Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

"Follow us, be smart and ask more questions about what to do." Cao Wei said in a low voice.

"Oh... okay." Liu Lan walked over in a panic.

She originally wanted to come and see what Li Huaide's legal wife looked like, but after seeing her, she began to not understand Li Huaide.

What's the reason? Is the family not well fed? That's not right, he's just that capable.

No, I'm facing the principal wife.

Thinking of this, she tensed up again.

"Little Master, what's your name?"

"Liu...Liu Lan."

"Really? How old is your master? He looks quite young, and he has already become a master?" Mrs. Li asked gently.

"Ah?" Liu Lan didn't know how old Cao Wei was, so she just stammered, "Yes... yes, Master Cao's craftsmanship is good."

Mrs. Li narrowed her eyes slightly and smiled even more: "Which master was he an apprentice of before? Maybe I know him."

"I...I don't know."

"Really? You just accepted me as your disciple not long ago, right?"

"Yes, it is."

Liu Lan had no idea that Mrs. Li had seen through her true identity.

If Cao Wei were here, he would probably call him a "fool". There was a lot of trap in his words. The reason why he said Liu Lan was his apprentice was to reduce trouble. It was normal for a cook to bring a kitchen helper when he went to cook at a house. The host would not suspect him. But if this kitchen helper was not arranged by the cook himself, but by someone else.

There are so many things involved here.

He thought about just helping to cover it up, but who knew Liu Lan was so careless. Normally, he was quite eloquent, but when this happened, he didn't know what to say.

"Okay, we're here. There will be twelve of us at noon today. You can arrange it accordingly."

"Okay...Okay, ma'am, I'll do it right away."

"You don't have to call me Madam, just call me Xiulan. We are all revolutionary comrades." Liu Xiulan smiled gently, then turned and walked out.

After waiting for Liu Xiulan to leave, Liu Lan breathed a sigh of relief, patted her chest and began to prepare. She was originally in charge of this in the small cafeteria, helping to set the table, so it was not difficult.

Liu Xiulan did not return to the room, but went to the kitchen again.

Cao Wei was concentrating on preparing the ingredients. Liu Lan could help with some things, but he had to do some things himself. For example, for a dish like shredded potatoes, ordinary people could just cut them into shreds, but as a chef with high aspirations, he had to make sure the thickness and length of the shredded potatoes were roughly the same in order to make a delicious dish of shredded potatoes.

“Dududududududu…”

The sound of cutting vegetables was extremely fast and elegant, with a strange sense of rhythm. This was the result of his training in knife skills class these days. In the past, cutting vegetables was just muscle memory. Picking up a potato, how to cut it, how to cut it, and how to do it were all trained madly. But now, cutting vegetables is not only muscle memory, but more of it is using the brain.

When cutting the potato, I started thinking about what kind of fire to use, what seasoning to add, and how to cut it.

There seems to be no difference between the two, but in fact, the difference is quite large and the subsequent impact is also huge.

I was happily cutting vegetables when I heard a sinister voice: "Little Master~"

Cao Wei trembled a little, but luckily his hands were steady, otherwise the potatoes would have been cut badly. He turned around and saw that, well, wasn’t this the lady from before?

"Madam, if you really have nothing to do, please go and wait outside. The kitchen is not a suitable place for you." Cao Wei said unhappily.

"Hey, little master, why are you chasing people away?"

"Can you please stop making trouble? I'm in a hurry..." Cao Wei kept a respectful distance from this lady. Unlike Lou Xiao'e, this lady had experienced the struggles of power. She was beautiful, but love was not a necessity for her. After experiencing the painful lessons of his previous life, Cao Wei had a good idea of ​​who he could touch and who he could not touch.

"Does Master Liu know that you're accepting an apprentice?"

"Do you still know my master?" Cao Wei didn't even raise his head and continued cutting vegetables. His master, Liu Sandao, was somewhat famous in this Sijiu City. He guessed that Liu Lan must have been asked something by this lady, but he didn't care. He just asked it casually and it was not a big deal.

"Come to think of it, you still have to call me Master Aunt."

Cao Wei: ???

"You're joking."

"I'm not joking. If you don't believe me, you can go ask your master. My name is Liu Xiulan. To be honest, it was I who asked your master to send you to the steel mill. But you, on the other hand, only know how to cook when you come here, and you don't even know how to make something I like. Today, you are preparing Sichuan cuisine, right?"

"You are an expert."

"You treat your master's sister like this? How can you be so rude? You're talking to me? And you're doing the work?"

Cao Wei reluctantly put down the work in his hands: "Madam, I am really anxious, please don't ruin Director Li's good deeds."

Liu Xiulan stared at Cao Wei, as if trying to figure out something. After a while, she sighed, "Ah, I don't know what's wrong with the younger generation nowadays. They are always like this. Forget it, help me make a dish of "Wensi Tofu."

"Huaiyang cuisine, ma'am, I only know Sichuan cuisine and Shandong cuisine." Cao Wei scratched his head stupidly.

Liu Xiulan rolled her eyes. "Liu Sandao has been showing off for a while. The one he's showing off to is his new apprentice. He said he watched Master Wu next door make a dish of Wensi tofu, and he just cut it and made it himself. He's showing off to everyone he meets. Can you guess who he's showing off to?"

This matter, after all, is Cao Wei's own fault.

In Fengze Garden, there are chefs who are good at cooking all kinds of dishes.

In his previous life, Cao Wei was also a chef, and he also learned Sichuan cuisine. So the question is, why did "Wensi Tofu" suddenly appear? It was nothing more than a matter of kitchen. Master Wu and his master Liu Sandao did not have a grudge, but at least they disliked each other. Cao Wei was also itching to show off his skills, and he was so excited that he made "Wensi Tofu". How does the saying go? To defeat you in the field you are best at is a real slap in the face.

You ask him why a Sichuan cuisine chef would make "Wensi Tofu".

That's because the Internet is so developed in later generations. "Wensi Tofu" has almost become a popular dish on the Internet. If the chefs of some high-end restaurants don't know how to make it, they will feel guilty. He has no choice but to learn it. "Wensi Tofu" requires both knife skills and soup. It takes a lot of time to learn it in his previous life.