The beauty of the lady

Chapter 34 Division of labor and cooperation
Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, the three chefs sighed in unison when they saw Zhou Mei coming in.

They all felt that if this girl wasted any more, maybe their jobs would be taken away sooner or later.

She ignored the expressions of the three chefs, and walked to a large bucket nearby, and saw a lot of live fish in it, some of which had just died.

Pick up a grass carp from the inside, then quickly remove the scales, clean the internal organs, and then remove the head and tail. The knife skills accumulated over the years will fillet the fish into evenly sized fish fillets.

The three chefs looked at each other in blank dismay. This knife skill would not be possible without more than ten years of training. The little girl in front of her looked only six or seven years old, which was really not easy.

Just such a small action made the three self-esteemed chefs can't help cheering up.

"My dish is called boiled fish fillets. It has a slightly spicy taste. According to the amount of chili, it can be divided into mild spicy, normal and extra spicy. Before making it, you should ask the guests how they taste, so as not to smash the signboard, but For this dish, the spicier it tastes, the more appetizing it is, and the more you can’t stop it.”

She spoke slowly, but moved her hands very quickly. It took the three chefs a lot of energy to remember, but fortunately, there were three of them, so it was not a troublesome thing.

"First add spices, egg whites, cooking wine, starch, and salt to marinate for a quarter of an hour." After speaking, he walked to the side to fetch some fresh bean sprouts and vegetables, "Blanch them in boiling water for later use."

After getting ready, she walked to a pot that reached to her chest, and said to one of the chefs, "Master, come here, I tell you to do it."

One of the skinny chefs stepped forward, and it was obvious that he seemed to exist like a modern-day head chef.

"Please speak, girl."

"Heat the oil, add star anise, chili, don't put too much chili, just a handful." After she finished speaking, she picked up a handful of chili and went to the cutting board next to it to cut open so that the taste could be better Yi opened, and then threw it into the pot, "pepper, cinnamon, fry on low heat for a quarter of an hour."

After the chef finished, she said, "Take out the spices and put them on a plate, put the oil in it, and start another pot."

The chef did as he did, and then heated the oil to saute the ginger, garlic, pepper, and chili until fragrant, then added some bean paste made by the ancients from fermenting beans and continued to stir fry until fragrant.

After frying, pour a ladle of clear water, and when the water boils, put the marinated fish fillets into the pot, and let him start the pot after the fish fillets change color.

Then she found a large porcelain bowl, put the bean sprouts and green vegetables prepared in advance into it, asked the chef to pour in the fish fillets, put the spices that were sautéed for the first time on it, and sprinkled it Add a layer of chopped green onion, and it's done.

There is no guest in the kitchen yet, but everyone is nervously busy, but the boiled fish with a faint aroma of chili still attracted many people's attention.

The skinny cook brought the pot of boiled fish to the shopkeeper, and brought a clean plate and chopsticks.

Zhou Mei walked forward with her hands behind her back, looked at Li Xun with a smile and said, "Uncle Li, let's try it, but you have a cold, so it's better to eat less."

I have to say that the different kind of spiciness really stimulated his taste buds, and then he picked up a piece of fish with a flat expression and put it in his mouth, slowly refusing it, and after a while he put down his chopsticks and looked at Zhou Mei and said, "Girl, what about that?" I’ll give you a carriage, and I’ll give you another coin by the way. Now that you’ve called me uncle, I can’t take advantage of you for nothing.”

The reason why Li Xun gave such a high evaluation was really shocking.

The scarcity of fish is nothing new in the Great Yan Dynasty, but it is not a rare thing, but anyone with a little money can eat it, not to mention that this is a prefecture city, and he has eaten a lot of fish , all of them have a faint fishy smell, but this one doesn't. I really don't know how this girl thinks about it.

"Then I won't be polite." Zhou Mei never felt that money was too much for her.

After wrapping up one hundred taels of silver for Zhou Mei, he asked the clerk to send her to the back street with the carriage.

Sitting in the study, Li Xun thought about his two dishes, one cold and one hot, which was a good match. He couldn't help but think that Xiankeju in Yuzhou Prefecture might have to wait a second time.

Back at his own shop, Zhou Zhuang was waiting in the cold room, when he saw his daughter coming back, he hurried forward and said, "Why are you only here now?"

"I went to give Uncle Li a fortune, and by the way, I got 100 taels of silver and a carriage." Zhou Mei rubbed her arms, and then said to Zhou Zhuang: "Father, Uncle Li gave us the carriage, you wait for it." I'll go back to Zhoujiazhuang tomorrow to bring my mother back. There are still many things to ask my mother's opinion. I will also take a tael of silver and give it to my third uncle. I will cut two catties of meat and send two packs of chestnut candies and two packets of snacks. Thank you for helping us when we were down and down."

Zhou Zhuang nodded, but no matter how he looked back, he felt that his daughter's words seemed to have other meanings, but he couldn't figure it out, so he left it behind.

Early the next morning, Wednesday Zhuang prepared everything that needed to be prepared, and when he got into the car, he realized that Zhou Mei would not go with him.

"Sister Mei, don't you go back with Dad?"

"Father, go back by yourself. Anyway, it only takes two days, and the horse-drawn carriage travels quickly. It takes less than a day for more than 100 miles. I will clean up the house here and prepare the bedding. I can't let my mother come and sleep cold. Let's go."

Hearing her daughter's words made sense, but she was worried after all, so she babbled a lot, and then drove the carriage away with three steps.

Of course, he didn't forget his daughter's entrustment. When he went back, he couldn't say that the carriage belonged to his family, but that he borrowed it from others. As for the one tael of silver, it was rewarded by his wife's wife, anyway. There is nothing in it, and I am not afraid of people's investigation.

None of the people in Zhou's house are good, it's fine if she doesn't go back, if she goes back, who knows when she will come back, they are also thinking about me being here, so they definitely won't delay.

The next day, Zhou Mei took the money and went to Xiankeju to borrow two clerks from Li Xun, and then went to the streets to buy what she needed.

First, I went to the silk and satin shop to buy a few sets of ready-made quilts, and bought some better fabrics. After Mrs. Zhao came over, the two of them made clothes together, and then made pots and pans, flour and rice, and various seasonings. They bought a lot of materials and so on, and the two guys delivered things to Zhou Mei's house one by one, keeping their feet on the ground.

When it was almost time to buy one, Zhou Mei asked the little guy next to her, "Brother Li, is there anywhere that sells silver frost charcoal?"

The elder brother Li that Zhou Mei was talking about was the son of shopkeeper Li, and Xiankeju specialized in collecting money. This time when Zhou Mei passed by, Li Xun sent his son out directly.

(End of this chapter)