Chapter Twenty-Three: Happiness as a Teacher
Xiaoping's worries are not unreasonable, she knows very well what her master's temperament is, if she is drunk, she will be fine in the palace, and it will be fine outside the courtyard wall, but if she is in this restaurant, it will be a big trouble, and they still climbed the wall to get out of the house, just when she didn't know how to dissuade her, Jiang Xinyi's sentence "Thank you, little second brother, forget about the wine." Let her little heart that was so frightened that it was about to jump out finally settle down, and quickly picked up the teacup in front of her and took a sip to suppress the shock.
"Childe, I am a person who reads, and I don't drink a drop of alcohol." Jiang Xinyi added this sentence seriously.
"Poof", Xiaoping beside her didn't hold back, and the tea in her mouth squirted out as soon as she drank it, but fortunately she turned her head, otherwise it would have been sprayed on the table. God, this master is really powerful, he doesn't wrinkle his eyebrows when he lies, and he still reads? It would be strange if the saints who teach know that the place where the master reads every day is not a study, not a bedroom, but a latrine, and he is not angry and vomits blood. At the beginning, the master asked her to go to Steward Ji to ask for a few books, Xiaoping really thought that her master was very studious? Who would have thought!
I don't get a drop of wine, and I don't know who it is, I don't even let go of the cooking wine for cooking, and I don't wake up when I drink it, and I was almost thrown into the lake by the prince!
"I'm sorry, Ping'er was wrong." Xiaoping said pitifully to Jiang Xinyi.
Actually, Jiang Xinyi also knew why this little girl was spraying, she glanced at Xiaoping and didn't say anything.
After Xiao Er left, Jiang Xinyi saw that the girl next to her was really scared, and knew that she thought she was really angry. "Ping'er, why are you still stupid? Let's start eating. β
"Master." Xiaoping shouted cautiously.
"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and eat, thank you for your good work today, don't worry, your master and I are not so stingy, just the two of us, why are you so nervous?" Jiang Xinyi hurriedly explained, she knew that if she didn't explain, this girl might not be able to eat anything.
Xiaoping looked up at her master's smile and knew that she was too careful, so she pursed her lips embarrassedly.
"This one seems to be sweet and sour fish, and the other plate is a lion's head? This little Erguang wants to sell wine, why don't you tell us the name of the dish? Jiang Xinyi held the chopsticks and complained.
"It smells so good." Xiaoping saw that she didn't move her chopsticks, so she didn't dare to eat first, just looked at the two dishes on the table and said three words.
Jiang Xinyi hurriedly moved the plate of fragrant sweet and sour fish to Xiaoping's front and said, "Be careful of the sting, eat it quickly, don't be so restrained in front of me, I will really be angry if I do this again." β
"Oh, Ping'er knows it's wrong." Xiaoping hurriedly stretched out her chopsticks and grabbed a piece of fish to eat. "Master, this fish is so delicious."
"If it's delicious, you can eat more." Jiang Xinyi said to Xiaoping distressedly. Then I also sandwiched a piece and tasted it, which was okay, but it was not as good as the taste I ate in modern times.
When the fish on the plate was about to eat one side, Xiao Er brought two dishes again, and he was stunned when he saw the plate of fish in front of Xiaoping. It is normal for a scholar to eat with his master, but this is not normal. Otherwise, the relationship between these two is that of brothers, but the temperament is obviously that they are master and servant! This kid, what a life! Xiao Er envied Xiao Ping in his heart.
"Little second brother, can you tell us about the name of the dish? We both come from far away from the countryside. Jiang Xinyi saw that Xiao Er put down the other two dishes and wanted to leave, so she hurriedly asked.
"Oh, the name of the dish? These are all specialties in our store, this is sweet and sour fish, this is spicy chicken nuggets, this is honeydew melon glutinous rice chicken, braised lion's head," Xiao Er cleared his throat and introduced, and then went out again.
"Master, that's enough, let's not eat it all!" Xiaoping looked at the big braised lion head that Jiang Xinyi gave her, and looked up at her.
"Why are you so verbose? You won't eat a few bites of everything, there are not many opportunities like this at the moment, and the ghost knows if anyone is following us today? If it is, it will be difficult to come out next time. After Jiang Xinyi finished speaking, she also clipped a lion's head to herself.
Xiaoping smiled embarrassedly, stuck the lion's head with chopsticks, chose an angle to take a bite, and nodded again and again.
The dishes were served one after another, and the two of them were very full, and then the shopkeeper came in again and refilled the tea, "Childe, I don't know how to eat?" Are you satisfied? He asked cautiously, because this was the master's answer.
Xiaoping nodded very satisfied, wanting to see what the master had to say.
Jiang Xinyi took a sip of tea and said disapprerovingly; "This spicy chicken nuggets, honeydew melon glutinous rice chicken, kung pao nut chicken, crystal elbow codonopsis, skullcap chicken soup, and the spring color of the garden are all okay, but the two are a little worse."
As soon as she said that the garden was full of spring, Jiang Xinyi remembered another dish name she had seen in the newspaper before, saying that it was invented by the restaurant to attract diners, called hook and match, and when the dish was served on the table, the guests understood that it was actually two kinds of bean sprouts fried together.
After Jiang Xinyi finished speaking, Xiaoping felt a little embarrassed, such a delicious thing, the master actually said that he was not satisfied! Maybe the master's maiden cook's is better than here?
"Childe, you sit down for a while, and the little one will come." After speaking, Xiao Er left quickly, making the two people at the table confused, why didn't they say settle the bill?
