This former neighbor's name is Zhou Hui, and the name is quite nice, but it is also quite popular.

The little girl's name is Ning Meng.

Zhou Hui's husband met her when she was in vocational school, and they lived together after graduation. Later, with Ning Meng, he got married. After getting married, men become a little lazy.

Laziness is still the worst, and beating his wife is what he is out of line.

Hitting once is not out of line, but a dozen in three or two days is the most out of line. In the end, Zhou Hui sued for divorce, the two had no property, and the man didn't want children, so Ning Meng followed Zhou Hui.

But the two have been living together since their divorce.

Zhou Hui thought very simply, that is, to let the child have a father. As a result, this father disappeared suddenly, and he didn't come home for more than two months.

Zhou Hui wanted to find a job, but she didn't want to leave her children at home alone, so she took her children to find a job, but it can be imagined that no one wants a woman with a child.

If it weren't for picking up bottles and scrap for some money, both of them would have become beggars. In this way, she still owes a month's rent, and the landlord is kind enough not to urge her, but if she can't pay it again, it is estimated that she will be evicted.

Zhou Hui explained things clearly intermittently, and then fidgeted.

In such a delicate small yard as Yichu, she always felt as if she was not clean. Ning Meng leaned close to her mother's side, looked at the decoration of the lobby curiously, and saw a beckoning cat waving her hand, and her eyes were eager to try it, wanting to touch it.

"The monthly salary of our waiters here is about 5,000." Nie Xiaoqing said to Zhou Hui, "Each person will be given a few sets of uniforms." You can measure your body today and help you customize it. But I suggest you quit the house over there and rent a house around here. This makes it easier to get to work. ”

Zhou Hui looked at Rong Yu and then at Nie Xiaoqing.

Ning Meng also followed Zhou Hui to look at Rong Yu and Nie Xiaoqing, her eyes were staggered, as if she was thinking about whether this brother, who could always take out snacks, would suddenly turn out delicious today, but unfortunately there was no candy in his pocket.

"Tell me, are you doing it or not?" Nie Xiaoqing said.

"Yes, I do!" Zhou Hui was just a little hesitant, "But...... Ning Meng......"

"Just bring it to work." Rong Yu said a word, and suddenly frowned again, "Aren't you going to kindergarten?" Oh...... Okay, tomorrow...... Take Ning Meng and find a nearby kindergarten. ”

"I'll pick up the bottle!"

Ning Meng looked at Rong Yu and showed off her skills.

What does that mean? Rong Yu turned his head to look at Zhou Hui.

Zhou Hui looked a little embarrassed: "She doesn't want to go to kindergarten." Possible...... Follow me to get used to it......"

Nie Xiaoqing smiled: "Let's not talk about this yet, let's go, I'll take you to familiarize yourself first, and by the way, you can understand some of your job responsibilities." And also...... Xiao Xu, bring Zhou Hui. ”

Nie Xiaoqing called another waiter to come over and give Zhou Hui a simple training.

In any case, it is still necessary to have a certain standard for dealing with people and serving water, after all, this is a high-end private dish, and the waiter's standardized behavior is the basic requirement.

Xiao Xu was enthusiastic, so he immediately came over and took Zhou Hui to the back of the yard.

Ning Meng looked at Zhou Hui and Rong Yu. Should I go with my mother, or should I stay here? It's difficult. After thinking about it, I still trotted all the way with my mother.

"Because it's your neighbor?" When the mother and daughter both disappeared from sight, Nie Xiaoqing smiled at Rong Yu.

"yes!" Rong Yu said, "I met, it just so happens that we are also short of people, who is not hired?" If he is a diligent worker, it can be regarded as a kind and hard-working person in this world who will not have no way out. ”

"That's what you thought that night in high school, didn't you?" Nie Xiaoqing's eyes were shining, and she had already understood in her heart that Rong Yu's decision after seeing the mother and daughter paired.

"You also helped me because you didn't want me to have no way out?"

Nie Xiaoqing's heart once again seemed to be back to that high school night, beating a little surgingly.

That night, after Rong Yu left, after returning home, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. As if as soon as he closed his eyes, Rong Yu's lazy face and domineering words overflowed from his imagination.

"No, it's just that you look good, you can't cheapen those bastards."

"Interested?"

