Chapter 227 Fan Xiuqin's Master
The eldest son-in-law of the Li family stood up before Fan Xiuqin. He walked over and said, "Deputy District Chief Ge, you..."
"I'm here to investigate the situation of the chef who came from Gangcheng Baohua Building to Fuyun Building for support and was left behind by the street." Deputy District Chief Ge said with a sullen face, "This is Director Hu from the city. Deputy Mayor Zhu sent him to handle this matter."
Upon hearing this, beads of sweat the size of soybeans appeared on the forehead of the eldest son-in-law of the Li family.
Manager Zhang said politely, "Director Fang, you asked me to fire He Yunbang and Xiao Fan. He Yunbang is studying in Gangcheng, and Xiao Fan is an employee of Gangcheng Baohua Building, which involves the relationship with Hong Kong businessmen. I can't make a decision on my own, so I went to ask the leader. The leader will come to investigate and deal with this matter."
The eldest son-in-law's sweat beads gathered into a stream and flowed down. He took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his face, and his voice trembled a little: "Leader, that He Yunbang beat people and caused trouble during the Spring Fair, causing adverse effects; this Fan Xiuqin also caused trouble during the Spring Fair."
"Your mother-in-law goes to my master's house every day to curse people, why don't you take her back to the street? Your father-in-law and brother-in-law went to my master's house and forcibly took Sister Zhen away, forcing her to marry your mother-in-law's nephew. Your parents-in-law first arranged a marriage for Sister Zhen as a child bride, and then sent Sister Zhen to the countryside in exchange for your brother-in-law's job. When Sister Zhen returned to the city, they kicked her out again. Now they want to force her to be someone's concubine. Time and time again, you violated the law and discipline. Are you blind or are you protecting your relatives?" Fan Xiuqin sneered, "You are completely using the Spring Fair to abuse your power for personal gain, and you are a big stick for evil people to oppress the good."
"Xiao Fan, can you please check what time it is now?" Manager Zhang reminded Fan Xiuqin.
Fan Xiuqin took a look and gasped: "Oh, the evening market has already started. Has my master returned?"
“I have already returned.”
Manager Zhang said to the two leaders, "Director Hu, Deputy District Chief Ge, Fuyun Building is under great pressure to receive guests now. I am taking Xiao Fan back with me."
"OK."
Fan Xiuqin carried the bucket, put the teacup and stool into the bucket, and said to the two leaders: "Comrade leaders, we must catch the black sheep in the cadre team."
"Young comrade, you are very conscious. We will consider your suggestion."
"Then I'll go first." Fan Xiuqin walked out with a smile on her face.
As soon as she walked out of the street, she saw the old woman from the Li family coming over. Fan Xiuqin said happily, "Auntie, hello, my son-in-law let me out. Our leader came to pick me up in person!"
When the old woman saw her, she quickly walked inside and shouted at the top of her voice, "Didn't we agree that if Fuyunlou closes those two doors, we won't let them out?"
Fan Xiuqin looked like she was enjoying a great show and wanted to go back to watch it.
Manager Zhang reminded her: "Little aunt, if you are late for the evening session, your wages will be deducted."
It's fatal! Fan Xiuqin rushed to Fuyun Building.
She ran back to Fuyun Building. It was already 4:12. She went to the kitchen and said to Zhang Junming, the leader of Baohua Building, "Brother Ming, it was Ningning who asked me to scold people today. You can't deduct my wages."
Zhang Junming said unhappily, "I still have to pay you overtime, right?"
"That's fine." She saw He Yunbang was already there, "Master, you didn't suffer in the police station, did you?"
He Yunbang reached out and knocked on her head: "Go change your clothes, it's time to cook."
"knew."
Looking at his apprentice's back, He Yunbang smiled helplessly, but felt warm in his heart.
Fan Xiuqin stood beside He Yunbang and cooked. While cooking, she told He Yunbang how she was going to sing the drum and how she was going to make trouble at the Li family.
"Oh my! When the two leaders came, I was so scared that I was sweating. I was..." Fan Xiuqin turned around to pour the dishes. She saw someone coming in from the kitchen door and called out in a low voice, "Master..."
"What do you want me to do?" He Yunbang turned around and saw Fan Xiuqin looking at the group of people walking in.
There was a thin and serious middle-aged man in the group who looked at Fan Xiuqin. Fan Xiuqin put down the pot, moved forward, walked up to the man, and called out, "Master."
The thin man looked her up and down: "Yeah."
She looked at the amiable man with a slightly round face next to her: "Uncle Dong, why are you here?"
Uncle Dong said with a smile on his face: "Your brother Yude is leading the team to provide support at Yuecheng Hotel. Your master and I came to Yuecheng to guide the work. We happened to run into Boss Yue and came to Fuyunlou to take a look. Boss Yue said that you have learned a lot of cooking skills these days?"
