Chapter 119: The Cook
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Last night, the people of the Zhenfu Division arrested the assassin with great fanfare, and searched outside the capital all night, but they didn't even catch the assassin's hair.
His Majesty has been taking red pills all these years, and his body and bones are not healthy, and he was poked a hole in his chest yesterday, and it took a lot of effort to stop the bleeding, but unfortunately his breath was weak, and the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital did not know how much effort it took to save Emperor Mingde's life.
The Temple of Nourishing the Heart.
The hall was very quiet, the needles could be smelled, and a strong smell of medicine diffused in the air, making people's heads dizzy.
The woman with a gorgeous appearance walked into the hall, and the palace people guarding the door hurriedly blessed her body and said respectfully: "The queen mother is blessed with Jin'an." ”
Queen Qu waved her hand and did not say anything.
The embroidered shoes at the bottom of Xiangyun stepped on the ground, only making a slight sound, she walked to the side of the bed, and looked at the man who described the withered man, there was no trace of blood on his face, such a man also deserved to abolish her? Worthy of sitting on the dragon chair too?
"Your Majesty."
Hearing the woman's soft voice, Emperor Mingde's eyelids twitched slightly, and he slowly opened them, and when he saw the person in front of him clearly, he suddenly frowned, and his hoarse voice was filled with disgust: "The Palace of Heart Cultivation is not the place where the queen should come, retreat." ”
The delicate red lips were slightly hooked, and Queen Qu bent down and said softly: "The concubine just can't rest assured of you, come and take a look." ”
While speaking, Empress Qu sat on the edge of the bed, seeing that Emperor Mingde's lips were chapped and peeling, and blood was slowly overflowing, her eyes flashed, and her face was full of distress.
"Let's see what has become of Your Majesty, first drink some water to moisten your throat."
Poured a bowl of warm water, Empress Qu took a soft pillow and let the angry Emperor Mingde lean against his back, the edge of the bowl was against the man's lips, slightly tilted, and the water poured in, flowing out along the stubble-covered jaw.
"Oops!"
Empress Qu snorted, took out a brocade handkerchief from her arms, and gently wiped the corners of Emperor Mingde's lips, and her phoenix eyes swept the blood stains on the moonlight-colored handkerchief, and the woman did not say a word, and tucked the corners of the quilt for His Majesty, and then left the Heart Cultivation Palace.
After walking out of the palace gate, Queen Qu's steps quickened, and the handkerchief in her hand was tightly grasped by her, and it was pinched and crumpled, just like a child's urine.
The Jinpa smelled the green bamboo pattern, which was not the usual style of Empress Qu, but was given to her by the assassin who entered the palace last night, saying that the Jinpa was coated with poison, and as long as it was stained with human blood, she would be killed within seven days.
Isn't Emperor Mingde going to be abolished? As long as he is dead, there will be no chance to attack the Qu family.
Closest relatives to distant husbands and wives, and even more so in the heavenly family.
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On the first day, the vegetables from the abandoned village were sold at a stall in the capital, and most of them were bought by the cook named Chen Fu. Speaking of which, Duobaolou has been open in Beijing for more than ten years, it is an old restaurant, but it is a pity that the former shopkeeper was short-lived, did not live to forty, and died with a kick on his legs, the boss of the Chen family picked up the cheap, and took over the Duobaolou with his daughter-in-law, and directly sent his nephew to the back kitchen, for fear of robbing the silver money of the two of them.
It is also thanks to Chen Fuxin's wide body and good craftsmanship that he is unwilling to deal with this villain, so Duobaolou's business has not been affected.
However, his sister-in-law is really not a good thing, just because the cost of the kitchen has been played day by day, she suspects in her heart that Chen Fu has secretly ignored the silver, and she doesn't want to think about how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are in the capital, and she doesn't do anything all day long, and she knows the trouble of going to Chen Fu every day.
A few days ago, Chen Fu had an argument with the proprietress, and the proprietress robbed the back kitchen of the errand to buy vegetables, and sent some wilted rotten vegetables to the back kitchen in the morning.
When Chen Fu saw this, his anger was over, when his father was still alive, the ingredients used in Duobaolou were the first in the capital, just because the Chen family had good craftsmanship and sufficient weight, so they gained a firm foothold in the capital.