"Lard blinded the heart!" Rong Yu said.

Nie Xiaoqing laughed, as if this sentence was a very coke thing.

Rong Yu felt that this woman's smile was a little low, and turned around and went into the kitchen. I'd rather point out Fan Ran than talk to this woman about these useless things.

What's the use of? Lao Tzu is the man you can't get in your life.

Fan Ran was a little nervous when he saw Rong Yu coming in.

"The first thing you need to do as a chef is to be very stable. People who are swayed by emotions are prone to extremely subtle differences when cooking. And this difference can lead to differences in the taste of customers. ”

Rong Yu put his hands behind his back and watched Fan Ran handle the fish on the eucalyptus board.

Fan Ran took a deep breath: "I understand, Brother Yu!" ”

Rong Yu nodded and said, "There are many ways to calm down, I believe you will find your own unique way." Remember, as a chef, once you're in the kitchen, you have to let go of all your distractions. When you enter the kitchen, you should have only one purpose, and that is to cook! ”

Fan Ran nodded, then took a few deep breaths.

"Yesterday I ran for a day of takeout, and I was tired?"

Fan Ran nodded.

"It's fine!"

"Stay your best at all times." Rong Yu said, "Concentration like a falcon, discrimination like a hyena, and precision like a tanuki." ”

In fact, Fan Ran has grown up very quickly. When dealing with miscellaneous work such as eucalyptus, he is barely a master. In the past, we paid attention to speed, to fast and good, and now we are at ease.

Ease is a scale.

There are really not many people who can grasp this scale, and one of the basic qualities of a chef is to make himself appear comfortable when handling ingredients.

It's fast and good, and people who sell fish and meat in the vegetable market can do it. Some meat sellers can even go down with a knife, you say half a catty, half a catty, never more than one or two, not less than one or two, just right. Rong Yu has seen several such people in the vegetable market. That's proficiency.

But when handling ingredients, proficiency is definitely not enough.

In other words, fast and good belong to the category of skill, and being able to do it easily belongs to the category of art. If you cross it, it will be a world of difference, and you will enter a new realm.

It's the realm.

It's like the division of the realm of a martial arts master.

It's not just Fan Ran who is trying to improve his realm, Rong Yu himself is also looking for his own realm. It seems that the improvement of cooking skills has reached a bottleneck.

And the art is close to the realm of the Tao, but Rong Yu is still a little at a loss.

As far as cooking skills are concerned, Rong Yu doesn't know what kind of position he is in Xingsha. But if a chef like Wang Tiejun, who has worked in a five-star hotel, says "I'm not as good as you", then it should be regarded as a top level.

The process of seeking the Tao is not something that can be obtained by pondering too much, but by understanding.

Because in the basic skills, in the pursuit of art, has reached the bottleneck, even if you open 20 tables a day, the mood is not enough, the understanding is not enough, it is in vain, but because of fatigue and the spirit falls into fatigue, resulting in the decline of cooking skills.

So Rong Yu simply didn't want to do this.

Since the Tao is mentioned, it is to follow the path.

Didn't Lao Tzu say that "the Tao is natural", so let it be. The Tao of cooking is also the Tao, a kind of learning, and a kind of philosophy of life.

And the philosopher Wei Yuanda also once said, "Skill can enter the Tao, and art can pass through God".

Fan Ran is a person who likes to think, when he was in a technical school before, he was able to learn a rough idea, but after he came out, he didn't have a famous teacher to guide him, so he relied on his own foolishness.

People who like to think will be promoted faster than those who can only draw a scoop according to the gourd and can't think.

After New Year's Day, several plum trees bloomed behind Rong Yu's small courtyard.

Originally, when it snowed, I wanted to enjoy the plum blossoms, but I regretted that they didn't bloom. Enjoying the flowers in the snow is a very elegant thing for customers who come to eat here.

Taste!

After the plum blossoms bloomed, Zhang Desheng came.

This time he didn't come alone, but two people together. The person who came with him, Rong Yu also knew. It was He Zailai, whom Huang Bairong had introduced before.

He Zai came to Xingsha from the capital, and then came to Rong Yu's small courtyard the next day.

If you come, you will definitely have to charter the venue.

"Brother Rong, after a period of separation, I miss it very much!"

