Mr. Minguo's kitchen

One after another, after one night, the snow on the ground was one foot deep, and no one could walk.There are sanitation workers hired by the city government to clear the snow early in the morning on Qianyuan Street, so the snow will not prevent cars and horses from passing.

Despite the cold weather, there is still a place in the central block of Qianyuan Street that is full of people.Zhou Quan is a new helper in Liufu. The first task he received this morning was to go to the Qianjin Tea Shop in the city center to bring back a limited amount of milk tea and a few pastries for the lady.

In order to complete what the master had specially explained, he got up early in the morning, but he didn't expect to be taken aback by the long queue on the street.He thought to himself, what kind of fine juice and jade dew is this? There are so many people queuing up to drink in such a cold day, and there are still people outside maintaining order, so those who don't line up properly will be caught out.He took a closer look, and found that many people were servants of some big mansions, and the queue was always in line, so he found a familiar chatterer.

"Old Ping, why did you queue up here too?"

"Hey, it's not what my lady wanted, but she got up late in the cold weather, and said that she would go out now, and there might be no place to sit in the store. She was in a bad mood and lost her temper at home. Madam quickly sent me out to buy it. .”

"Hey! Isn't it just a cup of milk tea and some snacks? These young ladies who are used to delicacies from mountains and seas are now pursuing foreign food every day. Why have they changed their tastes all of a sudden? They can't forget this. It really changes every day."

Lao Ping knew a little better. He motioned to a young man in the line, "See, that is the young man of the third young master of the Teng family. It is likely that the third young master's car is also nearby."

"Third Young Master Teng also likes this stuff?!" A big man, no wonder Zhou Quan was surprised, he always thought that this sweet stuff was something only ladies and wives would love to eat.

"Hey, it seems that you only found out the name of Qianjin Tea today. Although this refreshment shop is famous for its milk tea and snacks, the most expensive item in their house is actually a clear tea called Qianjin Tea. Yes, it is This shop has the same name as the tea. There are limited sales every day. I heard that it is a top-notch tea than Biluochun, Maojian, and Yinzhen. The old man of the Teng family is famous for his love of tea. There are many descendants of the Teng family. I think it’s probably [-]% It's because the third young master is in favor of Mrs. Teng."

Zhou Quan listened to the rumors and was dubious in his heart. On the one hand, he felt that the ladies were probably following the fashion, and on the other hand, he thought that Third Young Master Teng had come to join him. He guessed that the things here were really top-quality.

"Hey, why do I think so much? It's not something we servants can afford to eat and drink!" He spent so much money buying a cup of milk tea and a small snack, he might as well cut a few taels of pork and go back to improve the food.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the glass door at the entrance of the modernly decorated store was pushed open, and a few people in strange costumes came out, carrying a large bucket of unknown things behind them.

"I heard that this is their uniform. Everyone in the store wears this. The fabric of this clothes is just right, and it looks very warm."

"What are they doing?"

The leader was a young girl, wearing a cotton mask to block the wind, she pulled it off and said to the people in line with a smile on her face: "It's a cold day, please warm yourself up with a cup of hot milk tea, the line is about to go!" It's your turn, thank you!"

As soon as she finished speaking, people cheered. Even Zhou Quan felt that he was lucky to be able to drink such expensive free tea.

The big bucket carried by two big men contained freshly brewed milk tea. It looked nothing out of the ordinary before it was opened, but when the wooden lid was lifted, there was a golden light, which made people suspect that it was in the snow. Dazzling, this is actually the slight glow on the leaves of the tea leaves produced in the mustard space. If it is a small amount, it is fused into the milk tea. If you don’t pay attention, you can’t see it. It’s just a big bucket. .

It was too late for people to wipe their eyes, followed by a burst of strange fragrance, accompanied by the mellow milk fragrance hovering in the air, forming a white fog and rain, which is particularly attractive in the cold morning.Zhou Quan, who got up early and hadn't eaten breakfast, immediately swallowed his saliva.

The girl in the lead handed out a cup of milk tea in a paper cup to the people in the line one by one, holding it in her hands immediately warmed her palms, and soon it was Zhou Quan's turn. He looked at the white cup and wiped his hands on his clothes. After wiping it, he took it awkwardly and took a sip regardless of the heat.

