"In March in the south of the Yangtze River, hundreds of flowers are blooming, and the fragrant wind blows along the waterside for ten miles." The ancients called March the Yangchun month according to the lunar calendar, but in March according to the Gregorian calendar, Hubin City is already in full bloom.
The weather is getting warmer day by day, and the beauties who are not afraid of the cold have even revealed their long, white and beautiful legs. Of course, there are actually people who are not afraid of the cold in winter.
Ye Tian and Li Bing took Xiao Juan on a stroll around the campus of Lakeside University. Li Bing had long since grown tired of the campus, and Ye Tian wanted Xiao Juan to experience the atmosphere of the school and encourage her to enroll in a junior college to improve her academic qualifications.
Xiaojuan looked left and right, not really looking at the scenery, but only at the beautiful women and handsome men.
"There are so many beautiful girls in your school! Look at that one, she has such long legs! And that petite one, so cute! And... wow! What a beautiful girl!"
"That boy is so handsome, he's almost as good as our boss!"
Ye Tian interrupted her jokingly, "Don't always look at others. You're cute too, no need to be envious! How about it? Are you planning on enrolling in a college? You can't always be a waitress. The best you can hope for is a foreman."
"Yeah, I know. I don't want to keep going like this. My family keeps asking me to go back home for blind dates and get married, but I definitely won't. If I get married and have kids, I might be stuck in the village forever. I don't want that kind of life," Xiaojuan said clearly. "Besides, the restaurant pays well, and I've saved enough money over the past few years to go to school. Studying is a way out."
"You don't need to attend classes every day when you study while working. You can take classes on weekends and still go to work on weekdays. The pressure in your life should not be too great." Ye Tian also said.
Li Bing leaned over and asked: "What major do you want to study? Let's go together!"
"Tsk, you are a chef and I am a waiter. Can we study the same major?" Xiaojuan said.
"You can study management. What if you open a store in the future? Or when I open a restaurant, you can come and help me! I will give you shares, hahaha..." Ye Tian seemed to see the scene of everyone opening a restaurant together in the future, and couldn't help laughing happily.
Li Bing and Xiao Juan were rarely in sync. They both deliberately turned their heads away and ignored Ye Tian, thinking that she was being silly again. They were smiling foolishly and pretending not to know her.
Then they pretended for a while and couldn't help laughing.
The three of them carried the dishes and walked to the small house rented by Ye Tian, talking and laughing. Today she planned to give Li Bing a chance to show off her cooking skills.
There were only three of them for lunch, so four dishes were enough. Li Bing planned to make sweet and sour spare ribs, Kung Pao chicken, fried hairtail, and shepherd's purse fried eggs—all relatively easy dishes, but making them both attractive and tasty, especially the first three, was a bit challenging.
They happened to buy some shepherd's purse today. Ye Tian kept enough for Li Bing to make scrambled eggs, and prepared to use the rest to make large shepherd's purse wontons in the evening.
After more than half a year of learning, Li Bing has no problem cooking independently, and he has also been cooking in the school cafeteria for a few weeks.
Ye Tian and Xiao Juan watched him from the side, but Ye Tian did not give any on-site instructions as this would easily affect the state of the person who was cooking.
After Li Bing finished cooking, everyone set the table and opened a few cans of Rio for drinks. He was a little nervous and unsure what Ye Tian and Xiao Juan would think of his cooking.
"Delicious! These spare ribs are really delicious!" Xiaojuan praised sincerely after finishing a piece of sugar-coated spare ribs.
Li Bing was obviously happy, but he looked at Ye Tian with a bit of trepidation. "Master, what do you think?"
Ye Tian also picked up a piece, but didn't eat it right away. The short ribs were bright red, and the sweet and sour sauce coated them perfectly. The color was perfect; the smell was lightly sweet and sour, and the taste was good too. The meat had a sweet and sour aroma, and the texture was tender. It rolled over my tongue and I could finish it in one bite, leaving only a thin bone.
"Very good!" Ye Tian also gave his affirmation.
Li Bing's face suddenly broke into a smile.
Ye Tian felt that Li Bing might look naive on the surface, but he was actually quite capable and had a natural talent for cooking. He had only been learning for a short time, but he already cooked quite well. Although the heat was a little imperfect, overall it was definitely pretty good.
