Lin Xiaozhu sells ducks instead of other recipes, because they have to tell their predicament. There is only one restaurant in this town that is slightly high-grade, and the others are small restaurants. If the recipe is not sold to him, it means that the three of them will starve. Merchants seek profit, and the shopkeeper will never give her a high price because he sympathizes with them; On the contrary, he will definitely keep the price low, who will let the initiative in his hands?

But they were lucky enough to hear the news that Linfengju was going to participate in a cooking competition, and that there was a stronger opponent than Linfengju. Although this cooking competition can be used for money in the dark, in the case of everyone making money, the level of cooking skills is also one of the determining factors for the ranking. If she can make a better duck than the imperial chef, she is not afraid that the shopkeeper will not be moved. In this way, the initiative to sell the recipe is back in her hands, and the price is naturally up to her.

So, where did she get the confidence that the roast duck she made must be stronger than the imperial chef? This is because she has been learning to cook for so many years, and she has a lot of experience in duck cooking. Among them, the most studied is Peking duck, which has been tried in both hanging oven and stewing oven. There is also a fork barbecue duck, fill the duck belly with cloves, cinnamon, green onions, ginger and brine, enter the hanging stove and grill it with Qinggang charcoal, roast it into golden brown, oily and shiny, the duck skin is flat after opening, crispy and not greasy, and the mouth is full of fragrance after eating. In addition, in her previous life, she ate Nanjing's "saltwater duck", Anhui's "Wuwei smoked duck", Suzhou's "Lu manuscript recommended sauce duck", Hunan's "Changde braised duck" and other sauce duck and braised duck, she relied on the taste she had eaten in her previous life to stay in the depths of her memory, and then used the skills she mastered, secretly did a lot during her study of art, and also made a lot of delicious ducks by mistake. If you let her have an all-duck feast. It's not difficult. And many of the duck practices were not taught by the three teachers, and the old man's recipe was not mentioned.

And the reason why she asked Yuan Tianye which one is better than the imperial chef is just to verify whether her speculation about the world is consistent with reality.

So I heard what the shopkeeper said. She was not in a hurry, and said, "Linfengju must be going to participate in the cooking competition in Yizhou City, right?" I heard that the duck made by Yizhou City Yipinlou tastes better than that of Gui Restaurant, I wonder if it is true? ”

Shopkeeper Yu's face froze. Then he said unhappily: "Hearsay! Chef Wu of my Linfeng residence is a royal chef, and the duck he makes is also full of praise from the emperor. Is it comparable to their first-class building? ”

Lin Xiaozhu looked at Shopkeeper Yu's face, and his heart was even more numerous, and he said with a smile: "It's not comparable, I think Shopkeeper Yu has a number in his heart." However, I can understand the difficulties of Shopkeeper Yu, after all, you have to rely on Chef Wu to support the façade, and it doesn't matter if you don't win the first place in the competition. The most important thing is that the business can be done. In this way, I won't embarrass you, you call Chef Yu over, and say that there is a cook from the capital who wants to ask him about cooking skills, and by the way, ask him if he is interested in other ways to make ducks. ”

"You want to ask Chef Yu for cooking skills?" The shopkeeper changed color.

The so-called asking for cooking skills is just a polite way of saying; In other words, it's a challenge. Like Lin Xiaozhu, he went directly to the door to ask for cooking skills. It's no less than knocking on the door to write a war book. If Chef Wu doesn't accept the offer, the matter will spread, and he won't be able to raise his head in the culinary world.

"However, if Chef Wu loses. He's interested in my duck recipe again, shopkeeper Yu, are you sure you want me to sell him the duck's new recipe? Lin Xiaozhu looked at Shopkeeper Yu and seemed to be smiling.

Shopkeeper Yu's face changed again, and sweat slowly broke out on his forehead.

Chef Wu is an imperial chef, and his ducks are famous, so he became the No. 1 chef in Linfengju, with a high salary and few things to do, and he had to be coaxed, for fear that he would be poached by other restaurants. This also cultivated the arrogance of Chef Wu, and when other cooks did not obey him, he forced him to resign, and did not take him as a shopkeeper in his eyes at all. This made other chefs who had the ability not happy to stay in Linfeng Ju and automatically resigned. So in the past year, Linfengju's business has gradually become less prosperous than before. After all, no matter how delicious the duck is, there are times when you get tired of eating it. Other new dishes can't keep up, and there are fewer customers.

If this little girl really has the ability to make a duck that is even better than Chef Wu's, once this method is bought by Chef Wu, then he must not be more arrogant and have a greater appetite? The entire Linfeng Residence, or you have to help Chef Wu work, he takes the big head, and the owner takes the small head; Otherwise, you will have to lose the pillar of Chef Wu. All in all, Linfengju will face a bleak end.

