Chapter 831 This is a long chapter of ten thousand words! ! !
After returning home, Jiang Feng found Wu Minqi lying on the sofa in her pajamas, applying a facial mask, and listening to music while applying the facial mask. The American version of the Good Taste Sino-US Kitchen King Competition, which was updated last week, was playing on the TV. While taking care of your skin, you also don’t forget to understand the enemy’s situation. This spirit is very touching.
Jiang Feng glanced at the TV, and the screen showed a good-looking guy squeezing cream on a waffle. Unfortunately, he didn't see this guy at the rehearsal this afternoon. It was obvious that he was eliminated. .
"Fengfeng, why are you back? Have you eaten?" Wu Minqi asked with a tight mouth, reaching out to grab the mobile phone that was playing music on the coffee table and took a look at the time.
There was an exclamation, a carp jerked up, and a piece of facial mask was hastily torn off.
"I forgot to set the alarm clock, so I applied it for two minutes longer."
Jiang Feng:?
Although he didn't understand what could happen if the facial mask was left on for two minutes longer, he could see that it was obviously not the right time to discuss with Wu Minqi the feasibility of using Babao Lixiangge's thickening method to apply Jiang's Ginseng Soup, which they had already discussed for a long time. A topic for several days.
After Wu Minqi washed her face and did some skin care, which Jiang Feng didn't know the specific steps of, and came out of the bathroom, she repeated the question just now.
"Not yet. Master Qin hasn't recovered enough to eat according to the doctor's instructions, so I didn't eat in Yongheju. I originally wanted to come back and buy pancakes and fruits at the gate of the community, but I didn't expect that the couple didn't show up today." Jiang Feng He said, sitting on the sofa without wanting to get up, "I'll just cook a bowl of noodles later."
Wu Minqi nodded and yawned: "I feel so sleepy for some reason after I came back today. I feel like the rehearsal was nothing but made us walk on the stage a few times. Hey, I'm so tired. I have to go there later. Sleep.”
"By the way, Uncle Jiang put the ginseng soup you didn't finish this afternoon in the refrigerator for you. Then Sun Jikai probably won't be able to go to the store tomorrow. His dad is here."
"Uncle Sun is here?" If Wu Minqi hadn't mentioned it, Jiang Feng had almost forgotten that Sun Changping was there.
"I arrived in the evening. Sun Jikai rented the one-bedroom house on the first floor. There is also a small yard on the first floor. He said that if his father really couldn't find anything to do, he could still plant flowers at home. Food." Wu Minqi said.
Jiang Feng recalled the small yard on the first floor, which was only a few square meters, and felt that if Sun Changping really wanted to grow vegetables at home, he would probably only be able to grow two cabbages.
"Uncle Sun, what are your plans?" Jiang Feng asked.
"I don't know, I didn't ask." Wu Minqi yawned again and squinted her eyes, obviously really sleepy, "I can't stand it anymore, I really can't hold it anymore, I'm going to bed first, Fengfeng, you Remember to cook the noodles later.”
After saying that, he rubbed his eyes and walked back to the room with sleepy and even dazed steps.
Jiang Feng, who had lost the chance to chat with his girlfriend, slumped on the sofa. He watched TV and found it boring. There was an agency food show with chefs from Michelin-starred restaurants participating. The contestants in it didn't even say shit. This show also has What's the meaning?
It’s no wonder that American audiences have so many negative comments about the American version. How can audiences who are used to watching Chef Arnold tolerate this group of chefs who are not good at cooking and bad at swearing?
Jiang Feng slumped on the sofa and played with his mobile phone for a while, finding it boring. Wang Hao hasn’t posted on Moments for three days. Apparently life has smoothed his rough edges. The occasional posts he posts on Moments are soulless ones that some companies require to be forwarded. Now that his career is going smoothly, he doesn't need to work as a waiter at Tai Fung House on weekends to find inspiration. Not only has he paid off all his father's money, his hair is getting thinner, his belly is getting bigger, and he looks more and more like a successful person.
Jiang Feng sent Wang Hao a message and Wang Hao didn't reply immediately. This made Jiang Feng sigh with emotion. It seemed that he had really lost this traitorous son.
Jiang Feng lay on the sofa.
Jiang Feng turned over.
Jiang Feng turned over again.
So boring.
