Chapter 24: Fresh and Fragrant Steamed Fish

"Ah!!" A pig-slaughtering howl.

It feels really bad to have a red and swollen face that has just been slapped and then touch scalding water.

They covered their faces, but could only cover one side, their eyes wide open with anger: "You bitch, you are so stupid!"

They wanted to beat Ye Shuyi.

The latter pitifully tugged at the officer's clothes and said, "Officer, he hit me!"

Police officer: Who hit whom?

The fat and thin men shouted that they were innocent. They wanted to fight, but they were handcuffed.

Ye Shuyi said, "Officer, I'm so scared. Please take them back quickly! Fine them severely and lock them up for as many years as they deserve."

The police officer hesitated and asked, "Ms. Ye, don't you want to reconcile?"

"I don't plan to!" Ye Shuyi said as a matter of course.

Want to reconcile? No way!

She agreed to meet just to insult the other person!

"Okay," the police officer replied, "You guys, go back to the cell."

"You gossip, you never intended to reconcile!" The fat man reacted and said viciously.

I tricked them into calling me auntie so many times.

Ye Shuyi looked bewildered and naive: "I never agreed to it."

"I'll fuck you!" the thin man cursed, and was slapped by the police who came in and then taken away.

Ye Shuyi felt much better.

Evildoers will be punished for their evil deeds; it’s not that there is no retribution, but that the time has not come yet.

She has the next thing.

The police officer who took the statement was named Liang. He had a square face and was upright and resolute.

"Ms. Ye, I will now interrogate you about the malicious incident last night." Officer Liang said.

"Okay, ask."

"Do you know the person who hurt you? If so, what is your relationship with him? What was his motive for hurting you? If not, do you have any guesses?"

"I've seen him. Yesterday, he came to our Ye Ji restaurant, didn't order any food, and tried to harass me. I fought back and had the staff chase him away, so he ran away in disgrace. That night, he found two strong men, Ah San and Ah Si, to control me and my father, intending to get revenge."

"Okay. Then may I ask if you injured Xu Junjie last night?"

"He was the one who hired someone to beat me up first! I'm a weak woman and my father is old, how could I possibly beat them? In my haste, I accidentally hit him on the head, and I don't know how he fainted! I even felt like he was blackmailing me." Ye Shuyi said.

"Well... he probably didn't extort you. He's still lying in the emergency room." Officer Liang scribbled on the paper: Legitimate self-defense, accidentally injured someone.

"Are you hurt?" he asked.

"I'm injured. Look, my hands are all broken." Ye Shuyi showed her elbow. It was red and a little broken, but not serious. It would heal on its own and she didn't need to worry about it.

"I also suffered psychological trauma, I want compensation, and I also want compensation for that fat and thin group just now." Ye Shuyi said.

"Okay, I'll report back and contact you later."

Going to jail does not exempt you from civil liability.

"Okay, thank you, officer." Ye Shuyi said.

Ye Shuyi was about to leave, but as soon as she came out of the interrogation room, she ran into Chen Nanfeng.

"Eh? Are you blocking me?" Ye Shuyi said dissatisfiedly. Such a big person is blocking the way.

"Well. Just now you said that you didn't know me?" Chen Nanfeng asked with a smile.

Ye Shuyi felt a little guilty.

That gossipy police officer must have told him. But wasn't he at the police station? Why was he here to question him now?

"No!" Ye Shuyi said innocently, "Maybe they recognized the wrong person."

"What a coincidence. Even the clothes, pants, shoes and face shapes are the same." Chen Nanfeng said resentfully.

"Haha." Ye Shuyi smiled awkwardly. The description was so detailed!

"Mr. Chen, I have to go back to Yeji. Let's stop chatting for now."

Escape in panic.

Because she thought about being hugged by him last night! Her cheeks were hot and she couldn't face him at all.

She wanted to take the subway back to Ye Ji as soon as possible.

"Wait a minute." Chen Nanfeng called her.

