Chapter 204 Tempting Fragrance
The chili peppers used in the fried chili oil are not simple either. When Yu Hui was at home, she would dry the bullet-shaped chili peppers and the chili peppers in a pan, and then pound them into pieces using a stone mortar.
The mixture of the two peppers is particularly fragrant and spicy.
The stove was burning with coal. When the fire started, a large amount of rapeseed oil was poured into the big iron pot.
When the oil is hot, add shallots, ginger slices, coriander, and onions. Squeeze these ingredients dry in the oil, leaving behind the aroma, then remove from the oil.
Then pour the hot oil into the chili powder with sesame seeds.
With just a "sizzling" sound, the hot oil and the chili powder collided, stimulating a domineering and tempting aroma.
"It smells so good, cough cough cough..." Gu Xixi closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then started coughing due to choking.
As Yu Hui scooped oil into the enamel basin, she said to the child, "The spicy taste is too pungent. Take your sister outside to stand for a while."
Gu Xixi couldn't stop coughing, so Gu Nan took him and his sister out of the store.
The aroma of fried chili oil was so overpowering that many people shopping in the grocery store smelled the aroma and came over to take a look.
"Xiao Yu, what are you doing? It smells so good?" A female comrade I knew asked while standing at the door of the store.
Yu Hui smiled and said, "Fried chili oil."
"The chili oil you fried is so fragrant, the noodles must be delicious. I have to bring the kids here to eat in the evening." Her husband didn't come back until the evening.
Yu Hui smiled and said, "You may not be able to eat it tonight. We sold out at noon and will not sell it in the evening."
The woman smiled and said, "Then I will definitely be able to eat it. You will definitely not be able to sell all of it at noon."
I heard from Xiao Tang from the grocery store that she has prepared a lot of meat.
Yu Hui smiled and said nothing.
After the chili peppers were fried and Qian Lan's pig intestines were cleaned, Yu Hui asked her to knead the dough, and she first braised the pig intestines in a large iron pan.
While the braised pork intestines were simmering in the pot, Yu Hui methodically cut the beef and lean pork into shreds.
My wrists are sore from all the cutting.
Yu Hui put down the kitchen knife and lamented that it was not easy to make money by running a store.
The pig intestines in the big iron pot have been simmered for about an hour and are almost done. As soon as the lid is opened, the unique smell of the pig intestines mixed with the aroma wafts around.
An old man carrying a basket on his back stopped in his tracks, attracted by the aroma. He looked at the sign hanging at the door and asked in surprise, "Is there a noodle restaurant here?"
It was the first time he saw a restaurant other than a canteen and a state-owned restaurant.
Yu Hui scooped the pig intestines into the small pot at the back, and the pig intestines needed to be simmered for a while longer.
"Yes, old man. Today is the first day of our opening at Happiness Noodle House. We will give more food to everyone who comes to eat."
"What kind of noodles do you have at home and how much are they?" The old man swallowed his saliva as he looked at the pig intestines scooped out from the big pot.
He loved eating this kind of pig intestines, but the old woman at home couldn't make it well, and it always smelled like shit.
The pig intestines in state-owned restaurants taste okay, but they are very expensive.
Yu Hui smiled and replied, "We have vegetarian noodles, shredded pork noodles, braised pork intestine noodles, and braised beef noodles."
"Vegetarian noodles are 10 cents, shredded pork noodles are 20 cents, braised pork intestine noodles are 30 cents, and braised beef noodles are 40 cents."
The old man frowned. "Your prices are the same as those in state-owned restaurants. And why are the pig intestines more expensive than shredded pork? The price of pig intestines is lower than the price of meat."
Yu Hui smiled and said, "State-owned restaurants require tickets, but I don't. So, isn't my experience more economical than that of state-owned restaurants?"
It was troublesome to calculate the bill with both tickets and money, so she simply didn't want the tickets and only took the money.
And those who want to come here often don’t have that many tickets.
