If I can go out tomorrow, we can go see Ye Lao San together and give her the thick clothes I brought.
Mrs. Ye thanked Mr. Jiang and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Jiang. Since we are free tomorrow, we can go visit my third brother who is working in the city."
Mr. Jiang talked to Mrs. Ye for a while, and when he felt that his lunch was stuck in his throat, he slowly made some room for her.
So she reached into the pot and scooped up a piece of something and put it in her mouth.
This is a small piece of beef. It might have been dropped accidentally when Mrs. Ye was just about to add it.
But as soon as Mr. Jiang put the beef in his mouth, his expression changed.
The beef, which should have been tender, was now overcooked and tough.
"What's going on?" Mr. Jiang asked in confusion, "Shouldn't meat become softer the longer it's cooked?"
"To answer Master, this beef was cooked for too long and not taken out in time, so it's no longer tasty."
Hearing what Mrs. Ye said, Mr. Jiang recalled that every bite of food he had just eaten was indeed put into the pot by Mrs. Ye and then taken out by herself.
It turns out that she did this to find the best time to taste it.
So Mr. Jiang immediately regretted why he had given Mrs. Ye a day off.
Forget it, once something is said, it cannot be taken back. Besides, there is still time. One more day won’t be a big deal. It can just give her some time to prepare.
"Madam You, I will ask someone to hire some maids. You will be responsible for teaching them the timing and precautions for blanching the ingredients. By then, each chrysanthemum hot pot will be accompanied by one or two maids.
"Let them be responsible for blanching the food for all guests at the flower viewing banquet. They must be careful about the timing to ensure the most perfect taste and flavor."
Mrs. Ye thought about it and felt that although she had one more task to do, it was not difficult.
In addition, she had been at the Jiang family for the past two days, and her food, accommodation and other aspects were very well provided for, so she agreed readily.
Mr. Jiang looked at Mrs. Ye with great emotion, thinking that his son's future might depend on her.
"Madam You, I'm counting on you for the flower viewing banquet in a few days!"
"Master, don't worry, I will do my best to do it well."
Jiang Yuanwai laughed when he heard this and said, "There's no need to be so nervous. With your skills, as long as you perform normally, you won't make any mistakes!"
That night, Mr. Jiang tried two other dishes.
However, the purpose this time has long since changed from tasting the food to being greedy and curious.
He prided himself on being a man of great experience. Not only did he make his first fortune by decisively going overseas in his early years, but in the years that followed, he traveled all over the country doing business. He could be considered a man who had seen and experienced a lot and never treated himself unfairly.
Unexpectedly, I was conquered by Mrs. Ye’s dishes with chrysanthemums.
Who would have thought that just because he attended a return banquet out of gratitude, he would find such a talented chef. This is really a blessing in disguise!
When Mrs. Ye returned to the kitchen from Mr. Jiang's place, she saw Mrs. Ye San learning how to cut vegetables from Feng Yueying.
Although she had already prepared a banquet with Mrs. Ye, Mrs. Ye San had never thought that knife skills were very important before.
When it comes to food, the most important thing is the taste.
She also felt that her knife skills were not bad, but she was not as proficient as Mrs. Ye.
But today, when she was preparing the ingredients for the chrysanthemum pot, Feng Yueying's superb knife skills really opened her eyes.
All the ingredients were obedient in her hands.
Arrange it however you want and cut it however you want.
Looking at the fish fillets she had cut into thin slices as thin as cicada wings, the liver cut into chrysanthemum shapes, and then looking at the unevenly sliced winter melon under her own hands, Third Sister Ye finally understood why Sister Ye had asked her to practice hard during these days.
My current knife skills are not even worth the wages Mrs. Ye paid me.
So after Mrs. Ye and Qiu Wei left with the pot, Mrs. Ye San took the initiative to talk to Feng Yueying and asked her how she had developed such good knife skills.
Feng Yueying was a quiet person, but Lin Yumei, who was standing beside her, spoke up for her: "Yueying has practiced this skill since she was a child.
"Learning knife skills like her was the hardest job among those of us who were learning to help in the kitchen at that time.
"At that time, the master was very strict. Each person only had one chance to go home each month. It was really like training in the hottest days of summer and the coldest days of winter.
“Actually, my family wanted me to learn knife skills at first, but I was young at the time, and just holding a knife all day was tiring enough, not to mention having to chop vegetables.
"At the beginning, I was so tired that I cried every day and kept asking to go home.
“There were more than 30 children in our group who went, but Yueying was the only one who persevered.
“It was not until I started working that I realized the benefits of having good knife skills.
"Let's not talk about anything else. People like me who work as kitchen helpers make very little money, and there are many people trying to take our jobs.
"But Yueying is different. With her knife skills, she has work all year round and earns two or three times more than I do.
"So now I just follow her. She takes me with her whenever she takes on a job."
Mrs. Ye was amazed at what she heard, but then she said with some frustration, "I never thought that knife skills had to be learned from elementary school. It seems there's no hope for me."
Feng Yueying rarely spoke and said, "If you want to reach Yumei's level, you just need to practice more."
Lin Yumei was so choked by her sudden words that she almost rolled her eyes.
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