The TV is not good to watch, the mobile phone is not fun, there is no one to chat with, there are not enough ingredients in the kitchen to cook, I have watched the tutorial videos over and over again countless times, and the CD cool-down period for the rewind function has not yet expired.
So boring!
Finally, Jiang Feng clicked on the properties panel, turned to the props bar, and began to study the only two unread memories in the props bar.
【A memory of Ouyang Yang】
【A memory of Han Guishan】
Regarding these two memories, Jiang Feng had already made up his mind. He reached out and clicked on [A memory of Han Guishan] and clicked yes.
A fog.
Han Guishan's memory is always filled with a strong sense of age for some reason. The last time Jiang Feng entered Han Guishan's memory, he saw the train station in the provincial capital of Shu in 1987, and met Jiang Weiming in 1987 and Wang Jing in 1987.
This time, he met Han Guishan in 1990 and Wang Jing in 1990.
As soon as the fog cleared, Jiang Feng saw Han Guishan, who was dragging a huge snakeskin bag and holding a newspaper that had been wrinkled not knowing how long ago. Next to Han Guishan was also dragging a smaller snakeskin bag and carrying a huge The backpack was tanned for some reason, and the skin was a lot rougher. Wang Jing, a former state-owned hotel waiter, was not as fair and beautiful as before.
"Old Han, didn't we go to your house? Why did it rain here?" It was summer, the sun was shining in the sky, and Wang Jing was already sweating like rain with so many things, even the cotton that looked quite new Most of his white shirt was soaked with sweat.
"It takes half a day to get to my house, and you have to transfer to a shuttle bus after you get off the train. You can also take a shuttle bus here, but it takes a little longer. Let's have a meal here and find a hotel to rest for a day. We've already been on the train for two days. If you keep doing this, everyone will fall apart." Han Guishan said, looking left and right with the newspaper, not knowing what he was reading.
Wang Jing wiped the sweat from her head and was speechless for a moment. She didn't know whether to laugh or be angry: "What's wrong with taking the train for two days? In the past two years, we took the donkey cart for two days when running goods. How can we still carry so many things?" You won’t feel tired even if you go through all this trouble.”
"What are you looking at? I'm not hungry now. The steamed buns I ate this morning were too hard and I can't digest them. It's too hot. Let's find a place to rest and drink some water first." Wang Jing couldn't help fanning her hands. It's a pity that the weak wind didn't have any effect, and the big beads of sweat kept wading down my cheeks like water.
"It's too hot, it's really too hot. I thought it was hot enough at my place, but I didn't expect it to be even hotter here."
Han Guishan was actually not much better, his clothes had long been soaked with sweat, but the sweat on his face was not as serious as Wang Jing's, so it didn't look that exaggerated.
After realizing that their top priority now was to find a place to have a cup of tea and rest, Han Guishan finally gave up reading the unknown newspaper from May 29, 1990, and led Wang Jing to find a small teahouse to drink a cup of herbal tea to calm down. calm.
After drinking two cups of herbal tea, Wang Jing felt a little relieved.
The facilities of the small teahouse are very simple, with no air conditioning or even fans. The boss saw that Wang Jing and Han Guishan were so tired and extremely hot that he gave them both a big cattail leaf fan to fan themselves.
Wang Jing sat on a chair and fanned frantically, while Han Guishan fanned him beside him. This scene looked inexplicably sad and inspiring.
"Where are we going now? Shall we find a hotel nearby to stay first?" This is a place that Han Guishan is familiar with. Wang Jing has never been there and doesn't understand it. Han Guishan has to listen to everything.
"I don't want to live here. Let's go to the county town tonight. There is no shuttle bus to my house in the city. Only in the county town." Han Guishan said and began to study his newspaper again.
In this way, Jiang Feng couldn't help but become deeply interested in the newspaper in Han Guishan's hand, and he also took a look at it.
The layout of the newspaper is very dense, block by block, and each day's report can only stand the size of a tofu cube. The small black typefaces are all crowded together, which makes people's heads hurt. Even Jiang Feng has a headache, let alone Han Guishan, who is not very literate at the moment. It is simply a kind of torture, more torturous than the scorching sun in the sky.
