Chapter 40: A Little Short
During the dinner, and talked about the family's business, Gu Li didn't interject at first, she didn't talk about eating, she didn't have the habit of talking during the banquet.
It's not that she is so uneducated when she talks while eating, it's just that her habits since she was a child are like this, it's hard to break, and it's not a bad habit.
And Shen Rou also didn't say a word during the banquet, she seemed to have been trained in etiquette by Mrs. Shen, but her deliberately faint appearance of wanting to speak was a little unnatural.
Gu Li put down the chopsticks, wiped the corners of his mouth lightly with a handkerchief, and then spoke: "According to what my uncle said, we have been standing still for a while, if I guessed correctly, it may be just a few days, Liu Puppet and Song De will have the next move." ”
Gu Yuan already felt that Gu Li's scheming was deep, and at this time she spoke, although she felt that she was quite reasonable, her originally smiling face showed a touch of displeasure, and said: "Sister, a young lady from the general's mansion, if you want to say that you can dance with a knife and a gun, I still believe it, and the things in the mall, you should study more first." ”
Gu Yuan has always been sleek, and saying something like this is already rare and serious, Gu Li didn't argue, just stood up and said lightly: "I've eaten well, everyone use it slowly, I'll go back to the room first." ”
Gu Yuan thought that Gu Li would argue with him, after all, Gu Li seemed to have a very strong character, but he didn't expect her to just say a fluttering "I'll go back to the room first" and just leave like this.
Gu Yuan felt like he had punched cotton, and he was so choked that he couldn't speak.
"Wait." Seeing that the fourth brother was choked, Gu Li, who had been watching this side from the side, suddenly spoke, "Isn't Sister Gu Li going to learn to cook with me?" Shall we start learning now? ”
Gu Li's footsteps paused, looked back at the serious and serious Gu Li, tilted his head and smiled sweetly: "Now?" Of course, I just bought a lot of ingredients. ”
The two of them walked towards the kitchen together, and the kitchen maid, Wu Ma, had just cleaned up the kitchen, and suddenly saw Gu Li and Gu Li coming to the kitchen together, followed by Gu Lun, who was speechless.
Gu Li saw that Gu Lun seemed to be uneasy and followed, and he was a little surprised in his heart, you must know that Gu Lun is the most unkind one in the family, but he didn't expect that he was also bought by this scheming sister.
Also, although Gu Lun usually talks the least and seems to be unkind, he is the most simple one.
It just so happened that Gu Li went out to buy a lot of ingredients today, Gu Li looked at the ingredients Gu Li bought, and said with a smile: "Let's make a braised fish!" Quite fresh grass carp. ”
Gu Li was slightly surprised, because the fish tasted fishy, although it was delicious, it was very difficult to get rid of the fishy, and Gu Li had also heard Gu Lun say when he was at the banquet that the fifth brother was best at making chicken and pork.
"But, isn't the fifth brother the best at making pork and chicken?" Gu Li finally couldn't help but ask.
"What, do you think the braised fish I made is not delicious?" Gu Li's face was a little displeased.
Gu Li was speechless, so she had to nod: "Please teach me the fifth brother." ”
In fact, Gu Li chose to make braised fish because the most important step in braised fish is to fry the fish, and it is difficult to fry the hydrogen fish well without breaking the skin.
It has almost strict requirements for the control of the heat, the fish is put into the pot, turned too early, the fish will be rotten, turned too late, it will stick to the pot, and even burn, it is simple to see, but it is actually a test of a person's cooking skills.
Thinking of this, Gu Li's always serious expression showed a smile.
Gu Li didn't know what Gu Li was thinking, standing beside him, watching carefully as Gu Li skillfully cleaned a fish, cut flower knives on both sides of the fish, smeared it with salt and rice wine to remove the smell, so that the pickling would be easier to taste, and then went to deal with some side dishes such as green onions and ginger.
Then Gu Li threw the fish into the pot again, at first he didn't move, just fried the fish on low heat and waited for the fish to be solid, then carefully turned over the fish, began to fry the other side, and waited until both sides were fried until golden brown, began to pour in green onions and ginger, added to the slow simmer, and put in the seasoning.
When the fish is completely flavored, the juice is reduced on high heat, and then the fried peppercorns are poured on it, and the fresh fragrance of the fish comes out at once, and the taste wafts out far away, attracting uncle Chen Jue, Gu Yuan, and Shen Rou to also come over.
"It's so fragrant, it's the taste of braised fish, the fifth brother is making braised fish!" Shen Roujiao's laughter came from afar.
Hearing Shen Rou's voice, a smile appeared on Gu Li's face. Stretched out his hand and tapped Shen Rou's nose: "Just your little gluttonous cat nose." ”
"I'll first taste whether the fifth brother's craftsmanship has regressed." Shen Rou's eyes rolled slightly, and she couldn't wait to step forward and take a bite of chopsticks, her eyes lit up, "Wow, this is also so delicious, the fifth brother's cooking skills have improved a lot, and the vinegar fish in the West Lake of Zuixianglou is not as good as you." ”
Gu Li touched Shen Rou's head a little dotingly, but saw Gu Li on the side take a pair of chopsticks, clamped a piece, put it in her mouth and chewed it carefully, then our lady's cultivation made her look very good when eating.
Gu Li tasted it carefully, Gu Li, who was a four-star Michelin chef in her previous life, thought that with the development level of the kitchen industry in this era, Gu Li's fish was indeed very good.
Everyone looked at Gu Li, watched her carefully taste a piece of fish, tasted the sauce, and then elegantly wiped the corners of her mouth, and finally, raised her eyes to look at Gu Li: "Fifth brother, can I improve your dish?" ”
Gu Li's expression turned cold almost instantly, and he looked at Gu Li: "You mean I didn't do well?" ”
"It's not bad, it's just a little bit worse." Gu Li's face showed a serious expression.
Shen Rou laughed sarcastically when she heard this: "Gu Li, you said that the fifth brother is not delicious, you have the ability, you can make a braised fish that is even more delicious than this." ”
Truly.
Gu Li's expression recovered a little, and he smiled: "Indeed, you will not be qualified to say this until you make fish that is better than mine." ”
Gu Li nodded lightly and began to process the fish, she used two chopsticks to insert them into the fish's mouth, and with a slight turn, the fish's internal organs had all been torn out.
Stuff the almost intact fish belly with shallots and ginger slices, blot the water with a clean linen cloth on the outside, put it directly into the oil pan, fry it on both sides until golden brown, remove it from the pan, and put it on a plate.
Then start making the sauce.
The kitchen was so quiet that it was almost silent, and everyone watched Gu Li cooking, their slender fingertips beating on the board and ingredients, just a simple movement, and a beautiful radish flower took shape.
Where is this the daughter of the general's mansion who has been pampered since childhood, and she obviously cooks often.
Watching Gu Li skillfully flip the pot, Gu Li's face began to become ugly, she obviously knew how to cook, but she pretended not to cook, is this to humiliate herself?