Chapter 73

Chapter 73

There was a heavy rain in Liuyun City in the summer, which lasted for three days. Yueting self-service is still daily...

There was a heavy rain in Liuyun City in the summer, which lasted for three days.

Yueting Self-service Restaurant is still bustling with people coming and going every day.

On the fourth day, the rain stopped, the sun was shining and the air was fresh, making people feel cheerful early in the morning.

It has been a long time, and it is finally time to add new home-cooked dishes. Xiao Yue feels a little embarrassed.

Plans cannot keep up with changes. It was said before that there would be new dishes every day, but in fact now there are home-cooked dishes, local snacks, snacks, cold drinks, etc.

Why isn't it considered daily?

This time, Xiao Yue stood in front of the stove without thinking too much about what dish to cook, because she had already thought about it last night, and she was a little surprised when she came up with it.

The store has been open for so long, but that signature home-cooked dish has never appeared in the store!

Delicious and appetizing, scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Xiao Yue really likes this dish, but somehow she never thought of making it.

It’s better to do it today than to wait for another day.

To make scrambled eggs with tomatoes, first prepare the tomatoes.

The products produced by the system have thin and juicy skin, so there is no need to peel them. Xiao Yue cuts it straight down with a knife, but does not cut it through. After cutting it vertically, he turns it horizontally and continues to cut it as before, but still does not cut it all the way through.

Such tomatoes are cut into pieces like many "井" characters. Finally, turn the "井" characters sideways and cut them again one by one, and you will get very standard tomato pieces.

The light red soup flowed down, carrying the tomato seeds, covering half of the chopping board, making one's cheeks sore just by looking at it.

Xiao Yue cut half of the basin and stopped only when he was almost done, preparing for the next step.

“Bang!”

Xiao Yue placed a row of round, palm-sized eggs on the table. He picked up one in each hand and collided the two with each other, beating the eggs with one hand.

The eggshell broke. Xiao Yue used a little force and used his thumb and middle finger to separate the eggshell, allowing the egg white and yolk to fall into the basin.

Repeating this process, the left and right hands beat one egg each and soon the basin was full of egg liquid.

Xiao Yue wiped his hands and added seasonings to increase the base flavor, only salt and pepper were needed, and then he beat the egg liquid vigorously until it was evenly mixed.

If you want to fry the egg yolks to make them fluffy, this step requires a little skill, which is to lift the yellow egg liquid higher so that a small amount of air will be wrapped in it each time it falls.

When the egg liquid in the basin opens and some small bubbles appear, it is almost done.

Xiao Yue put down the egg beater, added oil to the pan, and started frying the eggs.

The oil temperature for frying eggs cannot be low. If the egg does not puff up quickly when it falls into the pan, but is soaked in oil when it falls, it will appear greasy when fried.

Fortunately, Xiao Yue is an old hand. When the oil starts to smoke slightly, he scoops up the egg liquid with a spoon and pours it in.

With a slight sizzling sound, the egg liquid quickly puffed up, and even the slightest drop of liquid dripping from the spoon quickly floated to the surface of the oil.

Xiao Yue scooped several spoonfuls in total, filling the pot with egg liquid.

However, the frying time was not long. The egg yolk in the center, which had changed slightly in color, was even half-cooked when Xiao Yue served it to another large plate.

The eggs in the scrambled eggs with tomatoes need to be put back into the pan again. If they are fried too thoroughly at this time, they will become tough when fried for the second time, thus affecting the taste.

Xiao Yue fried a large pot of egg liquid several times before he finished it.

The next step is to fry the tomatoes. There is no need to wash the pot. You can directly put a large pot of tomatoes into the pot with the oil used to fry the eggs. You don’t even need to add too much oil.

After all, although the eggs appear to be free of oil when they are served, in fact the excess oil falls to the bottom. After adding oil to the fried tomatoes, they will appear greasy.

There was a sizzling sound in the pan. Xiao Yue stir-fried it a few times and added a little salt.

This is the key to making fried tomatoes juicy. The salt is not added to the pan right away. Instead, the salt should be put in once the tomatoes are slightly warm so that the salt will dissolve immediately, allowing the sweet and sour juice to appear.

Of course, salt alone is not enough, so Xiao Yue fried it for a while longer, and when there was more juice in the pot and the air was filled with the smell of tomatoes, he added some sugar.

It not only neutralizes excessive sourness, but also enhances the freshness.

After adding the sugar and waiting until it was almost melted, Xiao Yue poured in a large amount of eggs.

In an instant, the pot of bright red soup was filled with tender yellow.

Xiao Yue waved the spatula, and the two blended together, with the tomato juice covering the fragrant eggs and the eggs absorbing the sweet and sour tomato juice.

Until white steam came out of the pot, Xiao Yue poured a circle of soy sauce around the edge of the pot, sprinkled a handful of chopped green onions on it, and finally stir-fried it evenly before serving.

For a moment, the kitchen was filled with a sweet and sour aroma, with a hint of soy sauce flavor that was particularly pleasant.

There were more customers watching than just the previous ones. New customers also joined the group and were almost intoxicated by the smell.

They saw Xiao Yue serving scrambled eggs with tomatoes, filling up two thermos tanks. The juice looked very appetizing to rice.

Both new and old customers swallowed their saliva and shifted their gaze from the dishes to Xiao Yue.

