Chinese chef

Chapter 58

58 Wuquan Temple

The old man ate two [Sand Tea Chicken Ding] and one [Lychee Chicken Ball] and felt extremely satisfied.

To be honest, if it wasn't for the fact that his stomach couldn't eat, he wished he could eat a few more.

He hasn't eaten so happily for a long time, he just feels energetic and energetic.

After calling the waiter to check out, he asked Lu Yun, "Hi, I want to thank Master Mu in person, is that okay?"

"Of course there is no problem with this, but now Master Mu is teaching other people how to cook, so it may take a while. Please sit here for a while, and I will go to the back kitchen to have a look." Lu Yun said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll trouble you then!" The old man said with a smile.

Lu Yun came to the back kitchen and told Mu Feng about the situation, Mu Feng nodded.

It just so happened that the first dish was ready, and another dish was going to be taught next, so I took advantage of the time when the big guy was preparing the ingredients, and came to the lobby to meet the old gentleman just now.

"Old man, is my cooking okay?" Mu Feng walked over with a smile.

"It's not only okay! It's definitely a master's craft!" The old man said with a smile.

"Old man, you are too generous." Mu Feng said with a smile.

"I haven't been to this Zhonghua Restaurant for more than ten years. I didn't expect the food to be so delicious now." The old man said with a smile.

"Have you been to Zhonghua Building before?" Mu Feng said with a smile.

"That's right, the Zhonghua Building used to be full of guests, but it's a pity, after that, many chefs left and gradually became less famous.

But it's all right now, I think with you in charge, Zhonghua Building will definitely be able to revive in a short time.Our Fengze can have another top-notch restaurant.

I really didn't expect that at such a young age, you can cook so well! "The old man said with a smile.

Mu Feng smiled and scratched the back of his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

"By the way, look at me. I haven't introduced myself after talking for so long. Hello, Master Mu. My name is Shen Songtao." The old man said with a smile.

Shen Songtao?Why does this name feel so familiar?

"Hi old man Shen, my name is Mu Feng, you can just call me Mu Feng." Mu Feng said with a smile.

"Okay, hehe, Master Mu, no, Mu Feng, can we leave a phone call?" Shen Songtao said with a smile.

"Of course." Mu Feng said with a smile.

After leaving the phone number with each other, Shen Songtao waved his hands: "Mu Feng, then I'll go first and come back next time when I have a chance. Hehe~"

"Okay, old man Shen, go slowly." Mu Feng said.

After Shen Songtao left, Mu Feng walked slowly back to the kitchen.

As he walked, he scratched his head, feeling that the name Shen Songtao was very familiar.

At the door of the kitchen, I just ran into Shi Nancheng.

"Nancheng, have you ever heard the name Shen Songtao?" Mu Feng asked.

"Shen Songtao?" Shi Nancheng thought for a while, "This name is very familiar! I feel like I've heard it somewhere..."

"You think it's familiar too!" Mu Feng nodded.

After thinking for a while, I still can't remember.

"Forget it, don't think about it, I'm going back to the kitchen." Mu Feng said.

"I'll go too, I'm hungry." Shi Nancheng said with a smile.

"..." Mu Feng glanced at him speechlessly.

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After teaching cooking, Mu Feng went back to Su Ji.

Before going to Su Ji, Mu Feng went to Su's house first.

When he went to see Grandpa Su and Grandma Su at Su's house in the morning, he heard Grandpa Su mentioned that he wanted to eat [lychee chicken balls], so he brought a copy for Grandpa Su.

This is why he took [Lychee Chicken Ball] as the teaching content today.

After arriving at Su's house, Grandpa Su and Grandma Su were watching TV.

After these days of recuperation, Grandpa Su has recovered very well and is basically healed.

Grandpa Su himself has a strong body, and he was really lucky this time, so he didn't suffer any serious injuries.

Otherwise, it would be really scary for the old man to fall.

Mu Feng knocked on the door.

Grandpa Su went to open the door.

"Grandpa, look what I brought you." Mu Feng smiled and raised the bag in his hand.

"Mu Feng is here! Did you bring you something delicious for Grandpa Su? Hehe." Grandpa Su said with a smile.

"Guess what!" Mu Feng said with a smile.

"Mu Feng, you're here." Grandma Su poked her head out of the kitchen and smiled.

"Grandma." Mu Feng greeted with a smile.

"It seems to smell like chicken." Grandpa Su said a little uncertainly. After a pause, his eyes lit up, and he remembered something, and then asked, "Could it be lychee chicken balls?"

"Hey, you really guessed it." Mu Feng said with a smile.

After entering the room and sitting down, Mu Feng took out 【Lychee Chicken Ball】.

"Come on, Grandpa, try it, I just made it this afternoon." Mu Feng said.

Grandpa Su put a chicken ball into his mouth, tasted it, and nodded.

