Chapter 528: Endure it
"Master is back." Ms. Cao smiled sarcastically.
"Yes." Zhang Heming said with a smile, "I just came back and heard that Madam cooks in person, so I came over to see. Madam must have made pan-fried tofu. Please let me have a taste soon."
"I did make pan-fried tofu..."
Ms. Cao responded with some guilt. After swallowing the tofu in her mouth, she placed the plate in her hand on the table beside her, "Here, here it is."
Zhang Heming saw a piece of golden-skinned fried tofu sitting on the huge white porcelain plate and couldn't help sniffing, "It smells so good!"
"Have you just started making this pan-fried tofu, madam? Do you still need to wait a while before it is ready?"
Ms. Cao pinched her fingers and twisted up her apron, "Actually, the tofu has been finished..."
Finished?
Are you done making the pan-fried tofu?
However, he only saw one piece in this plate?
Zhang Heming's eyes widened again in disbelief, and he even rubbed his eyes. When he was sure that there was indeed only one piece of fried tofu on the plate, he hurriedly looked elsewhere.
But after searching the entire kitchen and finding that this was the only piece of fried tofu, Zhang Heming scratched his ears and asked, "Could it be that Madam Xia came to deliver tofu and only delivered one piece of tofu?"
It shouldn’t be...
Madam Xia is not a stingy person.
"No, no."
Mrs. Cao was afraid that Zhang Heming might misunderstand Xia Mingyue, so she hurriedly explained, "Ms. Xia sent me a large piece of tofu. I did make all the tofu into pan-fried tofu, but..."
"It's just that this pan-fried tofu is really delicious, so I couldn't hold it back, so... I ate them all, leaving only this piece..."
The more Ms. Cao spoke, the more embarrassed she became. She lowered her head in shame, and her voice became softer and quieter. In the end, it sounded like a mosquito.
It’s just that he is greedy, but he still eats his own share, which is really outrageous!
After Zhang Heming understood the situation, he smiled and took Ms. Cao's hand, "It doesn't matter, madam. As long as she likes it, everything else is nothing. I won't blame madam for this."
"Really?" Mr. Cao suddenly raised his head.
"Of course it's true." Zhang Heming said with a smile, "Is it possible that the words I say as a manly man are not useful?"
"That's good, that's good." Ms. Cao breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, sir."
"Why do you and I need to be so polite?" Zhang Heming picked up the plate on the counter with a smile, "It's just that this fried tofu can make Madam so appetizing. It must be delicious. I need to taste it." Just taste it.”
As he spoke, Zhang Heming picked up the tofu with chopsticks and put it in his mouth.
Mr. Cao's eyes were fixed on the piece of tofu, and he swallowed unconsciously.
The sound of saliva and swallowing was loud.
Zhang Heming heard clearly and looked at Cao.
Mrs. Cao waved her hand hurriedly, "Master, eat quickly. I have already eaten so much and I don't want to eat anymore."
"Well, I'll eat." Zhang Heming picked up the chopsticks again.
The sound of swallowing was heard again.
He looked up at his wife, whose eyes were not so much staring at him as at the fragrant piece of fried tofu, and her eyes were so sticky that they almost pulled her hair out... Zhang Heming, "..."
After thinking for a long time and making great determination, Zhang Heming put down the tofu that was almost on his lips and handed it to Ms. Cao with the plate and chopsticks, "Madam, let's eat it."
"Sir, do you want me to eat it?" Ms. Cao was immediately delighted.
"Well, ma'am, let's eat."
If he ate this piece of fried tofu, he was a little afraid that his wife would cry immediately.
For the happiness of my wife...
He should just endure it for the time being!
What's more, isn't it what he should do as a husband to keep his wife well fed and well fed?
"Thank you, sir." Mr. Cao's eyes suddenly burst out with bright light. After reaching out to take the plate, he stuffed the piece of fried tofu into his mouth almost as fast as lightning.
The rich and mellow taste spread in her mouth again, and the delicious taste made Cao couldn't help but squint her eyes slightly.
"It's delicious!" Ms. Cao once again expressed her heartfelt emotion.
"Is it particularly delicious?" Zhang Heming looked at it with envy and couldn't help asking, "Madam, tell me, which one is delicious?"
“Is it more delicious than the usual pan-fried tofu?”
“Isn’t this tofu quite different?”
"Is it..."
Forget it, forget it, don’t ask anymore, tears will flow from the corners of my mouth if I ask again!
Moreover, you can imagine the taste of tofu that can make your wife so addicted that even her husband can ignore it!
Therefore, even if he didn't taste it himself, it was enough to prove that the tofu made by Mrs. Xia was absolutely delicious!
And here, at Xia Mingyue's residence, everyone is also immersed in the delicious food.
Crucian carp stewed with tofu does not require excessive cooking techniques or seasonings. It only maintains the original deliciousness of the fish and tofu. The soup is rich and white when stewed in one pot, and the soup is truly delicious.
In such hot weather, a bowl of hot crucian carp and tofu soup, paired with a pretzel, will become more and more delicious the more you eat it.
After drinking the hot soup, the pores all over the body seem to be opened, and beads of sweat are pouring out. After the sweat beads come out, the evening breeze blows, which makes the body feel cool and ironed, making it feel smooth and refreshing.
Unlike eating spicy food and sweating, you will feel dry in the mouth. This light and delicious crucian carp tofu soup does not have too many seasonings. Even if you sweat a lot, you will not feel any discomfort on your body. , on the contrary, the more I sweat, the more comfortable I feel.
After sweating enough, my whole body became more and more transparent, and I felt extremely comfortable even when I slept at night.
Xia Mingyue, who had been busy grinding tofu for most of the night and all day, also slept particularly soundly at night because of a large bowl of crucian carp and tofu soup for dinner.
The next day, Zhang Heming came to pick up Xia Mingyue early to see the site where he was basically optimistic about building a tofu shop.
Different from the compact layout of Jinqiu County, the territory of Changzhou Prefecture is much wider, and because Changzhou Prefecture has experienced many wars in the past, there are many free spaces on the edges.
The place Zhang Heming was interested in was in Beicheng District.
When Changzhou Fucheng was still part of the Jinwei Kingdom, this place was used to raise war horses. It was spacious and had sufficient wells. Even though it had been deserted for many years, it could be easily renovated.
When Zhang Heming was looking at the place, he even drew the topographic map of the entire place himself. He pointed it out to Xia Mingyue one by one and discussed the layout plan for the reconstruction of the tofu workshop.
In the early stage, the workshop can only make tofu. The money and space used do not need to be too large. You only need to occupy a piece of space first.