Early the next morning, Xu Qinyu woke up.

She slept fairly well last night. The fourth brother slept very honestly, and would not move. She was not very comforting when she slept. She retracted her legs and quietly got up.

When she got dressed and went out, Pei Weixuan on the bed also opened, a little helpless.

She fell asleep quickly last night, and he barely fell asleep until midnight.

After packing up, Xu Qinyu went to Zhu's restaurant with his fourth brother and Mrs. Zhu, master and apprentice.

For the morning meal, Xu Qinyu prepared to make crab roe soup dumplings.

After the evening meal yesterday, Xu Qinyu told Madam Zhu what ingredients were needed.

Now that autumn has just entered, the crabs in the river are also getting fat. Last night, Lady Zhu invited someone to go to the river to catch the crabs, and other ingredients were also prepared early in the morning.

In addition to crab roe and crab meat, it is enough to prepare pork belly, pork rind and some other seasonings.

This crab roe soup dumpling is mainly to highlight an umami taste, so there is no need to add too many ingredients, just simple crab and pork can be used.

Because it is a soup dumpling, if you want to make the soup, you need to use jelly to adjust the stuffing.

The skin is also very difficult to cook.

Last night Xu Qinyu prepared the pork rind and simmered it on the small stove in the kitchen.

She even has a good grasp of the burning time of the charcoal fire. The meat skin on the stove has been boiled for two and a half hours, and the charcoal fire has burned nothing, and the meat skin in the stove is about to boil. After a night of natural cooling, it has become jelly. At this moment, Xu Qinyu did not care about the jelly, and started to steam the crab.

The crab is easy to steam, put ginger slices on it, sprinkle some Huadiao wine and steam it in a large pot.

But getting crab roe and crab meat is a tough job.

Fortunately, there were many people, and Madam Zhu and other cooks also helped, and in less than half an hour, all the crab meat and crab roe from the river crab were taken out.

While others were taking the crab meat and crab roe, Xu Qinyu poured the dough that had been fermented last night on the chopping board, sprinkled some white flour on it, kneaded it into strips and cut into small balls, and continued to wait for a quarter of an hour. After the second fermentation, you can start making soup dumplings in a while.

After all the crab roe and crab meat were taken out, Xu Qinyu had also minced the pork belly into mashed meat, and minced the jelly, followed by the crab roe and crab roe that was taken out and began to make stuffing according to a certain proportion.

When adjusting the stuffing, just add a little salt, and then use the soaked ginger, chopped green onion and another kind of warm water. This water must be cooled before adding it, otherwise the frozen meat will easily melt. It's not good to pack. Add the soaked water to the meat filling three times, and stir in one direction. After pouring the water three times, the consistency of the meat filling is just right.

Xu Qinyu also began to roll the dough into dough.

In the past few days, other diners must not be accepted, and Xu Qinyu also began to make stuffing.

Madam Zhu and the other cooks also rolled the dough, but Xu Qinyu didn't ask them to help. The thinner the dough, the better.

The soup dumplings are different from ordinary steamed buns. The dough needs to be rolled out thinner, and it has to be tough and chewy. Otherwise, after steaming, it will be easy to break open, allowing the soup inside to flow out.

The well-made soup dumplings are fleshy even when squeezed, and the soup inside can be seen swaying, but the skin is thin but will not break open as soon as it is sandwiched.

Only the dough she rolls herself can achieve this level.

In fact, it was just some little tricks. Xu Qinyu still told Mrs. Zhu and the others how to roll the dough, but even if they knew how to roll it now, they couldn't roll Xu Qinyu, and they also needed practice to make perfect.

Zhujia Restaurant only uses that kind of big steamer, no small ones, so Xu Qinyu is all wrapped and steamed in the big steamer.

In addition to the crab roe soup dumpling, Xu Qinyu boiled some brown sugar millet porridge, fried a little tofu, and spread some egg cakes.

The way to eat soup dumplings is to insert a straw into the dumplings, first drink the soup inside, and then eat the stuffing and skin.

There is no thin tube here. Xu Qinyu asked Mrs. Zhu to prepare the straw of the wheat straw. The straw of the straw is relatively hard and can be used as a thin tube.

