Life is a Game

　　Accountant Liu finally did not agree on the spot. He did not eat minced meat and egg soup and had not taught Cao Guixiang's cooking skills. Even if his wife and children recommended him, he said that he should reconsider.

　　 Dinner is still simple sweet potato rice and fried vegetables, but the egg flower soup is gone. During the whole meal, Liu Sangen looked at Cao Guixiang with the stars in his bowl and chopped rice while looking at it, as if looking at Cao Guixiang for dinner was particularly fragrant.

　　Liu Accounting:?

　　Unexpectedly, Cao Guixiang expected that the captain came to Zhang Chu after dinner, saying that some wooden furniture at home needs to be repaired, and would like to invite Zhang Chu to visit tomorrow. Zhang Chu promised to come down without a word, and set the time in the afternoon.

Early the next morning, Zhang Chu got up early to check how much furniture Liu Jianjia needs to repair. In his view, Liu Jianjia's furniture is old, and there is room for repairs from the benches and chairs to the cabinets and beds, but in the countryside. It doesn't matter if you can use it. Unless you are missing your arm or broken leg, you will not specifically ask a carpenter to repair it. Sometimes repair is more time-consuming than doing it.

　　Cao Guixiang was ready to go to the river to wash his clothes. He was stopped by Liu's accountant's wife as soon as she walked to the door and pulled into the corner. Mysteriously and authentically: "Cao sister, I have something to discuss with you."

　　 "You said." Cao Guixiang nodded.

"It’s like this. Isn’t tomorrow Sangen’s birthday? The two servings of minced egg and egg soup that you made yesterday are really delicious. I’m pretty satisfied with your cooking skills. I want to ask you to help tomorrow. You don’t have to cook a lot of dishes, you are responsible for cooking meat dishes. My level is worse than you are cooking pork." After the baptism of minced egg and egg soup, Liu’s wife has a clear recognition of her craft. know.

　　 Cao Guixiang waited for this sentence: "Of course."

"If you have any, I have to say it to you first. You are an educated youth from Peiping. You may not know our rules here. In the past few years, I asked someone to help you cook. It’s all for money, but now it’s not forbidden, just give it. You can take the leftovers as you like. You know what happened to me. There are a lot of pork left to kill the first pig. It is impossible for you to take them casually. It can give you up to two pounds. You can take more corn and sweet potatoes. Point, pig tail can also be given to you." Liu accountant wife said.

　　Cao Guixiang didn't expect much, but it was harder to eat pork than she was in the sky this year. She helped cook rice and sat in the kitchen to eat. It was already a big profit to get two more pounds of pork. If it weren’t Liu’s daughter-in-law who was amazed by Cao Guixiang’s craftsmanship, she wouldn’t be willing to make two pounds of pork.

"Sister Liu, you're too polite, no problem." Cao Guixiang agreed on the spot, "Yes, if the meat is left, can you sell me and Zhang Chu a few extra pounds? We can buy as much as others buy. Fatty and lean meat don't matter."

　　Liu's accountant's wife thought about it and agreed: "OK."

　　 "But, one more thing."

　　 Cao Guixiang:?

　　 "I want to ask you to help me, my old Liu disagrees."

　　 Cao Guixiang:? ? ?

Seeing the expression of Cao Guixiang, Liu’s daughter-in-law quickly explained: “That’s it. Yesterday, the old Liu did not eat the minced meat and egg flower soup. How can he imagine your craftsmanship with his knowledge, so I disagree. I just It’s like asking you to make minced meat and egg soup again at noon, let him try it, and surely agree if you taste it.”

　　 said that the accountant Liu's wife couldn't help but licked her mouth as if aftertaste yesterday's soup.

　　Cao Guixiang thought about it: "It's okay to make soup, but if you only make soup, I'm afraid I can't convince Liu Accountant completely. After all, soup and dishes are still different."

　　 "So what should I do?" Accountant Liu's wife was taken away by Cao Guixiang again.

　　 "I remember when I divided the meat yesterday, I specially divided a thin and fat pork belly, Wanfu meat, do you know? I should take a small piece of Wanfu meat, it should be no problem." Cao Guixiang said.

　　 Jiang Feng was shocked.

　　Cao Guixiang actually wanted to make Wanfu meat, in this case, Wanfu meat, this dish is a palace dish.

