Return To 1977 Chapter 797: Through the bottom
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Weaving lies is shameful, and not being able to weave lies well is ridiculous.
It is annoying to tell lies, and it is childish to not even tell lies smoothly.
Successful lies can turn illusions into facts, and unsuccessful lies can sometimes even turn things that are reasonable into unreasonable.
No, "Zhang Dashao" was "playing cash" this time, and the result was true to his words, which made him blush.
But that's not all. In addition, Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan clearly had good intentions and came here to deliver good things.
But he was not acknowledging his feelings. He just deliberately made others angry.
So now, facing Hong Yanwu's smiling expression and Chen Liquan's curious expression, he found it even more difficult to deal with himself.
Okay, after thinking about it, I felt that since I agreed to teach these two boys cooking skills anyway, there was no need to hide my past deliberately, so I might as well reveal my background.
In this way, it was rare for him to open his mouth and tell the story of the past.
It’s just that maybe I’ve been holding it in for too long, and because I’m so talkative, I actually didn’t hug her even after I said it.
It's not as if I'm telling someone else, but I'm telling it to myself, and I'm actually recounting half of my life.
Hearing his experience in the ears of Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan not only satisfied their curiosity, but also left them with a lot of emotion.
Although they expected that "Zhang Dashao" had an extraordinary background, they did not expect that Master Zhang's circumstances were very similar to their kowtow master Yu Ye.
Similarly, it is made by art and injured by art.
Even wandering around and dying alone.
How could they not be hurt by the situation and express deep sympathy?
Speaking of the similarities between "Zhang Dashao" and Yu Ye, they probably started from birth.
The old man, Zhang Qingxiang, was born in 1918. Although he was born a generation later than Mr. Yu, the same thing is that his family has been supporting the Qing royal family for generations.
Because since the 30th year of Qianlong's reign, his ancestors were brought to the capital from their hometown in the south because of their superb cooking skills, and became "Tatan" before the emperor.
Since then, the Zhang family has been carrying the golden rice bowl rewarded by the emperor, and has never returned to their hometown. They have become out-and-out Beijing residents.
The only thing is that people in the same industry look down on each other, and there are cliques everywhere. This golden rice bowl is not easy to maintain.
The palace chefs are mainly from Shandong, but the ancestors of the Zhang family are authentic southerners and are good at southern-style dishes.
Although being transferred from the private sector to the Imperial Kitchen Room of the Qing Palace was an instant success, he was still fighting alone.
With no support from the top, no support from fellow villagers, and deeply disliked by colleagues, wouldn’t there be conflicts between right and wrong?
It just so happens that the Zhang family’s ancestral temperament is similar to that of Master Yu.
Belongs to what Du Yuesheng calls the second class of people. They are capable but have a bad temper. They only take what is right and do not know what to ask for.
So even though the ancestors of the Zhang family were admired by Qianlong, they almost offended all their colleagues.
It was only a generation of glory. Since the death of Qianlong, the "Bo Le", and the replacement of Jiaqing, who advocated frugality, as the master, the situation of the Zhang family has become worse than that of Wang Xiaoer during the New Year.
Since then, various forms of exclusion have followed one after another.
No matter how good your craftsmanship is, you can't stand it when people join forces to mess with you, calling you around in circles without giving you a chance to show your face.
Want to leave? Even if I want to leave, I can’t. Do you want to go back to your hometown with the reward and live a good life? Where can you get what you want!
If I don’t torture you to the point where I have my claws in the air, and if I don’t torture you to the point of poverty, you won’t know how powerful the palace is.
As a result, during the Jiaqing, Daoguang, and Xianfeng dynasties, several generations of the Zhang family had done almost all the forty-eight places in the imperial kitchen.
Wherever you go, you go wherever you are busy, and wherever you go, you go wherever you are miserable, but you get nothing.
Not to mention such nice things as being promoted, being rewarded with profits and silver, and selling ingredients from the palace, the family fortune was almost lost in order to deal with the faults raised by the superiors.
The grievance is really great.
But you have to say it in two words, blessings and disasters are hidden by blessings.
Because generations of the Zhang family have been doing hard labor in disguised forms like donkeys, whether in the external dining room or the internal dining room.
The meat and vegetable bureau, vegetarian bureau, dinner bureau, stove bureau, snack bureau, wild food bureau, and kitchen treasury are all too poor.
I have taken care of all the meals for my brother, concubines, guards, maids, and eunuchs.
So the Zhang family has thought through almost everything about the food and drinks in the palace.
From Bazhen Banquet to Sula Sauce, he is proficient in all kinds of southern dishes, northern dishes, Manchu banquets, Han banquets, and Manchurian and Mongolian barbecues.
The menus of the internal and external dining rooms recorded by generations of people are enough to fill three large books.