"That's right, it's crispy on the outside and tender on the inside." Grandpa Su said with a smile.

"Grandma, come and try the lychee chicken balls I made." Mu Feng called out to Grandma Su in the kitchen.

"Okay, wait a minute!" Grandma Su said with a smile.

After a while, Grandma Su came out from the kitchen with a pot of porridge and put it on the table.

"Mu Feng, drink some porridge to rest your stomach later." Grandma Su said.

"Okay." Mu Feng nodded, and handed a new pair of disposable chopsticks to Grandma Su.

"No, I'll save the new chopsticks for later use. I have chopsticks at home, so I'll get them." Grandma Su said with a smile, then turned and walked into the kitchen to get the chopsticks.

Granny Su, who returned to the living room with her chopsticks, walked over and said, "Mu Feng, your Grandpa Su and I plan to go to Wuquan Temple to worship Buddha tomorrow, do you want to go together?"

"Worship Buddha? Why do you suddenly want to go to Wuquan Temple?" Mu Feng asked suspiciously.

"We usually go there, maybe two or three times a year! This time your Grandpa Su had an accident, but fortunately, the Buddha blessed him. It was just a false alarm, so we wanted to pay homage to the Buddha." Grandma Su said with a smile.

Mu Feng nodded after listening.

"Is it the whole day tomorrow?" Mu Feng asked.

"Yes, we will leave at [-] o'clock tomorrow morning, eat some vegetarian food in the temple at noon, and come back in the afternoon." Grandma Su said.

"That's fine, then I'll come pick you up tomorrow morning." Mu Feng said with a smile.

"Okay, then let's go to Wuquan Temple to worship the Buddha together tomorrow, and let the Buddha bless your business prosperity and your cooking skills getting better and better, haha." Grandma Su said with a smile.

Looking at the dining table, he said, "Mu Feng, hurry up, drink the porridge first, and talk."

"Okay." Mu Feng nodded.

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After leaving Su's house, Mu Feng hurried back to Su Ji.

In the evening, when the stalls were about to close, Mu Feng told Shi Nancheng that he would accompany two elderly people, Grandpa Su and Grandma Su, to Wuquan Temple tomorrow.

"What time are you going tomorrow?" Shi Nancheng asked.

"After eight o'clock, why, you want to go too?" Mu Feng joked.

"Why, is it strange that I want to go?" Shi Nancheng asked with a smile.

"You really want to go together?" Mu Feng asked with a surprised smile.

"Can't you?" Shi Nancheng shrugged, spread his hands and said with a smile.

"Of course, I will have an extra free driver. But, let me tell you, we have to eat vegetarian tomorrow at noon!" Mu Feng said with a smile.

"Yeah, I have to eat in the temple at noon." Shi Nancheng frowned, "You can't eat meat!"

For a meat-loving foodie like Shi Nancheng, it is really not an easy task to be a vegetarian, and it is also a vegetarian meal in a temple, so it is really vegan!

"What? Are you retreating?" Mu Feng joked when he saw his embarrassment.

"Who is retreating? If you go, I'll go. Isn't it just a meal without meat? Just treat it as cleaning the stomach. Anyway, I eat meat every day, so it's not bad for one or two meals." Shi Nancheng shrugged and said The face doesn't matter.

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Early the next morning, Shi Nancheng drove to pick up Mu Feng and the two elderly people to Wuquan Temple, which was more than ten kilometers away.

Wuquan Temple is located on the mountainside of Wuquan Mountain. Because there are five large springs in the mountain, which merge into one place through a stream, it is quite strange, so it is named Wuquan Mountain.

Wuquan Temple was during the Renzong period of the Song Dynasty. Master Huian, an eminent monk who attained the Tao, traveled here and saw the confluence of the five springs. He was blessed by nature, so he settled here.

At first, it was just a stone house. Later, because the then eunuch Xu Honglin believed in Buddhism, he not only donated money himself, but also called on the people under his rule to donate together, so Wuquan Temple was built.

Wuquan Temple has gone through thousands of years, with several ups and downs. Every time it is rebuilt, the scale is bigger than before.

Originally, there was only a rugged mountain road leading down the mountain in front of Wuquan Temple. About 20 years ago, the mountain road was rebuilt and expanded.

Therefore, the incense of Wuquan Temple has become more and more prosperous, and it has gradually become a Buddhist resort in the towns around Fengze.

Shi Nancheng drove Mu Feng and the others to the foot of the mountain, looked at the steep mountain road and said, "Wow, is this too steep?"

"Can you go up?" Mu Feng asked.

"That's natural. The off-road vehicle I drove today was just for climbing the mountain, but I never thought the mountain road would be so steep." Shi Nancheng said with a smile.

"We used to get off at the foot of the mountain and then climb up." Grandpa Su said with a smile.

