The rooms set by the cotton mill were still three, and all the people went to the room where Jiang Yan was.

"Uncle He, sit."

Seeing He Daqing sitting down with He Yushui in his arms, Jiang Yan glanced at Xu Damao and He Yuzhu who were pestle.

"Find a place to sit yourself, don't have a pestle."

After Jiang Yan finished saying this, he turned his head to Xu Damao and said, "Why don't you have the eyesight to pour tea for Uncle He." ”

After Xu Damao answered, he picked up the hot water kettle on the table and poured a cup of tea for Jiang Yan and He Daqing and put it in front of the two of them.

"Okay pillar, don't look at Uncle He like this, he is your father after all."

Seeing He Yuzhu's eyes like an enemy, Jiang Yan couldn't help but speak.

"Boss, I don't know why you are so polite to this person who abandoned his own children!"

Hearing Jiang Yan's words, He Yuzhu said with a stinky face.

"Stinky boy, how do you talk! Anyway, I'm my father, did you say that about your father? I haven't seen you grow a temper in the past few years! ”

"I've done it, and I don't let others say it, but you don't do it, please!"

He Yuzhu directly got up with He Daqing, and when he saw the two of them, Jiang Yan felt a little headache.

"Uncle He, Zhuzi, don't quarrel between the two of you, can you sit down and talk about it."

After Jiang Yan finished saying this, he then said: "Uncle He, you also control your temper, it's not good to scare your daughter-in-law." ”

After Jiang Yan finished saying this, he pointed to Qin Huairu, who was sitting next to He Yuzhu, and said: "Her name is Qin Huairu, she is your daughter-in-law, she has already received a marriage certificate with Zhuzi, and she will set up a table in a few days, so why don't you come over and ask your husband what he means." ”

As soon as Jiang Yan's words fell, Qin Huairu called out to He Daqing crisply, "Dad." ”

"Hey!" Hearing this father, He Daqing agreed with a smile on his face, and then put He Yushui on the ground and hurriedly took something out of his pocket.

Jiang Yan saw He Daqing rummaging through all the pockets on his body, and only took out five yuan.

He smiled a little embarrassedly and said to Qin Huairu: "Girl, I went out in a hurry, I didn't bring so much money, you take the five yuan first, tomorrow, tomorrow I will give you a big red envelope, since you call me Dad, this change of mouth fee can not be less, Dad understands the rules." ”

Qin Huairu took the money handed over by He Daqing, smiled at He Daqing and said, "Thank you, Dad." ”

Hearing the thanks of this life, He Daqing smiled even more happily.

"It's only five dollars, and you're embarrassed to take it out."

He Yuzhu next to him came to the scene.

Seeing that He Yuzhu wanted to say something, he was pulled by Qin Huairu.

At this time, Jiang Yan spoke: "Uncle He, there is a sentence I don't know whether to ask or not. ”

Hearing Jiang Yan's words, He Daqing lit a cigarette and took a puff, and said with a wry smile: "I know, you must want to ask me why I left Sijiu City!" ”

"It's still Uncle He transparent." Jiang Yan gave He Daqing a thumbs up and praised him.

He Daqing didn't care about Jiang Yan's praise and took another puff of cigarette.

"When I see the pillar today, I know what you are here for today, and since you want to know, then I will tell you."

Hearing He Daqing's words, everyone did not say anything, but quietly waited for the following.

"I have a last resort to leave Sijiu City, to be precise, I was caught by someone and had to leave, I am here for the sake of the pillars for their good."

"Is it an ingredient problem?" Jiang Yan interjected after listening.

"There's no problem with our ingredients! We are small craftsmen, belonging to the semi-proletariat! ”

Hearing Jiang Yan's words, He Daqing looked at Jiang Yan and said a little strangely.

The so-called semi-proletariat includes the vast majority of semi-yeoman peasants, poor peasants, small craftsmen, shop assistants, and hawkers.

