Chapter 203 Roasted Chestnut Chicken
When Liu Wangxue and the other three arrived at Tao Huayu's house, the food was already on the table.
When Tao Huayu was on the road, he sent a message to his sister, saying that the director had been invited.
Tao's father and mother had not held out much hope, but when they heard that the director had been invited, they immediately smiled. They even went back to their room to change clothes, fearing that the cooking fumes would be impolite to receive the director.
The old couple thought, "It's such an honor for a famous director to come to our house for dinner. We will be so proud of ourselves when we go out and say a few words to him in the future."
Although they had never heard of "Jing Yujun" before, Gu Xuelan explained it to them during dinner on the day Liu Wangxue and the others returned from Hai City.
The old couple only realized upon hearing this that several of the TV series they had watched before were shot by this director.
Yesterday, Liu Wangxue invited Jing Yujun to dinner and asked Tao Huayu to join them. When the boy came back, he bought so many chestnuts that his brother-in-law Qiu Xiangrong knew what he meant without him even saying anything.
As Qiu Xiangrong was carrying the big bag to the kitchen, he said, "Okay, let's prepare a chestnut feast tomorrow."
Tao Huayu immediately became overjoyed and kept praising his brother-in-law as if he was free.
Today, when Dad and Mom Tao were peeling chestnuts, they talked about inviting Liu Wangxue, her daughter and Xu Qingsong to have dinner in the evening. Then, they suddenly had an idea and asked Tao Huayu to invite the director.
After the old couple finished speaking, they denied themselves: "He is a big director. We are just ordinary people in the countryside. It shouldn't be possible for us to hire him, right?"
Qiu Xiangrong is a simple-minded person. He says whatever he wants: "It's just a dinner invitation. What's there to worry about? Let Huayu go and ask. If they are willing to come, they can come. If they are not willing to come, they don't have to come."
I didn't expect the director would actually come.
As soon as Jing Yujun arrived, he was given the highest courtesy by Tao's father and mother. After he washed his hands, he was directly invited to take a seat.
Jing Yujun thought to himself: "I don't have that much face, I'm just here to eat for free."
The people nearby were watching the three of them decline the invitation with a smile on their faces. Tao Huayu whispered, "Look at this, it's like a business dinner."
Tao Huaxin pinched him and rolled his eyes implicitly.
Finally, Jing Yujun sat in the second seat next to Tao's father, calling them "uncle and aunt" all the time, which made Tao's father and mother very happy and felt that their vanity was greatly satisfied.
Jing Yujun's appearance made Tao's father and mother feel that he was very approachable, just like Boss Du Yunkai, who was not arrogant.
Judging from his appearance, he should be about the same age as these children, so Tao's mother couldn't help but ask those "hukou checking" questions again.
This is not a private matter and can be easily found by searching on the Internet. Jing Yujun completely put himself in the position of a junior and answered them one by one.
Tao's father picked up his chopsticks and interrupted Tao's mother: "Oh, stop asking. Why are you asking these questions? The children are hungry. Let's eat quickly. The food will get cold soon."
"Ah, right, right, let's eat first." Tao's mother also picked up the chopsticks and asked Jing Yujun to eat more. "These are all farm meals. Try it and see if it suits your appetite."
Tonight's main dishes are chestnut roast chicken and chestnut braised pork, both cooked in a casserole.
In the morning, Qiu Xiangrong went to the morning market and happened to see someone selling three-yellow chickens, so he bought two or three live ones and killed one of them for cooking.
After peeling the chestnuts, fry them in oil first. After cleaning the chicken, chop it into small pieces and marinate it, then fry it together with the onions and ginger.
Then put both into the pan and stir-fry together, then pour the prepared sauce on top, add appropriate amount of oyster sauce, dark soy sauce and rice wine, pour boiling water to cover the chicken, sprinkle some pepper, and simmer on low heat for half an hour.
Pour some oil into the casserole and fry some vegetables, pour a spoonful of scallion oil on the braised chestnut roast chicken next to it, stir-fry and pour it directly in. The soup is thick, bright red, and piled up.
When it’s just out of the pot, the complex aroma of the sauce goes straight into your nose. It’s been a while now, but the aroma and color still make you salivate.
Braised chestnut pork is also cooked in a casserole and sprinkled with a layer of fried white sesame seeds.
The chestnuts were sweet and soft, the chicken was fragrant and tender, the pork belly was fat and melted in the mouth, and the lean pork was sweet and soft. The rice was covered with soup and could not be kept in the mouth at all. It slid into the stomach after two chews.
The other vegetarian dishes were all grown by Tao’s mother herself. They were simply stir-fried and seemed to be something that could help relieve greasiness on the dinner table. With two chopsticks, one could finish half a bowl of meat.
Jing Yujun thought to himself: "As expected of a good brother, Du Yunkai never bullies me!"
While eating, Tao's father and mother carefully observed Jing Yujun's expression. Seeing that he was particularly satisfied with the meal, a sense of pride rose in their hearts.
Dad Tao filled Jing Yujun's cup with juice and smiled so hard that the wrinkles on his face deepened: "Director Jing, how is the food? Is it to your liking?"
Jing Yujun quickly put down the bowl, propped up the cup and thanked him, then looked at Qiu Xiangrong and said, "I've heard from Du Yunkai that your brother-in-law's cooking skills are amazing, so I shamelessly came here to eat for free. As expected, the chefs out there are really inferior to you!"
As a result, everyone who had been quiet for a while and just focused on eating started talking.
Jing Yujun couldn't help but think of a slow lifestyle variety show that had invited him to be a guest as a friend of the main MC.
He and the main MC were not really close friends, they were just relatively familiar with each other.
The filming location of that variety show was in a place similar to a paradise, with very beautiful scenery. At that time, he received a script for a costume drama and thought about whether he could also shoot there, so he went there.
This kind of variety show usually involves experiencing farm work, eating, drinking and chatting together. The main MC is also the chef in this variety show. He is in charge of three meals a day, and the others help out.
Before going, Jing Yujun watched a few episodes to get to know them better. During every meal, especially the dinner in the evening, everyone around him praised the main MC's cooking skills.
Jing Yujun was quite looking forward to it - he, like his master, liked to eat delicious food, and every time they went to a filming location, they would search for all the local delicacies.
That night, holding the chopsticks and the bowl, Jing Yujun took two bites of the food and couldn't eat anymore. He only ate rice the rest of the time.
He finally understood why everyone in this variety show would scramble to praise the main MC when it came to eating - if you can't eat, you have to talk more! The flattery continued, and the food on the table never decreased. By the time everyone was "full" and left, there was still more than half of the food left on the plates.
Jing Yujun thought, no wonder he talked so much, people only have a mouth, if the food is really delicious, who has the time to keep talking? It is because it is not delicious that he has to keep talking and praising, otherwise what is he doing, staring at the bowl in a daze?
Later, Jing Yujun was invited to participate in a similar variety show, but he refused without even thinking about it - he likes directing, not acting.
(End of this chapter)
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