Seeing that the guests were about to order, he took the silver and went to the street in a hurry, and found that all the vegetables on the street were bought up, and the things in the village were abandoned because the price was more expensive, and there were still a lot left.
Chen Fu was overjoyed, and he didn't care how much money he spent, so he happily bought it all, but he didn't think that because of this matter, his aunt had a falling out at the uncle's place, not to say that Chen Fu colluded with outsiders and deliberately coveted the silver of the treasure building.
His uncle is also a bastard, otherwise he can't treat his own nephew like this, as soon as he heard this, he didn't care how good the green vegetables Chen Fu bought, he slapped Chen Fu twice angrily, and wanted to drive people out of Duobaolou.
Fortunately, the old guys in the building interceded together, so that Chen Fu did not live on the streets.
Speaking of which, yesterday's business in Duobaolou was much better than before, after all, Chen Fu's craftsmanship was also top-notch in Beijing, and the vegetables that grew in the abandoned village, even if they were not watered by the spiritual spring water, but the ground was soaked with spiritual energy, so that the green vegetables grew particularly well and tasted excellent.
Duobaolou's frequent visitors one or two are mouthy gluttonies, as soon as they eat today's vegetables, they feel different, these people don't know what the word politeness is, they ordered several plates of vegetables in a row, ate at noon, came again in the evening, and left the building with satisfaction.
What happened in Duobao Building, the people of the abandoned village were naturally not clear, and when they set up a stall in the original place the next day, the little daughter-in-law who bought a bundle of leeks yesterday came again, and kept muttering:
"Your vegetables are really good to eat, my grandmother is old, her mouth is bitter, and she has no taste for anything she eats, who knows that she took that bundle of leeks and wrapped dumplings, her old man said that this smell is fragrant, and she ate a full plate, if she is not afraid that she will break her stomach, I am afraid that she can eat a lot."
The voice of the little daughter-in-law is not small, the location of the stall is on the main street, the people come and go very lively, as soon as they hear the woman's words, the surrounding people have stopped, staring at the green vegetables in the basket, there are not many types, but they are very fresh, and they can smell the fragrance of the vegetables when they get close.
"How did you sell this?"
This time it was Liu Gao who came over, he squatted on the ground, bared a mouthful of white teeth, and said with a smile: "A bundle of five cents, you can't turn it over." ”
"Five cents? In the future, you don't sell this thing cheaply, right? ”
"No, it's really a black-hearted ......"
The little daughter-in-law who had bought the greens from the waste village didn't care what these people said, she took a lot of each greens, put them in the basket, gave the money, and then left the stall happily.
Because yesterday was a day, many people felt that the green vegetables in the abandoned village came out, and they specially ran to the front of the stall to guard and buy some from one to another.
"You come to Main Street every day to set up stalls?"
"Come every day, you don't have to buy too much, wait until tomorrow there will be a new one." Grabbing the tender green vegetable leaves in his hand, Liu Gao smacked his mouth: "If you want to talk about this sweet potato vine, you don't have to make a lot of it, put a little in it when you cook the soup, or you will add salt directly and stir-fry, it tastes very good." ”
"Don't boast, just order sweet potato vines, it's not a valuable thing, a bundle costs five cents, it's really ......"
Liu Gao didn't say anything, he held a still warm tea egg in his hand, peeled the shell, and saw the reticulated lines on the top soaked in sauce, the man opened his mouth wide and took a bite, not afraid of choking.
There was a stall selling roasted sweet potatoes next door, and he asked, "Your tea eggs are also a little bigger." ”
"This is not an egg, it is a brocade egg, we have a lot of them in Zhuangzi, and we can lay a lot of eggs every day."
In a blink of an eye, a lot of vegetables in the basket were sold, and the money bag hanging from Liu Gao's waist was also bulging, although the bits and pieces were copper plates, but no matter how small the mosquito was, it was better than nothing.
The place where the people of the abandoned village set up their stalls happened to be in the shade, and the sun fell at noon, and they didn't feel how hot it was.
Liu Gao ate a vegetable leaf egg, and before he had eaten enough, he took out another one from his arms, and without waiting to peel it, he looked at a white and fat young man in front of him, his eyes stared at the thing in his hand for a moment, and swallowed his saliva, which looked like he was hungry.
"Eh, aren't you the cook who came to buy vegetables yesterday?"
The little daughter-in-law in Zhuangzi recognized Chen Fu and asked directly.
