Adorable Food Goddess

After walking about four or five miles, I saw a village with hundreds of households, which is considered a big village.

"This is Lijiazhuang. Most people in the village are surnamed Li. Our owner is a rich man in the village. He is in the business of medicinal materials. Oh, yes, we also have business dealings with Jinling. Brother Li, if the wedding banquet is held well, You can go back to Jinling with our caravan." Li Butler said.

"Really?" Ye Jiayao was overjoyed, if she could follow the Li family's caravan, then the journey would not have to be so hard.

He Lianjing's eyes also lit up, and then he looked at Ye Jiayao expectantly, as if saying: Brother Jin, this time it all depends on your ability.

Li's house was decorated with lights and festoons, and many guests had already arrived. Butler Li took Ye Jiayao and He Lianjing to change into clean clothes. Poor little Jingjing finally didn't need to wear cropped trousers anymore.

There are more than a dozen women working in the kitchen, and the ingredients have already been prepared, waiting for the cook to cook.

Ye Jiayao wanted to have a look at the menu drawn up by the original cook, Lao Mingtou, and there was no major problem, she could cook chicken, duck and fish, but the names of these dishes were a bit common and tacky.

So I asked Steward Li for a pen and paper, and drew up a new menu.

Changed the whole chicken into Fengmingxianghe, changed the roast duck into double-flavored duck rolls and took a pair of wings, changed the family portrait of delicacies from mountains and seas into full of guests, added a dish of fried shrimp with celery and lily and named it Baibaihaohe, and so on.

He Lianjing was stunned as he watched from the sidelines. This guy is used to opportunism, and he does what he likes, so he doesn't know whether the things he made are worthy of such a good name.

"Butler Li, please take this menu to your boss for review. If it's okay, I'll do it." Ye Jiayao handed the prepared menu to Butler Li.

Butler Li happily left, and came back after a while, smiling and said: "Our boss said, this menu is very good, he is very satisfied, please follow Li's instructions."

As he said that, Steward Li also took out two red envelopes: "This is what our boss rewards you."

Ye Jiayao declined and said: "The banquet hasn't been done yet, how can I ask your boss for a reward?"

Li Guanjia said: "Our boss said that just by looking at the menu, I know that my brother is an expert. I can't be wrong. Take it, my brother, for good luck."

Only then did Ye Jiayao accept it embarrassingly, and handed it over to He Lianjing.

Holding the red envelope, He Lianjing admired Ye Jiayao all over the place, kept asking for help, and earned the reward without making a fuss.

After the menu was over and the reward was taken, Ye Jiayao put on her apron and started to work.

First, take a hen that has been killed and weighs half a catty. This hen is delicious no matter what method is used, and the meat is not too tender or too old.

Ye Jiayao skillfully deboned the whole chicken, which shocked He Lianjing again. This skillful knife skills cannot be boasted.

The chicken with the bones removed was limp. Ye Jiayao brushed the prepared condiments inside and out with a brush, then took the peeled chestnuts and boiled quail eggs and put them in the remaining In the seasoning, stir evenly, leave ten chestnut kernels for serving on the plate, and stuff the rest into the belly of the chicken, so that the stuffing is bulging, which means many children and grandchildren.

Knot the neck of the chicken and steam in the steamer for forty to fifty minutes.

"Xiaojing, help me check the time." Ye Jiayao gave him a task to save him from having nothing to do. The point is that she is still a little unfamiliar with the ancient time conversion, so I leave it to the ancients to do it.

He Lianjing moved a chair and sat upright at the side, staring at the steamer intently. He also took the reward, so he had to do something.

Ye Jiayao wanted to laugh when she saw his seriousness, he was such a simple child.

When a dish is ready, Ye Jiayao starts to fly together.

Mince the shrimp meat, mix with chopped green onion, and adjust the seasoning. The duck is ready-made, slice the duck skin, and trim it into a rectangle. Beat the egg liquid to spread out a thick and even egg skin, and trim it into a rectangle. Then roll the minced shrimp into it, dip some egg wash, there is no bread crumbs at the moment, so I have to roll it with crunchy almond pieces, and then fry it in the pan.

The characteristics of this dish are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, double rolls and double flavors, crispy and refreshing.

But for the judges, the highlight is Ye Jiayao's mosaic technique.

Remove the tomatoes from the naan, cut them into thin strips about two centimeters wide, and place a blooming flower on the plate, then use the green cucumber skin to cut into filaments, and put them in the shape of leaves, red flowers and green leaves, with The top is fried golden, the double rolls are neatly stacked, and a delicate double-flavored duck roll is complete.

The women who were helping in the kitchen stared straight at them, and gasped in admiration. After all, they are the cooks from the Jinan Mansion Restaurant. This skill is really not good. It not only pays attention to the taste, but also looks good, making people drool just looking at it.

Ye Jiayao is agile in her hands and feet, frying, frying, cooking, deep-frying, steaming, boiling, stuffing, simmering, and carving platters. Eighteen martial arts are put into battle, and ten dishes are started together. The overall arrangement is busy but not chaotic. Time is all in one go.

