Chapter 167 The Imperial Kitchen accepts a disciple
Su Xiaoxiao said to him: "Actually, the dishes I cook are very simple, but the methods are all the same. When the emperor feels tired of eating, you can slightly change the taste and make more fresh dishes. The dishes. This can be regarded as an enlightenment education for you. As the saying goes, the master will guide you, and you will have to rely on yourself from now on. "
The young apprentice nodded and thanked Su Xiaoxiao.
After Su Xiaoxiao prepared all the dishes, many young eunuchs came to the imperial dining room to serve the dishes. These people were responsible for bringing all the dishes to the emperor.
Eunuch Li asked Su Xiaoxiao to wait outside the door, waiting for the emperor's reaction after tasting these dishes.
Su Xiaoxiao and the young apprentice were waiting outside. In fact, both of them felt a little uneasy.
After about a cup of tea, Eunuch Li's voice came to Su Xiaoxiao's ears. "The Emperor has invited you two to come over."
Su Xiaoxiao and the young apprentice lowered their heads, followed Eunuch Li, and walked into the emperor's banquet hall. After the singing and dancing of birds and the sound of drums and music, Su Xiaoxiao lowered her head, but she felt that everyone in the banquet hall All eyes seemed to fall on her.
Su Xiaoxiao couldn't explain why, so she started to feel nervous for no reason.
Then she quickly forced herself to calm down, as the saying goes, "If there are five words floating in the sky, it's nothing. If it is something, it will only bother you for a while, and it will be over in a while."
Su Xiaoxiao recited this mantra silently in her heart and began to relax herself.
She subconsciously straightened her back and acted naturally.
Because I couldn't raise my head, I couldn't see the emperor's expression above.
Su Xiaoxiao waited for a long time, and finally felt that the emperor was about to speak from above.
Generally, when a big shot starts to speak, he will clear his throat first and say, "Ms. Su's cooking is delicious. I am very satisfied today. Reward!"
This was the golden words spoken by the emperor, praising Su Xiaoxiao for her great contribution today, and the surrounding palace ministers also began to praise her one after another.
The thing is like this, if the emperor doesn't say it's delicious, usually the important people here won't speak, and the soldiers and generals below will certainly not dare to speak first.
As long as this important person said yes, everyone else started saying it was delicious.
Even if it’s not delicious, you still have to say it’s delicious, so everyone can just go ahead and praise it.
"It's delicious. I've never eaten such delicious food in my life."
"Yes, I will never be able to eat such delicious food in my next life. Why are you crying?"
"Yeah, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat such delicious food in the future."
No matter how exaggerated it is, just praise it as hard as you can.
In any case, Su Xiaoxiao's hanging heart was finally relieved at this time.
Su Xiaoxiao also introduced the young apprentice around her to the emperor in a timely manner, so the young apprentice also received praise from the emperor.
In addition to rewarding Su Xiaoxiao with gold and silver, the emperor also rewarded her with a piece of jewelry.
Eunuch Liu, the chief eunuch, brought over a tray covered with red cloth.
After Su Xiaoxiao took off the piece of red cloth, a jewelry box was revealed inside.
It was engraved with hundreds of birds, flowers, and insects, which looked lifelike, as if they were about to fly out of the box in the next second.
Su Xiaoxiao felt that such a jewelry box might be more valuable than the jewelry inside. Su Xiaoxiao felt a little excited just looking at the box.
"This is..." the emperor said: "The jewelry box that was paid tribute by various countries is given to you as a thank you gift."
Su Xiaoxiao accepted the gift of thanks and kowtowed to the emperor before leaving the palace.
Qian Musheng saw that Su Xiaoxiao had gained a lot today, and asked her if she had relaxed now and what she wanted to do most.
Su Xiaoxiao came to the street outside the palace and saw an old man standing at the end of the street selling mutton skewers.
Su Xiaoxiao pointed to the stall and said, "I also want Qian Musheng to take me around the capital to eat."
The two walked over, and the old man quickly stood up and asked them, "Do you two want to eat mutton skewers?"
Su Xiaoxiao nodded.
"If you want to eat, give us two skewers to try first."
The old man was very happy when he saw it, but he didn't expect the business came.
As a result, Su Xiaoxiao saw that the old man roasted a whole piece of mutton directly on the fire.
"Can such a big piece be cooked?"
Su Xiaoxiao asked him.
The old man said: "Yes, if you wait a little longer, it will be almost cooked."
Su Xiaoxiao frowned and looked at the large piece of mutton held by the old man, "There must be very few people who buy it when you roast it like this. If you believe me, just cut the mutton into small pieces and skewer them one by one." "
The old man was stunned for a while, but he tasted what Su Xiaoxiao said for a while, and it seemed that there was some truth in it.
Su Xiaoxiao continued: "Actually, if you sell it like this, the cost price is quite high, and not many people will buy it. If you try the method I mentioned, you can probably attract more customers to buy it."
When the old man heard this, he regarded Su Xiaoxiao as a god, "Young lady is right, I really can't support this stall any longer."
He also considered Su Xiaoxiao's proposal, but felt that it was a bit unfeasible.
Why do you say this?
He feels that people here like to eat meat and drink heavily, but if they want to skewer the meat like this, they really don’t know if it will be enough for others to come and stuff it between their teeth.
After Su Xiaoxiao made this suggestion, and the old man grilled it in accordance with Su Xiaoxiao's suggestion, the aroma of the meat skewers sprinkled with cumin powder could completely seduce people's greed.
This made Su Xiaoxiao very nostalgic, and she even thought of those very nostalgic scenes of sitting on the roadside in the summer when the breeze was blowing, drinking beer and eating mutton skewers.
"Boss, you can actually grill some other vegetables. For example, in addition to mutton skewers, you can grill some pork skewers, beef skewers, and various sausages. In fact, your current varieties are a bit too single. , then business will be bad.”
Su Xiaoxiao sat in front of her stall and gave her a lot of advice.
Qian Musheng was stunned at the side. Su Xiaoxiao was really amazing and knew so much. Although he didn't know what the effect would be when implemented, they all sounded like very good suggestions for improvement.
The old man wrote them all down one by one. It was already dark after Su Xiaoxiao and Qian Musheng finished eating the mutton skewers. When they were about to pay and leave, the old man quickly rejected Su Xiaoxiao.
"Little lady, you have given me so many opinions, so I won't take your money. Just treat it as hard work."
Su Xiaoxiao laughed, "You should say it's the consulting fee, right? But seeing as you are still working hard selling mutton skewers outside on such a hot day, you must accept the money."
(End of chapter)