"Eating chicken?" Ye Hongxue thought, "That's a pretty fitting term!"
Besides, that Chuchu girl who was waiting for a price didn't look like some pathetic courtesan at first glance...How many courtesan girls knew martial arts? Of those who knew martial arts, eight or nine out of ten were trained by someone behind the scenes...
Ye Hongxue hadn't noticed from his recent conversation that Baili Tang didn't show the slightest bit of discrimination towards prostitutes. Baili Tang despised those self-proclaimed scholars who cared only about their own happiness, ignoring the hard-working parents in the countryside. He also despised pretentious prostitutes like Chuchu, especially since she was parodying and even desecrating songs like "Farewell My Concubine"...
This kind of woman should have her martial arts skills crippled and then be taken to Wuya Peak...
At this moment, hearing Baili Tang say this, Ye Hongxue could no longer hold back and burst into laughter.
The shopkeeper was stunned at first, but he was not stupid, so he thought, "At worst, we can advance the money, right?" So he said to Baili Tang, "You do it first."
A normal person would jump in surprise upon hearing such a price, but this shopkeeper… Baili Tang could already see that the shopkeeper wanted to advance the payment: "Shopkeeper, I forgot to tell you one thing. In less than two hours, the sun will set.
The temperature right now was no better than midday, so it would take at least three hours to air-dry and coat the duck. Including roasting and preparing the ingredients, it might take four hours.
You should go and ask those distinguished guests if they are willing to wait.
"Maybe there's a distinguished guest who's already tried the roast duck I make, otherwise they wouldn't come. If I cut corners to save time and the food doesn't taste right, will they get mad?"
Just do it if you ask me to?
Wouldn't that be embarrassing?
"Ah? What should we do then? You know, these distinguished guests have been waiting for a long time..." The shopkeeper wiped his sweat and said, believing Baili Tang's words, "Is there no other way?"
"Yes. I'm introducing a new dish that's comparable to crispy roast duck, but takes less time to prepare!" Baili Tang then walked towards Ye Hongxue, "My wife, I'm tired today too. I haven't changed these stinky clothes in several days."
"Xiao Liu, hurry up and prepare two new sets of clothes for your brother Yu. And boil a bucket of hot water." The shopkeeper was quite tactful. "Brother Yu, just..."
"Boss, have you ever eaten pork cooked with sugar?" I'll help you for the sake of your new clothes.
"No? Sugar is sweet, pork is greasy. If you cook them together, wouldn't it taste weird?"
"No, that's good. Prepare five pounds of the best pork belly, two pounds of sugar, and vinegar." Whether or not I'll need all that sugar, we'll figure it out later. "Xiao Liu, don't bother preparing any clothes. Just stay and help me, and let the others do it."
"Okay!" Xiaoliu wanted to stay and learn cooking!
Baili Tang's next task was to braise the pork belly, a relatively simple recipe. He could direct Dong Xiaoliu to do most of the cooking, only personally doing the stir-frying.
The shopkeeper went to greet the important people. Ye Hongxue and the guys didn't dare to look down on Baili Tang this time. They all stood aside like curious babies, "learning from him".
Ye Hongxue, in particular, wondered if this tyrant emperor had often cooked in the palace before. Otherwise, why was his cooking so superb?
Oh, it was in Yu Tang's past life, after graduating from university, that he moved to a big city to work, lived alone, and, tired of eating gutter oil, learned to cook. Young men of that era (referring to those who weren't second-generation rich) had it tough too—being able to be a good hostess, drink, cook, and make women happy... But that wasn't enough; they also had to have a house, a car, savings, and no health issues. And being an orphan would have been even better...
Well, it’s not easy for women either. They need to be able to put on makeup, make money, and give birth to children… and they also have to be able to guard against “Xiaoshan” and fight against their mother-in-law…
Haha! These are just jokes!
Fortunately, he, Yu Tang, will never have to go through that again!
What he worried about most was that after returning to the palace, facing so many concubines, would he be "squeezed dry" in a minute!
Compared to crispy roast duck, the aroma of roasted red belly is lighter, but it looks just as appetizing!
After it was done, Baili Tang served himself a plate and started eating: "It's okay. If it had all the seasonings, it would taste even better." It was impossible to ask him to serve the food!
Ye Hongxue's chopsticks were already stretched out, and Baili Tang threatened her, "Eat one piece, and you'll have half an ounce more of the meat on your waist!"
"Humph! What do you care?"
"Then why don't you get a plate? How much do I have here?"
Then, Ye Hongxue snatched it away: "Isn't there a plate here?"
What a domineering and unreasonable woman!
Dong Xiaoliu and others seemed to have forgotten about the dishes, and they also took their chopsticks and reached directly into the big iron pot!
If the shopkeeper hadn't come back, it wouldn't take long before all the belly meat would have been eaten up by these people!
"What are you doing? Xiaoliu! Hurry up and serve the food!" the shopkeeper shouted, then picked up the chopsticks and tasted it. "It's fragrant, sweet, and a little sour. It's fat but not greasy..."
Five pounds of belly meat, and now only three plates are left!
"Sprinkle some chopped green onions and coriander on it!" Baili Tang said to the shopkeeper.
"Okay!" The shopkeeper did as he was told and served the dishes himself!
There were originally three distinguished guests upstairs, and now another one has arrived - Hu Panpan.
"Second Uncle! Panpan was just bullied!" Hu Panpan said coquettishly to Hu Zhenxing.
Oh, it's not just Hu Zhennan and Hu Panyuan who dote on Hu Panpan in the Hu family; her grandmother, mother, aunt, second uncle, and aunt all dote on her! The Hu family is a family of military commanders, and in the past hundred years, they've only produced a talented woman like Hu Panpan! Hu Panpan is the darling of their family!
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