Qing Dynasty - Four Fu Jin Does Not Like Farming

The royal chefs usually have apprentices, but who is the fourth elder brother?

The imperial chefs who beat and scold their apprentices frequently on weekdays were extremely cautious when facing Yinzhen.

They were all trembling with fright when they just held the knife, not to mention that Yinzhen seriously stated that he wanted to learn how to cook.

"Fourth elder brother, please, without the emperor's imperial decree, the servants can't afford it!"

Seeing that the fourth elder brother was obsessed with obsession, the royal cooks knelt on the ground directly.

They really dare not teach!

Yaqi is very concerned about the children who have been vaccinated, whether they are learning to read, or learning to spin and knit, so they are very busy every day.

It was only when the people in the imperial dining room pleaded with Yaqi that they found out that Yinzhen really wanted to learn cooking.

"Why do you want to learn this?" When Yaqi found Yinzhen, he was in the kitchen watching the imperial chefs busy, frowning slightly as if he was a little confused.

Yinzhen said softly, "So cooking is so difficult?"

Cooking is really difficult. Yinzhen didn't understand how they determined how much seasoning to put in that pot of food. When the imperial cooks were preparing the ingredients, they didn't even look at it. People are a little at a loss.

Although Yaqi is also a novice in the kitchen, she mainly has an aunt at home, and later she has a takeaway service. Except for cooking instant noodles and dumplings occasionally, she is not very useful.Even though she hasn't learned much, she feels that she still has basic common sense.

It was the first time I saw Yinzhen's embarrassed expression, thinking that he used to protect her in everything, Yaqi suddenly felt a sense of pride, and said, "Don't stand here to be scary, go and help me see Watch the kids, I'll learn."

Yinzhen turned his head to look at Yaqi, but Yaqi patted his chest and said, "Ama will pamper you if you farm the land, but you cook...whatever you want, I will help you."

"No need! I'm just curious for a while, learning to cook is too tiring, you'd better look good." Yinzhen shook his head, Xiao Fujin's hands were white and tender, and the knives and pots in the kitchen were very dangerous.She likes beauty so much, Yinzhen would rather not use that cookbook than to get her hurt.

Yaqi was touched by Yinzhen's concern, and felt that he really couldn't do without learning, so he lowered the difficulty and said, "It's not about learning too much, it's about learning a few home-cooked dishes, making a soup, and making it for you in the future." Eat. Okay?"

Yinzhen wanted to persuade her, but Yaqi dragged her and pushed her out.

Very good, send off the fourth elder brother, and come to the fourth Fujin.

Several imperial cooks discussed it and felt that the emperor would not stop Sifujin from learning how to cook, so they planned to take turns to teach.

Ordinary apprentices start with chopping vegetables and lighting the fire, but Si Fujin doesn't need it, so he can skip these directly.

"You can still learn how to cut vegetables." Yaqi learned to carve when she was young, and she is confident that she can start playing with a knife.

So the imperial chef was trembling, and Yaqi put on cotton gloves and began to learn how to chop vegetables.

She was very satisfied, at least the shredded radish was not a radish leg.

He just taught Yaqi's royal chef to look at the shredded radish that he cut as clearly as hair, and then at the strips of radish under Si Fujin's hard work. He was silent for a while, and then began to praise: "You are really talented."

The talented Yaqi cut the shredded radishes into radish balls under the careful guidance of the imperial chef...

"What is this?" Yin Reng frowned when Liang Jiugong took out a plate of strangely-shaped scorched brown things from the food box during the meal.

Su Peisheng looked at the prince and said with an awkward smile, "This is the radish ball that Si Fujin cooks today."

"You two are also interesting." Yinfeng shook his head with a smile, stretched out his hand to pick up the smallest one, put it in his mouth, it didn't have the expected strange taste, and then said with a smile: "It's ugly, but the taste is not bad. "

Yinzhen took the biggest piece, put it in his mouth, and nodded with satisfaction.It looks ugly, but the taste is not bad, Fujin is really powerful.

Liang Jiugong thought of the radish corpses in the kitchen, and the practice products that either forgot to put salt or put too much salt, and said with a smile: "Fu Jin is very serious, even Wang Yuchu said that Fujin is very talented."

Yinfeng nodded, expressing approval.It was salty and delicious for the first time, and it was indeed very good.

Yin Zhen ate several of them very much.

At the beginning, Yaqi forgot to put salt. Later, under the reminder of the royal chefs, he dug out two spoonfuls and sprinkled a lot of pepper powder. As a result, it was salty and numb, so he had to continue cutting radishes and adding flour.

Then the original small pot finally turned into every stove in the kitchen being used for croquettes.

Of course, except for what Yinreng and Yinzhen ate, the others were fried for her by the kitchen workers.

Because of Yuchu's remedy, although the taste is not amazing, it is really edible.

Many of the children vaccinated are from ordinary or poor families.After all, if you come from a good background, your family will deliver meals.

They seldom eat fried meatballs on weekdays, so when they were given croquettes, they all liked the round balls with oil and water in the peppery fragrance.

So Yaqi, as a producer, received wave after wave of sincere compliments, which made her feel a little ecstatic. Could it be that she really has the potential to be a master chef?

Thinking of this, Yaqi couldn't help but smugly said: "Isn't it so difficult to cook?"

Mo Shu thought to himself, it's not difficult for you, except for the half radish at the beginning, others cut the rest.

