"Guest officer, please come inside. Stay in the hotel or sharpen it?"

"Tai Chi Tofu, Hanchuan Lotus Moon, Bazhen Noodles, Dragon Paste Wine, just these four things?

"Do you want to stay in a hotel?" Hey, the smell of you is an old-timer in the chef world, I'll give you a discount, and I'll ask you for advice after closing?"

"Wait a minute, everyone, there will be a vacancy soon. ”

"No, no, it's not a dead fly on the table, it's a charred peppercorn!

......

The next day was a busy one.

Li You made a cameo appearance in running the hall, cashiering, cleaning, and was very busy. No way, who made him forget to pull the scholar in as a coolie.

Walnut is not easy either. Although she has studied fairy cooking for many years, she has always been meticulous, and she has never cooked for so many people. Sometimes it's slow, and the customer directly slaps the table and leaves, which makes her a little aggrieved, but it also arouses her unyielding temperament hidden under her weak appearance.

finally survived the day, and after closing the door of the store, Li You and Hu Tao collapsed on the ground without any image, panting for breath.

"Hey, boy, little girl, it's not going to work like this. ”

When Li You heard this, he glanced at him angrily:

"Old-timer, it's not you who are tired, you don't talk coldly. ”

The old man with a scar on his face ran to the kitchen on his own, grabbed some leftovers and chewed them with taste.

"This little girl is very good at craft, young man, you are blessed. He closed his eyes and smacked his mouth to savor, "It's a pity, it's still at the level of cooking for the sake of cooking, the wrong way, the more wrong it goes." ”

After saying that, he actually threw away the dishes, turned over a bag of peanuts from the cabinet and ate them.

"Cooking for the sake of cooking?" Hu Tao was a little confused.

Li You's eyes lit up all of a sudden.

This kind of argument, on the homeland of the information explosion, everyone can come to say a few words, but when you hear this sentence here, it is very likely that you have met a master.

After all, the phrase itself makes a lot of sense. For example, if you just do a question for the sake of doing it, you won't be able to get your grades, and if you do it just for the sake of doing something, you won't be able to do a good job.

He slumped to his feet and wrapped his arms around the old man with the scar.

"Senior, teach us. I'll give you free room money, okay? ”

"Less, I don't lack this money. ”

"Senior, you still have to stay for a few days, teach us well, and you can eat comfortably later. ”

"If I want to eat it, won't I get it myself?"

"Wouldn't it be nice to have someone help you get it?"

"It's troublesome to teach, it's better to do it yourself. ”

"Senior ......"

Li You said for a long time, but the old man with the scar didn't agree, and after eating the peanuts, he was ready to go back to the room.

At this moment, Hu Tao walked up to him, carrying a kitchen knife upside down, handed it to the old man with the scar, and looked at him without saying a word.

The old man with the scar was happy.

"You see, you have been nagging for a long time, and you are not as good as the little girl. ”

As he spoke, he took the kitchen knife.

This is... Li You seemed to have guessed Hu Tao's intentions.

Since people don't teach, let him take action and see where the gaps and differences are.

"I've decided on a topic?" asked the old man.

Hu Tao nodded.

"Let's take 'him' as the title. ”

The old man pointed at Li You.

"Ahh

"Good. Hu Tao didn't say a word and began to cook.

But the old man was not in a hurry, but lit a fire and boiled a pot of white water.

After a while, the pot of walnuts came out with an attractive aroma of vegetables.

"It's so fragrant, you are doing supper in a small stove here, how can I sleep upstairs? Little shopkeeper, do you want to make up for me?" A fat man dressed in a merchant's clothes appeared at the kitchen door with a smile.

Li You thought about it for a while, there was indeed such a person staying today, as if he was a traveling businessman.

"Astragalus, Codonopsis, tangerine peel, cinnamon...... Well, this chicken is not bad, it was just slaughtered in the afternoon. This recipe is very nourishing. The little shopkeeper is young, don't be greedy, be modest. The fat merchant shrugged his round nose and sniffed, and actually guessed that it was not far from ten.

But what the hell is Greedy Joy? Did he misunderstand something?

Li You glanced at Hu Tao and noticed that her face was a little flushed.

Hey, don't be so easily led into the ditch by other people's words, what do you hear that is worth blushing?

Li You sighed, and acquiesced to the fat man's request to stay and get a piece of the pie.

