Chef of the Metropolitan Water Superintendent Section 4
"It's okay, let's go find it."
As soon as the words fell, Zheng Wan's figure disappeared beside the stove, and trotted to the bamboo basket on the left side of the door.
She picked up the ones that looked clean and hydrated, but after a night of work, most of them were already lying on their stomachs.
In the end, she had to remove the outer layer of wilting leaves, leaving only the innermost layer of fresh and tender parts, after the baptism and soaking of clear water, the water droplets remained on the leaves, making these wild vegetables more green and tender, and the water was as if it could be pinched out of the water.
It's a bit extravagant to say that, after all, who eats only the innermost and most tender part of the vegetable?
She thought to herself: Is this a blessing in disguise?
Soon Zheng Wan put other thoughts behind her, and the rising water vapor in the wok called for her appearance.
She quickly scooped out the soup and rushed to the seasoning in the bowl, the original milky white soup was instantly dyed with a faint layer of yellow, and the presence of soy sauce did not affect much.
Then take out the poached egg and put the ramen noodles in the wok, and the noodles will continue to rise and fall with the rolling water.
Originally, the ramen noodles pulled out by Zheng Wan were relatively slender and could be taken out after boiling them for a while.
So, Zhao Qingyou watched Zheng Wan's actions in a daze, and a ball of silver-like cakes suddenly appeared in the bowl, then a golden poached egg was added, and the side was accompanied by emerald green wild vegetables, and finally the top layer was sprinkled with yellow and green green onions, and a simple version of the green soup noodles came out of the pot.
She just watched this flowing scene, and the saliva in her mouth kept flooding.
It was also the first time she knew that such a simple method of suo cake could make people have a great appetite, and the milky white soup, pale yellow solo cake, golden eggs, and emerald green wild vegetables prepared an alluring beauty in front of her eyes.
Zhao Qingyou suddenly felt that his stomach was a little hungry, and just as he wanted to speak, he was stopped by the saliva that almost leaked out of his mouth.
She hurriedly swallowed, looked at Zheng Wan's eyes full of admiration and longing, and couldn't wait to say:
"Mrs. Zheng, can you have breakfast?"
"Of course you can, it was originally specially prepared for Sister Qingyou and the Niuyu Master."
As soon as the words fell, Zhao Qingyou didn't care that the clear soup noodles were still hot at this time, and wanted to pick up the bowl and walk to the dining area next to it.
At this moment, a heavy footstep was suddenly heard outside the door.
Du Mingzhao originally just wanted to come to the back kitchen to try his luck, but he didn't expect that someone was really preparing food at this time, and he felt that today's breakfast smelled weird, and his previous idea of going out to eat a bowl of mutton cakes was immediately interrupted.
Hearing the footsteps, Zhao Qingyou immediately raised his eyes to look at the place where the sound came from, and saw clearly that it was the official in the front yard, and immediately pulled Zheng Wan to salute together, and shouted at the same time:
"Meet Master Du!"
Du Mingzhao shrugged his nose, carefully explored the secret of the fragrance, saw the two saluting, casually raised his hand to let the two of them get up, and asked curiously:
"It's still early in the kitchen to prepare breakfast today, what are you doing? Earlier, Cui Jiancheng stayed up all night for official business, and was thinking about eating some stomach-wrapping food, so he took a bowl and took it away, and left a bowl to come to the back kitchen to enjoy later. ”
A series of words made Zhao Qingyou's mind a little confused, but she also knew that she and Zheng Wan were behaving in an irregular manner, so she hurriedly bowed down and pleaded guilty.
"Please atone for your sins! Er and Mrs. Zheng just woke up hungry, and used the stove in the back kitchen to make breakfast, and the ingredients consumed would make up for themselves. At this time, it is not yet time for the kitchen to prepare breakfast, and the handyman does it, and I am afraid that it will not be with the appetite of the nobles. ”
Hearing this, Du Mingzhao glanced at the two of them carefully, and then felt the fragrance constantly wafting from the tip of his nose.
He didn't care who made these breakfasts, as long as he could eat delicious food, he instructed: "It's okay, bring the breakfast first, Cui Jiancheng is still waiting." ”
"No, this thing is called clear soup cake."
Zhao Qingyou had no choice but to hand over his breakfast, grief-stricken in his heart, watching his breakfast go away.
