116. Reminiscence of Sweet Fragrance Only This Taste

After Pei Nianyu promised Fang Heng to bring a group of apprentices from the imperial dining room, the system judged that he had completed the task:

Task: Accept an apprentice from the Imperial Dining Room (Completed)

【You have obtained the medicated formula "Guben Peiyuan Pill"】

It's worthy of being a golden finger that was transformed from an artifact combined with his own consciousness.Apparently, the system knew that he was going to use the formula of this elixir as a New Year's gift for the shadow guards, so the task reward was issued before the year.

Pei Nianyu happily put the recipe into the medicinal food subsystem just now, and then seemed to think of something, and his eyes became a little frightened——

The original mission goal of this mission was to complete it only after he had taught all the apprentices in the imperial dining room.However, now the task goal is "as long as you agree to come down and accept apprentices", so the system judges that it has been completed ahead of schedule.

What does this mean?This shows that the system thinks that it may not be able to teach these people in a short time...

Pei Nianyu's eyes began to darken slightly.How difficult is this task to complete, so that the system actually advances the task reward in advance.

But for the sake of Xiaosheng's quality of life afterwards, he had no choice but to accept it with tears in his eyes, and began to think about what rules to teach them.

And just after the mission started, the system in front of him flashed a light:

[Open the "Master and Apprentice" subsystem]

This master-apprentice subsystem is listed side by side with the "Medicine" system on the panel. He guessed it might be for the convenience of teaching his apprentices?

Pei Nianyu clicked on it, and saw that there are two types of master-apprentice system:

"Apprentice" and "Disciple", "Disciple" column above "Apprentice".

The explanation given by the system is that the disciple has a substantial master-student relationship, has a certain degree of dedication to cooking, and will aim to learn the host's complete system of cooking skills.

The "apprentice" is only for the purpose of learning the craft, without the way to improve, or only learned one or two dishes from Pei Nianyu, these can only be regarded as apprentices.

He first clicked on the "disciple" column, there is currently only one person in it: Yun Shao.

Click on the person's name, and you can see the six-dimensional talent value of this disciple in cooking, which are:

Knife skills, heat, seasoning, these are the three basic skills of a chef.

Mastery of dishes and innovation of dishes, these two are related to learning ability.

The last talent is Bai An.

Pei Nianyu glanced at it briefly and stopped paying attention. Anyway, Yun Shao's various talents are not low.

And there is a learning progress bar under the name, Yun Shao's progress bar is currently stopped at 47%, and there are two words written at the end of the progress bar: Becoming a teacher.

Every time the progress bar is completed, that is, every time a student becomes a teacher, he can get a state of good fortune: the food value obtained each time is increased by 50%.That is to say, with two apprentices, the food value can be doubled.

Pei Nianyu frowned slightly, and clicked on the "apprentice" column below.

The first place is Lou Yefeng, the progress bar in front of him is... 53%...

The second place was Jiang Xue. Pei Nianyu guessed that maybe all the people he had taught were counted?And Jiangxue's progress bar is 0%, and the six-dimensional culinary talent is empty except for the five-star knife skills.

"..."

That's all, Jiang Xue is at the level of fried kitchens, and he no longer expects her to be a teacher.

There are second-generation apprentices behind, Qin Lei, the head of Shangshan, etc., and the progress bars are relatively small.

He didn't pay attention to the rest, but looked at Lou Yefeng's progress bar, it was actually higher than Yun Shao, but he was just an apprentice and not a disciple?

Pei Nianyu pulled out Lou Yefeng's talent Liu Wei and took a look.

The knife skill is the same as Yun Shao's, and it is directly full of five stars, so there is no problem with this.Pei Nianyu felt that if he looked at the culinary talents of all the shadow guards, he might not be able to do anything else, but everyone is full of knife skills...

The heat and seasoning are slightly lower than Yun Shao.

Mastery of dishes: five-star full.

Dishes innovation: half star.