Under the secret influence of Hu Tao's divine sense, it didn't take long for this astragalus chicken to be completed.

Just when the astragalus chicken came out of the pot, the old man also scooped up the bean sprouts that had just been thrown into the pot and blanched.

"I'm done too. The old man pushed a bowl of scalded bean sprouts forward.

Li You's eyes were about to fall out in shock.

Just a bowl of scalded bean sprouts?

On the left, a bowl of bean sprouts, and on the right, a pot of delicate chicken broth.

Li You felt that this choice didn't seem to need to be a lot of brains.

But at this time, the fat merchant bent down and saluted, "Master Mi is well." ”

Guru?

The old man who was called Master Mi half-squinted: "Tao Fatty, are you using your recipes to cheat money everywhere again?"

Recipe?

Tao Fatzi smiled bitterly: "Master, in your opinion, those recipes are deceitful, but in everyone's opinion, they are orthodox." ”

Old Man Mi waved his hand impatiently, and he didn't want to argue with Tao Fatzi, so he pointed to two dishes and motioned for Li You to try them.

Hu Tao also looked at Li You expectantly.

This made Li You a little pressured.

He picked up the bowl with the chicken broth.

"Brother is also a man at the top of the food chain, of course he has to eat meat......"

He took a sip.

It's delicious, it's not greasy, it's easy to eat, and it's comfortable for a warm stomach.

He took a few sips and felt satisfied.

Hu Tao looked at him contentedly, and a little smile appeared on his nervous face.

Next, symbolically eat two bites of bean sprouts, right?

Li You raised his chopsticks and tugged at them.

Eh, there's a seasoning underneath, and I'm going to mix it myself.

He stirred it a few times and shoved it into his mouth.

Well, this feeling is a little spicy, but it's very cool!

No, if you eat too many walnuts, won't you lose? Otherwise, just take another bite?

Li You swallowed his saliva, took another big sip, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Whew, sweating a little, feeling the blood come alive.

Tao Fat slapped his palm with a smile.

Hu Tao sighed, saluted Old Man Mi, and said sincerely:

"Senior, it's me who lost. ”

Hmm, what's going on?

Li You was still chewing, and suddenly seeing such a scene, he stopped chewing a little embarrassed.

Tao Fatzi explained to Li You:

"The little girl loses out for the sake of the diners. How to say it... If you have read Master Mi's treatise, you should know this one: If you are overly full, you must use spicy to cheer it up, and if you drink too much, you must use sour sweetness to wake it up. ”

Li You still didn't quite understand: "I haven't eaten well all day, where do I get full food?" If you say that for the sake of the diners, I'm so tired, chicken soup is for my sake, right?"

Tao Fatzi shook his head: "I went south and north to specialize in food business, and I can see at a glance that you have recently eaten a large number of ingredients that nourish qi and blood, and you have not yet digested them, although your stomach is empty, your body is full, and you need some external stimulation to promote its absorption, rather than continuing to tonify." Just like a fire that burns too much, the first thing to consider is to remove some firewood, rather than continue to add firewood. ”

Have you taken a lot of supplements lately?

Li You remembered that it was the time when he was frozen and fainted in order to save Hu Tao, and Hu Tao made him a big meal for a day to replenish his body.

Can you see this?

Li You looked at the fat man who looked honest and happy like a ghost, and then looked at Hu Tao, who was a little depressed.

Old Man Mi may also see Hu Tao's depression, he stepped forward and served two bowls of chicken soup, one bowl was handed to Tao Fatzi, and the other bowl was drunk by himself.

"Little girl, medicine and food are of the same origin, you are right about this. But as I said earlier, what you're missing is a heart for the sake of your diners. ”

"Food is food, never medicine. The so-called medicine is not as good as food supplement, which means that taking medicine to supplement the body is not as good as diet conditioning, and it does not allow you to put medicinal herbs into the dish, which not only destroys the flavor of the dish itself, but also disrupts the diner's own qi and blood state. If you are sick, you need to see a doctor to take medicine, and if you are not sick, you can eat well, enjoy the happiness of eating food, and by the way, use food to regulate your body. It is only right to do your own way and perform your duties. ”

"Don't forget, you are a cook, even if you are a heavenly fairy cook, you are still a cook, not a pharmacist!"

"God will recognize you for being a first-class chef, but he will not praise you for being a chef like a ninth-rate doctor!"

Hu Tao's lowered head slowly lifted, and his eyes flashed with enlightenment.