Chapter 35 Beating
The next morning, Bai Mengmeng started to make mung bean soup. Mung bean soup is not a complicated thing, and the local method of making it is even simpler.
The raw materials, besides mung beans, are only water and sugar.
Even Bai Mengmeng soaked the mung beans in advance, took a big pot, put the washed mung beans in, added water little by little and cooked them until they were soft.
Of course, you don’t have to cook it directly like this. There are still some tips for cooking noodles. For example, after boiling it for the first time, pour out the water, then add ice cubes to cool the mung beans, and then add cold water to cook again. Do this twice.
The mung beans cooked in this way are particularly easy to bloom and become sandy. Then add a little rock sugar before cooking, and the mung bean paste is ready.
But it tastes better after being refrigerated.
Of course, this is just one way of making it. Sucheng mung bean soup is another way. Bai Mengmeng used to like eating that kind of mung bean soup when she worked there before.
When making mung bean soup there, they don’t care whether it will be sandy.
Rather than being called mung bean soup, it is actually more like mint water. Combined with mung beans, glutinous rice, as well as candied fruits such as raisins and green and red silk, it has a very special flavor.
However, few people in Phoenix Town could accept this taste, so Bai Mengmeng still chose it.
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Wang Hao got up early and couldn't wait to eat the mung bean soup before it was even cooked.
When it came out of the pot, I didn’t care whether it was cold or not. I just added a bowl for myself and drank it first.
After drinking the mung bean soup, his mood became cheerful. He felt that the master was really a capable person. His hands could create all living things. Even simple ingredients and ordinary food could be made delicious.
Take the mung bean soup for example, it is sweet, delicate, and full of sand, and it is cooked neither too much nor too little.
Bai Mengmeng narrowed her eyes and asked with a smile, "Is it delicious?"
Wang Hao quickly flattered him, "It's delicious, Master. This mung bean soup you made is simply amazing. How can there be something so delicious!"
Bai Mengmeng also drank a bowl herself and listened comfortably to the sounds of birds and animals outside. For a moment, her whole mood relaxed and she enjoyed this rare tranquility.
"How about I just sell mung bean soup today." Bai Mengmeng became a little lazy and couldn't help but speak.
Wang Hao's face instantly turned sad: "Master, we are not running a restaurant here, we are clearly selling snacks."
"Before, you used stewed rice or a bitter melon feast to fool customers, but if you only sell mung bean soup today, the customers will probably beat you up."
Bai Mengmeng glared at him immediately: "Nonsense!"
But if you think about it carefully, it is indeed not appropriate to do so. Because the food is delicious, the store has many repeat customers and the business is getting better day by day.
There are more and more people in the WeChat group.
If he really only sells mung bean soup today, it would be quite excessive.
Being gifted, she has far more energy than ordinary people, and her physical fitness is also much stronger. So Bai Mengmeng is probably too tired and just wants to be lazy.
In fact, once the temperature goes up, the kitchen becomes like a steamer. Before the air conditioner is installed, she really doesn't want to cook in it.
"Hey, that's a good idea."
At this moment, Bai Mengmeng suddenly thought of a good idea and slapped her thigh with joy.
Yesterday in town, I didn't just buy mung beans. I also bought some peppers, such as green and red Sichuan peppers, lantern peppers, and Erjingtiao peppers. I also made two bottles of chili oil and sesame oil.
This thing is perfect for making spicy salad.
Although not many locals like to eat spicy food, chili peppers are becoming an increasingly important part of the younger generation’s diet.
Spicy mixed dish is also very simple to make. Boil the vegetables and meatballs in gravy, then pour chili oil, sesame oil, ginger vinegar, garlic juice, salt, sugar and sesame seeds on them and mix well.
There are still a lot of vegetables left at home, so we can just pick them from the garden.
There are also several pieces of meat frozen in the refrigerator, and for dishes like spicy salad with a strong flavor, the quality of the meat is relatively not very high. Even frozen meat can be used to make delicious spicy salad.
So now all I need to do is buy some instant noodles and meatballs.
Thinking that she could make it without much effort, Bai Mengmeng decided to make this dish today and hurriedly urged her disciples to get started.
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On Phoenix Mountain, two young people supported each other and walked down the mountain with weak legs.
"It's too hot today. What's wrong with you that you want to drag me to climb the mountain?" Qin Mengmeng was overwhelmed and walked tremblingly. It was said that going down the mountain would be more difficult, and it turned out to be true.
Cai Jie was also at a loss for words: "This mountain doesn't look that big, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult to climb."
The two of them met through a blind date and happened to be on vacation recently, so they thought of going out hiking together to exchange feelings.
Phoenix Mountain is also well-known locally. It has lush vegetation and pleasant scenery. The mountain is not high, so it is very safe to climb.
The two of them had no relevant experience and were not well prepared, so they came to climb the mountain early in the morning.
The morning was indeed quite comfortable, with a gentle breeze and the sun not emitting scorching heat. However, when we reached the halfway point of the mountain, the temperature began to rise. Even though there were green trees all around, we both kept sweating and our strength was gradually exhausted.
At that time, Qin Mengmeng wanted to go down the mountain. After all, climbing the mountain was much more difficult than walking. She had to keep going up without any chance to rest.
But Cai Jie said, "I'm already here."
The two of them gritted their teeth and climbed the mountain. Not to mention their feelings, they were almost exhausted to death.
However, the temperature at the top of the mountain is quite cool, the view is wide and the scenery is beautiful.
But there was nothing to eat. Apart from a shop selling water, there was no restaurant. Many people brought their own lunch boxes and sat on the ground.
Neither of them expected that this place was so underdeveloped.
Moreover, these climbers were not simple people. They were already very tired and were carrying a lot of food. Unlike Cai Jie, they only brought two bottles of water, which they drank up early.
The two of them walked around the mountain, and when they came down, their faces were pale.
"Are you okay?" Cai Jie felt a little guilty because they were riding a bus this time and there was no driver, so the two of them had to walk to the parking lot.
In this situation, who has the extra energy?
"Let's take a break and get something to eat."
Qin Mengmeng didn't want to say a word: "I can't eat anything now."
Cai Jie thought for a moment and said, "My sister recommended this to me before. She said there's a farmhouse here. The food there is really delicious. Let's go try it and recover our strength."
Qin Mengmeng also loves to eat, so she nodded reluctantly when she heard this. The two of them supported each other and came to Qiongye Restaurant.
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