The milk tea in the cup is as smooth as fat, with a strong milky fragrance, which is only the milk squeezed out of the cows raised on the alpine grasslands in the northwest, and it has no water at all.But even such a strong milk fragrance can't hide its main note-long tea fragrance.

Zhou Quan had never drunk Biluochun or Maojian Silver Needle, but at this moment he felt that if the tea presented to Yuqian was of the same level of fragrance as this tea, then it was no wonder that it would be able to enter the golden mouth of the emperor.

Lao Ping, who was next to him, got it earlier than him, and had already tasted the famous milk tea. Seeing his dumbfounded sample, he laughed and said, "Look at your sample, believe it now, let me tell you, We are lucky today, I didn't get this kind of treatment when I came to the platoon the day before yesterday. This taste is really amazing, no wonder the wives like to drink it..."

Zhou Quan felt that he was still in his body just now and wiped away the chill that made him shiver from the cold, ignored his muttering, and carefully put the half-drunk milk tea in his arms, he planned to take it home and give it to his mother to taste.Maybe when he gets married in the future, he can save money and bring his wife to taste the food here.At this moment, he has vague thoughts of struggle in his heart, just because of half a cup of heart-warming milk tea.

Soon it was Zhouquan's turn. He carefully shook off the stains on his shoes on the blanket in front of the door, and then opened the store door. The inside of the store was different from the warmth outside, with ebony floors and The suspended ceiling, as well as soft chairs covered with soft cushions that look particularly comfortable, or round or rectangular wooden tables, are all modern that Fengtian people can hardly imagine. Yes, only modern can be used to describe this style .

But this kind of modernity reveals the charm of Huaguo everywhere, so that the guests who come in will never mistake it for a shop opened by foreigners, whether it is a wooden round lamp that emits warm light like a palace lamp, or a cup painted with ink paintings , there is no place that is not beautiful, and there is no place that is not elegant.

The people in the seat are all well-dressed ladies and wives with sweet smiles. Occasionally, people who look like students come in groups. I heard that girls who are students can enjoy discounts. Oh, the word discount is still introduced by foreigners. something.

"It snowed so much last night."

"I heard that there are farmers' houses outside the city that were crushed by the snow, and the Marshal's Mansion dispatched a platoon of soldiers to help resettle them."

"Isn't it? It's cold and I'm dressed like a ball. If I didn't make an appointment with you to drink milk tea and eat snacks here, I wouldn't want to go out."

"I asked my servant to come here early to occupy the seat. It's thanks to me that you can drink it. Hurry up and thank me!"

"Of course I have to thank Miss Li. I didn't take it seriously before, but now I'm really slapping myself in the face."

"I heard that Mistang from Tianjin recently planned to go north to Fengtian for this trip, because of the sentence in "New Life" that 'any modern woman is worth having dessert'."

"Didn't she say in private before that those of us from the six northern provinces are all bumpkins?"

"She has become a social butterfly in Shanghai and Tianjin because she is the eldest lady of Yonghuai Department Store. Some newspapers praise her as the head of the famous ladies. She is not afraid of Feng Da's tongue flashing. She looks just like that. , who doesn’t have a serious diploma, and still attracts bees and butterflies all day long, how dare you boast! We Fengtian still have two model ladies, Miss Liu and Wu Meili, why doesn’t she dare to say that to them..." This is half-truth and half-family. They are all from the upper circle. Although they don't have much contact with each other, as for women, they must catch the shortcomings of other women who are more popular than themselves and magnify them desperately, fearing that they will be too much better than themselves.

"In the past, those people in Tianjin and Shanghai led the trend. Now it's our turn to show off in the six northern provinces. It's really comfortable."

"I'm going to show off in front of my little sisters in Shanghai someday."

The ladies and wives were chatting and laughing, talking softly, and they didn't stop eating and drinking. Fortunately, snacks are just for fun, so they don't worry about their figure.

Zhou Quan took a look, afraid of offending these nobles, he quickly lowered his head, and waited honestly for the milk tea and snacks ordered by the young lady.

Across a window, the back kitchen is filled with a strong noodle fragrance, and the oven makes a slight sound when it is working.

A few girls who helped with the packaging gathered together and whispered together, "Hey, did you notice that Miss Gusu is in a good mood recently!"