But if you find a person with a conscience who sells his deed in the hands of the owner to learn from Lin Xiaozhu how to duck, it will be different, and it is completely possible to turn the situation of being controlled by others overturned, and the owner will be the one who is hard. Gone to your Chef Wu, what's the matter? I have another pillar to top it on; On the other hand, if Chef Wu doesn't want to lose this errand, then he has to do his job honestly and listen to the shopkeeper's dispatch.

Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Yu was completely moved.

Yuan Tianye and Shen Ziyi were sitting there, and they were already surprised when they heard Lin Xiaozhu's simple words, and when they said that Shopkeeper Yu's face changed back and forth. After thinking about the mystery of this, I admired Lin Xiaozhu even more. Shen Ziyi sighed softly: "Although it is just a small deal, the tricks used in this are not to be underestimated!" ”

Yuan Tianye nodded, looking at Lin Xiaozhu's gaze as hot as fire.

"But how do I know that your duck is better than Chef Wu's? Besides, you shouldn't be around for long, right? Even if you can make a good duck, how can you have the kung fu to teach all my people? Shopkeeper Yu said.

Although he was moved, he was still not very relieved. To test whether Lin Xiaozhu's craftsmanship is really as good as she said, it is very simple, just let her go into the kitchen and make a duck to come out and taste it. But Shopkeeper Yu can't do this, because this matter can't be known to Chef Wu! So he had to find a new place, ask someone to build a hanging stove, and prepare all kinds of things. During this period, he also had to let Lin Xiaozhu and the three of them eat and drink well. But the duck that Lin Xiaozhu made when he arrived was not like that at all, wasn't he deceived? When the time comes, the descendants of these two sons will come here, and they will pat their butts and leave, and they will not suffer a dumb loss?

Lin Xiaozhu naturally knew what Shopkeeper Yu was worried about, and said: "I said it wildly, it's better to show some real skills to let Shopkeeper Yu take a look." Okay, I'll go to the kitchen and cook another dish for Shopkeeper Yu to taste, so that Shopkeeper Yu will know that I am not such a boaster. But shopkeeper Yu, please rest assured, you have the heart to buy my duck method, I will not say in front of Chef Wu that my best dish is duck. ”

"It would be nice for the girl to do that." Shopkeeper Yu was overjoyed. At this time, I remembered that I hadn't asked the names of these three people, and it was very rude, so I couldn't help but blush, and asked, "Dare to ask what the two sons and this girl are called?" ”

"This is Yuan Gongzi, this is Shen Gongzi. My surname is Lin, and the shopkeeper Yu just calls me Miss Lin. Lin Xiaozhu said. No one knows if Yuan Tuo sent someone to hunt down Yuan Tianye, and now that the guards are not around, it is better to keep a low profile.

"In this way, Miss Lin will go to the kitchen with the old man." Yu shopkeeper said. Seeing that Lin Xiaozhu followed him without hesitation, he believed most of Lin Xiaozhu's words, turned his head, beckoned a junior to come over, and ordered: "Serve a pot of tea to the two sons, and serve some food." ”

"Yes." Xiao Er responded and arranged it himself.

Seeing that Shopkeeper Yu brought a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl into the kitchen, the busy cooks couldn't help but raise their heads curiously. Shopkeeper Yu explained: "This Lin girl said that she made a good dish and wanted to apply for a cook, so I brought her to try the dishes." ”

Recently, because of Chef Wu, several chefs have left, and the kitchen is short of manpower. So it's not surprising that everyone can listen to the words of the shopkeeper. I just think that Lin Xiaozhu is too young and a girl, so I don't think I think she is very much. After glancing at her, he lowered his head again and went about his own business. And that Chef Wu was staying in the place where ducks were roasted at this time, and he was not in this kitchen.

"I wonder what ingredients Miss Lin wants?" Yu shopkeeper said.

Lin Xiaozhu glanced around the kitchen and said, "Tender tofu, shiitake mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, chicken breast, cooked ham, lettuce leaves, and some chicken soup." ”

It's just some ordinary ingredients. But the simpler the ingredients, the more they show a chef's skills. Shopkeeper Yu believed Lin Xiaozhu's words again at this time, turned his head to a helper and said, "Did you hear that?" Hurry up and bring the ingredients to Miss Lin. ”

Lin Xiaozhu had already walked to an empty stove at this time, and asked the cook next to him that no one was used here, so he cleaned up the place, raised the fire, put some water in the pot, and put a steamer. After the cook brought the ingredients over, washed them one by one, and began to cut the shredded mushrooms.

In the past, when a cook came to apply, Shopkeeper Yu only brought people in, turned around and went out, waiting outside for the cook to prepare the food for him to taste. But today, he was afraid that Chef Wu would come out and ask Lin Xiaozhu to talk to him, so he stood there and watched Lin Xiaozhu cook.

But at this glance, he was taken aback. I saw Lin Xiaozhu's knife flying up and down, and the movement was so fast that people couldn't see it clearly. When her movements stopped, the shiitake mushrooms were all as fine as hair. What's even more admirable is that each of these shredded shiitake mushrooms has the same thickness, and there is no difference in size because of its original unevenness. (To be continued)