Soon Jiang Feng found the report that Han Guishan had been studying over and over again. It was a very small section in the corner, and it was said that it was a piece of tofu. The writing is not beautiful either. It reads a bit like a journal written by a primary school student, and the things it talks about are very simple.
It is roughly said that a certain county has become prosperous with the spring breeze of reform. Many foreign businessmen will pass by that county, and truck drivers will also choose to settle in the county. Therefore, many restaurants have been opened in the county, among which A restaurant on XX Road is doing extremely prosperous business, and there are often long queues.
With this little content, it's so dry that even now the UC Shock Department probably doesn't even bother to give a title for such a report. No wonder it can only have such a small page.
But it was such a small section. Han Guishan stared at it and studied it for more than ten minutes. Looking at his posture, he would continue to study it for another ten minutes.
What’s so interesting about this? I could copy this report in ten minutes.
"What are you reading? I've seen you have been reading this newspaper for two days since we were on the train. You haven't finished it yet. What's there to read?" Wang Jing was also confused.
Han Guishan handed the newspaper out and pointed to a word in the third-to-last line of the section: "Jing, what does this word mean?"
Wang Jing looked at it for a while and thought: "Qiu (second sound of qiu)."
Wang Jing glanced at the report roughly and showed the same confused expression as Jiang Feng: "Why are you looking at this? What's so interesting about this? I thought you were looking at some store information advertisement after studying it for two days. Didn't you mean Should we buy a shop and settle down to do business? It feels like we can’t make much money running around now. People in the village can go out and don’t care about the goods we bring in.”
"I don't plan to buy it here in Shencheng. It's too expensive. If we buy it here, all our savings in the past few years will be spent. If we lose, we will lose everything." Han Guishan put away the newspaper.
Wang Jing raised her hand and motioned to the boss for another bowl of herbal tea: "Don't you want to buy it here? But isn't the business here said to be very good? Everyone is doing business here now. If you don't want to buy it here, where can we buy it? Shouldn't we go back to my house? Buying on the side? It’s actually not easy to do business in the provincial capital. Do you still remember me from a few years ago? Is it the state-owned hotel where I work? Master Jiang has retired and returned to the countryside. Now the business in the store is even more sluggish. When I went home during the Chinese New Year, my mother was still telling me that it was a good thing that I quit my job and went out to run business with you. The other two in the store The waiters haven’t received their wages for half a year.”
Wang Jing asked so many questions at once that Han Guishan didn't know where to start, so he could only pick out the answers he remembered: "I was planning to discuss it with you in two days. I think I should go to City A or go directly to Peking to buy a shop. They are all good choices. Beiping is the capital, and the opportunities are actually no less than those in Shenzhen. City A has developed very well in the past two years, and I heard that a number of very well-located shops will be sold in the future. ”
"I think City A is pretty good." Wang Jing gave City A a thumbs up and drank the tea that the boss had just brought to the table. Just looking at her tea-drinking movements, she looked like a heroic woman, " I feel much better now. Is this far from the county you mentioned? Why don’t we leave first to avoid wasting time?”
"My bag is full of bacon cured by my mother. It was delayed for a long time and it was all spoiled by the time it got to your house."
Han Guishan stood up to pay and wanted to help Wang Jing get his snakeskin bag, but Wang Jing refused.
"Why did you bring so much bacon all the way here?"
"Look at what you said. It's as if bacon is worthless. A few years ago, bacon was a rare thing and could only be eaten during the New Year, okay? You have been doing business in my area these years, and you have treated my relatives there We're all familiar with each other. I haven't met your relatives yet. I heard you talk about your brother and your sister. I don't know what they like." Wang Jing stubbornly dragged the snakeskin bag outside. Start sweating like crazy.
"Your home is in Shenzhen, so I must have seen all the rare things. They are too rare and I can't afford them, so I can only bring some souvenirs." After speaking, Wang Jing patted her backpack proudly, "You know what's inside What’s in it? They’re all pickles! There’s another jar made by Master Jiang, and I got it from his apprentice!”
Han Guishan's eyes lit up when he heard that Jiang Weiming made the kimchi. Before he could speak, Wang Jing blocked his mouth with the next sentence: "Don't even think about it, this is for your brothers and sisters."
Han Guishan:......
The bus station was a bit far from the teahouse. Han Guishan called three human-powered tricycles, two for people and one for things. It took him almost 30 minutes to get to the bus station.
