Chapter 41: The Cook Xingu
The sleeping king, Jeru, said that as long as he was happy, whether it was cold winter or midsummer, he drank and had fun every night until the next morning, and sometimes he arose, and each time he drank for seven days and nights.
The imperial chefs in the palace are very busy, they are busy preparing ingredients during the day and cooking dishes at night, if the emperor does not have any dishes, it will kill people.
At this time, Huo Jun and Jin were not afraid, and the two of them were already sitting on the beam of the kitchen. Xingu is the only one in the kitchen, and he has always been unwilling for others to cook.
That would distract him, and he was always engrossed in cooking.
Xin Gu was around 50 years old, wearing black cotton pants, a black cotton hat, sleeves, and an apron.
He was of medium stature, wide and fat, with a face and a fleshy face, and a head as big as a pig's head, but a pig's head with a small nose, small eyes, and a small mouth.
He was engrossed in chopping the lamb ribs at this time, and he didn't pay attention to the two people on the beam at all, even if the two were behind him at this time, he wouldn't know.
His spirit was too concentrated, it had been like this for thirty years, and it had never changed.
He cut the lamb ribs into small pieces that are 12 centimeters long and weigh 50 grams, and each rib must be the same size and weight.
Huo Jun and Jin were not afraid to stop admiring, if this person learned martial arts, he would also gain twice as much as others.
Next, Xingu soaked the cut ribs in the warm water soaked in chrysanthemums. While the ribs were soaking, Singu began to prepare the other ingredients.
Originally, as a palace-level imperial chef, he didn't need to do the preparation and cutting of these ingredients himself, and he was equipped with eight supporters, but Xin Gu didn't use any of them, and did all of them himself.
This can make those support Yingle bad, take Fenglu for nothing, and don't have to do anything for a day, why not?
After Xingu finally fried the ribs wrapped in eggs and flour, he hung them one by one and returned them to the pot to dry fry again.
This is not an easy task, and it requires years of experience in the chef to do it. If the time is short, it will be too tender and chewy, and if it is long, it will be too old to chew.
Xin Gu stirred the ribs one by one, and after he finished stirring one, he put it on the plate without looking at it, and after all the stir was finished, Xin Gu wiped the sweat on his forehead.
He let out a sigh of relief, quite satisfied with his work. He didn't have time to rest, he had to set the plate at once, and the ribs needed to be eaten hot. That snake demon is an extremely picky person, and he can't miss a little time!
Xingu turned around...... But immediately his brain went blank, and his ears were buzzing——Why is this plate clean, why are the ribs just made missing?
Xingu was so anxious that he looked left and right, up and down, where there was a shadow of ribs. Could it be that I was so focused just now, I was in a dream?
Xingu was so anxious that he was sweating.
At this time, there was a sudden shout outside: "The little brother has arrived!"
As soon as the words fell, a young eunuch walked in from outside. The young man was in his twenties, and his hair was loosely braided.
He looks like a red jade, his eyebrows are clear, and he is wearing a red cotton robe, like a cloud of sunset, bright and shining.
His expression was very anxious, and he didn't know whether he was anxious for Xin Gu or for himself, he said: "Xin Gu, is the dish ready? The emperor is already urging it!"
Xin Gudao: "Lost!"
"What?" The little brother was immediately frightened, and sweat flowed down instantly. He said, "Did you meet the fox fairy from last time again?" or ...... If you redo it, I'll go back and find an excuse to delay it for a while?"
Xin Gu was much calmer at this time, the matter has come to this, since it is irreparable, then he can only plan for the worst.
He said: "It's useless, there are still extra ingredients last time, and it's still too late to make them fresh." There are no ingredients this time!What's more, this time it's made for the snake demon, that woman, even if it's okay, she has to pick some people to drink blood, this time ...... hum"
After Xin Gu finished speaking, tears actually flowed out, and he said: "It's just that my wife and daughter have no one to take care of them!" Little brother, if you can get out of the palace alive, if you have the opportunity, please help me pass a message to my wife and daughter, so that they can quickly go to Yajiao Mountain Qianjiazhai! It's just ...... I won't be able to see them one last time."
After Xin Gu finished speaking, he actually picked up the kitchen knife on the case and wiped it off his neck.
The little brother said: "Xin Gu, I'm afraid that I won't be able to bring you your words, you and I will go together on the Huangquan Road!"
After the little brother finished speaking, he also picked up a kitchen knife, the two looked at each other, smiled miserably, and then the horizontal knife was about to wipe his neck.
Suddenly, the hands of the two of them involuntarily let go, and the knives in their hands were gone!
When the two of them looked up again, they saw two more people on the opposite side, and the two of them already had their kitchen knives in their fingers, like a very light piece of paper.
One of the two wore green soap, which was extremely clean and neat. A ragged shirt, extremely dirty.
Huo Jun put down the kitchen knife lightly and said, "You donkey ball ball Xingu, don't you just eat your two sheep bones, you can't think about it?"
Jin was not afraid to wipe his big mouth with oily twists, and said, "That's it, is your life worse than my old name?" After speaking, he picked his teeth with his black fingers, obviously, he couldn't finish eating.
Xin Gu and Xiao Ge had already put life and death out of the way, and they were not surprised to see the two of them falling from the sky at this moment.
Or Xin Gu reacted faster, he saw that Huo Jun could directly call out his name, and he saw Huo Jun's portrait, he had been in Yajiao Mountain for many years, and naturally heard people mention the portrait of the lord of the general village.
At the moment, he hugged his fists and said: "Forgive me for taking the liberty of the next, may I ask you that you are the master of the big village under the general jurisdiction of the fifty villages in Hedong, and you are the one who is above and below." Huo old-timers. ”
Huo Jun nodded and said, "Xiao Gu's eyesight is good, Confucianism can be taught!"
Seeing that what he expected was right, Xin Gu hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "Grandpa is on top, the little one will give grandpa a salute!"
Huo Jun was originally in his twenties, and Xin Gu could be his grandfather according to his age. But he is a generation lower than Qian Wanli in Yajiao Mountain, and Qian Wanli is a generation lower than Huo Jun, according to the generation, he naturally wants to be called Grandpa Huo Jun.
Huo Jun nodded slightly. He looked back at Jin Bu Bu again, his expression was very proud.
It turned out that Jin was not afraid to be the head of the beggar gang, and the disciples in his gang were all over the country, and there were not many of them. But his nickname is "Jin Qing is aggressive", and he not only fights with people, but also wants to fight with people no matter what.
However, Huo Jun is the head of the village under the general jurisdiction of Hedong, and the number of his subordinates in Hedong is more than that of his beggars, so he is naturally unconvinced.
Every time I go to the land east of the river, I am very jealous when I see Huo Jun being loved and embraced. did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to 'recruit troops and buy horses', so that the people of Hedong could join their beggar gang.
However, if a normal person lives with enough food and clothing, who wants to be a man? Even if he can't eat, the people would rather go up to the mountains to be bandits, and they feel that it is better than being called a carapace.
What's more, the fifty villages under the jurisdiction of Huo Jun not only did not commit any offence to the common people, but also often helped the people. Therefore, it is deeply loved by the people.
On the contrary, the number of Hedong rudders of their beggar gang was naturally pitiful.
In the end, there was only one helmsman and two deputy helmsmen left. The dry one doesn't even have a beggar under him, and he doesn't have these three leaders, who is in charge?
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