Chapter 234 Simple
It is a fact that Zhou Youdao has a bad character.
There are countless people who have offended these years. Just in Yangzhen, he will be in trouble when he is proud.
No one dares to provoke him when he is in power. When he loses power, of course, the wall falls and everyone pushes him. Everyone is rushing to step on a few steps.
So the rumors became more and more similar. Liu Chong was the protagonist in the story, and Zhou Youdao became the backbone of the foil.
Zhou Youdao was about to collapse. He believed these words, feeling that his master Zhou You did not regard him as the successor of the robe and mantle, but rather valued Liu Chong more!
Until he left Yangzhen in despair, this idea never changed.
"The Zhou family recipe is not a secret, the one in Zhou Youdao's hand is Zhou You's accumulation throughout his life."
"There is no secret recipe that Zhou Youdao doesn't know about Zhou Jiacai."
"Zhou You never studied for a famous teacher in his life. He only craftsmanship by himself. He rarely uses expensive ingredients for cooking. It is even more impossible to teach his disciples' cooking skills."
Yang Yuying pondered for a moment and smiled slightly, as if a little warm and sentimental. After thinking carefully for a while, she found language to explain this small problem that was quite strange in the eyes of others - why did the Empress Dowager not leave Zhou Youdao, but instead left Liu Chong, who was not very skilled, a lot of Liu Chong?
"The Queen Mother has a habit. I'm afraid that even His Majesty doesn't know that she doesn't like to waste food. It's that kind of thing. If you have a slight waste, you don't like it."
"When the Empress Dowager was still the Crown Princess, she ordered the kitchen to prepare three dishes and one soup for each meal every day, and it must not be wasted."
"When she becomes the queen mother, she becomes increasingly majestic. Every time she speaks, countless people will have to think about her meaning countless times. Instead, she rarely makes requests on nothing and shows her thoughts more and more."
"For many years, she will eat whatever the imperial kitchen cooks. The imperial kitchen flatters her and she will bear it. No matter how much the dishes are cooked, as long as she doesn't touch them, it will be a new good dish. It will be distributed to the close palace maids and eunuchs one by one before the meal."
"But it's still unhappy. Only Zhou You cooks best, it's her best. It's delicious and just right, so that she can eat well just now and feel comfortable without wasting any waste."
"The treasure stew that the Queen Mother praised, although the name was so popular, everyone was curious. In fact, Zhou You made this dish at the beginning, there was no way."
"That year the Empress Dowager was not the Crown Princess, but she was still the lady of the Wang family of the Generals, but she was highly valued by the late emperor and often accompanied her father and brother."
"One day, the late emperor visited in a private visit. He was hungry at the restaurant for dinner. He followed the imperial chef to pick and choose and cooked a table of dishes, but the remaining ingredients were not used by the chefs to make ordinary dishes, but the ingredients that were thrown away at will, and there were several large pots."
"At that time, Zhou You was working as a chef in that restaurant. He really felt sorry for the things. He racked his brains to come up with a new dish. He used all the ingredients and named it Baizhen Stew. It tasted rich and had a unique flavor, which was very popular among the guests."
"The Queen Mother was having a bad meal at that time. When she thought of the wasted things, she felt something was missing. It was so uncomfortable. As a result, she saw Baizhen Zhuo when she left the guest room."
"What a smart person, the Queen Mother is, with a clear ear and a vicious eye, and she can see Zhou You's thoughts at first glance. She had no more or less dishes. After eating the right Baizhen stew, the Queen Mother was in a good mood. From then on, she fell in love with the dishes made by Zhou You. She loved her for many years and never changed her love."
Yang Yuying smiled, "Liu Chong is just like cooking, but he has good eyesight and is careful. He also doesn't like wasting. If I give him a few instructions, he will naturally easily understand the empress dowager's pulse. If you can't do anything else, it's absolutely fine to serve the empress dowager."
Wang Jinhua and others were shocked.
How many chefs have studied this case and guessed why Liu Chong was promoted.
Because of this, Wang Jinhua’s hundreds of restaurants are packed every day, and the business day is comparable to that of the previous half month. This is still the restaurant is not big and the hospitality ability is not strong, otherwise the business will be better.
"I wonder what expressions should those who evaluate Xiao Liu Caise know this answer!"
Liu Chong's taste of cooking is obviously not very distinctive, but she can only be considered a normal chef's level. Wang Jinhua has been eating the dishes he cooked for many years, but she has not seen any special results. But she has heard the praises of the former diners and the honorable praises in the past few days, which made her think that something was wrong with her tongue and she was still nervous for several days.
Yang Yuying chuckled: "Zhou Youdao has achieved the true teachings, and she is very talented. She is much better in cooking than Liu Chong. The ingredients he uses are better for cooking. The dishes he makes cannot be worse than those of Liu Chong. The Queen Mother doesn't like it either. However, the Queen Mother doesn't have a heavy appetite. She has too many things to be busy with. She wants to think, most of the time, as long as she can fill her stomach."
"It's okay to have a meal occasionally when you eat it. It's better for Liu Chong to cook it in daily life."
Wang Jinhua was stunned: That's true?
At this point, she became more and more convinced that her daughter’s divination skills were powerful. She actually believed in these things since she was a child. Now that she has this example of her daughter, she believes in seven more.
If it weren't for Bu's calculation, how could my daughter know the Queen Mother's thoughts?
But when Yang Yuying was talking to Wang Jinhua, Prince Ping had dinner with a few friends on the Yakuza on the second floor of Baijiacai.
Since the arrival of the emperor, Prince Ping has few free time, and other young men are also forbidden to appear in any interesting places to play. They are studying at home, and are afraid that they will cause trouble.
Just today, Prince Ping had free invitations and the family let him go.
The group had been playing for half a day, and when they arrived at the Baijia Restaurant, they were having dinner, but before they could imagine that they heard about the secrets of the empress dowager, they were a little excited and winked at each other and made all kinds of strange encounters.
Prince Ping was stunned and absent-minded for a while.
Until he left Baijia Restaurant, he was surprised that what Mrs. Liu said was a little bit about the Queen Mother, but I can really know it by relying on the art of divination?
Who would have some time to calculate these things?
Since the Empress Dowager doesn’t even know His Majesty, why does Miss Liu know everything about her family and know so clearly?
But Prince Ping was puzzled and confused. During the canteen day and night, he went out a little late and rushed to Qingliangju. At a glance, he saw the Empress Dowager's personal guard, Guard Yuan, standing against the wall, and immediately became clear and woke up.
The Empress Dowager sat on the table in the corner and ate a stack of fried tofu with tender meat sauce, a plate of fried vegetables and a plate of steamed sea bass.
The old man ate every bite of food, wiped the corners of his lips, and looked satisfied. He looked up and sat opposite her, holding his chin, looking at the little girl Liu Su, who was eating, and said, "Hey, my chefs always add salt to me whenever they make steamed sea bass. It seems that they can't eat it without adding salt or heavy ingredients. They told them to only add vinegar and sugar, and they don't understand."
"It's been so many years, and only today is the taste of my youth in the little chef you trained. The dishes cooked by the little chef do not add ginger slices, and the porridge you make are half a spoonful of sugar. Is this what you taught me? My habits and my taste are the only aunt knows. So, do you want to tell me, do you recognize my aunt?"
Prince Ping was choked immediately and tried his best to spit out the dish, showing some ugly appearance.
Chapter completed!