　　Liu's wife-in-law shook her head blankly: "What is Wanfu meat?"

　　 "A delicious roast pork."

　　Liu's accountant wife suddenly understood.

　　 "Oh, is there yellow wine in the kitchen? I didn't seem to see it yesterday. It is better to have the yellow wine to get rid of the roasted meat." Cao Guixiang asked.

"Some, some, I specifically asked people to go to the town's supply and marketing cooperatives to buy, as well as star anise and pepper, I heard them say that the roasted meat and these delicious are all bought by the people." Liu accounting daughter-in-law for his son's birthday The wine is very well prepared, but the cooking is not in place.

"You take out all the seasonings. I'll wash the clothes first, and then come back to make them after washing. This Wanfu meat is a little troublesome and wastes time. If you don't start preparing earlier, it will delay you cooking." Cao Guixiang said .

　　 "No delay, no delay." Liu accountant wife said repeatedly.

　　Cao Guixiang went to the river to wash clothes, and Zhang Chu was still checking the furniture. Liu Sangen didn't have to go to school to kill pigs today, he didn't have to cut hog grass to relax, so he walked beside Zhang Chu. Cao Guixiang didn't come back. Mrs. Liu's daughter-in-law seemed a little absent-minded, wandering around in the house without working, seeing Zhang Chu from time to time, and finally couldn't help walking to Zhang Chu.

　　 "Carpenter Zhang, I have something to ask you." Liu accountant wife said.

"Ok?"

　　 "What kind of meat is Wanfu meat?"

　　 When he heard Wanfu meat, Zhang Chu was immediately energized, and he felt excited: "Sister Liu, who are you listening to Wanfu meat?"

"It's your daughter-in-law who just told me to make Wanfu meat when she comes back. I've been thinking about it for a long time. I've heard braised pork before I heard this name. What kind of meat is this Wanfu meat? If it's broken Your old Liu Xiong must definitely scold me when he comes back." Liu's accountant's wife is still not at ease.

　　Zhang Chu smiled and said: "You can rest assured that Guixiang was originally working in Beiping...but it is almost equivalent to the more famous chefs in these ten miles and eight villages. Wanfu meat is a dish in the north of you. You must not have heard it in the south."

　　Liu's accountant-in-law is just a little more at ease.

　　After almost half an hour, Cao Guixiang walked back with her washed clothes unhurriedly. After drying her clothes, she went to the kitchen to start cooking. Seeing that Cao Guixiang entered the kitchen, Liu Sangen suddenly left Zhang Chutudian and ran into the kitchen, just like a little fan of Cao Guixiang.

　　 Wanfu Rou Jiangfeng is no stranger. He has seen it before in Xia Mufu's memory, and he also ate it when he went to Yongheju to beat his teeth. As a court dish, Wanfu meat was first presented very delicately. The meat served on the table was like a flower full of flowers. To make the meat look like a flower, the requirements for the knife were extremely high. Yongheju did not have many chefs. Can make Wanfu meat good.

　　Jiang Feng feels that he wants to make Wanfu meat truly match its status of court cuisine and the level loved by Galeries Lafayette. The swordsman can be said to be a master, even if it is not a master, and the experience is particularly high.

　　Cao Guixiang belongs to the kind with particularly high experience.

Wanfu meat is generally boiled pork belly in a water pot until it is eight mature and then fished out, and then cut into cubes about three centimeters in size, and then cut these small pieces of meat along the sides, the slices should be thin and even, until At the corner, turn the knife again, and the middle can't be broken, until it turns to the center.

　　 Cao Guixiang's first thing in the kitchen is not to cut the meat first, but to find the bone that was shaved yesterday, wash the pork bone, cut and crush it, put it in the pot and add two **** slices to start the stew.

　　Liu's wife will distress pork, but she won't distress pork bones at all. If she came to get pork bones, she would cook the soup like this, and it would be a waste of firewood. She had to use so much pork for her son’s birthday wine, and she didn’t care about this, so she didn’t stop watching Cao Guixiang do it.

　　After processing the pork bones, Cao Guixiang began to look at the pork belly she cut yesterday. Stretching his hands to compare with the pork belly for a while, Cao Guixiang finally cut a small piece, rectangular. Jiang Feng felt that this amount was only enough to make two Wanfu meats.