Pei Nianyu: "..."

Full marks for imitation, zero points for innovation.He sighed silently, this...maybe really Lou Ye Fengzhi is not here.The dishes he cooked before were all watched by him, and then Lou Yefeng could cook them as they were.

Pei Nianyu thought for a while, and called Lou Yefeng for the experiment, and asked him in a very solemn tone:

"Ye Feng, I think you can learn how to cook with me very quickly. I recently started thinking about taking on apprentices. Do you want to pass on my culinary legacy?"

Lou Yefeng was stunned for a moment and asked:

"Does the master need his subordinates to learn this way?"

"yes."

"Then... the subordinates must practice with all their heart."

Then Pei Nianyu watched Lou Yefeng's name jump from the "apprentice" column to the "disciple" column.And the talent of "dish innovation" has also become four stars.

Pei Nianyu: "..."

This... Did Ye Feng learn it purely for him?Obviously he is not interested in this aspect, but as long as he asks, he will force himself to realize his learning potential...

He looked at Lou Yefeng's sincere eyes, and at the same time he shook his head in a complicated manner:

"No, no, I'm joking, I've already seen that you don't like chefs..."

Lou Yefeng became anxious instead:

"Master, this subordinate can learn it! This subordinate..."

Pei Nianyu took a lot of effort to convince him that he was just talking casually, and then saw Lou Yefeng's name fell back into the "apprentice" column.

He breathed a sigh of relief and quickly changed the subject:

"I'm going to see how the Laba porridge is doing!"

………………

The next day, the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

The first thing Pei Nianyu did when he got up was to put on his clothes and go to the backyard, and began to lift the lids of the pots one by one.

Those Laba porridges lay in a huge pot and boiled quietly over a slow fire all night, and they were already very soft and glutinous.He lifted the lid of the pot, and puffs of hot air fumigated out of the pot and went straight to the treetops in the courtyard.

Afterwards, Pei Nianyu heard the subtle and restrained sound of the nearby shadow guards sucking water, hidden among the dense leaves of the tile eaves, one after another.

He couldn't help laughing a few times.

Judging from the number of people, this is obviously the group of shadow guards who kept vigil at night. They didn't go back to the house to rest after the shift, just waiting for this bowl of porridge.

Sure enough, He Qi was the first to float down, signaling with his eyes:

"Master, that...would you like to go down and get some bowls..."

"Go."

Pei Nianyu first directed Yun Shao and a few of her assistant chefs and shadow guards to serve out the porridge that was going to be sent to other prefectures. These porridges were not individually flavored, just the standard eight kinds of rice and beans.Not special, but still extremely delicious.

Pei Nianyu brought the four most traditional dried fruits, hazelnuts, pine nuts, almonds, and walnuts, and some green and red silk, as porridge.Then sprinkle these ingredients on the solidified thick porridge by hand.

This is called "putting fruit".

There is nothing special about his way of arranging the fruit. He sprinkles four kinds of broken pieces of nuts around the bowl in the shape of Da Jing Tongbao, and then puts the word "Fu" in the middle with green and red silk.

Complicated and exquisite, with good meaning.

After Pei Nianyu finished setting out these dozen bowls of porridge, he ordered someone to serve them with some porridge and side dishes, and send them to other houses together.

After finishing the etiquette, there will not be so much fuss about what the people in the house eat.

He put all the porridge and noodle ingredients in a big bowl, and put them together on a wide table next to them.In addition to the four kinds of nuts just now, there are also preserved fruits such as raisins and green plums, fruits such as water chestnut, lily and lotus seeds, and candied chestnuts, jujubes and gorgon seeds.

There are even large chunks of maltose, longsutang and honey three knives, you can put them in if you dare to eat them.

The ingredients alone are packed into dozens of bowls.

Pei Nianyu first filled a bowl of his favorite flavor, and waved his sleeves:

"Add whatever you like!"

