hua Manxi hurriedly took the tea poured by the next person.
"You're welcome, you're welcome, I want to thank you, you taught Shishi a lot of things, she used to know nothing but spending money, but now she has changed a lot, she is much more filial than before, and she will no longer be temperamental at every turn." When Master Wang mentioned this, he was really pleased, touched his beard, and thanked Hua Manxi with all his heart.
"I didn't do anything, it's that Miss Wang is smart and smart." Hua Manxi said truthfully.
"Haha, Chef Hua is not only good at cooking, but also good at talking." Master Wang laughed and said, "No wonder my nephew with his eyes above the top praises you." ”
His nephew? Could it be that you are referring to Lord Chen?
"Manxi, you're here, but you're tired to death." Before Hua Manxi could reply, Wang Shishi ran in, because it was the New Year, she deliberately cut new clothes, and the one she wore was called a jewel, luxurious and compelling.
Li Yuehui, who was followed behind her, also wore a dress of a different color, with an elegant and weak style of weak willow support.
Of course, there is also Lord Chen, who is also wearing a little festive today, always blue, blue and white on weekdays, and today's white clothes are embroidered with a large piece of red plums, as well as the sides of the robe, and the collar part is red, which looks a little more heroic than the cold appearance of the past.
"Today, my house invited the imperial chef to cook, Manxi, you must stay and eat." Wang Shishi consciously sat on Hua Manxi's side and said mysteriously, "It took a lot of effort for me to get it." ”
"Imperial Chef? Isn't the imperial kitchen in the palace? Hua Manxi was puzzled.
"Hey, it's also an imperial chef, but it's not an authentic imperial chef, his master is the imperial chef in the palace, and he is known as the true legend of his master, I want to taste what kind of delicacies the emperor Lao Tzu eats!" Wang Shishi poured herself a cup of tea and drank it all.
"In this case, then I might as well be respectful, after all, I haven't tasted the imperial food." Hua Manxi smiled slightly and agreed.
"Great, let's go to my yard to open gifts, there are a lot of people who pay New Year's greetings today, I have received a lot of gifts, I don't have time to go to your New Year's greetings, you go with me to see if there is anything you like, pick two to go back, it is my New Year's gift to you." Wang Shishi said, and took Hua Manxi's hand and walked to his yard.
"Hey, cousin, wait for me." Li Yuehui didn't sit down, she was about to get up again, and quickly followed Wang Shishi's footsteps.
Only Chen Xiuli was a little embarrassed, he silently put a sachet back in his sleeve pocket with a sachet in his hand, sat down slightly cramped, and poured himself a cup of tea.
Old Man Wang is like a fine man, his careful thinking has long been in his eyes, haha smiled, and he didn't keep him, and said: "Xiuli, I'm a little tired, you can also go to Shishi, you are a brother, you have to watch her more, take care of her, don't let her be petty and snub Chef Hua." ”
Chen Xiuli put down the teacup in his hand that he hadn't touched at all, looked at Master Wang a little crampedly, moved his lips, and said, "Then I, no, I'll look at my cousin, uncle rest assured." ”
Master Wang laughed heartily and waved his hand: "Let's go." ”
Chen Xiuli saluted at this time, and quickly followed Wang Shishi to the courtyard where they had walked.
As soon as he stepped into the courtyard gate with one foot, he heard the sound of girls laughing from inside.
"This is not a dim sum after all, there are so many dim sum, I don't know when I will eat it." It was Wang Shishi's voice, "This ornament is very good, I don't know who sent it."
"It's good to have a little heart, but you can't stop your mouth if you have food." Hua Manxi's voice also brought a hint of a smile.
"It's just that these snacks look very delicate, and they should be quite delicious." Li Yuehui also accosted.
"Tear down another one, this, hey, this is cloth! You can make clothes, this kind of ice silk is just right to make a belly pocket, cool. Wang Shishi laughed and said, "It's given to Manxi!" ”
"I, I don't want to, leave it to you to do it yourself! Why don't you give it to Miss Li! "Hua Manxi replied.
Chen Xiuli's hand, which was about to knock on the door, was raised, and he put it down stiffly.
He heard the conversation inside clearly, the three girls were playing, and it was indeed inappropriate for him to go in as a big man.
His face turned a little crimson, and he fled in disarray.
Hua Manxi and Wang Shishi naturally didn't know this little episode, and the three girls opened all the gifts in Wang Shishi's room, talking and laughing, laughing, and laughing, very happy.
Unconsciously, it was time to eat, and the next person came to invite Hua Manxi and others to the banquet.
"Eat, eat, let the three of us sisters also taste the taste of imperial food." Wang Shishi hurriedly got up, turned around and instructed the maid beside her, "Wrap up the gift boxes I just said for Miss Biao and Chef Hua, don't mess up." ”
"Let's go, let's eat, my uncle should be angry if I am grinding again." Li Yuehui pulled Wang Shishi's sleeve and urged.
