Hedgehog

It's time for meals now, and I can't cook any dishes that require a lot of effort. Besides, Ji Rongze, who is famous for his domestic cuisine, is probably tired of eating, so he can only play the flavor card.Fortunately, I don't have any psychological pressure. It's just a meal. If you starve him for two hours, the standard must be lower.

The back chefs of ZE’s Chinese restaurant are all masters of Cantonese cuisine. They are very clean. This kind of drama of going to a restaurant to cook a meal for someone is often only staged when a western restaurant proposes. This is the first time I have seen these masters, and they all pay close attention to me trend.I didn't admit to being a student, so I caught a white case worker and came over.

"How old?"

"Seventeen."

At any rate, ZE International Hotel uses child labor. I was so frightened that this little worker kept looking at a chubby master chef. He was probably his proud apprentice who came for an internship. I patted him on the shoulder and said, "Your hotel has Thai dishes." Does the restaurant know?"

The young man nodded repeatedly.

"Go ask them for these things," I tore off a piece of paper from the side dish table, and read while writing: "Lemongrass, lime leaves, remember to explain that they are for cooking, dry spicy, rice spicy, fruit vinegar , basil, mint, pineapple, fish sauce... If there is any dryness, we need to get some dry ones, mushrooms are better, and sour bamboo shoots..."

The young man was straightforward: "What if they don't give it?"

"Then you take them to the manager and say that there is a gentleman named Ji Rongze on the second floor, and he will pay."

It's meal time now, the back kitchen is very busy, the rest of the chefs have been watching for a while, and there is only the fat chef. I don't know if the manager asked him to help me or he is curious. He has been watching me from the side, and he talks a lot. In Chaoshan Mandarin, I read "you" as "Lei", and asked me curiously: "What kind of food does Lei want?"

“Grilled Chicken with Lemongrass.”

"Isn't lemongrass for grilled fish?" The master also knows a little bit of Thai food.

"There is no oyster and pork belly in the original boat porridge. Didn't your restaurant add it?" I asked him, "And the added oyster is very bitter."

The master's face turned red all of a sudden, and he argued, "Then... that's for adding freshness."

"There are more vegetables than porridge, and it's fresh enough." I complained about him, while massaging the chicken with my hands, rubbing the flavor of the marinade into it: "If the founder of Tingzi porridge cooked porridge like you, it would have been a long time ago. bankrupted."

The master ate a bit, but still refused to leave, walked around twice symbolically, and came back to ask me: "What do you do with the broth?"

"Make vinegar rice noodles." I put the whole broiler wrapped in lemongrass upright and put it in the oven, and started to prepare the ingredients for making rice noodles.In fact, when I chatted last time, I saw that Ji Rongze was not interested in barbecue, probably because he thought it was too dry. This roast chicken was originally roasted with an open fire. I ate it at Manfeilong. The barbecue of the Dai people in Yunnan has a unique flavor. The water is also strange, and it is said that one dish is dipped in water. My method is a bit like grilling fish in tin foil. I use the dipped water as a marinade and lock the juice with lemongrass.Lime and other spices are used to balance the fragrance.

I'm going to make vinegar rice noodles warm and cold. I need to use ice cubes. It won't be too spicy. Ji Rongze probably doesn't like spicy food. When the time comes, pour the roasted juice on the torn hot grilled chicken, and then serve A bowl of warm vinegar rice noodles, and two vegetable spring rolls in this kitchen, my secret recipe of three shrimp noodles is here.

I tore off the best part of the chicken and put it on the plate, chicken wings, shank, and left a pile of meat and skeletons. The kitchen was filled with the smell of meat with spices. I tore a piece myself and handed it to the master chef who was watching: "Try it?"

The fat master reluctantly took it, took a bite, and said in distaste: "It tastes weird."

I laughed and arranged the dishes on the side dish table. The little worker also ate some chicken and said with a smile, "It's delicious."

"It's delicious, isn't it?" I teased him, "Why don't you come and be my apprentice."

The little worker waved his hands in fright, but the master ignored him and asked me, "What's Lei's name?"

"Lin Sui."

"Where does Lei work? Who is the master?"

I laugh out loud.

"Why, do you want to accept me as an apprentice?" I teased him: "You pass on the brine formula to me, and I will be your apprentice."

The master suddenly changed his face.That's the bad thing about old-school chefs. Secret recipes are more important than lives, and you can't even joke about them. I know this well.There are a few restaurants in Beijing, I am almost tired of eating, and I still can't find any pass. The defense against me is the same as that against thieves, and the kitchen is not allowed to enter.

