Chef of the Metropolitan Water Superintendent Section 111
What is even more conspicuous is that the pure white starch water that was originally poured into the baking tray has been dyed with a layer of golden yellow after the action of high temperature, and it is tightly attached to the potstickers.
It looks as if the potstickers in the baking pan have all joined together after the action of this starchy water.
At this moment, Zheng Wan picked up a handful of chopped green onions and sprinkled them on the potstickers in the baking tray.
The emerald green onion instantly attracts everyone's attention, echoing with the golden starch water at the bottom.
"It's ready to be served."
Zheng Wan's voice recalled everyone's thoughts, and a group of people hurriedly appeared with plates and shovels, and she continued:
"A plate of two rows of potstickers, it's almost twenty, anyway, it's enough for everyone to eat."
Just when she was still estimating the amount of food for "everyone", the "everyone" in her mouth had already walked in the direction of the public chef.
The most conspicuous ones are, of course, the fish masters like Niu Xinlu and Liu Quan, who have just returned from catching fish from the river, and there are still traces of river water on their bodies, so they hurried to the direction of the public kitchen.
The other part is the guards who are in charge of security around the water superintendent, and their minds are drifting when they notice that the time is getting closer and closer to the start of the public kitchen's pilgrimage.
If someone passes by at this time, you will definitely hear the sound of a group of people walking back and forth in their hearts, and even starting to stomp their feet.
It's mainly Wang Cheng and Li Xiang, it's not okay if you're not in a hurry.
Since yesterday Zhao Qingyou announced that Zheng Wan would return to take charge of the chef today, the news quickly spread among the guards.
The people who were unwilling to keep vigil because of that and such a thing, but were in charge of the daytime guards, stopped bribing their colleagues to change shifts.
Speaking of which, they hadn't eaten the morning food made by Zheng Wan for almost a month, and they couldn't let themselves give up the vigil arrangement.
If the team is on the right road Mingzhang knows that he has been restricting the behavior of changing shifts, he will be solved by a Zheng Niangzi preparing to eat tomorrow, and he should be so angry that he vomits blood.
The closer the guards' restless mood is to the hour of the meal, the more obvious the outward manifestation becomes.
Therefore, the officials who came to duty early today all felt that today's guards were a little strange, and from time to time they looked in the direction of the back door of the capital water prison, and turned their heads frequently, with impatient expressions, as if they were waiting for something.
One by one, I walked to my office in confusion, and only those who happened to encounter a shift change could see the real reason.
Wang Cheng and Li Xiang saw the person who came to change their shift approaching, and shouted at the person who came:
"You two hurry up and stand, let's leave first!"
As soon as the words fell, the figure disappeared at the door.
The official who happened to cross the door into the capital water prison thought that his eyes were broken, and he only felt a gust of wind passing by him, and he didn't know anything else.
The two guards who were mentioned by them to guard the gate properly dragged their heavy steps towards the positions on both sides of the gate.
The second they stood still, they all looked at each other, looked at each other, sighed, and looked at the street at the door with lonely eyes.
Just happened to bump into Du Mingzhao hurriedly urging the carts and horses to drive the ox carts, and the shouts came from the other end of the street.
"Du Zhong, you hurry up and catch the car, if you don't catch up with the food made by Mrs. Zheng today, you will look good when you go back today."
As soon as Du Zhong heard this, he directly threw a whip on the cow.
"Smack!"
The whip slaps on the cow and makes a sound, and the cow runs forward quickly after being in pain.
The sudden acceleration made Du Mingzhao, who was holding at the door of the carriage, have no time to react for a while, so he suddenly fell backwards and almost fell directly into the carriage.
Fortunately, he firmly grasped the pillars on both sides of the carriage, otherwise he would have made a big fool at the gate of the capital water prison.
Du Zhong almost laughed out loud when he heard the movement behind him, their family's Lang Jun was like this, he forgot everything in a hurry, and he would dare to let his old guy speed up the ox cart next time.
Du Mingzhao also knew that this was his fault for being too anxious, and before he could tidy up his official uniform in a hurry, the ox cart had already stopped at the door.