　　After the meat was cooked, Cao Guixiang cut it into 4 small squares with a knife. If these 4 small pieces of meat are used to make Wanfu meat, I am afraid that it is a pocket version of Wanfu meat.

　　 Big kitchen knife, small meat, the smaller the meat, the more difficult it is to slice. Cao Guixiang didn't dare to cut quickly, but could only cut it slowly one by one, and the small piece of meat was turned around in her hands, and finally turned into a twisted strip of meat.

　　Four pieces of meat were cut for nearly an hour.

　　Liu's wife and Liu San were looking stupid on the side. They felt that Cao Guixiang was not cutting meat but performing juggling.

　　Liu's wife-in-law thought of the meat she chopped yesterday and lowered her head in shame, once again deeply aware of how bad her cooking was.

　　Cao Guixiang turned the four meat strips back to their original appearance, and the meat was neatly laid down in the bowl. Pour rice wine and soy sauce along the winding road, sprinkle a little sugar on the meat, put two slices of **** on the top and the sides of the meat, a handful of green onions, a few anise and seven or eight peppercorns.

After all the ingredients were put together, Cao Guixiang lifted the lid and looked at the bone soup in the pot. It was almost ok after being cooked for more than an hour. Only the bones had no meat, and the soup with nothing but **** slices could not be expected to be stewed. What it looks like. Nonetheless, the soup simmered only with bones still exudes a false meat aroma. Cao Guixiang scooped two spoons of soup into the bowl, covered the pot lid to allow the bone soup to continue to cook, and took out a few firewood from the stove. Don't let the fire be so big, just put the bowl in another pot and steam it.

"Sister Liu now mainly waits for the meat to be cooked, and then thicken it, then it will take some time. It will take some time to see. You will be ready to cook tomorrow, and these meats are not handled very much, even if Brother Liu does not agree at that time, it does not matter. You tell me what meat you want to use for cooking, I will help you deal with the meat first." Cao Guixiang said.

　　Liu Accountant's daughter-in-law froze for a long time before she said: "Isn't it all dealt with yet? Need to deal with it again?"

　　 The latter question was asked carefully, like a poor student who could not answer the teacher's question.

　　Cao Guixiang nodded.

The level she showed when she was cutting meat has completely convinced Liu's accountant-in-law. Liu accountant-in-law now only thinks that Cao Guixiang is the best cook in the world, and she probably never really learned to cook herself. , The food cooked in these years is probably fake rice.

　　 "I... I don't know, you... you just do it." Liu's wife doesn't even dare to speak at random.

　　 "Then I will handle some of it for you first."

　　Cao Guixiang started to process pork. The small pieces should be marinated in advance. Mrs. Liu’s daughter-in-law bought a lot of seasonings for tomorrow’s banquet. As a result, she was astonished that a prickly ash was not used and was used by Cao Guixiang. But she couldn’t wait to run out of Cao Guixiang. She could see it. The same dishes, the same ingredients, the same knife, and even the same pot. It’s not a thing in Cao Guixiang’s hands and hers. . Cao Guixiang cuts meat with a knife. That's called cutting meat. She cut meat with a knife is just killing pigs.

　　 With the passage of time, the Wanfu meat in the pot also gradually cooked, and the meat flavors expressed by rice wine, soy sauce, star anise, pepper and pork rib soup began to spread from the closed pot.

　　This is only for Liu Sangen and Liu Accounting Daughter-in-law who have never eaten this kind of meat dishes. Such a meaty fragrance is a baptism of their noses.

　　Wanfu meat's characteristics are originally fragrant. Even if there is no broth, which leads to some lack of beauty, this does not prevent Liu Sangen and Liu accounting wife from fascinatingly smelling the smell of meat in the air.

　　How can the meat smell so good!

　　 The meat itself is already very fragrant, I did not expect it to be so fragrant!

　　 They just wrote these two sentences on their faces.

　　Jiang Feng felt strange, this meat smells so fragrant. Why didn't Zhang Chu come, so he went out to see where he was.

　　Zhang Chu repaired the table corner in the living room. He originally wanted to go to the kitchen to see it. But before he got up, he ran into and came back to take the book Liu accountant. The two looked at each other, and the atmosphere was extremely embarrassing.

