Chapter 1198 - Applying for a Chef (Six Thousand Words)
Zhang Fan stood in the crowd, seeing this scene, his brows furrowed slightly, the original way to hire a chef turned out to be like this, let this fat man try the food, if the food is delicious and delicious, he will be hired to be the chef of the master's house, if the food is not delicious, it means that he cannot be hired as the chef of the master's house.
Seeing that these people in front of them are so eager to go to this so-called master house to become chefs, they must be very well paid and very well paid.
This is an opportunity, maybe you can try it yourself, if you become a chef inside, just in time to get in and find out the information, so that you can know what to do next.
Zhang Fan silently withdrew from the crowd, found a remote and uninhabited street, quickly took out a bag of instant noodles from the system backpack, and was just about to take out another iron basin, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not appropriate, the time of this labyrinth scene world is likely to belong to the ancient Qing Dynasty, and it should be impossible for an iron basin or something in his own era to exist, if he takes it out like this, he will definitely be recognized as an identity, and maybe he will be arrested and set on fire.
Zhang Fan looked around, trying to find a suitable instant noodle utensil, and suddenly glanced at the corner not far away, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
Because he saw something there that was perfect for instant noodles.
"There's no way around it, I hope you don't blame me." Zhang Fan sighed and hurriedly came to the corner.
"Xiao Huang Xiao Huang, I, Zhang, will discuss something with you, and I will borrow your dog basin first." Zhang Fan kicked a little yellow dog away, and directly snatched the dog basin where it was eating.
The dog bowl is carved from bamboo and wood and has an extraordinarily smooth surface, about the size of a modern bowl of beef ramen.
Pouring the swill inside, Zhang Fan rinsed it with water briefly, and then soaked the instant noodles in it.
Cleaning the dog basin with water is Zhang Fan's greatest respect for the fat man.
Fortunately, he didn't offend Zhang Fan, otherwise, Zhang Fan would never even wash it, and prepared a bowl of small yellow card instant noodles for him in the original way.
A few minutes later, Zhang Fan held the instant noodles soaked in a dog basin, squeezed through the crowd, came to the fat man, and said respectfully: "I'm also a chef, come and taste my little yellow noodles." ”
In fact, the villagers of Crescent Village speak in the dialect of Miaojiang, if it weren't for the automatic translation function of the system, Zhang Fan might not even be able to understand it.
And what he said was also translated into Miao Jiang's language by default.
"What is the little yellow noodle?" The fat man was wearing a black housekeeper suit, his face was greasy, he had a fat head and big ears, it didn't look like a good thing, he took the dog pot instant noodles from Zhang Fan's hand, put his nose close, and sniffed hard.
As he sniffed, he smelled a good smell that he had never smelled before.
"This is my original noodle, you can try it." Zhang Fan said with a smile.
The fat man glanced up at Zhang Fan, then took out a pair of chopsticks made of green bamboo from his arms, slowly picked up a handful of noodles, stuffed them into his mouth, and began to chew carefully.
Just chewed a few bites, the fat man's originally unfazed face suddenly showed a strong expression, and even a pair of thief eyebrows widened a little, his mouth opened wide, and the whole person was completely shocked.
"Shhhh
"Shhhh
The fat man's mustache shook wildly, and he gasped again and again.
How can such noodles be so delicious?
It is simply a rare delicacy in the world, comparable to dragon liver and phoenix marrow.
Delicious, delicious, really delicious.
He spoke highly of the dog basin instant noodles in his heart, and he finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he began to devour them directly in front of everyone.
One mouthful, two mouthfuls, three mouthfuls, just five or six mouthfuls, he ate the dog pot instant noodles cleanly, and even the soup was not wasted, and there was not a drop left in the direct drink, when Zhang Fan saw that the other party drank the last drop of soup, he began to lick the dog basin again, and for a while, there was some inexplicable nausea in his heart.
Amount......
This dog basin is just simply washed, in fact, there are still many places that have not been washed, and it is still stained with a lot of swill that Xiao Huang has eaten.
"Taste...... It's okay. The corners of Zhang Fan's mouth twitched, his eyes widened, and he asked tentatively.
"It's doable, it's doable, it's wonderful, it's wonderful!! I declare that from now on you will be the chef of our family. ”
"As for you, there's no need, go back." The big fat man was very satisfied that he had accepted Zhang Fan as his own chef, and he had tasted the little yellow brand instant noodles, and now his entire taste buds were filled with the fragrance of instant noodles, so for a while, he didn't give others a good face.
Hearing this, the other chefs who came to apply for the job were all like frosted eggplants, shrugging their heads, but soon, they raised their heads again, and looked at Zhang Fan with fierce eyes, as if they hated him to the core, in addition, some people also took out some strange-shaped insects from their pockets, and there were words in their mouths, as if they were playing tricks on Zhang Fan.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Fan's face changed, and he couldn't help but take a step back, and subconsciously hid behind the fat man.
