Tiexian heirs in the city

When he came to this world, Gu Zheng became a person again, without the past and those around him.

He didn't fly, he just wanted to walk around the mortal world and see if he could gain anything, whether it was in terms of mood or other things.

I have seen many things along the way. The mortal world is not like the world of immortals. The pace of life here is relatively slow, and most people have to work hard for food and clothing. Although nothing special happened along the way, Gu Zheng's heart also became calmer with the change of the environment, and he enjoyed the different experience brought by changing circles very much.

Time passed quickly during the travel, and Gu Zheng didn't know how long he didn't deliberately remember, until he wanted to stop at a place.

In front of him is a city with relatively tall walls and magnificent gates, which are relatively rare in Gu Zheng's travels. He plans to stay in this relatively prosperous city for a while.

In the eyes of Gu Zheng, the bustling shops, the bustling crowds, the hawkers on the roadside, and the prosperity in the world of mortals pass by like a revolving lantern.

Gu Zheng smelled the smell of some food, which came from a restaurant called "Piaoxiang".

"Guest officer, please!"

Seeing a customer coming to the door, the waiter at the door greeted him warmly.

Gu Zheng followed Xiaoer into the restaurant, and came to the window seat on the second floor. It is a good place to sit in the bustling street here.

At this time, it's not time for the real meal. Although there are already diners in Piaoxiang Building, there are not many.

Looking at Gu Zheng's eyes and looking at other diners, Xiao Er immediately said: "Objectively, our Piaoxiang Restaurant is the largest restaurant in Qingfeng City, and the chef we use is also the most famous master Li Ao in Qingfeng City. You can guarantee that you will eat here. Let you have endless aftertaste!"

"Tell me, what's delicious."

Faced with Gu Zheng's inquiry, Xiao Er handed Gu Zheng the recipe of Piaoxianglou, and then introduced to Gu Zheng the dishes with the best reputation on the recipe.

After listening to Xiao Er's introduction, Gu Zheng ordered four dishes and one soup, and after paying the money first, Xiao Er happily reported the dishes.

Gu Zheng is a little confused. It has been a long time since he experienced all this as a Tiexian. He is not worried about improving his cultivation, but he has always had an indescribable feeling about diet.

Because I experienced all this as a Tiexian, some memories that originally belonged to the ancient struggle became blurred, especially in the area of ​​food and drink. And the way of eating and drinking is also a relatively important piece of Taoism mastered by Tiexian! After all, Tiexian can be regarded as entering the Tao through food. However, when Gu Zheng used the identity of Tiexian to experience all these things, almost everything became different. It is normal for different people to deal with the same thing, and there will be two completely different results.

From Gu Zheng's point of view, he must improve his diet. No matter how high he was in the diet, he is not what he used to be. He is now in the diet. The realm of 'Dao Shengyi' has not been reached yet! The reason why he was able to cook delicious food before was only because of some memories and feelings. His actual situation is that he has not even opened the standard "Eye of Dao" of "Dao Shengyi".

Because of this, Gu Zheng plans to put more effort into the way of diet, no matter how you say it, it is also an indispensable part of Tiexian's growth.

"Piaoxiang Building."

Gu Zheng muttered the name of this restaurant, and also wanted to experience the way of eating here.

"boom!"

There was a sudden noise in Gu Zheng's mind, as if something that was sleeping was touched, and a strange feeling appeared in his heart for a while, which made him understand that he seemed to have found the right way, which originally belonged to him. Some memories of the way of eating and drinking became blurred, and some talents that belonged to Tiexian seemed to be awakened.

Gu Zheng calmly realized the difference in himself, and the four dishes and one soup he ordered were served one after another.

Stir-fried spring bamboo shoots, stewed fist vegetables, steamed grass carp, stewed pork ribs, and mountain delicacies soup.

Gu Zheng ordered Piaoxianglou's specialty dishes, but in fact the so-called specialty dishes used very ordinary ingredients, and even the taste was very ordinary, but Gu Zheng was not surprised by this. After all, now is the era when the way of eating has not yet flourished because of the immortals, and the cooking and utilization of ingredients are still in a very backward period. These dishes that are not popular in the eyes of the ancients are already very outstanding in the eyes of ordinary people It's delicious.

