Chapter 2: The Frost Pavilion
Since it's late today, it's inevitable to be busy.
I walked into my Yinshuang Pavilion and simply cleaned the tables and chairs, and Lin Fattou also helped as much as he could, such as using his strength, simply helping me tidy up the tablecloth and kick up some dust, but this was very difficult for him, and I was impatient in a hurry, so I "rushed" him to the side.
In fact, because of Lin Fattou, Yinshuang Pavilion has not invited other waiters, for fear of accidentally scaring others, but it has always been kept very clean.
Speaking of cleaning, I waved and tidied up casually for less than half an hour, and it was already refreshing and clean, I glanced at it happily, and hurried into the kitchen again. At this time, Lin Fattou was quite aggrieved and floated into the kitchen, looking at his expression, I suddenly remembered that I had told him to bring him delicious food, and I almost forgot about it.
Looking at his resentful expression, I couldn't help but feel funny.
This Lin Fattou was the child of one of the owners of this villa before his death, in the old S City, if he grew up smoothly, he could be regarded as a young and junior figure, you see that even if he is a wandering spirit now, he is wearing a neat set of vest trousers and a bow tie, you know that he is a typical image of a rich child.
But who can know what disease this quasi-young man suffered from because of gluttony and died of acute sudden death? Because the age of death is still young, he has been unwilling to stay in this house and missed reincarnation.
The first time I saw him, I was planning to accept it, and the best way to deal with the wandering ghosts was to accept them and send them to reincarnation. No matter how bad they are, they should be sent back to where they should be, not to the world.
But I was surprised to find that in addition to the wrongful death, this little ghost's spirit body actually had a faint pale golden light, which means that he has done some good deeds with merit in the years he has been a wandering ghost.
What is it exactly, Lin Fattou, a confused little ghost, can't remember it anymore, and only told me that he often uses his ability to help stray cats and dogs, but he has the ability to fart? Stupid to death, God knows how he helps stray cats and dogs?
Therefore, although this room is rumored to be haunted, it is not that this fat head is deliberately scary, if people and ghosts live together, it is inevitable that there will be collisions, which also shows from the side that this little guy is kind-hearted.
If I saw him for the first time, he would have opened his teeth and claws to scare me, and I had already been accepted by me at this time, and when I first saw him, he was shrunk in the corner of the house every day, a little scared, and a little curious to look at me quietly, and I didn't know that I could see him, this pitiful appearance moved me somewhat, plus he also accumulated some virtue, and now it is a pity to go back to the underworld, it is better to let him accumulate more virtue, and he can cast a good baby.
So, I asked him to follow me and help me look after the store at night.
But I didn't expect this guy to be greedy during his lifetime, and he couldn't change this problem after death, looking at his appearance, I felt funny in my heart, but I couldn't help but reprimand: "Lin Fattou, people will always grow up through various lessons, you said you, can't such a profound lesson change your gluttony?" ”
Lin Fattou said cautiously: "Sister Xiaoshuang, I am a ghost and not a human, how can I grow up?" Aren't they all like this forever? ”
I was so angry that I rolled my eyes, and reluctantly took out a stick of incense from my bag, in order to conform to Lin Fattou's childlike fun, the incense was also messily carved with cones, cakes and other patterns.
In fact, it should be said that ghosts do not eat, but some special fragrances will bring a very comfortable feeling to their spirits, and even restore some soul energy, so people who really know know that if ghosts really have food, it is incense candles. Some candles can also be perfumed, but it is more complicated and difficult to make than incense, rather than the folk ingot candles, tributes and so on.
I have studied all kinds of food, since I met Lin Fattou, I have also studied all kinds of spices for fragrance, but fortunately, the craftsmanship is not bad, and after some study, I can also make incense that is quite popular with spirits.
And my teacher is naturally Zuo Qiu, I'm curious how he can even do this? Zuo Qiu glanced at me as if he was looking at an idiot: "In my opinion, as long as food is food, it knows no borders and can make people feel happy." Since there are no borders, why should we divide yin and yang? If you can make good food for people, can't you make good food for ghosts? ”
What an inexplicable answer is this, but when I think of Zuo Qiu, I still can't help but smile slightly.
In the past two years, because of learning his craft, I have been close to him, and I am about to become a good girlfriend in China. But the more I came into contact with it, the more I felt that this guy was full of mystery, and if he hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that the aroma of some real human food could also make the spirit feel comfortable and relaxed.
Thinking about it this way, this is also the reason why people often pay tribute and mistakenly think that ghosts will eat the aroma of food, right? It's just that the tribute they make is often not the donkey's lips to the horse's mouth.