Chen Fu nodded, stretched out his hand to rub his white and fat face, and said, "Sell me one of the tea eggs." ”
This time I went out to make money, the cook in front of me may be a big customer, Liu Gao was also very happy, and threw the tea eggs directly, Chen Fu caught it in a panic, smelled the smell, and said straight in his mouth: "Fragrant, really fragrant, your soy sauce for boiling braised soup is definitely not ordinary, although the tea may be old tea, but this is enough to taste ......"
Chen Fusheng was afraid that someone would rob him, so he ate the brocade eggs directly into his stomach in three or two clicks, and after eating a mouth, his eyes narrowed like slits, his expression was intoxicated, and he was obviously still reminiscing about the aroma of tea eggs.
As a cook himself, he knows how important the quality of the sauce is to the food, if he could taste the soy sauce from the boiled vegetable leaves......
"Chef Chen is here to buy groceries? We don't have much left this time."
"It's not to buy vegetables, I'm thinking about going back with you and being a cook."
The boss with a long mouth in Liu Gao seemed to be able to stuff an egg, but he never thought that he would be able to pick up a white rice after the first trip to Beijing.
"There is no shortage of people in our Zhuangzi, where should you go, don't delay us in doing business."
"I'm the cook of Duobaolou, and my skills are very good, so you won't suffer if you bring me back."
Liu Gao hurriedly waved his hand: "Even if you are the imperial chef in the palace, we can't afford to use it, the poor are all here to sell vegetables, how can we still get paid?" ”
Chen Fu's fat face suddenly collapsed, and he sighed and walked to the base of the wall, and sat down.
Chen Fu himself tasted the fried vegetables yesterday, and the taste was much better than the original, because of this, he had to come to buy the green vegetables of the waste village, who thought that this matter was known by the proprietress, and stabbed his uncle, the uncle of the Chen family has always regarded Chen Fu as a thorn in the flesh, and took this opportunity to sweep people out of the house.
Chen Fu was penniless, he ate a bowl of sauerkraut noodles in the morning, and now his stomach is rumbling, and he looks really pitiful.
The daughter-in-law of the Sun family lowered her voice and said to Liu Gao: "I heard Mrs. Qian say before, Mrs. is trying to find a good chef to open a restaurant, otherwise let's bring people back first, we really can't let him work......"
"Madame really wants to open a restaurant?" Liu Gao asked in surprise.
"What Mrs. Qian said, there should be no fake, after all, there is too much grain produced in Zhuangzi, Rong'an Fang can't sell it at all, let's set up a stall on the street, like these worthless green vegetables can still be sold, to say that those black pearls, wolfberry honey and other things, how expensive they are, let you sell them, do you dare?"
Liu Gao shrunk his neck, looking a little cowardly, to be honest, he really didn't dare.
"Why don't you bring someone back first?"
The daughter-in-law of the Sun family nodded hurriedly, they who do rough work are not good at showing their faces in front of their parents, if they find a suitable cook this time, so that Mrs. is satisfied, it may be more comfortable to live in the abandoned village in the future.
There were not many greens left in the basket, and they were almost sold just after noon, Liu Gao walked to Chen Fu's side, rubbed his toes forward, and asked:
"Why don't you go back with us?"
Chen Fu thought that he had misheard, and a harrier turned over and sat up straight, and hurriedly asked, "Really?" ”
"Can I still lie to you? Look at a big man like you, except for growing a body of flesh, there is nothing of value. ”
Hearing this, Chen Fu grinned and was not angry, patted the mud and dust on his body, followed a group of people, and walked up a bumpy slope.
It stands to reason that outsiders are not allowed to enter the waste village, but Zhou Zhuangtou also knew that Pan'er was going to open a restaurant, so he kept an eye on Chen Fu, divided him into a hut, gave him two changes of clothes, and after a futon, he led people to Pan'er's courtyard.
The wild wolf and mastiff don't like to move during the day, just under the old plum tree in the yard, Zhou Zhuangtou still remembers that this plum tree almost let people cut off a few years ago, and now it is very strong, otherwise it can't withstand the two beasts tossing every day.
Chen Fuda grew up in Beijing, and he had never seen such a fierce beast, so he was so frightened that he gasped.
"Good fellows, these two are quite energetic."
