Chapter 2 I Can't Do It
The kitchen of Heihu Hall has more than twenty houses, soup rooms, pastry rooms, cold dishes rooms, meat and vegetable rooms, and raw materials. There are a total of seventeen chefs, plus various servants, and hundreds of people work here to prepare meals for the 2,000 disciples of Heihu Hall.
Yu Zecheng is one of the chefs. He has his own special kitchen soup room. When he returned to his own soup room, Yu Zecheng waited silently. Seeing him coming back, many chefs and servants nodded to him, but no one dared to talk to him.
Yu Ze came here as a chores. On the one hand, he knew that his mother needed to nourish her body, but his family was poor and he had no money to buy supplements. On the other hand, he didn't want to be a chores like this for a lifetime and had no chance to make a career. So he relied on the books he had read and found a medicinal recipe in "The Travels of Suiyuan". He studied it carefully and finally made a delicious medicinal soup with this recipe.
After this soup was studied, Yu Zecheng gave it out with an opportunity, which immediately received praise from everyone. It tasted delicious and had a great tonic effect. It can be said that it was praised by everyone.
There are worlds where there are people, so his research results were peeped at by the chef Wang Xuesen of the kitchen. Relying on his power, Wang Xuesen wanted to buy the recipe for this soup.
Yu Zecheng didn't say anything and sold it to Wang Xuesen for ten taels of silver. However, Wang Xuesen was so painful according to the recipe that the soup made did not taste like Yu Zecheng. It was either salty or light, and it was not delicious at all. In the end, he was scolded by Ma Laohei.
Wang Xuesen found Yu Zecheng, and Yu Zecheng demonstrated the process of making soup in front of him, which was exactly the same as the recording process of the recipe given to him. However, Wang Xuesen followed the same process and made soup, but it was not delicious, and it was not as good as Yu Zecheng. He was so tired that he could not make such delicious soup.
So at the suggestion of the deputy director Cui In-houng, Yu Zecheng became the youngest chef, in charge of the soup room, and made this great soup for the powerful people in the hall.
Wang Xuesen knew that Yu Zecheng had some tricks and was very dissatisfied with the result. He began to suppress Yu Zecheng, and then the two began a fight between the chefs. Wang Xuesen first tampered with the ingredients of the soup, using inferior products as good ones, and wanted to ruin Yu Zecheng's reputation.
Yu Ze prejudice and tricks, deliberately invited Cui In-xiong to find out the problem of the raw materials, so he started to fight back and made Wang Xuesen's behavior public. As a result, Wang Xuesen was scolded by Ma Laohei. If he hadn't had his strong relationship and strong strength, he would have been driven out of the kitchen by Cui In-xiong and never dared to deal with the raw materials again.
Wang Xuesen failed to make a plan and had another plan. In the name of Yu Zecheng being too young, he sent a chef to be his deputy to learn the soup secretly. Yu Zecheng was unambiguous and had a proper approach to doing things, and he could not tell that he was a child at all. The deputy learned every step he took for a month, but he just couldn't make delicious soup.
In the Daqing period of the hall, Yu Zecheng took the opportunity to take sick leave for three days to rest. The deputy had no good soup for these three days. In the end, everyone knew that no one could make this soup except Yu Zecheng, so the deputy had to leave sadly.
In this way, Yu Zecheng and Wang Xuesen fought for several months. Wang Xuesen tried his best, but he did not have the secret to learning this soup. In the end, he had to accept this reality and no longer had hope for this soup. Therefore, Yu Zecheng became the youngest chef in Heihu Hall.
Naturally, from then on, Wang Xuesen would not have a good face to Yu Zecheng. Wang Xuesen has great power in the kitchen, so in the whole kitchen, no other chefs dared to say hello to Yu Zecheng in front of Wang Xuesen. But no one dared to bully Yu Zecheng, because in the past few months, everyone knew that Yu Zecheng, a little boy, was the means of him, and believed that he would definitely not be a person in the pool in the future.
Yu Zecheng sat in the soup room, thinking that the struggle over the past few months has made him mature and scheming, far beyond his average peers.
Yu Zecheng was thinking about why Bai Hexi was arrogant at first and respectful at the same time and rewarded him. He was a congenital master, and even the master of the horse had to look at his eyes. The gangster hero Demon Tianlang died at his hands. How could he care about his soup so much?
While thinking, Bai Hexi's momentum unknowingly made Yu Zecheng very envious. He was a gentle young man in white, a handsome young man with a feather fan and a golden scarf. He was respected by everyone. Before he knew it, he became Yu Zecheng's idol.
Sure enough, Cui In-hyung came soon, went to the kitchen to arrange the chef's work, called for the mates to work, and finally walked to Yu Zecheng's soup room.
When Yu Zecheng saw Cui In-hyung, he immediately saluted and said:
"Master, you are here. I am ashamed of this reward. Please send it back for me."