The small craftsmen are called semi-proletarians because they are often forced to sell part of their labour-power, and their economic status is slightly equal to that of the poor peasants in the countryside, although they have their own simple means of production and are a kind of free profession. Because of the heavy burden on the family, the disproportionate wages and living expenses, and the oppression of poverty and the fear of unemployment from time to time, it is roughly the same as that of poor peasants.

Therefore, the small craftsmen are only a little better than the poor middle peasants, and they also belong to the working class in the cities, and they are also one of the representatives of the red and authoritarian in this era.

However, Jiang Yan still opened his mouth and asked, "Uncle He, aren't you the heir of the Tan family's cuisine?" ”

Hearing Jiang Yan ask like this, He Daqing also reacted.

"Xiao Yan, you want to ask, since I am the heir of the Tan family's cuisine, how can I still be considered a small craftsman!"

Jiang Yan, who was said by He Daqing, was a little embarrassed.

However, He Daqing obviously didn't notice Jiang Yan's embarrassed look and opened his mouth to explain.

"My hometown is not from Sijiu City, my grandfather escaped famine and came to Sijiu City to make a living, at first he was running in a restaurant, and he came to the Tan family as a servant by chance, so he had the opportunity to come into contact with the Tan family's cuisine.

"Because my grandfather was talented and intelligent, he was very popular with the chef of the Tan family at that time, so he passed on a few hands of Tan family cuisine, as well as some secret recipes and production methods of Tan family cuisine."

"After the decline of the Tan family, my grandfather was dismissed, and later he worshipped a master of Lu cuisine as a teacher and learned the skills of Lu cuisine."

"Strictly speaking, our family's Tan family cuisine is only a side lineage, not mainstream."

"Then why do you say that your family's heirloom dish is the Tan family's cuisine?" Jiang Yan then asked again.

"This is not when I was a mouth chef, in order to make myself famous, I just said this, purely pulling the tiger skin and pulling the banner, and strengthening the façade for myself."

The so-called mouth kitchen refers to the five elements and eight works of the four nine cities in the early years, in addition to the official plaque official business, there is also an informal business, dedicated to the call of users, the five cities have their own regions, because of the relationship between each living in one place, so it is called "mouth". The mouth business is most famous for its kitchen shop.

Generally speaking, if the residents of Sijiu City have a happy birthday, they almost all do things in their own homes. Marriage is said to "sit out of the street", "sit in the street door" (referring to sitting in a sedan chair), and funerals are called "go out with dignity", which is very important to do things at home. Except for birthdays and full moons, which do not want to be expanded, and some things have to be done at the restaurant, they are generally done at home.

Some people can't hire a special cook, and they can only invite a master from outside when they encounter such a happy event, and the chef who undertakes such a job is the mouth cook, and the dishes they make are also called mouth dishes.

Although the mouth cuisine is coarse, far less than the flavor of Lu, Sichuan, Suzhou, and Guangdong, no matter how much money is spent, the chef will arrange it several times stronger than the restaurant. For the same price, you will never be able to eat the dishes made by Kouzi Kitchen in the restaurant.

Because the chefs of Kouzi cook dishes in the traditional north and integrate the practices of North China and Liaodong, and they are inextricably linked with the imperial dining room of the former imperial palace, the skills of many chefs are no worse than those of the master chef of the restaurant, and some dishes can only be made by the chef of Kouzi.

Chef Kouzi sticks to the old rule of not opening a restaurant, not being in charge of a restaurant, and specializing in "red and white mouths".

If it is true that he is a mouth chef in the Qing Dynasty, then there is no problem at all in dividing the ingredients into small craftsmen.

Jiang Yan had thought about this question before, according to the prestige of our party among the people, who dares to use their brains in this division, how many people look at it!

Besides, this ingredient division has gone through several rounds of screening, that is, you passed the first round by luck, can all of them pass, you really don't underestimate our party cadres.

(End of chapter)