Made, these people are really unproductive, they can't afford to play, they can't play themselves, so they start to play Gu?
When Zhang Fan was hiding, the fat man's eyes were cold, and he snorted coldly: "Even the chef of my master's family dares to provoke, do you want to die?" Believe it or not, from today onwards, withhold your food? ”
As soon as these words came out, all the chefs present changed their faces greatly, and then hurriedly put the Gu worms in their hands into their pockets, and turned around and fled without saying a word.
In the blink of an eye, there was no one else in front of the door of this ancient house, and even the villagers who were watching the excitement were scattered, and Zhang Fan and the fat man were left in front of the door.
"Don't be afraid of the future, with our master's family supporting you, these people don't dare to do anything to you."
"Let's go, follow me home." The fat man beckoned to Zhang Fan, then turned his head and walked into the ancient mansion.
This ancient mansion is bigger than imagined, more vast, which not only has a narrow and long corridor, but also a pool, garden, as far as the eye can see, it is simply a luxury to describe it, at first glance it is a big family in the crescent village, and it is also the kind of super big landlord.
After about half an hour's walk after the fat man turned left and right at the mansion, he was taken to a remote servant's quarters.
This is the accommodation area arranged by the main family for the servants and maids in the house.
Zhang Fan became the chef of the master's family, which means that from now on, he will be a slave here.
"You'll live here from now on. The fat man pushed the door open, looked at Zhang Fan and said.
"Understood." Zhang Fan smiled and nodded.
"In your mansion, there are only three areas where you can move, the dormitory, the latrine, and the accommodation area."
"Don't go to the main hall area, it's the activity area of the old lady and other young masters, if you contradict them, even if you have three heads, you won't be able to lose even three heads." \"
"Usually you eat, you need to wait for the old lady and they have eaten before you can eat outside the room, and you are definitely not allowed to eat in the room, understand?" The fat man's eyes were cold, and he reminded.
"Yes, I understand." Zhang Fan nodded again.
"You go and clean up now, after half a pillar of incense, go to the room to prepare the meal, and it will be time for breakfast soon."
"If you do well, maybe the old man will give you some reward." The fat man looked at Zhang Fan a few times, and when he saw that he was white and clean, he couldn't help but feel a little disgusted in his heart.
The people he hates the most are this kind of white offspring, these people are the easiest to be favored in front of the old lady, if it weren't for the fact that the food made by this kid is really delicious, before he changed it, he would never hire this kind of person into the master's house.
After a few more words of explanation to Zhang Fan, the fat man turned around and left, but before leaving, he also asked for Zhang Fan's personal information, saying that he needed to go to Mr. Bookkeeper to register.
Zhang Fan originally wanted to register the name Bai Bing, but as soon as the white character was spoken, he found that the fat man's eyes had changed, and it seemed that he was very taboo about the word Bai.
After getting the name, the fat man turned away with a gloomy face.
After he left, Zhang Fan walked into the so-called accommodation area.
The space inside is not large, there is no light, on the whole it is very dim, and there is a pungent stench in the air, to be precise, the smell of sweat, staring a little inside, Zhang Fan saw several men with long braids with bare arms falling asleep.
Seeing this, Zhang Fan couldn't help but shudder, sleeping with these people, he felt cold when he thought about it.
Forget it, let's go sit outside for a while.
Zhang Fan came outside, found a clean stone pier and squatted down.
Not to mention, the air in this era is fresh, and the oxygen purity is several times or even more than ten times better than that of them.
Yes, there is no air pollution here, and the air environment is naturally excellent.
About a long time passed, and the fat man went and returned, and took Zhang Fan to the mansion's room.
It's time for the old lady to eat, just in time to see how he works.
As soon as he approached the vicinity of the room, Zhang Fan saw many servants preparing things before and after being busy.
Seeing this, Zhang Fan swallowed his saliva.
It's a big show.
If it was simply to prepare a few portions of food, if it was to prepare dozens or more, he would be a little embarrassed.
He doesn't have that many instant noodles in his system backpack......
"There are three chefs in it, count you a total of four, go in and prepare, this time I have already talked to the master and them, they said they want to see how your craftsmanship is, if you make the master and they are satisfied, your benefits are indispensable." The fat man said expressionlessly.
"That'...... Okay, I see. Zhang Fan exhaled a breath of turbid air and slowly walked in.
Squeezed past a crowd of servants, Zhang Fan came inside.
I saw that in the room, the smoke was rising, the smell of rice was overflowing, and the three chefs were waving a big spoon to fry the vegetables, and next to them, there were several servants serving the dishes.
