17, Chapter 17(1/2)
Perhaps it was Pei Liang who used his own strength to destroy their original good situation and took off his old underwear, making him still famous. Although he is still a glorious person, he is full of despises and contempt behind his back.
So when Wei suddenly saw Pei Liang, he felt a little scared.
But she immediately realized that now that years have passed, their Wei family cannot be compared. Her daughter's skill is superb and has been appreciated by countless nobles. There are countless rich young men around her, and there are also secretly Li Shen's escort.
His Pei family had long been declining. He fled overnight, but it was obvious that the restaurant was just a last resort. Now the Wei family has been in Beijing for several years, and the Pei family has left for a while and the tea is gone. Both sides are no longer equal. Why should I be afraid of her?
So Wei smiled and said, "Mystery said that his eyelids were twitching when he woke up this morning. It turned out that there were distinguished guests coming to the door. Isn't this Pei Xiaochu?"
"What? Pei Xiaochu's revisiting her hometown is afraid that she would forget her identity for a while and she still thinks she is the young leader of Tianxianglou? You can't blame you for not being polite. After all, the ancestors have stayed here. It's not surprising that she has wrong positions for a while."
"It's just like Xianglou's surname is Wei today, I teach my own friend a lesson. I hope Pei Xiaochu won't be accustomed to it."
He looked at me again and shouted 'Young Master', which made her mistakenly think it was a job that her daughter had come and sneered: "After eating rice from my Wei family for several years, how could she still be the dog of her own Pei family?"
When she had this attack, the person who had seen Pei Liang show a happy expression also became dull and did not dare to blatantly reminisce about the past.
Pei Liang smiled and found a table to sit down.
"After a few years of separation, Manager Wei has a little more momentum in the helm. It really makes people look at him with admiration. If it weren't for seeing it with your own eyes, it wouldn't be able to match the face of being beaten to the point of bruising, begging for mercy, and snot and tears flowing in his mouth."
Wei's mother's face turned blue and her anger surged.
But Pei Liang was not finished yet, and said, "Speaking of it, he was caught and threw it into the backyard to show his presence in front of the chefs and clerks in the entire restaurant. Many of them were still the old people at that time."
"It's not that I, Pei Liang, can't tell the difference between my position and identity, but you are so majestic and embarrassed when you show off in front of acquaintances now? Or are you forgetting all of them when you are old?"
Wei's mother is now in charge of such a large restaurant and uses her daughter's power to please her. The high-ranking officials and nobles naturally smile and please her. However, the boss who is the same as her, the helpers under her, and the ordinary people who are powerless and powerful have long been the same.
There is no need for the forbearance and cunning he was when he was in the fall and out, and the meanness and arrogance in his bones are revealed.
How could you bear Pei Liang's humiliation at this time?
Wei's mother cursed: "Little Tiezi, who is a dilapidated person, doesn't look at her current identity? If you find a few helpers to support the situation, you dare to come to my mother to take the opportunity?"
"You are like a dead person for several years and you don't know where you are cowardly. You have to shrink for the rest of your life. Everyone will not interfere with the river. I didn't look for you, so you dare to come back."
She sneered: "It's good that you come back. The embarrassment and humiliation that your Pei family gave me at the beginning will definitely make you return ten times a hundred times. I saw that you were still combed with an unmarried woman's hair bun, so I'm afraid I don't know what it feels like to be a woman's life is worse than death."
Pei Liang turned to her back and said, "Miss Wei, the oath he made in public is untrustworthy. He is a good skill that blocked the mouths of so many people."
When Wei's mother turned around, she saw that her daughter had entered the restaurant at some time and stood behind her, her face looking a little ugly.
First, she was resentful and vigilant about Pei Liang. At that time, Pei Liang ruined her reputation and exposed her illusion of justice, and even more let her see the disgusting side of her mother.
If she was just a girl with a pure attitude at the beginning, but when she learned about her mother's unbearable appearance, she would eventually make a choice.
It is obvious that Wei Yingshu chose family affection, so once there is a hole in the bottom line, he will not be able to force the stop.
Unlike the confusion and helplessness at the beginning, whether it is external forces or repeated guidance from the heart over the years, Wei Yingshu probably has completely different conclusions about what happened at the beginning.
At this time, she heard her mother speak loudly, and she felt happy and a little annoyed.