She cut the straws into palm lengths and scalded them in hot water to dry.

The aroma of the crab yellow bun is naturally not as strong as that of the roast suckling pig yesterday. It smells very fresh, and it does not travel far.

But the merchants who live nearby can still smell the delicious smell.

"What is the Zhu family restaurant doing today? It smells so fresh."

"It's really made by Zhu's restaurant? Then the smell of old incense that came from yesterday's evening meal is also in Zhu's restaurant? Madam Zhu has hired a new cook?"

"Looking at how the imperial envoy came out of the Zhu family restaurant yesterday, the imperial envoy seemed to be very satisfied, and he ate well. It should be really a new meal in the Zhu family restaurant."

"Where did you get the chef from? It's even better than the chef at Zuixianlou?"

"Is the Zhujia restaurant open today, I also want to taste what the old-fashioned food was yesterday."

"Who isn't, the smell yesterday was so greedy."

Just as the shopkeepers of the surrounding merchants were talking, a carriage slowly drove into the ancient household of the Qing Dynasty and came to the Zhujia Restaurant.

It was Fu Chenghong's carriage.

Today, Fu Chenghong still invited Prefect Zhu over.

He was thinking that if today's morning meal was not good, he would still beat Madam Zhu and embarrass the prefect.

Today, when he came to Qingguhu, he smelled a delicious smell, not as fragrant as yesterday's roast suckling pig, but it was quite fascinating, and he couldn't smell the taste of food.

Entering the restaurant, the clerk who ran the hall led people to the private room upstairs as usual.

Then the guys brought the brown sugar millet porridge, as well as egg rolls and fried tofu.

The expressions of the two officials who followed immediately turned cold, "You guys just use this kind of stuff to fool our adults."

This kind of food that can be prepared at home is not just fooling people.

The clerk in the hall said: "Sir, wait a moment, there is still something to eat that has not been brought."

The other guys who ran the hall had already brought out dishes of crab roe soup dumplings.

The steamed crab roe soup dumplings have been sandwiched by Xu Qinyu on small plates, and brought to the private room, with a wheat straw next to one soup dumpling.

Seeing the crab roe in soup, the two officials still didn't look very good, "Isn't this just an ordinary big bun? Just prepare this kind of ordinary food for us adults? Did you not take our adults in your eyes?" Although the big buns Looking at the thin skin, I can see the stuffing inside clearly, and I don't know if it's what's in the package, and it looks like there is still a lot of soup inside.

The soup dumpling made by Xu Qinyu is a little bigger than Cheng Hong's head, and it will be more enjoyable to eat.

The clerk in the hall hurriedly said, "Sir misunderstood, this is different from ordinary steamed buns, this one is called crab roe soup bun, which is made by steaming the crab, taking crab roe and crab meat, and mixing it with pork and jelly to make stuffing. Yes, in addition to the delicious stuffing, there is also soup. The wheat straw next to this is used to drink the soup inside. Insert it directly from the opening of the soup bag, suck the soup first, and eat it last. Stuffing and skins."

In order to make it easier to insert the straw, Xu Qinyu deliberately cut one side of the straw into the beveled incision of a modern straw, which is more convenient.

"Crab? Frozen meat?" The two officials' faces became more and more ugly. "That kind of food with a strong earthy smell and all shells, and the meat jelly made of pork skin would be too embarrassed to serve it on the table for us adults to eat?"

Dude is a little embarrassed.

Or Zhu Taishou said, "Do you want to try it first? It's the first time I've heard of such a fresh method, and I don't know how it tastes."

Fu Chenghong snorted, but didn't refuse. He twisted up a straw tube, inserted it into the soup bag, and took a sip. The soup was delicious and everyone was stunned, and there was meat jelly in it, but it didn't at all. Tired, there is no feeling of greasy mouth, just a fresh word. He couldn't hold back, and sucked the soup inside in one breath. Then he picked up the steamed bun, which had no soup, and took a bite. The filling was tender and fresh, with a bit of jelly and the fishy smell of river crab. No, eat it with this soup skin, it's a little chewy, and it won't collapse. After eating one, not only does it feel good in the stomach, but there is still this kind of freshness in the mouth.