Smelling the smell of outsiders, the mastiff and the wild wolf suddenly became energetic, bared their teeth at Chen Fu, and fell to the ground with a tick in their mouths.
Chen Fu shuddered at the cold eyes of the beast's inorganic substance, and hid behind Zhou Zhuangtou, he was so big that Zhou Zhuangtou couldn't stop it at all.
When he walked into the fence gate, his legs were swinging, as if he were stepping on cotton.
"Don't be afraid, as long as you don't mess around, they won't hurt anyone."
Chen Fu said twice and didn't open his mouth.
Luan Yu heard the movement outside, and learned that Zhou Zhuangtou had brought a cook, and informed Pan'er that the two of them were led to the hall.
The woman held a bowl of honey tea in her hand, and the honey in it was not a huge amount of wolfberry honey, but a small bottle of plum blossom honey saved in winter.
The old plum tree has a short flowering period, and when the ice and snow melt and all the plum blossoms are gone, even if the bees want to collect honey, there is nothing to collect.
Because plum nectar is a rare good thing, Pan'er is reluctant to drink it all at once, she thinks about the long flow of water, drink it every few days, about this bottle of plum nectar can last for a few months.
Chen Fu has a sensitive nose, and as soon as he entered the room, he smelled the special fragrance of plum blossom nectar, his eyes rolled around, and he stared at the blue and white porcelain bowl in the woman's hand, and didn't move.
Zhou Zhuangtou slapped Chen Fu with his elbow, and this person reacted and hurriedly greeted the woman in front of him.
Before coming to the abandoned village, Chen Fu really didn't expect that those high-quality, excellent taste of green vegetables, actually grew in the general's wife's Zhuangzi, this Zhuangzi really occupies a piece of feng shui treasure land, along the way, in addition to the green vegetables grow well, those fruit trees are also hung with fruit, one by one full and plump, if you can take a bite, the abundant juice will be full of mouth.
Pan'er herself is not the kind of woman who cares about red tape, and waved her hand to make the two stand up straight. When she lost her virginity before marriage, she became a nurse in the Dingbei Hou Mansion, and when she married Chu Liang, I don't know how many people secretly chewed the root of her tongue behind her back, and she was also a loss-in-law.
"You're the cook of Duobao Building?"
Chen Fu arched his hand, and his white fat face looked very pleasing.
"The little one is exactly."
"If I'm not mistaken, Duobaolou is already a relatively large restaurant in Beijing, why did you leave Duobaolou and come to the ruined village?"
Chen Fu's face turned red, he didn't dare to hide it, and told the truth directly: "Duobaolou was originally my father's property, but later my father died and was robbed by my uncle's family, so I became a cook, and today I was kicked out." ”
The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, even if it is a sibling brother, because of the money, there are still a lot of people who turn their faces, not to mention nephews like Chen Fu who have no father.
Pan'er nodded slightly and said, "It's not impossible to stay in the waste village, but I have to try your craftsmanship." ”
As soon as he heard this, Chen Fule was relieved, he had been a cook for more than ten years, and the last thing he was afraid of was cooking, so he immediately straightened his chest and looked confident.
"Okay, then you go down and prepare, I have eaten the Eight Treasure Duck of Duobaolou once before, you make it for me to taste."
Chen Fu hurriedly answered, and then was taken to the kitchen by Luan Yu.
In the kitchen, Li Shun was originally stewing pigeons, and when he saw Luan Yu bringing Chen Fu in, he only looked at his face and body, and knew that this was also a peer.
Luan Yu was afraid that Li Shun would feel uncomfortable, so he hurriedly explained: "This is Chen Fu, Mrs. is thinking about opening a restaurant, try his skills first, what do we don't understand, Master Li also has to check on the side." ”
Being held by Luan Yu like this, Li Shun's heart was relieved, and he said to Chen Fu: "There is an empty iron pot over there, you can do it there, tell the mother-in-law what ingredients you need, there is no shortage of water in the Zhuangzi." ”
Chen Fu is also an honest man, scratched his head and laughed twice, walked to the front of the board, and said to his mother-in-law:
"Help me prepare fat duck, diced bamboo shoots, diced meat, diced ham, ......"
Glancing at the pigeon soup in the casserole, Li Shun sighed: "Are you going to make eight treasure ducks?" ”
"Madame said she wanted to eat this, so I tried to get it."