Chapter 139: Undercover Agent in Disguise as a Man (9)
Aunt Ma is most worried that Xiaohui can't get married, and she is a little disdainful of the few helpers around her, and she wants Xiaohui to marry a capable man.
If you can read, it is the best, if you can't read, then at least you have to be a small shopkeeper, and you can't be a helper at the age of ten.
Xiaohui's desire to marry is not strong, and she is still ignorant of the relationship between men and women, and she has not been able to create any sparks when she does things with a group of young guys.
Meng Hui didn't plan to find her a wishful husband during this time, and hurriedly waved his hand when he heard this: "Oh, I'm not in a hurry to get married, let's stay with my aunt for a few more years." ”
Aunt Ma was both pleased and disgusted, and her mood was very complicated: "If you don't look at it, forget it, I'll go anyway, I'll help you see it!" ”
"Is this still planning to catch a son-in-law? See who is good at the craft and catch it? Meng Hui smiled and gave her a chopstick salad with pork ears, "Eat and eat, fate can't stop it, if you don't come, it's not interesting to force it!" Auntie, just look away! ”
"Hmph, I don't know, I thought I was going to find a home!" Aunt Ma didn't bother to say anything more at her.
"If you're really going to compete, I'm going to tell the shopkeeper. This is a big event organized by the nobles in the palace, and he will definitely not stop you from going. It's just that you have to practice your skills well, and you can't lose too badly, if you lose someone on the field, the master will scold you! ”
The master knows that Xiaohui is running around all day long to learn a little craft, as long as he doesn't learn serious dishes, he usually turns a blind eye. Fang Zhinan sometimes said a few words to her, but mainly because she was afraid that she would break the criminal law in the future if she moved her mind to become a chef.
This competition is that the nobles want to see the novelty, and the in-service chefs of the restaurant are not allowed to participate, the picture is just a fun, and the preliminary round is still for the public to vote.
Xiaohui has been exposed to the back kitchen of Tianxianglou for many years, and if she goes out and loses face, the good deeds will definitely be ridiculed by Tianxianglou.
Aunt Ma was afraid of her stage fright, so she softened her voice and persuaded: "Don't be nervous, you don't have to earn a ranking and come back, then we can get the reward?" You should just go to play and make a dish for the nobles to see. ”
She changed the topic and thought about getting married again. "If you have participated in this kind of event, you can cook for nobles by saying that you can straighten your waist and speak at your in-law's house."
At first, she nagged and didn't want her to go, but now she felt extremely proud, and she didn't modestly think that the girl she brought up was much better than the masters of some small restaurants outside.
Aunt Ma not only wants her little girl to win the beautiful one, but also wants her not to rush too far ahead, so as to save her sadness and loneliness in the future.
The most important thing is that cooking for the nobles is like dancing in a group of blades, dancing well and stunning the audience, and if you don't dance well, you have to pierce yourself.
With such a big store as Tianxianglou, the master has to wait carefully, for fear of offending the tongue of a nobleman.
Aunt Ma was worried that if Xiaohui did too well and let any nobleman take a fancy to bring her back to the palace to do things, it would really scare her into cardiac arrest.
Meng Hui's mind was already far away at this time, rummaging in his mind for modern novelty dishes, planning to pick something not too shocking from it and make it to open the eyes of the nobles in the palace.
Baking must not be done, without an oven, microwave oven, rice cooker, you can't make cakes and desserts at all;
Simple Western dishes such as fried steak and fried chicken cutlets are novel enough, but they are really a bit difficult to put in the dynasty where dragons and phoenixes were carved with winter melons at every turn;
All kinds of Chinese dishes, the imperial chefs in the palace are not new......
Meng Hui felt a little headache, she roughly thought about the dishes in Tianxianglou, and found that there were dishes in the north, south, west and east, and there were innovative dishes of each generation of masters, and she couldn't turn them over at all.
To participate in this competition, the delicious dishes are a must, but the winning condition is novelty, and it is best to have things that the nobles in the palace have never seen.
Meng Hui's mind flashed one recipe after another, modern, mission world, many of them were overturned as soon as they came up with it, because Tianxianglou was almost similar. Suddenly, she wanted something from a foreign country.
"Tamako tofu! This thing came from an island country, and now there is no island country in this dynasty, and there is no such thing! ”
This thing was invented by a woman named Yuzi, also known as island country tofu and egg jade crystal.
"There is no island country here, and there is no jade, so it can only be called Dan Yujing."
Meng Hui liked to eat this thing very much before his death, and he didn't want to spend money on online shopping, so he simply used the landlord's soybean milk machine to beat the city and buy back a bag of eggs to make and eat by himself.
The method is actually very simple, you don't need to spend time brewing for a year or two, and you don't need to cover where to ferment for half a month, you can steam it out on the spot and make it into a dish.
Yuzi tofu can be fried or fried, burned or steamed, as long as it is done well, the taste can definitely pass!
Eggs and soy milk are the most common things, few people will be disgusted with eggs and soy milk, and making a completely new dish with the simplest ingredients will surely attract the attention of the nobles of the palace.
"Hui'er, what are you thinking? Laughing like a mouse...... "Aunt Ma couldn't stand it anymore, so she sandwiched a few chopsticks and dishes for her to eat quickly."
Meng Hui continued to eat, and did not continue to think about what flavor of jade tofu to make. She planned to wait for the shopkeeper's consent first, and then go to the master to inquire about what dishes and tastes were popular in the palace.
After dinner, Aunt Ma took Meng Hui to clean up the mess together, wash the dishes and pots, and tidy up the stove, and when she was about to rest, it suddenly became noisy outside.
"Oh no"
"Walking on the water"
"The house is full"
There was no smoke to be seen at night, but the light of the fire was particularly conspicuous. Meng Hui saw that the fire snake slammed into the sky, its teeth and claws were very fierce, and there were restaurants and tea shops nearby, and all the long-term workers who lived in the store rushed out to put out the fire.
Aunt Ma took a bite of retribution, stood under the tree with her hands and looked into the distance, and couldn't help frowning and worrying: "Hui'er, did you say that the people in the store ran out?" ”
Meng Hui felt that this fire was quite strange, and just shook his head when he heard this: "I don't know, I should be able to run out." When she worked in the store, she found that the fire prevention measures in these restaurants were very good.
was suspicious, a cook who rushed outside to fight the fire ran back with a black face full of ashes, swallowed a large teapot of water, wiped his face and said to the two: "Oh my God, the stable was burned, and the horse was almost buried inside!" Fortunately, the big guy was saved in time, but the frame was burned out, and he deserved to be bleeding! ”
Hearing this, Meng Hui felt a little stuffed in her heart, she didn't have time to look for evidence, and she might never find it!