Gu Zheng just tasted the four dishes and one soup, then he put down his chopsticks and beckoned Xiao Er to come to his side.

"Is the guest officer not satisfied with the taste of these dishes?"

Seeing that Gu Zheng's four dishes and one soup were almost intact, Xiao Er hurriedly asked.

"I'm a little dissatisfied."

Gu Zheng's voice paused, and then said: "Call your shopkeeper!"

Hearing that Gu Zheng was dissatisfied with the dishes and asked him to call the shopkeeper, Xiao Er's face dropped instantly.

"Guest officer, you shouldn't be a local, right? This Piaoxiang Building is not a place where you can make trouble casually!" Xiao Er said coldly.

"Being able to open the largest restaurant in the city, Piaoxianglou is naturally not an ordinary place. However, I am not making trouble, you call your shopkeeper first and then talk about it!"

Gu Zheng always had a smile on his face, whether it was the waiter in the shop, or the diners who put down their chopsticks to watch the fun, they were just ordinary people to him, and his endurance for ordinary people was comparable to that of Xiuxian. The reader is much better.

Said that he was not satisfied with the food, and wanted to call the shopkeeper to come over, but there was a smile on his face all the time, and Xiao Er was not sure what kind of medicine was sold in Gu Zheng's gourd for a while, so he looked at Gu Zheng suspiciously, and asked to go to the store immediately. Go downstairs and ask the shopkeeper to come over.

In fact, there is no need for Xiaoer to invite, Piaoxiang Restaurant is not too big. After Gu Zheng said that he was not satisfied with the dishes, the diners around him have also calmed down. What he said to ask Xiaoer to invite the shopkeeper is also true. It has been heard by the shopkeeper.

The potbellied shopkeeper in his fifties walked upstairs, looked Gu Zheng up and down, and then said: "Guest officer, my Piaoxiang Restaurant is the largest and best restaurant in Qingfeng City. You have seen how many customers, you said you are not satisfied with the food, are you really making trouble?"

When Gu Zheng came here, it wasn't really a meal spot, but now Piaoxianglou is already overcrowded. From this point alone, it can be seen that Piaoxianglou's cooking skills are really good, otherwise it would be impossible to have so many people. people. However, good cooking skills are only for ordinary people, not for Gu Zheng.

"Whether the food is delicious or not has nothing to do with the size of a restaurant. As for the large number of customers in Piaoxiang Restaurant, it can only be said that the guests have not eaten better dishes, and there is no better place to choose... ..."

"It seems that you really came to find fault!"

Before Gu Zheng had finished speaking, the shopkeeper had already blown his beard and stared.

"That's right, Piaoxianglou is also a twenty-year-old store, and there is no better place in Qingfeng City than here!"

"Could it be that you want to eat for free because you can't afford the money?"

"Outsider, this Piaoxiang Building is not a place for you to make troubles. If you really make troubles here, you will soon be imprisoned in the city and eat for nothing!"

"Listen to what he said first! I saw that he paid for the meal first, and the food on the table didn't move much. How can you say that he can't afford the money and wants to eat for free?"

The surroundings are full of voices that are not too loud to watch the excitement, except for a man in white under another window, what he said is quite reasonable.

"Bai Li, what's the matter with you? If you talk too much, you won't come to Piaoxianglou in the future!"

The shopkeeper gave the man in white a hard look, as if he disliked him very much.

"I heard someone say that my cooking is not delicious, right? I want to see who this person is!"

Almost as soon as the shopkeeper's voice fell to the ground, another man's voice came from downstairs.

Everyone soon saw the angry man, holding a kitchen knife, his appearance was seven points similar to that of the shopkeeper of Piaoxianglou, and his age seemed to be about the same age, and he was the head chef of Piaoxianglou. That is, the shopkeeper's brother.

"I'm the one who says the food is not good!" Gu Zheng looked at the chef and said.

"Why do you think the dishes I cook are not delicious?"

The head chef was originally angry and wanted to kill someone, but Gu Zheng's glance at him just now made his heart tremble suddenly, as if someone had poured a basin of cold water on his head.

"Among the four dishes and one soup, the spring bamboo shoots were fried too old, and the boxing dishes were not stewed. These two dishes were the worst failures! The rest of the two dishes and one soup, I think you have reached the limit based on your understanding of diet. Even if I tell you, you still don’t understand.” Gu Zheng said.

