Chapter 18 : Squirrel Mandarin Fish

 

Ever since Yu Nian insisted on worshiping Ye Jin as his teacher, he would come to Ye Jin’s house every once in a while, saying that he was here to help, but he was actually eating and drinking, and he often courted Ye Jin to make Fu Chen feel good to him.

 

It became more and more unpleasant, every time Yu Nian came to help, he would be blocked by Fu Chen, although Ye Jin would take him away in the end.

 

When Yu Nian came to help Ye Jin that day, he was still stopped by Fu Chen and slapped with his paw. Ye Jin looked at the stalemate at the door with one person and one dog, and hugged Bai Bai again in a funny way carrying him to the sofa in the living room.

 

Yu Nian followed Ye Jin into the room, looked at the puppy who was still glaring at him after being carried on the sofa, and said with a bit of tears and laughter: “I don’t know what I did but every time I come over he always stares at me.”

 

Ye Jin rubbed Bai Bai’s head and said, “It’s alright, it’s just throwing a tantrum, just wait until you get used to it.”

 

Ye Jin thought that it would not be a problem for Yu Nian to run back and forth every day, so he looked at Yu Nian seriously, and said: “Do you really want to follow me to learn cooking?

 

You know, there was a saying in China in the ancient earth period, that one day is a teacher and a lifelong father.

 

Of course, I don’t expect you to treat me like your father. But I hope my apprentice really loves Chinese food.”

 

Yu Nian’s eyes lit up when he heard Ye Jin’s words, a thought flashed in his heart and he immediately said excitedly: “Master, I really like Chinese food, I promise I can respect you as a father, you let me go east, I will never go west!”

 

Ye Jin heard Yu Nian’s excited words, and responded with a bit of laughter: “What nonsense, I am not looking for a son to accept you as an apprentice. You only need to learn cooking skills.

 

Also, let me state first, cooking skills are not so easy to learn, like chopping vegetables and processing ingredients every day is the first step, if you can’t persist, you can leave as soon as possible.”

 

Yu Nian looked at Ye Jin’s serious expression, and put away the smile on his face, and said seriously, “Master, don’t worry! I will definitely study hard, and I will not give up halfway. No matter how hard I work, I will persevere!”

 

Ye Jin nodded, patted Yu Nian’s shoulder and led him to the kitchen, where he started to prepare the ingredients for today’s live broadcast, and said as he prepared,

 

“To be honest, I don’t want to agree with you asking me to be a teacher now, but it depends on you. I can’t bear the hard work of running around for a week, so although I have accepted you as an apprentice, if you can’t keep going, then you should give up.”

 

Yu Nian watched Ye Jin prepare the materials, nodded earnestly after listening to Ye Jin’s warning, thinking of the various delicacies he had eaten at the master’s place during this time.

 

He was eager to ask the master to open a shop, so that the master would not think about driving him away all the time, and he would have a role to play.

 

Thinking of this, Yu Nian secretly glanced at Ye Jin, who was preparing the ingredients carefully, and ticked his plan in his heart, thinking that he would find someone to do it tomorrow.

 

On Ye Jin’s side, after preparing a few seasonings, Ye Jin found a mask for Yu Nian and put it on together to open the live broadcast room.

 

As soon as the live broadcast room opened, the audience hanging in the live broadcast room immediately noticed that there was another person beside Ye Jin, and they all asked curiously.

 

【Jin Jin! Jin Jin! Who is this person beside you? 】

 

【Curious! He also wears a mask, so won’t he also cook Chinese food? ]

 

[Same curiosity +1 is another man who can cook food? ]

 

[Curiosity +2 I want to know the relationship between the two, and I want to see Jin Jin’s face woohoooooooooooooooooo]

 

[Curiosity +10086 I also want to see what Jin Jin looks like! 】

 

Ye Jin saw that everyone was curious about Yu Nian, and some people even asked what he looked like, and explained to the audience in the live broadcast room: “This is my new apprentice, and I will learn cooking with me from today. ”

 

When the audience in the live broadcast room heard Ye Jin’s explanation, they began to ask questions excitedly.