These soup dumplings, Xu Qinyu, had been brought out in advance to cool down, and the temperature was just right now.

After Fu Chenghong finished eating a soup dumpling, he said, "Yes, bring some more."

There were two in front of him, and he felt that he could eat a lot.

With a happy expression on his face, the man promised, "I'll go to the end when I'm young."

The two officials were a little surprised, "Sir, can this, this, this be delicious?"

Fu Chenghong's face turned cold, "Why, are you questioning my taste?"

"Don't dare."

The two officials couldn't help but learn from Fu Chenghong, first sucking the soup inside, and then their eyes widened.

It's so fresh, with a hint of sweetness. This is the sweetness of the crab meat itself, and no sugar has been added.

Then the two officials stopped talking and started to eat soup dumplings. They were a little surprised when they got the stuffing, because they didn't know that the crabs could be so fresh, how come there is no earthy smell at all?

Fu Chenghong ate seven or eight soup dumplings in one go.

After eating, Xu Qinyu prepared some vinegar and asked the staff to teach them how to eat.

The soup dumplings filled with a dozen drops of vinegar have another unique flavor.

After eating the soup dumplings, Fu Chenghong tried egg burritos, fried tofu with shallots and brown sugar millet porridge.

Not to mention, even the ordinary food that every household can make, it tastes very good, and it is very delicious. He ate two more egg burritos, a bowl of brown sugar millet porridge, and a few pieces of fried tofu.

I wish the prefect has a good appetite today, because last night, Wei Xuan sent a message to his mansion with a flying pigeon, and also told the prefect that it was Yu Niang who made food for the imperial envoy in the Zhujia restaurant, and he didn’t have to worry about it. Yu Niang's safety.

...

After eating Chaoshi, Fu Chenghong left and said that the cook was good.

In the evening, Xu Qinyu prepared another roast suckling pig and served several home-cooked dishes.

Fu Chenghong eats roast suckling pig again in the evening, and he is still very amazed. He is also named. Tomorrow morning, he still wants to eat crab roe soup dumplings, and he also eats roast suckling pig in the evening meal.

He thought that he should be tired of eating for three days.

After returning to Mrs. Zhu's house that night, Xu Qinyu asked Mrs. Zhu to write down how to write down ninety-nine dishes, as well as the cooking temperature, the ratio of ingredients, and some Tips.

But her handwriting is easy to recognize, and she can't write another kind of handwriting, so the fourth brother said, "Yu Niang, you come to report the name of the dish, and I will write it."

Xu Qinyu nodded, got up and gave the position to the fourth brother, and let the fourth brother write.

Sure enough, the fourth brother actually switched left and right to write, which was completely different from his usual handwriting, slightly more beautiful.

Ninety-nine recipes were written in a thick stack. Xu Qinyu put them away and felt relieved.

Early the next morning, she went to Zhujia Restaurant to cook breakfast. In addition to the crab roe soup dumplings, she also prepared Sanxian bean skin.

Sanxian bean skin is made of glutinous rice and skin, and the stuffing is stuffed with pork belly, fresh mushrooms, fresh bamboo shoots, mustard and other stuffing. It is also simple to make. In a large iron pot, first mix the noodles , the dough is made of mung bean flour and rice milk. Spread the mixed juice into a dough. The spread is golden in color. Put a layer of steamed glutinous rice, and then a layer of fried stuffing. Er, wrap the skin around it and arrange it into a square shape, then flip the pot, turn the whole pair of bean skins over, continue to fry the stuffing side, and sprinkle with chopped green onion.

The color is golden yellow and the taste is delicious. With the soft and glutinous rice, it tastes crisp, fluffy, tender and fragrant.

This is also a classic breakfast for later generations.

Sure enough, Fu Chenghong was still very satisfied with this morning meal.

In the evening, after cooking the roast suckling pig and serving some home-cooked dishes, Fu Chenghong ate very comfortably.

This is the third day that Fu Chenghong ate at Zhu's Restaurant.

After eating for these three days, he said to the waiter, "Let the cook who has been cooking for the official for the past few days come over and order."

As soon as the man heard this, cold sweat came down his forehead, thinking that the imperial envoy wanted to trouble the cook because he was eating well and was about to go back to Beijing.