Fan Xiuqin turned to look at He Yunbang: "Yes! I learned a lot from my master... I learned a lot from my master Abang."
The serious man looked at her: "They are all masters."
Fan Xiuqin laughed and pulled the serious man's arm: "Master, come with me, I will introduce my new master to you."
He Yunbang walked over, and Fan Xiuqin said to the serious man, "Master, this is my new master, Chef He Yunbang, who is a great cook at Fuyunlou. I'll ask him to cook a dish for you later."
"Asshole, didn't you cook it for me?"
"I cooked it well enough." Fan Xiuqin ran to He Yunbang again, "Master, this is my old master, a national-level Cantonese chef, the head of Lu's cuisine, Chef Lu Yongding."
He Yunbang had never felt anything when he was with Fan Xiuqin before, but when he saw Xiuqin's previous master, he felt ashamed of himself. He said, "Hello!"
"This girl is jumping up and down like a monkey. Thank you for your hard work, Chef He." Chef Lu said.
He Yunbang looked at Fan Xiuqin and said, "Xiuqin has a good foundation and can understand things at once. There is only a limit to what I can teach her."
"You are too modest." Chef Lu said to Fan Xiuqin, "You will cook the mixed dishes for me later, okay?"
"My chef cooks mixed dishes, and I cook beef noodles, ok?"
Chef Lu nodded: "That's fine."
Yue Ning held out his hand to invite them out of the kitchen. Ma Yaoxing looked at their backs and asked, "Is that A-De's second uncle?"
"Yes!" said Fan Xiuqin.
"National chefs are different, they are so impressive." Ma Yaoxing said with envy, "When can I have that kind of momentum?"
Fan Xiuqin shook her head: "My master is indeed very impressive and a good person, but he holds on to old ideas. He thinks that as a female comrade, I can make good noodles and have a stable job, and then I can just stay at home and take care of the children."
She pushed He Yunbang: "Unlike Master Abang, he will teach you whatever he has."
Lu Yongding, who was walking back, heard this. He Yunbang saw it first and said, "Xiuqin, your master is looking for you."
Fan Xiuqin turned around and saw Chef Lu, her head shrank like a quail: "Master."
"If you are free tomorrow morning, come to Yuecheng Hotel and we can talk," said Lu Yongding.
Fan Xiuqin nodded: "Oh!"
Lu Yongding turned and walked out, his mind full of Xiuqin's words.
Back then, he took in Xiuqin because she came from a very good family, and he also had to agree with the saying that women hold up half the sky.
But since ancient times, chefs have always been men, and their Lu family basically passed down the skills to sons rather than daughters. He thought he had found a good way for this child, letting this child specialize in pasta. As for girls, as long as they have a skill, they can make a living with this skill in the unit, and it is not tiring, isn't it just right?
The girl is old enough now, and seeing how lively she is, it’s not easy to find a partner through blind dating. He is urging her to find one, and it’s for her own good.
The girl insisted on going to Hong Kong City, so he specially sent a telegram to his nephew. The nephew promised to take good care of the girl, and only then did he let her go.
Who would have thought that the nephew would not take care of this girl himself, but find a new master for her.
He had always thought that his nephew was steady and reliable, who would have thought that he would do something reckless? He came back and wanted to find Xiuqin, and wanted to ask her about the situation tomorrow morning, but he didn't expect to hear the girl say this.
Isn't it for her own good? Seeing her being so close to her new master, he felt suffocated.
"Old Lu."
Hearing the boss calling him, Lu Yongding walked over quickly. Yue Ning and Song Ziqiang invited the two chefs to take a seat.
Yue Ning just went to Yuecheng Hotel and talked with Minister Luo about the situation in Hong Kong City, especially the current immigration wave in Hong Kong City.
Minister Luo agreed with Yue Ning's idea of mangroves and sand fixation, but he was busy this time and couldn't keep her to talk for long.
After Yue Ning reported to Minister Luo, he ran into Song Ziqiang when he went downstairs.
As soon as Song Ziqiang saw her, he said it was a coincidence and two national chefs from Beijing were also there, and he wanted to introduce them to each other.
With Song Ziqiang's introduction, Yue Ning met Lu Peide's second uncle, and another person she knew well, who was Sister Jinying's half-brother.
Originally, Song Ziqiang wanted to invite two national chefs to come to Fuyunlou to provide guidance, and wasn't it a coincidence that he met Yue Ning?
Song Ziqiang said to the two chefs, "Although Xiaoyue is young, she is good at doing business. She has opened several stores in Hong Kong. Will Ningyan open a second store soon?"
