Chapter 49
As if to say, of course you deserve it all
On the left are steamed buns and soy milk, and in the left front are rice noodles. The rice noodles will be replaced by lunch at noon, while on the right side will be placed drinks and a series of local snacks.
The only vacant space in the store now is next to the local snacks. At most, one or two more items can be added, and the small courtyard will be full.
Xiao Yue felt a little emotional, and then went back to the kitchen to serve breakfast.
When it was time to prepare lunch, Xiao Yue sat in front of the stove and started thinking, or rather, she had started thinking about today's dishes last night.
According to the reactions of customers during the past few days, almost everyone praised the cola chicken wings and pepper preserved eggs, then the pepper chicken, and then the cola and beer...
Xiao Yue could see that everyone was eating happily, but when he thought about it, it seemed that he hadn't had any proper stir-fried dishes for a while.
She tapped her fingers on the stove a few times, and after a few minutes, her slightly frown relaxed.
——In that case, let’s make two stir-fried dishes today!
Many ingredients flashed through Xiao Yue's mind, and he quickly decided on the first one, the glutinous and fragrant fried rice cake.
The rice cake and ham are naturally exchanged in the mall. They are about three fingers wide and need to be cut into slices diagonally, which makes it easier to fry and taste.
For the green vegetables, one should beat the eggs into a tender yellow egg liquid, while the other should gently pick the green leaves that still have water droplets on them.
The condiments include onions and garlic, all of which are chopped into small pieces and set aside.
After all the ingredients were prepared, Xiao Yue began to blanch the rice cakes.
The taste of rice cake has a very natural rice aroma. When blanching, it will change from hard to soft, and the taste will become more obvious.
When it is cooked and floats to the surface of the water, the smell will make you want to eat more.
Xiao Yue scooped out the rice cake with a colander and put it into cold water on the side to prevent it from sticking together.
Next, wash the pot clean, pour in the egg liquid after the oil is hot, and beat it once it has slightly set, so that it can be divided into pieces of moderately large and small sizes.
If you want the eggs to be tender, you naturally can't fry them for too long. They should be light yellow in color and soft and chewy in texture. Xiao Yue then served them out.
The next step is to start frying. Heat the oil to sauté the chopped onion and garlic, add the fermented black beans and stir-fry, then pour in the ham.
The ham is flesh-pink in color. As it is stir-fried at high temperature, the originally smooth cross-section gradually develops a circle of brown-red at the edge. Bubbles of oil appear in the brown-red color, emitting misty white gas, which indicates that the ham is at its most crispy and fragrant.
Xiao Yue drained the rice cake and added it to the pot.
With a "pop", the soft and glutinous rice cake hits the hot oil. The aroma of rice is instantly entangled with the aroma of ham. As it is stir-fried, it is covered with chopped onions, garlic and black beans.
When stir-frying is almost done, Xiao Yue adds three simplest seasonings: salt, soy sauce and sugar, to ensure that the glutinous fragrance of the rice cake is not covered up.
Stir-fry everything evenly, and finally add the eggs and green vegetables* into the pot by Xiao Yue.
The eggs were already cooked and soon blended with the rice cake and ham in the pot; the green vegetables were coated with oil as they were stir-fried, and their originally crisp leaves began to soften, turning from green to dark green, emitting a unique plant fragrance.
After a while, this simple yet rich fried rice cake was ready.
The white of the rice cake, the red of the ham, the yellow of the egg, and the green of the green vegetables all come together, with distinct flavors, and at this moment all blend into a rich fragrance.
While washing the pot, Xiao Yue was thinking about how to prepare the next dish.
——Stir-fried King Oyster Mushrooms.
Nowadays, there is a lot of meat in the store, and vegetables cannot be left out, so for the second dish, it would be better to make the King Oyster Mushroom, which is delicious and tastes like meat.
The king oyster mushrooms grew to standard and plump shapes, making it very convenient for Xiao Yue to cut them. She first cut them into slices and then into long strips as wide as a thumb. The green and red peppers used as side dishes were processed in the same way.