　　Accountant Liu has never smelled such a fragrant meat, he almost thought that his nose was hallucinating.

　　 "Well, what does this smell..." Liu Accountant asked dumbfounded.

　　 "Cinnamon is making Wanfu meat in the kitchen. It should be fine now. Will you take a look with me, Liu Accountant?" Zhang Chu said.

　　 "Okay...Ok..." Accountant Liu was still a bit sluggish. Although people were sluggish, his legs and feet were not sluggish at all. Before he could move, Zhang Chu went to the kitchen.

　　Wanfu meat is indeed almost ready.

　　Cao Guixiang stopped the movement in his hand and waited for the time by the side of the pot without even noticing that Mr. Liu had come in.

　　 The other two did not notice, everyone was staring at the pot without the lid.

　　Cao Guixiang lifted the wooden cover.

　　Liu Accountant's family all made uninformed wows.

　　 Actually, the Wanfu meat in the pot is not very good-looking, there are no side dishes, no plates, or even thickening, but it has the shape of a flower.

This is enough.

　　Cao Guixiang used chopsticks to remove the scallion **** and star anise on the surface, poured the soup directly back into the pot, and pour the meat into the plate. Adding a piece of firewood and a little straw to the stove to make the fire burn quickly, Liu accountant can't thicken without starch. To be precise, Liu accountant has no powder, Cao Guixiang can only see the soup thick. Pour the meat on time.

　　 The meat is finished.

　　 4 pieces of Wanfu meat, placed quietly on the plate.

　　Liu Sangen is already drooling silently.

　　Liu Accountant's daughter-in-law started to pay attention to her, and found that Liu Accountant didn't know when to return, and Zhang Chu also came in.

　　 There are 5 people in the kitchen, but there are only 4 pieces of meat on the plate.

　　This made Liu Accountant's daughter-in-law somewhat difficult. Although Chai is the meat of her family, even the spices are hers, it should be her family's decision. However, Mrs. Liu’s daughter-in-law knows that these things belong to her family, but after making Wanfu meat, it seems that she is not hers.

　　Liu's wife is a little tangled.

　　 As a mother and wife, she was used to being humble at the dinner table, but at this time she did not want to be humble.

　　Who knows if I can eat it for the second time in my life.

　　Cao Guixiang said: "You try it by yourself. I neglected it, only thinking about 4 yuan is better to forget that we have 5 people, so I won't eat it."

　　 "This is so bad." Liu Accounting and Liu accounting accountant's wife said in unison.

　　 "It's okay~www.readwn.com~ Cao Guixiang smiled.

　　Everyone is welcome, and the saliva in my heart is almost flooding. Liu Sangen was still a child who couldn't let himself down. He first touched his chopsticks, grabbed a bowl and crawled the meat into the bowl, ate without eating or even importing, and licked carefully with the bowl.

　　 "Your child, what does it look like to eat like this!" Liu accountant's wife felt for the first time that her son was a bit embarrassing.

　　 Then she found out that Accountant Liu was also licking, and the movements of the father and son were even synchronized.

　　Liu's wife:……

　　 She also silently licked.

　　 Then the actions of the family of three are synchronized.

　　 Jiang Feng & Cao Guixiang & Zhang Chu: ...

　　Zhang Chu hadn't moved, or Cao Guixiang urged him to eat as soon as possible, and it would be cold if he didn't eat it, and then he found the bowl and chop to take a bite and chewed hard.

　　Accountant Liu has been relieved a little, feeling that he should say something about taking Cao Guixiang’s flattery and I don’t know how to shoot it. After all, this question is seriously beyond the scope of his knowledge.

　　 "Cao Zhiqing, your craft is really... yes... you can go directly to the city to be the chef of a state-run restaurant!" Liu Jingnan sighed.

　　Cao Guixiang and Zhang Chu froze, and Zhang Chu's expression became visible to the naked eye, but he quickly stopped it.

　　Cao Guixiang smiled at Liu Accountant.

It's getting foggy.

　　Jiang Feng began to see Cao Guixiang's face. .

　　 "Maybe, if there is a chance to return to the city, I might be able to become a fan." Even the voice began to become a little misty, like a sigh.

　　 Jiang Feng left the memory.