 

[Jin Jin, Jin Jin, have you started accepting apprentices? Didn’t you say not accepting apprentices some time ago? 】

 

【Jin Jin, you actually accepted an apprentice! Ah ah ah ah Kang Kang me! Kang Kang me! I also want to find Jin Jin to apprentice! 】

 

***Kang Kang= a slang for accepting or being able to do something. It’s a loan word meaning CanCan.**

 

[I’m so envious of Jin Jin’s apprentice! Does Jin Jin still accept apprentices? I can too! ]

 

[Woooooooo, I really want to know, how did Jin Jin’s apprentice find Jin Jin! 】

 

【It should be said how did Jin Jin fall in love with this apprentice? ]

 

[I just want to know if Jin Jin still accepts apprentices? Kang Kang Child! I want to be a teacher too! ]

 

Ye Jin looked at a group of barragers shouting that they wanted to apprentice, and said with a bit of tears and laughter:

 

“I don’t have so much energy to accept apprentices now. After accepting apprentices, I want to give the apprentices ingredients to practice their skills. I’m just live streaming alone. There are not so many ingredients for apprentices to waste.”

 

Of course, Yu Nian also saw the barrage of everyone begging for apprentices, and then heard Ye Jin’s answer and immediately hummed proudly.

 

Fortunately he found someone to get the master’s address. Or he could have been a member of the army of recruits in the live broadcast room.

 

When everyone in the live broadcast room heard Ye Jin’s answer, they all sighed in disappointment.

 

But some people with quick brains thought that Ye Jin had already accepted an apprentice, and would want to open a store in the future, so they still have the chance.

 

Now, no matter how difficult it is, there is always hope to be able to eat delicious food, and they all began to inquire about Ye Jin’s plans.

 

Ye Jin slowly handled the ingredients in his hand so that Yu Nian could see clearly, and answered the barrage question by the way, “I don’t plan to open a store for the time being, I have no money, no storefront, no funds.

 

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So let’s do the live broadcast first, so that everyone in the live broadcast room can taste the food.”

 

After speaking, Ye Jin stopped watching the live broadcast room and introduced the food to be made today in detail, “Okay, let’s not discuss this any further, let me introduce the food to be made today.”

 

Ye Jin Jin said, pointing to the cleaned fish and various accessories on the cooking table and continued: “Today is a famous Chinese dish, called squirrel mandarin fish, this dish belongs to Su in the eight major Chinese cuisines of ancient earth.

 

The fish used in squirrel mandarin fish dishes is mandarin fish. The name of this mandarin fish is mandarin fish (桂魚 guì yú), because the scientific name,mandarin fish is relatively uncommon. So the word gui was given to it. But now the fish in the interstellar age seem to have changed so I just bought another fish to replace it.”

 

Ye Jin continued to introduce while cutting a flower knife for the fish: “To make squirrel mandarin fish, you need a good flower knife to cut the body of the fish, and also to cut off the fish bone on the back of the fish.

 

When cutting the flower knife, you can’t cut the skin of the fish. This is a test of the chef’s knife skills, which is why chefs should start with knife skills.”

 

The following sentence was obviously said to Yu Nian.

 

Yu Nian seriously looked at Ye Jin’s operation and nodded earnestly, while the audience in the live broadcast room was very impressed by Ye Jin’s skilled knife craftsmanship.

 

Ye Jin cut a flower knife for the fish, and asked Yu Nian to go and dice the tomato, and continued:

 

“Squirrel mandarin fish is the representative work of Su cuisine. After the dish is cooked, it is colored, fragrant, flavorful and stylish, and its shape is the appearance of a squirrel. After pouring the soup, there will be a squirrel squeak, which is also the origin of the name of the dish.”