This is just a rhetoric. Cui In-hyung is stingy. He saw Bai Hexi's reward of two taels of gold, so he had already salivated. Then he came here in the name of work. Seeing that Yu Zecheng was indeed sensible and contributed the gold to himself, he couldn't help but take it over and nodded and said:
"Xiao Yuzi is really sensible. I will return this gold to you."
After thinking about it, I felt that I was a little too much, and then took out an inch of silver from my bag and said:
"I'll give you these ten taels of silver, and it's not a waste of joy."
Yu Zecheng took over silver, and gold turned into silver. Although the depreciation was amazing, it was a rewarding one. Yu Zecheng said steadily:
"Thank you, Master."
Choi In-hyung continued:
"The Master Bai Sect decided to stay here for a few days. Your soup should be prepared so that there will be no soup to entertain others."
Yu Zecheng replied:
"Please rest assured by the master. I have enough to make up for this soup. I will never miss the problem when doing things."
Choi In-hyung nodded and said:
"You are steady and smart, so I feel at ease when doing things. How have you practiced your Tiger Roaring Sky Art? If you reach the level of great success, I recommend you to go to the main hall to learn skills. A little chef is wasting your talents completely."
As long as the disciples of the Tiger Gang are six years old, they will choose an internal mental method to practice in the Tiger Roaring Sky Art, Black Tiger Power, Golden Tiger Power, White Tiger Qi, Purple Tiger Technique, and Blue Tiger Sutra. Among them, the Tiger Roaring Sky Art is the most original version of these techniques, and the other five tiger internal mental methods are developed on this basis.
Although the name of the Tiger Roaring Sky Art is very famous, it is actually similar to the Arhat Fist and Mantis Fist on the street, which are very good at road-making skills. However, the martial arts are authentic mental methods, characterized by peaceful true qi and stable foundation, and will never get involved in the devil. However, the true qi grows slowly and has weak lethality, so it is transformed by experts on this basis and develops the internal strength of the other five tigers. As long as this skill is not a fool, he will be able to cultivate to the realm of great success in ten years at the latest. Of course, if this internal skill is great, it will not be stronger.
Now there are few disciples of the Tiger Roaring Sky Art practices. When Yu Zecheng chose this internal skill, his grandfather Zhang Fushan was still there. He was originally planning to urge him to practice to the great level when he was ten years old, so as to lay a solid foundation and learn the other five internal skills. Who knew that when Yu Zecheng was ten years old, Zhang Fushan, who was known as the mountain axe, died outside in the Black Tiger Hall. Naturally, no one else could urge him to practice, and he could only rely on self-cultivation.
Yu Zecheng replied:
"Thank you for your concern. My disciples are incompetent. I don't know why I always have a slight obstacle. I have never been able to cultivate it to the realm of great success."
Choi In-hyung nodded and said:
"That's how practice is, it's just that the time is not right. If you persist, you will definitely succeed."
Then he gave a few more instructions and said:
"You go home and rest. They have eaten almost the same food today. I will give you half a day off tomorrow morning. They drink so much that they will never wake up tomorrow morning. Remember to cook the pot and the soup for everyone tomorrow afternoon."
After saying that, Cui In-hyung left the kitchen. He, the deputy director, was responsible for all the internal affairs of the director. He was very busy. After arranging the kitchen work, he left.
Seeing him leave, Yu Zecheng began to clean the soup room. The mother soup that he cooked tomorrow was ready. Just add some ingredients tomorrow and you can drink it for two hours. Yu Zecheng cleaned the soup room and arranged the items neatly, and then left the soup room.
Before leaving, Yu Zecheng took out a skin bag in his arms and poured some of the prepared soup into the skin bag. This was the soup he made specially, which was a great tonic and had a certain subsidy effect on his mother's body. Every time Yu Zecheng would take some home secretly.
After walking out of the kitchen, it was already almost over. The drinks inside were almost gone. While waiting, the chef Wang Xuesen had already left.
Seeing that Yu Zecheng was leaving, Master Zhao, who was responsible for packing the banquet, handed over a bag of leftovers. This was the kitchen welfare. The leftover wine and food in the lobby could be taken home for his family.
Yu Zecheng took it and said:
"Thank you, Uncle Zhao."
Zhao Jun nodded, looked around and said:
"Go back quickly."
Seeing Zhao Jun's actions, Yu Zecheng knew that there must be good things for the leftovers of wine and food. He got the moon first when he was close to the water. Sometimes people in the kitchen would take some excellent ingredients as leftovers home. This is the result of his struggle with Wang Xuesen. No one dared to underestimate himself, and he would naturally think of himself when he was dividing things.
Yu Zecheng nodded, expressing his understanding and gratitude, and then walked out of the kitchen, left the Heihu Hall, and turned into the alley.