"The price of pig intestines is lower than that of meat, but they are difficult to process and there is a lot of waste. So, shouldn't they be more expensive than shredded pork?"
After hearing this, the old man nodded and said, "That's right, it's better not to have a ticket, it's better not to have a ticket."
"What time can you start eating?" asked the old man.
Yu Hui calculated the time and thought that it should be after 11:30, so they should be able to eat.
"Then I'll go home first and come back later."
After the old man finished speaking, he went home with the basket on his back.
The pig intestines were scooped into the pot at the back and simmered. After cleaning the pot, Yu Hui started to make braised beef.
When the beef was being fried, it attracted quite a few people who smelled the aroma and said they wanted to come and eat it at noon.
Besides, the old man was from a nearby village. After entering the village, he greeted everyone he met on the way while walking home.
"Old Wei, wait a minute." An old friend from the same village who had a good relationship with him called him.
"What's up?"
The old friend walked up to him and sniffed him. "Why do you smell like meat? I know, did you secretly go to the state-owned restaurant in the city to eat meat?"
The old man pointed at him with a wicked smile, as if he saw through him.
Uncle Wei sniffed the smell on his body and was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. "I just went to the grocery store in the military compound and bought a bottle of soy sauce and a bag of salt. How could I have sneaked into the city to eat meat?"
"That meaty smell is from the noodle shop next to the grocery store. The aroma of braised pork intestines wafted over and got on my clothes."
"Noodle shop?"
"Yes, I heard that people can start their own business now. A military wife from the Military Family Compound opened a noodle shop. Her braised pork intestines noodles are delicious and look clean, and they don't even require a ticket."
"I plan to take my wife to try it at noon." Uncle Wei said with a smile.
His wife has been with him for decades and has never eaten anything good.
We went there at noon. He wanted to eat pork intestines, and he ordered beef for his wife.
His wife had never eaten beef before. Beef was expensive, and when the brigade slaughtered pigs and distributed the meat during the New Year, they also distributed pork.
He himself had only eaten beef many, many years ago.
"Smells good?"
"It smells good. I can even smell the aroma of her chili oil, which is also very fragrant."
"Then when you go there later, call me and I'll bring my wife and grandson to eat with me."
"OK."
The two of them made an appointment like this.
The braised beef was simmering and the noodles were fermented. Yu Hui kneaded, rolled and cut the noodles.
Qian Lan sorted the green onions and washed the vines, and then helped cut the noodles.
Cut the noodles, sprinkle them with dry flour, and spread them in a gauze-lined colander on the table.
Qian Lan was afraid that she would not be able to sell all the noodles, so she did not do too much work. She only used 40 kilograms of flour, rolled it all into dough sheets, cut it into noodles, and filled three baskets.
By the time the noodles were cut, it was already 11:20 and both of their hands were sore.
The braised beef was scooped into a porcelain bowl, covered with a lid, and placed on the table next to the stove.
The braised pork intestines in the pot at the back were also taken out and placed in a porcelain basin. The aluminum pot was washed clean, water was added, and it was then boiled.
Yu Hui fried the shredded pork again. Because some people don’t like green peppers, Yu Hui didn’t add green peppers, just the shredded pork, and fried it until it was soft and tender.
After the shredded pork is fried, put it in a large porcelain bowl and cover it with a lid. Add 80% water to a large iron pot and boil it.
The guests arrived before the water was even heated.
It was the old man who came to ask just now. He came with his wife and his friend's family.
"Miss, can you eat now?" Uncle Wei asked as he walked into the store.
Gu Xixi shook her head, "Grandpa, you can't do that yet. The water hasn't boiled yet."
Gu Nan made an invitation gesture with her little hand, "But you can come in and sit down and wait for a while."
"Okay, then we'll sit and wait." Grandpa Wei's wife said with a smile, looking at Gu Nan and Gu Xixi and praising them, "These two children are really sensible."
Beibei, who had finally waited for his mother to finish her work and clung to her, had the ahoge on his little head standing up.
Are these two children really sensible?
Isn’t Beibei a child?
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