Sensing someone approaching, the lively room immediately quieted down.
"Who are you?"
A chef with an accent from Okawa City looked at Zhang Fan and asked.
"I'm the new chef, ahem, don't care."
"You're busy, you're busy, I'll come to inspect the work, cough cough, don't cook for me." Zhang Fan habitually said baldly.
This bad habit is not good at all, and it may be a genetic parent.
But he doesn't know whether his parents can talk and spit out, because he hasn't lived with his parents since he was a child.
"You're a stinky hairy kid who still can't cook? What are you capable of? ”
The three chefs are all senior chefs who have been cooking in the master's house for many years, how can they be compared to a little kid like Zhang Fan?
I don't know if it's a deliberate attempt to humiliate them.
It's disgusting.
"Still not convinced? Do you want me to show you a hand? Zhang Fan sneered.
"If you have the ability, you will show it." The three chefs snorted coldly disappreciatively, not taking Zhang Fan in their eyes at all.
"Your eyes widened, as soon as I made a move, you didn't even have a chance to regret it."
Zhang Fan took out an unpackaged Dali Garden pie cake from his arms, put it on the table, and said, "Come and taste it, I just made it last night." ”
"What is this?" The three chefs stepped forward one after another, bending down to take a closer look.
This kind of yellow thing, they have lived for decades and have never even seen it.
"This thing is a delicacy that has been passed down from the palace." Zhang Fan smiled proudly.
Hearing the word palace, everyone gasped, and their foreheads overflowed with dense sweat, and they said with fear on their faces: "What is in the palace? This is a capital crime to kill the head! ”
"It's okay, this thing is allowed to leave the palace, don't talk nonsense, you hurry up and taste how it tastes." Zhang Fan gently broke it with his hand, divided it into three pieces, and handed it to the three chefs.
The three chefs were all strong men with five big and three thick, and their hands trembled, and they took it carefully, for fear that the cake would fall.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Fan couldn't help but feel a little funny.
It's really a group of people who have never seen the world, and they haven't even eaten Dali Garden pie cakes, so they really laugh to death.
That's right, Dali Garden pie cake is a modern food, how could they, a group of Qing Dynasty people, hear about it?
Because it was a delicacy flowing from the palace, the three chefs were a little frightened when they ate it, for fear that they would cut off their heads if they spread it.
The moment the cake entered the mouth, a rich and extremely sweet mellow aroma suddenly rippled, making them all stupid and frozen in place for a while.
Sweet!
Sweeter than sugar.
Sweeter than sugar cane.
It melts in your mouth, leaves a fragrance on your lips and teeth, and almost stimulates the entire taste buds to explode completely.
Fragrant!
It's so fragrant!
How can there be such a delicious thing in the world?!
At this moment, the three chefs seemed to have hallucinations in front of their eyes, and they felt that their bodies and minds were liberated and sublimated, as if they had grown wings and flew into the sky, shoulder to shoulder with the sun, accompanied by white clouds, and married with birds.
This thing should not exist in the world, it must be a heavenly thing!
After a while, when they licked the little cake between their teeth with their tongues, they looked at Zhang Fan with tears in their eyes and said respectfully: "Xiaoyou, we are convinced, from now on you will be the leader of the room." ”
"Please, please, please! Please go to the main seat to stir-fry! ”
The three chefs shouted respectfully, and hurriedly invited Zhang Fan to the main seat, where the fire was the most vigorous and the smoke was the most smoky.
Standing next to him was a young man with long braids, his face was black from smoke, but he did not complain, he still coughed, and kept rubbing his eyes with tears in his eyes, looking extremely bitter.
Zhang Fan pretended to walk to the main position, and when no one was paying attention, he quickly took out five bags of instant noodles from the system backpack and poured them into the pot, poured the seasoning packets into it in order, stirred it slightly, and waited for about four or five minutes, and directly fished out a pot of instant noodles and put them into the basin.
"Alright." Zhang Fan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.
"So fast?"
When they heard this, they were all shocked.
You must know that even the fastest meal of fried noodles takes half an hour, but in this later life, it takes less than half a cup of tea to make it, which is too fast.
It is really worthy of being the imperial chef from the palace, and it is really different.
In their opinion, since Zhang Fan knew the food recipe in the palace, it meant that he was most likely the imperial chef in the palace.
Imperial Kitchen is the ultimate goal that almost all chefs across the country strive for.
After a pot of instant noodles was cooked, there was almost no need for Zhang Fan to do it, and soon two servants trotted forward and carefully carried it away, as if they were brought to the so-called old lady of the main family.
After the servant brought the instant noodles away, the three chefs hurried to the stove, scooped up a bowl of noodle sauce with a spoon and tasted it gently.
They all want to taste how profound Zhang Fan's craftsmanship is.