Du Mingzhao thought that the cake would get worse after a long time, and his steps on the way to Cui Zhiyun kept accelerating, if he was seen in such a hazy early morning, he thought that he had hit an evil spirit.
Come to the door and tap gently, "Knock knock!" ”
"Come in!"
Cui Zhiyun's somewhat hoarse voice came from inside.
As soon as Du Mingzhao heard it, he knew that their boss had been up for a long time, and hurriedly put the bowl in front of Cui Zhiyun and explained:
"Cui Jiancheng should eat some breakfast first, hunger in the stomach will make people lack of thoughts."
Cui Zhiyun glanced up at Du Mingzhao, and he didn't know where Du Mingzhao heard his remarks.
However, his stomach, which had been motionless, suddenly felt a little hungry when he smelled this faint umami, and coupled with the colorful colors in front of him, his appetite suddenly increased.
Picked up the chopsticks on the side, aimed at the rope cake and shot it, when he picked it up, he suddenly found that today's rope cake was a little longer and thinner, and each one was wrapped in umami juice.
When he put it in his mouth, he realized that the umami he had just smelled was not worth mentioning at all, and the umami in his mouth instantly hit every cell in his mouth, and the craving in his stomach was immediately strengthened.
Then when he bit the rope cake, he noticed that today's rope cake was particularly strong and smooth, which was not at all the same as the rope cake that broke when he took a sip on weekdays.
Just chewing on the cake gives his body a lot of pleasure.
But after swallowing it, he felt that his abdomen was instantly satisfied, and a warmth continued to spread from his abdomen to all sides.
The body that felt stiff on weekdays also began to warm up, his eyebrows stretched, and a comfortable expression appeared in front of Du Mingzhao's eyes.
At this moment, Du Mingzhao still didn't understand something, saluted in the direction of Cui Zhiyun, and then turned to leave, his clear soup and cakes were still waiting for his favor in the back kitchen.
Cui Zhiyun in the house continues to enjoy the deliciousness.
After enjoying the delicious taste of ramen, he began to shoot towards the golden omelette on the side.
Originally, he thought it was an ordinary omelette, but when his teeth bit through the omelette, a fresh and fragrant soup instantly burst out from the inside, the omelette shell was crispy and burnt, and the inside was full of juice, and there was no greasy feeling that he didn't like, but it was extremely refreshing.
Such a rich taste brought Cui Zhiyun a surprise and a strong stimulation to his mouth.
Because he didn't expect that the omelette was full of soup and was accidentally scalded, but his rules and etiquette told him that he couldn't spit it out, so he could only continue to swallow it.
After swallowing, he can continue to breathe heavily to relieve the paralysis in his mouth, and take the opportunity to wait for his taste to return.
Then he quickly disposed of a whole omelette, saw the emerald green wild vegetables that had been left out in the cold, and picked up a stick at random to eat.
It also brought him a different surprise, the wild vegetables were exceptionally tender and crisp, and even he could feel the juice inside every bite, the taste was slightly bitter, but with the milky white soup wrapped in the leaves, the umami covered it, and it also set off the taste of the wild vegetables more beautiful.
So, unconsciously, Cui Zhiyun swallowed a large bowl of clear soup and cakes into his stomach, and there was not even a little soup left.
When he found out about this scene, he subconsciously looked at Du Mingzhao's position just now.
Seeing that there was no one, he collapsed on the chair in an instant, calming down the satisfaction after enjoying the food.
If someone is in the house, they will find that Cui Zhiyun at this time is not as handsome and cold as he showed in front of people before.
He looks ruddy, his lips are slightly burned, there are a few beads of sweat on the tip of his nose, and he has a lot of popularity, and if you look closely, you will find that his slightly bulging abdomen is full of food.
Du Mingzhao, who was remembered by Cui Zhiyun, was also enjoying food in the back kitchen at this time, because the ramen noodles made by Zheng Wan were already slender, and the taste would deteriorate after a long time.
Even if Du Mingzhao hurried and hurried, by the time he entered his mouth, the taste of the ramen was no longer as strong and smooth as Cui Zhiyun's food.
But in Du Mingzhao's heart, this is also a rare delicacy, and after swallowing it in a big gulp, a bowl of clear soup noodles will be cleaned up in a short time.
The satisfaction made him lie on his back in his chair, rubbing his bulging belly and sighing in satisfaction.
"It's so comfortable!"