Originally, when Gu Zheng commented on the spring bamboo shoots and boxing dishes, the chef’s face was still a bit incredulous, because when he was making these two dishes, for some reason, he didn’t get distracted, so he also knew that the spring bamboo shoots were a bit old , The taste of boxing dishes is a little bit worse. However, Gu Zheng's evaluation of the other two dishes and one soup made him very uncomfortable. After all, he is the best chef in Qingfeng City.

"Nonsense! You can't explain it to me? Are you just trying to argue? Since you can't explain it clearly, then what a fart you are!" the chef said angrily.

"hehe."

Gu Zheng didn't say anything more, he shook his head and smiled, got up, and was about to leave Piaoxiang Tower.

"Do you want to just leave?"

The shopkeeper shouted angrily, and stood in front of Gu Zheng, and the guys from Piaoxianglou immediately stood behind the shopkeeper.

"I want to leave you, but can you stop me?"

Gu Zheng's eyes swept over the shopkeeper's group, giving them the feeling as if a basin of cold water had been poured on their heads.

"Since you told the chief chef that there are some things you don't understand even if you tell the chief chef, then you should also be a good cook, or else you cook the same dish with the same thing, and then find someone to come Taste and compare, and it will be clear whether you are finding fault."

There was a pause between the words of the man in white. He originally wanted to say 'cook', but felt that this word was not appropriate for Gu Zheng, so he changed his words. In his opinion, Gu Zheng is an unusual person.

"Originally, I did plan like this. I asked Xiaoer to find the shopkeeper, that is, I wanted to find a job, but who would have thought that the Piaoxianglou shop had a high vision and insisted on saying that I was looking for faults, even if I was caught I pointed out the shortcomings and didn't want to admit it, so I don't bother to stay here any longer."

Gu Zheng's voice paused, and he looked at the shopkeeper who was still standing still: "Get out of the way!"

Gu Zheng's voice was obviously not loud, but in the ears of the shopkeeper and the staff, it was like a thunder, and they all avoided involuntarily.

Gu Zheng had already gone downstairs, the shopkeeper and the chief chef looked at each other, they didn't know what to say for a while, they had experienced Gu Zheng's extraordinaryness firsthand, although such a thing happened made people feel a little embarrassed, but they really had to look for it again The troubles of ancient disputes, they also already have timidity.

The diners were talking quietly, they didn't know the difference between Gu Zheng's eyes and voice, what they saw was that Piaoxianglou was deflated.

"Bill, please!"

The man in white hesitated, put the silver on the table, and hurried downstairs to chase Gu Zheng.

"Your Excellency, please stay!"

The man in white saw Gu Zheng at the street corner.

"Um?"

Gu Zheng stopped and looked at the man in white who was chasing him.

"Dare to ask your Excellency Gao's first and last name." The man in white saluted.

"Just call me Tie."

Gu Zheng smiled slightly, and then said: "Are you thinking about asking me to be a chef?"

"How did Brother Tie know?"

Bai Li's eyes widened. He had already thought that Gu Zheng was extraordinary, but now that Gu Zheng had directly seen through his thoughts, how could he not be surprised.

"As the saying goes, colleagues are enemies. It makes sense for the shopkeeper of Piaoxianglou not to like you. You wanted to see my cooking skills in Piaoxianglou, and now you chased me again. You also have the unique characteristics of people who often go in and out of the kitchen Taste, your thoughts are already very obvious." Gu Zheng smiled.

"Brother Tie is indeed an expert, so I will explain it clearly."

Bai Li paused, and then began to narrate.

Bai Li is a native of Qingfeng City. His family has been in business for generations, and there is also a restaurant called 'Kemanlou' in the industry. It has always been the best restaurant in Qingfeng City.

Piaoxianglou was only opened in Qingfeng City ten years ago, because the shopkeeper is related to the owner of the city, and the cooking skills of Piaoxianglou are indeed better than Manchulou. missing. The reason why Gu Zheng caught Bai Li's attention was because he mentioned "the way of eating and drinking" in Piaoxianglou. Describing his cooking skills in this way, Gu Zheng immediately felt that he was unusual and extremely professional. Only then did he want to see Gu Zheng's cooking skills, and wanted Gu Zheng to go to the restaurant to be the head chef.