 

“And it also has a legend that in the ancient Chinese Qing Dynasty, the emperor visited the pine trees in Suzhou during a southern tour. During the Crane Tower, the ingot fish on the offering table was eaten.

 

In those days, it was a crime to kill the food on the offering table, so the store tried to make the fish into a squirrel shape. The emperor was very satisfied after eating it.

 

Later, the government said that the emperor liked this dish very much, and since then, the squirrel mandarin fish dish has spread in Suzhou.”

 

After Ye Jin told the story of the squirrel mandarin fish, he had already cut the fish and sprinkled it with salt and pepper. The fish head and body are also coated with egg liquid and flour.

 

After putting oil in the pot and heating, Ye Jin put the fish head and body dipped in flour into the pot.

 

After frying the surface until golden brown, he took out the fish body with the flower knife facing up the plate, and put the fish head with fried fins to make it look like a squirrel head and put it on the plate.

 

After all the fish was on the plate, Ye Jin poured out all the oil in the pot, leaving only a little left for frying the tomato sauce.

 

Ye Jin stopped what he was doing and turned his head to look at Yu Nian who was cutting tomatoes. At this sight, the corner of Ye Jin’s mouth twitched.

 

He saw Yu Nian on the other side of the cooking table, still clumsily chopping tomatoes, asking him to dice the tomatoes, but he actually cut the tomatoes into puree, making the cooking table a mess with tomato juice everywhere.

 

Ye Jin helplessly helped his forehead and sighed. He came to Yu Nian and said, “I forgot to tell you how to cut, but you don’t even know to ask me. Alright, alright, I’ll cut, while you look at me. How did you cut it?”

 

Yu Nian looked at Ye Jin’s face and was afraid that he would despise him for being stupid, but seeing Ye Jin’s face was helpless but not impatient,

 

he said in a murmur, “Master, I was listening to your story. I was fascinated and don’t dare to interrupt you for fear that you will dislike me for being stupid.”

 

Ye Jin gave Yu Nian a funny look and said, “Of course you have to ask me about things you don’t know, otherwise why are you apprenticing then? My negligence. Remember to ask me directly next time if you don’t know something.”

 

Yu Nian nodded happily when he heard Ye Jin’s words and followed Ye Jin to study carefully.

 

The viewers in the live broadcast room were still discussing Ye Jin’s knife skills and the magic of squirrel mandarin fish.

 

But after turning their eyes to Ye Jin and seeing Yu Nian on the other side, they were also discussing them.

 

[Little apprentice, what is this cut? Tomato purée? ]

 

[Upstairs, don’t tell me, the first time I entered the kitchen, I couldn’t cut it. The first time I entered the kitchen to cook, I also made a mess. ]

 

[The apprentice’s tomatoes are much better when cut into chunks than purée. 】

 

【It can be seen that the little apprentice is really a novice. 】

 

【I’m looking forward to the growth of the little apprentice. If a person who knows nothing is turned into a chef, it will be very emotional! ]

 

[Looking forward to +1, there is a feeling of cultivation. ]

 

[Looking forward to +2, I feel like I’m chasing stars hahaha]

 

[I just want to know what the squirrel mandarin fish tastes like and what it looks like.]

 

While the barrage was buzzing with excitement, Ye Jin had already cut the tomatoes and started to cook the soup for the squirrel mandarin fish.

 

Ye Jin put the tomatoes into the pot and stir-fried to get it crispy, then add the vinegar and sugar and fry for one minute.

 

He then poured the condiments for thickening into the pot and boiled for a while, then took the pot and made the sauce evenly. Then he drizzled over the freshly fried fish.

 

The moment Ye Jin poured the soup on the fish, the fish on the plate made a ‘squeak’ sound, which surprised the audience in the live broadcast room.

 

Exclamation marks and question marks appeared on the barrage. Even Yu Nian, who was watching from the side, opened his mouth in surprise.

 

 

 

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