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Chapter 16 The Natural Chef

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"The hour of Mao has arrived, and the morning light is faint. The sky is dark, so take an umbrella with you when you go out..."

Early the next morning, the wake-up call with the weather forecast came as scheduled. It was said that today was cloudy and it might rain. But after Chen Xiliang had some porridge, he went out with an umbrella.

Before leaving, he left a hundred coins to Chen Chen as food money for the four brothers... The money was obviously a bit too much, but he was more worried that the children would not have enough to eat.

Naturally, he also told Chen Chen to watch his brothers study carefully, and he would check them when he came back in the evening.

As soon as he left, Chen Ke asked Erlang: "Look, how much can I get back?" "I don't know..." Chen Chen was used to his younger brother talking like an adult: "What do you think?" "I guess I won't get it back."

Three cores and two dates." Chen Ke turned the pages of the book boredly and said. "Three cores and two dates?" Chen Chen was a little dazed, and it took him a while to understand and said: "It's not like that." "Why not, with the uncle's behavior.

, how can you give us the debts that can be recovered?" Chen Ke curled his lips and said: "They must be all bad debts, bad debts... Oh, they are debts that cannot be recovered." "Not necessarily." Chen Chen slapped him.

He shook his head and said, "I don't know how much dad can get back. I just know that if you can't recite the "Book of Filial Piety", you will definitely be beaten!"

"Don't start..." At noon, the sky outside became more cloudy, but the rain still did not fall.

Chen Ke, who had memorized books all morning, stood up, stretched and said, "It's almost eleven o'clock... uh, it's noon, right?"

"Absolutely." Chen Chen was also reading a book. He looked up at Chen Ke and said, "Let's go out to eat?"

"It's better to save it." Chen Ke rolled up his sleeves and said, "I'll do it."

"Can you cook?" If he didn't look exactly the same, Chen Ke would have doubted whether this was his younger brother.

"Nonsense." Chen Ke rolled his eyes at him and said, "Do you want to learn how to do both?"

"Uh... yes." Chen Chen nodded and stood up, and his two younger brothers wanted to follow suit, but they were stopped by them: "Read your book!"

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After lunch, it finally rained. Although it wasn't heavy, it was drizzling and very annoying. When it was getting dark, Chen Xiliang came back dragging his tired body. Chen Chen went up to greet him. He saw his father's face was gloomy and he didn't even ask.

Dare to ask, he just took the umbrella and said: "Dad, let's eat."

"Oh..." Chen Xiliang responded casually at first, then raised his head and said in surprise: "Did you cook?"

"Sanlang and I." Chen Ke said honestly: "I'll be the one to take charge, and Sanlang will be in charge."

"Can you cook?" Chen Xiliang looked at Sanlang in surprise.

"Third brother has been cooking for lunch." Before Chen Ke could answer, Korokuro rushed to say, "He even roasted chicken for us."

"Oh, it's hard for you, Sanlang." Chen Xiliang couldn't help but feel guilty. He thought of the stove and stove behind the shack, and thought that his son, who was not yet ten years old, had learned to cook in those forty days:

"But it's okay, a poor man's child will be a master long ago..." Seeing that he made mistakes, Chen Ke was happy not to explain.

Chen Xiliang originally thought that even if Sanlang knew how to cook, his level must be lower than his own. He was already ready to run to the toilet. Who knows when the food was served, he saw that the green color almost kept its original appearance, and it had an alluring look.

He knew that the dishes were so shiny that even if he tried to impress them, he would not be able to catch up.

Saburo is a gourmet who never tires of eating, and he also has excellent cooking skills. However, in this kitchen from a thousand years ago... and it may be the simplest kitchen in the county, he can only make do with the shabby and use the ingredients he bought yesterday.

I roughly fried four green vegetables and made a bowl of fish soup.

In his mind, green vegetables are naturally fried because the ingredients are the simplest, just oil and salt. Chen Ke found a small can of vegetable oil and a small packet of salt from the things he bought yesterday... and fried four of them.

Side dishes, cucumber, wild rice, lettuce and celery. Fry the two small fish carefully, add water to make fish soup, finally add salt, sprinkle with chopped green onion and minced garlic, a simple but fragrant Saburo fish soup

It’s out of the pot.

Erlang's so-called "killing" actually meant that he kept lighting the fire. Seeing Saburo's flawless cooking skills, he was extremely surprised. Seeing him squandering oil and salt, he also felt that his body ached unbearably. He stopped talking several times. It's just that Saburo was busy all the time.

, just didn’t see it.

Under the watchful eyes of his sons, he picked up a cucumber slice with chopsticks and put it into his mouth to taste. It was crispy and tender, and the fragrance filled his teeth. He was moved to tears... This reminded him of being rich when he was in the capital.

My classmates invited me to a big restaurant to eat stir-fried dishes. Although it was inferior in every aspect, considering that it was made by a ten-year-old child, it was obviously a miracle.

"Dad, why are you crying?" Korokuro asked curiously: "Isn't it delicious?"

"It's delicious, it's delicious, it's so delicious." Chen Xiliang wiped the corners of his eyes and smiled sheepishly at his sons: "I didn't expect to taste the taste of Bianliang... I feel a little emotional as a father."

