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Chapter 106 "Sister-in-law"

A few days later, in the morning.

Fishtail Alley, in the kitchen of Yang Ji Roast Duck.

Yang Xingyu held a frying spoon in one hand and scooped out a little soup from the stainless steel soup stew bucket to taste. Cheng Baofa, who was in charge of stewing the vegetables, stood aside and watched with curiosity.

After Yang Xingyu smacked his lips, Cheng Bao asked, "How is it?"

Yang Xingyu squinted his eyes and savored the taste in his mouth, then smiled and asked, "What do you think?"

Cheng Baofa: "I think the taste has really improved, it's better than before!"

Yang Xingyu nodded, "I think so too."

Recently, he has been adjusting the spice formula of braised vegetables.

The original formula was what he commonly used before his rebirth.

That recipe was improved little by little based on the stewed vegetable recipe taught in the college cooking class, other chefs' stewed soup ingredients, and his own stewed vegetable experience.

Not great, but certainly not bad either.

There is an above-average standard.

This is why after he was reborn, he thought of making roast duck and felt confident that he could prepare a good braised soup by himself.

Recently, he has been optimizing the spices in the formula again and again, and he has tried to experiment with the same spices or chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns with well-known products from different origins.

After experimenting again and again, to this day, the taste of his braised soup is much better than before.

Facts have proved that the line in the movie "God of Cookery", "The secret of good cooking is intention" is indeed the truth.

If you work hard, your cooking skills will naturally improve.

Carefully experiment with the spice formula of the stewed soup, and it is indeed effective.

But this time the formula upgrade is still far from over.

There are more than 20 kinds of spices in the formula, and for each of them, there are several varieties worth experimenting. Currently, Yang Xingyu has only experimented with about one-third.

He also wanted to continue the experiment.

In the original time and space, during his several entrepreneurial ventures, he developed the habit of optimizing the cooking methods of various dishes.

As far as he knew, there was a kind of chef in the world who liked to claim that a certain dish he cooked was authentic.

It sounds bluffing.

There are also many small restaurants that like to put the word "authentic" on their signboards.

It seems that the authentic one is the best.

When he was young, Yang Xingyu also believed that the authentic method was the most advanced method.

But it is difficult for an academic chef like him to learn the authentic methods of most dishes.

Because the school teaches a wide range of cuisines, including eight major cuisines, ten major cuisines, and twelve major cuisines. Anyway, for any famous cuisine, their school will teach a few representative dishes.

But teachers are often fixed.

A teacher teaches them not only Anhui cuisine, but also Huaiyang cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Cantonese cuisine... and so on.

Do you think every dish taught by this teacher is authentic?Do you believe it?
It was not until a few years after Yang Xingyu entered the society that he worked in many hotel kitchens and saw the so-called authentic cooking methods of some chefs, that he gradually broke his obsession with authentic cooking methods in his heart.

Because he gradually discovered that almost all so-called authentic methods were quite simple and crude.

The biggest feature is that it generally downplays the effects of various seasonings and spices, and mainly highlights the taste of the ingredients themselves.

This cannot be said to be wrong.

With good ingredients, it is indeed right to highlight the original flavor of the ingredients when cooking.

Because the original taste of these good ingredients is already a rare delicacy in the world.

For example, various original ecological delicacies from mountains and seas.

but……

In the 21st century, such good ingredients have become increasingly rare and are almost extinct on ordinary people’s tables.

For example, does the chicken, duck, and fish that ordinary people eat still taste the same as what we ate when we were children?Isn’t that far off?
The improved breeds that are generally raised in captivity on feed not only have much worse meat quality, but also have some peculiar smell.

Is it really delicious to use so-called authentic cooking methods to highlight the original taste of ingredients like this?
Ever since he realized this, Yang Xingyu was no longer interested in the authentic recipes of various dishes.

He began to study how to make delicious food out of ordinary ingredients through various cooking techniques, seasonings and spices.

Over time, no matter what dish he cooks, he will always wonder if this method can be adjusted and optimized?

This habit continues to this day when he makes roast duck and braised vegetables.

He is confident that when his formula is finally optimized, his stewed soup formula will be first-class even if it is not the best in the country.

But for a roast duck restaurant like his, a top-notch recipe is enough.

More than 9 am.

Song Xiaoqiang, Cheng Baofa and others all drove tricycles to various branches to deliver goods.

Yang Xingyu was fine for the time being, so he asked his cousin Zhong Xingfei to start practicing knife skills.

The method for chefs to practice knife skills is actually very simple.

It can't be all right.

Use potatoes and radishes, slice them first, and then cut the slices into shreds. If you are still not satisfied after cutting, you can also cut the shreds into small pieces.

After practicing knife skills, these things will not go to waste.

Ever since Zhong Xingfei started practicing knife skills, everyone has basically had radishes and potatoes for every lunch and dinner.At first, everyone had a great time eating.

After eating it for more than a week, some people couldn't help but take advantage of the break to point out Zhong Xingfei's knife skills, because if Zhong Xingfei could master his knife skills earlier, everyone would be able to get rid of eating shredded potatoes and radish every day. life.

in the kitchen.

Yang Xingyu leaned on the operating table and watched Zhong Xingfei doing everything there with a smile.