After everything was cut, Xiao Yue heated the pan until it started to smoke slightly.
When the customer in front of the window saw this, he was stunned at first, and then quickly stepped back.
Xiao Yue saw it and was a little confused, but when she glanced at the green pepper next to her, she immediately understood.
It is one thing that customers like to eat the pounded peppers and preserved eggs, but every time she prepares to simmer the green peppers, they get nervous and run away.
But today we were making a new dish, and the customers were eager to try it. Fortunately, the pepper and preserved egg had already been made, and the smell had dissipated a lot, so they dared to come in and take a look.
Who would have thought that there would be another empty pot and green peppers!
"Don't worry, the green peppers won't be burned." Xiao Yue said with a smile when he saw their panic-stricken looks, and poured the king oyster mushrooms into the pot.
It turns out that this is fried——
Seeing this, the customers, led by an old man serving rice noodles, returned with peace of mind.
There is a lot of moisture in the king oyster mushrooms in the pot, so Xiao Yue needs to roast them over high heat throughout the whole process. This not only releases the juice and concentrates the aroma, but also makes the king oyster mushrooms softer and more fragrant.
When the amount of juice decreases and the taste becomes stronger, Xiao Yue serves the steaming king oyster mushrooms.
The next steps are very simple. Add lard to the pot to soften it, sauté the chopped green onion and garlic, then add a spoonful of soy sauce to the pot and stir-fry the king oyster mushrooms.
Mushroom foods absorb flavors easily. After a while, the slightly dry King Oyster Mushroom will absorb the oil and soup and turn into a sauce color, giving off a rich and fresh aroma.
Before serving, Xiao Yue added shredded green and red peppers to make this delicious but slightly monotonous king oyster mushroom dish even more delicious.
Today's dish is ready!
Fu Xunzhou, who was sitting in the corner of the front room, stood up upon seeing this. After taking a few steps, he saw a young man with a scar on his forehead standing in front of the window, staring straight at the stir-fried king oyster mushrooms.
This situation is very common. In the past few days, when Fu Xunzhou was cooking for Xiao Yue, he sat in the corner waiting in order not to disturb the customers. Naturally, he could see the customers' amazed or drooling expressions.
Today was a little different. After staring at the king oyster mushrooms, he turned around and took out a small booklet from his arms. With his other hand, he took out a charcoal pencil and began to write and draw on it.
He seemed to notice Fu Xunzhou's gaze, and was stunned for a moment and wanted to cover it up subconsciously, but in the end he seemed to realize something, smiled frankly, continued to write a few words on the booklet, and then put it away.
Fu Xunzhou frowned slightly, but seeing that Xiao Yue had already packed the dishes, he went over to help.
…
Today's two stir-fried dishes have a very homely taste, with glutinous and fragrant fried rice cakes and delicious king oyster mushrooms. They are loved not only by old customers but also by new customers.
While cleaning the yard, Xiao Yue chatted with Fu Xunzhou and learned from him what happened at noon.
"booklet?"
Xiao Yue was confused for a moment, but soon figured it out and didn't care much: "I guess he's just memorizing the cooking steps, let him watch."
From the day the window was broken, she knew this day would come.
Xiao Yue noticed the expressions of many customers who were watching in front of the window. Some were surprised, some admired, and some were even confused as to how this kind of food could be prepared this way?
If most customers want to learn, they basically memorize it in their minds. This is the first time that someone has specially taken out a booklet to record it.
But just like Xiao Yue's indifferent tone, his expression was also nonchalant.
Fu Xunzhou couldn't help but laugh, his eyes were extremely gentle at this moment.
Fang Sanhong curled her lips and saw him getting closer and closer. She squeezed to Xiao Yue's side and interrupted: "By the way, I saw that some of the meat for the rice noodles this morning is running out. Do you want to make it later?"
She swallowed her saliva, because the meat was at its most fragrant and crispy when it was just cooked.