"Uh..." Sanlang was a little confused. He just fried a few plates of broken vegetables... and the oil temperature was not high enough. The color, taste, and texture were all very average. How could he be so cheap that his father ate 'sad rice'?

Similar?

Could this be the legendary saying 'children cook, parents are so happy'? It doesn't seem like it. Chen Xiliang seemed to be just inspired by the dishes... Thinking of lunch, the three brothers were full of praise and said they had never tasted food so good.

He felt that there must be a reason for the food he ate.

Mobilizing his deep memory, he was surprised to find that in the ten years of his life, Saburo had never eaten stir-fried vegetables once. In Saburo's impression, cooking meant cooking, because only boiling and stewing were used...

He guessed that it was almost ten. Stir-fried vegetables have not existed since ancient times. The basic cooking methods before the Six Dynasties were similar to those in later generations in Europe. Stir-fried vegetables did not appear until the Song Dynasty. However, in the Northern Song Dynasty, this was regarded as a unique skill and was cherished.

It is only in the hands of top chefs. In other words, whoever knows how to cook, even the top chefs, are held up like treasures by the big restaurants and dignitaries in Bianliang... After crossing to the south, it slowly spread among the people.

Come.

Because the highest level of food in the Song Dynasty was about "color, aroma, taste, shape, and name". Anything that can be related to these five items can be called a famous dish.

Among all cooking methods, undoubtedly only the stir-frying method can easily achieve the first four items. And with the first four items, naturally countless scholars are vying to offer the fifth item.

Therefore, the skill of cooking, like all top skills, strictly adheres to the belief that it is passed down from male to female, and is only mastered by a family of chefs in the capital. There may be three or two in Chengdu who can cook, but in a small place like Qingshen County,

It's definitely not going to happen.

Therefore, when modern people arrived in the Song Dynasty, the most ideal occupation was actually a cook...

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After being moved for a long time, Chen Xiliang wiped away his tears and asked Sanlang: "Why do you know how to cook?"

"Uh..." Sanlang said in his heart: "How come I can't do it?" Of course, he had to look blank and said: "I don't know how, but I can do it."

"It seems that there is a legendary self-taught person..." Chen Xiliang couldn't help but sigh, but he didn't say the second half of the sentence: 'Is my son destined to be a cook?'

After dinner, it was getting dark. Chen Xiliang looked around for something but couldn't find it, so he casually said: "Has anyone seen the oil can?"

"In the kitchen." Chen Chen said and ran to get a clay pot. Chen Xiliang opened his mouth and took a look: "Why is there a piece missing?"

"I used it for cooking..." Chen Ke didn't expect that the vegetable oil in the Song Dynasty was actually lamp oil. He asked anxiously: "Is it expensive?"

"One hundred cents per catty, seventy cents per can, can last for five days, so it's very cheap." In fact, it could have lasted eight days, but Chen Sanlang fried it and used three days' worth in one go.

It was very painful to eat so much oil in one meal, but Chen Xiliang didn't show it at all. In his opinion, a child's ability to take the initiative to take on household chores is a reflection of his sense of responsibility. To put it more broadly, if you don't clean one house, how can you sweep the world?

?So we should only encourage, not discourage.

Chen Xiliang poured lamp oil into the oil lamp, and then used the embers in the stove to light the wick. A ball of orange light was generated in the room. He sat under the lamp and began to check the children's homework.

Starting from an early age, Rokuro's textbook was "Za Zi", which was a literacy reading book for children's enlightenment. In later generations, during the Song and Ming dynasties, "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic" were used to enlighten children.

Different, people in the Song Dynasty used "Hundred Family Surnames" and "Miscellaneous Characters", because although the highest purpose of reading and literacy is to take the imperial examination, the vast majority of children do not have the possibility of high school. Therefore, they learn some practical knowledge at the same time as literacy.

That's the right thing to do.

"Miscellaneous Characters" is such a book. It opens with the title: "In the world of life, farmers come first. To keep track of daily accounts, you must first look at miscellaneous characters." Later, it starts from farming to food, daily life, marriage of men and women,

Industrial and commercial calculations are used to include some commonly used words. While children are literate, they also complete the most basic quality education.

Chen Xiliang wrote out the words that Liulang was asked to read in a broken order. Liulang was very smart and recognized them all without much effort. He was naturally praised by his father, but at the same time he announced that the amount of literacy would be doubled tomorrow... Liulang Gangle

The flowers that bloomed then withered.

Next comes Goro's homework. This kid has a bitter look on his face. He started from studying. He seems to have a grudge against books. He has been memorizing the "Thousand-Character Classic" a few years ago, and now he is still "The Thousand-Character Classic", and he is confused.

Can't carry it.

Fortunately, Chen Xiliang understood his situation very well. He only wanted him to be more literate and sensible, but he was worried that excessive pressure would make him tired of studying, so he was not impatient. He just encouraged him very gently, asking him to continue studying and come back tomorrow.

Pass.

Finally it was Chen Ke's turn. His textbook was... "The Classic of Filial Piety".

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