And at the beginning, half of the roots were cut, and seven or eight roots were wasted.

Even the final amount of salt is almost ordered by Wang Yuchu, and you pour it in... At the end of the croquettes, it was Wang Yuchu who stood in front of you. .

"Master, to be honest, it's still difficult." Mo Shu, who had been with him since entering the palace as a dowry, couldn't hold back and told the truth.

But Yaqi said confidently: "No, no, it's easy. I think I have mastered the essence of cooking. This is simply too much fun."

You don’t need to wash or tidy up by yourself, and with the gentle encouragement and praise from the chef, everyone will love cooking.

Full of confidence, Yaqi even went to ask Yinzhen what he likes to eat, and what the children like to eat?

The answer that got the most was flat food.

Flat food?

dumpling?

Listening to their descriptions, dumplings are legendary delicacies.

Yaqi decided to satisfy them, originally thinking of letting them help to make it together, but thinking about how many scabs they had on their bodies, so she approached Yinzhen and asked him to instigate Prince Gong to take the lead in having fun with the people.

When faced with the smiling Yaqi, Chang Ning had no temper, so he agreed, and even Yinreng, who had not revealed his identity, was dragged into the water.

When cooking in public, there are naturally people watching.

How dare the royal chefs let the masters do it?Originally, I planned to only do a little bit for them and let them participate, but Yinzhen couldn't.

"Happy with the people, how can you allow cheating?" Yinzhen, who hated cheating the most, had some tolerance in his eyes, and his face was a little uncomfortable.

Now that we have agreed to have fun with the people, how can we not do it ourselves?

Yinfeng followed suit and nodded, and called many people in the entourage to help together. The royal cooks and assistant cooks went into battle together, and taught helplessly hand in hand.

Even if there are royal chefs to help pour the noodles and prepare the right water, even though Ya Qi and Yin Zhen are very serious, they have the brains but not the hands, and both of them are clumsy.

Not to mention Chang Ning, who felt that the flour and water in his hand were against him, if he hadn't been stared at, he would have thrown the basin away.

But surprisingly, two people did well.

After listening to the imperial doctor's lecture and rehearsal, Yinreng got started quickly, and then he did it well.

And Man Duhu, who had experience playing in the mud, also did a very good job beyond everyone's expectations.

So these two people enjoyed Yaqi's treatment yesterday.

Amid the bragging of the crowd, Yinfeng finished kneading his own dough, helped his fourth brother knead it, and even instructed other cooking guards and servants.

Manduhu, on the other hand, complacently kneaded seven or eight pieces of dough under the arrangement of his old Ama.

At the end of rubbing, Man Duhu's hands were already sore, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion in a low voice: "God has no eyes, how can I have such a damn talent?"

The people watched as Prince Gong washed his hands, made dough for the dough, and made dumplings for the children. Although most of the guards and medical girls were clumsy, the nobles did it themselves, and the people applauded repeatedly. .

Fortunately, everyone is self-aware, and when making stuffing, let the royal chefs make it. After all, it is for children, and they must not be allowed to eat strange tastes.

Carrot and pork stuffing, mutton and scallion stuffing, cabbage and pork stuffing... The royal chefs and help cooks quickly made up for the unminced meat stuffing.

Dumplings with white flour... many in the crowd were drooling.

This is a food that many people have never tasted in their lives.

Yinfeng directly asked people to set up a few big pots in public, and asked Chang Ning to ask dozens of clean people to wash their hands and come over to help.

Those who help can take away two dumplings.

Odd-shaped dumplings, dumpling wrappers that couldn't be rolled out, dough that couldn't be kneaded together, or dumpling wrappers that were crushed directly, let Yaqi clearly realize that, in fact... I really don't have much talent.

"No, you're great." Yinzhen looked at Fujin's face covered with white flour, pouted a little sadly, and quickly comforted him: "You're weak, do you see how well you wrapped it in the end?"

Yaqi looked at the last few dumplings that were barely wrapped, and then at the army of dumplings neatly arranged like private soldiers on the prince's chopping board, blinked, and asked doubtfully, "Why can he know everything?"

At the beginning, the prince did not wrap well, but soon under the guidance of the imperial chef, he became in good shape.Just looking at the finished product, even Yinzhen is better than her own bag, which makes Yaqi a little disappointed.

"He doesn't know anything, and he won't be able to sit firmly in this seat." Yinzhen said softly, then looked at Yaqi and said, "Didn't you say that? Don't compare yourself with others, just make progress. "

Yaqi pouted, thinking about it too.

She even got into a fight with dumplings, she didn't believe that she couldn't make beautiful and delicious dumplings.Now she is no longer simply learning how to cook, her desire to win and lose has come up.

Therefore, Yaqi looked at Yinzhen and vowed: "I not only want to learn how to make dumplings, but also how to make buns."

Yinzhen quickly said: "As long as you don't tire yourself out, you can do whatever you want."

Wang Yuchu next to him was about to cry and looked at the sky helplessly, wanting to go back to the palace as soon as possible, he missed his apprentices who used to think of elm.Really, he will never call them stupid again.

Yinreng looked at the joy of the people, saw the children happily eating dumplings mixed with noodle soup, and eating their own dumplings with their heads down, suddenly felt that a gentleman can actually cook.

So he wrote his feelings to Kangxi.

"I'm not the first person to eat Baocheng dumplings?" After Kangxi received the letter, he was not so happy.