Chapter 53 Plan Sour Cabbage Rice Noodles
Ge Tai glanced at the two of them and bent down to pick it up.
"Okay, take it out." Yu Zhile patted Chen Zhao.
The kitchen was not big to begin with, and with three people standing in it it was a bit cramped. If one more person stood in it, there would be almost no space for him to turn around.
"Yes, sir." Chen Zhao made a funny expression.
Zhang Wenxin teased: "You are so childish. Xiaobao is more stable than you."
Chen Zhao stopped and made a face at her.
"Xiao Zhao, get out." Seeing that the two were about to start bickering again, Yu Zhile hurriedly stopped them, "Wen Xin, help me chop the pickled cabbage."
Zhang Wenxin snorted and helped with the work.
Ge Tai followed Chen Zhao out and went to the yard to wash tomatoes.
Afterwards, Yu Zhile asked Zhang Wenxin to cut the tomatoes into cubes.
"When setting up a stall, the rice noodles have to be soaked the night before. Normally, when cooking at home, use chopsticks to hold the middle, and if the two ends stick together, it means it is cooked through." Yu Zhile showed the two people how the rice noodles stick together.
At this time, the comments were all in unison - I got it. So when will the rice noodles be served in the small window?
Yu Zhile chuckled and shook his head in response.
At the same time, she took out the rice noodles and put them in a plate filled with cold water, saying, "After rinsing them in cold water, the rice noodles will be more chewy and taste better."
“There are so many tricks to cooking a bowl of noodles.” Zhang Wenxin sighed.
Yu Zhile smiled and said: "The subsequent seasoning is very simple and easy for people to learn. These small details can increase competitiveness."
"With a chef like you, our competitiveness is already much higher than others." Zhang Wenxin exaggeratedly spread his two palms apart.
Yu Zhile burst out laughing and quickly returned his attention to the business.
Heat a thin layer of oil in a pan and add minced garlic and bean paste.
"Add some salt, the diced tomatoes will be easier to fry and release juice." Yu Zhile poured the tomatoes into the pot and sprinkled a handful of salt.
After a while, the juice overflowed, so she added the sauerkraut, fried it until fragrant, and then added an appropriate amount of water.
"Salt, MSG, soy sauce, and a little bit of sugar, for seasoning."
"Add rice noodles for a minute or two, then add bean sprouts, bean curd skin, kelp shreds and chives and blanch until done. If you like spicy food, you can add some hot sauce before serving."
Yu Zhile did as he spoke, and after adding the chili sauce, he asked Ge Tai to get the firewood.
The rich sour and spicy taste hits you in the face, and paired with the red soup, it is full of color, aroma and taste.
Zhang Wenxin swallowed unconsciously, and so did Ge Tai.
At the same time, the barrage exploded.
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Yu Zhile divided the noodles into large porcelain bowls and asked Chen Zhao and Zhou Yuesheng to help bring them to the dining table.
"This live broadcast ends here, bye." She walked at the end and waved goodbye to the audience.
The smooth and chewy rice noodles are soaked in the rich sour and spicy flavor of the soup base. The moment they enter your mouth, the sour, spicy and fresh flavors bloom on your taste buds.
The crispy bean sprouts, soft and tasty bean curd skin, tender kelp shreds, and sour sauerkraut make the rice noodles extremely rich in taste.
Everyone was busy slurping noodles. For a moment, the only sound on the table was the sound of slurping.
"This bowl of rice noodles is absolutely invincible in the whole market." Chen Zhao even drank up all the soup.
Zhang Wenxin agreed, "It tastes better than the braised pork ribs noodles in state-owned restaurants."
Ge Tai nodded in agreement.
"It's delicious." Yu Chi looked satisfied.
Zhou Yuesheng and Yu Yue said at the same time: "It's delicious."
Yu Zhile smiled and said, "Then our next task is to convince the villagers."
"Convince everyone!" Zhang Wenxin was full of energy.
The three people working on the side projects agreed on a time for the next discussion, during which they would follow up on the content of the parts they were responsible for.
Zhang Wenxin and Ge Tai left Yu's house.
Chen Zhao was about to go back to the cowshed to rest when Yu Zhile stopped him.
"The bones and meat you bought last time were not from a slaughterhouse, were they?" Yu Zhile said affirmatively.
She knew that Chen Zhao would not be short of meat tickets, but the ox cart arrived in the town late and the meat had already been snatched away.
"I give cash coupons every month to the chef of the state-owned restaurant to buy meat for me. The big bones are given for free." Chen Zhao gave a number.
Yu Zhile frowned. This price was nearly twice as expensive as the normal price.
"Sister, do you need to buy big bones and meat for your stall?" Chen Zhao quickly guessed her purpose.
After getting a positive answer, he said with some hesitation: "Actually, if you want to buy it, it's not that expensive, but there is a small condition."
As he spoke, he pinched his thumb and index finger together, leaving just a tiny bit of distance between them.
"Why?" Yu Zhile asked.
Chen Zhao talked about his interactions with the chef of a state-owned restaurant.
The chef’s surname is Hu, and he is known as Hu Laosan. His father was a former chef at a state-owned restaurant, his mother worked in a slaughterhouse for more than ten years, and his brothers and sisters work in the town hospital.
He is a late-born son who was spoiled by his family. He is not good at studying and can't do anything except eating. Fortunately, he has some talent in cooking. After two years of learning, he can take over his father's position.
Chen Zhao and he became friends because of a bowl of braised pork.
At that time, Chen Zhao had just moved to the cowshed and was not familiar with Jiang Shangqing and the others. He was often ridiculed by the educated youth when he went to work, and he had a bit of a bad temper.
