Chapter 5 Fengze Garden
The next day, He Yuzhu got up early, also because of Yu Qing Jue. Although he ran a lot of places yesterday, he was still refreshed and did not feel tired at all.
When I came to the kitchen, I looked at the rice vat and saw millet. Millet porridge would be good to eat in the morning. I started the fire and cooked millet porridge. After thinking about it, I added a little Lingquan water to the millet porridge. I didn't dare to add more. I was afraid that the effect would be too strong. The rain was still small and my body couldn't bear it. After the millet porridge was cooked, I opened the lid of the pot. , and suddenly a refreshing fragrance hit my nostrils. There are still eggs at home, and I boiled two more eggs, one for Yu Yu and each other.
He brought the millet porridge and eggs to the table, and took out the homemade pickles from the kitchen, which were pickled by He Daqing.
"Yu Yu, Yu Yu is getting up." He Yuzhu called He Yu Yu to get up again.
Help Yu Yu get dressed and drive her to wash up. After a while, the brother and sister sat down at the table to eat.
"Brother, the millet porridge you made today is delicious." He Yuyu said after taking a sip of millet porridge.
"It tastes good. Just drink more and eat the eggs." He Yuzhu handed the peeled eggs to He Yuzhu.
The two brothers and sisters ate and drank enough and cleaned up. Then go out.
After getting on his bicycle and carrying the rainwater, He Yuzhu rode towards his master's house.
When I arrived at the master's house, I handed the rainwater to the master's wife, and then rode my bicycle with the master to Fengze Garden.
Fengzeyuan is a large restaurant with four entrances, a green hall and tiled buildings, a beautifully decorated facade, an elegant environment, and a unique style. The tableware is all silverware, and there are colorful flower wine vessels from the Kangxi, Qianlong and Guangxu years, which are very valuable.
Mainly specializes in Shandong cuisine. It is known as "if you eat at Fengzeyuan, you can taste all the Shandong cuisine". The cooking techniques are good at "explosion, stir-frying, roasting, frying, grilling, steaming and steaming". Casserole shark's fin, dried shark's fin, roasted large black ginseng with green onion, dry roasted large crucian carp, etc.
Although it specializes in Shandong cuisine, it also sells Sichuan cuisine. Chef Fan Dakang is responsible for Sichuan cuisine.
(Novel, purely fictitious, don’t pay attention to some details)
When they arrived at Fengzeyuan, the master first took He Yuzhu to find Manager Luan. Manager Luan's Luan family is the founder and shareholder of Fengzeyuan.
"Zhuzi, you and your father have come to help with the cooking over the years. Your father, well, let's not talk about him, we are all acquaintances. You are no stranger to Fengze Garden, so learn from your master." Manager Luan said to He Yuzhu said.
Since He Yuzhu was still an apprentice before he started teaching, He Daqing often brought him to help in the kitchen. For the sake of his master Fan Dakang, He Daqing set an apprenticeship salary of 18 yuan a month. 18 yuan a month is enough for him and Yu Yu. During this period, poverty was 5 yuan per person per month.
Fan Dakang took He Yuzhu to the kitchen, and his apprentices and grandchildren gathered around him.
"Zhuzhu, needless to say, everyone is familiar with it. From today on, he will join Fengze Garden." Fan Dakang said.
"Zhuzi, you follow Xiaoqiang today. Get busy now."
Following Fan Dakang's order, the entire kitchen began to get busy.
Xiaoqiang is also Fan Dakang's apprentice. He is about the same age as He Yuzhu and started a little earlier than He Yuzhu.
"Senior Brother Xiaoqiang, please take care of me." He Yuzhu said to Wang Xiaoqiang.
"It's easy to say, as long as you listen to senior brother more and show more respect to senior brother, senior brother will protect you from walking sideways in Fengze Garden." Xiaoqiang pretended.
"Wow! Senior brother, you are so powerful!" He Yuzhu said in surprise when he saw second senior brother Xu Guorong standing behind Xiaoqiang.
"That's it, don't you look at who I am? There is nothing I can't handle in Fengze Garden." Xiaoqiang continued to show off.