He hurriedly jumped out of the car and stood next to the ox cart to tidy up the crooked head and wrinkled official uniform that he had just fallen backwards.
As soon as he wanted to go inside, he was seen by Wang Xin, who came in a sedan chair.
Wang Xin looked at Du Mingzhao, who was a little embarrassed, and said with interest:
"Why is Master Du so anxious today? Could it be that there is something urgent on Cui Jiancheng's side? I wanted to say hello to Master Du at the intersection just now, but the ox cart in your house suddenly accelerated, so I caught up. ”
At this time, Du Mingzhao realized that he was still following people, and he was still the young eunuch Wang Xin of the Dushui Prison, who was even higher than the official Cui Zhiyun he followed.
He immediately turned to Wang Xin and saluted, shouting, "Meet Young Eunuch Wang." ”
"Master Du doesn't have to be so polite, this Cui Jian Cheng has only appeared for so long, there must be a lot of official business to deal with urgently, Master Du is in a hurry, everyone can understand."
When he spoke, Wang Xin couldn't help but show an expression of "I guessed it".
Seeing that Du Mingzhao was very embarrassed in his heart, his smile gradually stiffened.
At the same time, he doesn't know much about Cui Zhiyun's recent actions, because of the case of private salt, Cui Zhiyun's official affairs have recently been pushed into the hands of another supervisor.
He was a little worried that if he didn't explain it clearly, he was afraid that Wang Shaojian would misunderstand Cui Jiancheng.
Some self-deprecating said: "It's not to discuss official business with Cui Jiancheng, but to go to the public kitchen to enjoy the morning food." ”
"Oh? I can't see that Master Du is still a person with a good appetite. Liu Xingyan, the chef, does have a hand at making fish, but he hasn't eaten it for a long time. ”
"It's not Liu Xingyan, it's Zheng Niangzi, the new lady of our water prison, the food she makes is eye-catching, and not long ago, in the assessment of the Shang Shi Bureau, she defeated the palace maids of the Shang Shi Bureau and won the position of the leader."
"We chefs still have such characters! No wonder Master Du hurried from home to enjoy it. That being the case, Master Du shouldn't mind adding one more person. ”
In Wang Xin's memory, although Liu Xingyan made very good fish at the beginning, there was nothing new after eating it for a long time.
Coupled with the recent impact of various new delicacies, he can't remember the last time he ate fish made by Liu Xingyan.
Hearing Du Mingzhao praise a cook's craftsmanship like this, he suddenly became curious, saying that it was early today, and he hadn't eaten the morning food yet.
When Du Mingzhao heard this, he felt that his brain was a little insufficient, how could he talk about it and bring himself another competitor.
smiled helplessly and said, "Young Eunuch Wang, please." ”
Stretching out one hand forward, signaling Wang Xin to go first.
Wang Xin was not polite, and walked directly to the place where the chef was.
The two of them walked forward with their own thoughts, walking and walking, Du Mingzhao suddenly felt that his back was a little cold, and when he touched his hand, there was nothing, so he shook his head and continued to walk forward.
At this time, the two guards who were in charge of standing at the gate stared enviously at the backs of the two leaving, leaving tears of remorse.
Why don't you agree when someone is willing to change shifts with you? Otherwise, the two of them can also go to eat the morning food made by Mrs. Zheng now.
Wang Xin and Du Mingzhao walked all the way forward, because they had been talking at the door for a while, and the kitchen had already begun to serve the morning food.
As soon as the two of them arrived at the gate of the courtyard, they saw two lines that had already lined up in the middle of the courtyard.
Wang Xin glanced at Du Mingzhao with some astonishment, he hadn't seen the scene of the chef eating in the kitchen before, but it was the first time he had seen such a crowded crowd and a long line.
I couldn't help but be curious about this Zheng Niangzi, and I was full of expectations for today's morning meal.
His steps quickened, and he quickly approached the team, thinking that the sound of his footsteps would attract the attention of the team, and then let himself into the kitchen.
But he never thought that as soon as he got closer, he saw that the figure standing in front of him was a little familiar, and said tentatively:
"Cui Jiancheng?"