"As long as brother Tie is willing to come to my building to be the head chef, the salary can be negotiated," Bai Li flattered. .

"It doesn't matter whether my cooking skills are really good, just talk about the salary. How much are you going to pay me?" Gu Zheng asked.

"The head chef before the building is full, has a monthly salary of seventy taels of silver. If Brother Tie wants to come, how about I give Brother Tie one hundred taels? As for cooking, even if I don't have to try it, I still believe in Brother Tie's cooking skills." Nothing to say!" Bai Li said, patting his chest.

"Why are you so confident?"

Gu Zheng couldn't help laughing at Bai Li's appearance.

"I feel that this thing is very important. I feel that the business that Bai Li thinks can be done, rarely loses money!" Bai Li said confidently.

"Okay, I will accept this matter!" Gu Zheng laughed.

"Is the salary okay? If there is a problem with the salary, Brother Tie can bring it up." Bai Li said.

"No problem, I didn't do this for money."

Gu Zheng paused, and then said again: "Although you believe in my cooking skills, tasting is a necessary step, and I have two other conditions!"

"Brother Tie, please tell me!" Bai Li hurriedly said.

"First, I will change the name of the full building to 'Jixiang Xiaozhu'. Second, I need to participate in the customization of some things about the price of the dishes."

The name Jixiang Xiaozhu was the name used by Gu Zheng to open the Immortal Kitchen when he accepted the culinary test task before he was a master in the way of food. Now that he wants to improve the way of eating and enter the kitchen again, then this name is not meaningful to him. As for participating in the customization of dish prices, this is also some of Gu Zheng's arrogance. If you want to eat his dishes, the price is too low.

"no problem!"

Bai Li agreed to Gu Zheng's proposal without hesitation.

The Manchu Restaurant is not too far from the Piaoxiang Tower, and both restaurants are located in the most prosperous area of ​​Qingfeng City. However, compared to the overcrowding of Piaoxiang Building, the number of diners in the fully occupied building seems to be much less.

When Bai Li brought Gu Zheng into the kitchen, the chief chef was chatting with the chef. To Gu Zheng's surprise, the chief chef who was full of customers turned out to be a cook.

The cook's name is Huang Ying, she is Bai Li's cousin, she is over forty years old, although she looks like a lady, but when Bai Li said that Gu Zheng is the new head chef of Manchulou, her A face was also pulled down.

"Okay, anyway, I want to try it, I want to see what you are capable of!"

Huang Ying looked at Gu Zheng with provocative eyes, and the chefs were naturally on Huang Ying's side, and their eyes were not very kind.

"Auntie!"

Bai Li yelled with a straight face, and Huang Ying's expression was somewhat restrained.

"What are you doing in a daze? Help the chef!"

Gu Zheng was already looking for ingredients, and several chefs who stood there were also reprimanded by Bai Li.

"It's okay, I'm going to try the food today, they can't help much, I'll just do it myself!"

What Gu Zheng wants to try is the four dishes and one soup he ordered at Piaoxiang Building, and the ingredients needed for these four dishes and one soup are also available in the kitchen full of customers, but it is not enough to store them. Gu Zheng's request, so he has to deal with it himself.

"In the future, don't put meat and vegetables together." Gu Zheng said.

"It's nothing to put it together, anyway, it needs to be rinsed and washed when cooking." A chef named Li Tong said disapprovingly.

"Food materials have grades. Its grades are divided into: poisonous, garbage, low, inferior, ordinary, medium, excellent, high."

Gu Zheng didn't mention Immortal Products and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, these two grades of ingredients are unlikely to be accessible to mortal chefs.

"For example, these pork ribs, the quality of their ingredients is inferior, but because you put it in untreated mountain delicacies, its meat quality has been polluted, so it will be a low-quality ingredient .”

Gu Zheng threw the pork ribs contaminated with some dust into a basin of clear water, and the splash of water in the basin woke up the chefs who were a little dazed. They had never heard of the ingredients before. There is such a hierarchy.

"It's true, isn't it just a little dirty? Wash it and it will be clean!" Li Tong said with a curled lip.

"That's right! I still don't believe that there is any difference in the taste between a pork rib without Shanzhen and a pork rib with Shanzhen!" Huang Ying laughed.