Before the discussion began, there was a lengthy speech, from the heads of the various offices to the clerks, as well as the masters who attended the meeting. Ren Yan was bored, and his eyes moved from the chef to the jury members' seats.

She saw her fiancé sitting on his lap with an indifferent expression, his hands clasped together, his fingers twisted unconsciously.

Hmm, this is impatient?

After looking at it for a long time, he caught his sight, and the moment Gu Tingwen's eyes turned, the impatience between his eyebrows and eyes all dissipated.

She turned her head quietly and chuckled.

On his left hand side sat Ye Songqu with two people, and then to the left was Liang Fu, but before he spoke, his secretary apologized for his absence for some reason.

Of course, no one will treat a prospective groom official harshly.

Ren Yan retracted his gaze and pursed his lips.

Senior Brother Yang sat beside her and muttered in a low voice: "Just now I saw that the master asked the shopkeeper of another restaurant to talk around, and De Shengchang of Xicheng gave twice the salary, but he didn't respond to anyone, he probably decided the owner, who do you say?" ”

"Me." Ren Yan touched the bag of candied fruit from his pocket and gave him a handful.

"Come on, you, with this good thing, you can still call Old Man Du to bully!" Senior Brother Yang took a big bite of dried apricots as if he was angry, "Go back and tell me to buy Hongpheasant, belittle him to be a handyman, and smash coal for the rest of his life!" ”

"That dare is good, Sensei calls him majestic."

Ren Yan looked at his head and said that Du Liren held a piece of paper and read for almost half an hour, which would be the end of the work, his eyes were red with excitement and his voice trembled, and he was sincerely expressing his endless enthusiasm for work.

There was a cold winter rain outside, and the audience reverberated with warm applause, which did not hide Senior Brother Yang's resentment: "What's the spirit, it's not a slave under someone else's feet!" ”

Ren Yan listened to a sound, and before he could understand the meaning of his words, he was called to the back kitchen by the two masters He and Deng, preparing for the discussion.

The white case is still the usual dim sum soup, and the red case is the hibiscus abalone slices, monk shrimp and braised fish lips prepared by the three uncles and uncles; As for the master Fu Du Liren, no one knows what he thinks.

I only know that the new apprentice who followed him stayed up for three whole nights without closing his eyes, and this person stood by the stove, swinging like a tumbler with a black gauze hat with eyebrows, if it wasn't for someone to hold it, his head could be pestled into the soup that had been hanging for two days.

In the spare time of the kitchen help, Ren Rou looked out by the window.

The closest to her is Master Mai, who cooks Chaoshan cuisine, and under his hand is a three-month-old meat pigeon, which is dehaired and washed to reveal a tight pigeon skin and a thin and tender body; The thin strip-like blade knife cuts through the chest and neck, and then the tail is dismantled and the frame is removed.

The small meat pigeon is delicate, and the skin and flesh on the leg and neck joints are only a thin layer, if the knife does not pay attention to breaking the skin, it will fall into the shelf, and this kind of porcelain work can only be done by the master.

But Master Mai is only in his thirties, he is delicate and shy, he is a scholar with glasses, but he is sharp and steady, and he is obviously a general who is powerful in the stove.

The fine-skinned and tender-fleshed pigeon was boned by the general, and lay down on a plate in an orderly manner; The long needle threaded through the cotton thread to sew half of the cut pigeon body, and the remaining holes were filled with thin bird's nest silk and golden leg silk.

Unlike Hung Pheasant, Master Mai picks a golden silk swallow from Nanyang, which is soaked and baked until it softens and then cleaned to remove impurities, and finally the tweezers are torn into silk thinly.

The pigeon body is wrapped in the silk bird's nest, and then the remaining cotton thread has to be sealed with the pigeon body and the stuffing, so as to make the stew taste and prevent the pigeon body from shrinking, and the soup will break the skin and spoil the appearance.

The pigeon body is blanched and set, and the pigeon bones are dismantled and then put into the top soup, the soup melts the sweet aroma of the ham, the freshness of the minced meat and the rich mellow of the old chicken, and simmers for four hours on high heat.

The soup with the right time is the most delicious, too early out of the pot, the pigeon body is dull and boring; For too long, the pigeon body is soft and turbid, and the sweetness is no longer wasted.

Ren Yan looked at it with his eyes, and Senior Brother Yang opened his mouth in his ears and did not stop, and there were interesting stories about Master Mai's craftsmanship circulating in the streets and alleys, all of which were full of praise for Master Mai.

She turned her head to see that Du Liren was busy with his work, and then asked in a low voice: "Such a superb craft, it would be good to invite you." ”

Senior Brother Yang praised her for her insight: "You said it, it is said that the Seventh Master has invited her for more than half a year." Master Mai came out of the teacher last month, and he entered Beijing this month, and now he will be the master of Hongpheasant Hall! ”

"Senior brother is so well-informed, I have never heard of it in the community." She squinted.

Senior Brother Yang pouted: "Speaking of which, we still have to call Master Mai Senior Brother, his master is the same generation as our master, and he wants to call Master Du inside and out, the seventh master is afraid that he will be embarrassed, that is a Sven person!" ”

Also, if Du Liren had known that the junior had stolen the limelight, he would not have turned his back on it, and tried every possible way to make people sleepy.

"This will be out of the division and set up another door, and he won't be able to keep his mouth shut."

Originally, it was a good thing that there were many talents, but when he came to Du Liren, he was only allowed to stand alone, and the master belonged to the master, but this life is like this.

Ren Yan was speechless, Master Du was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground, and the little apprentice was called like a spinning top, pitiful and panicked.

