While Wang Gang and He Yuzhu were chatting together, He Yuzhu had already set the dishes, a pot of local chicken stewed with potatoes, a bowl of braised pork, a plate of scrambled eggs with bean sprouts, a plate of fried cabbage, and finally ten white noodles.
Steamed bun.
It's enough for three people, four dishes, two meat dishes and two vegetarian dishes.
As soon as the bowl of braised pork was served, Wang Gang's mouth almost watered. It was so fragrant that he had never smelled such fragrant braised pork in his later life.
"It smells good! This is the secret recipe of my old He family. I am usually reluctant to make it because the ingredients are too hard to find." He Yuzhu said proudly.
Wang Gang couldn't help but pick up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth. The taste really made him intoxicated for a long time.
"The appearance is crystal clear, the color is golden, the taste is fat but not greasy, the outside is charred and the inside is tender, the taste is slightly sweet, and the entrance is delicate, it is so beautiful!"
"This tastes amazing!" Wang Gang gave He Yuzhu a thumbs up.
He Yuzhu smiled happily and took a piece of meat himself, savoring it carefully.
He Yuyu couldn't wait to reach out with his chopsticks, ate a piece of it, and then sighed: "Brother, your skills are almost as good as the old man's."
When He Yuzhu heard this, his face sank slightly and he said angrily: "Don't mention him in front of me."
He Yuyu stuck out his tongue slightly, picked up a piece of meat again, and ate it without talking back to his brother.
Wang Gang opened Maotai, poured a glass for He Yuzhu, poured another glass for himself, and said: "Brother Zhuzhu, don't mention the unhappy things in the past, let's have a drink."
He Yuzhu picked up the wine glass with a gloomy expression, clinked a glass with Wang Gang, and then raised his head to drink.
After drinking it, he smashed it in his mouth and finally smiled and said: "Maotai is really strong enough."
Wang Gang smiled and said: "My wine and Brother Zhuzi's braised pork are a perfect match!"
He Yuzhu shook his head, took a mouthful of meat, and said: "A mouthful of wine and a mouthful of meat, I wouldn't exchange it for a god. It's a pity that my meat is still not cooked well."
Wang Gang praised: "This is good enough. What does it feel like when the heat is high enough?"
He Yuzhu explained: "I am in a hurry to eat. Otherwise, give me six hours to slowly steam and stew over low heat, and finally add a cup of Maotai. The aroma will be beautiful."
Just listening to He Yuzhu's words made Wang Gang swallow his saliva unconsciously.
"Brother Zhuzi, I want to discuss something with you." Wang Gang put down his chopsticks and said.
Seeing Wang Gang's seriousness, He Yuzhu said a little strangely: "If you have something to say, please speak up. Is there anything we brothers don't want to say?"
Wang Gang said: "Brother Zhuzi, please teach me how to cook!"
Brother and sister He Yuzhu and He Yuyu were stunned at the same time. They did not expect Wang Gang to mention this.
"Why did you think of learning to cook?" He Yuzhu did not refuse Wang Gang immediately, but just asked:
"Aren't you a pretty good driver? You earn more than me?"
Wang Gang smiled and said, "I'm the one! It's just a mouthful of food. I spend most of my monthly salary on it, but I can't afford to eat in a good restaurant these days, so I thought I might as well learn to cook well."
He Yuzhu smiled and scolded: "You are so delicious, the whole compound knows that you eat meat and drink wine every three days, and the food is better than that of a chef like me. If you really want to eat it, I will cook it for you!"
Wang Gang explained: "You can't trouble Brother Zhuzhu every day! If you are away for something one day, wouldn't I be able to eat delicious food?"
He Yuzhu couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Your reason is quite new, but my cooking skills are not that easy to learn. It takes three years as an apprentice, three years as a chopping block, and three years as a master of cooking. Only then can I be qualified to learn how to cook a spoon. If I really learn it, I won't be able to learn it."
Not for ten years or so.