They all know how delicious the food made by that young master is.

You must know that even they have a share in the daily morning and evening meals.

The guy still went to the back kitchen to talk to Xu Qinyu.

Xu Qinyu didn't panic, but just glanced at the fourth brother.

Pei Weixuan nodded towards her.

Xu Qinyu was about to follow the assistant to the private room on the second floor, but Mrs. Zhu stopped her and said solemnly, "Young master, you don't have to go, I will." She also thought that the imperial envoy wanted to trouble Xu Qinyu.

Xu Qinyu already knew about Fu Chenghong's plan from her fourth brother, and she also knew that nothing would happen to her. Fu Chenghong probably didn't make things difficult for her, but just wanted to see her.

"Miss Zhu, don't worry, I guess the imperial envoy just wants to see me."

Mrs. Zhu was also hesitant to speak, she could see that the young master was helping her because of the kindness of the past few days, but the imperial envoy obviously had no good intentions, the young master was so good at cooking, it was wrong that the imperial envoy had no idea, she was just worried that the imperial envoy wanted to take the young master to the capital.

Xu Qinyu said again: "Miss Zhu, don't worry, I'll go and have a look first."

After she finished speaking, Mrs. Zhu sighed.

Xu Qinyu followed the staff to the private room on the second floor, and saw the imperial envoy inside, as well as the prefect Zhu and two other officials.

Even though she didn't like the imperial envoy, Xu Qinyu resisted the discomfort in her heart and stepped forward to salute.

Fu Chenghong was a little surprised when he saw that the cook was still so young, and couldn't help but ask, "Did you make all the food for Japanese officials these days?"

Xu Qinyu nodded, "It's the little one who made it. The little one's father once told the little one that his ancestors had ancestors who cooked imperial meals in the palace. I don't know if it's true or not. I have innovated a lot of new recipes, but I heard that my ancestors committed crimes and were demoted to the Southwest. The grandparents in the family were also frightened and did not dare to open restaurants. My parents have all passed away, so the young ones rely on the recipes left by their parents at home to hone their cooking skills, and when paired with these newly created recipes, the taste is more special and fresh.”

These words were naturally made up by Xu Qinyu.

When the prefect Zhu saw the dark young man in front of him, he knew that he was Yuniang, but somehow he disguised himself, and he couldn't see the female face at all, and his voice changed a lot.

He naturally knew that Yuniang's words were all made up.

In fact, Zhu Taishou also saw Fu Chenghong's plan. These dishes are delicious. He probably wanted to bring the cooks who made these delicious dishes back to the capital to present to the King of Handong or the Queen Mother in the palace, so he asked the cooks to come out to meet him. The cook was expected to be so young.

Fu Chenghong nodded, and was about to mention the matter of going to the capital with Xu Qinyu.

This is indeed his plan, even though this little cook looks young, but his cooking skills are really good, and his appetite is also a desire. Whether it is dedicated to the King of Han or the Queen Mother, with this little cook's cooking skills, he can be regarded as a good cook. achievement.

But before he could open his mouth, Xu Qinyu suddenly said, "The little one still has something to tell the adults alone, and please ask the other three adults to avoid it."

Fu Chenghong looked at Xu Qinyu, he couldn't figure out what he, a little cook, wanted to say to himself, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Success."

After speaking, he looked at the prefect Zhu, "Please also avoid the prefect."

The other two officials were a little worried, "My lord."

They were afraid that someone would assassinate the imperial envoy, and if the imperial envoy was to be assassinated, the two of them would have to be held accountable when they returned to the capital.

Fu Chenghong waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you guys go down."

He could see that such a weak little brother with no power to restrain a chicken was nowhere like an assassin with high martial arts skills.

After all three of them went down, only Xu Qinyu and Fu Chenghong were left in the private room.

Xu Qinyu didn't feel any fear of the imperial envoy, just hated him, so there was nothing to be afraid of, took out the recipe of the recipe written by his fourth brother from his bosom, handed it to Fu Chenghong and said, "My lord, this is the recipe of the fathers." The innovative recipe, but if such a recipe is left in the hands of my brother and brother, I am afraid it will not be able to keep it, so I want to dedicate it to the adults. I hope the adults will not dislike it. The dishes on this recipe are relatively new, and the proportion of heat and ingredients are also different. It shows that as long as a cook with a little bit of talent can cook very delicious dishes."