"Who are you? You are still walking sideways in Fengze Garden, counting crabs." The second senior brother slapped Wang Xiaoqiang from behind.
After Wang Xiaoqiang was beaten, he immediately turned around. When he saw the second senior brother, he immediately said: "No, no, I can only walk sideways because of the second senior brother."
"Go away," the second senior brother laughed and scolded, "I am not a crab."
"Zhuzi, if you have anything to do, just come to see Second Senior Brother." Xu Guorong said to He Yuzhu.
"Okay, second senior brother." He Yuzhu replied.
"Okay, let's all get busy." After Xu Guorong said that, he walked elsewhere to inspect.
"Zhuzi, you have changed. You used to have a bad mouth, but now you have become sinister. You didn't even remind me when the second senior brother came over." Wang Xiaoqiang said to He Yuzhu when he saw the second senior brother leave.
"Nothing changes. I didn't listen to Second Senior Brother's advice to get to work quickly." He Yuzhu said while pushing Wang Xiaoqiang away.
Both of them are apprentices, and they are also Fan Dakang's apprentices. They do all the work in the kitchen wherever they are needed.
All morning, He Yuzhu followed Wang Xiaoqiang, first helping to wash vegetables, and then helping to cut vegetables. Standing in front of the chopping board with a knife, He Yuzhu skillfully cut various ingredients as required. Although He Chendong was not a chef in his previous life, he was affected by the impact of the Internet and learned to cook from various food videos, and he was pretty good at it. Of course, he was incomparable to serious chefs, so he was considered a food lover. Coupled with He Yuzhu's memory of studying cooking for many years, and the physical improvement of the plug-in spiritual spring water, Yuqingjue's control over the body. He Yuzhu is becoming more and more skilled in knife skills.
As meal time approaches, people begin to arrive in the lobby and the kitchen becomes busy.
The private rooms also started to be occupied, and the second senior brother also started to be busy. Master Fan Dakang was only responsible for entertaining a few VIP rooms. The second senior brother is responsible for everything else.
He Yuzhu and Xiaoqiang moved closer to the second senior brother. They watched the second senior brother cook in a place that would not affect the second senior brother. Not everyone in the back kitchen could get close to them, only those from the same school could.
The second senior brother is not just cooking. He is making some Sichuan signature dishes and explaining some precautions.
He Yuzhu released his spiritual consciousness and paid attention to some of the cooking techniques of the second senior brother, the heat, and the changes in the ingredients in the pot.
Before he knew it, the lunch rush had passed, and thanks to his spiritual awareness, He Yuzhu learned a lot from his second senior brother. As the saying goes, the master leads you in, and cultivation depends on the individual. Watching the second senior brother cooking, you can only learn the steps of making this dish with your eyes. If you want to make it delicious, you must also add the heat learned with your spiritual consciousness.
Now He Yuzhu knows his brain, his eyes, and his hands.
At around 1 p.m., the kitchen started eating. After eating, start to rest.
At around 3 p.m., the kitchen started to get busy again, preparing ingredients for the evening.
It was another busy afternoon until I got off work at 7pm.
Those who learn to cook can pack leftovers. He Yuzhu took the packed leftovers and rode his bicycle home with his master Fan Dakang. Back at the master's house, as soon as he entered the door, He Yuyu saw He Yuzhu and shouted: "Brother~" while running towards He Yuzhu. He Yuzhu picked up He Yuzhu and asked, "Miss you brother?"
"Yeah, I've thought about it." He Yuyu replied.
"Okay, brother will take you home." He Yuzhu said. When he saw Xiaohu running over with Yuyu, He Yuzhu stuffed him with three or four pieces of fruit candies and said to Xiaohu: "You can only eat one piece a day. It's too much. Rotten teeth. It hurts."
"Master's Wife, I brought Yuyu home." He Yuzhu said to the Master's Wife who was following him.
"You should go slower on the road and don't ride too fast." The master's wife warned.
"Okay, Master." He Yuzhu replied.
He Yuzhu got on his bicycle and rode towards the courtyard with He Yuzhu.
