Su Qingluan understood that if she was asked to "make a dish with ice", it would definitely not be something like "smoothie" - that would be too simple, wouldn't it?
But if you can do something with ice...
"Go make me some fried ice cubes!" Xie Zian ordered, then stared at Su Qingluan with a smug expression, as if to say, "The raw materials are right at hand, let's see how you can quibble."
As soon as Xie Zian said this, there were gasps from all around. It was obvious that even the people watching the excitement felt that this request was too unreasonable and unbelievable.
Not to mention passersby, even the servants brought by Xie Zian, some of them secretly looked at Su Qingluan with sympathy and pity.
Upon hearing this request, Su Qingluan lowered her eyes, expressionless. Seeing Su Qingluan like this, Shopkeeper Liang felt a pang of pity, thinking to himself, "This is clearly Hongfulou's own business. The young lady from the Su family has helped a lot, but after all, she's not from Hongfulou. Why drag her into this mess?"
Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Liang gritted his teeth and clasped his fists towards Xie Zian, saying, "Thank you, young master, for letting me say something. This young lady is not from Hongfu Tower, but she is kind-hearted and just speaking out to support us. I hope you won't take it to heart..."
"Why shouldn't I care?" Xie Zian snorted coldly, "I don't care who she is. From the moment she spoke up to help you, to me, you two are birds of a feather!"
"Thank you, Mr. Xiaolang..."
"Uncle Liang..." Su Qingluan pulled on Shopkeeper Liang's sleeve, "You heard it too. Now we are in the same boat, so -"
Su Qingluan suddenly turned to Xie Zian and asked, "How does this young man want to deal with the ice?"
"What?" Xie Zian was stunned again: Why did he feel that the woman in front of him was not playing by the normal rules?
"I mean," Su Qingluan explained, "Didn't the young master ask me to make fried ice cubes? What shape do you want them to be? Dice, diamond, rolling knife, flower knife, or..."
"Stop, stop, stop..." Xie Zian waved his hands impatiently, "Are you still ordering dishes here?"
"so……"
"Any kind is fine, I want fried ice cubes. Stop wasting time here!" His voice suddenly rose. "Don't try to cheat, or I'll make you pay!"
What else could Su Qingluan say? She could only bow again—it must be said, it was really frustrating to be forced to bow to a naughty kid—and then she turned and went to the kitchen.
Manager Liang and Xu Yuanwei also hurriedly bowed to Xie Zian and followed him out.
Shopkeeper Liang sighed with worry, "I'm very grateful to my niece for standing up today, but I've dragged you down with me!"
Xu Yuanwei also changed his previous evasive attitude towards Su Qingluan and shook his head: "Miss Su, you shouldn't have gotten involved in this mess today."
Su Qingluan's previous gloomy expression faded away, and she said to Shopkeeper Liang and Xu Yuanwei with a relaxed smile, "Uncle Liang and Chef Xu, please don't say that. You both just heard it. The other party already sees us as being on the same boat."
"But you could have..." Shopkeeper Liang hesitated to speak.
"Are you going to let me watch Hongfulou being bullied for nothing and do nothing?" Su Qingluan said with a smile, "I still say the same thing. Whether it's from a moral or profit perspective, I can't do this."
Hearing this, Shopkeeper Liang's eyes welled up with tears, and he sighed, "Deep-fried ice cubes are something I've never heard of. How could they possibly make them? Isn't there some way to 'deep-fry' them?"
The second half of Manager Liang's sentence was a question to Xu Yuanwei, as if he was asking for help or confirming something.
Xu Yuanwei looked at Shopkeeper Liang and sighed, "How is that possible? Even if the oil temperature is very low, if you want to fry food well, there's no way the ice won't melt."
"It's not completely impossible." Su Qingluan smiled cunningly, "When I reported the series of names of the various cuts just now, it really made that bear... young man impatient, giving me a loophole to exploit."
It was a close call, the words "naughty kid" almost came out of my mouth just now - Su Qingluan thought with lingering fear.
Fortunately, she braked in time to avoid "disaster caused by her mouth".
Hearing Su Qingluan's hidden meaning, Shopkeeper Liang and Xu Yuanwei's eyes lit up and exchanged glances. Shopkeeper Liang immediately asked, "What do you need us to do?"
Su Qingluan nodded secretly. Manager Liang was indeed a man who dealt with all kinds of people. He was indeed quick to react.
At this moment, she was no longer polite and said to Shopkeeper Liang, "Uncle Liang, please prepare a pound of soybean oil for me - sesame oil is also fine."
"Soybean oil? Sesame oil?" Shopkeeper Liang was stunned. "My dear niece, do you want to pray to the gods?"
Su Qingluan was stunned for a moment, then remembered the difference between the use of vegetable oil in this era and in modern times, and quickly explained: "Actually, these two oils can also be used to make food."
Xu Yuanwei nodded: "I know that. I usually use some when making steamed buns and flower rolls."
Su Qingluan nodded, then shook her head: "I want to use these to fry something."
"Can't we fry it in lard?" Shopkeeper Liang was curious. He wasn't used to using soybean oil or sesame oil for anything other than offering oil lamps.
"To fry food in lard, you need to refine the oil first, which is time-consuming and laborious. So, soybean oil or sesame oil will be fine." Su Qingluan said, then turned to look at Xu Yuanwei. "Master Xu, could you please go to the ice cellar and get some ice? Please be careful when taking out the ice, and don't break it too much."
After saying that, she rushed towards the kitchen.
The people in the kitchen probably knew about the accident that happened earlier, so as soon as Su Qingluan came in, everyone surrounded her and asked her all kinds of questions.
"Everyone just do your job and don't delay other guests' meals!" Su Qingluan said loudly, and everyone calmed down - after all, in the kitchen, whoever has the best skills is the best. Everyone has long recognized Su Qingluan's cooking skills, so when she speaks, except for Qian Liu and others, everyone can listen to her.
Su Qingluan took two more eggs and beat them in a bowl, then separated them with chopsticks.
Shopkeeper Liang acted quickly. Just as Su Qingluan had finished separating the eggs, he had someone come back with a wooden barrel.
Su Qingli lowered his head and asked - well, it was the smell of "soybean oil"!
Once the matter is resolved later, I must ask Uncle Liang to give me a barrel of soybean oil - thinking of this, Su Qingluan smiled and thanked Manager Liang.
At this moment, Xu Yuanwei came to the kitchen with several ice cubes ranging in size from fists to pigeon eggs. In order to prevent the ice cubes from melting, Xu Yuanwei not only used a large wooden tray to hold the ice cubes, but also covered it with a cover to prevent the "cool air" from escaping into the surrounding hot air.
Xu Yuanwei was a little nervous: "Are these enough?"
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