Chapter 197: Moon Cakes

"It's time to go back." Master Guan handed the rope to the black dog again, and this time the black dog tied the rope to his wrist with ease.

Compared with the embarrassment when he came, this time the black dog was more proficient, and followed Master Guan back to the kitchen on the ground floor of Jianmei Pavilion.

"The making of pastries and dishes is different from basic repetitive tasks such as knife work, it is like a gestation process." Master Guan said very philosophically, "It's like a painting, like an ancient book, such as the pie chart painted by the master of calligraphy and painting Qi Wenru." ”

"Draw a pie chart?" The black dog had never heard of Qi Wenru, let alone drawn a pie chart.

"Eh, you are a chef, why don't you know such a famous painting!" Master Guan gritted his teeth and shook his head with a look of pity.

The black dog blinked innocently, when did the public have such high requirements for cooks, and even works of art must be treasured?

"Qi Wenru is a master of landscape painting in the Ding Kingdom." Chef Guan continued, "Now that he has passed away, he must be sixty or seventy if he were alive, but it is like a real delicacy, and the reputation of this dish will not be affected by the death of the chef." Qi Wenru's paintings can be said to be contemporary treasures. ”

"It's a pity." The black dog nodded and said.

"No, it's not a pity, as long as there is something left, someone will always remember you." Master Guan looked thoughtfully at the moon in the sky, then looked back at the black dog and said fixedly, "Never...... It's a pity. ”

The black dog nodded, looked back at the moon and was slightly stunned, but it was a pity that the word "two" was a pity.

Although Qi Wenru is a master of landscape painting, what really made him famous was this "Painting Pie Picture". When Qi Wenru was young, he was just a student from an ordinary family, but his enthusiasm was not in studying and studying but in painting. But under the pressure of his mother, in the new year, he was ready to go to Beijing to catch the exam. ”

Master Guan fanned his fan and pulled his beard and continued: "On the way to catch the exam, Qi Wenru was unfortunately robbed by bandits, but fortunately he saved his life and fled to a restaurant. The owner of the restaurant looked down on people, not only did he not pity Qi Wenru, but even drove him out directly. The chef of the restaurant took pity on Qi Wenru and gave him the leftover pies he made, which allowed Qi Wenru to pick up a life. The two saw each other like old friends, and the cook resigned from the restaurant for Qi Wenru and accompanied Qi Wenru to Beijing to catch the exam. ”

"Those two are confidants." Black Dog said that such feelings are rare, and people often say that it is enough to have a confidant in life.

Qi Wenru failed the list and decided to return to his hometown, and when the cook separated from him, he made that pie for him, and Qi Wenru used his best to draw this pie and send it to the cook as a souvenir. Who would have expected that this scene was seen by Feng Han, the richest man in the capital, and he carefully appreciated the painting, and finally Qi Wenru, a genius in painting, was discovered. ”

"Master Guan, you know a lot." The black dog sighed, Jian Yinzhi not only matched himself with two chefs in cooking, but Master Guan was also his own life master, and this master black dog barked convincingly.

"I'm the chef, the chef who paints the pie in the pie." Master Guan said with a smile, looking at the surprised look of the black dog in front of him with satisfaction, and a little proud.

"Master Guan, you are so powerful!" The black dog said seriously.

"We're going to make cakes tonight, what is the first cake you think of among the pastries?" Master Guan touched his beard and pointed to the dough in front of him.

"Mooncakes?" The black dog thought of the moon he saw tonight, and this was the first thing that came to mind.

"Well, that's right, we're going to make mooncakes tonight." Master Guan nodded with satisfaction, although he only taught Black Dog for three months, but he only needed one night to see that Black Dog was a rare student.

The black dog's eyes swept over the dough that had been prepared on the board and the filling that had been prepared, it was bean paste and jujube paste, the black dog reached out and touched the dough, the softness and hardness were moderate, and the person who prepared it must be a pastry master.

"Shouldn't I be preparing for this?" The black dog is a little curious, shouldn't he learn this?

"You have to learn, but not today, today I want to teach you how to make pastries with your heart." Master Guan said as he put the fan in his hand aside, tied up his long beard, and stretched out his hand to close his eyes, "Take this dough like me." ”

The black dog also held a piece of dough and closed his eyes.

"Moon cakes moon cakes, let's enjoy the moon tonight, recall what you felt in your heart when you saw the moon, who you remembered, what the moon was like, and the birds and insects in your ears." Master Guan said softly, his hand slowly moving.

The black dog's hand also slowly moved.

"Don't care about the shape, just pinch out what you want." Master Guan let the black dog look at the brush he had written, and motioned to the black dog to be casual.

