Chapter 522 Blind Date (3) (Please vote for me at the end of the month!)
The kitchen is very large. Although there are only two stoves, there are many shelves with many boxes placed on the shelves. Jiang Feng got closer and looked at each box one by one. Some boxes were empty, some boxes contained bowls and chopsticks, and a very few boxes contained condiments and ingredients that could be stored for a long time.
Fresh vegetables and meat were placed on the open surface, and there was a basin on the ground with several live fish in it. All the ingredients were clearly visible.
Zhao Lanhua was like a little girl accompanying her mother to the market for the first time. She looked here and there, even the cabbage and tofu.
"Um, Comrade Jiang Weiguo, is that hanging bacon? Why are there stickers on it?" Zhao Lanhua asked curiously.
"That's ham. The cut part needs to be preserved with a sticker." Jiang Weiguo said.
"What is ham?"
"...a kind of bacon, made from whole pig legs."
Zhao Lanhua was immediately in awe of the hanging ham.
Jiang Weiguo began to search for recipes in his mind, and his eyes would glance at the fresh pork on the chopping board from time to time. Apparently he had not given up on the idea of making meat dishes, and wanted to cut up some diced pork, minced pork, shredded pork, etc. and stir-fry it with vegetables.
Zhao Lanhua continued to visit the vegetable market, marveling not only at the meat and vegetables, but also at the seasonings. Basically, she had to open every jar to take a look and smell it. If she hadn't seen it before, she would ask Jiang Weiguo what was in the jar, and then she would say something like: Wow, as expected of a state-owned hotel, there are actually... This wonder of something I had never heard of.
Finally, Zhao Lanhua saw the jars containing sugar, one jar of brown sugar and one jar of white sugar, both of which were extra-large jars. The jar was so full that Zhao Lanhua couldn't help but stare at the sugar in the jar with envy.
"Comrade Jiang Weiguo, are the candies in your state-owned hotels always so full?" Zhao Lanhua asked.
Jiang Weiguo glanced at the sugar jar: "I make brown sugar steamed buns and white sugar steamed buns in the morning, so I use a lot of sugar. I usually refill it when it is used up."
"Wow." Zhao Lanhua made an envious voice.
She originally thought that steamed buns were already the most wonderful thing in the world, but she didn't expect that there would be even more wonderful things like brown sugar steamed buns and white sugar steamed buns.
"Then will there be sugar in your subsidy?" Zhao Lanhua felt that there should be no more enviable job in the world than being a chef in a state-owned hotel.
"The subsidies basically include sugar. Ours seems to be a little more. I don't remember how much it weighs per month. I don't do much in private." Jiang Weiguo said, looking at Zhao Lanhua, "You like to eat it?" Sugar? ”
"I like it." Zhao Lanhua blurted out. Realizing that these two words might damage her image, she quickly made up for it, "I just... I just ate two wedding candies at home when my brother got married. No, I just ate two of them and I quite liked them, they were very sweet.”
Jiang Weiguo was thoughtful, thought for a while and said: "Do you want to eat lotus root?"
"Eat."
"Are you hungry now?" Jiang Weiguo asked.
"Ah, no, actually... I'm actually a little hungry." Zhao Lanhua carefully recalled all her performances since she and Jiang Weiguo met, and felt that her performance could be described as extremely different. It was difficult to leave any positive impression on Jiang Weiguo, so he simply gave up on himself and treated him honestly.
"Are there any steamed buns? Do you still have any leftover brown sugar and white sugar steamed buns that you made this morning?" Zhao Lanhua felt that today's blind date would not be successful anyway, so it would not be a loss if she could eat two brown sugar steamed buns.
Zhao Lanhua suddenly stopped hiding that she was hungry, and even offered to eat brown sugar and white sugar steamed buns. This huge change surprised Jiang Weiguo.
"There are no more steamed buns. They were sold out in the morning." Jiang Weiguo said.
Zhao Lanhua sighed a little disappointedly. It seemed that the blind date would not be a success and she would not be able to eat steamed buns.
"But there are still a few meat buns left. I'll heat them up for you." Jiang Weiguo said and went to heat up the buns for Zhao Lanhua.
There were five meat buns bigger than an adult man's fist, and Jiang Weiguo steamed them all in one go.
Soon, the aroma of meat buns filled the kitchen. Zhao Lanhua had been trying to control her expression so that her inhalation movements would not be so obvious. She stared straight at Jiang Weiguo who was peeling the lotus root, and her mind was full of one mouthful. Bite into the oily big meat buns.
Now is the season for lotus roots, which are fresh and tender. Jiang Weiguo took two tender lotus roots, peeled them and chopped them in the middle instead of slicing them. He also took out a pot of glutinous rice from under the table that he had probably soaked since the morning. He drained the water and began to carefully stuff the glutinous rice into the holes of the lotus roots. inside.
In order to ensure that every gap was filled, Jiang Weiguo poked inside with chopsticks while filling it in.
He wants to make glutinous rice and lotus root.
Just because Jiang Feng could tell it didn't mean that 17-year-old Zhao Lanhua could tell that the glutinous rice and lotus root dish was completely out of her league for her. She had never even eaten lotus root a few times.
For 17-year-old Zhao Lanhua, food is a very unfamiliar term. Food rarely appears on their family's dining table. Her family has a large mouth and insufficient labor force. Being able to eat enough is already the greatest blessing. The food is basically wild vegetables, sweet potatoes and other ingredients cooked in a pot.
The land is so precious that it is not enough to grow food, so how can it be used to grow vegetables?
"Comrade Jiang Weiguo, what are you doing?" Zhao Lanhua asked.