Ye Shuyi thought for a second, then stopped and looked back in surprise.

"It's raining outside, bring an umbrella." He handed me a black long-handled umbrella.

Did he even notice that he didn't bring an umbrella? Ye Shuyi thought silently, and finally took it and thanked him.

"Thank you very much. I'll ask Butler Xue to send it back to you this afternoon."

After the girl finished speaking, she quickly left with her umbrella, and her pretty figure disappeared from sight.

It was raining heavily outside.

In summer, Hong Kong Island has abundant moisture, frequent rain and hot and humid weather.

Ye Shuyi stood there for a while, waiting for the rain to subside before going out, otherwise her shoes would get wet.

The trams passed by, stirring up a light blanket of rain. People were walking and taking shelter under the arcades, bustling about.

At that time, there were not many arcades left because they were not as well utilized as commercial high-rise buildings.

The retro arcade has two or more pillars that support a wide eaves to provide people with shade and shelter from the rain. It is a popular building in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao, Guangxi and Southeast Asia.

On the streets of Boti, men and women wearing retro shirts, windbreakers and jackets walked with the wind.

The young man riding the old bicycle pressed the bell handle, and the iron bell rang, reminding pedestrians to get out of the way.

Ye Shuyi returned to the store, and Shi Ruoxin rushed out and said, "Sister Shuyi, you're finally back. Boss Ye is looking for you. He said a lot of customers ordered shredded chicken and they're waiting for you to come back and make it."

"I'll be there now." Ye Shuyi went to the kitchen, greeted her father, and started cooking.

"Ah Xin, help me." Ye Shuyi ordered.

"good."

I'm so busy that I don't even have time to rest.

However, Ye Ji's daily supply of 50 servings of hand-shredded chicken does have an end.

It turned out to be two hundred copies.

But after trying it for a day, Ye Shuyi felt that her hands were going to be broken, so she changed the rules.

The rest who didn’t make it into the top 50 can only come back next time.

Ye Shuyi also has to cook for her boss, Mr. Chen. Today's dishes are steamed yellowfin croaker with perilla, braised pork with mushrooms, celery, and winter melon soup.

The weather is hot and humid now, so drink some soup to cool down.

The fish used was wild yellowfin croaker from Lau Fook Shan, Hong Kong Island, commonly known as yellow-legged croaker. Ye Shuyi saw it at a roadside stall and bought it.

She recognized it at a glance as a wild one, otherwise it wouldn't be so active and strong.

As we all know, grouper is the most delicious steamed fish, but it is a bit expensive.

Ye Shuyi chose wild yellowfin croaker because its meat is more tender and melts in the mouth.

Hong Kong gourmet Mr. Cai once praised it as the most delicious fish in the world.

Ye Shuyi brought it back to the kitchen with a plastic bag of water and killed it freshly, so it was quite fresh.

The internal organs must be discarded without a doubt, and the fish body should be scored twice, no more, no less.

If you cut too much, the fish will collapse easily when steamed; if you cut too little, it will not be flavorful enough.

Stuffing fish maw with ginger and scallions can remove the fishy smell and enhance the freshness, while dispelling cold and detoxifying the inside. Fish maw itself nourishes the kidneys, and the combination of the three can not only enhance the overall flavor of the dish, but also complement each other in terms of therapeutic effect.

In addition to ginger and scallions, the fish body should also be marinated with cooking wine for half an hour to remove the fishy smell. Then add perilla as the base and serve on a plate.

When the water boils, put the fish on a plate and steam it over high heat for ten minutes. The fish is cooked when the eyes are bulging.

As soon as Ye Shuyi opened the lid of the pot, the rich and fresh aroma of the fish slowly diffused from the kitchen, and the mist was rising. The fish in the dish could be vaguely seen to be tender and juicy, and it looked excellent.

"Sister Shuyi, what are you cooking? The guests outside are clamoring for food!" Xie Yanfei hurried over.