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Chapter 18 Conspiracy

One month is limited, and in order to train good apprentices quickly, Su Yu arrived at Xianman Hall early every day. The two little apprentices were also very diligent, so he simply lived in the kitchen. Seeing the two working on the floor in the utility room, Su Yu was a little overwhelmed. He discussed with Mr. Yuan and rented a small courtyard next door. There were three rooms inside, which were made into a large shop, which was enough for the two apprentices and several waiters to live in.

Speaking of which, Xian Mantang's waiters were all servants transferred from the Zhao Wang Mansion, and the expenses were paid by the Zhao Wang Mansion. Su Yu looked at the accounts carefully and felt that this was inappropriate. He wanted to cooperate with Zhao Wang for a long time, and it was always bad to always take advantage of others.

"The new waiter has been recruited, so there is no need to worry about it," Mr. Yuan stopped Su Yu from dividing the accounts. "They are slaves and cannot leave the Zhao Prince's Mansion."

"I'm confused." Su Yu suddenly realized that although the slaves in the royal palace were slaves, they were a status that many people were unwilling to give up. In the eyes of others, the waiter in the restaurant and the slaves in the royal palace were naturally incomparable.

The new waiter is still in training and will be able to take up his post in a few days. Su Yu is not good at this, so he handed it over to Mr. Yuan. He just repeatedly explained that the future accounts must be clearly distinguished, so that the prince will suffer any more, and then concentrate on teaching the two apprentices.

Two apprentices, each of whom learns seven dishes, should be enough for one month.

The most difficult thing in cooking is the control of the heat and seasonings. Time is tight, so Su Yu prepared the seasonings for these fourteen dishes and put them in different small jars, indicating the seasonings for the dish. What Zhang Cheng and Wang Feng need to learn is the processing of the heat and ingredients.

Seafood ingredients are more particular than other ingredients. Where to eat, where to make soup base, and where to cut it out in advance. The order of the order cannot be wrong. Su Yu picked simple fish, shrimp and scallops. It is not difficult to make fourteen dishes with three main ingredients.

"Today make fried shrimps with sauce." Su Yu took out a pot of shrimp and handed it to Zhang Cheng, and asked him to pick the shrimp thread.

Fried shrimp with sauce is not simply fried in soy sauce. In the past, when Su Yu lived, chefs were often lazy and directly used prepared Meiji sauce. There was no industrially produced Meiji sauce here, so it needed to be prepared by hand.

"The most important thing about seafood cooking is not after putting it in the pot, but before putting it in the pot." Su Yu checked the processed shrimp and handed over a pile of seasonings to Zhang Cheng.

To remove the fishy smell, cooking wine is needed, so there is naturally no cooking wine in Da'an Chao. When Su Yu looked through Su Ji's recipes, he found that many dishes contain a seasoning called "Hua Diao".

Huadiao, also known as Huadiao wine, is a kind of yellow wine. Su Yu bought Huadiao on East Street, and more than a dozen kinds of yellow wines such as Zhuangyuanhong, Jintan wine, Huabaiyang, etc., and tried them all. He found that these yellow wines have basically the same effect in removing fishy smell. For some reason, the ancestors of the Su family only wrote Huadiao, which made him guess for several days.

Garlic, ginger, soy sauce, sugar, pepper, and rice wine. The seasonings should be prepared. Remove the shrimps and marinate them in the seasonings for half an hour before draining them to the pot.

This was the first time Zhang Cheng looked at Su Yu's treatment materials carefully, and saw the slender and white fingers flying, spreading the ingredients, loosening the powder, and ordering sauce. A set of movements was like performing a superb tea ceremony. I couldn't help but be fascinated by it.

There are always some people who look ordinary when they are fine, just like Su Yu, whose appearance can only be considered the best, and they are mediocre in dealing with people and things. However, when they step into his realm, they can instantly turn into gods, and their light is unparalleled.

"Do you remember?" Su Yu stopped and turned around to ask his little apprentice.

"Master, why do I think you don't seem to be cooking, but it's like..."

"Bang!" With a crisp sound, he planned to talk between the master and the apprentice. Su Yu looked up and saw a small basin of flour that was originally used for snacks at the window was knocked to the ground. A ball of flour covered with flour looked very angry. While sneezing, he still slugged open the basin that dared to be the truth.

"Sauce!" Su Yu's eyes lit up, and he ran over in two steps, picking up the white kitten.

A fool! The amber eyes were full of anger. An Hongche raised his claws and patted Su Yu's hand away, struggling to jump back to the chopping board, shaking his hair hard. Damn it, pickled shrimps and pickled shrimps, showing that seductive look for whom! He looked up at Zhang Cheng who was stunned by the side. His Majesty's anger became even more intense, and he couldn't help but bared his teeth at him.

"Okay, okay, don't be angry," Su Yu held back his smile and picked up the kitten again, leaned over and kissed the cat's ears, which were still covered with flour. "It won't be uncomfortable if we go and wash it."

OK, damn it!

Using his usual means, the flour cat in his arms stopped moving. Su Yu touched the cat's head with satisfaction, told Zhang Cheng to pickle it up again, and then left his apprentice to bathe the cat.

The weather was getting hotter and it was noon. I was not afraid of being frozen. Su Yu took a small wooden basin, scooped hot water from the steamer and mixed it. After testing the water temperature, he put the ball of hair in. The water was just right, and it could completely flood my body when I lay down. Uncle Mao lay down comfortably and put his head on the edge of the basin.

"Sauce, why did you run out at noon?" Su Yu hadn't seen this guy during the day for a long time. He only came twice in the middle of the night this month. Now he looked carefully and seemed to be a bigger circle than before.