Then, holding the bowl, he pulled Lou Yefeng up to the eaves and sat down, squinting his eyes, and began to watch with satisfaction the shadow guards and government officials in the mansion holding empty bowls and queuing up to receive the porridge.

Pei Nianyu took a look at the crowd of twenty or so black figures at the bottom, and there were dozens of shadow guards outside the courtyard who were about to move, and couldn't help being ridiculed:

"...my shadow guard...why is it the same as those refugees who fled."

Lou Yefeng looked down at the portion in his bowl, the crystal clear glazed rice was dyed deep purple red, the porridge rice boiled with red date soup, the warm aroma of red dates and rice blend seamlesslyTogether.The porridge rice is soft and sticky, the porridge juice is rich, and there is almost no water vapor.

And there are two or three of each large and small beans, small and red red beans, big and white cowpeas, and fat red dates and so on.Although there are many types, they are not overwhelming. They are arranged in a patchwork manner, hidden under the thickly buried rice, and a little body is faintly exposed.

On the top of the porridge is a circle of rose dew that is dotted with a spoon. Mixed with the smell of red dates, it exudes another completely different sweet aroma.

Lou Yefeng smiled:

"It's not the master, the porridge you made is so delicious."

Pei Nianyu didn't speak, and looked at the crowd below while eating the porridge in his own bowl.

He saw He Qi sprinkle two tablespoons of sugar into the porridge, stir it, and then pour a round full of sweet-scented osmanthus honey on top of the porridge.

Pei Nianyu: ...

"...I'm not afraid to kill him."

Then he saw Lian Xiao put a bowl in the pot without any beans, only pure rice, without any porridge ingredients.Pei Nianyu guessed that maybe he tasted too many medicines, his tongue was sharper, and the taste was too complicated to appear confusing.

Jiang Xue stuffed a lot of candied fruit into the porridge. This girl usually uses preserved fruit as a snack, and she will not let go of porridge at this time.

Yun Shao tasted a little bit of each type in each pot, obviously studying the different tastes of different rice ingredients in the end.

The shadow guards have different tastes, and there are even good friends who will taste each other's porridge.It was not working hours at this time, and it was rare for the shadow guards to hold their breaths. After receiving the porridge, they squatted in a place nearby to taste it.

There were also those who drank a bowl and were still not satisfied, and came back to get a second bowl. While chatting, the whole house became lively, and it looked like it was about to celebrate the New Year.

Pei Nianyu looked at the scene with warm eyes, watching them looking for their favorite flavor, but suddenly remembered something, and turned to ask the silent person beside him:

"By the way, Ye Feng, I don't know what kind of porridge you like?"

He looked at the bowl in Lou Yefeng's hand, it was exactly the same as his own.

Pei Nianyu thought for a while, when he asked Lou Yefeng what kind of porridge he liked, Lou Yefeng only replied that it should be the same as the owner.Now that think about it...

Pei Nianyu frowned, secretly blaming himself for being too careless.

Lou Yefeng replied of course when he heard the words:

"Everything the master cooks is delicious."

Pei Nianyu suddenly felt a little depressed, and the joy of seeing the shadow guards robbing the porridge just now disappeared completely:

"Then you have to have a favorite too, right? I mean, out of all these porridges, what's your favorite flavor?"

Lou Yefeng was silent for a moment, and finally said with some embarrassment:

"I...to tell you the truth, my subordinates have never thought about this..."

Pei Nianyu was stunned, suddenly not knowing what was in his heart.

Because he suddenly realized that he cooks and makes snacks every day, and feeds Lou Yefeng every day. Although the food is delicious, after all, people have different tastes.

And he never knew what flavor Lou Yefeng liked.

Is he too careless, I'm afraid not entirely.

He looked at the bewildered look in Lou Yefeng's eyes, it was obvious that he really "hadn't thought about it", not "like something but dare not say it", how could Pei Nianyu not understand what this meant.

Because of his Ye Feng... all his heart is attached to him as his master, from beginning to end he only thinks about what his master thinks, and does what his master asks him to do.