He Lianjing's eyeballs could barely turn around. Brother Jin's posture and aura when cooking seemed to be shining all over his body. He is the king here, controlling everything, and his pair of masterful hands turned decay into magic. Even if he said he was the chef of Wangxianlou, no one dared to question his cooking skills. He Lianjing couldn't help but came up with an idea, when he returned to Jinling, let Brother Jin work as a chef in the palace to cook for him, that would be the best of both worlds.

Butler Li came in to check, and saw a plate of dishes so exquisite that people couldn't bear to eat them. The famous old Mingtou can't count how many streets he has thrown.

I am secretly glad that I found the right person today.

As soon as the auspicious time arrived, the banquet was set up, the outside was full of guests, and the gongs and drums were blaring. Ye Jiayao, He Lianjing and the women who helped cook were eating in the kitchen.

Only then did He Lianjing enjoy the delicious food cooked by Ye Jiayao.

Fengming is peaceful, the chicken wrapped with chestnuts and quail eggs has been steamed and stewed for a long time, fully absorbing the aroma of chestnuts, and the chestnuts have absorbed the juice of the chicken, the chestnut aroma is rich, and the meat is rotten and mellow.

A good combination for a hundred years, the refreshing taste of celery, the sweetness of lily, and the freshness and smoothness of shrimps combine to create a unique flavor.

The house was full of guests, including sea cucumbers, abalones, fish lips, fish maws, and fresh bamboo shoots and mushrooms.

"Jin..."

As soon as He Lianjing opened his mouth, Ye Jiayao glared at him, and quickly changed his words: "Brother, I haven't seen you for many years, your cooking skills are getting better and better."

Ye Jiayao grinned: "Of course, the master often praises me for my talent in cooking. No matter what kind of dish, as long as I take a look at it, I can find it very close."

Ye Jiayao specially emphasized the word "brother" and boasted a lot.

He Lianjing rolled her eyes like her, and said to herself: Seeing how frightened you are, can't you be more modest and reserved? Not afraid of people's jokes.

Turning to those women, they didn't mean to joke at all, but looked at Brother Jin with admiration.

He Lianjing rolled his eyes again in displeasure, a group of ignorant women.

Ye Jiayao picked up a quail egg for him: "Eat more, this is very nutritious, it's time for you to grow up."

It was an attitude of a big brother caring for a younger brother, which attracted the admiration of those women, and even the urge to trick this young man back home to become a son-in-law.

He Lianjing also made an egg for her, and took the opportunity to tease her: "Brother, you should eat more too. Look at you, you have been a cook for several years, and you don't grow tall even if you don't know. Those who don't know think you are Where is my brother!"

Ye Jiayao disagrees: "Xiaojing, as a human being, the most important thing is to learn some skills. If you have skills, you can have food wherever you go. Otherwise, if you grow up but don't have skills, we don't have the life of some rich dudes who are rice bugs."

The mothers-in-law nodded in agreement with Ye Jiayao's statement.

He Lianjing was depressed again, he couldn't talk to her left and right, and he couldn't even get her cheap.

After a while, Butler Li came back again, with a smile on his face, cupped his hands and said: "Brother Li is good at craftsmanship, all the guests are full of praise, saying that they have never had such a good banquet, the master is very happy, and said that he will wait until the wedding is over. See you two later."

Ye Jiayao returned the gift modestly: "As long as everyone is satisfied."

Secretly raised eyebrows and winked at He Lianjing, as if saying: Look, brother is amazing!

He Lianjing turned his eyes away expressionlessly, humming in his heart: Make you beautiful...

After the dinner, rich man Li specially invited Ye Jiayao and two people over, thanked them verbally and thanked them heavily, a total of ten taels of silver.

Ten taels of silver, in the past, He Lianjing would not even lift his eyelids, isn't it a special period now, they are almost crazy about poverty, ten taels of silver has become so precious, they are so happy that they can't close their mouths from ear to ear .

Ye Jiayao gave him a disgusted look, Xiao Jingjing, although your dimples are beautiful, but the corners of your mouth are almost grinning to the ears, you know this is embarrassing? Anyway, you also came out of the gold and silver nest, isn't it just ten taels of silver? As for this?

A certain person completely forgot the embarrassment of happily rolling from the couch to the ground when he won ten taels of silver from the stupid donkey.

"I heard from the steward that you are going to Jinling. It just so happens that my caravan is going to the Yangzhou area in three days. You can stay with me for a few days and set off together!" rich man Li issued an invitation.

Ye Jiayao said: "That's good, I can cook for the caravan along the way."

As a human being, you must try your best to reflect your own value, and you should not always think about taking advantage of others. Hardworking people will be popular wherever they go.

This night, the two of them could finally sleep in a comfortable big bed.

But Ye Jiayao began to worry.

why? Because she introduced her and Xiao Jingjing as brothers, they only arranged one room for him, and there was only one bed in the room.

Although she and Xiao Jingjing had shared the same bed, it was a Datong bunk, and there were more than a dozen people sleeping in a bunk, so it was different.

Now she is asked to share the bed with Xiao Jingjing, a lonely man and a widow, this... is not only a little psychological barrier, but also a risk of being exposed.

He Lianjing saw the big bed stretched out and lay on the bed, and said with emotion: "Every day I shrink into the temple and sleep in the gazebo, I almost forgot what it's like to sleep on the big bed."

Ye Jiayao looked at him rolling on the bed with a sad face, damn, I want to roll on the bed too!