Rebirth of Private Chef Xiao Ai

Chapter 4

Song Cheng saw that Gu Lousheng was a gentleman, so he handed over a pair of chopsticks, and raised his chin to signal him: "Here, try it, I'll take the rest out of the pot."

After draining the remaining steamed buns and putting them on a plate, Song Cheng realized that Gu Lousheng had already moved the chopsticks to start the second piece of fried steamed buns, so he asked, "How is it?" Xiaowan just found the chili sauce, but Lou Sheng didn't dip it in it, so he probably doesn't like spicy food.

"Well, let Douer learn this too next time." Gu Lousheng paused while biting the steamed bun, looked up at Song Cheng, his mouth was vague.Then he chewed and swallowed the steamed buns, and couldn't hide the smile on the corner of his mouth: "It's delicious."

There was a big smile on Song Cheng's face, this was the first time he was praised after returning to Lin'an after he came back to life!Song Cheng is actually not sure if he still remembers this skill, but after holding these knives, plates, pans and forks, he feels relieved a little, and the familiar feeling has not been lost because of the difference in his body.Although he could cook a lot of food in the past, no one would praise him. They always thought that he, who has been a cook for generations, would be ashamed if he couldn't cook well!

Turning his head, he took out the leftovers in the gauze cupboard and put them aside, then took out half a piece of sauerkraut from the pickle jar in the corner of the kitchen, washed it well with water, put it on the cutting board, and cut it into small pieces.

"Get a side dish and a little porridge, it's almost enough, don't eat too many steamed buns, you won't be able to eat it later." Song Cheng told Gu Lousheng while cutting the vegetables quickly without raising his head.Gu Lousheng stretched his neck to look at the oil for frying steamed buns in the pan, and looked at Song Cheng with the expression "Don't you also use oil to cook porridge?"

Song Cheng understood what Gu Lousheng meant by looking over, and couldn't laugh or cry.He didn't know how to explain it to a scholar like Gu Lousheng who would fry the kitchen as soon as he entered the kitchen. While the oil pan was still hot, he put the vegetables on the cutting board in and stir-fried them: "In the early morning, I don't shred the meat. Come on, make it simple in the morning, tell me what you want for lunch or night, and I will make it. No one is here today, so you can eat something I cooked." Song Cheng smiled inwardly, although it is possible I felt wronged that Gu Lousheng ate the food he cooked first, but at least he wouldn't kill himself!

Gu Lousheng hurriedly stuffed half of the steamed bun held in his chopsticks into his mouth and lowered his head to eat, feeling a little embarrassed.This is much, much better than doing it by yourself, what's more, Gu Lousheng thinks that Song Cheng's cooking skills are better than Douer's, and these are still side dishes. If he cooks something serious, he might not lose to his big brother kitchen!If you do it yourself, you may even be poisoned to death!

Gu Lousheng was discouraged just thinking about it, he and the kitchen were not compatible, he almost burned the kitchen down when he was a child, despite the objections of his wife and sister-in-law.At that time, he was young at heart, and his family didn't let him wash rice and cook, but he wanted to help his wife and sister-in-law, so he sneaked in to make lunch. Fortunately, he was discovered by his wife not long after sneaking in.I saw that he stuffed all the firewood next to the earthen stove into it, and threw a few small pieces of briquettes, and the fire burned directly from the firewood mouth. It didn't burn him, but it scared his wife and sister-in-law. Lightly, angrily beat him up afterwards.

After quickly finishing the cooking, Song Cheng poured the hot water that had been boiling on one side into the pot with a ladle.After the pot is covered and boiled, pour in the leftovers from last night, mash them with a spatula, and then cover the pot and let it simmer.Song Cheng wiped the sweat from his head. Although it's autumn, it's still hot, and because he stayed in the kitchen, he was sweating all over. He will go get some water later, so he can refresh himself.

Gu Lousheng didn't know what to do when he put down his chopsticks and went out just now, but Song Cheng didn't care.He looked at the pot, saw that it was almost there, and tore some vegetable leaves into it, added salt and mixed some lard, and when he opened the pot again, the smell wafted through the whole kitchen.He vaguely remembered that during the meal a few days ago, Gu Lousheng seemed to like chopped green onion very much, but he didn't like coriander.So he pulled out two shallots from the shoulder pole, tore off the skins, washed them with water, chopped them on the chopping board, grabbed a handful of them, and sprinkled them in the pot, which immediately became more fragrant.

When Gu Lousheng moved the bench in, he sniffed vigorously. His mouth was raised by his wife and sister-in-law since he was a child, and he has been eating the cook's food since he opened a restaurant. My stomach is hungry, but it also feels warm.He handed the bench to Song Cheng and couldn't wait to use his chopsticks to stir the porridge in the bowl, which Song Cheng had prepared for him.