My apprentice Ma Hua has been with me for many years and is still chopping cabbage."
Wang Gang also knows that these days, apprenticeships are very particular. Before the master passes on his skills, he must inspect them for at least three years. He has to do all kinds of dirty and tiring work, not only in the kitchen, but also in the master's house.
But the masters these days really treat their apprentices as sons, and they also pass on their special skills.
"Brother Zhuzi, I don't want to be a chef, I just want to learn how to cook some good dishes from you so that my family can eat them!" Wang Gang said with a smile.
"That's not okay. Each industry has its own rules. I can't break the rules." He Yuzhu shook his head.
He Yuyu interrupted at this time: "Brother, Brother Gangzi has such a good relationship with our family, what's wrong with you teaching a few dishes?"
He Yuzhu called the girl foreign minister in his heart, but after thinking about it, he said: "It's not impossible to teach cooking, but the rules can't be broken, but you can be flexible."
Wang Gang asked anxiously: "What's the workaround?"
He Yuzhu chuckled and said, "When the old man taught me his cooking skills, I didn't even kowtow to learn from him."
When He Yuyu heard this, he said strangely: "Brother, you don't want to accept Brother Gangzi as your godson, do you?"
He Yuzhu rolled his eyes at his sister and said angrily: "Have you ever seen anyone with such an eldest son?"
He Yuyu said in confusion: "Brother, what do you mean?"
He Yuzhu took a sip of wine, shook his head and said: "The old man taught me cooking skills because we are father and son, and we are a family.
If Gangzi becomes a member of my family, he will naturally learn the craftsmanship!"
He Yuyu still didn't understand, but Wang Gang's heart was bright.
"Brother, why are you talking strangely today?" He Yuyu asked in confusion.
Seeing that his sister couldn't figure it out, He Yuzhu had no choice but to speak frankly.
"If Gangzi becomes the son-in-law of my old He family, and becomes my sister-in-law, he will naturally become one of our own!"
He Yuyu immediately understood. Even though she had a carefree personality, she was still blushing. After all, she was a girl under eighteen years old. Hearing such words at the wine table, even if it was said by his brother, was quite embarrassing.
.
"Brother, what are you talking about?" He Yuyu lowered his head and glanced at Wang Gang. Seeing his cheerful look, his face turned redder.
"It's time for men and women to get married. You're almost eighteen, what's there to be ashamed of?" He Yuzhu said carelessly:
"Gangzi is not an outsider. You have grown up together. You know each other well and have a foundation of emotions. As for his character, do you know it well?"
"Don't say that your brother doesn't care about you. Does he care about your life-long events? Gangzi is a nice person. You can't go wrong by marrying him!"
The more He Yuzhu talked, the redder He Yuzhu's face became, his head almost shrank into his neck, and he could squeeze out of three rooms and one living room with his toes.
He Yuzhu put down his wine glass and said to Wang Gang: "Gangzi, please tell me clearly, what do you think of my sister? If you think it's appropriate, you two will do something in a year. I will give the banquet to my brother, and the He family's craftsmanship will be
As a dowry."
"Good guy, I regard you as my brother, but you are so greedy for my beauty that you want me to be your son-in-law for Lao He's family!" Wang Gang thought to himself and did not answer He Yuzhu for a while.
Seeing Wang Gang's delay in answering, He Yuyu thought he didn't agree. His face turned from red to white, and he didn't know whether he was angry or annoyed.
"What's wrong with you guys? The atmosphere is so heavy?"
Qin Huairu walked in at this time and saw He Yuzhu and Wang Gang staring at each other with big eyes. He Yuzhu was sitting aside with a pale face.
As soon as He Yuzhu saw Widow Qin coming, he ignored everything and said with a smile: "Sister Qin, what kind of wind brings you here?"
Qin Huairu smiled and said: "The braised pork you made is so fragrant! The whole courtyard can smell it, which makes me, Sister Qin, even more greedy. I am not shameless. I want to ask for two pieces to try."