"How long will it take to climb?" Shi Nancheng drove carefully while looking at the mountain road in front of him.

"It won't be long, just take a walk, take a rest, and we will arrive in about half an hour." Grandpa Su said.

"Fortunately, I drive off-road. It's too scary to climb for half an hour." Shi Nancheng said with a smile.

The car went all the way up, and after turning a corner, the mountain road became steeper.

"Um, Grandpa, there should be a flat place to park on, right?" Shi Nancheng asked with some embarrassment.

Why does this mountain road get steeper as it goes up!

"Don't worry! There is a parking lot above." Grandpa Su said with a smile.

Grandpa Su and Grandma Su sat in the back seat, the car windows were closed and they didn't look out of the window, they felt fine.

Of course, I was still a little nervous. After all, the steep mountain road is real, and the feeling of pushing the back brought by the car is also real.

As for Shi Nancheng, to be honest, although he has an off-road vehicle, he has never driven on such a steep mountain road.

He was inevitably a little nervous in his heart, and of course, there was also a little excitement mixed in.

The main reason for the nervousness is that the mountain road gets steeper as you go up, which inexplicably gives people a feeling that it seems impossible to drive up.

You must know that although this mountain road has two lanes, it is too steep, so there is no space, and it is not suitable for turning the car around.

This off-road vehicle has a high chassis and a high center of gravity. If the car is turned around when the tilt angle is too large, it is likely to fall directly down the mountain.

Therefore, if you can't get up, you can only reverse the car and get down. If that is the case, it will be fun.

The main reason was that there were two elderly people sitting in the car, so Shi Nancheng was particularly cautious.

After a lot of difficulty, it finally drove to the halfway up the mountain, and the front of the car suddenly opened up.

Shi Nancheng took a deep breath and finally relaxed.

If he and Mu Feng came alone, and he kicked the accelerator, maybe he wouldn't feel so nervous.

When they came to the parking lot, Shi Nancheng parked the car, and everyone opened the door and got out of the car, moving their hands and feet.

"This Wuquan Temple is quite big!" Shi Nancheng looked at the surrounding temple complexes.

"Yes, the largest Buddhist temple near Fengze is Wuquan Temple." Grandpa Su said.

Shi Nancheng looked at the cars in the parking lot, and they were basically all powerful vehicles.

The mountain road in front of Wuquan Temple is really steep, and it is really impossible to climb without some horsepower.

Mu Feng and Shi Nancheng followed the two elders to pay homage all the way, entering from Shanmen Hall, then to Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Guanyin Pavilion, and Jialan Pavilion. It was almost noon after visiting all the way.

"It's almost noon, let's go to the Zhaitang!" Grandpa Su said with a smile.

"Okay." Mu Feng and Shi Nancheng nodded.

So, a group of four walked slowly to the Zhaitang.

After arriving at the Zhaitang, Grandpa Su and Grandma Su took a rest under the big tree outside the Zhaitang.

Mu Feng and Shi Nancheng felt a little bored, so they wandered around.

After strolling around, I went around to the back of the dining hall, and after walking for a while, I heard the sound of someone arguing.

Mu Feng and Shi Nancheng looked at each other, both feeling puzzled, why were there people arguing in the Buddhist temple.

The two became curious and walked forward cautiously. When they turned the corner, they saw two monks, one tall and one short, arguing.

Calling a quarrel might seem a little too serious, but it's really just two people arguing.

The voices of the two people are actually not loud, but the Buddhist temple is quiet, so the two are relatively louder.

Mu Feng and Shi Nancheng heard the taller monk say, "Brother, why can't the food in our dining hall be better?"

"Jiming, do you remember the meaning of the Five Views? One of them refers to this delicacy, and asks us to avoid the idea of ​​gluttony." The short monk said.

"Brother, it is also said in the Five Views that food should not be wasted, so if I cook delicious food, won't it be wasted?" Jiming spread his hands and said.

"Trust brother, it's useless for you to think about these things every day. Let's devote ourselves to Buddha." The short monk said.

"I have one heart for Buddha! I just want to make the food more delicious, and there is no conflict with one heart for Buddha!" ​​Jiming said.

"Why is there no conflict? You put your mind on studying and cooking, why do you still think about praying to Buddha?" said the short monk.

"Brother, when the Buddha was alive, there was a disciple named Zhou Lipan Tuojia. Didn't he also use a broom to sweep away dust and dirt, and finally attained Arhatship?" Jiming said.

"Can it be the same? He got rid of distracting thoughts by sweeping the floor, and then he attained fruition. In short, it's not what you said." The short monk said.

"I cook delicious food, so that the believers who come here can like to be vegetarians, can't they?" Jiming said.

"Why doesn't it make sense to you?" said the short monk.

At this time, Jiming saw Mu Feng and Shi Nancheng, and hurriedly said hello.

"Two, please come here."