Chapter 50 Ordering Three Bowls of Rice
"Old man, what do you mean by that?" Upon hearing this, Aunt Shi stood up excitedly and pointed at Shi Lizheng, saying, "Haven't I been doing this for this family all these years? Am I such a fool?"
"This matter is of great importance. There must not be any accidents. What if you can't help it..." Before Shi Lizheng finished speaking, Aunt Shi rushed forward and said, "I won't say anything nonsense."
Seeing that Shi Lizheng and his wife, Shi Da Niang, were about to quarrel, Shi Youmin and Shi Youan pushed their third brother Shi Youchang out. Shi Youchang said, "Dad and Mom, please stop arguing. If this orange workshop is really built, our Shi family's reputation in the village will be even higher in the future!"
"It's impossible for the Sun family to become the head of the village." Shi Youchang's words made Aunt Shi speechless immediately. Over the years, the Sun family has been eyeing the position of head of the village with the support of Sun Zhilin who married the daughter of the chief clerk. If the workshop business is really successful this time, no one can take away the position of head of the Shi family!
"Really?" Aunt Shi said excitedly. She couldn't stand Huang's arrogant look. Her son was almost marrying into her family, so what was she so proud of?
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In the evening, Aunt Shi came to the house with the dug cassava. There were two whole sacks of cassava, which Shi Youmin carried on his shoulders.
Xiao Jiuyue asked Lianxin to pay the money, but Aunt Shi refused repeatedly, saying, "No one wants this thing, no money!"
Aunt Shi was in a good mood, only thinking about those oranges and those useless cassavas. She didn't want any money at all.
"It's calculated at two cents per pound." Xiao Jiuyue gave the order, and Lianxin paid the money directly to Aunt Shi. Aunt Shi refused several times, but finally she couldn't refuse anymore, so she kept calling her Miss Xiao, and her words of gratitude never stopped.
In the kitchen, Mrs. Geng looked at the two sacks of cassava, cleared her throat, and said, "Miss, this stuff is poisonous."
"Mother Geng, do you know how to make sweet potato noodles?" Xiao Jiuyue asked.
When Mrs. Geng heard this, she straightened her chest and said, "Of course I can do this."
"Then follow the same steps as making sweet potato flour and make this cassava into cassava flour." Xiao Jiuyue handed the things to Granny Geng and said, "Mother Geng, I believe you can do it, right?"
"Yes, don't worry, Miss." Mrs. Geng no longer cared whether this thing was edible or not. Anyway, it was right to listen to the young lady.
The next day.
At daybreak, Xiao Jiuyue got up to cook.
She had prepared the nine-turn pork intestines, winter bamboo shoots, whitebait and bone soup, and stir-fried blood duck. She would just cook the dishes when she got to Fengchunlou.
She had made the sauce for Mapo Tofu two days ago, and it was just the right time to use it now.
Xiao Jiuyue took the four dishes and headed to the county. She also brought the canned oranges she made.
Before arriving at Fengchunlou, I heard many people on the street talking about Fengchunlou’s new dishes!
"Boiled cabbage in boiling water, three hundred coins per serving!"
"Why don't you just rob Fengchunlou?"
"Even if I were given that cabbage, I wouldn't eat it."
"I want to go see how delicious the boiled cabbage is!"
In the carriage, Xiao Jiuyue listened to the conversation and raised her lips slightly as she said, "It seems that Fengchunlou's business is going to pick up."
"Boiled cabbage will make anyone who eats it confused." Luo Kui licked his lips. He had eaten a lot of delicious food in the Xiao Mansion before, but this boiled cabbage and that mouthful of soup were so delicious that it made his tongue fall off!
"Just the other day you were talking about braised pig's trotters, and anyone who ate them would be confused." Lianxin said from the side.
"Ahem." Luo Kui cleared his throat, poked Lian Xin's arm sheepishly, and grinned, "Well, that's because the aroma of these dishes has made me dizzy."
Xiao Jiuyue chuckled and didn't say anything else. When they arrived at Fengchunlou, the waiter saw Xiao Jiuyue and said politely, "The boss is in the kitchen."
"Miss Xiao is here!" the waiter shouted excitedly.
Zeng Qing came out immediately after hearing this. When he saw Xiao Jiuyue, he couldn't hide the joy on his face. There was nothing he could do about it. The business had been getting better and better since he started serving new dishes in the past few days.
Everyone praised the peanuts as being good with wine.
The spicy pig ears are no longer the same single flavor as before. Even the braised pig’s trotters are different from those made by other families. The braised flavor is very good, and the pig skin is still crispy. The taste is so good that you will never get tired of it!
As for the last dish of boiled cabbage, the price of three hundred coins caused a huge uproar in the restaurant. A rich young man tried a bowl of it and ordered seven or eight bowls in a row!
Therefore, what does boiled cabbage taste like? It has become the most curious dish in the entire Lancang County!
If we didn’t boil a pot of water every day and it was sold out, I’m afraid the kitchen staff would be too busy just to make this dish of boiled cabbage.
"Miss Xiao, have you brought new dishes?" Zeng Qing's eyes lit up when he saw the food boxes brought by the maid and servant behind Xiao Jiuyue.
"I still owe the boss six dishes. We can't keep putting it off." Xiao Jiuyue said, and went straight to the kitchen to start working.
It was morning and there were no diners. Zeng Kui was boiling water for the cabbage, while Xiao Jiuyue started stir-frying the blood duck.
Zeng Qing stood aside, watching the duck fried by Xiao Jiuyue. He took out a bowl of duck blood and poured it on the duck. His eyes became somewhat meaningful. How could this be delicious?
The red peppers paired with the duck, at least it looks good.
Xiao Jiuyue prepared the last bowl of Mapo Tofu very skillfully. When the four dishes were placed in front of Zeng Qing, the first thing Zeng Qing tasted was the duck fried with blood. It was not what he had imagined. The duck was chopped into very small pieces, and it was fresh, spicy and delicious, making people want to take a second bite.
Zeng Qing was very satisfied with the first dish. His eyes fell on the Nine-Turn Fat Intestines and he asked, "What is this dish?"
Xiao Jiuyue didn't reply. After Zeng Qing finished eating, she said, "Nine-turn fatty intestines."
"Fat, fat intestines?" Zeng Qing froze for a moment, but soon, he tasted it carefully and found that there was no strange smell at all, it was fat but not greasy. Although the thought of fat intestines made people feel disgusting, it tasted delicious in the mouth!
"Yes, it's pig intestines." Xiao Jiuyue carefully explained the method of making the nine-turn pig intestines. The complicated method, coupled with the ingredients she mentioned one by one, made Zeng Qing dumbfounded. It's not like he had never seen complicated dishes before, but he had never eaten dishes like the ones made by Xiao Jiuyue.
"Let me try it again." Zeng Qing looked at the clear and translucent Nine-Turn Pig Intestines and tasted it again. After this taste, he couldn't stop eating with his chopsticks.
Zeng Qing was inexplicably looking forward to the third dish.
Cut the winter bamboo shoots into shreds and cook them together with small whitebait, then add the rich aroma from the large bones. In one word, delicious!
The fourth dish was Mapo Tofu. Xiao Jiuyue directly asked someone to bring Zeng Qing a bowl of rice.
"I can't eat this rice so early in the morning." Zeng Qing said this, and ordered three bowls of rice with Mapo Tofu before he burped with satisfaction.
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