"July. I didn't ask Brother Lu to come this time because the Ningyan Lu Mansion is being renovated, and Brother Lu needs to coordinate the renovation and other details of this restaurant with Sister Sophie." Yue Ning called the waiter, "Fuyunlou has been too busy these two days and can't make complicated dishes. Let's have a meal for four."
Chef Dong said, "Boss Yue will make the arrangements."
She looked up and said to the waiter, "Let Chef Xiao Fan fry the beef noodles, and add a portion of spring rolls and let Chef A Bang fry the mixed vegetables."
Yue Ning stood up and poured them some water: "Brother Lu and Sister Xiuqin, both call me 'Ningning', Director Song and Director Chen call me 'Xiao Yue', both uncles are seniors in the industry, so please don't be so formal with me."
"Yes! Chefs, we all call her 'Xiao Yue'." Song Ziqiang said.
Lu Yongding smiled and said, "I'm not polite. I want to ask Xiaoyue, how is Peide doing recently? He wrote to me and said he is doing well. I don't know if he is really doing well or if he only reports good news and not bad news."
"It was really difficult for Brother Lu at the beginning. He couldn't speak Cantonese, so he couldn't make a single move in Hong Kong. When he applied for a job as a chef in various restaurants, they all thought that he couldn't even speak Cantonese, so how could he cook Cantonese food? When he moved from Hong Kong to Macau, an old man who ran a noodle shop took him in. The old man was a very nice person..." Yue Ning told them about the difficulties Lu Peide encountered in Hong Kong, "The turning point came when he participated in the Hong Kong and Macau Chef King Competition."
At this time, the roast meat and marinated dishes were served. Yue Ning said, "Uncles, this is our special crispy glass roast duck. I made the skin based on the method of Beijing braised oven roast duck."
Lu Yongding picked up a piece of roast duck skin and put it in his mouth. It was extremely crispy. When his teeth touched it, the duck skin immediately broke and the fat overflowed. The sweet duck fragrance instantly filled his mouth, but it didn't feel greasy at all. He picked up another piece of skin and meat. The duck meat didn't need any dipping sauce, it already had a salty and fresh taste.
This roast duck cannot be compared with the duck served at a state banquet, but it is one of the best in Beijing.
He said, "This roast duck is good."
"This roast duck is not that good. If you go to Ningyan in Gangcheng, the roast duck there will be really delicious!" said Song Ziqiang.
Lu Yongding asked again: "What happened after Peide participated in the competition?"
"In his first appearance, he eliminated my grandfather's third apprentice with absolute advantage, which was a big upset." Yue Ning continued to talk about Lu Peide, and the two of them were nervous after hearing what he said.
Chef Dong smelled a fragrance and a plate of stir-fried dishes was brought to the table.
"This is our chef He's stir-fried dish. Come and try it."
Chef Dong peeled off a piece of pancake skin, wrapped a piece of mixed vegetable with chopsticks, and stuffed it into his mouth. There was the spiciness of the leek, the crispness of the bean sprouts, the vermicelli with rich sauce, the smooth shredded pork, and the unique flavor of Cantonese stir-fry.
He swallowed the spring roll and said to Chef Lu, "This skill of controlling the heat is really amazing. Xiuqin's master is really capable."
"Brother Lu also learned how to cook from Uncle Abang." Yue Ning continued to talk about how she cooperated with Lu Peide to participate in the competition. In the end, Lu Peide won the title of Chef King and entered Baohua Building.
She looked at Lu Yongding and said, "So the new Ningyan restaurant features Lu's cuisine and is called 'Ningyan Lu Mansion'. After it opens, Brother Lu will be the head chef of this restaurant, and he owns shares in this restaurant."
“You gave him shares?”
"Yes." Yue Ning nodded. "He joined Ningyan with his skills and fame, so he must have a share. Otherwise, where would he get the motivation?"
The Lu family had been running Lujia cuisine for more than a hundred years before liberation. Lu Yongding certainly knew what shares meant.
"I discussed with him that Lu's cuisine is the brand of Lu's public school. We want to use the name of Lu's cuisine, but we can't take away his name, so we used the signboard of 'Lu Mansion'."
Lu Yongding knew that Yue Ning told him this to prevent his family from taking his nephew's shares. He said, "Ade won your recognition with his skills. This is his ability."
After a short time together, Yue Ning had come to understand that Chef Lu was a decent person, but his ideas were somewhat conservative.
Yue Ning said: "In addition to taking care of the affairs of Ningyan Lu Mansion, Brother Lu also has one more thing to do. He wants to bring the Shandong cuisine chef who just came from Taiwan to help her adapt to Baohua Restaurant as soon as possible and learn the basic dishes of Baohua Restaurant."
Chef Dong looked at Yue Ning and asked, "Is the Shandong cuisine chef from Taiwan named Chen?"
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