Because Xiao Yue took out a basin, and in the basin were pieces of brown objects. The whole thing was smooth, but one side was a little strange in shape, like meat but not like meat.

Xiao Yue didn't explain. He placed the light brown piece of meat on the chopping board and began to cut it into three parts. He then cut it into thin strips.

There was a "crunching" sound, and the piece of meat made an exceptionally crisp sound. The cut surface was not fat or lean meat, but translucent with a conspicuous white color.

You can see that this is cartilage, or rather the cartilage of a pig's ear.

That’s right, Xiao Yue was cutting pig ears, preparing to replace the cold dish that had not been changed for a long time.

She had already thought about it yesterday. Now that the rain has stopped and the weather has warmed up, she would make a dish that is flexible, crispy, refreshing and tasty - cold-boiled pig ears!

The pig ears were cooked along with the braised dishes yesterday, so there’s no need to bother making any other preparations.

At this moment, Xiao Yue only needs to cut it into shreds and prepare side dishes such as green onions, minced garlic, green and red peppers, coriander, celery, etc.

The seasonings include sesame seeds, sugar, chili powder, soy sauce and most importantly, balsamic vinegar.

These things were placed one by one on the pig ears that had been cut and put into the insulation tank, and piled up in the middle to form a small hill.

Then Xiao Yue took out a handful of peppercorns, threw them into the pan with cold oil, and the peppercorns began to become crispy and burnt as the oil heated up.

New and old customers standing by saw Xiao Yue scoop up the hot oil with a spoon and move it to the pig ears side dish.

With a "sizzle", hot oil was poured directly on it, stimulating all the aroma.

Xiao Yue splashed it twice in total, then took out a pair of tongs and started mixing the cold pig ears.

What a taste!

Customers both new and old immediately opened their eyes, swallowed their saliva, and stared without blinking.

Until Xiao Yue raised his head, smiled and said to them: "Everyone, noon is coming soon."

Only then did everyone come to their senses.

Even if you have paid in advance, it still takes effort to grab a front row seat in the dining area at noon.

After all, no matter who enters the store first, you still have to pick up your food according to the rules, otherwise it will be chaos.

So the new and old customers immediately turned around and ran to the outside yard or the first floor to wait without looking back.

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes and cold pig ears, just wait!

Xiao Yue couldn't help but laugh out loud. Together with Su Xiaoxiao, Sun Wen and the sisters who came to the kitchen, they began to deliver the dishes to the front yard and the first floor.

…

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes is indeed the best dish, sweet and sour, delicious and goes well with rice. It is the first dish that will be sold out today.

Unfortunately, the extra servings were up, so the customers held back their tears and started chewing the crispy cold pig ears.

Amidst the crisp sounds, Yueting waited until the closing time came.

Xiao Yue came to the front yard and looked around the snack area. Almost everything was still left, and there were also a lot of things prepared in the cold drink area yesterday.

Looks like we can set off early today...

"Hey, have you heard about the follow-up to the incident with Old Man Chen at the tea stall?"

Xiao Yue was just about to go back when he heard a burst of gossip coming from the guest table. He stopped and slowly walked over.

"Didn't this news come back yesterday, saying that his legs and feet are almost healed and he has already arrived in Qingyun City?"

"Yeah, guess what? The daughter actually disliked her father's slovenliness and arranged a place for him to live next to a bridge!"

"Then can Old Man Liu still stay?"

"What's the big deal? Not only is he happy, he also gave all his money to his daughter!"

"ah……"

Hearing this, Xiao Yue almost exclaimed "Ah?"

The customer smiled in an ambiguous way and continued, "That's not all. Someone else has taken over the tea shop. Old Liu was planning to use the money to open another tea shop in Qingyun City, but his daughter took the money away and said she would keep it for you and provide for your retirement!"

Xiao Yue: “…”

Today's tips for treating high blood pressure.

Through Fu Xunzhou's previous investigation, Xiao Yue already knew what kind of person that daughter was. And yet she still said she would help you keep her in custody for her old age?

I'm afraid she has already given the money to her husband, and her husband is addicted to gambling, just like a dog that can't change its eating habits.

Old man Liu will definitely not get a single cent!

Xiao Yue took a deep breath and decided not to listen any more for the sake of her blood pressure. Then the topic of the customers jumped to "who took over the tea stall."

She recalled the time she saw Xu Qingwu before and had some vague guesses in her mind.

“Big sister!”

Just at this moment, a clear and familiar voice was heard, and a small figure ran into the yard.

Xiao Yue looked back and was stunned. Then he curved his eyebrows and called her, "Xiao Wu?"

Who else could this small figure be if not Xu Qingwu?

But the little girl was inexplicably a little sneaky. She looked around before coming to her legs, looking up and smiling sweetly at her.

There was nothing to do in the store, so Xiao Yue squatted down and looked at her at eye level: "Long time no see, Xiao Wu."

"Long time no see, big sister!" Xu Qingwu imitated her words without any shyness: "Xiaowu missed you so much!"

Xiao Yue smiled and glanced at the tea stall not far away: "Did Xiao Wu come here alone?"

"Hmm!" Xu Qingwu lowered her voice a little, and came over to say: "I'm right across from big sister now, but I'm not selling tea. Mom and uncle went out, leaving me alone in the store, but I was a little scared and wanted to come find big sister. It was the same two days ago, but it was raining and I didn't have an umbrella, and mom would be angry if I got caught in the rain..."

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