Chapter 86: New Recipe: Spicy Chicken with Noodles
"We don't have money to buy new ships, but we have old ones." Zhang Wen said without blinking.
This is the method Yu Zhile taught her: first propose a request that is difficult to achieve, and then propose a small, easy-to-achieve real goal[1].
Their initial target was the fishing team's boat.
"It's an old boat, the fishing team has it!" Zhang Dajin blurted out.
The fishing team of Haiyu Village has only five boats, which is considered very small among the villages in Haidong Town that also make their living from the sea.
Zhang Wenxin was secretly delighted that the plan was successful, but did not answer his question directly. He just talked about the profit advantages of supplying state-owned restaurants.
The daily income from supplying state-owned restaurants was enough to offset the loss of one boat in the fishing team and leave a small surplus, but this income was not enough for everyone to agree to establish a women's fishing team.
So, she began to talk about her future plans: "The state-owned restaurant is preparing to expand. Lele will suggest that Brother Hu San open a new window. We are confident that we can win the food supply cooperation of the new window."
The three Zhang Dajin brothers followed her words and imagined the scene that would follow. They stared into the air with smiles on their lips.
"Save your energy to convince the villagers at the morning meeting." The old party secretary's eyes were full of satisfaction.
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Wenxin couldn't suppress her inner joy and a smile appeared on her face.
Yu Haiguang and his two sons, who had been waiting in the Yu family courtyard for more than half an hour, showed the same smile when they learned that Yu Wanqin's fingers had moved.
That night, many people stayed awake all night, some were too excited, while others stayed up all night studying.
The next morning, Yu Zhile and Zhang Wenxin met outside the assembly warehouse.
Everyone was whispering about the appearance of the two people.
"Did the sideline group lose money? Why are they here?"
"I guess so. I heard from Wu Lan that Taohua Village has found an apprentice from a state-owned restaurant to compete with them. They are selling the state-owned restaurant's signature braised pork ribs rice noodles!"
"I lost money again. I should have voted against it earlier." Someone complained.
Negative emotions quickly spread among the crowd, and those who originally held opposing opinions began to waver.
"Didn't they say that Yu Zhile was teaching the chef to cook in a state-owned restaurant? How could he lose to a young apprentice?" someone asked uneasily.
The duck voice that had been locked up for several days appeared quietly and said gloomily, "It must be a lie. Does Yu Zhile look like someone who can cook? It's a lie, a lie, everything is a lie."
The people around him retched because of the sour smell on his body and silently took a few steps back.
"Didn't the three girls from the Zhang family say they had made back their money when they were fighting over the separation?" Someone disagreed with him, "Maybe they have thought of another way to make money."
An old lady echoed: "That's right, last time we went to the market, dozens of us saw that the rice noodles were sold out."
"Impossible. City people are very smart. How is it possible that—" The hoarse rebuttal was interrupted by the old branch secretary's voice.
The old branch secretary held up a loud speaker and shouted, "Today, I want to announce something. Our sideline group plans to expand and set up a day fishing team."
His words caused the crowd to explode, and all the negative emotions were swept away.
"Why do we need to set up a new fishing team?" Zhang Dajin asked loudly at the request of his sister.
His questions made everyone's rhythm consistent and they all asked the reason.
The old branch secretary handed the loudspeaker to Zhang Wenxin.
"Everyone, please be quiet for a moment. I will explain in detail the expansion plan of the sideline group." Zhang Wenxin raised his hand and pressed it down, and the noise decreased.
"First, let me tell you a piece of good news. Starting from the next big market, our village will start to provide seafood to state-owned restaurants twice a day." She glanced at Yu Zhile and emphasized, "Only Haiyu Village is qualified to provide it."
The fact of exclusive supply makes the villagers feel honored and embarrassed. The last time they felt this way was ten years ago when Grandpa Yu Zhile was respectfully invited to be the captain of the town’s fishing team.
In the midst of excitement, some people began to think about establishing a small team. The more they thought about it, the more they felt something was wrong, and they asked loudly: "How can the small team get a boat to go out to sea?"
The excitement of others gradually faded away as they were awakened by this question.
Zhang Wenxin and Yu Zhile looked at each other and used the same trick they used last night again.
Everyone's reaction was several times more intense than Zhang Dajin's last night. Their words were even more intense, and they kept repeating the same few words over and over again.
"How can the village afford to buy a new boat?"
"This time, we can't borrow money to start a sideline group."
"No, I don't agree to form a small team."
Seeing that the atmosphere was almost created, Zhang Wenxin nudged Ge Tai with his elbow.
Ge Tai understood and said in a deep voice: "An-Jing-."
While everyone's attention was being drawn, Zhang Wenxin said: "If we don't have the money to customize a new boat, we can also take a step back and use the old boats in the village."
Then, she quickly threw the pancakes from the new window to everyone.
Everyone's emotions gradually calmed down, and they discussed her proposal in a low voice with the people around them.
The balance in the hearts of some people gradually tilted towards asking the fishing team to give up an old boat.
"How do we select the members of the fishing team?" The unpleasant voice of a duck disrupted everyone's thinking, "Like a big market stall? Let you choose all women?"
After he finished speaking, he let out a loud laugh, which made everyone shudder.