In the kitchen, after listening to Xiao Er's words, the master of cooking turned a little ugly, today's table of dishes in the orchid room are his specialties, so he specially instructed Xiao Er to ask the guests' opinions, the previous guests were full of praise, why are the guests so tricky today? Or is your craft really not good?
"Take me to the honored guest in the room." The master said to Xiao Er. As soon as the two of them walked out of the kitchen door, they met with the boss.
"It's going to be the busiest time, where are you going?" The boss asked, puzzled.
Xiao Er briefly described the matter to the boss.
"Is it the orchid room?" The boss asked.
Xiao Er nodded and didn't say anything more.
"Oh, it's okay to listen to the opinions, but pay attention to the words, don't make the guests angry, forget it, let's go together." The owner thought about it and decided to go with the master, who also wanted to improve the quality of the dishes in his shop.
The three of them walked into the orchid room, Jiang Xinyi was looking at the furnishings in the private room, thinking that if she really opened a restaurant in the future, she would have a reference.
She heard the voice and turned around, and saw the shopkeeper, Xiao Er, and a fat man with an unhappy face, from the smell of oil on his body, Jiang Xinyi guessed that he was probably the chef in charge of this store, but what did he do? I heard someone say that he was not satisfied with his food, and came to Xingshi to ask for sin?
"This son, this is the master chef of our restaurant, I heard that you are not very satisfied with a few dishes, so I specially came to ask, please ask the son to prompt, and we will also improve." The boss said with a smile on his face.
When Jiang Xinyi heard this, she glanced at the chef's face again, and saw a look of unconvincing, where there was a little modesty, it seemed that she didn't tell them a reason, but it seemed that she was messing around. Thinking of this, Jiang Xinyi walked to the table and sat down again, Xiaoping bit her lip with a nervous look, she wanted to laugh when she saw it.
"Since the boss said so, this young master can be ugly, let's talk about this braised lion head first, the master's selection of materials is very good, with fat and lean meat, ruddy and oily, with green vegetables to cover up, the eyes are very good, and there is also a fragrant fragrance." Jiang Xinyi said this, paused, glanced at the fat man, his face was obviously a little cloudy, his eyes widened and his ears pricked up and waited to hear her continue.
"However, the taste of this dish by the master chef is not very good, and the ratio of fat and lean meat is not right, and it looks a little greasy." Jiang Xinyi said bluntly.
"The lion's head in our restaurant is even full of praise for several princes in the capital, why can't you say it well?" Xiao Er said a little unconvinced.
"Shut up and listen to Childe." The boss on the side didn't speak, but the fat man opened his mouth to blame Xiao Er. This surprised Jiang Xinyi.
"This sweet and sour fish, when cooking the soup, add a little tomato sauce to it, which is crushed tomatoes, so that the taste will be more delicious. Master can give it a try. But today, the young master is most satisfied, is the melon glutinous rice chicken, the master has matched the stickiness of the glutinous rice, the tenderness of the chicken and the fragrance of the melon, all just right. Jiang Xinyi said that after talking about the shortcomings and advantages, she can't just hit others!
As soon as the fat man and the boss heard this, they knew that the person in front of them was definitely an expert. The fat man just wanted to open his mouth to ask Jiang Xinyi something, but a person ran in outside the door, it was Xiaoshan from before.
"I said, Master, why are you still here? The prince and they are all here, waiting among the chrysanthemums, the dishes have been ordered, why don't you hurry up and stir-fry? Xiaoshan said anxiously rubbing his hands.
"Xiaoshan, why are you so nervous today?" The boss asked.
Yes, the prince is a frequent visitor here, and he is also very easy-going, why is this kid so nervous today? The fat man and the other little two didn't understand either.
"You don't know, I heard that the horse that pulled the cart for the prince tonight was somehow frightened, and almost hit someone on the street, but fortunately a son saved the old lady, otherwise he would have died, and the prince was also in danger." Xiaoshan said to everyone.
It turned out that the frightened carriage belonged to the current prince? Jiang Xinyi and Xiaoping winked at each other. Counting it, Jiang Xinyi still has to call the prince brother-in-law, no, it seems that it is okay to call the eldest brother. I didn't see him and the crown princess in the palace last time, and I don't know what kind of virtue this quasi-emperor is? Jiang Xinyi pondered.
"This son, the villain has a reluctant request, I wonder if you can agree?" The fat man bowed to Jiang Xinyi and asked.
"Master, if you have anything to say, it's okay to say it." Jiang Xinyi likes others to respect her the most, so she said kindly.
"If you're not busy, can you go to the kitchen and give some pointers, it just so happens that the prince likes to eat lion's head the most, and every time you come, I think," the fat man pleaded.
"No, my son-in-law still has important matters." Xiaoping hurriedly refused.
"It's okay, then ask the master to lead the way." Jiang Xinyi agreed without thinking about it, she actually wanted to verify the cooking skills she learned in modern times and whether she could adapt to them in ancient times. If you get the affirmation of the prince, then you will be more confident if you open your own restaurant in the future.
Jiang Xinyi followed the fat man and walked away, and the boss helped Xiaoping put all the things they bought at the counter, and let Xiaoping sit downstairs and wait for Jiang Xinyi.
This master is really, only came out on the first day, pulling the hand of the child who asked for food, she is not too dirty, saving the strange old man, she is not afraid of death, and now she is also the master of the big restaurant, and she is not afraid of going back, and she is not afraid of being discovered by the prince, so what is this master afraid of?
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