The kitten, who was squinting his eyes and enjoying it, raised his eyelids and looked at him, raised his front paws, and the tactful cat slave immediately held it and carefully cleaned the batter in the slits of his claws with his fingertips.

Let's go to bathe today! An Hongche yawned and responded casually.

However, this sentence sounded like a few "meow woo" to Su Yu, and he couldn't understand it at all, but he was still able to chat. "What do you want to eat? I will make delicious food for you later. It's just that when you grow up, you have to eat more... Oh, by the way, do you still remember where I put my famous post? I didn't hand it over. Why did Zong Zhengshi order me to go to the election?"

An Hongche was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore, so he let him talk there himself.

After washing the cat, Su Yu used a cloth towel to wipe the cat from head to toe. The hair was half dry. Afraid of being blown by the wind, so he simply took a dry cloth towel and wrapped it up and put it in his arms.

An Hongche uncomfortably broke away from the cloth towel, and the somewhat damp hair wet Su Yu's underwear. It was already summer. Su Yu didn't wear anything else except this one. The touch of his skin was conveyed through the soft wet clothes. His Majesty was stunned.

"Boss, something happened before," the waiter who was passing the food hurriedly ran over, "A man claimed to be your brother and wanted to keep the books. Mr. Yuan refused, so he shouted to let you go."

Su Yu frowned and raised his hand to take out the cat in his arms and go over to see the situation. An Hongche, who was stunned, subconsciously grabbed Su Yu's clothes with his claws, causing him to not take it out. Su Yu, who had always been spoiled, did not force him, so he simply took the cat to the lobby.

Sure enough, Su Yu's cousin Su Ming was standing in front of the counter, clamoring, and the guests in the lobby were eating while watching the fun.

"Su Yu, do you think, am I your elder brother?" Su Ming suddenly became even more excited when he saw Su Yu coming, and the table slammed loudly.

Su Ming was very unsightly at Su Yu's pride these days. He wanted to have a free meal, but after eating, he wrote it on Su Yu's account, so that he could lose money. The fresh clinker was paid first and then served. The shopkeeper's oil and salt didn't come in, but he refused to write it on Su Yu's account. Seeing that the people in the lobby began to whisper and laughed at him, Su Ming, who was angry, couldn't help but get angry.

Su Yu was in a headache and took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Yuan, I said that anyone who causes trouble will be sent to Kyoto Prefecture."

"I understand," Mr. Yuan smiled, "I have already asked someone to ask the yamen."

"Su Yu, what do you mean?" Su Ming was suddenly panicked when he heard the person who went to ask the yamen, but he was unwilling to show his timidity. He bluffed and grabbed Su Yu's clothes, "Ouch!"

As soon as I got closer, a deep blood mark was scratched by a sharp claw.

"I'm really sorry for disturbing the guests' meals. Today, there is no table here to send a pot of sour plum soup." Su Yu comforted the hair bun in his arms and bowed to everyone.

At a table by the window, An Hongzhuo stared at the cluster of golden fluff that appeared on Su Yu's clothes, and a playful smile appeared in his narrow eyes. He turned around and looked at Su Ming, who was still scolding by the waiter, raised his chin slightly, "Follow him."

"Yes." Someone around him responded and gradually disappeared on the lively East Street following Su Ming's footsteps.

In the evening, Su Yu finished the last dish, rubbed his sore shoulders, turned to look at the golden kitten who was concentrating on fishing by the fish tank, and couldn't help but smile, "Sauce, let's go home."

The golden ears moved, An Hongche looked up at him. In the warm candlelight in the kitchen, the not-so-pretty face looked softer. He let go of the fish tail that he had just caught and shook his claws. It's true that I can't act coquettishly in front of others, even if I dote on you, I can't act coquettishly in front of others.

When he returned to the Su family, Su Yu's yard was pitch black. As soon as he stepped into the yard, the kitten in his arms suddenly rushed up to his shoulders. At the same time, a muffled sound came from behind the door, and a black shadow rolled out.

"Ouch!" The black shadow fell to the ground and whined.

"Su Ming? Why are you here?" Su Yu lit the candlelight and saw clearly the person coming. It was Su Ming, the cousin who was causing trouble during the day. He probably had been hiding in the dark just now. He somehow fell off after stepping on the air. He even held a net bag in his hand, not knowing what to do.

Su Ming looked pale, looked at the darkness nervously, then looked at Su Yu again, and ran away.

"What's wrong?" Su Yu scratched his head. He didn't think Su Ming was going to do anything good when he was hiding in his house. He either wanted to steal money or beat him up. But why did he fall out by himself and was still scared?

An Hongche, who was standing on his shoulder, had cold light in his eyes. It was a delusion to try to catch me by holding a rabbit's net bag.

The next day, Su Ming fell ill. The aunt refused to let go and said that she had broken her in Su Yu's house. Su Yu was so upset that he simply refused to go home and lived in Xianmantang to make his ears clean.

In a blink of an eye, it is the third day of the seventh lunar month, and the day of the election to enter the palace.

Zhao called Su Yu back the day before, taught him with his own heart, and told him more about making friends with those nobles, and packing up several sets of clothes and accessories for him.

At the beginning of Mao, Su Xiaozhang had already driven Su Ying to Zongzhengsi in a donkey cart. Su Yu could not catch up with the donkey cart, so he could only walk over with his bag. When Maozheng arrived at Zongzhengsi's front yard, many noble children came, each with gorgeous clothes, and they gathered together in groups of three or three.
Chapter completed!
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