Chapter 16 Pork in a Pot: The Legend of Harbin Shanzu (3)
Pitiful.
helpless.
Feeling uncomfortable.
Looking at the interaction between the young Zheng Xinwen and his childhood sweetheart Mao Mei Loli, Hao Xian's eyes gradually faded.
I'm here to save the pork dumplings, why should I feed me dog food?
Brother Chef, do you think I choose me if I can make a product, or do you think I am easy to bully?
Hao Xian had the urge to turn around and float away, but he remembered that he was carrying heavy responsibilities and it was difficult to really leave. What if he didn't pay attention to the traitor and harm Zheng Xinwen?
So he could only force himself to stay by Zheng Xinwen like a spirit behind him, trying to block what the two said.
Can't block it.
Because he found that even if he blocked his ears, he could still hear all the sounds clearly. After all, he is a soul now, and his ears are just decorations.
However, in the process of being forced to eat dog food, he at least solved the mystery of why Zheng Xinwen had a childhood sweetheart.
As early as the 17th century, the Qing Dynasty had a military conflict with the Rakshasa Kingdom in Heilongjiang. The captured Russian troops were moved to Beijing. Under the instruction of Emperor Kangxi, they were given the status of a bannerman and were assigned to the Manchurian Yellow Banner, the most direct line.
[*Note: Rakshasa Kingdom was the name for Russia at that time. Given that there should not be so many readers who understand Russian, you can refer to the pronunciation of the English Russian, which is similar to Rakshasa.]
This group of surrendered troops was mainly engaged in intelligence investigation and recruitment of the Rakshasa Kingdom, so Russia was regarded as a "Russian raid" at that time.
The Qing court was very vigilant about various foreign cultures, but for the purpose of winning over, Kangxi gave the Rakshasa Kingdom a Guandi Temple as a temporary church, renamed the "Rakshasa Temple". They could only use it themselves, and it was strictly forbidden to preach to others.
Due to the strong assimilation ability of the Chinese nation, the descendants of these Russians gradually regarded themselves as China, and the Rakshasa Temple became neglected.
However, time passed by. In 1858, after the Second Crow Deception War, the Qing court was forced to sign the Treaty of Tianjin, allowing the great powers to preach freely. The Russian Orthodox Church, which had already had a church in Peking City, was equivalent to taking the lead compared to other churches and immediately made every effort to preach to China.
Anna's uncle went to China as a member of the missionary group. Later, Anna's father also brought his family to Beijing to join his brother and opened a Western medicine clinic with the support of the church.
Her clinic is near Zheng Mansion. Zheng Xinwen, who was beaten and escaped from the monk, accidentally fell in front of the clinic one day and was cured by Anna's father. From then on, the two families have formed an indissoluble bond.
After understanding all this, Hao Xian felt even more sad.
Why didn’t I heal me when I was locked in the kitchen and practiced my cooking skills when I was a child, and there was no cute loli to heal me?
Is it that I'm not worthy?
Oh, Sister Si comes to mock me every day for not even making fried rice with eggs and rice, and other sisters from Chinatown come with her to pinch my face and play with it...
The king of the vegetable market lowered his sad head.
Even when he noticed that Zheng Mingquan's carriage was back home, Hao Xian wanted to get under the carriage and sing: I should be at the bottom of the carriage...
Zheng Mingquan entered Zheng Xinwen's room with a stern face. He saw Anna and immediately changed his face and smiled kindly: "Anna, you are here. Hey, Xinwen has caused you trouble again."
"It's okay, Uncle Zheng, I happened to use him to practice medical skills. My father said I was too young and refused to teach me. Humph, I'm pretty well bandaged!" Anna said proudly with her waist and pointed at Zheng Xinwen's bandage that was crooked like a greedy snake.
"That's it..." Zheng Xinwen just wanted to refute, but his father stared back at the look of his relatives for justice.
Zheng Mingquan turned to Anna and smiled again: "Anna is so clever and skillful, and she will definitely be very virtuous when she grows up!"
Hao Xian curled his lips with great grudges.
This is just a look at the daughter-in-law!
The evil old society! If it were in the 21st century, I would have called the police justly!
Zheng Mingquan is indeed very satisfied with Little Anna. His silly son doesn't listen to him. Instead, when he is with Anna, although he will be strong, he will be very accommodating to Anna in everything he does. This is great. He has no choice but to do this torture. There must be someone who can take care of him, otherwise he will not be overwhelmed.
The Zheng family has long since no longer had the idea of not willing to accept the bloodline of the alien race. The country's fortune of the Qing Dynasty is unstable. From the perspective of the future fate of the entire race, it is not a bad thing to marry the people of the Rakshasa.
Seeing Anna's happy look after being praised, Zheng Mingquan turned to look at her son, put on his face again, and said coldly: "Prepare for it. After recovering from the injury, go to Prince Gong's house to learn cooking. Don't embarrass me then."
Hao Xian again confirmed that this son was definitely his biological son.
Zheng Xinwen shook his hand carelessly: "Dad, I know you don't let me learn cooking. Even if you lock me up in Prince Gong's Mansion...why did you just say that you asked me to go to Prince Gong's Mansion for?"
Zheng Xinwen suddenly got up and looked at Zheng Mingquan excitedly, frightening the blonde loli who was still bandaging him.
Because he suddenly touched the wound, his body was in pain in several parts, but he still gritted his teeth and stared at his father.
Zheng Mingquan did not answer, as if he was too lazy to look at him more, and walked out of the room with his hands behind his back.
"Uncle Zheng said he asked you to learn cooking. Do you want me to help you treat it too?" Anna said angrily.
Zheng Xinwen still had an incredible expression on his face. After a while, he came to his senses and shouted loudly to the outside of the door: "Dad, thank you! I will definitely not embarrass you! I will become the most powerful chef in Beijing!"
Then, he hugged Anna beside him and said ecstaticly: "That's great! I can learn to cook! I can finally learn to cook!"
"Oh, what are you stupid guys doing? I've got my clothes dirty!" Anna pushed him away with disgust, and her little face turned red and ran out of the room.
Zheng Xinwen sat on the bed, looking at Anna's leaving figure, and smiled silly:
"Prince Gong's Mansion...hehehe...hehehe...how good should the chef in Prince Gong's Mansion be? Will he be even better than the palm of the Zhimiaolou? It shouldn't be worse than the Eight Buildings, right?
"By the way, Anna has always said that she can't get used to many Chinese dishes. When I have achieved success in my studies, I will specially invent some dishes she loves!
"Hehehe..."
Hao Xian, who was beside him, had a dull look on his face, and his mind was filled with "hehehe" sounds.
He really wanted to use his disposable soul, possess Zheng Mingquan, and come back to serve him again.
But for the sake of the pot and meat dumplings, he endured it.
Isn’t it just Mao Mei’s childhood sweetheart?
But that's it!
In this way, under the witness of a lemon essence from 150 years later, the day when a generation of Harbin cuisine master Zheng Xinwen sneaked into the eight buildings in the old Beijing to learn cooking secretly was over.
Zheng Xinwen suddenly thought of something and said, "No! I haven't learned how to stir-fry ice cores yet! If you have the chance, you have to sneak into the kitchen of Zhimiaolou to take a look!"
Chapter completed!