Chapter 38: Boiled Cabbage
Seeing Zeng Dayong hesitated to speak, Su Yujin understood and stopped asking questions. She just smiled and said, "I'll take half of your thirteen spices."
"Okay." Zeng Dayong agreed quickly.
Su Yujin called Shuangye and others to get clean porcelain jars to hold the thirteen spices.
Seasonings are originally used in small quantities, and various seasonings are originally not cheap. If ordinary people buy them, they usually only cost a few cents or one or two taels, which can be used for a long time.
Su Yujin ordered half a basket at once, which must have weighed about five or six kilograms. It was a big deal.
Zeng Dayong was very happy and gave Su Yujin an extra half spoonful of food. "All of this was given to Miss Su."
"Thank you." Su Yujin said with a smile, "Besides Thirteen Spices, do you make anything else? Can you sell the minced meat separately?"
"I'm really sorry, this powder is not sold separately, my master and I only make this thirteen spices." Zeng Dayong said embarrassedly, "But if Miss Su really wants the powder, if the price is right, I will go back and talk to my master to see if it can be done."
"Your master is a great cook, so he must be a little arrogant. If you go back and ask him directly, he will definitely disagree. Why don't I go and visit him in person to show my sincerity?"
Su Yujin blinked and smiled.
"This..." Zeng Dayong scratched his head, "My master doesn't like to see outsiders and has a bad temper. I'm afraid it's..."
I refuse to do so.
Su Yujin wrapped up Shisanxiang's silver and handed it to Zeng Dayong, "This is Shisanxiang's money."
Zeng Dayong weighed the money and said, "Miss Su, this seems to be a bit too much."
"The money for Thirteen Spices belongs to Thirteen Spices, and the rest is a recognition of the craftsmanship, which should be given. Since your master has a bad temper, it doesn't matter. He is arrogant because of his talent, so it should be so."
"But I really want to see you, so I'm not afraid of these. Let's put it this way. I'll use the extra money to make a good relationship with you. I'll prepare some of my specialties these past two days. Please bring them back to your master for him to taste. After he tastes them, he might be willing to see you."
Looking at the smiling Su Yujin, Zeng Dayong weighed the silver in his hand, and after hesitating for a moment, he nodded, "Okay, but I'll only take the food back. As for whether Master is willing to see Miss Su, I can't guarantee it."
"It's okay, little brother, just take the food back."
Su Yujin smiled and talked to Zeng Dayong for a while, and agreed on a time for Zeng Dayong to pick up the food. When Zeng Dayong said he wanted to sell Thirteen Spices again, Su Yujin sent him out of the shop.
Seeing Zeng Dayong hawking his wares along the street, Su Yujin went into the food store to sell the Thirteen Spices. After watching for a while, she returned to the store and looked at the full jar of Thirteen Spices. She said, "Put this in the kitchen first. It won't be used for a while."
"Mrs. Feng might be able to use it in her cooking. Pack some for her to take back home."
Feng knew Su Yujin's usual personality, so she did not refuse. She thanked Su Yujin and went to make Thirteen Spices happily.
Ai Cao was very suspicious, "Young lady, don't you want these thirteen spices?"
"Thirteen spices taste good, but the seasonings in the various foods we make on a daily basis are all fixed in quantity. If we add thirteen spices, although it will enhance the flavor, the taste will not be right."
Su Yujin said, "When cooking and stewing meat, if you want the taste to be superior, you still have to adapt to local conditions. The seasonings of the finished product can be used in ordinary restaurants or home-cooked dishes."
My daughter is such a good cook, so of course I can’t use it.
Artemisia nodded, "That's right."
But since the girl had no use for the Thirteen Spices, she still bought half a basket at once, just to meet the person who made the Thirteen Spices?
Could it be that the guy's cooking skills are much better than the girl's, so the girl is trying every means to meet that guy?
Su Yujin stayed in Su Ji for a while before going back.
After returning, Su Yujin began to think about what kind of food to cook as a stepping stone to meet the mysterious man with superb cooking skills.
Since that person has superb cooking skills and can make this kind of rice noodle which not many people know about, I think he must have come into contact with all kinds of expensive and high-end ingredients in his daily life.
Trying to win favor by using rare ingredients doesn't stand much chance of success.
And since this person only makes Thirteen Spices and doesn't even sell things like powder separately, I think his temper is indeed as Zeng Dayong said, a little weird. If he is such a person, I think he prefers not to play by the rules.
After hesitating for two days, Su Yujin asked Mother Liu to go to the street to buy a cabbage, two chickens and a pigeon.
After buying all these things, Su Yujin went straight into the kitchen and stayed there for the entire morning.
When Zeng Dayong came to get the food, Su Yujin handed him a casserole.
"What Miss Su made is..." Zeng Dayong looked at the steaming casserole and sniffed hard.
But unfortunately, he couldn't smell anything.
"Stewed cabbage." Su Yujin opened the lid.
When the heat dissipated, Zeng Dayong looked at the tender cabbage leaves floating in the casserole and the clear soup, and smiled, "It's actually boiled cabbage. It's really not easy to make this dish well."
"Please take it back and let your master have a taste." Su Yujin closed the lid with a smile.
"I'll go right away." Zeng Dayong nodded, picked up the lunch box, and walked back quickly.
Boiled cabbage? Ai Cao scratched his head and muttered, "Isn't this dish too simple?"
She can do it.
"What do you mean simple? I've heard of this dish before. It's called boiled water, and it only looks like boiled water, but it's actually made from chicken and pigeon broth, and topped with tender cabbage hearts. The boiled cabbage looks plain, but it's actually extremely delicious." Mother Liu added.
"No wonder the girl asked us to buy chickens and pigeons. I thought it was for the braised pigeons."
Ai Cao laughed and slapped his head, "It's broken!"
"What's wrong?" Mother Liu was suddenly shocked.
Ai Cao had already entered the kitchen and searched around. When he was sure that the pot was completely clean, without even a drop of soup left, he immediately lost his temper, "If I had known earlier, I would have asked the girl to leave a little..."
Even just a bite to taste it is good.
Just thinking about eating! Mother Liu gave Ai Cao a helpless look and said, "The chicken for the young lady's soup is still there. Go tear it up later. I already know how to make the dipping sauce for the scallion oil chicken that the young lady made last time. I'll make scallion oil chicken for you later."
"Yes!" Ai Cao's expression immediately changed from cloudy to sunny.
"Save the chicken thighs for the girl, she doesn't like chicken breasts." Mother Liu reminded her again, and then asked Su Yujin, "Girl, in addition to the scallion chicken, how about making a dish of roasted bean curd, braised radish, and steamed rice with Chinese sausage for lunch?"
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