He also cooked the other three dishes very well. He had made Kung Pao Chicken many times in the cafeteria and was already very skilled at it, but he didn't handle the hairtail fish beautifully enough.
To achieve a beautiful golden fried hairtail, use evenly sized cutlassfish. The hairtail should be neither too fat nor too thin. Remove all skin and fins, leaving only the clean flesh. This is the only way to achieve a clean, golden, and beautiful cutlassfish.
The hairtail fish at Xiyuan Restaurant is very well made. It costs 240 yuan per portion, but there are only 8 small pieces, which are equivalent to 3 centimeters in size. It costs 30 yuan, which is enough to buy 3 hairtail fish in the vegetable market.
Since they were eating it themselves, there was no need to be so particular, and the other parts did not need to be thrown away, which would be too wasteful. Besides, the restaurant did not throw away the leftovers, they were all eaten by the employees themselves.
Today's shepherd's purse is very fresh. Pick it, wash it, chop it, and add it to the egg liquid. No seasoning is needed, just a little salt. Spread it in the pan and fry it with oil. It will be very delicious.
The three of them had good appetites and finished most of the four dishes, including a lot of rice. Xiaojuan even burped.
Xiaojuan didn't have a good first impression of Li Bing. She thought he had curly hair, looked a bit mean, and looked unstable.
But after seeing how seriously he cooked and how delicious the dishes were, my opinion changed. I thought this boy was quite nice and I could make friends with him.
Li Bing also felt that Xiaojuan came from a similar family background to his, was lovely and genuine, not spoiled, and down-to-earth, making her much more reliable than himself. Making friends with a girl like this and taking care of yourself a little more would be a good thing.
It was Ye Tian’s first time as a matchmaker, and the two of them already had a good impression of each other, which showed that she had good judgment and made her feel a little proud.
By the way, speaking of her matchmaker attributes, Chen Chi and Xiao Tao seemed to have secretly gone out on a date without telling anyone.
This spring of revival is so sweet. The air is filled with pink heart-shaped bubbles.
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In the evening, Ye Tian planned to secretly enjoy the shepherd's purse wontons by herself, and at most send a bowl to the landlady and Xiao Ou.
The shepherd's purse had been picked at noon, and Ye Tian added two bok choy leaves, blanched them, and finely chopped them together. She also diced some shiitake mushrooms and a little pickled mustard greens. She also removed the fascia from the pork belly and chopped it into small pieces, as the fascia tends to stick together and if you pull it apart, it affects the taste.
Stir-fry the chopped mushrooms, then mix all the fillings together. Only a little bit of diced pickled mustard greens is enough, as its main function is to enhance the flavor.
Use high-gluten flour or special dumpling flour to knead the dough. After it has rested, roll it into a thin sheet, cut it into small cubes, and then you can make wontons.
Put the filling in the middle of the dough, fold it in half, fold it in half again, then roll the double-sided corners back to the middle, and a big wonton is ready.
Ye Tian wrapped all the fillings and dough in one go, more than 30 in total.
They are chubby and lined up in rows, lying cutely on the panel, which makes people happy just by looking at them.
Bring the water to a boil, then add the wontons and add three coats of cold water. Add dried shrimp, seaweed, a little soy sauce, and oyster sauce to a bowl, then add boiled water to create the soup base. Remove the wontons and place them in a bowl. Finally, sprinkle with chopped green onions and cilantro. Too much seasoning will mask the wontons' flavor.
Ye Tian gave the bowl with more wontons to the landlord and his son. It should be enough for them, and she kept the bowl with less for herself, which was just right.
The wontons were so delicious that Ye Tian, who had eaten and cooked countless delicious dishes, was also immersed in the deliciousness and happiness brought by a bowl of wontons.
The world is full of storms, and she doesn't want to find someone to face it together for the time being, nor does she need anyone to shelter her from the wind and rain. She is willing to walk on simply by herself.
Therefore, along the way, you need to occasionally reward yourself, give yourself a little sweetness, and use these small happiness to encourage your insignificant self to face more storms outside and walk more difficult roads...
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