To put it bluntly, in terms of understanding the food situation in the palace, the Zhang family is qualified to be the chief official of Guanglu Temple and the royal dining room.
Not to mention the royal chefs, if they want to cook, they should go home and take care of their children.
So gold always shines. No, it was a God-given opportunity. It was because the Queen Mother of the West had an improper diet and became angry with her servants.
Shan Zheng was really cornered and wanted to hang himself, so he thought of "Zhang Dashao"'s grandfather.
It turned out that fate fell in love after a try. "Zhang Dashao's" grandfather relied on one product of the family's "cherry meat", one product of "fried elm mushrooms", a plate of "yellow noodle dumplings" and a bowl of "Qiao Chun Soup". The Queen Mother's appetite was whetted on the spot, and she was transferred to the longevity dining room.
And once you become a celebrity of the Queen Mother of the West, you will receive endless rewards.
After that, it was the Zhang family’s turn to take the lead in their craftsmanship.
Unfortunately, the Zhang family's luck is still a bit lacking.
Although I had to meet the "Ming Lord", I finally met Cixi, an old lady who was more delicious and luxurious than Qianlong.
But this happened a little late.
Because at this time, the Queen Mother was not only over sixty years old, but also quite unable to control her mouth.
She is too gluttonous and has no restraint.
As long as your stomach feels a little empty, as long as there is nothing better to do, you have to eat.
For example, one time, "Lafayette" had just finished eating snacks at the "Jingfu Pavilion" in the Summer Palace, and was walking to the "Xiequ Garden" to eat.
Unexpectedly, I stopped suddenly while walking. I don’t know why, but I was about to eat fish soup.
Yes, "Zhang Dashao's" grandfather had to quickly take out the small stove he brought with him, make it on the spot, and serve it on the spot.
That's not all. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and eat "roasted pork rinds", and my favorite "braised duck" is served every time.
The water chestnut pancakes and fried triangles stuffed with minced meat must be eaten as soon as you bite them.
Think about it, how can an old lady of this age resist all this greasy food!
Yes, in the late autumn of 1908, I suffered from autumn dryness, improper conditioning, and diarrhea. Eventually it turned into dysentery.
To put it bluntly, the old queen mother did not die at the hands of her political opponents or the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but she died on her own lips.
As a result, the tree fell and the hozens scattered, and the original good job became a ruin.
As soon as the Shoushan Room was disbanded, no one escaped. The grandfather of the Zhang family and the masters recruited from the private sector left the palace together and dispersed to make their own living.
However, although he lost his job, the good thing is that at this time, the grandfather of the Zhang family had already gained a foundation and reputation through the Queen Mother of the West. Many princes and nobles were recruiting him to join the government as a chef.
The grandfather of the Zhang family was also very shrewd. He refused to hang himself from a tree. He claimed that he would only work as a "cater" for more than a thousand yuan per seat, and would only accept temporary employment.
In this way, people will become more popular. That is making money every day.
In the end, Mr. Zhang taught his son Zhang Zhi to the church, and he lived in a big house and became an old man comfortably.
At that time, Na Tong of Jinyu Hutong and Zeng Chong of Qin Lao Hutong, the two wealthy men of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, were the Zhang family's main patrons.
There is such a sentence in "Natong Diary", "Tonight I will eat Zhang Zhi."
Most people will never understand this. In fact, it means inviting "Zhang Dashao's" father into the house to serve as a "cater".
If you look at the "Sheep Head Horse" who sells a hundred white water sheep heads at the front door every day, he can live in a big house and support his three wives and a large family just by making snacks.
You can imagine how happy the Zhang family's life was.
So in fact, it is no exaggeration to say that "Zhang Dashao" was born in a large house with three entrances and a cross-yard.
As the only son of the Zhang family, when he was a child, among his toys were many small gold ingots and small pots made of jade.
Although his life is no worse than that of the young master of the aristocratic family, he does not have the same bad habits as the young master of the aristocratic family.
Because the Zhang family is a craftsman, "Zhang Dashao"'s father asked him to learn cooking from him since he was a child, and he would never raise a young master.
It just so happens that "Zhang Dashao" has a talent in this area. He knows it at a glance. He loves to eat and cook, and he is looking for delicious food and drinks all over the capital.
At a young age, he knew how to combine the methods of cooking with vegetables and create fashionable new dishes such as "Breaded Chicken" and "French Prawns".
This not only made Zhang Zhi proud, but also made the Zhang family's "catering" banquet more famous.
How can I be worried about anything? He thought that his son would probably never be poor in his life
It's a pity that craftsmen who don't study have limited knowledge.
They don’t realize that there is a country bigger than home, and everyone is always affected by the current situation.
You cannot create a comfortable place by relying solely on craftsmanship.
At critical moments, good luck and bad luck can often happen in a matter of seconds.
Just because you don’t understand, you may make a mistake and regret it later.