The two of them sat on the edge of the stove, put a stack of side dishes, a plate of deep-fried golden steamed buns, and two bowls of porridge, and just made do with it.When Song Cheng finished eating and was about to stand up to pack his things, Gu Lousheng was satisfied.If you are full, some problems should be solved, such as...

"Aren't you dumb? Pretending?" Gu Lousheng handed his bowl and chopsticks to Song Cheng, not intending to ask for help, because he knew that he might break the bowl.

Song Cheng nodded, since he yelled and rushed to put out the fire just now, he expected that Gu Lousheng would ask. During this time, they took good care of themselves, and they would not say anything if they wanted to drive themselves away.However, his intuition made Song Cheng feel that Gu Lousheng didn't ask this question to drive him away, but just wanted to understand something, so he replied: "I escaped from Linzhao, and when I got here, I was beaten up and thrown into the I entered the beggar's nest, and was driven out by the beggars... When I was taking a bath by the river, Dou'er splashed water all over my body. I didn't know how to explain it. I didn't say anything because he recognized me as dumb. I started thinking I don’t want to stay here, I didn’t expect you to be willing to recruit me to work, and I was afraid that you would drive me away because I am not dumb, so you hid it from me.”

Gu Lousheng stood aside, looked at Song Cheng's back washing the dishes, nodded and said: "The beggars on the west side of the town do look very fierce, even that kid Dou'er is not afraid of anything. They will take a detour. It would be much more convenient if you can speak, and Douer and I don’t know what to call you on weekdays, and you are illiterate, so it’s not a problem after a long time.”

"My name is Song Cheng, that's the Song with the surname, Cheng who clarified." Song Cheng thought for a while, then turned to look at Gu Lousheng, explaining his name in this way, he felt that Gu Lousheng should understand what he said.

"When Dou'er comes back, you can tell him again, he must be very happy." Gu Lousheng said with a smile: "I'll go out to keep an account first, didn't I ask you to go to the rice shop on the next street yesterday, I'll go get some silver and go with you."

Song Cheng understood that this was Gu Lousheng's answer, and he would not drive himself out of the restaurant because of this, and the stone in his heart for the past half month finally fell to the ground.

In the past half a month, Song Cheng followed Gu Lousheng to buy food once, and this time he mainly went to buy ingredients.What Gu Lousheng meant was that Song Cheng would be in charge of this part in the future, and he would save himself from running around all the time.The two entered a rice shop, and as soon as their feet stepped on the threshold, the boss squeezed out from the crowd and ran over to greet him with a smile.

"Boss Gu, why are you here by yourself today?" The owner of Mipu greeted him with a grin on his face. This is his big client all the time. Please take care of him, so he took advantage of the situation to look at Song Cheng again. Although he had never seen him before, But I guess it was the clerk of Gu's restaurant: "Bring the clerk out to buy!" The owner of the rice shop praised Gu Lousheng as if he had put honey on his mouth. It is necessary to please.

"The newly recruited guy will be in charge of purchasing in the future." Gu Lousheng nodded, confirming the guess of the owner of Mipu.Song Cheng noticed the boss's shrewd eyes and immediately fixed his eyes on himself, not knowing how to react.

Gu Lousheng talked to the boss again, and the boss turned around and lifted the curtain to go in. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gu Lousheng hurriedly told Song Cheng: "Old Chen will definitely curry favor with you, you can do it yourself. Just don’t let him take advantage of us.” Song Cheng nodded, thinking of his previous job in the tavern, he asked in a low voice: “Then how do we choose our rice?”

Gu Lousheng has been doing business for so many years since he was a teenager, and he immediately understood what Song Cheng meant.He gave Song Cheng a meaningful look, and then said: "Dou'er is still growing, I don't want him to eat these ingredients to ruin his body and affect his health." Song Cheng is not stupid, he understands Gu Lou However, I heard him continue to say: "Even if the food in the restaurant is not as good as our own, I will definitely not choose the poor one. I trust you when I entrust this matter to you. You know how to cook, so you know this, I don't think you will buy some inferior ones and ruin the signboard of my Gujia Restaurant."

Song Cheng now fully understood the reason why Gu Lousheng came out with him today. On the one hand, it was to familiarize himself with him, and on the other hand, it was to warn him not to be tempted by the procurement. , Let Song Cheng stand on his side and not collude with the store owner.Moreover, Gu Lousheng specifically mentioned that he knows some cooking skills, and he also understands that anyone who is a little obsessed with food always cares about putting a lot of thought into the ingredients, and is more serious about food. -

Sure enough, he is worthy of being a businessman. Although Gu Lousheng is not very old, I heard from Dou'er that he will be 21 after his birthday in the next year. Calculated, he is about the same size as Song Cheng.Young people always have to worry a lot when they are in charge of the family. Song Cheng understood the meaning of this sentence today.

Soon, the owner of the rice shop lifted the curtain and came back, followed by two guys who came out carrying a small bag of rice.Boss Chen introduced with a smile: "This is the fragrant rice that was just shipped in two days ago. The early rice harvested a while ago, although the rice grains are not as plump as rice, they are soft and fragrant when cooked, and they are still very glutinous. It is very good, Boss Gu. have a look?"