My mother was still provoked by Pei Liang and lost her calmness. Why bother to show off her feelings with great fanfare? Although the Pei family is not as good as before, she is now in the limelight and is also jealous behind her back.
If she intends to ruin her reputation, she will be afraid that what she wants will be difficult again.
So Wei Yingshu pulled the corner of his mouth and apologized to Pei Liang: "Miss Pei, don't be surprised. My mother has just been insomnia and anxious recently, and is irritable and irritable. Please forgive me for any impoliteness."
He said to Wei's mother again: "Mom, the visitor is a guest, why do you curse the guest?"
A few years later, the mother and daughter's master and slave were obviously reversed. When Wei's mother heard this, she stopped talking.
Seeing that Wei Yingshu did not respond to the promised thing, a trace of interest flashed in his eyes. Wei Yingshu now is different from the original work, who is always obsessed with cooking skills and naive and dull personality.
She looked at the signature dishes written on the wooden board hanging on the wall and said to Wei Yingshu: "Can you eat at this time?"
A trace of undetectable contempt flashed in Wei Yingshu's eyes, and he said politely: "But, what should Miss Pei eat?"
Pei Liang finished ordering the dishes, but Wei Yingshu did not move. The other chefs took the order and the two apprentices turned around and entered the kitchen.
Wei's mother covered her mouth with a veil and smiled, "Oh, don't mind Pei Xiaochu. My Yingshu is now busy. There are many distinguished guests coming to Tianxianglou every day than when you were there. She asked her to cook in person. This person has limited energy and cannot take care of all the guests."
The meaning is very clear. Where can you, a dilapidated chef, now who is famous in Beijing, do it yourself?
But what Wei’s mother said is correct. In recent years, the proportion of guests and nobles in Tianxianglou is indeed more than that of Pei Xiaochu.
After all, Pei Xiaochu was only three points at the beginning, so it was normal for those extremely picky nobles to come to be dissatisfied with less dissatisfaction.
Although the Wei family was exposed by Pei Liang and ordinary old guests no longer came to visit, the children of officials like Gao Lechang spent a while in order to support Wei Yingshu, they spent almost three meals a day in Tianxianglou.
There was a wedding banquet at home, so it was not a big deal to choose Tianxianglou. In addition, after Wei Yingshu's management for several years, his cooking skills were favored by more and more noble people, so Wei Yingshu simply took the "high-end route".
Tianxianglou is my father's lifelong obsession and naturally needs to be managed, but it is difficult for ordinary customers to try Chef Wei's craftsmanship.
It was almost noon, and after Pei Liang ordered the dishes, several more guests walked into Tianxianglou, who were actually old customers from Tianxianglou before.
Wei's mother and Wei Yingshu were shocked. These people had not entered Tianxianglou for several years, but they were all the owners or residents of the surrounding shops, so they recognized them.
It turned out that when Pei Liang was visiting the new restaurant opposite, he saw her with sharp eyes.
Most of the surroundings are inherited from family businesses, and they are neighbors I have known since I was a child. How could I not recognize that face when I saw Pei Liang grow up?
Then I saw her turn and enter Tianxiang Tower. After not coming out for a long time, I knew that there was a lot of fun inside.
So one passes through ten and ten passes through a hundred, and some old customers from the past came in a row that were purely watching the excitement.
Several occupied a table, ordered the dishes and glanced at Pei Liang and the others.
When Pei Liang ordered all the dishes, Tianxiang Tower was already very lively now, and this scene was rare.
Wei Yingshu said: "The dishes have been served, so I won't bother you. Miss Pei will use them slowly."
Pei Liang said, "As both cooks, I think the recognition of my peers is also something that Miss Wei cares about. Could it be that she no longer cares about the reputation of the restaurant business?"
Pei Liang said so, where can Wei Yingshu leave?
Someone else was clamoring around: "A few years ago, the two little chefs competed in cooking. At that time, Wei Xiaochu won, and Pei Xiaochu handed over Tianxianglou without saying a word. Wei Xiaochu had sworn in front of Pei Xiaochu at that time to manage it well and not gain the reputation of a century-old store."
"Now that I'm back, I'll explore it. Wei Xiaochu should stay here and listen to what Pei Xiaochu said?"
In fact, who doesn’t know that the vows were all fart? Now that Wei’s vicious woman is standing in the lobby.
