Chapter Seventy-Three: I Read a Lot of Books, Don't Lie to Me
As the time came to the morning, more and more people came to Zhang Zhidong's house.
According to their rules here, filial sons and grandsons kneel on both sides of the mourning shed, and guests kowtow to them.
The guests cry and they cry too.
If his mother's family comes, Zhang Zhidong and they will come out to greet and kowtow.
People who are related to Zhang Zhidong's family come over, and they have to come over with things.
For example, roast chicken and fried fish.
There is still a saying about how much roast chicken and fish there is, so I won't go into details.
The guest who came first kowtowed, and then sat down and waited.
Wait until all the guests have kowtowed to Zhang Zhenyuan, and ask the family of the deceased to give the guests a return gift.
A return gift is a kowtow to a guest to thank them for coming to their father's funeral.
After they kowtowed, it was time for the road sacrifice, and the coffin was pulled down the road, and the family members wept three times around the paper carriage, the coffin, and the table with pictures of the deceased, with willow sticks in their hands.
After crying, the next thing is for the guests to bow down to the coffin.
After all the guests have finished bowing, the coffin is finally pulled to their own place and buried.
Items such as paper carriages should be burned halfway through.
Televisions, cars and other items are to be burned in the ground.
There are so many rules that people can't remember at all.
Before the coffin is buried, the last guest is bowing once, and after the guest has bowed, the coffin can be buried.
All the steps were completed, and a morning passed.
Before these people came back, Zheng Fei had already asked Aunt Huangmei and the four of them to set up the tables and chairs.
Fifty tables, four people quickly set up.
"Uncle, what are you doing, this is too fragrant."
Some guests can't go to the fields, so they stay home and watch the children.
The children waited until the adults were gone, and Hula came to him at once.
Zheng Fei smiled and said, "Uncle, what you cook here is delicious, do you want to eat it?"
"I want to eat."
"My saliva was dripping down my face."
"I smell the pork ribs, they smell so good, I seem to eat them."
A few children stood chattering to the side and talking about what they wanted to eat, and they were happy to watch.
As soon as the adults who came back from the field came back, they smelled a strong fragrance.
The smell is very fragrant and tempting, and the smell of it makes their mouths water.
The children gathered here saw that the adults had returned, and hurriedly ran away.
Find a good place to sit down, many people know each other, but I haven't seen it for a long time, and this time I met and sat together and had endless words.
In addition to talking about their own situation, some people looked at Zheng Fei here, talking about Zheng Fei's age and craftsmanship.
"It's the first time I've seen such a young master."
Some of the guests have been out for more than a year and have not returned, and they do not know Zheng Fei's fame.
He didn't know, but the people sitting together knew.
"I don't know what other people do, but Chef Zheng's cooking is definitely delicious."
"I'll tell you, Master Zheng's big banquet is delicious, and when you smell it, I will ask you if you are hungry.
The smell is so gluttonous, how bad do you want to eat?"
Some of the guests who were far away from here also listened with curiosity when they heard this. ….
They were far away from here, and it was the first time they had heard of Zheng Fei's name.
Moreover, it was the first time they had met such a young master of Daxi.
Now that someone is talking about this big Xi master, they are also curious.
This person saw that so many people heard him talk about Zheng Fei, and he immediately became interested.
He took a sip of water and danced and spoke.
Zheng Fei, who was mixing cold dishes, didn't know that someone was talking about him.
He was so busy flying now that he didn't even have time to wipe the sweat off his face.
Wang Mingming and Fan Hai were serving vegetables on the plate.
Fifty plates of a dish, the board can't fit at all.
Zheng Fei had no choice but to find the steward and asked him to find two planks more than three meters long and two meters wide.
With these two planks, there is finally a place to put the prepared dish.
Just when Zheng Fei was thinking about when to serve the food, the steward came over.
Zhang Shoufu came to Zheng Fei's side and whispered, "Master Zheng, can you bring out some dishes first, and then bring them to the hall."
As soon as Zhang Shoufu said this, Zheng Fei instantly understood.
This is the Lord's family is hungry and can't stand it.
Also, I began to cry in the morning, and I could not get up on my knees.
I must have been hungry for so long.
Zheng Fei asked, "How many people?"
"Eight people, how do you see how to get it?"
Eight people? Zheng Fei thought for a moment and said, "Divide some from each dish, and then I'll have someone serve it in."
Zhang Shoufu nodded.
"Okay, then I'll bother you."
"It's not a hassle, it's a convenient thing."
When Zhang Shoufu left, Zheng Fei saw Fan Hai and Li Fengxia's aunt.
When the two of them came over, Zheng Fei told them.
After listening, the two nodded.
Let the two of them get busy, Zheng Fei continued to be busy mixing vegetables.
"Sent?"
After mixing the cucumbers, Zheng Fei saw Aunt Li Fengxia coming over.
Li Fengxia said, "Serve it to them, good guys, people are hungry and can't stand up."
Tut!
Hearing this, Zheng Fei didn't know what to say.
"By the way, did the host say when it would be served?"
"The steward said that he would have to wait a while, and wait until the main family has kowtowed to his mother's family before serving the food."
"That'll do."
The four cold dishes have been prepared and are now being plated.
Zheng Fei didn't do it and handed it over to Wang Mingming.
Coming to the pot where the mutton was stewed, Zheng Fei lowered his head and smelled the smell.
It feels like it's pretty close.
It's going to be simmering for a while.
Reduce the heat to low and simmer.
After waiting for a few more minutes, Zheng Fei finally saw the steward coming.
"Master Zheng, let's take a seat."
"It's finally time to start the meal, and if you don't open it again, the hot food will be cold."