Thinking of these in my mind, I found a small incense burner full of childlike fun and specially made for Lin Fattou, lit this incense for him and put it aside, Lin Fattou cheered, rushed over, and happily bathed his whole body in the curling cigarettes.
Subsequently, my kitchen is also filled with a faint smell, if there is no aroma, compared to ordinary incense, a little special.
Glancing at Lin Fattou's "greedy" appearance, I lowered my head and smiled, didn't bother to pay attention to him, then took out some ingredients from the refrigerator that had been prepared yesterday and began to get busy.
Yinshuang Pavilion is my territory, of course, I am in charge, I took a look at today's menu, it is three dishes and one soup, and I started to make it according to the plan.
Yes, Yinshuang Pavilion is a restaurant equivalent to private dishes, but everything in it is very according to my mood, if I only want to cook one dish today, then the guests come to the door, there is only one dish and one meal, if I want to show my skills today, it is not impossible to make a banquet. Under normal circumstances, I only provide lunch, if you want to eat dinner, you need to ask me to order it half a month in advance, and whether you want to do it or not depends on my mood.
It's such a strange and harsh rule, the business of the Yinshuang Pavilion is actually very good, of course, its customers are limited, after all, I don't promote it much, and I rely on word of mouth.
Moreover, people who can afford to eat a meal at home are either rich or expensive, because I am happy to set the price very high. As for the ordinary people who occasionally break in by mistake? How to collect money, it depends on the edge.
And where did my reputation come from? On the one hand, it is naturally the deliciousness of the food, on the other hand, I am not as stingy as Zuo Qiu's guy, I am very willing to use food therapy and food tonic techniques for every dish here, and I should practice my skills.
After a busy time, three hours passed unconsciously, it was almost half past eleven, and the aroma of Na wafted out of the kitchen, and today's three dishes and one soup were almost ready.
I looked at my results with satisfaction, and these three dishes were just that, a plate of dim sum, a plate of vegetarian dishes, and a plate of meat dishes, all of which were home-cooked practices, but this soup was the "white jade soup" that I recently researched.
The so-called white jade soup is made of two kinds of soup bases, one is boiled with deer tendons, which takes a long time to melt the deer tendons and turn them into gelatinous substances, while the other must be made first, which is a white soup base boiled by real river fish and fish heads.
Everyone knows that the word "fresh" is composed of the words "fish and sheep", so it can not only suppress the fishy smell of fish, but also regulate the smell of sheep, and combine these two ingredients together, it will burst out with amazing delicious taste.
It's just that it's so easy to suppress the fishy smell and regulate the smell? But I was not willing to stick to fish and sheep, I found that deer tendon is a kind of food that can be combined with fresh fish, so I experimented with this white jade soup.
I have already made the deer tendon jelly, and now I have added it to the fresh fish head soup, the boiling heat is just right, and it has already exuded a hot and charming aroma, I picked up the spoon and tasted the soup base, in the end it is not the freshest fish head, it is thawed, and it is still a little bad for me.
But for the guests, it should be considered very good.
I hummed a little song and happily took out the good sea cucumber, this ingredient can absorb the umami of the soup the most, the thicker the soup, the more it blends with it, and the endless aftertaste. Looking at the white jade soup is not only as white as jade, but also because of the deer tendons, some of it is like a Western-style thick soup, and some of it is like a Chinese-style soup, and it is best to use sea cucumber as the main dish in the soup.
Just when I was busy, the wind chimes at the door rang again, I didn't think so, the guests who came to the door here know that the time of my meal is between half past eleven and half past one, which is the specific time to serve, what to serve, it depends on the speed and mood of my cooking, if the guests come to the door in advance, they will sit quietly on the seat and wait, or read, or talk, after all, they are all people with heads and faces, and they can gather here, naturally they are indispensable to communicate, and seek a network for themselves to expand.
It was a surprise that the Frost Pavilion had inadvertently had such an effect.
Of course, I am happy to have more customers, so when I am happy, I will occasionally go out and pour them a special drink of the day, or give them a small plate of the day's snacks.
Since I've been busy until now, the wind chimes have gone off several times, which means that several guests have already come to the door, so it's nothing new that another guest has arrived.
I was so immersed in the pleasure of cooking that I didn't pay any attention to it, but when the guest entered, the slightly strange footsteps kept coming towards the kitchen, and only then did it stop when it reached the kitchen door.
I was slightly displeased, in the Yinshuang Pavilion, my kitchen is definitely a forbidden place for guests, and no one is allowed to trespass, who doesn't understand the rules and walked straight to the door of my kitchen? Even if it's a first-time customer, right?
Thinking of this, I looked up a little angrily, and just wanted to sternly let this person out, but when I saw him, I was slightly stunned, and the expression on my face turned into a smile.