It kind of reminds me of the days when he was practicing knife skills in school. At that time, he always wanted to finish cutting early and finish class early.

I was quite impatient and felt that my future was bleak. What future could I have as a chef?
I always feel like I chose the wrong major.

Thinking about it now, although life at that time was simple and boring, I really miss it.

Suddenly, the sound of a car engine came from the yard.

Yang Xingyu and Zhong Xingfei both turned and looked out the kitchen door.

From their point of view, they could not see the whole yard and did not see the car. Yang Xingyu immediately strode towards the kitchen door.

Zhong Xingfei hesitated for a moment, then put down the kitchen knife and trotted over quickly.

Yang Xingyu saw a black Mercedes-Benz car drive into the yard and stop slowly.

The license plate number came into view, which surprised him.

It turned out to be Zhen Xin’s car?

Is this the first time Zhen Xin comes here on her own initiative?
Before the opening, he brought her here once, and that time he kissed her for a long time in his bedroom.

Since then, she has never been to his place again.

Occasionally he would wonder - was he afraid of kissing her that time?

I didn't expect her to come at this time today. Shouldn't she be working at school now?
With questions in mind, he strode out of the guardrail in the kitchen. Over there, Zhen Xin had already gotten out of the car.

Today she was wearing relatively plain clothes, slim-fitting jeans with black bottom and white thread, a black sweater, and a pair of white sneakers.

Her black hair was simply braided into a loose braid.

"Why are you here at this time? Don't you have to go to class today?"

Yang Xingyu asked from a few meters away.

Zhen Xin smiled slightly and handed him a small light gray gift bag in her hand, "Today is my dad's birthday. I asked for leave and stopped by to give this to you."

"What is this? Today is your dad's birthday?"

Yang Xingyu walked over quickly and took the small gift bag curiously.

"A watch. Last time I saw your watch, the mirror was scratched. Since you need a watch for work, I bought you one. You can try it on!"

After saying that, she looked at Zhong Xingfei. Zhong Xingfei didn't have any good eyesight. Just now, he followed Yang Xingyu to Zhen Xin. At this time, Zhong Xingfei was looking at Zhen Xin curiously. The more he looked, the blusher he became. He didn't dare to look directly at Zhen Xin for a long time. .

Because this was his first time meeting such a beautiful woman like Zhen Xin in real life.

"he is?"

Zhen Xin looked at Zhong Xingfei up and down and asked curiously. Her curiosity was not strong, but she saw that Zhong Xingfei's eyebrows, eyes and facial features were somewhat similar to Yang Xingyu.

Therefore, I suspected that this person was a relative of Yang Xingyu.

Yang Xingyu was about to open the small gift bag and look at the watch inside, when he heard the sound and followed Zhen Xin's line of sight to see Zhong Xingfei.

He said casually: "Oh, this is my cousin Xiaofei, whose name is Zhong Xingfei."

Zhen Xin smiled slightly and nodded to Zhong Xingfei, "Hello, Xiaofei! I am your brother's friend."

"Oh, oh, hello, hello, sister-in-law!"

Zhong Xingfei was a little at a loss, and his intuition told him that the relationship between this beauty and his eldest brother was unusual, otherwise it would be impossible for him to suddenly drive over and give his eldest brother a watch.

Therefore, when Zhen Xin said that she was Yang Xingyu's friend, Zhong Xingfei suspected that she was his eldest brother's girlfriend. He had never seen much of the world and how could he speak. When he was nervous, his mouth became even more clumsy.

No, as soon as he opened his mouth, he called me sister-in-law.

That's really just shouting whatever comes to mind.

His "Sister-in-law" made Zhen Xin stunned for a moment, and Yang Xingyu also turned to look at this kid in surprise.

Zhen Xin was stunned for a second or two before she reacted. The corners of her mouth raised slightly, and her eyes looking at Zhong Xingfei softened a bit.

Yang Xingyu didn't notice the change in her expression, and glanced at Zhong Xingfei speechlessly, "Don't yell!"

Zhen Xin raised her right hand slightly to stop him from teaching Zhong Xingfei a lesson, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's just a title. I won't be angry, right Xiaofei? What do you like? I'll bring it to you next time."

Ok?
Yang Xingyu looked at Zhen Xin in surprise.

Isn't she just "not angry"?

Zhong Xingfei waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no! I don't have anything I like. I, I'm going to chop vegetables!"

After saying that, he quickly turned around and ran back to the kitchen.

Zhen Xin looked at Zhong Xingfei's back as he hurried away and said softly: "Your cousin is very interesting and honest, but why doesn't he have the same last name as you?"

Yang Xingyu looked at her and made sure that she was really not angry. He put the small gift bag on the front of her car and took out a small box from the gift bag while explaining: "He is the son of my third uncle. He was the son-in-law who married into his wife, so his son took the woman's surname."

While he was talking, he had already opened the small box and saw the watch inside.

"Omega? You bought me such an expensive watch? Isn't it too expensive?"

He had bought several famous watches in his original time and space, so he had some knowledge of Swiss famous watches, and he could recognize the brand represented by the English letters of this watch at a glance.

Zhen Xin smiled and reached out to help him take off the old watch from his wrist, and said softly: "Fortunately, it's not expensive. You can try it on!"

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