"Let's open the table~"
The steward shouted, and the guests who heard the opening of the table began to sit down.
The children who had been playing at home stopped playing, and threw down what they were doing and ran to their mother or grandmother.
"Good grandson, sit down, I'm about to eat, don't run. If you run again, you won't be able to eat."
Don't sit with anyone when you have a meal.
It must have been the women's table.
Don't talk about your unicorn arm and the hand speed of being single for twenty years, in front of them, it's simply pediatrics. ….
They can handle it easily with one hand.
Zhang Aifen hugged her grandson, holding chopsticks in her hand, and looked at the people at the table with uncomfortable eyes.
After reading it, she smiled slightly, according to her feelings, no one at this table was her opponent.
"Here comes the dish, spicy carp, grilled elbow."
As soon as the dish was served, Zhang Aifen's eyes were so quick that she didn't even look at the fish.
A large piece of elbow skin is pinched off with a chopstick.
The people at the table glanced at her, but they didn't say anything.
"Good grandson, eat it quickly, this elbow looks delicious, you can taste it quickly."
After speaking to her grandson, Zhang Aifen looked up, was stunned for a moment, and then looked down at the table.
There was nothing down there except that there was a dog eating bones.
Look at the emptiness again
also on the plate, Zhang Aifen glanced at the people at the same table.
Seeing the grease stains on their mouths, she instantly understood.
That elbow was divided by them just now.
Seeing that only half of the fish was left, Zhang Aifen pulled her face and reluctantly grabbed a chopstick.
The moment the fish is put in your mouth, a spicy, peppercorn flavor spreads in your mouth.
As the flavor spreads, a rich smell of fish appears in the mouth.
The smell appeared very suddenly, giving people a sense of surprise.
My, why is this fish so delicious, the fish is so delicious, isn't the elbow even better?
Thinking of this, Zhang Aifen glanced at her grandson who was eating elbow skin.
Seeing the fragrance of her grandson's food, Zhang Aifen wanted to taste it, but when she thought of the environment here, she still dispelled this idea.
Zhang Aifen has already thought about it, and she will have to clip a little more when she will serve the food again.
Four people are quick to serve, one table and two dishes, and it will be served quickly.
After serving the elbow and fish, the next step is the cold dish.
A total of four cold dishes, served in two parts.
Zheng Fei had already thought about it, so he first mixed beef with green onions and cold cucumbers.
The remaining two dishes, sesame kidney beans and cold pork head, should be served later.
"Beef with green onions, cucumber with cold salad."
Zhang Aifen, who didn't eat an elbow just now, saw the beef on the table, so she grabbed a chopstick for her grandson, and then a chopstick for herself.
There wasn't much beef on a plate, but when she went down with these two chopsticks, it was instantly half less.
Several people at the same table looked at each other helplessly.
It's really disgusting to meet such a person at a banquet.
Thinking of the taste of elbows and fish just now, several people also had great expectations for these two cold dishes.
One person eats beef with chopsticks.
The aroma of the beef and the sweetness of the green onion are unforgettable.
The combination of green onion and beef is so suitable.
"This beef is delicious."
"Indeed, this taste looks like the chef made it himself. If you buy it, it won't taste like this."
"This beef has a fragrant flavor and a beautiful color, especially the thickness, you see, it's all the same, like a machine cut out."
"This master is not only good at cooking, but also good at knife work."
"I heard that Master Daxi is a young man of twenty-five or sixteen years old, and I don't know if it's true or not.
If there is really such a skill at this age, then I am afraid that the surrounding master Xi will not receive much work." ….
You really let him say this right, since Zheng Fei's fame came out, Master Liu of Liu Zhuang, who was closest to Zheng Zhuang, has been greatly affected.
He was thinking of finding a few people to beat him up.
But on second thought, he felt that it was too dangerous, so he gave up the idea.
It just so happened that the son of Li Tiezhu's family in Li Jiazhai got married, and he also went.
That time happened to be a big banquet made by Zheng Fei.
Originally, Master Liu was still a little unconvinced.
I thought to myself, what kind of flavor can you make as a young man?
As a result, as soon as the dish was served and the first bite of the dish was eaten, Master Liu was convinced.
He couldn't make the taste.
Since then, he has been convinced of Zheng Fei's craftsmanship.
Even when others talked about Zheng Fei in front of him, he was not angry, but said good things about Zheng Fei.
Said that the dishes he made were delicious and tasted good.
Originally, these people wanted to see his jokes, but how could he let these people get their wish.
"Five-spiced roast chicken, taro and sweet potato balls."
When some children saw the taro sweet potato balls, they were as excited as a boy saw Ultraman and a girl saw Balala Little Demon Fairy.
The adults didn't rob the children either, and gave them all the taro and sweet potato balls.
Feel the roast chicken
taste, the guests couldn't help but sigh.
They finally came up with the five flavors of spiced roast chicken.
"Stir-fried fat sausage, stir-fried tripe with chili."
The roast chicken had just been eaten, and before everyone came to their senses, two more stir-fried dishes were served.
Seeing the fat intestines and tripe, everyone was polite, and then they put down their chopsticks and ate them one after another.
"These two dishes are really stir-fried, it's really in place, this chef can't be the chef in a five-star hotel, right? To be able to stir-fry a dish like this is definitely the status of a chef in a five-star hotel."
A well-informed middle-aged man said in surprise after eating two dishes.
"You're not right, this chef is not the head chef of a five-star hotel, he is just a student who has just graduated from New Oriental."
Hearing this, the middle-aged man's face showed an expression of "I read a lot, don't lie to me".
Seeing that he didn't believe it, the man put down his chopsticks and spoke carefully to him.
Zheng has a small goal