After hearing what Shopkeeper Liang said, Xu Yuanwei's indignant look immediately calmed down a lot, which made Su Qingluan sigh inwardly: It seems that Chef Xu really trusts Shopkeeper Liang. Although there is no proof, Shopkeeper Liang's verbal promise , can make him willing to believe.
Shopkeeper Liang was also an upright person. He said he would get the contract and sent the boy who followed him back to get it.
Su Qingluan didn't intend to be the unjust ghost, so he happily agreed to Shopkeeper Liang's move to get the contract.
The guy was very quick on his feet, and within two-quarters of an hour, he ran back with the box containing the contract in his hand.
There were some other documents in the box. In order to avoid suspicion, Su Qingluan turned around when shopkeeper Liang opened the lock. She looked to the side with her peripheral vision, and saw that Xu Yuanwei was already facing a bonsai in the corner, obviously to avoid the suspicion of being under the melons and plums.
Su Qingluan said in her heart: Sure enough, Chef Xu is also an upright person. With such a character, it is amazing that he just pretended to be sick and sulked at home instead of rushing over to confront him when he suspected that shopkeeper Liang was going to fire him.
On the other side, shopkeeper Liang had already taken out his contract and handed it to Xu Yuanwei with both hands: "Brother Xu, please take a look at this contract!"
Xu Yuanwei only glanced briefly, and his face gradually changed from red to purple. He handed the contract back to Shopkeeper Liang with shame on his face, bowed to the ground and saluted: "I actually misunderstood the shopkeeper and Miss Su. , I really shouldn’t play with it!”
Shopkeeper Liang helped him up, and Xu Yuanwei turned around and saluted Su Qingluan again.
How has Su Qingluan ever been worshiped by others? At this moment, she felt embarrassed, but because she was too short, trying to support Xu Yuanwei, who was tall and round, would only make a joke, so she just waved her hands quickly: "Master Xu, don't mind too much, it's just a misunderstanding, let's talk about it." good."
"That's not the case!" Xu Yuanwei still kept his head down and clasped his fists. "Although it was also affected by the words of people around me, I was jealous of Mrs. Su's cooking skills and felt resentful. That's why I was so worried about gains and losses. I always felt that shopkeeper Liang wanted to resign. I will replace you with Lady Su!"
Su Qingluan: ...Ah, should I say that this person is so straightforward?
Although Xu Yuanwei said seriously that he was jealous of his talent, Su Qingluan did not feel angry at all. Instead, he smiled and said: "Although I feel that Chef Xu is weird recently, I never thought of this. But Master Xu's craftsmanship It has its own characteristics and there are loyal diners in this county, why should you be jealous of me?"
Xu Yuanwei whispered: "Xu is already in his prime. He has studied diligently for many years. As for entering the 'Hongfu Building', he has never slacked off because of becoming the chef. He works hard day and night to improve his cooking skills, but he doesn't want to..."
As he spoke, Xu Yuanwei's voice actually contained a hint of sobs, but he buried his face more and more between his arms: "I don't want to work hard for half my life, whether it's knife skills, cooking skills, or... The seasoning and even the decoration and presentation are not as good as those of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl...Am I too stupid to be a chef?"
At the end, Xu Yuanwei sounded suspicious of life.
Hearing this, Shopkeeper Liang quickly stepped forward to comfort him: "Brother Xu, our 'Hongfu Tower' can stand in this county for twenty years, and it's all thanks to your hard work!"
As for Su Qingluan, he was simply petrified.
How should she explain that she was not a genius in cooking, but was standing on the shoulders of giants?
Although I am only a teenager in this life, I lived for more than 20 years in my previous life. What's more, the reason why Xu Yuanwei's cooking skills are simpler than mine is because after hundreds of thousands of years of evolution, cooking techniques are constantly being updated. of.
But Su Qingluan couldn't explain his bizarre experiences in two lifetimes, nor could he comfort the other party that he just lost to the giant of time, and there was no shame in it.
After thinking about it, she decided to use her amnesia technique: "That...Master Xu."
Su Qingluan's voice was not loud, but the girl's voice was very obvious compared to the deep voices of the two middle-aged men, so Xu Yuanwei, who was guilty and aggrieved, and Shopkeeper Liang, who was trying to comfort him, both turned around.
After thinking about her words, Su Qingluan said: "Actually, it is said that I was adopted by a wealthy family in the capital by mistake, and I have been raised there. I recently returned to my parents, but I had a high fever, and I don't remember much about the past ten years. Something happened."
"But niece Xian behaves as usual and has excellent cooking skills. It doesn't look like she has lost her memory at all?" Shopkeeper Liang asked curiously.
...It was a sharp complaint. Su Qingluan murmured in her heart, but still continued according to the script originally given to herself: "Occasionally, some small pictures flash through my mind, such as cooking and eating. If they are restored in detail, They are all delicate and exquisite. So I thought, maybe I was mistakenly told that this is how the dishes are prepared - wealthy people always have their own unique way of cooking."
Shopkeeper Liang nodded when he heard this: "Indeed, many chefs from wealthy families were originally famous chefs, each with their own cooking techniques. I once saw someone who wanted to eat a fresh roast duck, but let the duck drink in the oven. That seasoning water, the oven is hot, and the duck drinks all the seasoning water into its belly until the skin is charred and the duck is finally mature."
Su Qingluan frowned when she heard this: Can this be delicious?
Xu Yuanwei also shook his head: "The smell can only enter the organs and not the texture, so it must be tasteless."
Shopkeeper Liang nodded: "Although it doesn't taste good, it's better than its novelty."
Su Qingluan nodded quickly: "So I know those weird cooking methods. Maybe I learned them after seeing them before?"
Shopkeeper Liang nodded, obviously believing it. After all, although he was the shopkeeper, he was not good at cooking.
But Xu Yuanwei, as a person with real experience in cooking, is not so easy to fool: "But Mrs. Su's sharp knife skills are even inferior to those of my master. How can she be so sharp at such a young age?" ?”
This was not the first time he watched Su Qingluan cut ingredients up close.
Even if the movements are deliberately slowed down to allow the chef to see clearly, the thickness of each piece of food is even when the knife is lifted and dropped, and the movement of the wrist is smooth and easy. These details cannot be learned in an instant.
As the saying goes, "the expert knows the way", because Xu Yuanwei also worked as a cook from the most basic level, so he knows better how rare it is to have such skilled and stable knife skills.
Su Qingluan complained expressionlessly in her heart: How? As long as the Spartan Devil training starts before dawn tomorrow, it will be fine if the wrist is cut until it cannot be lifted.
Of course, it’s not just hard training.
"There are no distracting thoughts in the mind." Su Qingluan put her four fingers together in a chopping motion: "Although practice makes perfect, the mentality is more important - the more precious and complex the ingredients, the calmer the mind. Otherwise, the more nervous you are, the more nervous you will be. Wrong - I may have a better mentality.”
Su Qingluan blinked: "That's why I acted steadily."