Ji Rongze was very appreciative of my dishes.

I always cook according to the individual's needs, I cook as much as I like, whether I like to eat or not, it is impossible to make a table for him to choose and eat.Fortunately, he was quite convinced, took a bite of the chicken, and raised his eyebrows: "It's well done."

"Thank you for the compliment." I sat on the side, with one foot on the chair, tearing and eating dried venison borrowed from a Thai restaurant.

"Is this the way of Thai food?" He humbly admitted his mistake: "I always thought that Thai food was frivolous."

He should have a traditional taste in his bones, and he likes a harmonious taste. There are too many plant spices in Thai food, which drowns out the original flavor, and he is acidophilic. Eating like this in the tropics is natural and refreshing, and Ji Rongze would not like it.In fact, I am a bad-tempered person, but my views on food are very easy-going. Every cuisine has its own shining points. People like Ji Rongze who really know how to eat will not have too much prejudice against any taste, as long as they have skills Superb enough, to the extreme, sour, sweet, bitter, hot and salty, every taste can become delicious.

If I can be so magnanimous as a human being, I think it will be better than Lu Yanfeng.

Too bad that's not me.

My name, the violent Sui character, was picked up by my mother in the dictionary. She is just a village woman with no education. She turned to a random page and thought the word was beautiful and easy to read, so she named it to me.

There is probably something like destiny in this world. One word can determine my character, and I can't change it even if I want to. I'm a real hedgehog.

Fortunately, there is nothing wrong with being a hedgehog, at least there are puffer fish to eat.

I didn't eat anything all afternoon, so I just lay down and chatted waiting for this meal of fugu.

It is said that the master who made the fugu was invited by Osaka. He is a middle-aged man. His sashimi is as thin as a cicada's wing. He also enthusiastically taught us the order of eating fugu. Although he does not understand the language, he is very kind. Maybe I will ask him for secrets. will teach.

It's a pity that I patronize to eat, and there is only one word in my mind: fresh.

I had time to joke with Ji Rongze when I was making rice in the puffer fish soup: "Mr. Ji, if this puffer fish is poisonous, we will both die tonight."

Ji Rongze eats too much good food, no matter what he eats, he is careless. Hearing what I said, he smiled and glanced at the master who was making fugu liver: "If Mr. Fujimura can understand Chinese, he will probably be angry."

"No, I bet you." I saw the Japanese master just raised his head to see us talking. Although he had a beard, he still smiled kindly. He deliberately teased him, pointed at Ji Rongze and himself, and pointed at him again. Puffer fish, slapped his palm on his throat, and made a poisoned expression with rolled eyes.

The Japanese master waved his hands again and again, pointing to his certificate to show us.

Ji Rongze probably has never seen such a naive person as me who must have the upper hand in words, he looked at me helplessly and smiled.

After eating, I drank some sake.Ji Rongze was very polite and let me stay. I have always had a bad personality. I don’t like this kind of polite conversation where both parties go through the motions. While singing "Lin Sui, your song is so good, much better than mine...", he calmly answered "I think so too.".

Ye Xiao was there at the time, and Yin Xi was sometimes too busy, so I let him take care of me.I always thought that as a "superior", he would restrain me, but his reaction was to laugh and applaud, and pulled me excitedly, rubbing my hair into a bird's nest.

Ji Rongze is no exception this time.

He said: "Can you rest here tonight?" I replied patiently: "No, I will drive back by myself."

Then he said politely, "Then I'll take you out."

I said: "OK."

It is always one of the joys in life to see someone like Ji Rongze showing surprise.

So he really rolled my wheelchair to the door and stopped at the threshold.

After this battle, he somewhat changed his opinion of me. I knew a long time ago that I should not be a good person, but a person who is feared. Not worthy of respect.

The alley is very dark, only the light of two lanterns at the gate of the yard. I found that Ji Rongze not only doesn't like to go out, but also doesn't like to have too many people around him. The servants in his house are all like invisible people.The better a person is, the less he likes to be seen when he is embarrassed.And for someone like Ji Rongze who is extremely arrogant in his bones, the fact that he will be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life is embarrassment in capital letters.No matter how good-looking the skin is, the noble life experience has no effect on him, but instead brings out the impermanence of fate.That's why he chose this kind of life of seclusion in the downtown.

I have always been very accurate in seeing people, but I am not tolerant or sympathetic.Fortunately, the last thing Ji Rongze needs is sympathy.