This bus station is no different from the bus station in City Z that Jiang Feng saw when he was a child. You get on the bus and buy a ticket. There is no fixed departure time. The bus leaves when it is full. There are also vendors selling corn and tea eggs in bags. . Wang Jing didn't know whether she was greedy or something, so she bought two tea eggs. After getting in the car, she and Han Guishan peeled the tea eggs happily, causing the child in front to keep turning around and looking longingly. Tea eggs in her hand.
Wang Jing ate the tea eggs one bite at a time in front of the child very ruthlessly.
"Mom, I want to eat balls too." The child whispered to the mother beside him to express his inner desire.
"The car has already driven and we can't buy any eggs." The child's mother said with a thankful smile on her face.
The environment on the bus is not very good. Old minibuses are basically like this. They look shabby on the outside but are actually shabby on the inside. When encountering bad road sections, people behind them will jump on them. Just like a trampoline, if you are not careful, you will hit your head and your hands.
There were a few people in the car with a lot of things like Wang Jing and Han Guishan. They were all very dark and sunburned. At first glance, you could tell that they were experienced and experienced businessmen. Among them was a fat and dark aunt who was probably in the restaurant business. Jiang Feng guessed that she was selling braised food. She brought sacks of seasonings and various spices, making the car full of spices. I just want to eat tea eggs.
It took almost three hours of driving to get to the county seat. After getting off the bus, Han Guishan stopped the fat aunt, took out the newspaper and pointed at the report above, and asked: "Sister, do you know the store on Hongqiu Road that was written in the newspaper?" What’s the name of the restaurant? ”
The most deceptive thing about this report is that it doesn’t even mention the name of the restaurant.
Han Guishan's "sister" call made the aunt burst into laughter. She squinted at the newspaper for dozens of seconds before she realized that she couldn't read. She said loudly: "I don't know how to read and can't understand what's written on Hongqiu Road." There are all restaurants near the highway. If you are looking for something particularly delicious, you should check out the noodle shop next door that took off its signboard. It seems that they took down their signboard two days before they moved. ”
"Thank you sister."
"You're welcome. If their restaurant is closed, you can go to the noodle shop next door. It's cheap and delicious. This restaurant is too expensive and only business owners go there, so it's not cost-effective." The aunt warned.
Wang Jing bought a piece of corn when Han Guishan asked for directions. She was gnawing the corn on the stick. When she saw Han Guishan coming back after asking for directions, she handed the corn to him.
"It's not sweet, it doesn't have much flavor." This is Wang Jing's comment.
Han Guishan didn't mind it either, so he took the corn and gnawed it: "Well, it doesn't taste very good."
"Where are we going now?"
"I remember there are many hotels around here. Let's find a clean one to put away our things first, then take a shower and change clothes, then rest for a while and have dinner." Han Guishan said.
Wang Jing heard clearly the conversation between Han Guishan and his aunt just now. She followed Han Guishan out to find a hotel and complained: "Why do I think you have to come to this county to take a bus because you want to eat in that store? Is the food that delicious? Is it delicious made by Master Youjiang?”
"I don't know." Han Guishan shook his head, "It's true that the store is quite famous. In addition to the newspaper reports, I have also heard many people mention it. Do you still remember the boss Yang we met when we were purchasing goods last time? Yang The boss walked across this store with me.”
"By the way, what would you like to eat tonight?"
Wang Jing thought for a moment: "I don't know what the food here tastes like. I heard it's quite bland. If there is seafood, just eat seafood. It feels a pity not to eat seafood when you go to the beach."
“It’s not actually near the sea, but it’s quite close to the sea.”
The two of them exchanged words with each other and found a nearby small and shabby but clean-looking hotel with two rooms. The price was quite expensive, nearly twice as expensive as the hotel next door. When Han Guishan opened a house, Jiang Feng realized that Han Guishan had not married Wang Jing yet. The two of them were talking about an old couple along the way. Wang Jing spoke of an old Han. Jiang Feng thought they had been married for several years, but he didn't expect that they were still in a relationship but not married.
The room is quite small, with just one bed and no cabinet, but there is a toilet and bathroom for taking a shower. After putting away his things, Han Guishan went to the front desk to buy two pots of hot water and sent the hot water to Wang Jing's room. Then he returned to the room and simply wiped his body with hot water and changed into clothes, very casually.