As soon as He Zai came into the small courtyard, he opened his arms and gave Rong Yu a strong hug to Rong Yu, who walked from the lobby. It makes the two seem to know each other very well.

But it's not a question of familiarity, it's a great favor for Rong Yu, and Rong Yu doesn't have the problem of repaying favors.

"Haha, and me!"

Zhang Desheng also opened his arms and hugged Rong Yu in a funny way, this old man didn't come for a while.

According to Rong Yuyin's thoughts, did this old man have a plot against that unlucky guy?

Rong Yu did not lead them to the private room, but to a few plum trees next to a pool of winter water, where there was a stone table with carved patterns, and four stone benches, simple and generous. In addition, the slanting sun is soaked in yellow, reflected on the plum blossoms, and the plum blossoms are projected on the stone table, this scene is not elegant.

"This is exquisite!"

Zhang Desheng nodded again and again. In fact, it is also pretending to be coquettish.

Rong Yu said: "Or, Lao Zhang, you have two sentences that are appropriate for the situation?" ”

"Fart, poetry is definitely not good for me, if it is Lao He, maybe there will be a good sentence." Zhang Desheng pretended to be very vulgar.

Rong Yu knows that this guy is not vulgar at all, don't look at the big grin on the surface and his rough demeanor, if he is really a scheming old man, it will be outrageous.

The previous case of California sunshine is still bloody there.

However, Zhang Desheng called He Zailai, who was younger than him, Lao He, and the position of these two people was obviously respected by He Zailai.

He Zailai didn't care at all about Zhang Desheng throwing the pot on himself, but smiled at Rong Yu and said: "The master's elegant garden, of course, the master has to find two or three good sentences for us to add interest to our guests!" ”

Rong Yu said: "My family washes the inkstone pond tree, the flowers bloom with ink marks, don't let people praise the color, only leave the clear air full of goodness." ”

Zhang Desheng applauded, this plum blossom poem came as soon as he opened his mouth, and he was knowledgeable.

He Zailai was not satisfied: "Your four or five-year-old Meng Tong knows that the lake makes us two old people, but it is not kind." Besides, it's not the right time! ”

"I'm a cook!" Rong Yu frowned.

"If you're an ordinary cook, forget it, but you still like to make something so elegant as a famous recipe, come again, come again!" He Zailai didn't agree with Rong Yu's complaints, and said with a smile, "The old man in the lake lane is not afraid of thunder!" ”

The old man refers to Zhang Desheng.

"Sniff the cold plums in front of the window, and let me pitch to play; A branch of fairy cinnamon in the moon climbing, which makes people dance for a long time. ”

Rong Yu read again.

"It's a novelty." He Zai said, "Why does it sound familiar? ”

In "The Outer History of Confucianism", a couplet in Yang Zhizhong's study. It's just that the character is not good, but it's a pity that this is a good couplet. Rong Yu said.

"I remembered!" He Zailai nodded, "But when it comes to plum blossoms, I still like Wang Jiefu's 'remote knowledge is not snow, because there is a dark fragrance'." ”

Zhang Desheng knocked on the table.

"We're here for dinner!"

He Zai laughed and nodded: "Yes, yes, we are here to eat, and we almost forgot our purpose, what kind of dishes were arranged for us today?" Let's start by saying that I won't eat famous dishes today. ”

"Today, the two of you are coming for plum blossoms, so we will have a plum blossom banquet." Rong Yu said.

"Plum Blossom Banquet? Hey, this is good! "He Zai likes this tune.

Zhang Desheng said: "What do you say? ”

Rong Yu said: "The plum blossom banquet was originally a special banquet in Ningshan region, with a recipe of withering, soup, seven hot, and eight cold. A set of carvings, this one doesn't mean much to us, so I took three of the seven hot dishes, two of the eight cold dishes, plus a soup, and that's enough. ”

"It turned out to be Ningshan's famous dish! It's a pity that there is no originality of yours. ”

Zhang Desheng nodded.

"Today is to eat a dish that suits the occasion, so it's good to meet the occasion!" He Zailai doesn't care, he is a foodie connoisseur, even if it is a local specialty dish, but different chefs will make it different.

He Zai has also eaten this "plum blossom banquet", just taste it, what is different about this plum blossom banquet made by Rong Yu.