After walking for a stick of incense, I gradually returned home. Yu Zecheng's home was in Qianmen Lane, and the courtyard left by my grandfather was not sold at the most difficult moment. Although the courtyard at home was not large in size, it was also a unique courtyard.
When he returned home, his mother was still waiting for him. The younger brother and sister were already asleep, and the food his mother cooked for him was already cold. Seeing him coming back, the mother got up to warm the food for him.
Yu Zecheng stopped his mother's movements, entered the kitchen himself, and re-cooked the broth in the skin. Then he opened the leftovers, and there was indeed a pig elbow weighing three pounds under the leftovers distributed outside.
Yu Zecheng took out the pork elbow and put the leftovers on a plate. These leftovers were also very good. Apart from braised pork, they were all the bones of sauce. They had never moved them much and could be eaten.
Yu Zecheng did all this, returned to the table and handed the soup to his mother, then picked up the rice bowl and ate a few bites. In fact, he had already eaten enough in the Heihu Hall, and that the chef would starve his stomach. At this time, a few bites were just to deal with his mother, so that she would not feel that she was in vain.
My mother took the broth, finished drinking it slowly, and said:
"This time I won a complete victory. Ma Laohei is indeed more capable than the old hall master. The old hall master has fought for twenty years but has not won. Ma Laohei eliminated the Wild Wolf Gang in a year. It seems that he really underestimated him before."
Yu Zecheng nodded and said:
"Yes, from now on, Heihu Hall will become the largest gang in Linhai City. In fact, if there is no help from the Shi family, it is probably not so easy to invite those masters."
Mother said:
"It seems that Ma Laohei is very good at marrying Shi Sanmei. Did the Chen family, Tie family, and Yu family send someone here in the city?"
Yu Zecheng said:
"I didn't come today, but I think people will definitely come tomorrow. Now the power of the Black Tiger Hall has increased significantly. Regardless of whether they want to or not, the Black Tiger Hall will be considered the six major families in Linhai City from now on."
The mother continued:
"It's a pity that your grandfather didn't see this day. Was that Demonic Wolf dead? I heard that he has become a congenital master?"
Yu Zecheng replied:
"The child saw his head, which was killed by the master Bai Shao Sect, the master invited by Ma Laohei."
When my mother heard the news, she couldn't help but shed tears and said:
"Your grandpa died at the hands of Demon Tianlang back then. Although it is normal for the children of the martial arts world to die in battle, this is a big revenge. Tomorrow I will go to sweep the graves for him and tell him the good news. If you see this young master Bai, thank them very much."
Yu Zecheng said:
"I saw him today. He praised the delicious soup for his child and also rewarded ten taels of silver. Mother, please keep this for supplementing the household use."
After saying that, he handed Wenyin to his mother. The mother took the silver and said:
"I'll put it away for you, I'm leaving it for you to marry a wife. But the mistress of the old Xue family in the front yard broke her legs in this battle, and the old head Li on the East Street was also killed in battle. I happened to go over the money and I helped us when your grandfather died. People should not be heartless, so we also want to help them.
Although many people died in this victory, it was worth it. The waters rose and the boats were rising. The disciples of the Black Tiger Council were proud when they walked on the street. Even we borrowed everything. Today, someone came to propose marriage. Xu Erliang from the Xuji Hotel in front of the gate asked someone to propose marriage. His daughter was white and tender. At first glance, she was a good child. What do you think? If you can, book this marriage first."
Yu Zecheng shook his head and said:
"Mom, I'm still young, and I'm still early to say this now. Let's talk about it in two years."
Mother said:
"If you are optimistic, you have to start. I will wait for two years? The good girl has asked someone else to order."
Yu Zecheng said silently. His mother knew that Yu Zecheng had said something and never repent. She knew that what he said was useless, so she stopped talking and packed up the food and left.
Yu Zecheng returned to his house, lit an oil lamp, picked up the books on the desk, and started reading books. These books were all left by his father. After his father lost his position as a deacon, he joined the gang caravan and traveled around the world. Although it was very hard and could not be at home all the time, Yu Zecheng could feel his father's excitement. In fact, his father liked this kind of life of traveling around business and could travel all over the world.
Every time my father comes back, he will bring a book for Yu Zecheng, most of which are travel notes by the sages and great scholars. When seeing these books and the words on them, Yu Zecheng is like he is here in person and traveling in those places.
Yu Zecheng particularly likes to read the books left by his father. In the books, there are records of all the distant areas of the north, Suiyuan, Chuxi, and ancient Qin. Yu Zecheng reads them with relish. His greatest ideal is to go to these places to take a look. Yu Zecheng's greatest wish is to travel around the world like Ming Chuanyu, and also leave a travel notation of his own, which makes people envious of later generations.
In this sky world, you can travel all over the six realms. This can only be a dream. Not to mention a small mortal, even an immortal, it is impossible for him to travel all over the six realms like this.
Chapter completed!