It was a rare day off when I went to town to have a better meal, but the braised pork I ate that day was so dry and fishy that I was so angry that I cried.
Hu Laosan was on leave that day and heard about this when he passed by. He scolded the apprentice and personally cooked two dishes as compensation for Chen Zhao.
After that, the two became friends, and sometimes when Hu Laosan was researching new dishes, he would specifically ask Chen Zhao for his opinion.
"Mrs. Hu works in a slaughterhouse, so it's easy for her to buy meat. Although large shanks don't require meat coupons, few people buy them, so she sells them to the staff at a low price as a welfare benefit." Chen Zhao explained when talking about giving money to Hu Laosan to buy meat.
But after he started eating at Yu's house, the frequency of his going to town to eat decreased significantly.
"The last time I went to him to get pork, I couldn't help but show off my cooking skills. Since then, he has been wanting to compete with you in cooking, but I didn't let him." Chen Zhao felt more and more guilty as he spoke.
Yu Zhile thought for a moment and said, "In two days, you and I will go to the town to meet him. You go back and rest first."
After a while, she continued, "Bring some ginger here after work. I'm going to make pickled ginger."
"Okay." Chen Zhao left.
The matter of the big bones has been resolved, and Yu Zhile is in a good mood. He walks to the corner to put the flowers and plants into the small warehouse, and announces the time to put them on the shelves.
She flipped the peppers on the winnowing basket again and went into the house to rest.
At this time, Ning Tan returned to Haidong Town from Huaxi Village.
Through the home address provided by Zhou Yuesheng, he confirmed the identity of the young man mentioned by Xiao Ba.
After finding out, he did not leave immediately, but stayed near the boy's house for a long time, but found nothing.
He had just returned to the Armed Forces Department and sat down on a chair when the people who had been following Du Nanzhi came back to report.
"A girl from Huaxi Village gave Yu Zhile flowers and plants, and she entered the house for a while."
Ning Tan thought of the girl she ran into in the morning, and then recalled her previous conversation with the boy on the mountain.
"When I was following the girls, Yu Zhile went up the mountain alone, and Xiaoliu followed her. She was more perceptive than the average person, and Xiaoliu was almost exposed and even sprained her ankle."
The reporter truthfully described how Xiaoliu stepped on a branch and jumped into the ditch to avoid being exposed.
Ning Tan was aware of Yu Zhile's abilities and motioned for him to continue.
"Yu Zhile went to the mountain to pick peppers. She kept talking to herself, as if there was someone with her. She was introducing that person, but Xiaoliu was very sure that there were only two of them within a ten-mile radius."
Ning Tan played with his lighter, lost in thought.
He remembered that Zhou Yuesheng had described a similar scene before, and they suspected that she had a bug on her body, but this suspicion was quickly overturned.
Different clues popped up and disappeared in his mind, and his sleep-deprived brain was so slow that it could hardly function.
"Boss?" the reporter whispered.
Ning Tan came back to his senses and rubbed his swollen temples.
He took out two dollars and pushed it in front of the reporter: "Thank you for your hard work. You and Xiaoliu should have a good lunch."
"Okay, boss, you should get some rest." The reporter quietly left the office.
The room suddenly fell silent, but the Zhang family was bustling with activity.
"Sister, you said you wanted to set up a sideline group with Yu Zhile and go to the market to set up a stall?"
"Sister, you said that Ge Tai also agreed and joined your sideline group plan?"
"Sister, are you really not kidding?"
The three Zhang brothers looked at Zhang Wenxin in shock, asking questions one after another.
Zhang Wenxin nodded calmly.
"Then what do you want to sell?" Zhang Dajin continued to ask.
As soon as the question was asked, Zhang Wenxin began to name the dishes and memorized all the types of rice noodles on the rotating menu.
"Sister, let me try some food for you." Zhang Ermu couldn't help swallowing.
Zhang Dajin knocked on his head and said, "You are daydreaming. I am the eldest brother. I will do it."
"I'm the younger brother, I'll do it." Zhang Sanshui joined the argument.
"Stop!" Zhang Wenxin slammed the table and shouted.
The three brothers immediately fell silent.
After a while, Zhang Sanshui asked weakly, "Sister, does your hand hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt." Zhang Wenxin hid his slightly hot hand under the table without changing his expression. "Do you know why I told you in advance?"
The three brothers shook their heads.
"I need your help with something." Zhang Wenxin lowered her voice, "Starting tomorrow, you must use all your strength to spread the word about Lele's delicious cooking to everyone, until everyone in the village remembers it."
"But now everyone knows that her cooking is delicious? Is there still need to promote it?" Zhang Ermu scratched his head, looking puzzled.
Zhang Dajin knocked his head again: "Why do you care so much? I'm smart, just do what I say."
"Oh, okay." Zhang Ermu stopped asking.
"The most important thing is, don't let anything slip. Don't let anyone know about the sideline group's affairs." Zhang Wenxin warned with emphasis.
Zhang Ermu asked again: "Can't I tell my grandparents and parents?"
"No, we are not fully ready yet." Zhang Wenxin reminded again and again.
The three brothers nodded seriously.
"When the time comes to try the new dishes, I'll ask you to go to Lele's house. I tell you, sauerkraut rice noodles are sour and spicy and appetizing, and much better than the meat noodles in state-owned restaurants." Zhang Wenxin tried her best to describe the deliciousness of the noodles.
The three of them drooled as they heard this.
Unexpectedly, a cough was heard suddenly and the old branch secretary was standing at the door.
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