Gu Lousheng took a small handful of rice from the rice bag and looked at it carefully. It is true that the rice grains are relatively narrow and elongated. If you ask them under the nose, they may not be very fragrant, but they seem to be not bad: "Then Boss Chen How do you plan to sell this rice to me?" The implication is, how much do you sell it for?

"Oh, what Boss Gu said, we are all old businessmen! But this rice... just arrived, but it is fresh, and it is good rice. The price is really not that low..." Song Cheng saw that Boss Chen was rubbing his hands with excitement, his eyes were bright, and he probably wanted to make a fortune.

"Boss Gu, to tell you the truth, I sold it to outsiders for this amount!" Boss Chen stretched out five fingers, and then smiled and said: "It's just that, we can't help but give you face, right? How about a count?"

Gu Lousheng smiled, poured the rice back into the rice bag, and clapped his hands, but Song Cheng handed over a handkerchief to wipe off the white powder in his heart: "Boss Chen, how long have we been in business?" No, you also know that the rice shop next door to you came to the restaurant to find me again and again. The price it gave me was also lower than that of your Chen family shop."

Seeing that Boss Chen's beard was about to shake, Song Cheng turned his head and pretended to look at the rice shop's other varieties of rice.Gu Lousheng paused, then continued with a smile: "Of course, we've been in business for so long, so we can't just say it's changed, but ah...you know... I open a restaurant, and the supply of rice But it's going to be big..."

Before Gu Lousheng finished speaking, Boss Chen's beard shook again, and he said cruelly, "Boss Gu, I also see that we have been in business for so long, how about it, three numbers, no less Yes! I also sincerely give the price."

Gu Lousheng just smiled, and did not refute Boss Chen: "Boss Chen was joking, and I am sincerely talking about business with you again, but you also know that in business, you are the elder, and I am the junior. I won't cheat on you." Hearing this, although Song Cheng didn't understand business, he also understood that this had nothing to do with the younger generation, it was just to give Boss Chen a high hat.

Boss Chen seemed to be very useful because he was an elder in business, so his beard stopped shaking and he smiled, but Gu Lousheng's next sentence made him unable to even shake his beard.

"However, Boss Chen, among the bags of rice I bought from you last time, one or two bags soon developed worms. Even though it was a big summer, the worms were born too quickly, and I almost lost a fortune. , did you mean that the rice you moved to my restaurant was mixed with old rice, and you tricked me?"

Boss Chen's eyelids twitched. Last time he was really eager to dispose of a batch of old rice, so he was caught by Gu Lousheng, thinking that he wouldn't know how to check, but he didn't expect to be discovered, but this killed him. I can't even admit it, so I can only twitch my mouth and say haha: "Boss Gu is joking about this, how could I cheat you, if it's really me who made a mistake and caused you losses, I will definitely not spare them!" , pretending to scold the buddy.

"Oh, Boss Chen, that's not what I meant. Let's talk about business, let's not talk about the past, let's not talk about it! Then this fragrant rice?..." Gu Lousheng smiled like a fox, and did not stop Boss Chen , not at all like the person who almost burned the kitchen down in the kitchen, what Song Cheng saw was shaking his head.Such a capable person, how can he cook like a cat whose hair has been blown up, turning over wherever he goes.

Boss Chen was sweating profusely on the tip of his nose, and said, "28 silver, not less."

Gu Lousheng nodded, and he didn't seem to refute, but after a few seconds, he said, "That kid Dou'er didn't know what he said to his elder brother recently, and the family is also hesitating whether my restaurant should be shut down or not." Go back and help, oh, Boss Chen, do you think this matter is a bit annoying, okay, how much business will be affected by this..."

Then Boss Chen is no longer blindfolded, of course he knows that Gu Lousheng pulled it out, maybe it's all made up, but he can't help it, and he said, "Just tell me the truth." , how much are you willing to pay?"

Gu Lousheng didn't make things difficult for the other party anymore: "25 silver, this is not a real price. They are all businessmen, so naturally I won't make things difficult for Boss Chen. There will be many places that will rely on you in the future."

Boss Chen couldn't even hum through his nose, so he nodded: "Or ask the guy to send it to you?"

Song Cheng only answered the conversation at this time, and stood up from behind Gu Lousheng: "No need, the boss said to buy a bag of rice today and go back to try it out, I'll do it." Seeing the change in the boss' face, Song Cheng knew that he He couldn't even collect this little money, and his face turned green with anger.Gu Lousheng, on the other hand, had a smile on his face: "Then, Boss Chen, let's take our leave first and come back to discuss with you about picking up the goods in a few days."

Song Cheng carried a bag of rice and followed Gu Lousheng out, secretly amused: Gu Lousheng is really capable, but he can't get into the kitchen!