"I found out a long time ago. Today, not only did people deliver milk tea to the people queuing up outside today, saying it was a good fortune, but they also went to the store early this morning before dawn, and asked people to do hygiene with great fanfare. This meeting is still in full swing. Tinkering with new products."

"Could it be talking about boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"What are you talking about, I heard that it's because Da Dong's health has been poor for the past few months, but now he's finally recovering. Miss Gusu is probably happy."

"Oh, that's it, but have you guys seen this big boss? How do you feel that the store has been open for almost half a year, and no one has seen a real person? It's the second boss who comes here often recently." The second boss in their mouth said It's Feiyang Li.

"Ah! Speaking of which, Er Dong's parents are so pretty! They have a sweet smile and a very humorous way of talking, and they gave each of them a flower the day before yesterday." Several little girls next to him echoed.

But an older girl said: "It's strange to say that I once saw Er Dong's family come out of a very tall building and met each other. When I greeted her, for some reason, Er Dong's family felt It's like a different person, looking at me with terrifying eyes!"

"How is it possible?! You didn't make any mistakes, and you angered the second boss. Maybe it was Zhaodi, you read it wrong."

The girl named Zhaodi hesitated and said, "Maybe..."

Ding!When the scheduled time for the oven came, the assistant brought out the cake with gloves, and then gently closed the oven. This oven is something for foreigners, and it is staggeringly expensive. Everyone uses it carefully.

In front of the workbench, Gusu is spreading cream cheese frosting made of mascarpone cheese and cream cheese on the freshly cooled rose-colored cake body-this red color is a pure natural color extracted from beetroot of.After application, finish with a sprinkle of blood-colored rose petals.

There are two layers of cake body, because the outermost layer is covered by cream cheese frosting, it looks ordinary at first glance, only by gently cutting a quarter of the corner with a knife to reveal the red and white inside, can it be the most beautiful It fully demonstrates the noble temperament of this dessert.

When the little girl who was still at the gossip shop just now saw the cake brought out, she exclaimed a little, no one else, such a good-looking cake really pleases the girls too much.As soon as everyone saw it, they were deeply attracted, it was a strong, bright, poignant, and burning beauty.The rose-colored cake is paired with white creamy cheese frosting. The simple color scheme collides with the beauty of the prosperous age.

The bold one immediately asked, "Sister Gusu! Is this a new dessert? What's it called?!"

Previously, there were popular desserts such as tiramisu, chiffon cake, brownie, pudding, and egg tart in the store. The appearance of each of them must have attracted countless ladies and wives to go crazy, and it was difficult to choose.But this time, everyone present unanimously agreed that the new dessert will definitely be able to secure the throne of dessert in the store.Not to mention the taste, this temperament will definitely suppress the audience!

"It's red velvet."

Someone even sang a poem, "That's a good name, Red Velvet, she reminds me of a poem, 'The eternally unique, young, platonic flower, hot and blind beyond my singing The rose, the unattainable rose...'" This poem was published in the latest "Butterfly Poetry Society", because some people pointed out that it was a love poem, which caused many conservative literati to criticize it.

"Can we try it?" In the past, except for new products, Gusu would share them with everyone, but this time there was an exception, she shook her head with a smile, "I will cook it for you later, today this is for you For the big boss."

Everyone was a little surprised. The big boss, who has never seen the end of Shenlong, is coming to the store today?

Outside the house, Zhou Quan opened the store door with snacks and milk tea. He was afraid that the milk tea would get cold after too long, so he thought about going home by rickshaw. , the things in his hands are slightly different from his packaging, and they look more stable and simple.

The boy went to the car parked by the street, Zhou Quan thought, Lao Ping was right, the third young master of the Teng family really came to buy tea for his old man.

"Have you bought it?" Teng Wenqi asked in the car.

"Go back to the third young master, I bought it."

Teng Wenqi breathed a sigh of relief, "Did you ask about the tea?"

The servant nodded, "Girl Gusu said that they have limited tea, but since it is the birthday gift from the third young master to Mr. Teng, she is willing to accommodate and prepare a catty of Qianjin tea for us."

"One catty is too little?" Teng Wenqi frowned. This is what he wants to give to the old man. Although the old man likes to drink this tea, if it is too little, he may not be able to take it out.

