Chapter 106 How much is a beauty worth
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"Zi Ying, I really didn't expect that Master Sun's disciples could cook such a good dish!" Helan Minzhi chewed a piece of braised pork a little disregarding his image, drank another glass of wine, and praised him. As soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help but pick up another piece. He had never eaten a large piece of pork before, and he didn't know that the pork could taste it. He was almost at the point of wanting to swallow his tongue.
Helan Minyue, who has never liked to eat meat, couldn't help but wonder how many pieces she ate. Of course, she picked some of them and praised her after eating them. After showing a embarrassed smile to Chen Yi, she continued to eat very ladylikely. Of course, she ate more of other delicious dishes!
During the Tang Dynasty, pork was not a widely accepted food. The upper class thought it was dirty and unwilling to eat. Ordinary people ate a lot. However, even if the people ate it, the most commonly used method was steamed. There were not many other tricks, and no one could make braised pork. In "Journey to the West", they would always make a big steamer to serve Tang Monk and the second senior brother who didn't know what the meat was. That had a "life foundation"!
According to some people's research, as long as the royal relatives and nobles of the Tang Dynasty were at least 5th rank, the public would give free meat every month. From the prince to the second rank, they would provide twenty sheep and sixty kilograms of pork every month. The third rank official only gave twelve sheep, fourth rank and fifth rank official every month to nine sheep. Except for the second rank and above officials, they would not give pork. It can be seen that mutton is much more popular than pork.
The Korean Lady Wu Shun of Helan Min's mother is a first-class person. Of course, there is pork provided by the government in the mansion, but the brother and sister would not eat dishes made mainly from pork as raw materials. The first time I ate braised pork cooked in this way, of course I thought it was delicious. What's more, this plate of braised pork tasted very good in the mouths of Chen Yi, a later generation.
Seeing the Helan Minzhi brother and sister having fun, Chen Yi was a little proud and smiled at Ning Qing, who was sitting aside and a little restrained.
Ning Qing, who was equally proud of himself, but did not dare to express too much in this regard, looked at Chen Yi a few times and said shyly: "Young Master Helan, Miss Helan, I didn't know how to cook, this... I'm all taught me. These emperors should teach me how to cook!"
"Ah?!" Helan Minzhi and Helan Minyue exclaimed in one go. Helan Minyue's hand was picking up the food. A piece of braised eggplant picked up in Helan Minzhi's chopsticks fell back onto the plate. "Ziying, do you teach Ning Qing to cook?" Helan Minzhi pointed at Chen Yi with greasy chopsticks like a foreigner, "You can... cook, can you cook?"
Looking at the shocked Helan Minzhi and Helan Minyue, Chen Yi looked proud. He didn't think there was anything wrong with cooking. He just thought they were surprised by his superb cooking skills. He smiled and said in a very modest tone: "It's nothing, but when he was a child, he ate and ran to the kitchen when he wanted to eat. At that time, there was a chef with very good cooking skills in the mansion. I liked to eat the dishes he cooked very much. I learned it after watching too much! You don't know that the flavor of the chef cooking is very different from that in Chang'an. He likes to stir-fry on high heat. The taste of the fried dishes is much better than the dishes cooked in restaurants now!"
"So that's it!" Helan Minzhi stopped his astonishment, his eyes rolled around, and he was still full of astonishment with Helan Minyue, who didn't know what to say or whether he should continue to enjoy the delicious food, and finally all his thoughts turned into a sigh, "Zi Ying, I really didn't expect that you would do anything you learned... This made Brother Wei sigh! No wonder... no wonder... hehe, hehe!"
Chen Yi ignored Helan Minzhi's "no wonder" that was not said, and just explained with a smile: "Don't be amazed by Brother Changju. If you are surprised by such trivial matters, then you will find that I will have more miscellaneous studies that you would not think of in the future. You should be shocked and scared. This is absolutely unlucky, or okay... Don't be surprised, Brother Changju, Minyue, Ning Qing, I'll give you a glass. Today we have a few drinks and eat dishes together. It's a pity that there is no silk and bamboo accompaniment, and there is less elegance. Hehe, this wine is good, let's drink..."
As he said that, he ignored the three men and women who looked at him with different eyes. He first drank the wine, then spooned up a bowl of soup, and started drinking happily.
Helan Minzhi laughed twice, and also dried up the wine. Then he showed a "thief" expression that was not very consistent with Junshuo's appearance. He approached Chen Yi and whispered: "Brother Ziying, can I let some people learn cooking skills with Ning Qing?"
Chen Yi was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Helan Minzhi meant, and agreed without considering it: "That's fine! I guess Ning Qing will definitely be able to teach!" As he said that, he blinked at Ning Qing, and Ning Qing, who didn't fully understand Chen Yi's intention, had to nod.
Chen Yi knew that the owner behind Zuixianlou was Helan Minzhi or Wu Shun. Helan Minzhi said this because he wanted the chefs of Zuixianlou to learn the skills of cooking and raise the reputation of Zuixianlou with another delicious food. He did not expect that the chef who cooked cooking had a low status. People with "identities" like him would not do it. He had no financial mind and liked to live a free and casual life. He didn't care much about these things that were related to money and things! He also believed that the predecessor of his body was also such a person!
Helan Minzhi certainly believed that Chen Yi understood what he meant. After Chen Yi agreed very simply, he thought about it again, stretched out a finger, and shook it in front of Chen Yi: "Brother Ziying agreed so simply, I am very happy for my brother. Of course, such a good thing cannot take advantage of you. Let me do this. If you agree to Ning Qing teach you the cooking skills you passed on to the chef of Zuixianlou, I can promise you that you can withdraw 10% of the income from Zuixianlou in the future..."
"10% of the income of Zuixianlou?" Chen Yi was stunned for a moment, as if he was a little unbelievable about what Helan Minzhi said. Today he finally confirmed that Zuixianlou must be directly controlled by Helan Minzhi, otherwise he would not dare to make such a generous promise. He was not sure how much Zuixianlou will earn every day, but judging from the flow of customers there, it would definitely not be less, and 10% of the income should not be worse!
Helan Minzhi thought Chen Yi was too little, so he immediately stretched out another finger, "Twenty percent, Zi Ying Xian Gong, 20% of the income from Zuixianlou...is not too little. For example, even if you are penniless now, you can buy a good house in Chang'an in a year..."
Unexpectedly, Chen Yi shook his head firmly, "No, Brother Changju, since I promised you, there are no conditions. I am not interested in how much income Zuixianlou has, how much income is 20%... We are friends, you need it, and I can help, that is unshirkable. Don't mention these so-called conditions at all, otherwise..." Chen Yi did not say the conclusion, but just smiled at Helan Minzhi.
Chen Yi was not interested in the 20% income of the Zuixianlou that Helan Minzhi proposed. What he wanted was not money or goods, but he wanted more. Thinking of this, he glanced at Helan Minyue who looked at him from time to time...
Well, how much is this beauty’s worth than Zuixianlou?
Chapter completed!