"I'm going to prepare, why don't you two talk about it first?" Rong Yu asked.

"That's right, it's just right, I'll compete with Lao He!"

Zhang Desheng has a big addiction and smelly technology.

Rong Yu went to prepare.

Then Nie Xiaoqing came to serve in person. served tea and water, and brought an ashtray intimately. There was also a box of plum brand cigarettes.

Both are smokers.

He Zai came to pick up the plum blossom cigarette and couldn't help laughing.

"What a heart!"

"It should be, plum blossom smoke with plum blossom feast, two immortals under the plum blossom tree!" Nie Xiaoqing said with a grin.

"Haha...... Really talkative! Zhang Desheng laughed and pointed at Nie Xiaoqing, "Your mouth is getting more and more similar to Brother Rong." ”

Nie Xiaoqing pursed her lips and smiled, complacent. Today she is still wearing a moonlit cheongsam, standing under the plum tree, she is really a plum blossom and delicate, and it is difficult to distinguish between each other.

"Immortals!"

Zhang Desheng sighed again, but smiled again.

Who wouldn't want to be a god? Especially the older people, the more they want to be immortals. It's just that the older some people get, the more they become immortals, and they go to the evil path of cultivation, so there is a saying that "the older you get, the more you become fine".

The old man is all fine.

This old man under the plum tree is an old goblin.

This is Rong Yu's evaluation of Zhang Desheng. As for He Zailai, he can't see anything for the time being.

Huang Jia didn't dare to raise his head, and only talked to Rong Yu at the door of the back kitchen. He felt that when he stepped forward, he would definitely be ridiculed by Zhang Desheng, an old man, and it was better not to humiliate himself.

Rong Yu said: "Lao Huang, you stand far away." ”

Huang Jia stood a little farther away and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Just don't talk to me." Rong Yu is going to cook, so he won't let people bother him and start driving people away.

Huang Jia sighed: "Sure enough, love will disappear." ”

However, he really didn't dare to disturb Rong Yu cooking, so he turned his head and went to find Zhou Hui.

Zhou Hui still couldn't let go, she was boiling water, and after it was boiled, she put it in a thermos bottle, and then sent it to the plum tree to add tea to the two guests.

As soon as he put down the teapot and saw Huang Jia coming, he hurriedly greeted: "Hello Boss Huang!" ”

"Don't be nervous!" Huang Jia waved his hand at her.

Huang Jia waved his hand, and Zhou Hui became even more nervous. A little helpless stood in front of Huang Jia and said, "What's the matter with Boss Huang?" ”

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"It's okay...... It's just that when it's time to serve the food, you're going to serve it. Serve the plate, you serve the food, remember the order! Both of these are distinguished guests! ”

"Huh? I...... I'm inexperienced! Zhou Hui was nervous and wanted to shake her head in a panic, but when she saw Huang Jia frowning, she was at a loss again.

"Didn't Xiao Xu teach you last time? Just ask her when the time comes! ”

Huang Jia also thought that Zhou Hui would be bold, so he couldn't recruit a waiter, so he just did the cleaning work. A job that can be done by both handymen. Besides, it also made her confident earlier.

I sympathize with this woman.

The man who is going to be the day is not responsible, and he has to rely on women to raise him, what the hell, phew!

But looking back, after Zhou Hui dressed up, even if she was dressed as a waiter, she looked good.

After Zhou Hui received this task, she hurriedly went to find Xiao Xu, and was ready to learn the whole process, she didn't want to serve the food for the first time, so she smashed the signboard for the private dishes.

But smashing the signboard, she is a little waiter who really thinks highly of herself.

The real smashing of the signboard is the work of the chef.

In order to maintain the temperature of the dishes on the other side of the stone table, Rong Yu specially placed a round table with a heat preservation function. The small round table just had a few dishes for it.

The first course is the secret plum beef. This is a cold dish, so you don't need to keep it warm.

The second dish is the plum blossom three lanes, which are chicken feet, duck paws and goose wings. It is also a cold dish. It's just that it's been marinated by Rong Yu's secret marinade.

The third course is a hot dish. Treading the snow to find plums is a plate of tofu.

The fourth course is plum corn ribs.

The fifth course is plum fragrant pork trotters.

