Faced with strange looks all the way, Zou Run came to the kitchen.
The kitchen consists of two rows of houses. Each house is supported by four log pillars, with a four-corner thatched roof on top and yellow mud walls on the bottom.
It's summer right now and the weather is hot. There are five or six men in the kitchen with their hair tied up in scarves and their upper bodies naked, busy working in full swing.
A gust of mountain wind blew, blowing a stream of smoke towards Zou Run outside. Zou Run accidentally took a few puffs and choked and coughed several times. When he heard the noise, everyone in the kitchen turned to look and saw It was Zou Run, so they all smiled and put down the guy in their hands to greet him beforehand.
The leader of the gang, named Ma Bo, came forward and bowed his hands.
"The leader has just gotten better, but why did he come to our place? But if he wants to eat something, he just asked someone to give him instructions. We will just send the food to the leader's house."
Zou Run was only twenty-four or five years old. When he saw Ma Bo, who was in his forties, giving him a gift, he was a little uncomfortable. He wanted to return the gift, but he didn't know how to address it appropriately, so he acted casually and said: "I have been sleeping for a long time and my body is very stiff, so I walked around to see how the brothers in the village are eating recently."
When Ma Bo saw that he had no doubt that he had it, he told his men to disperse, and he led Zou Run into the kitchen to take a look.
The kitchen was in such a mess that some vegetable leaves and sewage were dumped directly on the ground. It was not cleaned up yet. Zou Run subconsciously covered his mouth and nose. He saw that several stoves were filled with things, and some were piled high. There were steamers, large pots with lids, and some clay pots and hanging basins. He asked Ma Bo next to him:
"What do brothers eat for three meals a day these days?"
"The new wheat is ripe in May. We have recently put the new wheat into the warehouse. We have ground the old wheat and made some coarse flour cakes, soup cakes, and steamed buns. We mix it with some grains and wild vegetables in the morning and evening. We eat it thinly and it is enough for lunch. Do enough to teach the brothers to eat enough..."
Hearing what Ma Bo said, Zou Run was a little dazed. No wonder the Dengyun Mountain power in his memory was pitifully small. There were only eighty or ninety people in total, and there were only about twenty confidants who could be called the core combat force. Just like this. It’s strange that a copycat village with such treatment can develop and grow!
As a man of two generations, Zou Run was making plans in his heart, but his face didn't show anything. He pretended not to care and said: "Haha, so it turns out that it's just the brothers who work hard in the kitchen... Oh, by the way, those brothers What do you want to eat in the morning and evening?"
"Back to the second leader, we just cook some vegetables, radishes, leeks and the like in the morning and evening. At noon, we mix some pickles for seasoning..."
As he spoke, Ma Bo also opened a large wooden barrel for Zou Run to see. He saw that it was filled with a bucket of boiled vegetables and radishes. It was nothing more than chopped vegetables and radish mixed into a ball, with only a little oil floating on it. It's fishy and looks very bland.
Zou Run's brows immediately knitted together. It didn't matter if there was no meat. He didn't stir-fry it no matter how hard he cooked it. He just chopped it into pieces and boiled it in water. The person in charge of the room must have been too foolhardy.
"Brothers work hard every day, but the kitchen is so messed up? Who can be frightened by a bucket of clear soup and little water?"
Seeing Zou Run getting angry for no reason, Ma Bo was stunned at first, then seemed to understand something, immediately put on a smile, quickly opened the big pot on the stove, and showed Zou Run the stew inside.
"The leader has misunderstood! The misunderstanding! That bucket of vegetable soup is the food for the young ones. How dare I delay the food for the leaders? I have already stewed two legs of mutton, and I am just waiting for the two leaders to wake up and eat it. Miles."
Ma Bo's words almost made Zou Run choke to death. Seeing that his meaning had been misunderstood, he quickly explained: "What I'm talking about is, why don't the kitchen fry these vegetables in oil? Even some green vegetables are still oily. How can you just boil it with water? It ruins your brothers’ stomachs!”
Only then did Ma Bo understand, and he immediately called out Tian Qu, "You are wronged! Leader Mingjian, I, Ma Bo, am a country cook, and my cooking skills are only known by the royal chefs of famous restaurants in Dayi. , How can I do it? Besides... besides... if you really use oil to cook, then... how much oil will it cost..."
What? In the Song Dynasty, cooking was a skill that only imperial chefs could master? Zou Run really couldn't deal with it this time. Looking at the big mistake he had caused, he scratched his head in embarrassment, but unexpectedly scratched the wound on his head, and he gasped in pain.
It seems that it takes time to integrate the memory of the original owner. This kind of common sense cannot be done again, otherwise it will easily arouse people's suspicion. If people misunderstand that it is a ghost, it will be even worse. Packed up.
Looking at Ma Bo, who was still unconvinced, and the kitchen waiter with an angry look on his face, Zou Run suddenly had an idea and thought of a way to reverse the embarrassing situation.
