Chapter 339 This is Guo Gaoang!
"How should I know who it is! What are you three playing at?" Su Yuchen looked at the three of them with a helpless smile.
"You don't know who it is?" Zhao Xiaojing was stunned.
"Who am I supposed to know?"
"Do you know a man with the surname Shi?" Yun Yongyuan asked anxiously.
"Surname Shi... no." Su Yuchen recalled and said firmly. "What's wrong?"
"A Mr. Shi gave you these flowers." Zhao Xiaojing pointed to the three buckets of flowers.
"Ah?" This time it was Su Yuchen's turn to be stunned. He turned his head and looked blankly at the flowers in the bucket.
"Why are you giving it to me? Didn't you ask me when you received it? Did I have any cards?"
"There's no card. It was sent from Yun Province via cold chain, not from the florist. It has your name and phone number on it, and the sender is only listed as Mr. Shi."
"You really don't know?" Wan Yuyue was confused.
"I really don't know! Could it have been sent to the wrong address? Is the express box still there? Let me see." Su Yuchen jumped up.
"The fresh flowers are gone, but the fresh produce is here. I'll find it for you." Zhao Xiaojing quickly stood up.
"There are still fresh foods?!" Su Yuchen was shocked.
"Yes, flowers were delivered in the afternoon and fresh produce was delivered in the evening, both by express." Zhao Xiaojing nodded.
"And one is in Yunnan Province and the other is in Gui Province. We thought you secretly had a boyfriend who traveled around..." Yun Yongyuan muttered.
"Wait a minute! Your province?" Su Yuchen suddenly stopped.
"Yes, the flowers are from Yunnan Province, and the fresh produce is from Guizhou Province." Zhao Xiaojing said as she dragged out the cardboard boxes that were not thrown away yesterday from under the operating table.
Su Yuchen hurried forward and picked up the noodles. "Mr. Shi? That's not right... Let me see what you sent."
"Bacon, tofu, sour soup...this is not Mr. Shi, this is Guo Gaoang!" Su Yuchen patted Zhao Xiaojing.
"Guo Gaoang!"
Wan Yuyue and Yun Yongyuan had also had dinner with Guo Gaoang and his group several times and knew each other. When they heard this answer, the three of them choked up.
"Then what did he write, Mr. Shi?"
"Then why did he give you flowers?"
"Could it be that he wants to pursue you?"
Zhao Xiaojing, Yun Yongyuan, and Wan Yuyue said at the same time.
"No! He didn't give it to me!" Su Yuchen smiled helplessly. "He said they went to your province and had a lot of good food, so they sent some to the store. He said he would ask Jingzi to make sour soup hot pot and they could stop by for a meal. He wanted to share Jingzi's cooking skills with everyone, not just me. I'm not a pig! Jingzi was busy cooking and didn't have time to look at his phone, so he wrote my number!"
"Really?" Wan Yuyue was skeptical.
"Really? Oh, yes, do you remember, Mirror? I knocked on your door a few days ago looking for you, but you interrupted me and I forgot what I was going to say. I just wanted to talk about this! And before that, when Aunt Wen came, didn't I just mention him to you? I was going to tell you that day too!"
"I remember. So that's what happened." Zhao Xiaojing nodded in sudden realization.
"Yes, that's it!"
"Wait." Yun Yongyuan, who had been silent the whole time, half-closed his eyes. "If it was a local specialty, why would he send you flowers? Who would send flowers as a local specialty? And he's in your province, why would he go to Yun Province to send you flowers?"
"Yes! Blind student, you found the highlight!" Wan Yuyue slapped her thigh.
"Yeah, why did he send flowers?...Wait, I'm going to call him now!"
The action-oriented Su Yuchen picked up his phone and dialed the number, then started playing the game in front of the three of them.
"Hello, Comb, I was just about to call you when you called!" Guo Gaoang's voice was very noisy in the background. "Is the store busy now?"
"Not busy, the store is closed today. Lao Guo, did you send those flowers and fresh produce?"
"The store is closed! When did you close your store? Da Zhuang and I were just about to pick up Li Zi and go to your place for dinner! We even specially left when you were about to get off work, saying we were going to eat hotpot!" Guo Gaoang was instantly defeated.
"Then come on, we happen to be in the restaurant." Zhao Xiaojing laughed out loud when she heard that Cao Cao wanted to eat hot pot and Cao Cao came to eat hot pot now.
"Haha! Thank you, Chef Zhao, for cooking for us today! You guys don't have to eat yet, come together later and we'll buy some food. Did you get the sour soup from yesterday?"
"I got it. I was just about to ask you! Didn't you say you were sending local specialties from your province? Why are you sending flowers from Yun Province again?"
"Haha, this is a long story. I'll tell you in detail later! Jingzi, take out the sour soup I sent you yesterday. It has the recipe on it. We're having sour soup hotpot for lunch! We're going to buy groceries now and will be there in about an hour."
"Okay, there are only four of us, so don't buy too much."
After hanging up the phone, Su Yuchen looked at the three people who had just "interrogated" her aggressively with interest.
"Um... My stir-fried beef is still in the pot. My junior sister just said that I didn't cook it at the right temperature. I need to practice some more."
"Wow! My bamboo shoots are fresh out of the pan! I used a new method to fry them this time. I have to try them!"
"I, I supervise them!"
The three of them quickly fled from Su Yuchen's sight.
"Invincible~How lonely~" Su Yuchen laughed and sang a song to the three people's fleeing backs.
In the kitchen, although the matter has not been fully clarified, it seems that there is no gossip at the moment. While the three of them are feeling unhappy, they finally concentrate on cooking and start to cook seriously.
While Zhao Xiaojing was supervising the two, she wasn't idle either. She'd cooked and deboned the pork elbow that morning, then tied it up and steamed it in a double boiler. It had already been steaming for an hour and a half, with half an hour left. After watching Wan Yuyue and the others stir-fry a few dishes, and estimating when Guo Gaoang and the others would arrive, Zhao Xiaojing opened the refrigerator and began searching for the sour soup Guo Gaoang had mentioned.
Yesterday, when I was receiving a courier, I was picking up a passenger. In a hurry, I just randomly stuffed the items in small cardboard boxes of the same type together according to the storage method.
Fortunately, the sour soup was conspicuous. You could see the tall plastic bottle at a glance, which contained a red sauce-like semi-liquid.
"To make sour soup, add onions, ginger, garlic, and lard. Stir-fry. Then add the sour soup, water, and Litsea cubeba oil to taste... Litsea cubeba oil? Oh, this one."
Zhao Xiaojing followed the sour soup and immediately found the small bottle of Litsea cubeba oil next to it.
After stir-frying and adding water as instructed, the soup in the pot turned a tomato-red. Zhao Xiaojing scooped out a spoonful, intending to taste it before seasoning. But after taking a sip, she felt a sudden surge of energy, as if a new world had opened up.
I don’t know how this sour soup is made, but it has a very special sourness. Even the soup base is not seasoned yet and it tastes very appetizing. It seems to have the acidity of tomatoes, but it is much more complex than the acidity of tomatoes. This complex and rich taste cannot be produced by a single acid.
Zhao Xiaojing took a few more bites, added seasonings according to her taste, and finally opened the Litsea cubeba oil. Just as she was about to dip it in to taste it, she was overwhelmed by the magical taste.
So exciting.
It’s better not to add it. If you like it, just add it directly to the bowl.
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