The guards of crossing, please serve

I have never cared about these food items, and the mansion has never bothered much about this aspect, and what I eat every day is home-cooked food.Although I looked through some ancient books yesterday, most of the contents in the books are mysterious, so I didn't gain anything. I'm really sorry. "

Fu Mingxuan spoke politely, and he was the prime minister's son, how could Shen Qing dare to argue with him, and even said "it doesn't matter" several times.

Forget it, anyway, he didn't expect anything.

Ran Mingyuan was still sleeping late, although Ran Xiaoguai was enthusiastic, but there were too many things he could do, and Fu Mingxuan really didn't have the guts to order him around.Shen Qing knew a long time ago that he had to rely on himself in the end.

Wash the pork belly and cut into strips, blocks, and slices.

Ran Xiaoguai was eager to help, but Shen Qing didn't dare to let him touch the knife, so he threw him next to Fu Mingxuan, and asked them to peel broad beans together.

Ran Xiaoguai's skin was delicate and delicate, after peeling it off for a while, her fingers turned red and her nails started to grow hairy.He pouted and looked at the finger for a while, then opened his mouth to put the finger in his mouth.

The hand reached halfway but was suddenly grasped.Ran Xiaoguai raised her head, looked at Fu Mingxuan who was holding his hand suspiciously, and squeezed her hand into a fist to prevent Mao Mao's nails from scratching others.

"Don't eat your fingers. If they are stained with dirt, you will have diarrhea." Fu Mingxuan's tone was flat, like his people, without any emotion.

Ran Xiaoguai blinked twice, but suddenly smiled sweetly: "Thank you, Fu Fu."

It's Fu Fu again...Fu Mingxuan has never been called this way before. In the past, his parents called him Mingxuan, his classmates and friends respected him as Mr. Fu, and the servants at home called him young master.Hearing Ran Xiaoguai call that for the second time made him feel like he didn't know how to deal with himself.

Ran Xiaoguai stood up suddenly, ran to the kitchen and fetched a small basin of cold water, put ten white and tender fingers in it, washed her hands, and smiled at Fu Mingxuan.

"Hmmm." Fu Mingxuan cleared his throat, lowered his head and continued to peel the broad beans, but his fingers kept slipping on the broad bean shells.It took a long time to peel five or six beans.

Seeing a pair of small hands reaching into the pile of pods, Fu Mingxuan instinctively pushed those hands away. Seeing Ran Xiaoguai's pair of black round eyes staring at him, his face turned slightly red, and he said softly, "Wait a minute." A moment." Then he got up and ran away.

After a while, he ran back and handed Ran Xiaoguai two things, a pair of small scissors and a small scorpion.Seeing Ran Xiaoguai staring at the things in his hands in a daze, and opening his mouth slightly in a daze, he couldn't help softening his tone: "Mend your nails, so as not to scratch yourself."

Ran Xiaoguai held the things, lowered her head and said sullenly: "Thank you. But, I don't know how to use this. Dad cut my nails before, and my dad didn't let me touch the scissors." Knowing how to repair, Ran Xiaoguai felt ashamed, and her voice became softer and softer.

Hearing this, Fu Mingxuan was stunned for a moment. Although he was born in the family of a prime minister, since he was a child, he has done all these private affairs by himself and never entrusted others to serve him.Unexpectedly, the young man in front of him was so pampered and grown up.

But what made him even more puzzled was that on weekdays he hated those sons-in-law who stretched out their clothes and opened their hands to eat, but seeing Ran Xiaoguai's depressed and shy expression in front of him, not only did he not feel disgusted, but he felt pity in his heart , the tone also became more gentle: "You are still young, you can learn it after a while. I will teach you."

Um?Ran Xiaoguai felt his hand being picked up. He looked forward and found that Fu Mingxuan was holding his right hand, and gently trimmed his nails with the other hand.

This feeling is weird, only dad would do this kind of thing for him before... Ran Xiaoguai's gaze slowly moved up from his hand, and finally stopped on Fu Mingxuan's face.

Hey, Fu Fu is so pretty!

Several stoves were lit at the same time, and several pots were simmering on them.

Shen Qing clapped his hands, walked outside the door and shouted, "Have you peeled the broad beans?"

It was Fu Mingxuan's indifferent face and Ran Xiaoguai's face that couldn't be lowered that answered him.

Shen Qing consciously looked into the small basket of broad beans, and immediately frowned, how did it take so long to peel them off!

Shen Qing asked Ran Xiaoguai: "Xiaoguai, is that all? There's not much more."

Xiaoguai raised his head slightly, revealing an abnormally red face, shook it slightly from side to side, and then quickly buried it down again.

Why is his face so red? Maybe it's because he has never done this kind of work before, so he feels uncomfortable... Thinking about it, Shen Qing never dared to give Ran Xiaoguai any more work.

Therefore, the only task for Fu Mingxuan and Ran Xiaoguai now is to taste.

