Siheyuan starts from a good life

"Shitou, Huzi, and Xiaoliuzi are going to learn cooking skills. I don't know what you two want to learn," Jiang Yan asked the two of them after dinner in the morning.

"Boss, I want to be a soldier," Huzi thought for a moment and said to Jiang Yan.

"You want to be a soldier, but you are young! You are only fifteen years old. I heard that you need to be at least seventeen to become a soldier."

"Boss, I lied to you before. I was afraid that you wouldn't want me because of my age, so I told you I was two years younger. I am already seventeen years old."

Looking at the smiling and honest tiger Jiang Yan, he didn't know what to say for a moment. This was really like hunting geese all day long and getting pecked by geese.

Huzi also reminded himself that he should be smarter in the future.

But Jiang Yan naturally agreed to Hu Zi's request and went to run for him in a few days.

After asking Hu Zi, Jiang Yan turned around and asked Shi Shi next to him.

"Stone, what do you want to do,"

After a while, Shitou said: "Boss, I don't know what to do. I just need to find a job to support my family."

The most scary thing in the world is not that you have ideas, but that you don’t have ideas. No wonder people say that free things are the most expensive things.

Before Jiang Yan could speak, Grandma Lu on the side said, "This is easy to handle. I know Lou Dehua, who runs a steel factory. I'll go find him and see if I can arrange a position for you in the steel factory." Let’s see how it goes.”

"I listen to grandma, don't worry grandma, I will work hard when the time comes."

Hear the reassurance of stone. Grandma Lu smiled and patted him.

At noon, Jiang Yan specially asked Xiao Liuzi to order a table of good food and wine at Hongbin Building, and solemnly invited He Daqing and his family here.

"Xiaoyan, you are spending too much money. This dish is from Hongbin Restaurant, right?"

"Uncle He, you have good eyesight. You are indeed a famous chef. You can tell where the food is at just a glance."

"Xiaoyan, you are so flattering. Your Uncle He is the only one I have left. But Xiaoyan, why are you asking your Uncle He to do something like this when you put such a table of dishes today? Don't worry, there will be nothing that your Uncle He can do." shirk."

After listening to He Daqing's words, Jiang Yan said: "Uncle He, that's it. Xiao Liuzi, you know this kid wants to learn cooking. Among all the people I know, your cooking skills are the best. Isn't that right?" So I found you to see if there was any chance for my little brother to become your disciple."

Just as Jiang Yan finished speaking, Grandma Lu said, "I'm talking about the Qing Dynasty! You have known Xiao Liuzi's character for such a long time, and he plays well with Zhu Zhu. Isn't it a good thing for Zhu Zhu to have another senior brother? "

After He Daqing listened to what Grandma Lu and Jiang Yan said, he didn't say a word. He drank wine and ate vegetables. He didn't know what he was thinking. Everyone looked at him.

"I accept this apprentice. After a while, He Daqing put down his wine glass and said firmly."

Hearing what He Daqing said, everyone laughed.

Only He Yuzhu shouted from the side, "I want to be a senior brother, I want to be a senior brother."

"What are you supposed to be, senior fellow apprentices? You two are ranked by age." Hearing He Daqing's words, He Yuzhu quickly turned around and asked Xiao Liuzi, "How old are you? I am thirteen years old this year."

Xiao Liuzi suppressed a smile and said to He Yuzhu: "I am also thirteen years old, but my fourteenth birthday will be in one month."

When He Yuzhu heard this, he said depressedly, "Then I can only be a junior brother."

His words made many people laugh, but no one paid attention.

However, He Daqing said to Jiang Yan, "I will prepare something tonight and invite you and the old lady to watch the ceremony together."

"Don't worry! Uncle He will definitely go there when the time comes, and we will give you a surprise when the time comes." Jiang Yan said in a pretentious tone.

After saying this, Jiang Yan then said to He Daqing, "I wonder if Uncle He knows the master of the white case."

"A master of white cases, my senior brother Li Kang is a famous master of white cases in Sijiu City. I wonder if Xiaoyan has something to do with him. Can you tell Uncle He?"

"Uncle He, please take a look." After Jiang Yan said this, he took out two compressed biscuits wrapped in white paper from his pocket.

"I got this thing from somewhere in Citi. One piece of this thing can make up for a meal. I wonder if I can get it out."

"Oh, there are some things, let me take a look." After He Daqing said this, he picked up a compressed biscuit from Jiang Yan's hand and looked at it repeatedly, and even took a piece from it and put it in his mouth.