Han Guishan, who had changed his clothes and felt much refreshed, began to pack his things after a brief rest and opened the huge snakeskin bag he had been dragging.
Jiang Feng had always been curious about what was in Han Guishan's large snakeskin bag. At first, he thought that Han Guishan and Wang Jing were here to sell goods. After listening to their previous conversation, he soon realized that Han Guishan was back to visit relatives. .
Wang Jing's snakeskin bag contained souvenirs for Han Guishan's relatives, but Han Guishan's snakeskin bag was actually filled with clothes.
There are all kinds of new clothes, and the colors alone are very rich. There are more common ones, white, black, gray, and some rare ones, purple, green, tops, pants, skirts, and even hats and belts. The only thing they have in common is that they are not very valuable, and you can tell without touching them that the fabric of these clothes is not good.
In addition to clothes, there are also some cloth shoes, which look like they are handmade, and there are no leather shoes.
There is money hidden in the cloth shoes.
There is money hidden in each cloth shoe, which is sewn with a needle. If you didn't buckle the insole, you would never know that there is a dozen money stuffed at the bottom.
A lot of money, a wad of money. Han Guishan only took out the money from one cloth shoe. Jiang Feng estimated that the wad of money was at least 1,000. If the amount of money in each cloth shoe was the same, there was at least 1,000 in the snakeskin bag. Ten or twenty thousand in cash. Even though ten thousand-yuan households in the 1990s were no longer as rare as in the 1970s and 1980s, ten thousand or twenty thousand in cash was definitely a huge sum of money. Fortunately, Han Guishan dared to put the money in a snakeskin bag without fear of being stolen or robbed.
Maybe this is Han Guishan's strategy. A snakeskin bag contains less valuable clothes and cloth shoes. It's heavy and difficult to carry, and thieves are probably too lazy to steal it.
Han Guishan counted a few pieces of money and found that they were about two or three hundred. He stuffed the rest of the money back and sewed it up again with a needle and thread he found from somewhere. The movements are skillful, and it is obvious that he has done it for a long time.
The large banknotes were stuffed into the pockets of the pants, the banknotes and coins of a few cents were put into the pockets of the coat, and the snakeskin bag was placed on the floor of the room.
After sorting everything out, Han Guishan went out and knocked on Wang Jing's door next door.
Wang Jing not only took a shower but also washed her hair, changed into fresh and clean clothes, and her hair was draped wetly on her shoulders.
"Let's go and eat."
"Wait, let me wipe my hair again, otherwise it will be too wet and difficult to dry when I go out." Wang Jing wiped her hair with a dry towel for a while before going out. Before going out, she did not forget to take a look at Han Guishan's door to make sure Is the door closed tightly?
"Is it okay if we just go out like this? Thieves are so rampant now that they dare to break open the door and steal things. You forgot the last time I went to pick up goods and stay in a hotel, all my things were stolen. I even doubted if it was someone inside who did it. "Wang Jing obviously knew what was in Han Guishan's snakeskin bag.
"Don't worry, the owner of this hotel has connections, and ordinary thieves won't touch it."
At this time, the advantage of being familiar with local people comes to the fore.
Han Guishan and Wang Jing walked downstairs side by side. Wang Jing was talking about what she wanted to eat at night, which was nothing more than fish and shrimp, although she couldn't even name the specific fish species.
Jiang Feng followed them and happened to hear the receptionist who was sitting behind the counter munching on melon seeds.
"They said they were not a couple."
The small county town is very lively at night.
As Han Guishan said, because of its good geographical location, this county is located on a major transportation thoroughfare and has a lot of foreigners and truck drivers, so it is very lively at night. Especially the area around Hongqiu Road is full of restaurants and hotels, and there are also many vendors selling cold dishes, braised vegetables and snacks from carts, making it look like a street in a night market.
Drivers usually sleep in the car to save money, and these hotels are prepared for business people.
The hotel is a small hotel, and the shops are also small restaurants. A family runs a restaurant. The proprietress enthusiastically stands at the door of the shop to solicit customers, asking passers-by over and over again if they want to eat. The market is filled with the aroma of food. Even those who are not planning to eat out, if they pass by this street accidentally, they can't help but walk into a nearby restaurant and order one or two side dishes to try.