Senior Brother Yang poked her elbow: "Hey, after two years, you will be out of the school, but you will not be worse than Master Mai, otherwise I will not recognize you as a junior sister at that time!" ”

Ren Yan sneered: "As a senior brother, you set an example in front of your head!" ”

Senior Brother Yang shook his head: "You don't have any points for a few catties and taels of me, when the time comes, I will cultivate such a proud junior sister, I also have face, and setting an example is just a false name!" ”

"That's it, you're not ambiguous!"

The brothers and sisters were gagging, and a steward outside called Master Ren: "I've prepared the ingredients for you, do you know how to make fish soup here, or will you make fish soup in the second half of the night?" ”

Ren Yan was dumbfounded: "I didn't follow the post before, why do you still have me?" ”

"It's also in a hurry, I just answered the call of the master, I hope you can also participate in the discussion, this is a big man, and the seventh master doesn't dare to offend, forgive me!"

Ren Yan blinked: "That's it, it's too late, the second half of the morning." ”

"Hey, I'll come back and ask you again, please." The housekeeper laughed and left again.

On an urgent errand that flew in, she couldn't stand here anymore, so she was so panicked that Senior Brother Yang rubbed his hands: "What's the matter, the seventh master doesn't dare to offend, and it's not the only one." Xiao Yan, was it gone to Tianjin last time? ”

"I'm really not impressed." Ren Yan rolled up his sleeves, "Don't work in vain, work hard!" ”

"Gotcha."

A horizontal bar, she was placed on the opposite side of the red case, Du Liren originally occupied a piece of the boss and was divided by her, which will not be satisfactory to anyone, and his eyes are full of knives.

Fortunately, I was busy and didn't care about personal grudges.

The soup was hanging, and Ren Yan took out a watch from his sleeve to remember the hour. The watch was given to her by Xu Fulun, and there was a big brass phoenix on the plate, and the two locks of phoenix feathers swayed and walked.

She suddenly remembered that day at the Li Shunde Hotel, it seemed that she had seen the big man from afar, and on the way from the dance hall to the dining room, was Gu Tingwen interviewing?

Looking at the fire, her mind flew far away.

Just a quarter of an hour later, the steward came again, sneaky: "Master Ren, I have your phone!" ”

At this stall, Ren Yan asked someone to put a hoop on his head, and it was so tight that it was swollen: "Which one?" ”

"No words, it's a girl, saying that it's a friend you haven't seen for a few days, asking you something, and listening to the sound is to drop the golden beans."

Ren Yanchang sighed, Xiao Pu fan stuffed his senior brother's hand, and said that he would go back when he went.

There was no one in the small living room, and she clenched the phone: "Hui Yu? ”

It was Cheng Huiyu's voice on the other end, weak and small: "I escaped from home, Yue Nian went to Guangzhou, I have no place to hide, I heard that you are in the trade union, is it convenient to come out to pick me up?" ”

Will this be?

Ren Yan felt a headache: "Where are you going, where did you call from, where do I pick you up?" ”

"A wife begging on the way." Cheng Huiyu said earnestly, "My family is looking for me, and it's about to arrive." I'll be waiting for you at your doorstep! ”

Zhao's mother went to the grave of her youngest son, and the three female gentlemen in the neighborhood were interviewing with the trade union, and there was no one at home, and before she could say anything, Cheng Huiyu hung up the phone.

It's pouring rain outside, and a girl who runs away from home wants to avoid being chased, and she doesn't wait to be caught at the door of her house?

Ren Yan held the phone and went around there.

The busy sound ticking in the earpiece, she heard enough and grabbed it.

The steward outside was waiting, and when he saw her appear, he smiled: "Do you have something to order?" ”

"I'm not participating." Ren Yan smiled, "I have something urgent, burning my eyebrows, I can't care about talking to you, and you will be affected to deal with the aftermath for me." ”

She didn't have time to explain, so she stretched her clothes to find an umbrella and jumped out.

A rickshaw driver with soaked clothes ran across the street, and he brushed his face: "Miss want a car, I waited for a seat all morning, and I will go back after pulling you, so I will charge you less!" ”

Ren Yan didn't care much, took the umbrella and got into the car: "Shangfu learns Hutong." ”

"Well, sit tight."

"Rouge—"

The driver didn't take two steps before he was stopped.

Gu Tingwen came out with an umbrella, and he didn't have time to put on his coat, half of his suit was soaked by the rain, he took off his glasses, and his eyes were dark.

Ren Yan looked anxious, and frowned on the tarpaulin: "Going back and talking to you again, it's a matter of 100,000 urgency, and it can't be delayed." ”

"Don't be angry with me, you get out of the car first, okay?" He was persistent.

Where is that?

Ren Yan had to persuade again, but he didn't know what the coachman meant, so he suddenly pulled up the car and stabbed into the oblique stab, swaying and bumping, almost throwing her off the car.

After all, the two foot pieces can't reach the four wheels, and the front and back are called four cars around the car, and the turtle in the urn.

The coachman found the way in a panic, and finally threw away the handlebar, pulled out a large firewood knife from his waist, and rushed to Ren Yan.

She sat in the car and was swaying and dizzy, and she was in chaos, and the cold light of the blade flashed dimly—

On one side, the knife slashed on the canopy!

The coachman took advantage of the chaos to grab her arm and dragged her head under the car, dragging people on the one hand, and shouting at the Gu family who surrounded her: "Don't move, I'll put a hole in your hostess when I go back!" ”

This is someone who knows her, come prepared!

Ren Yan dragged his elbow with all his strength, and bit it hard-

It wasn't until there was a fishy smell in his mouth that he heard the man shout and curse, and slashed at her with a knife.