This statement is of course false, who can compare to her in cooking talent.

But these recipes can indeed make a very good taste for talented cooks.

Fu Chenghong was a little surprised, "You just gave the recipe to me?"

Xu Qinyu said: "Because the family committed a crime and was demoted to the southwest, only my brother and I were left. I was also worried that other people would bully my brother and wanted to snatch this recipe. If there is something later, adults can take care of it."

Fu Chenghong asked again, "What's the last name of your ancestors?"

Xu Qinyu said: "My ancestor's surname is Zou Mingshiming."

This identity is not even a random fabrication, and don’t know where the fourth brother inquired about it. It seems that there is such a cook whose ancestors worked in the imperial dining room. family, but the Zou family has died all these years, and there are only two brothers left.

Although Fu Chenghong didn't know whether the little cook was telling the truth, but he could investigate after returning to Beijing, and believed that the little cook would not dare to lie to him.

He was very moved by this recipe, and originally planned to bring this little cook back to the capital to present to the King of Handong or the palace, but his ancestors committed crimes, so he definitely couldn't take it back to the capital easily, but he was willing to bring it back to the capital. The recipe is dedicated to myself.

And Fu Chenghong is very aware of the value of this recipe. The Jixianglou in the capital is making a lot of money every day. These dishes are much more delicious than the Jixianglou. If you really want to use these recipes to open a restaurant, there will definitely be a lot of guests. At that time, the business of Jixiang Building will be even better.

With this recipe, he can let the family members also open a restaurant and hire some famous chefs.

And a year's casual income is more than a hundred thousand silver, perhaps as much as two or three hundred thousand.

With so much money, it would take him many years to earn it as a subordinate of the King of Han Dong.

Just like this military embezzlement case, only two thousand taels of silver was leaked into his hands.

Compared with this priceless recipe, it was easy for him to make a choice.

Fu Chenghong was very clear in his heart, whether to bring back the recipe or bring the little cook to King Handong, it is natural to choose the recipe, no one can refuse the income of two to three hundred thousand taels a year.

And he is the only one who knows this recipe, and he doesn't need to dedicate it to the King of Han Dong when he returns to the capital, just find a reason, say that the family members got it.

Fu Chenghong didn't want to take this little cook back to Beijing for an instant, so it was good for him to stay in Zhu's Restaurant.

Fu Chenghong accepted the recipe and said with a smile, "Brother Zou has a heart, don't worry, if you can reverse the case after returning to the capital, I will definitely help you with this. Even if you can't reverse the case, what difficulties will arise in the future? You can also write a letter and send it to the capital, and I can help you solve it."

Xu Qinyu pretended to be happy, "Thank you, sir."

Seeing him accepting the menu, Xu Qinyu also heaved a sigh of relief.

Two days ago, the fourth brother told her that the imperial envoy might like her culinary skills and would like to take her to the capital to present to the King of Han Dong or the Queen Mother.

Seeing that he wanted to see her today, he must have wanted to take her to the capital. If she really wanted to say this, how could she refuse? Even if she refuses, with the heart of the imperial envoy, someone will take her away forcibly, so the fourth brother told her that money can turn ghosts around, and the profits that such a recipe can bring are irresistible to most people , let alone someone like Fu Chenghong.

So he easily gave up the idea of ​​bringing Xu Qinyu back to Beijing.

Bringing Xu Qinyu back to Beijing was only dedicated to Shangfeng, and Shangfeng would only think of a cook who cooks delicious food, and he would not take credit for Fu Chenghong at all.

And bring back the recipe, that's the bright way to make money.

Moreover, the fourth brother also told her that Fu Chenghong could not bring this recipe back to the capital, and when he left the southwest, someone would take action, and the military salary embezzlement case in the capital would not end there.

Xu Qinyu thought that the fourth brother had received the intention of the prefect and would take action when the imperial envoy left the southwest.

She couldn't help worrying about her fourth brother's safety.