After taking a bite, he said to Jiang Yan, "When I ate it, it contained meat powder, flour, sugar, and a milky aroma. I was right."

Jiang Yan couldn't help but give a thumbs up after hearing He Daqing's words, "Uncle He is indeed a famous chef in the Forty-Nine Cities. You are the one."

"It's a small thing, it's a small thing." When He Daqing heard Jiang Yan's praise, although he was very humble, he couldn't hide the pride on his face.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the meal lasted from noon to three o'clock in the afternoon.

Although Jiang Yan didn't like the leftovers, they were good things for most people nowadays, so Grandma Lu arranged for Jiang Yan to send the remaining leftovers to several families in the yard who were living in difficulty.

As soon as it got dark in the afternoon, He Daqing's house in the Intermediate Courtyard started to get busy, which was enough to show that He Daqing attached great importance to recruiting apprentices this time.

When Jiang Yan saw the people who were being welcomed and sent off, he couldn't help but give He Daqing a thumbs up.

The one who greets the guests is Liu Haizhong. This guy likes to show his face and arrange for him to welcome the guests. This can be regarded as making the best use of his resources.

Accompanying the guests were Yi Zhonghai, Xu Fugui and Jia Dongxu's father Jia Mandun. They and the two brothers from the sect invited by He Daqing were also witnesses.

As for the later third uncle Yan Bugui, now he is basically a transparent person in this courtyard, and he is not needed for such big things.

Jiang Yan also prepared the gifts for Xiao Liuzi's apprenticeship, and these were all given under the guidance of Grandma Lu.

There are not many things, only four boxes of various pastries from Daoxiang Village, two bottles of chrysanthemum white, and 50 yuan. (The amount of the first set of RMB was relatively large, and the five hundred thousand was equivalent to the later fifty yuan.)

But even so, the purchasing power of these five hundred thousand is quite strong, and it is considered a huge sum of money.

Jiang Yan followed Xiao Liuzi into the prepared room. At this time, He Daqing was sitting in the room.

This apprenticeship ceremony may be simple or very simple, and may be complex or complicated. All this is regulated.

Jiang Yan also watched the excitement here.

In short, Xiao Liuzi presented the apprenticeship ceremony he had brought with him, served He Daqing tea under the witness of everyone, and then worshiped the ancestor together with He Daqing, and was accepted into the sect.

As the apprenticeship ended, Jiang Yan walked up to He Daqing with three bags of things and two books.

He said to He Daqing: "Congratulations to Uncle He for accepting a good disciple. This is a gift from the boy." After Jiang Yan finished speaking, he put the things on the table next to He Daqing.

Under the gaze of everyone, Jiang Yan opened three bags first. Inside these bags was nothing but a neat set of chef's knives.

Most people think that Chinese chefs can conquer the world with just one kitchen knife. In fact, this idea is wrong. Although Chinese food knives are not as many as Western food knives, there are differences.

A set of Chinese food knives can range from five to nine, and the set of chef's knives Jiang Yan brought has a total of five.

This first one is called a kitchen knife, also called a chopping knife. It is the most commonly used main knife in Chinese food. Can be chopped or cut. But it is not suitable for chopping thick bones, and it is easy to chip even if it takes a lot of effort.

The second one is a machete, also called a chopping knife. It is very similar to a kitchen knife, but it is much heavier. The back of the knife is thick, has a certain forward tilt, and some even have a hole. Suitable for chopping bones, fish pieces with bones and other hard and delicate things.

The third is a boning knife with a narrow blade and a pointed front end, which is relatively lightweight. Used to separate different parts that are close together, such as peeling skin, separating bones and flesh, removing cartilage, etc. This kind of knife is also used as a fruit knife to peel apples.

The fourth one is a piece of knife, also called a mulberry knife. It is generally rectangular, with a straight and thin back and a flat surface. This kind of knife is light and sharp, so it is most suitable for fine chopping. It is good for chopping vegetables, slicing meat, shredding, and cutting into sections.

The last one is a paring knife, or melon peeler. There are so many planer styles now. From skin peeling, eye digging, silk cutting, scale removal and so on.

This set of Chinese-style knives can satisfy almost all aspects of Chinese cooking. As the Chinese saying goes, you can conquer the world with one knife. I mean that.

After He Daqing saw this set of knives, his eyes really lit up.