If Wei Yingshu leaves at this time, it will be like admitting that he is not as good as others. As for cooking, she still has an absolute superiority to Pei Liang, so she has to stay where she is.
Pei Liang ordered not many dishes, including braised shark fin, Sixi meatballs, fried dried tofu, and a dish of winter melon and pork rib soup.
She tasted a bite of braised shark fin first, and so many people around her didn't say anything, for fear of covering up her voice.
After a while, Pei Liang put down the spoon and the chef who was holding the spoon smiled: "Uncle Lin's craftsmanship is more sophisticated. The shark fin is mellow and juicy, smooth, the sauce is full of color and fragrance, and the aftertaste is thick. The time for you to put the ingredients on the fire is probably more than one level compared to a few years ago."
Lin Chu smiled shyly: "In our industry, what we eat is about experience and age, so where is the value for it? - Miss Pei mentioned it specifically."
The people around him were disappointed when they heard this, and there was a whispering: "Don't Chef Pei come to smash the situation? Why did you praise me?"
"I don't believe that Tianxianglou can have a greedy and short-sighted woman like Wei. Haven't you heard of it? Now, the customers in Tianxianglou are divided into different levels."
"I'm afraid that seeing Wei Xiaochu refuse to accept the call, I used to follow the old man from the Pei family to the kitchen, so I can't bear to put his face on him?"
"It's boring, I'll leave--"
As soon as someone was about to get up, he heard Pei Liang say, "It's worth it. After all, if it weren't for your control, the braised shark fin would definitely taste uneven and be difficult to swallow."
"Uncle Lin, you saved this dish with your own strength, why shouldn't you praise me?"
The eyes of the people around him lit up and they sat back immediately.
Wei Yingshu's face darkened. She had always been conceited with cooking skills. Even Pei Liang lost to him at the beginning. How could the other chefs in Tianxianglou take it seriously?
She smiled and said, "Miss Pei is worthy of being a business for generations, but she will win people's hearts. No wonder these people in the building have been obsessed with the old master for many years."
"It's said that Lin Chu saved a dish by herself, as if I, the chef, had become a burden. Miss Pei, ask Lin Chu, do he dare to be the one who does it?"
Pei Liang smiled: "Miss Wei is afraid that her eyes are just looking up in the past few years and she will not lower her eyes."
She reached out to hold the spoon and stirred the thick apricot yellow sauce, and the crystal clear shark fins of her original color were exposed.
Wei Yingshu's heart skipped a beat and turned his head to glar at Lin Chu.
Pei Liang said first, "Why did Miss Wei take her anger with Uncle Lin? This braised shark fin is exquisitely made and takes a long time. It must be stewed with ducks, mother and son, ham, and steamed scallops several hours in advance to allow the shark fins to absorb the freshest dishes."
"Even if Uncle Lin wants to produce shark fins with neat and decent appearance for Tianxianglou's face, he has to have time?"
The people around him seemed to understand it, so they saw Pei Liang picking a spoonful of shark fins into the bowl next to him with clear water.
The shark fin was gone and covered with apricot-colored sauce, and it suddenly revealed its original appearance.
The old gourmet who knew how to eat and knew how to eat has already been reflected, pointing at Wei's mother and cursing: "Sure enough, dogs can't change their shit."
"What the hell?" Someone couldn't stand it.
Pei Liang said: "This shark fin is not a whole piece of shark fin at all."
"There are scattered wings, hooked wings and fins according to the location. The thickness, thinness, length and length of different parts are different, and the time required for processing is naturally different."
"If a bowl of braised shark fin is mixed with softness and hardness, how can you swallow it? The guests come to eat the signature dish made with scraps you don't want?"
"You Wei family run Tianxianglou and stew the same bowl of shark fins with scraps mixed with different parts. Now the shark fin tastes good. If it weren't for careful people, who wouldn't know the problem? If it weren't for Uncle Lin's credit, who would have made me credit?"
"I'm afraid that when simmering, Uncle Lin must always pay attention to the time and heat, put the shark fins in different parts in sequence, and control them to the exact score. Only then can he make a bunch of crumbs into delicious food that can be served."
Lin Chu looked ashamed when he heard this: "The chef shouldn't cut corners and use inferior products as good ones, alas!"
The diners around understood now and scolded the Wei family's mother and daughter: "It's simply outrageous. You Wei family have taken all of them."
To be continued...