Although the class reunion he organized last time had a good effect in the end, although he didn't invite the most powerful Feiyang Li, he also hired a few capable people, so that the old man could rest assured that he would hand over the factory to him.However, some cousins ​​were dissatisfied with being a hindrance, and the foreigner's raw material prices increased, and there were some problems in the operation of the factory, which caused the old man to criticize him recently.

If I hadn't found out about such a Qianjin tea shop by chance, the tea in it had made the old man who regarded tea like his life happy again, the person in charge of the sub-factory would probably have to be replaced.Therefore, this birthday gift is very important. He must surpass other grandchildren of the Teng family in order to have the weight of speaking in front of the old man.

"Third Young Master, originally they planned to only give three taels, and the asking price is not low." He quoted a somewhat astonishing amount, which was almost twice the price of top-notch Maojian.But Teng Wenqi had to admit that he had drunk this tea before, and it was really worth the price, otherwise he wouldn't have painstakingly found it, and he didn't know what was behind this thousand gold tea, and where he found it.

Teng Wenqi could only give up, "It's better than nothing. Let's go."

Teng Sanshao's car drove away, Zhou Quan let out a sigh of relief, and happened to have a rickshaw passing by, he stopped it, and got into the car after negotiating the price.Suddenly, a car with the logo of the Marshal's Mansion drove up from the street, but ordinary people like Zhouquan were surprised, "Master, Master, wait a moment, don't go!" The rickshaw master also saw the car of the Marshal's Mansion. , also looked at curiously.

Strangely, the car stopped in front of Qianjin Tea Gate, the driver in a soldier uniform opened the door, and it was not Dashuai Ye who got out, but a young man in a thick cloak.Most of the man's face was covered under the cloak, and he couldn't see clearly, only a face whiter than snow was left, and a car followed behind him, and all the soldiers who got off were soldiers.

What was even more surprising was that the car of the third young master of the Teng family who had already left just now turned back, as if he came back specially after seeing this car.Teng Sanshao got out of the car and unexpectedly met the young man, and the two started talking.Zhou Quan felt that there was nothing to watch, so he told his master to leave.He hurried back to deliver something to eat for the lady!

"Senior Lin, Mr. Lin!" Lin Weirui looked behind him, thought about who this person was for three seconds, and then remembered that it was Teng Wenqi, and he motioned to the soldier who was blocking him to let him go.

Teng Wenqi was not to mention how pleasantly surprised he was able to meet senior Lin Weirui here!

"Senior Lin! Are you in good health? It was reported in the newspaper that you were attacked together with the Marshal three months ago and were seriously injured. Because the Marshal's Mansion refuses visitors, I was not able to visit." In fact, it was Wu Yingrong last time. The eldest lady took him to go with him, but was stopped by the soldiers of the Marshal's Mansion. Afterwards, Miss Wu was grounded by Young Master Wu who drove back from the barracks, and she was only released recently .

"Thank you, what's the matter?" Lin Weirui looked at him with a pair of amber eyes that looked a little in the snow, and because he was not familiar with him, his attitude was also cold.

Teng Wenqi didn't care either. He knew how difficult it was to get close to this master when he was in the United States.In fact, he is fine, and this meeting is just to get close. First, he already knows from the newspaper how detached his current alumni status is. It is always good to be close, and second, it is a kind of concealment. Although he didn't realize it, he had a lot of respect for this senior.

But he couldn't say that at this moment. Thinking of the recent troubles, he thought about it and asked: "Senior Lin, do you know the contact information of Senior Feiyang? I think he has moved, and I can't find anyone at his previous address." Teng Wenqi wanted to persuade Feiyang Li to join his family's chemical factory.

Lin Weirui really didn't know, when he was in a coma before, Feiyang Li had a lot of money on hand because of Fein's contribution, and indeed moved to a better place, but, "He is the owner of this store, you Maybe you can ask."

Seeing that Young Master Lin had been standing outside for a long time, the soldiers at the side said in a low voice, "Young Master Lin, it's windy outside, and you're not in good health yet..." As he spoke, he glanced dissatisfiedly at Third Young Master Teng, who had no eyesight. glance.

Teng Wenqi immediately suppressed the surprise in his heart, and saw that Senior Lin's complexion was frighteningly pale—naturally, his complexion was paler than ordinary people, so he hurriedly said, "Thank you, Senior Lin, your body is important, you should go in and warm up, see you later. "