Wang Shishi didn't want to be scolded on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so she didn't rub it off, took Hua Manxi's hand, and the three of them came to the dining room together.
In addition to Master Wang, there are also aunts in the house, Chen Xiuli has arrived.
Wang Shishi's mother's methods are ruthless, none of these aunts have given birth to children, so Wang Shishi is so fearless.
"This, this dish is finished?" Wang Shishi looked at the eight dishes and one soup on the table, and her appearance was quite ordinary!
"It's over! Come on, come on, everyone moves chopsticks, this table of dishes, you can get a thousand taels! It was made by an apprentice chef in Kyoto! Let's all try it. Master Wang greeted.
Wang Shishi was a little disappointed, but after all, the name of the imperial chef disciple was hanging there, and it cost a thousand taels of silver, so he couldn't take it down and redo it, so he took the chopsticks and started eating.
Hua Manxi glanced at the dishes on the table, but they were quite finely made, and they were also very fond of Wang Fu's preferences.
The soup is a three-fresh soup, this soup is made of ham meat, chicken breast, sea cucumber with water, and shrimp and squid. The chicken is tender, the ham is delicious, and the seafood is smooth and soft.
Hua Manxi tasted this soup, it was really good, delicious and fragrant, the ingredients were also sufficient, this soup should have been boiled for a long time, and it was okay to come to this imperial kitchen.
However, without waiting for her to stretch out her chopsticks to pick up other dishes, Wang Shishi took a sip first and said, "What kind of fun is this, it's unpalatable!" Smell all over your mouth! ”
Hua Manxi raised his eyes and saw that Wang Shishi was sandwiched with a pot of stewed mutton.
"It's cold weather, it's good to eat mutton, but don't put anything in this stewed mutton, the mouth is full of smell, who can eat it!" Wang Shishi complained, "The mutton made by Manxi is delicious." ”
"This can't be, people are the disciples of the imperial kitchen, the imperial chef, isn't the imperial kitchen cooking for the emperor? Those who can enter the palace are all selected, this Master Yao was introduced by the master in my house, and I heard that the palace was also selected, but he had a mother whose eyes were not good, so he didn't go. Li Yuehui looked at Wang Shishi's disgusted appearance, and felt a little disbelieving, and stretched out her chopsticks to pick up the pot of stewed mutton.
"The eldest lady's mouth is the most open, and there are few cooks in Shishan County who can enter the eyes of the eldest lady." Several aunts also didn't believe it, and moved their chopsticks to grab the pot of stewed mutton.
Wang Shishi listened to their words, smiled coldly, put down the chopsticks, looked at Li Yuehui and several aunts all changed their faces instantly, and hummed: "My mouth is indeed picky, you don't pick your mouth, but eat it......"
Those aunts were biting the piece of mutton in their mouths, and they couldn't really eat it, and they couldn't spit it out.
"Isn't it very strong, worse than the chef in my house, and the imperial kitchen." Wang Shishi said unhappily, stretched out her chopsticks and picked up a few other dishes, and said, "This steamed sea bass, steamed too much, the tender and fresh fragrance of the sea bass is not there, it is a waste of this good fish, and this bit of roasted small chops, the taste is too heavy, salty and firewood, too unpalatable, and then there are these few fancy dishes of spring full of earth, isn't it just a handful of green vegetables fried cauliflower, what kind of monkey steals the moon, make a big cake, this stuffing is still not cooked, who is fooling!" ”
"But I'm still fine with this soup." Hua Manxi saw that Wang Shishi threw the chopsticks angrily, and suddenly interjected a sentence.
"Soup? If this dish is made like this, can this soup still be drunk? Wang Shishi was so angry that the whole person was not good, this is really the first decline of the new year, it is better to use the chef in the house to eat like this.
"Cousin Shishi, this soup is indeed good, delicious and sweet, rich and mellow, and on par with Chef Hua's level." Chen Xiuli put down the soup bowl in his hand and said as well.
"How is that possible?" Wang Shishi looked at Chen Xiuli and Hua Manxi with great suspicion, scooped half a spoonful of soup and tasted it, but felt that this soup was really good!
"This, what's going on? I can make such a soup, but the stir-fry has become such a ghost! This is fooling me! Wang Shishi was so angry that she put the bowl in her hand down, "What kind of bullshit imperial chef disciples, they are all selling fame and reputation, and they are vain!" Not even a finger of Manxi can be reached! ”
"It's really fooling you, this soup and dish are not made by one person." Hua Manxi looked at the dishes on the table again and said with great certainty.
"How can this be true? It's true that the money in my Wang's mansion is blowing in the wind! You want to make these rotten dishes and give me a thousand taels! Wang Shishi jumped like thunder, "Come on, call me that bastard liar who deceives the world and steals his name!" ”