Chapter 24 Chapter 24
The village was remote, so Guo Zhuang asked two of his friends to hold the man down and take him to his tricycle.
I rode my bike all the way to the police station.
After all this trouble, the sky was already turning faintly white.
There was someone on duty at the police station. He saw a large group of people coming from afar late at night. The person on duty at the door was startled and called two more colleagues to be on guard.
Wait until you are sure that the person is here to report the case.
Then they brought everyone in to take statements.
Li Hua was so scared that he sat on the chair in the police station and answered whatever was asked, not daring to tell a lie.
Thanks to her being frightened, a lot of interrogation time was saved.
No matter what lies He Guan told, the loopholes in the lies would be revealed as long as Li Hua was asked.
With both witnesses and evidence, it is much easier to restore the truth of the incident.
With the help of the village chief who arrived later to act as a guarantor, the matter was quickly settled.
Seven people went in and five came out.
He Tingting was walking at the end of the team. When she stood at the door of the police station and looked up, it was already dawn.
The breakfast vendors who set up their stalls earlier on both sides of the road are already busy.
She suddenly remembered that Guo Zhuang's stall still had to do breakfast business.
"I'm sorry, Brother Zhuang, I'm really bothering you today. How about I find some time tomorrow and set up a table at home to treat everyone to a meal?"
"We are all friends, helping each other is our duty."
Guo Zhuang could say this, but He Tingting couldn't take it for granted. "I'm sorry for disturbing everyone's rest today. Go back to sleep first. You still have to work during the day. Tomorrow is Saturday, and I'll close the stall early. Everyone must come to my house for dinner."
Without giving Guo Zhuang a chance to refuse, He Tingting set off first on her bicycle.
When I got home, it was almost time for me to get up.
He Tingting simply didn't sleep. She washed her face and started preparing the food.
He Lili slept soundly in the first half of the night and was in much better spirits than her. She helped and urged her sister at the same time.
"Sister, go into the room and take a nap. I'll call you at 8 o'clock."
The two sisters set up their stall not too early, so they woke up at 8 o'clock to make it in time.
He Lili really felt sorry for her sister.
Coupled with what happened yesterday when her second aunt betrayed her, the little girl grew up a lot overnight and valued her only remaining relative even more.
In this world, only her elder sister would treat her so well without asking for anything in return.
Today's dishes are the same as usual, one meat and one vegetable.
The ingredients are all produced by the system and are not difficult to process.
By the time the ingredients were prepared, it was already six o'clock in the morning.
"Okay, then please wake me up at eight o'clock, Lili."
He Tingting is worried that she won't be able to handle the long day outside if she doesn't get some sleep.
He Lili nodded, and after He Tingting fell asleep, she moved a stool and sat in front of the clock, fearing that she would miss the time.
It's easy to get sleepy if you always stare at the clock.
He Lili found something to do for herself.
Onions, ginger and garlic are needed in almost every dish, especially garlic, which is used in large quantities.
Taking advantage of this time, He Lili peeled a plate of garlic, each one was clean and undamaged.
By the time I finished peeling, the clock hands had almost moved.
"Sister, it's eight o'clock."
He Tingting was a light sleeper, and she got up as soon as Lili called her.
After staying up all night and taking a short rest, He Tingting's face was a little swollen than usual. She washed it two or three times with cold water before she felt refreshed.
Seeing the peeled garlic cloves, all her physical fatigue was washed away.
"Thank you, Lili."
Today's menu happened to require a lot of garlic, and He Lili used almost all the garlic she peeled.
He Tingting drew the green blind box today - shrimp paste.
Compared to whole prawns, the range of dishes that can be made with shrimp paste is much smaller.
In addition, the diet in the north at that time tended to be salty and fresh, and spicy hot pot had not yet become popular, so there were even fewer dishes that could be made with shrimp balls.
He Tingting thought for a long time and decided to use the method of garlic oysters to make a garlic vermicelli shrimp ball.
This dish is not difficult to make.
First boil water, then make small balls of shrimp paste and put them into the water.
After taking it out, heat oil in a pan and sauté half of the minced garlic.
Vermicelli is made of fine flour, which is very easy to cook. Just soak it in boiling water in advance and it will be 80% cooked.
Wait for the aroma of garlic to come out, add two dried chilies to enhance the flavor, then add soy sauce and a small amount of sugar.
Vinegar can bring out the aroma of the food. When big bubbles appeared in the pot, she scooped a small spoonful and poured it in from the side of the pot.
The aroma of the whole dish changed instantly.
At this time, add a ladle of water and cook the shrimp paste and vermicelli together. The whole dish is 90% done.
After cooking for a while, sprinkle a handful of green onions before serving, and the dish is completely done.
Today’s vegetarian dish is also related to vinegar.
Pickled cabbage.
Cabbage is the most affordable vegetable these days, and it is on people’s tables for half of the month.
The seasoning needed for pickled cabbage is also very simple. It is sour and appetizing, and very suitable for summer.
As usual, He Tingting went to the stall with bags full of things.
In the teacher's office of Bei'an University, several supervisors of graduate students are here today.
There are five people in the office, four professors and one associate professor, all of whom are top figures in their respective fields.
However, when these big guys get together, the topics they talk about are very ordinary.
"It's noon again, Xiao Li, have you ordered food?"
This is how the workplace is. Young people always have to take on more work.
Even though Li Aihua is already in his forties and has been promoted to associate professor, he is still just Little Li in front of this group of professors.