This long small street really has a dining atmosphere.
With so many stores, it was actually difficult to find the store Han Guishan was looking for.
There are too many shops without signboards.
Maybe it's because they don't worry about business or maybe it's just casual. Many stores don't have signboards, just a small store with two tables inside and two tables outside. The couple is busy, and sometimes they can sit at the table outside. Found a few children doing homework.
There was no signboard, and next to the noodle shop, this option was too broad. Han Guishan and Wang Jing walked over and saw several options that met the requirements, but none of them looked like them.
Mainly because the decoration is different.
Seeing that he couldn't find the store Han Guishan was looking for after walking down the street, Wang Jing wanted to find a random restaurant to eat.
She didn't eat lunch and only ate half a corn and a tea egg along the way. Now she was really hungry. After smelling the food along the way, she just wanted to find a small shop to sit down and eat something, even a bowl of plain noodles.
"Old Han, let's just eat whatever we want. In fact, you don't have to eat fish and shrimp, you can just have a bowl of noodles." Wang Jing pointed to the noodle shop in front of her, "How about we eat here."
Next door to the noodle shop is a restaurant without a signboard. The restaurant is very big, bigger than 80% of the shops on this street. There are no tables outside the shop, and the door is half open and there are no lights on.
It was already very dark at this time, and the store had no lights on and no customers inside, so it didn't look like it was open for business at all.
"Jing, do you think this store looks like it?" Han Guishan pointed to the unknown restaurant without lights.
Wang Jing studied the exterior decoration of this restaurant and some of the internal tables and chairs she could see, and nodded: "It looks similar, the decoration is quite exquisite, and the price should not be cheap, but it seems that this store is not open. , there is no one inside.”
"There should be someone, the door is not closed." Han Guishan refused to give up, "Just wait outside, I will go in and take a look."
After saying that, Han Guishan walked into the store. Wang Jing was waiting for him outside, and Jiang Feng followed him in.
The lights were actually turned on in the store, and the lights were turned on in the kitchen, but the kitchen was in the innermost part and no light came through.
It was true that there were no customers. The store was very empty. There were only four sets of tables and chairs in the huge store. It was obvious that some of the tables and chairs had been cleared away. The wall was empty without any decoration. From the color difference, Jiang Feng could tell that there must have been paintings hanging on the walls of this store before, and there must have been potted plants on the windowsill.
This store should be transferred out, and the boss has started to clear out the items.
"Is there anyone there?" Han Guishan shouted loudly.
"Who?"
The person who answered was a female voice, but the person who came out of the kitchen was a man, someone Jiang Feng knew.
Zhang Chu.
This is the store where Cao Guixiang worked back then!
If Jiang Feng heard the conversation between Han Guishan and Xu Cheng during the last test, he would have guessed that Han Guishan's memory must be about Cao Guixiang. But he didn't hear it. When he saw Zhang Chu walking out of the kitchen yesterday, he was ecstatic and rushed into the kitchen through the wall without thinking.
Cao Guixiang is cooking in the kitchen.
From the rich smell of broth in the kitchen, Jiang Feng could smell that what Cao Guixiang was cooking was definitely good.
In addition to Cao Guixiang, there were two children and a fat middle-aged man in the kitchen. If nothing else, these two children were Zhang Chiyuan and Zhang Siyu. At this time, Zhang Chiyuan was already half a boy, about the same age as he should be in junior high school, while Zhang Siyu was still a little carrot head, with a chubby face that was clearly well-raised.
Junior high school is a critical period for children to receive education. It is no wonder that Cao Guixiang is eager to move to the city to change schools for Zhang Chiyuan.
Another fat middle-aged man is obviously Cao Guixiang's boss.
"Guixiang, do you really not think about continuing this business after you go to the city with such good skills? If you don't want to work for others, you can open your own shop. If you don't have enough money, I will lend it to you. Isn't it very popular to invest in shares now? I can just become a shareholder, and I’ll pay for my meals,” the boss advised earnestly.
Jiang Feng:? ? ?
There is also this operation.
"Boss Shi, I really don't plan to do this anymore. You see, my two children are already so old. Siyu will go to elementary school soon. I want to spend more time with my children."
"You should think about it again." It was obviously not the first time Boss Shi advised him, nor was it the first time he heard this answer.