All the voices disappeared, and everyone looked at Zhang Wenxin and Yu Zhile at the same time.
Yu Haiyao objected: "No, fishing has always been done by men, why should women get involved?"
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and shouted at the top of his voice.
These two days, he took over the village accounts again and found that the accounts were organized very well by the team leader's daughter. He felt a sense of crisis that he was about to be replaced.
When he heard the words in the duck voice, he actually had the same feeling, and this feeling made him feel uneasy.
"The women's ocean-going team led by Grandma Nianci is the most powerful fishing team in Hai County! Why can't women go fishing?" Zhang Wenxin retorted.
Some of the older people present couldn't help but recall life when Zhang Nianzhi was still alive. At that time, Haiyu Village was the richest village in Haidong Town.
Yu Zhile held her hand to comfort her and said with a smile: "No matter whether you are a man or a woman, you will be selected from the appropriate age to join the team."
People had mixed reactions to her words.
"Let's get to work!" The old branch secretary gave an order, and everyone began to line up to get farm tools.
Zhang Wen breathed a sigh of relief, feeling mixed emotions.
The good news is that, according to the current situation, there is no need to hold a voting meeting. The establishment of the team is inevitable, and the ship is also available.
What is worrying is that the selection system has deviated from the original intention of forming the team.
"Have some faith in our friends." Yu Zhile patted her shoulder.
At this moment, friends not far away waved to the two excitedly, with tears in their eyes.
"Yeah." Zhang Wenxin nodded heavily and waved in response.
That afternoon, Yu Zhile gathered his friends to the beach and asked Yu Haizong to share his experience. Everyone learned very seriously.
At that time, Hu Qulian and Xiao Hu were walking on the beach. When they saw this scene, they praised it and said, "It's amazing."
"Yeah, they are all very good." Xiao Hu was not as lively as usual, and there was some emotion in his tone.
They reminded her of her own experiences.
Hu Qulian smiled, patted her hands, and said, "You are amazing too."
In the evening, Yu Haiguang and Zhou Yuesheng went up the mountain and brought back two pheasants.
Yu Zhile plans to make a dish of spicy chicken with noodles.
"Chop the meat into pieces like this and wash away the blood." She gestured to the size and asked Zhou Yuesheng to chop the chicken into pieces.
After a series of thumping sounds, the chicken pieces were chopped.
When Chen Zhao heard the name of the dish, he thought that Hu Qulian would definitely like it, so he grabbed his notebook and started recording it.
"MSG, salt, pepper, and some rice wine." Yu Zhile said as he added the seasonings, "Add some oil and mix well."
Next, she sprinkled some mung bean powder and mixed it evenly, and then used oil to seal the moisture.
"Sister, what's the next step? What to do?" Chen Zhao took notes for a long time before looking up and asking.
Yu Zhile replied, "Cook the noodles, and when they are done, take them out and soak them in cold water."
As she spoke, she thought of a famous noodle dish from Guizhou Province - spicy chicken noodle, and thought about the possibility of adding it to the stall menu.
"Le Le, the noodles are ready." Zhang Wenxin looked at the boiling white noodle soup and reminded while drawing firewood.
Yu Zhile came back to his senses and used a bamboo sieve to scoop the powder into a basin of boiled water. Suddenly he glanced at the cloud live broadcast logo on his wrist. He hadn't broadcast live for a while.
Thinking about it, she touched the logo and turned on the live broadcast.
After a while, the screen was filled with dense barrages and gift special effects.
What year is it now?
[My nutrient solution anchor is finally online. I smelled the same smell a thousand times.]
Xiaoyun's broadcast voice sounded simultaneously in Zhile's ears.
【xxxx presents a thousand seas of clouds.】
[Fish Breeding Master, ASDF will give you 500 sea of clouds. 】
Yu Zhile looked at the various comments about people rolling around in cute ways and felt inexplicably guilty.
"The chicken is almost done marinating, let's start making the spicy sauce." She cleared her throat.
【New dishes! 】
[Looking forward to it! ]
After a few seconds, the comments became extremely uniform.
Yu Zhile poured oil into the pot, waited until the oil temperature was right, and put the chicken pieces in one by one.
Then she used long chopsticks to separate the meat that was stuck together.
"When the meat floats up and there are no bubbles in the oil, you can fish it out." Chen Zhao muttered and repeated the key points she reminded him of, "High oil temperature, double fry, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside."
Yu Zhile scooped out some oil, poured in half a bowl of peppercorns and stir-fried them over low heat, and then poured in the dried chilies that had been soaked in white wine in advance.
The pungent smell made Zhang Wenxin sneeze repeatedly.
When the chicken is put into the pot, the meaty aroma spreads, covering up the pungent smell and exuding an enticing spicy and crispy flavor.
Yu Zhile left more oil than normal, and there was a thin layer of red oil at the bottom of the pot, which was just right for mixing with rice noodles.
Zhang Wenxin and her friend exclaimed in sync with the audience in the live broadcast room.
"Okay, take it out." Yu Zhile divided the mixed powder into bowls.
After Zhang Wenxin and the other person left, she said goodbye to the audience.
Suddenly, with a ding-dong sound, a notification from the warehouse manager popped up on the screen.
After seeing the text clearly, the audience excitedly posted comments to celebrate.
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