The black dog nodded.

Master Guan looked at the black dog, and the black dog slowly pinched out a house.

"You know the meaning of this in your own heart, don't you?" Master Guan asked, pointing to the dough in the shape of this house.

The black dog nodded affirmatively.

"Now knead it back to the way it was at the beginning." Chef Kwan reminded the black dog while kneading the dough back to its original shape.

"Think about the meaning of this dough in your heart, and divide it into such sizes." Master Guan made it out by himself first, and after the black dog could understand it, the black dog also divided the dough into small balls according to Master Guan's appearance.

"Once the dough is flattened, the filling is what you are missing, and what is missing for your 'meaning' is what the filling is." Chef Kwan used a spoon to fill the filling, and then wrapped the filling in the shape of a cake.

The black dog did the same, it would be nice if everyone was still in the Pingfu Restaurant like this stuffing, but he couldn't go back.

"There is nothing to be sorry about in this world."

Master Guan's voice sounded on the side again, and the black dog nodded and smiled slightly relieved, after all, the people of Pingfu Restaurant will always remember her, as long as this means that she will stay in Pingfu Restaurant forever.

"Take the mold today, and in a month, Master Liu will teach you how to use the knife to carve." Master Guan handed over the mold of the mooncake.

One after another, the black dog's mooncakes were finally all formed.

"Alright, you go and rest." Master Guan said.

"Huh? Right now? The black dog felt that he hadn't done anything tiring yet, nothing but being forced to slide on the roof.

"That's all you're going to learn tonight, learn to relax, learn to do it with your heart." Chef Guan said, and then motioned for the black dog to retreat to the back stool to rest, "Every time I make pastries in the future, just like today, but the previous step must be omitted." ”

The black dog nodded, looking at Master Guan and wanting to come forward to help.

"Teach you in vain tonight! Relax and go! Master Guan glared at the black dog, and the black dog sat back honestly.

Master Guan nodded with satisfaction, put the mooncakes into the pot, sat on the small bench watching the fire and said, "I'm going to leave you a task tomorrow." ”

"What task?" The black dog asked curiously.

"I want you to free yourself." Master Guan could see that the black dog was actually a very lively person, but he was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he should be wandering around mischievously, "First of all, I want you to get rid of the two little girls who are following you." ”

"Quiet, quiet!" The black dog immediately said, Ah Liang and Ah Xing were guarding the door, and when they heard it, they told Jian Yinjiao or Mrs. Li that it would be over.

"It's okay, relax and be open, you won't run away, will you?" Master Guan was amused by the black dog, "Let the two of them guard against you and let you get rid of you, then aren't you even more powerful!" ”

"It seems to make some sense, but what if I am scolded by Mrs. Li!" The black dog was still a little worried.

"You are the person sent by the young master, if you win the first place in the cooking competition in the future, you will be the great benefactor of Jianyan Pavilion, who dares to touch you!" Master Guan didn't understand why the black dog had to be careful step by step, "You are too pessimistic, tomorrow you will have to learn how to liberate, liberate your body and mind." ”

"Okay." The black dog felt a sour in his heart, and was moved by Master Guan's words, he must work hard to change, he is not in modern times, he is not alone, there are many people around him who dedicate their true feelings to her, and she will definitely not be dominated by blood anymore, and she will not be used by the darkness.

"After getting rid of them, I want you to go out into the streets during your afternoon break, and for an afternoon, you can go wherever you want." Master Guan said, "The mooncakes are ready, let's try them." ”

The black dog stood up and walked over, the moon cakes were baked, and the moon cakes made by himself didn't know what they tasted like.

"It's delicious!" Chef Guan sighed, "The noodles I made, the fillings I made, the mooncakes I made are really delicious!"

"My cooking is delicious!" Black Dog immediately added.

"I made the noodles, I made the fillings, I made the moon cakes in the end, and I burned the fire, and the main credit is of course mine!" Master Guan said immediately.

The black dog rolled his eyes, this Master Guan is a bit like a child. But this is very good, the black dog still likes Master Guan to teach her, and it is naturally better to easily Master Guan than the strict Master Liu. Thinking that the black dog also tasted it, and the pie he made out was really good, the black dog chuckled.

"Rest." Master Guan patted the black dog on the shoulder, opened the door and walked out first.

Ah Liang and Ah Xing had experienced an experience of being broken out by Master Guan and the black dog before, and they immediately became nervous this time. Master Guan just thought it was funny and stuffed a mooncake for each of them, and then smiled and didn't know where to go.

The black dog followed Ah Liang and Ah Xing back to the room, ready to rest and prepare for tomorrow's study.