When Cui Zhiyun heard the familiar voice, he immediately turned his head to look at the person who came, and saluted respectfully: "Meet Young Eunuch Wang." ”
"Why does Cui Jiancheng have to line up by himself? Why don't you just go straight ahead? ”
Du Mingzhao, who was following Wang Xin, claimed to be a regular customer on the chef's side, and hurriedly explained:
"Since Zheng Niangzi was in charge of the morning food, there are too many people who come to the kitchen to enjoy the morning food, and if there are people who have been cutting in line, it will have a great impact on the speed of the team. After that, everyone went up and down, and they got used to queuing up by themselves.
And now there are too many people, there are not enough tables and chairs in the dining area, and there is no part of the kitchen staff to help serve the food, and there will be many people eating in the courtyard with things later. ”
According to Du Mingzhao's description, Wang Xin imagined the scene inside the public kitchen for a while, and was a little dissatisfied with this rough style of acting.
His brows were furrowed, and his heart was very entangled.
On the one hand, I felt that the morning food made by this Zheng lady today must be very curious, and on the other hand, I was dissatisfied with this kind of practice that required me to abandon the style of the Langya Wang family.
In the end, it was the desire for good food that won.
He thought that he was at his age now, and it was okay to give up a little face for the sake of appetite, right?
Moreover, the Cui family in front of him is still from the Boling Cui family, and he is even more noble than his own background, and he follows closely behind, saying rumors, and it is not himself who occupies the center of the topic.
After the three of them communicated, they acquiesced to the matter of waiting in line for food.
But I don't know how scared the people who happened to be standing in front of the three of them were, and Du Zhushu didn't forget it, everyone used to meet in the kitchen often, and they had long been accustomed to it.
But Cui Jian Cheng and Wang Shao Eunuch, who were the most powerful people in the capital water prison, stood in line behind them like this, saying that they were not afraid were all fake.
Hearing that at the end, when the three of them all agreed that the Asahi needed to queue up, several people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Several people did not relax their guards in their hearts because of this, and inadvertently reminded the people in front of them that there were three unusual characters behind them.
In this way, the speed of the entire team continued to accelerate, which made Zhao Qingyou, the person in charge of serving pot stickers to everyone, stunned.
In the end, I had to bring several plates directly at a time and let everyone take them by themselves.
Taking advantage of this gap to return to the back kitchen, he urged:
"I don't know if it's because of the lady's return today, everyone is walking faster and faster, and the supply here is almost out of supply. Lady, the pot stickers here are also baked faster, don't make everyone wait too long. ”
"Sister, go back first, it will be arranged here."
Zheng Wan heard that everyone was so supportive of herself, and decided to speed up, she thought that if she used a wok-fried pot sticker, it would be easy to have problems if she didn't control it well.
But now that other people have done a really good job with the baking pan, this part of the content can be handed over to someone else.
She herself is directly in control of the two copper woks, striving to double the original speed.
With a decision in mind, I immediately began to arrange the work of each part.
"Everyone has just heard that there are a lot of people who come to eat morning food today. So, for the time being, you're responsible for the two baking trays here, and you'll get two copper wok frying panstickers. And on your side, if the filling and dough are not enough, make a little more, and strive to make everyone who comes here have enough to eat today. ”
"Whoa!"
Hearing this, everyone was also very excited, knowing that in Zheng Wan's mouth, that group of people also included themselves.
Make a little more now, and when you eat later, you can have more of your own portions, and immediately speed up your hand.
Zheng Wan also began to make people make fires, skillfully smearing lard on the bottom of the copper wok, arranging the potstickers neatly at the bottom, frying them until they are set, adding starch water, and waiting for the effect of time.
As a result, the people in line today were surprised to find that the speed of the line was getting faster and faster, and in the blink of an eye, they had already entered the door of the public kitchen.
After a while, Cui Zhiyun, Wang Xin and Du Mingzhao came to Zhao Qingyou.
Zhao Qingyou suddenly saw the three of them, his eyes widened in surprise, and his mind seemed to begin to understand, why the team was moving so fast today?