"Not yet. Professor Zhou doesn't have much of an appetite today. I was thinking of asking her what she wants to eat so she can eat more when the meal arrives."
Among this group of professors, Zhou Fang is in the worst health.
She has a mild case of anorexia. When she sees food, all she can think about is food. As a result, the more she eats, the less appetite she has.
But she happened to be an important figure in the field of agricultural scientific research. The provincial leaders attached great importance to her and often came to the city to visit her. They also specifically instructed her to take good care of her health.
So ordering food every day is Li Aihua’s most headache-inducing time.
He always approached Zhou Fang carefully and asked her softly what she wanted to eat today.
But the answers are often the same.
"I don't have much of an appetite. Just order whatever you want. Anything is fine with me."
The answer today is still the same.
Li Aihua shook her head helplessly, "Then I'll just do it the same way as before."
He used his office phone to call the Baolai Hotel.
Landlines were also very valuable at that time, and a chef would be assigned to the kitchen every day to be responsible for them.
Chef Wang Yongwang also treats everyone equally and takes turns with everyone every month.
Today is his class.
That's why he dared to tell He Tingting that he would recommend her to the professor.
Wang Yongwang had mentioned this matter to his boss before, and his boss also knew about it.
It’s true that professors at the school often order dishes from their restaurant, but these professors are too expensive. Not only do you have to be careful and attentive when cooking their dishes, you also often receive unsatisfactory feedback.
Over time, this business has become a hot potato.
Baolai Hotel is doing good business.
If the boss could use this business deal to gain reputation as a chef, he would be overjoyed.
On the other end of the phone, Li Aihua sighed.
"Are there any seasonal dishes in the store today?"
As soon as he heard his tone, Wang Yongwang knew that there was hope.
"There haven't been any new dishes in the restaurant lately. It's still the same old dishes. Professor Zhou still can't eat?"
The two were quite familiar with each other, and Li Aihua recognized him as soon as Wang Yongwang opened his mouth.
"Yeah, when Professor Zhou saw the shredded pork with fish sauce we ordered last time, he immediately thought of carrot breeding and didn't even eat a few bites."
Wang Yongwang spoke at the right time.
"I do know someone whose cooking has a magical quality that makes people want to eat more. If you have a chance, you can buy some for Professor Zhou to try. Maybe she'll like it."
Wang Yongwang's identity was there, and when he recommended it, Li Aihua was very willing to try it and asked immediately.
"Which restaurant? Is this a new chef from out of town?"
"It's not a restaurant. She's setting up a stall in front of your school. There's a sign in front of the stall saying, 'Lunch and Dinner Boxed Lunch'."
Setting up a stall?
Wang Yongwang, a head chef, actually recommended them to eat at a small stall?
It’s not that Li Aihua looks down on people who run small businesses. During his holidays, he often goes to try the food at roadside stalls.
The hygiene levels of roadside stalls vary greatly. Li Aihua was fine after eating there, but the other professors were old, and he didn't dare take them to take the risk.
"Forget about the street stalls. I'm worried about the hygiene and Professor Zhou might get a stomachache if he eats them."
As usual, Li Aihua booked meals at Baolai Hotel for several professors.
But he still believed what Wang Yongwang said.
Although dinner was ordered for several professors, Li Aihua wanted to go to the door to try the food from the stall that Wang Yongwang had praised.
Li Aihua came here with the intention of trying something new.
As soon as I reached the door, I saw a long queue.
The queue turned a corner and ended at the school gate.
Li Aihua walked forward a few steps and took a look in front of the stall.
There was a white cloth strip with four big words written on it: lunch and dinner boxes.
It was the stall recommended by Wang Yongwang.
“Is it so popular?”
Li Aihua was surprised, but she also had higher expectations for the stall.
He walked to the end of the line and asked the student in front of him curiously.
"Classmate, there are so many people in this line, is it delicious?"
"It's delicious. The lunch sister made really delicious food. Half of our class is lining up here."
The student in front was talking non-stop, but when he turned around and saw that it was the teacher, he instantly became listless.
"Director Li, are you here to eat lunch too?"
Li Aihua patted his shoulder and told her not to be nervous.
"Well, everyone says this one is delicious, I'll try it."
There were so many people queuing that it took twenty minutes before Li Aihua came to the table.
He spent a little more money and ordered one meat dish and one vegetable dish.
When I returned to the office, the food from Baolai Restaurant had already arrived and several other professors had started eating.
"Xiao Li, where have you been? Come and have dinner."
Li Aihua took a look and saw that Zhou Fang's meal was still untouched. She was sitting there with her chopsticks in her hand, not knowing what she was thinking. It seemed that she would not be able to eat much today.
"Here I come."
Li Aihua was used to it, so she sat down, opened the plastic bag in her hand, and prepared to taste how delicious the food from this stall was.
As soon as he opened the bag, the fragrance rushed to his nose.
Li Aihua's appetite instantly grew and she began to understand why those students liked this stall so much.
If nothing else, it smells delicious enough.
He had just raised his chopsticks when an unexpected voice rang in his ears.
"Xiao Li, where did you buy this meal?"
It was Professor Zhou who asked this!
Li Aihua was shocked. Professor Zhou was never interested in what these dishes were. She only cared about the raw materials.
Today she actually asked such a question.
Looking up at Zhou Fang's expression again, he tactfully pushed the lunch box forward.
"This is a boxed lunch at the door, sold by a little girl. It looks pretty clean to me. Professor Zhou, would you like to try some?"
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