After drinking a mouthful of noodle juice, the three of them were all stunned on the spot, and then exclaimed again and again with tears in their eyes.
Seeing this, Zhang Fan smiled bitterly.
It's really a bunch of guys who have never seen the world, and a bite of instant noodle soup makes you like this?
It's so unproductive.
The servant took the instant noodles away, and everyone waited expectantly, wondering what the old lady would say after tasting it.
The soup is so delicious, not to mention the instant noodles themselves, they are sure to be even more delicious and will be highly praised.
After waiting for half an hour, the fat man who led Zhang Fan here ran in sweating profusely, and asked Zhang Fan to follow him by name, saying that the master was invited.
As soon as they heard this, whether it was the three chefs or the other servants, they all showed envy.
You must know that in the past, no matter how delicious the food they cooked, they were rewarded with some silver taels at most, and it was the first time that someone like this was called to talk alone.
"Little friend, you have a good eye."
A slightly young chef came to Zhang Fan and said enviously.
"What do you mean I have eyes? Blessed am I called to pass? Zhang Fan scratched his head in confusion, not understanding what it meant.
"To tell you the truth, in fact, our young lady is very good-looking, just like a heavenly immortal descending to earth, if you can meet in person, it will be a blessing from the previous life."
The young chef patted Zhang Fan on the shoulder and said with some red eyes.
"Forehead ......" Zhang Fan's eyes appeared strange.
What kind of logic is this? Look at a good-looking young lady, even if you have eyes?
It's a bunch of people who haven't seen the world before.
Zhang Fan didn't continue to talk nonsense with them, wiped off the oil stains on his hands, and followed the fat man out of the room.
There was another round of left and right turns, and this time in about ten minutes, he was led to the area of the main hall.
In the center of the hall here, there is a huge red mahogany table of eight immortals.
At the table sat a family of three.
The man was a middle-aged man with a fat body and a hat, he was burly, his face was amiable, but he was a little not angry and arrogant, and it seemed that he was the master of the main family.
Next to him was a middle-aged beautiful woman dressed in gold and silver, dressed very noblely.
This beautiful woman has beautiful black hair to her waist, and she wears a silver-white headdress unique to the Miao people, and she looks extraordinarily noble and outstanding, very temperamental, her age is about forty years old, even so, but there is no wrinkles on her face, and she seems to be very well maintained.
It's just that this beautiful woman has a big belly, as if she is already pregnant for nine months and is about to give birth.
And next to the beautiful woman, there is a young girl.
The girl also has long hair and waist, a graceful figure, wears gold and silver, and wears a silver-white Miao headdress on her head, and her age seems to be only seventeen or eighteen years old.
In addition to these, she has a thin white veil on her face, covering her appearance tightly, making people unable to see through what she looks like, I don't know if she is ugly or beautiful, there is an inexplicable mystery inside and out.
This girl should be the daughter of a beautiful woman and a man.
It's the so-called Miss of the Lord's house.
"Steward Gu, you step back first, I'll talk to this little brother." The master waved his hand slightly and motioned for the fat man to step back.
Hearing this, the fat man nodded respectfully, glanced at Zhang Fan enviously, and hurriedly retreated.
After he left, the old man fell on Zhang Fan's body and said with a smile: "Little brother, what's your name?" ”
"The little one's name is Xiao Fan, and he was just hired as a chef today." Zhang Fan bent his waist and lowered his head, looking very humble.
"It's a strange name." The old man nodded thoughtfully.
"Your cooking is delicious, my wife and I are very satisfied, and we deserve to be rewarded ......"
"However, it's really good to let you live with other people in the room, I still have an errand here, are you willing to do it?" The old man asked with a smile on his face.
"What do you mean by errand?" Zhang Fan raised his head and asked suspiciously.
"It's very simple, in ten days, my daughter will get married, but because she has a bad appetite recently and has lost a lot of weight, so, during these ten days, you will be responsible for her meals."
"Until the end of the wedding day, if you can do it smoothly, I will be rewarded." The old man took out a gold ingot from his arms and threw it to Zhang Fan.
Zhang Fan didn't pick it up, but glanced at the girl whose face was covered with a veil, and then said: "What are you talking about, master, it is a great blessing for a villain to be able to take care of Miss's meals." ”
"Okay, this matter is settled, you go back and clean up, just move to the West Wing to live, and the rest of the matters will be explained to you in detail."
After the old man finished saying this, he slowly stood up, held his hands behind his back, and walked towards the back hall.
Not long after he left, a few maids walked in quickly, carefully picked up the beautiful woman with a big belly, and left.
The last to leave was the girl.
Before leaving, she looked at Zhang Fan a few times, a pair of beautiful eyes flashed with strange curiosity, and she didn't say anything for a long time, and left.