Cao Guixiang smiled and said nothing. She walked to the pot next door and opened the lid to take a look. In the pot was braised shark's fin that was simmering over low heat. It seemed that the collagen in the shark's fin had been completely stewed into the soup, and the roots of the shark's fin were distinct. Plump and golden, it is obviously shark fin of excellent quality.
Cao Guixiang just took one look and put the lid back on the pot. She walked to the chopping board and started processing the duck. While processing it, she asked: "Boss Shi, what dish do you want to eat with this duck?"
"Just watch and do whatever you want." Boss Shi answered very skillfully.
"Xiaoyuan, what do you want to eat?" Cao Guixiang asked her son instead.
"Beer duck!" Zhang Chiyuan shouted.
"Mom, I want to eat roast duck!" Zhang Siyu said in a louder voice.
"Roast duck is good, roast duck is good." Boss Shi couldn't help but nod.
"This duck is not fat enough for roast duck. Let me think about it..." Just as Cao Guixiang was thinking about what dish to make with this duck, Zhang Chu came in from outside.
"Boss Shi, there is a guest outside who wants to eat. He is from out of town and came here because he read the newspaper."
"Didn't you tell him that our store is closing and not open now?" Boss Shi was puzzled.
Zhang Chu reluctantly raised the blue hundred-dollar bills in his hand. They were not new, but they shone brightly under the light. There were three of them, which were particularly dazzling.
"I said that, but the customer outside the door said that he didn't choose the food, he could do whatever he wanted, and he gave the money directly."
Boss Shi was also dumbfounded. He had not opened a restaurant for a long time and had seen many wealthy customers. This was the first time he had seen this kind of operation.
"Why?" Boss Shi felt that he couldn't do this even if he had too much money. 300 yuan was enough to order all the dishes on their menu.
You know, the menu in their store includes shark's fin, bird's nest, sea cucumber, and abalone.
"The customer only had one request. He seemed to be proposing today. He wanted Guixiang to put the ring into the dish so that his fiancée could eat it when she ate the dish."
Boss Shi was shocked again. He didn't expect that there was such a way to play. He could only look at Cao Guixiang asking for help, as if Cao Guixiang was the real owner of this restaurant.
Cao Guixiang said helplessly: "Zhang Chu, please let that customer in first. I'll talk to him. There are actually no other ingredients in the store today, just these few prepared dishes. How about we put the shark's fin..."< br>
"No!" Everyone present said in unison.
Cao Guixiang:......
Zhang Chu first called Han Guishan in from the outside. Han Guishan had been in business for several years and was very sharp-tongued. As soon as he came in, he talked about all his ideas and requirements. Boss Shi was dumbfounded and began to reflect on his colleagues. Why do you fail so much in business?
Look at other businessmen, most of them are good at talking.
He just eats.
In the end, Cao Guixiang agreed to Han Guishan's request and promised that he would put the ring in the dish, but would not wrap it in but put it on the surface. If it was wrapped in the dish, Cao Guixiang was afraid that Wang Jing would swallow the ring directly when eating the dish. In the belly.
But there are only two dishes, one is the duck dish that has not been cooked yet, and the other is the braised shark's fin that is still in the pot. Cao Guixiang can divide two bowls for Han Guishan.
Boss Shi also wanted to give Han Guishan money, but Han Guishan refused. Han Guishan left the ring and went out to call Wang Jing. Zhang Chu also went out to help them pour water and put the tableware, while turning on the lights and closing the door tightly - Braised Shark's Fin It's just one pot and you can't let anyone else in.
"Mom, you didn't cook for the guests who came yesterday, why did you agree to this today?" Zhang Chiyuan expressed confusion.
Cao Guixiang was looking at the diamond ring left by Han Guishan. It was not big, but very rare. At this time, not many people would propose with a diamond ring. To be precise, not many people would propose.
The trick of proposing with a ring was probably learned by Han Guishan from other businessmen who had gone abroad when he was running business.
"Because love is priceless." Cao Guixiang said with a smile.
Zhang Chiyuan:?
Zhang Siyu:?
Boss Shi: My shark fin QAQ
Cao Guixiang put the ring in a clean place, stared at the cleaned duck and thought for a few minutes before decisively putting the whole duck into the pot to steam. After steaming, remove the bones and cut into three pieces.
