Chapter 91 Taking over the banquet
Soon.
Li Chennong's cousin and nephew both came over.
Li Chennong’s cousin’s name is Li Jianguo, and his nephew’s name is Li Xiangkai.
Zhang Yu glanced at Li Jianguo and then at Li Chennong.
Uh, what's going on?
Li Jianguo is not very old, he looks to be in his thirties. After all, he is Li Chennong's cousin, so he cannot be older than Li Chennong.
It’s just that Li Xiangkai doesn’t seem to be very old!
Zhang Yu glanced at the other person. Although he didn't look that young, the scholarly atmosphere could still be seen on his body, and more importantly, the other person didn't even look twenty years old.
This... I don’t understand.
"Jianguo, this is Xiaozhang." Li Chennong introduced it from the side.
Li Jianguo stepped forward and held Zhang Yu's hand, "Master Zhang, thank you so much."
"I..." Zhang Yu opened his mouth.
"You don't know." Li Jianguo looked excited, "We are almost going crazy with anxiety. We have searched all the chefs in nearby towns and villages. All banquets for famous chefs are arranged slowly, even if we add money, we can't do it.
"Look at my mouth, it's like this." Li Jianguo pointed to the bubbles on his mouth, obviously very anxious.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, this is because the money is not enough. As long as the money is enough, what kind of cook can't be hired?
I heard Li Jianguo continue: "That's all. I didn't expect that we couldn't even hire chefs from those small restaurants." His tone was helpless.
His son Li Xiangkai spoke at this time, and said with an unhappy look on his face: "It's not that you didn't like those chefs at first, but now they have raised the price, and you are no longer willing."
A group of people were stunned and looked at each other. They didn't expect such a thing to happen.
Li Jianguo turned around and glared at his son, and then continued: "Master Zhang, don't worry, we will definitely satisfy you with the remuneration." Perhaps he was afraid that Zhang Yu would think too much, so the other party quickly patted his chest to express that money was not an issue.
Zhang Yu hesitated for a moment, "Let me make a statement first."
Seeing the other party looking at him, Zhang Yu continued: "First of all, I am not that kind of professional chef."
Li Jianguo was stunned.
"That is, I can cook some dishes, and everyone thinks they are delicious, and then just mention it like this, and then..." Zhang Yu gestured.
Looking at the other party's expression, it was obvious that Li Jianguo had not expected this.
"So, don't expect too much." After a pause, Zhang Yu added, "Of course, if you feel uneasy, I can cook a few dishes for you to try."
Li Xiaoyun on the side saw this and jumped in directly: "Uncle Jianguo, the dishes made by my uncle Zhang are always delicious. Really, I have eaten them several times."
After hearing what Li Xiaoyun said, Li Jianguo looked better.
Li Chennong also said at the side: "I found the person for you, it's up to you whether you want him or not."
His idea is very simple. One is to have a celebrity to guarantee the vote, and the other is the soup dumplings made by the other party, which are really outstanding.
Li Chennong thought of the soup dumplings he had eaten before and swallowed.
Li Jianguo thought for a while, "Otherwise, Master Zhang, we will have a banquet the day after tomorrow. According to our custom, we need to warm up a day in advance. Do you think we should start preparing today?"
So early?
Zhang Yu was stunned. The full name of preheating should be preheating wine. This custom is found in many places.
The time depends on local customs, some are one day, some are three days, and some are a week.
In his previous life, one of his cousins got married, and they had a seven-day warm-up ceremony.
A week before the wedding, their cousins or a group of relatives had to go there to eat and drink every day, and it was hard not to go.
Zhang Yu, who originally planned to take one day off and had three days on Saturday and Sunday, had to take two extra days off.
Just like that, when he came back, he was forced to lie down by a group of relatives.
After that, he decided that after he got married, he would only warm up for one day. Unexpectedly, he would burp in the end.
Seeing what the other party said, Zhang Yu thought for a while.