Of course, when Shen Qing's first round of dishes came out, Ran Mingyuan, who woke up smelling the aroma, also appeared at the kitchen door in good time.

There were more than a dozen dishes of meat dishes lined up on the table, all made of pork belly.Dongpo pork, double-cooked pork, fried pork, braised pork with preserved vegetables, spicy barbecue, pan-fried pork slices, white meat with garlic paste, pickled Duxian, pork stewed vermicelli... Ran Mingyuan, who loves meat, had his eyes lit up and cheered immediately.

"Don't just focus on eating," Shen Qing helped Ran Mingyuan wipe off the grease dripping from the corner of his mouth, and said, "I'll ask for advice later, what should I cook in three days, let's come up with an idea together."

Ran Mingyuan opened his red and oily mouth, and said, "Just make such a table and scare them to death in terms of quantity."

Shen Qing pinched his nose: "No, I can only cook one dish, otherwise I would be so distressed." The small gestures of intimacy between the two made Fu Mingxuan a little distracted.

Ran Xiaoguai whispered in Fu Mingxuan's ear: "Fu Fu, let me tell you secretly that Ran Ran and Brother Shen are a couple, and they won't let me say it casually."

Fu Mingxuan turned his head to look at Ran Xiaoguai, saw that he had a mysterious expression on his face, and felt that he was cute, so he couldn't help reaching out and pinching his nose.

After tasting this round of dishes, several people had different opinions.

Fu Mingxuan listed the advantages and disadvantages of each dish, and after comparing them one by one, he came to the conclusion: as long as they are cooked well, these dishes are equal.

Ran Xiaoguai raised her face and said sweetly: "As long as Brother Shen makes it, I like it."

Ran Mingyuan ate the most, but talked the least. There were only two words: "It's hard to say." He still didn't forget to pretend to be deep in front of Fu Mingxuan.

In the end, Shen Qing became impatient, and simply threw out two words: "Draw lots."

36

36. Cooking health dishes...

Early in the morning three days later, the palace began to get busy.

The palace people set up two simple stoves in the imperial garden. Although they are simple, they are also complete with all kinds of exquisite kitchen utensils.

At that time, the two sides of the competition—Ran Mingyuan, Shen Qing and Fu Mingxuan, Prince Mita and his two chefs, the emperor, the court officials, and the judges from Ning and Si all arrived at the scene.

The chef of the imperial dining room is today's host.After receiving the emperor's signal, he rang a golden gong to announce the official start of the competition.

The task of the two parties is to prepare three dishes within an hour, and the portion of each dish must be enough for everyone present.And the five judges sitting in the judge's seat will announce the result of this competition after discussion.

As soon as the competition started, Prince Mita and the two chefs beside him immediately started to fight.

Each of them has their own division of labor, one person picks vegetables, one person washes, and one person cuts meat, and the cooperation is just right.

"Wow, Xiao Qingqing, look, his knife skills are so fast!" Ran Mingyuan pointed to the opposite side and cheered in surprise.Everyone followed his gaze and looked at the stove on Prince Mita's side.Sure enough, the chef in charge of cutting the meat was extremely nimble, so fast that he could barely see the movements of his hands.

In a short while, he had cut a whole large piece of meat.The cut meat slices are uniform in thickness, and the milky white fat can still shine through, which is really a skill!

Just as the officials were about to admire, they remembered that this cook was country-sick, and immediately swallowed the words that came to his lips, and then looked at Ran Mingyuan again, expecting that his side could also show some unique skills, and wiped out The arrogance of homesickness.

Huh?The three representatives on our side are too calm.

It's okay for Ran Mingyuan and Fu Mingxuan to stand side by side with arms folded, but in the legend, Shen Qing, a cook who can serve even the emperor's appetite, calmly and leisurely only cares about the stove on Siguo's side?

The chef at Siguo's side finished slicing the meat, took out a big jar, picked it out with his fingers, and licked the orange sauce on his fingers.Satisfied, he put all the meat in, then corked the jar, and put it aside in a cool place.

Then, another chef from Siguo took out a mass of white and sticky stuff, put it on a cutting board, and then picked up a big wooden mallet and kept hitting the pile vigorously.While he was beating, Prince Mita used the short time between his two beatings to keep turning the ball.

Just watching this process makes people feel terrified. If the two of them don't cooperate well, then Mida's hand will be completely smashed.

"This is... Siguo's famous cake making. I've only seen it in books. Beat the steamed glutinous rice until the rice grains are no longer visible." Fu Mingxuan explained while watching .When all the officials heard his words, they felt even more uncertain.People are busy in full swing, don't just watch the excitement, start working quickly!

In a blink of an eye, half an hour passed.Looking at Siguo's side, most of the preparation work has been completed, and now they are starting to light a fire, but there is still no movement on Ran Mingyuan's side.

No, Shen Qing finally started to move.

Everyone's anxiety finally eased a little bit, but it didn't take long before they brought it up again.