Chapter 53 The couple returned to their parents' home
The next day, He Daqing and Qin Huairu got up early.
I have already discussed with Brother Qin Dashan, oh no, now I should call him father-in-law, and asked Qin Dashan to prepare various ingredients in the village. Today, all we need is He Daqing to bring the chef of Fengze Garden with him.
Qin Dashan had finally found such a good son-in-law like He Daqing, so naturally he wanted to show off and let the villagers taste the cooking skills of Fengzeyuan.
However, when He Daqing and Qin Huairu just walked out the door, they saw a fat middle-aged man, with a group of people, moving a pile of fresh ingredients into the yard.
"It seems that Jia Zhang, who is remarried, will also come back to set up a few tables!"
Seeing this scene, He Daqing shook his head and was too lazy to get involved in the Jia family's affairs. With Qin Huairu, his face flushed, he headed towards Qinjia Bay.
The yard of Qin Huairu's house had already been decorated with lights and colors with the help of Qin Dashan's neighbors, creating a festive atmosphere.
Many people from the village gathered here.
After all, everyone knows that the girl from the Qin family not only married into the old city, but also married a hero who caught spies. This is a very honorable thing.
Soon, with the appearance of He Daqing and Qin Huairu, the entire courtyard of the Qin family suddenly became more and more lively.
And when the chef from Fengzeyuan brought by He Daqing made a dish of delicious Shandong cuisine from the pot, the villagers gave him a thumbs up.
"As expected of the chef from Fengze Garden, I have never eaten such beautiful dishes in my life!"
"Wild boars can't eat fine bran. The radish alone has been carved into this shape. I don't even dare to pick up my chopsticks!"
"Qin Huairu married a good man!"
For a moment, praises rang out throughout the huge courtyard.
The women in the village looked at Qin Huairu with envy.
They have lived in the countryside all their lives and have never seen such a sumptuous banquet. Today's return banquet is a great honor for Qin Dashan.
"Come, eat and drink, eat as much as you want!"
Qin Dashan greeted his neighbors and friends warmly, his mouth split with a smile.
at the same time.
No. 95, Nanluoguxiang, inside the middle courtyard.
The tables from yesterday had not been cleared, and the chef invited by Xu Youliang, together with a group of waiters, started preparing lunch in full swing. Soon, plates of delicious food were served on the table.
"Over the years, I'm grateful to everyone for taking care of my mother and me. When I'm not here, please take care of my Dongxu."
Jia Zhang, dressed in red, appeared in the yard with Xu Youliang and began to toast the neighbors.
Yesterday, because of Xu Youliang's loud snoring, Jia Zhang was tortured all night and couldn't fall asleep. If she hadn't put powder on her eye bags frantically today, she would probably have turned into a giant panda.
However, at this moment, Jia Zhang's face was full of smiles as she looked at the tables of exquisitely crafted delicacies.
I got married yesterday and it was a disgrace, but today I can finally make up for it with this table of food.
"This is what my family has, and I specially invited the chef from Xinfenglou to make it. Come and have a try!"
Jia Zhang greeted them warmly.
As soon as these words were spoken, exclamations broke out in the yard.
"Xinfenglou? Wow, your man is awesome. He even invited the chef from the eighth building!"
“No wonder the presentation is so good, amazing!”
"Looks like we're in for a treat today!"
The eight largest restaurants in Beijing are very famous, but for ordinary people, they have only heard of them and dare not even step through the door. When they heard that today's chef was from Xinfenglou, the neighbors were shocked and couldn't wait to eat.
They all contributed money as a share, so they must eat it back today.
"Hey, this salt is free! It almost choked me to death!"
"I've heard that Shandong cuisine is quite salty, but I didn't expect it to be true!"
"It shouldn't be like this. The chef that Da Qing invited yesterday also cooked Shandong cuisine, which wasn't this salty!"
However, when everyone picked it up with chopsticks and ate it, they almost spit it out.
They didn't expect that these dishes, although they looked very beautiful and appetizing, tasted very salty. Salt is not cheap. Do you, the Jia family, have too much money to spend?
Xu Wude, who came with an empty stomach, was sitting there with his son Xu Damao, preparing to eat more. But as soon as the food started to enter their mouths, both Xu Wude and his son were confused.
This taste is too salty, isn’t it?
Xu Wude didn't bother to say anything more. He quickly poured a glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp.
"Hey, I feel much better after drinking. Maybe this dish needs to be paired with wine!"
Xu Wude exclaimed in surprise, his expression lit up with joy at first, then he realized something.
Damn it, this is not Niulanshan Erguotou at all, it's clearly just boiled water!
Yes, the salty taste in his mouth was lighter, but he didn't taste any alcohol either!
"Damn, this wine has been diluted with water. It doesn't taste like alcohol at all!"
"It's not water mixed into wine, it's wine mixed into water!"
While he was stunned, the others also noticed something unusual, and their eyes turned strangely towards Jia Zhang and Xu Youliang.
My goodness, he claimed to be the chef of Xinfenglou, but the dishes he cooked either had too much soy sauce or too much salt. I saw two large jars of wine being carried in early in the morning, and I thought the Jia family was being generous, but it turned out... it was all water!
I know your Jia family is stingy, but isn't it a bit too much to be so stingy on your wedding day?
"impossible!"
Seeing that everyone's reactions were not right, Xu Youliang immediately realized that something was wrong. He quickly picked up the chopsticks and took a bite, but ended up spitting it out.
This... is too unpalatable!
Xu Youliang walked directly to the stove and looked at the fat man and said,
"Liu Youde, are you kidding me? You are not the chef of Xinfenglou at all, otherwise how could your food be so unpalatable?"
Yesterday, Liu Youde agreed to prepare a banquet for him and even charged only five dollars. Xu Youliang was so happy that he thought he had gotten a great bargain. But he never expected that the food cooked by this man would be so terrible!
This... is not at all the standard of Xinfenglou!
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Liu Youde.
But Liu Youde was holding a spoon, looking at Xu Youliang fearlessly.
"I am indeed the chef of Xinfenglou, but I am not the master chef. I am an apprentice. Xu Youliang, we agreed yesterday that you pay and I cook. Do you think five dollars is enough to hire the master chef of Xinfenglou?"
Liu Youde is also less than 40 years old this year. He has been an apprentice in Xinfenglou for a few years. Yesterday he happened to catch up with the assessment of Xinfenglou. What he and other apprentices did was obviously similar. The knife skills were good, the colors were good, and even the plating was not bad.
But his master didn't even give him the pass to practice more.
In a fit of anger, Liu Youde walked out of Xinfeng Tower and met Xu Youliang.
At this time, Liu Youde already had two sons, the eldest son Liu Yunchang and the younger son Liu Hongchang. The whole family was counting on him to make money, and he had no hope of becoming a formal chef. When he saw Xu Youliang wanted to hire someone to prepare banquets, he agreed without thinking twice.
Of course, Liu Youde didn't expect that the food he cooked would be so unpalatable.