Teacher Huang on the side saw him and quickly advised him: "Go ahead, Xiao Zhang, I'm getting married the day after tomorrow. If you can, please help me."
After all, you still have money to take, right?
Zhang Yu nodded slowly, "In that case, let me give it a try?"
Seeing that he agreed, Li Jianguo's face looked much better, and a smile appeared on his face, "Okay, then I'll trouble Master Zhang."
The few of them chatted for a while, but because there were still a lot of things to do at home, Li Jianguo left after talking for a while.
However, Li Xiangkai did not leave and stayed.
"Teacher Huang, please sign for me." Li Xiangkai took out a notebook and pen from nowhere and started looking for people to sign in turns. He was obviously prepared before coming.
After finishing the signature, Teacher Huang pulled Teacher He and muttered for a while, and then the two of them left, not knowing what they were going to do.
As for Zhang Yu, he was not in a hurry to go and have a look. There were still a few fish in the kitchen. He killed them all and wasted them if he didn't eat them. He simply cooked them.
"Try it. If you can, this is it." Zhang Yu brought the fish out on a plate.
Originally, Li Chennong had to leave for something, but after seeing Zhang Yu cooking fish, he simply stayed. He planned to see how the other party's food was cooking.
It's hard to say that I have known Zhang Yu for such a long time. Although the two of them had eaten together, Zhang Yu was still a newbie at that time. He could only stir-fry some green vegetables, tofu, tomatoes and eggs, but he didn't know how to cook hard vegetables. I didn't expect that it would only take two or three years.
In just a few months, the other party has changed so much.
Taking a pair of chopsticks, Li Chennong picked up a piece of carp meat and tasted it.
Hmm...it tastes quite good!
It's salty and mild, and doesn't have the earthy smell common to carp. Although the method is different and the seasoning is different from the fish I eat when I go to a banquet. But it can obviously be served at a banquet.
Li Chennong felt relieved. As long as the quality of the subsequent dishes was similar, there shouldn't be much of a problem.
"Okay, you guys can eat first. I have something else to do and I'll leave first." After saying that, he glanced at his daughter, thought about it, and stopped calling her.
Anyway, we can’t play for a few more days, so I’d better say less to avoid annoying my daughter.
As soon as Li Chennong left, Li Xiaoyun let go.
"Uncle Zhang, this fish of yours doesn't taste as good as the fish pieces in the fish soup before!" Li Xiaoyun didn't know how to be subtle and expressed his thoughts directly.
Zhang Yu didn't mind, and nodded after saying 'hmm', "The preparation of fish soup is different from that of braised fish. I'm not proficient in braised fish. It's normal for you to think it doesn't taste good."
Li Xiaoyun didn't know whether he understood or not, so he nodded his head. After taking another bite, he put down his chopsticks.
Qi Zeqing and Xu Xiaoxiao on the side had already put down their chopsticks.
Looking at the fish on the plate that was picked up with chopsticks, Zhang Yu knew that these people were eating it with their mouths.
"Okay, if you don't want to eat it, then give it to Orange and the others." He said and walked out with a plate of fish.
After calling twice, the two cats squatting on the chairs with their eyes closed and concentrating suddenly opened their eyes. When they saw Zhang Yu squatting there, the orange seat swished, jumped off the chair, and rushed over.
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After smelling the fish in the bowl, I immediately started eating.
At this time, Tangbao also came over. What surprised Zhang Yu was that Tangbao just smelled it, then looked at him and left directly. He jumped back on the chair and started licking the cat hair on his body.
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Zhang Yu suddenly became confused, did he think that the fish he cooked was not delicious???
The soup dumplings are made with fish. They used to eat fish soup with rice, and they also ate the fish pieces Zhang Yu gave them. Now they don’t eat his fish...
Mad!
Could it be that you really dislike it?
Fortunately, Orange Zodiac in front of him was not picky about food. Upon seeing this, Zhang Yu poured the fish from the soup dumpling bowl into Orange Zodiac's bowl. This time, Orange Zodiac was eating even more happily.
Chapter completed!