Xiao Yue nodded when he heard this: "Since it's going to be gone, let's buy some more later."
Speaking of which, it seemed like this was the first time Fu Xunzhou had seen him.
Xiao Yue glanced at him and said, "You can't eat spicy food, but you can still try some of this meat."
"Is it okay?" Fu Xunzhou tilted his head: "I think it will taste better when it is freshly made?"
"Of course!"
Fang Sanhong: “…”
no?
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Half an hour later, the aroma of meat wafted out from Yueting’s self-service kitchen, and people were almost dizzy from the smell.
There is not only meat, but also a few hints of dried fruit aroma, which seem quite weak compared to the strong meat aroma.
Xiao Yue took out the fried meat and let it cool, preparing to cut it later.
She looked up and saw that Fang Sanhong had also finished processing the dried fruits and was looking to see if there was anything missing.
However, there are still a lot of Bobo Chicken skewers, toast and biscuits left, so there is nothing to do this afternoon.
"It's okay, Sister Sanhong, take a rest." Xiao Yue said to her, his eyes falling on Fu Xunzhou standing beside her.
He was looking away from the oven, looking thoughtful.
In the past few days, Fu Xunzhou has seen all these things in Yueting Self-service, even the refrigerator and dishwasher. Naturally, he was very surprised at first.
Xiao Yue's explanation was that "there was charcoal fire and ice inside", which sounded very reasonable.
But Fu Xunzhou knew that these things were not something that ordinary people could possess. At this moment, he sighed: "If we have these things in our store, it will be like God's help. Our business will surely be more prosperous."
Xiao Yue blinked, because Fang Sanhong had said something similar before.
The first comments made by the two people were not to question where these things came from or how you could own such magical objects, but rather - with these, business will definitely get better and better.
As if to say, of course you deserve all of this.
A smile appeared in Xiao Yue's eyes. She brought the meat that had been cut earlier, picked up the dried fruits that had just come out of the pot, and led the way to the backyard.
"Come on, after working so hard for so long, let's try some freshly cooked meat!"
"Okay." Fu Xunzhou followed closely and naturally took the thing in her other hand.
Fang Sanhong curled her lips and put the meat into a small box to take away: "Since I have nothing to do, I will take it back to eat. I promised to help the old lady next door yesterday."
Otherwise, how could she let Xiao Yue and Fu Xunzhou stay in the same room?
After a moment.
Xiao Yue and Fu Xunzhou sat in the backyard and tasted the freshly fried meat. The crispy sound echoed throughout the small backyard.
"Meow~"
Suddenly, a cat's meow, neither loud nor soft, sounded from above my head.
Xiao Yue looked up and met the eyes of a skinny little orange cat with dry fur on the wall.
Its eyes were big and bright, staring at the meat in her hand without moving away.
Xiao Yue paused and moved the meat to the left. Sure enough, the little orange cat looked over there. He moved the meat to the right, but the little orange cat still looked over there.
Fu Xunzhou also noticed the cat and was about to say something when he saw Xiao Yue take out a clean small plate, put the meat on it, and then put the plate on the ground.
"Come and eat."
Xiao Yue bent down and tapped the plate with his finger, making it rub against the ground and make a sound.
"Meow~"
The little orange cat looked at her, then at the meat in the bowl, but didn't jump down or leave. It continued to squat in the corner with a pair of white gloves tucked in.
Xiao Yue knew that cats were very alert. Before she traveled through time, she had wanted to get one. Unfortunately, she was allergic to cat hair, so even though she liked it, she gave up the idea.
At least she has watched the video and knows the habits of cats...
Xiao Yue pondered for a while, and was considering whether to move the bowl to the corner when there was a knock on the back door.
Xiao Yue tilted his head to look, but there was no system alarm in his mind, so it seemed to be someone else.
She simply pulled Fu Xunzhou's arm and said excitedly, "Let's go out for a while, so that Xiaoju can eat in peace!"
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