——When a heart moves away, how can there be any thoughts on himself for a moment.

So, what his Ye Feng likes to eat and what he likes to wear, even Lou Yefeng himself doesn't know, so how will he know.

Pei Nianyu held the empty porridge bowl, feeling a little pain in his heart, he took a deep breath:

"I didn't think about it before, then you think about it now."

Lou Yefeng's eyes showed doubts:

"Is it important?"

"Of course it's important! You, you have to have... your favorite taste. Lao He likes sweet ones, Lian Xiao likes light ones, and Jiang Xue likes pulp. And you, you always have something you likeBar?"

The look in Lou Yefeng's eyes changed from blank to thoughtful.

Since the master gave the order, he began to search for that taste in the depths of his memory, in the depths of his heart...

Things that he had long forgotten over the years, things that he subconsciously thought were not important at all.

Lou Yefeng stared at the deep red rice in the porridge, and turned over scenes in his mind, all of which were the taste and aroma in his memory.

After a while, Lou Yefeng suddenly said:

"... crushed peanuts."

"Crushed peanuts?"

Lou Yefeng raised his head and looked into the distance, and Pei Nianyu keenly saw a kind of light in his eyes that was rarely seen on weekdays. It was a light of anticipation that came from deep inside his heart:

"Yes. Back then... when I was still in the Yingwei camp, there was a year of Laba. Everyone in the camp was given a bowl of Laba porridge, and there was only white rice. At that time, I sprinkled crushed peanuts that I forgot where I got, and it was... verydelicious."

"but……"

"Later, I accidentally made a noise when I was biting into crushed peanuts. I was taught by my master not to eat such porridge that makes a noise, because it is easy to be spotted by the enemy..."

"After that, I never ate again."

Pei Nianyu felt uncomfortable for a while, how many years has it been...

He turned over and lowered the eaves, directly brought over a whole bowl of crushed peanuts on the table, and sprinkled it in Lou Yefeng's porridge, covering a whole layer.

Lou Yefeng lowered his head and said sullenly:

"...Thank you, Master."

"Remember in the future, you have to think about what you like to eat when you eat anything."

"...Yes, this subordinate remembers it."

………………

In the afternoon, everyone in the mansion had already gone to do what they were supposed to do, Pei Niancheng came late, and quietly came to the palace with a snowstorm all over his body.

Pei Nianyu brought out the hot casserole:

"No, it's specially reserved for you, you really ask for a lot!"

Pei Niancheng couldn't wait any longer, so he grabbed a handful of sesame salt and sprinkled it on.

Pei Nianyu was dumbfounded:

"The bottom of your porridge is sweet! What are you doing with sesame salt?"

Pei Niancheng took it for granted:

"I just like sweet and salty porridge, what's wrong, have you eaten your rice?"

Pei Nianyu: "...you eat my rice..."

Pei Niancheng rolled his eyes, obviously he didn't care about his brother.He only poured porridge into his mouth without any image, and poured bitter water:

"You don't know what kind of life I'm living today. First I went to the Buddhist temple to give porridge, and then went to the various yamen of Capital to give porridge. You said that the porridge given every year in Laba is to pray for good weather. I am very sincere."

"But tmd, every time I go to a place, I have to pretend to take a sip. What's the point! Those idiots in the imperial dining room, I drank more than a dozen kinds this day, and none of them can drink!"

"There are two types of rice, one is cooked and the other is not cooked, some clear soup is like white soup, some rice is not shelled, and some beans are raw..."

"In the end, I was bitten by a huge white kidney bean..."

"God, what kind of life is this that I live!"

The author has something to say:

One day, after changing shifts, He Qi caught a third-rate shadow guard in black, who was pretending to be a shadow guard. He didn't expect it to be His Majesty.

Pei Nianyu: Brother, what are you doing?

Pei Niancheng: I just want to mess with your shadow guard's cafeteria...