The familiar feeling was only fleeting. Su Qingluan thought about it for a moment and couldn't remember who the person in front of her was who was scolding Zheng Hai so harshly. So she was not confused.
Zheng Hai was still being scolded, and he would probably have to pay compensation. Su Qingluan thought to herself that it was a close call. If she hadn't been a little more alert, she would have been fooled by the "low rent" gimmick. Now she and Zheng Hai would have to bear the cost of the damaged shop together.
Plus the twenty-odd taels of rent.
Subconsciously touching her purse, Su Qingluan thought, it's okay.
But she had a plan in mind. Although Zheng Hai's shop was most likely unrentable, and now the shop was flooded and could not be rented out for the time being, what if the water was cleared out one day?
So Su Qingluan secretly memorized the location of the store, and from that day on, she would stroll there every day without leaving any trace.
He didn't wander too close. After all, if the owner of the shop found out that he wanted to rent the shop, he would probably take the opportunity to raise the price, and he would be in a passive position if he tried to bargain.
Su Qingluan had considered lowering the price while the shop was flooded, but the other party obviously understood that if they waited until the water receded, although they might temporarily lose one or two months of rent, in the long run, if they cleaned up the shop before renting it out, the possibility of the tenant lowering the price would be greatly reduced.
So Su Qingluan was openly blocked outside the door by the other party with the excuse that "the shop is temporarily not available for rent".
What is frustrating is not only the closure of the shop, but also the continuous rainy days in recent days.
This not only delayed the renovation of the Su family's house, but also made it impossible for them to set up a stall in the town.
What is even more depressing is that even though it has rained these few days, part of the wages still have to be paid to the workers who agreed to come and help - because they have been hired by the Su family first, they can no longer take other jobs. Although they have not been working these few days due to the rain, they still have to pay the minimum amount of copper coins for living expenses.
Su Qingluan thought that it was a good thing that she still had the share of the profits from selling recipes from "Hongfulou", otherwise the Su family would be in a difficult situation now.
Having finally unlocked the soybean oil of this era, Su Qingluan plans to promote it in Hongfulou. Moreover, Mr. Xu's "Ant Strength Pill" is about to run out.
So on this day, while the rain was not too heavy, but she couldn't set up her stall, Su Qingluan put on her specially made "nail shoes", took a straw raincoat and a hat from home, and went to the county town in the rain.
Su Qingluan first went to "Nongmoxuan" to hand over the newly made "Ant Strength Pills" to Mr. Xu, and then turned around and went to "Hongfulou".
Because it was raining today, there were fewer customers. Although it was already noon, the perfect time for dinner, there were only two or three tables of diners in the first floor hall.
Su Qingluan is now an old acquaintance of "Hongfulou". When the waiter saw her come in, he came forward enthusiastically to take over her hat and raincoat, and asked with a smile if she wanted a cup of hot tea to warm herself up.
Su Qingluan shook her head and went to the kitchen.
Manager Liang had previously driven away Qian Liu and also reprimanded the kitchen helpers who were always scheming. Xu Yuanwei also made it clear that he would choose the chefs with the best abilities to inherit his legacy and teach them the skills, so everyone has been very motivated recently.
Even on a day like today when there are relatively few customers and the work in the kitchen is relatively slow, most young chefs who want to be head chefs are still very discerning and look for work.
When Xu Yuanwei saw that it was Su Qingluan, he no longer had the strange attitude of avoiding and dodging. He returned to his previous big brother demeanor and said with a fist: "Madam Su, you are here?"
Su Qingluan nodded: "Remember when I brought a bucket of oil from your place on Qixi Festival?"
Xu Yuanwei nodded. "Of course I wouldn't remember. You even said you wanted to take it back to cook. Even if you could remove the beany smell, you'd still have to heat the oil again, which would waste a lot of time. It's not as good as lard."
He also saw the "fried ice cubes" that Su Qingluan made on the Chinese Valentine's Day, but later he could still smell the faint smell of beans on the "dish", which was far less fragrant than lard.
Su Qingluan smiled and said, "I'm not lying to you. The bean smell can be removed. I'll tell you after I finish cooking the dishes I'm going to make for you today."
Su Qingluan went over various foods that required heavy frying in her mind. Excluding the fried chicken and eggplant boxes that she had recently eaten and was already a little tired of, Su Qingluan thought of a dish that was fried but very appetizing - sweet and sour pork!
Hongfulou is worthy of being the largest restaurant in the town. Not only do they have common vegetables like onions, ginger, garlic and coriander, they even have "foreign vegetables" like carrots!
When they just started cutting the pork tenderloin to make paste, a kitchen helper watching from behind joked, "Madam Su, are you obsessed with pork?" Last time, before Su Qingluan left on the Chinese Valentine's Day, she had made garlic-flavored pork slices with pork, and this time she used pork.
And at least from the current steps, except for changing the pork chunks into slices, there is basically no difference from the meat sections.
Su Qingluan nodded. "That's right. The basic preparation of this dish is not much different from the garlic-flavored pork cutlets we had before. However, the most important thing is the seasoning at the end. With the hot weather now, this dish is more appetizing than the pork cutlets."
As she spoke, Su Qingluan had already mixed the meat slices evenly and prepared the sauce with sugar, salt and vinegar.
Looking at the amount of vinegar Su Qingluan poured in, Xu Yuanwei couldn't help but feel a pang of pain in his teeth, and couldn't help but remind him: "So much vinegar,... is it okay?"
In fact, what Xu Yuanwei really wanted to ask was, "Can you still eat it with so much vinegar?" But considering Su Qingluan's usual cooking skills, he still didn't say what he wanted to ask most.
Su Qingluan just smiled and said nothing. She dissolved all the sugar and salt in the bowl into the vinegar, and the oil pan began to heat up.
Su Qingluan put her hand above the oil pan to feel it, then dipped her hand in the batter and dropped a drop into the oil pan. After a moment, fine bubbles quickly appeared around the batter and soon floated up.
Seeing this, Su Qingluan lowered the fire in the furnace slightly to prevent the temperature of the oil from rising too high during the initial frying. She then slowly slid the pork tenderloin slices into the pot one by one, and while the initial frying was in progress, she cut the carrots, onions, and ginger into thin strips, and crushed the minced garlic into minced garlic.
At this time, the pork tenderloin was covered with a layer of light yellow shell after the initial frying. Su Qingluan immediately took out the meat slices, let them cool slightly, and then fried them a second time. When she took them out this time, the yellow color of the meat slices had become darker than the first time.
After the third high-temperature frying, the whole piece of meat turns a bright golden color.
At this time, Su Qingluan poured out all the hot oil in the pot and poured in some unused cold oil.
After the high temperature had dissipated the bean smell, Su Qingluan put the chopped green onion, ginger, carrots and minced garlic into the pot and stir-fried them until fragrant, then added the sauce she had just prepared.
In an instant, the sweet and sour taste comes out, stimulating everyone's sense of smell!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