Zhao Qingyou, who saw the appearance of Master Du in front of the stove, couldn't help but look away and snicker, and said in surprise: "I really didn't expect that Master Du, who looked high, would also look like this after dinner." ”
Chapter 5: Admiration
Zheng Wan also smiled, she still had points for her craftsmanship, but she didn't expect that a simple bowl of clear soup noodles could capture the love of officials.
Du Mingzhao lay on his back on the chair for a while, and after feeling the tightness in his stomach dissipate, he got up and came to Zheng Wan and Zhao Qingyou, and praised with a smile:
"The two ladies are very good at cooking, and they have a certain pleasure."
"Master Du's book is too famous, you don't dislike the simple soup and cakes."
"Only by returning to the truth can we see the true ability."
In the face of such a high evaluation, Zhao Qingyou really couldn't take Zheng Wan's cooking skills as his own credit, so he took a step back and explained:
"Mrs. Zheng Wan is the one who makes this clear soup cake, it's just a fire."
Hearing this, Du Mingzhao raised his eyes to Zheng Wan's position and saw that if Zhao Qingyou hadn't made it clear, he really couldn't see that the delicate Zheng Wan still had good cooking skills.
"Skillful."
"It's an honor to have your compliment."
Du Mingzhao ate beautifully, and his mood was also beautiful, and he walked to the front yard with a good mood, and kept praising the good breakfast today.
Everyone was amazed, who didn't know that their chef's chef Liu would cook fish? Eat fish every day, even if they are all water supervisors responsible for the supply of fish to each department, there is no need to eat fish every day, right?
What's more, those fish taste spiny and fleshy, where is it worthy of such boasting of the mutton-loving Du Zhuji?
Most of them have Du Mingzhao stayed up too long and had a problem with his brain, listening to his words was like the wind in his ears, and it dissipated as soon as the wind blew.
But some people listened to it in their hearts and wondered how delicious the breakfast that could be praised by Master Du should be?
So he walked quickly to the position of the back kitchen, and on the way happened to bump into Niu Xinlu, who was reminded to go to the back kitchen early for breakfast the next day.
Niu Xinlu was coldly grabbed from behind, and when he turned his head, he found that it was his friend Liu Quan.
Before he could ask the reason, Liu Quan said excitedly: "Niu Er, you also heard that the kitchen is ready to eat today?" Specially here. ”
As he spoke, he also showed an expression that our brothers really had a tacit understanding, and for a while Niu Xinlu didn't think of such an explanation that he was also here.
After all, breakfast in the back kitchen is the simplest meal, and you don't even want to eat anything delicious from it.
Most people are still accustomed to buying some food on the way to the capital water prison.
Just when he was still thinking about the reason, the two also came to the back kitchen.
As soon as Zhao Qingyou saw Niu Xinlu, he immediately shouted excitedly: "Niu Yushi, you are here!" Hurry up, hurry up! The breakfast specially prepared by Mrs. Zheng, if you come a little later, there will be nothing. ”
It's really that she is still shocked in her heart, Zheng Wan's cooking skills, and the fact that the clear soup and cakes were praised by Du Mingzhao.
She had tasted the rest of the bowl herself, and was now desperate to find someone to share her feelings with.
didn't notice the existence of Liu Quan at all, and Liu Quan was not happy to be air, so he quickly took the bowl she handed over, sniffed the fresh fragrance from the bowl, and sighed:
"It smells beautiful, this is what Master Du's praise tastes like?"
But he never thought that when Zhao Qingyou saw clearly that it was someone else who took it, he was unwilling to let go of his hand at all, and the two of them started a round of tug-of-war over the bowl.
And Zheng Wan on the side was still below, after she waited for Du Mingzhao to leave, she remembered that her share with Niu Xinlu had been eaten, and she stepped up to make ramen, and just came down to give Niu Xinlu a bowl, and her bowl was not yet cooked.
Liu Quan looked at it and frowned and said puzzledly: "They are all people from the capital water prison, is it possible that Niu Er can eat it, and a certain Liu Quan can't eat it?" ”
Zhao Qingyou hurriedly explained: "This is not the food prepared by the back kitchen today, this is the breakfast specially made by Zheng Niangzi, who lived in the miscellaneous room after falling into the water before, in order to thank the cattle and fish master for saving his life. ”
Hearing this, Liu Quan reluctantly let go of his hand and glanced at the direction of Niu Xinlu with complaining eyes.