Then there is a golden plum soup. Plus a plate of mung bean plum blossom cake.

When Zhou Hui brought the food up, she was still a little rusty at first, but fortunately, there was a little plate next to her, so she did it very carefully.

also half-squatted, but it was like a half-squat salute of an ancient woman. It's just that after serving, he squatted for a while, and fled as if flying, which provoked Zhang Desheng to laugh.

Turning his head and asking Nie Xiaoqing, "New here?" I've never seen it before! ”

"I just came in the other day." Nie Xiaoqing naturally wouldn't tell Zhou Hui's origin, there was no need, "It's a little rusty!" Will train well. ”

"Haha, this is the true temperament, if you are all cultivated to be the same as the girl who serves the plate, what is the difference between it and other families?"

He Zailai on the side also smiled.

Zhou Hui heard the faint laughter behind her, patted her chest with her hand, and was nervous. Xiao Xu laughed at her: "Or, I'll serve the next dish?" You just serve the tray. ”

"I'll do it, Boss Huang has explained."

is also a person who admits death. The task assigned by Boss Huang must be completed.

Xiao Xu won't fight with her.

When the dishes were all served, Rong Yu came over and carried a wooden bucket. The barrel was filled with hot water and steaming. Zhang Desheng and He Zailai both felt strange, stood up half-squatting, and stretched their necks to look.

"I scalded a pot of rice wine."

Rong Yu sat down, three cups, one person poured a cup.

"Authentic Huxian rice wine in Ningshan region, local specialties with local specialty wine."

He Zai nodded: "This wine is really good, and it tastes better when it is hot." Semi-dry rice wine? He looked at the color, smelled the smell, and looked at Rong Yu.

Rong Yu gave him a thumbs up and smiled: "Amazing, what the hell is an expert." ”

Rong Yu's praise made He Zailai laugh proudly.

When it comes to tasting food, there's nothing more soothing than a chef's praise.

Every dish, He Zai has to taste it carefully. Then say your own comments. At this time, he really looked like a foodie.

"Plum beef, lo-mei with an obvious flavor of Shonan Province, is more suitable for Lao Zhang's taste. But...... This spicy taste is a bit weird, spicy but not pungent, without that pungent spicy spicy smell rushing to the nose. ”

"If it's delicious, eat a few more slices!"

Zhang Desheng got off the fast, and as soon as he was fast, he sandwiched two or three pieces and put them in his mouth to enjoy it.

I also commented on the three lanes of plum blossoms.

"This one is better, the deboning is quite good, put it in your mouth, just suck it, you can feel the separation of flesh and bones, and you can feel the melting of meat. Wonderful! What is the modus operandi? Hey...... I don't ask, and you don't say it, it's all a secret, I understand. ”

He Zai came and nodded again and again.

Even the mung bean plum blossom cake is full of praise. Condensed but not scattered, not sticky to the teeth, more like the feeling of eating tofu or jelly, the entrance is cool, and it also relieves the greasy of the dishes I just ate.

"Good wine and good food, how can there be no good poetry?"

At this time, He Zai came to Yaxing again. Generally speaking, gourmets are actually very particular about the atmosphere, and since it is a plum blossom feast, it is natural to chant plum blossom poems.

"Don't look at me, I'm so coarse, I don't understand!" Zhang Desheng decisively refused.

He Zailai raised the rice wine, took a sip, and rolled up his sleeves: "I'll come first." ”

After a deep groan, he looked at the plum tree and said: "The jade bone is sad and misty, and the ice posture has its own fairy wind." When the sea fairy is sent to explore the Fang Cong. Hanging upside down green-haired phoenix. The plain face is turned into powder, and the lip red does not fade after washing makeup. High affection has been dawning in the sky. Don't dream with pear blossoms. ”

It is Su Dongpo's "Xijiang Moon", in which the idiom of jade bone ice posture comes from this poem.

"Good!" Zhang Desheng can't chant poetry and applaud the first place.

Rong Yu looked at the plum blossoms, then at the people under the plum blossom tree and at the delicacies, muttered for a while, and read two sentences.

"A few branches of the small courtyard are suspicious of spring, and they are folded with the people who wear flowers in the capital."

Suddenly, I felt a little dazed, and I only felt that there was a lot of money like a flower smiling, as if it was right in front of me.