Under the dim light, his wheelchair was hidden in the darkness, leaving only a thin figure, who looked no different from anyone sitting on the chair.I guess he has no love life, he is such a proud man, he will never show his physical deformity to anyone, especially to someone he likes.The light on the lens is like lake water, and his eyelashes are like moth wings under the light, fluffy and soft in color.

He said, "Is Mr. Lin in a hurry to go back?"

"It's okay." I didn't want him to notice my soft heart.

"If you don't mind, come with me for a walk. I heard that the flowers in the front yard are all blooming, and they are very beautiful."

I was amazed myself because I got into the wheelchair so naturally and started pushing him.The corridors around the yard are very dark, and there are large pots of dragon claw chrysanthemums under the corridors. There are golden petals blooming in the dark, and there are also deep purples, which are as black as ink. All the steps have been changed to slopes, naturally to take care of he.

Walking around at night in brocade clothes, admiring flowers in secret, a strange person like me will naturally do strange things with others, including walking around the entire front yard in the dark without saying a word.

The promenade goes around to the back of the rockery, where the light-colored rockery rocks reflect the light, and it is very bright. There are probably orchids planted on the rockery, with long and narrow leaves dripping with ink, and light red and beige flowers bloom. A faint fragrance floats in the air.

"I used to plant a bamboo here." Ji Rongze suddenly pointed to the corridor and said, "Mr. Lin, help me see if it is still alive?"

I squatted down to look carefully for him, but there was still only a piece of dead grass under the porch, not even a bamboo root.

"It might be dead." I comforted him clumsily: "Actually, it can be planted again."

I didn't stand up, Ji Rongze sat in a wheelchair, I was taller than him all year round, now it's okay to be a few minutes shorter than him.

"Mr. Lin." Ji Rongze called me suddenly: "Do you see Wei Jin?"

I hesitated for a while, but decided to be brief, and said, "I follow Ji Kang."

Ji Rongze laughed, the laughter was a bit cold: "I also follow Ji Kang."

I half squatted on the ground, turned my head to look at Ji Rongze, and felt a chill in my jaw, Ji Rongze hooked my chin lightly and turned my face away, his posture was as calm as teasing a cat.

If it weren't for seeing him in a wheelchair, I would probably overturn him here.

Fortunately, Ji Rongze didn't mean anything to me, he just looked at me calmly, and then let go of his hand.

"Hand out."

"Ah?" I really didn't know what he was trying to do. As soon as I stretched out my hand, he covered his palm. My palm was cold, and he actually put a metal card in my hand.

"Don't think about it." He smiled and said, "Rong Fu asked me to give it to you. I guess it's the key card of the house in Guomao."

I didn't expect that Ji Rongze, with his immortal appearance, would still do this kind of work of a queen.

"He's dead? You have to deliver the door cards."

"He's home." Ji Rongze smiled at me indifferently: "I'll be back in about half a month, if you're impatient, you can try calling him late at night, maybe you'll be pleasantly surprised."

Damn it, I really went astray, what kind of fairy-tale character, Ji Rongze doesn't think it's a big deal just to watch the excitement.

"Understood!" I was too lazy to talk to him, so I stood up and walked out. In fact, throwing the door card in front of him is more powerful, but I can't guarantee that if I regret it late at night, I will climb over the wall and pick it up by myself. It would be too embarrassing. up.

"By the way, there is one more thing." Ji Rongze stopped me again.

"Say!"

He sat in the dark and looked at me with a smile. He was obviously as difficult to mess with as I was, so he seemed a bit human.

"Rongfu is 25 years old this year, and you are the first person he brought to me."

Damn it, it sounds like it's amazing, Ji Rongfu has studied abroad for so many years, it would be a ghost if he could bring someone back.Do you think that if I say this, I will be moved to tears?Simply naive.

"Got it, let's go!"

I was too lazy to listen to his nonsense, waved my hand, jumped off the corridor, and walked towards the door. I don’t know where there are so many flowers and plants in this broken yard. I was aggressive and didn’t look at the road. I almost walked into a pile of roses like thorn bushes Go, luckily the rockery blocked it, so Ji Rongze didn't see me being embarrassed.

On the way back, I thought about it carefully. In fact, it’s not bad to continue with Ji Rongfu. I don’t lose anything. He looks better than me and has a good temper.And I brace myself, maybe I can sleep with him.

No matter how bad it is, it can break my life in a pool of stagnant water, and take advantage of these waves to write a few good songs.

Just take the material.