Seeing this step, Jiang Feng already understood that what Cao Guixiang wanted to do was to kill the duck.
No wonder this memory came out when Han Guishan was eating firewood and killing ducks.
It was obvious that Cao Guixiang didn't make Chai Bang Duck often, and her technique was a bit unfamiliar, far less skillful than when Jiang Feng watched Master Xu make Chai Bang Duck. But proficiency is proficiency, and good technology is good technology. As long as the technology is good enough, even if you are not skilled enough, you can still make excellent dishes.
At this time, Cao Guixiang's cooking skills should be at their peak. In middle age, her energy, concentration, strength and wrist flexibility are all in excellent condition. After several years of professional chef life, she has also improved technically and in all aspects. reach a peak. Although I work in a restaurant in a small county town, the boss is cheerful and generous, and the ingredients are abundant, which can even be called high-end. You can get a glimpse of it from the braised shark's fin in the pot. I think there are no shortage of big dishes and expensive dishes.
At this time, Cao Guixiang can definitely be said to be at the top of the Chinese food pyramid. Even Peng Changping on the other side of the ocean may not be stronger than her.
Although I feel sorry for Master Xu when I say this, Jiang Feng still wants to say that Cao Guixiang's Chaiba duck and Master Xu's Chaiba duck are really two kinds of Chaiba duck.
The Chai Bang Duck made by Master Xu will make people focus on the shape. The shape of this dish is so unique that people who see it for the first time will definitely be surprised. But Cao Guixiang’s Chai Bang Duck will definitely make people focus on eating it, and may even ignore the appearance.
It doesn’t matter if it’s shaped or not, the main thing is to taste it.
After Chai cooked the duck, Cao Guixiang spread a layer of bean sprouts on the tip of the uneven Chai handle and placed a clean ring on it. In this way, the ring becomes the center of the dish. As soon as the dish is served, the first thing people at the table see is definitely the ring on the dish.
The duck is done, and the braised shark fin in the pot on the other side is almost ready. Tan's braised shark's fin does not require thickening. The richness of the soup depends entirely on the collagen of the shark's fin itself. All it requires is time, patience and precise control of the heat. The time required to simmer a pot of braised shark's fin is about 6 to 8 hours. The long time and time bring the mellow and thick soup to the braised shark's fin, which is its essence.
The pot of braised shark fin that Cao Guixiang is currently making is very essence.
Jiang Feng had eaten Peng Changping's cooking, but for a moment he couldn't tell the difference in appearance - they didn't look like normal dishes, more like the dishes in the young master's house that glowed golden when the lid was lifted.
The braised shark's fin is already golden and makes it feel like a little boss.
The dishes were all ready, but Cao Guixiang was not in a hurry to serve them. Judging from her appearance, she probably still had some unfinished dishes.
Sure enough, after simply cleaning the pot, Cao Guixiang began to make lean meat soup with the remaining half bowl of lean meat on the kitchen table.
Making soup requires thickening.
Jiang Feng kept in mind that Peng Changping had told him that Cao Guixiang was very good at thickening soup, and kept staring at the movements of Cao Guixiang's hands, becoming more and more afraid to blink.
Soon it was time to thicken the sauce.
It is a very simple thickening method. It is either thickened with pigeon soup cooked in a pigeon rack like Babao Lixiang Pigeon. There is no original soup for lean meat soup, or it is simply thickened with starch water.
Apply a thin layer.
Very simple, very harmonious, very fast and very easy.
When the thickening water is slowly poured into the pot in a clockwise direction against the edge of the pot, it seems to be hugging, intimate contact, stirring, and merging into one.
harmonious.
nature.
It was obviously a very simple step, but Jiang Feng was stunned.
He seemed to...understand a little bit.
There was something called inspiration that entered his mind the moment the thickening water was poured into the pot.
"Siyu, take this dish out to the guests outside. The shiny side should face the sister. Be careful not to let the ring on it slip off when you serve it." Cao Guixiang brought the duck to Zhang Siyu. Zhang Siyu took the stick of firewood and held it steady with very strong chubby arms, and walked cautiously toward the door step by step.
Zhang Chiyuan walked to the door ahead of her and opened the door for her.
Jiang Feng also walked out through the wall. Praise me(*/ω＼*)
(End of chapter)