"Ahem...Okay, but it's my fault that I missed your good intentions. But when it comes to cooking, it's not that difficult. It's not necessarily only the royal chef who can do it!"
Youdao is listening to the sound of playing drums and listening to music. When everyone in the kitchen heard what Zou Run said, they all became energetic. Ma Bo took the lead and asked: "Oh??? Could it be that the boss, you old man..."
"That's right, this little thing is certainly not a problem for me. You are lucky today. I will do it for you."
After that, Zou Run rolled up his sleeves and walked to the stove. After a brief look, he ordered everyone to wash out a handful of cabbage and garlic. He picked up a kitchen knife and put the washed radishes one by one on the knife board and cut them. into uniform slices. Then he skillfully heated up the oil in the pan, first made a dish of garlic greens, and then made a dish of stir-fried radish slices.
"Come on, let's try it."
Two plates of freshly cooked stir-fry dishes were placed there. One was well cooked and green, and the other was crystal clear in color and fragrant. Not to mention tasting it, they looked particularly beautiful just by being there, and made people salivate when they smelled it. .
"Thank you chief, you guys are welcome!"
Ma Bo and others had been unable to control themselves since they smelled the aroma when Zou Run was cooking. They just forced themselves to endure it. Now after listening to Zou Run's instructions, they could no longer hide it. They didn't even bother to take the chopsticks, and they all tried to hold it back. The five or six people scrambled to grab the dishes with their hands, and the two plates of small dishes were all bottomed out in an instant, leaving only the plates.
"Yum! So delicious!"
"I'm so old, it's my first time to cook stir-fried dishes from the imperial chef, woo hoo..."
"I remember that when I was young and not in trouble, I also ate at Wuxianglou in Dengzhou City. A dish there would cost dozens of yuan at least, but it couldn't compare with the side dishes made by the leader brother!"
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Hearing Ma Bo and others' sighs, Zou Run immediately realized that this was a rare business opportunity. Thinking of Shuibo Liangshan's approach of setting up a hotel near Shuibo, he suddenly had concerns in his heart.
"I originally had a plan, which I was planning to implement after discussing it with my uncle. It seems to be related to you, so I'll let you know about it."
"I want to imitate Jianghu Dazhai and set up several hotels at the main roads at the foot of the mountain. The hotels will be funded by the village, and I will choose smart and capable men to go down the mountain. While running the hotel, I will sell some wine and food to passers-by and merchants, so as to increase the income of the village; Is it good to collect information about the world, recruit good men, and find out if there is any ill-gotten wealth on the road?"
Zou Run's words were like a thunder in the ears of Nama Bo and others. How pitiful God is, since the uncle and nephew of the Zou family came to the mountain to establish the stronghold, although there were 70 or 80 men gathered together, they have always been They make a living by robbing passers-by and merchants, just like the farmers who depend on the weather for their livelihood.
If you are lucky and robbed for a long time, the village will have its own share of wealth, the food will be better, and you can see meat and fish for a few days. If no merchants come to your door for many days, you will really have to live on gruel and rice. .
This is the first time that Ma Bo and others have seen their leader have such insight and means. If they can really implement it, why not worry about their own copycat! Thinking of this, Ma Bo and others immediately knelt down and said: "The leader is so wise, which is a blessing to us in the village! We are all willing to obey my brother's instructions, and we dare to go in water or fire!" "
"Brothers, please wake up quickly. It was our uncles and nephews who chilled the hard work of our brothers before. This time I suffered this disaster. When I woke up, I felt like I had a profound enlightenment. What I did earlier was short-sighted. From now on, brothers, do you have any good advice? As long as I It is beneficial to the cottage, but please tell me directly, once it is adopted and effective, I will reward you with gold and silver!"
Zou Run quickly helped everyone up and confessed his feelings one by one. After making his promise, he saw that everyone's morale was high. He thought that morale was rare, so it was better to strike while the iron was hot and teach them the cooking skills. This would win over people's hearts. They would open a shop at the foot of the mountain in the future. get them.
He did it as soon as he thought of it. Zou Run didn't waste any time and immediately said what he was planning. As soon as he said this, Ma Bo and others who had just stood up fell to their knees again, saying in their mouths: "Brother has passed on this to us." I am a skilled craftsman, and from now on, my brother will be like our biological master! The master is here, and I will be worshiped by my disciples three times!"
After saying that, regardless of the dirt on the kitchen floor, everyone kowtowed three times.
"They are all our brothers, what are you talking about! Please get up quickly."
There was a burst of joy and laughter in Dengyun Mountain. Not long after, waves of strong aroma soon floated out of the kitchen, attracting all the minions from the mountain, and surrounded the small kitchen. Who has such good things? , claiming to be familiar with the people in the kitchen, he squeezed in and asked why. Then he was extremely surprised when the latter made him jealous, and then he couldn't hold himself back and hurriedly returned to the crowd, bragging like this.
Now Dengyun Mountain is completely boiling!
