Chapter 553 Specialties
The sixteenth day of the first lunar month is the day when all employees of Tai Feng Building report to work after their annual leave.
It was also the day when Jiang Feng ended his comfortable vacation where he could sleep in and returned to work.
Jiang Feng woke up when his phone vibrated.
When I woke up, I was still a little confused.
Jiang Feng glanced at his phone with half-squinted eyes and realized that it was not an alarm clock but a phone call. He answered the call without even seeing who was calling clearly.
"Hello?" Jiang Feng said weakly.
"Master, I bought you breakfast. Now at the door. I just knocked on the door and no one opened the door. Please come out and open the door for me!" In sharp contrast was Ji Xia's energetic voice.
Jiang Feng was a little confused. He hung up the phone and lay on the bed to react. After a few dozen seconds, he remembered that he did have an apprentice. In order to fulfill Xia Xia's wish, Jiang Feng got up with difficulty, put on his pajamas, and opened the door with a chicken coop on his head.
Ji Xia was waiting outside with a bunch of things in her arms. She was holding a bag in her hands, two bags in her hands, and three bags at her feet.
If these were the breakfasts Ji Xia bought for Jiang Feng, Jiang Feng suspected that Ji Xia might have bought an entire bun shop.
Jiang Feng helped Ji Xia pick up the three bags at his feet and signaled Ji Xia to come in quickly. As soon as Ji Xia took off her shoes, she didn't even have time to put on slippers before carrying her things into the kitchen.
"Xia Xia, wear slippers!" Jiang Feng stood at the door and shouted.
Ji Xia could only put down her things and come out to put on her slippers. She handed the pancakes and fruits that had been hidden in many bags to Jiang Feng. They were still warm when Jiang Feng took them.
"When did you and your sister come back?" Jiang Feng glanced at the clock on the wall. It was not yet 7 o'clock. He remembered that Ji Yue told him last night that Ji Xia and Ji Xue took the train that arrived around four or five this morning.
"I just came back. It was still dark when we arrived. There were no buses or subways, so my sister and I took a taxi back." Ji Xia said, "Master, taking a taxi is really expensive!"
"When I have money in the future, I will take a taxi every day!"
Jiang Feng:?
Aspirational, but not very environmentally friendly.
"What's in your bag?" Jiang Feng asked.
"These are the things my mother-in-law asked me to bring to you, Master." Ji Xia said, "There are scallops, salted fish, dried shrimps, squid, mackerel and beef balls. They are all made by my mother-in-law."
Jiang Feng opened the bag closest to him and found that the bag was full of dried shrimps. At a glance, he knew that the shrimps were dried and sealed with salt.
Jiang Feng didn't expect that Ji Xia would bring so many specialties from home when he went home during the New Year. The first thing I did when I came back was not to go home and sleep but to buy breakfast for him. I was so moved that I even wanted to send another red envelope to Ji Xia.
Jiang Feng took a bite of the pancake fruit. The skin was thin and the inside was crispy. Egg, tenderloin and fried dough sticks were added. The taste of the sauce was also very familiar, like the pancake fruit from the store he often bought.
"Xia Xia, where did you buy this pancake fruit?" Jiang Feng asked.
"Master, it's the one next to the bean juice stall you used to eat at," Ji Xia said.
Jiang Feng took another bite of the pancake fruit and was even more moved.
The pancake and fruit stall was some distance away from the community, and it would take at least half an hour to go back and forth. He didn't expect that Ji Xia would actually go that far just to buy him pancakes and fruit.
"Xia Xia, you must not have slept well after sitting on the train all night. Go and sleep quickly. Master will take you to eat delicious food at noon." Jiang Feng smiled lovingly.
"Thank you, Master!" Ji Xia suddenly became excited, "Master, I'm not sleepy. My sister and I bought sleeper berths this time. I slept soundly on the train!"
"By the way, Xia Xia, why did you think of buying pancakes and fruit for me?" Jiang Feng asked casually.
"Because I really want to eat pancakes. There is no pancake shop selling pancakes in our house. There seems to be some in the city but not in the county. I originally wanted to eat them when I got off the train, but I didn't see them at the train station, so After I came back and put my luggage away, I went to buy pancakes and fruits," Ji Xia said.
Jiang Feng:...
Your red envelope is gone.
"Okay, go back quickly. I'll call you down and take you to dinner around 11 o'clock." Jiang Feng began to drive people away.
Ji Xia left happily, completely unaware of what she had just lost.
Although the apprentice just bought himself a pancake and fruit by the way, it was considered thoughtful. What's more, the pancake fruit itself was not at fault. Jiang Feng finished the pancake fruit in a few mouthfuls, threw the packaging bag into the trash can, and began to study the specialties Ji Xia had brought to him, which were made by her mother-in-law.
When Jiang Feng was at the door before, he didn't smell the smell of seafood in the bag because he wasn't close enough. Moreover, he was a little sleepy at that time and his mind was on going back to sleep, so he didn't pay attention to it. Now that Ji Xia was gone and he started to study these things, the unique fishy smell of seafood became obvious.
Jiang Feng rarely came into contact with seafood because he had been living in inland cities and the price of seafood was high. After coming to Peiping, he started to come into contact with it frequently. However, all the things he dealt with were live, such as dried shrimps and fish that had been dried through some special treatments. It is relatively rare to do it.
Jiang Feng broke off some of the dried seafood made by Ji Xia's mother-in-law and tasted them. They were a little salty, but surprisingly not bad, especially the dried shrimps. When Jiang Feng tasted it, he couldn't help but ate one directly. It was very chewy and had a unique flavor.
The beef balls were also made by hand. Jiang Feng didn't taste them but just squeezed them. The fascia of the beef in the beef balls is not removed, so the meat is not so delicate. Making beef balls is a laborious and delicate job. Jiang Feng guessed that the old man may not have that much energy, so he was lazy and omitted this step.
It can be seen that Grandma Ji Xia is a person who is very good at making food and is very interested in making food. She may have been the chef in the family. She is versatile and formed a relationship with Grandma Jiang who does not know how to cook bacon, pickled meats, pickles and other foods. A stark contrast.
Of course, Jiang Feng didn't mean to dislike his own grandmother at all. After all, the chive pancakes made by Grandma Jiang were so delicious.
I just don’t do much on weekdays.
Because no one lived in the house during the Chinese New Year, the refrigerator was also empty. The specialties brought by Ji Xia were sorted and put into the refrigerator by Jiang Feng, adding a touch of sea flavor to the refrigerator that usually only contained earth and freshwater products.
After finishing the refrigerator, Jiang Feng cleaned the kitchen and checked the seasonings and kitchen utensils. He also found a water glass in the cupboard that had been missing for half a year.
After finishing this busy work, Jiang Xiaoran also got up and started to wash up and prepare to pack things.
"Did someone come before? I vaguely heard some movement." Jiang Xiaoran asked.
"My apprentice is here and brought me some of their specialties. By the way, Brother Xiaoran, would you like to take some back? They are all very good and you probably can't buy them in the market. The shrimp...beef balls are just like that. Very good.”
"Ah, thank you cousin Jiang Feng. If I can be transferred to Peking for a business trip before May Day, I will also bring you some salted fish and cured pig's trotters made by my grandmother. You can't keep those things when the weather is hot." Jiang Xiaoran said.
"You're welcome." Jiang Feng smiled like a master of lies. (End of chapter)