"Glutinous rice and lotus root." Jiang Weiguo said.
Zhao Lanhua nodded in understanding. She had heard Jiang Weiguo introduce too many things today that she didn't understand.
Before a section of lotus root was stuffed, Jiang Weiguo put down the lotus root in his hand, walked to the steamer and opened the lid. Seeing that the buns had been steamed, she called Zhao Lanhua over to eat the buns.
Zhao Lanhua walked to the steamer, staring at the steamed buns with both eyes. It was as beautiful as a dream - she could never dream of such a beautiful scene. At most, she dreamed of eating white flour steamed buns, how could she dream of it? Eating white meat buns.
"Really, can you eat it?" Zhao Lanhua confirmed again and again.
"Okay, it was originally leftover. It was originally intended to be used for dinner, so you can eat whatever you want." Jiang Weiguo said.
"What if I eat and you don't have enough to eat at night?"
"I'll have something else to eat at night." After saying this, Jiang Weiguo went back to continue processing the lotus roots.
Only then did Zhao Lanhua feel relieved. She rubbed her hand on her new coat, then stretched out her hand to pick out the biggest bun, one that couldn't be grasped with one hand. The thin little hands grasped the large meat buns, just like a child grasping something grown-up.
Zhao Lanhua opened her mouth and took a big bite, closed her eyes happily, chewed big, and her happiness was beyond words.
The bun skin is made of white flour, and the filling is purely meat filling. The skin is thin and the filling is sufficient, and the oil and water are particularly abundant. When you bite into it, it will be sizzling and oily. Zhao Lanhua grabbed the bun with both hands. Although she was thin and small, she ate it without hesitation. She was not afraid of choking when she devoured it. The whole bun was eaten in less than a minute.
After eating the buns, Zhao Lanhua let out a long sigh of satisfaction. She looked at the grease on her hands and couldn't help but licked her fingers again. She finally took a look at the four buns left in the pot and closed the lid. superior.
Zhao Lanhua returned to Jiang Weiguo again, and this time he looked at Jiang Weiguo completely differently.
Zhao Lanhua felt that although her performance today was not very good and Jiang Weiguo didn't seem very satisfied with her, he was still a very good person. Even if you don't like it, you still cook for yourself and treat yourself to meat buns. Even if you don't get a blind date, it would be nice if you can be friends.
Since you want to be a friend, you have to show your strengths. You can't be a good-for-nothing friend.
"Don't want to eat?" In fact, when Zhao Lanhua was eating steamed buns just now, Jiang Weiguo glanced at her and knew that she only ate one.
"One is enough, two would be too many." Zhao Lanhua said, "Comrade Jiang Weiguo, thank you for treating me to steamed buns. They are really delicious."
"This is the first time I have eaten such delicious buns. The white flour skin is very thin, and there is a lot of meat inside, which is very oily. I feel like there is meat juice in my mouth when I bite it. It is really special. It's delicious, super delicious." Zhao Lanhua tried hard to use her few words to describe the deliciousness of the meat buns she just ate.
Jiang Feng noticed that the corners of Jiang Weiguo's mouth unconsciously raised a little.
"As long as it tastes good," Jiang Weiguo said, "I made today's buns."
After praising the buns, Zhao Lanhua decided to praise herself: "Comrade Jiang Weiguo, although I am not very good at cooking, the main reason is that my mother is the one who cooks at home. Others are not qualified to cook, but I can cook other things."< br>
"I am very good at housework. After my second sister got married, I did all the housework in our family. Sweeping the floor, wiping the table, tidying up quilts, doing laundry, and feeding the pigs. I am very good at feeding the pigs! By the way, I I can also chop firewood and farm. I go to the fields with my sister-in-law every afternoon, which can be counted as half a day’s work.”
"I can also make clothes. I made this coat myself. It's new and I'm wearing it for the first time today."
"I can also take care of people. I took care of my sister-in-law when she was in confinement. I took good care of her. My sister-in-law didn't have any root causes of illness."
"I will also..."
Once you say something like praising yourself, you can't take it back. The more Zhao Lanhua talks about it, the more she feels that even though she can't cook and can't read, she hasn't said goodbye yet at such an old age, and occasionally eats secretly and even eats maltose at home. I may not be able to give birth to a son in the future, but other than that, I have all the advantages in my body.
The kind that can’t be finished in three days and three nights.
While Zhao Lanhua was trying to praise herself, Jiang Weiguo had already finished processing the two sections of lotus root, and the cut parts were connected together with bamboo skewers.
Jiang Weiguo left the lotus roots in the basin, poured water into the soup pot, and started sprinkling sugar.
The kind that picks up the can of brown sugar and scatters it directly, and the can is half full without even blinking.
Zhao Lanhua took a breath as she watched.
"Comrade Jiang Weiguo, why are you pouring so much sugar?" Zhao Lanhua has never seen such a bold way of spreading sugar, and it is so enviable.
If she were allowed to eat it secretly, half a can of candy would last for a year.
"Cook." After Jiang Weiguo said this, he picked up the sugar jar and started sprinkling it again.
Zhao Lanhua was stunned.
"Cook?"
"Well, the glutinous rice lotus root needs to be cooked in sugar water, which takes a long time. If you don't mind, you can wait here a little longer." Jiang Weiguo said, "About two hours."
Zhao Lanhua was speechless.
Seeing Jiang Weiguo about to put the lotus roots into the pot, Zhao Lanhua thought, anyway, I have eaten the meat buns today, so I can't do it as a friend, so I mustered up the courage and said: "Comrade Jiang Weiguo."
"Huh?"
"Can you let me take a few sips of sugar water first?"
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(End of chapter)