16. Ordinary Dad 5
"Is there any food left? Give me one." A hoarse male voice sounded from behind. Xiao Zhou looked up at the person who came and muttered in his heart, is there anyone coming to eat at this time?
Xiao Zhou: "Yes, what do you want to eat? Take a look at the menu first," he said, pointing to the menu on the wall.
Man: “What are you doing?”
Xiaozhou: "Well, it's pan-fried yellow croaker, but that's not a dish in the restaurant, it's not on the menu."
The man glanced at him indifferently and said, "Ask the boss if he sells it to you?" He looked as if he just wanted to eat that.
Xiaozhou: ...
Xiaozhou: Okay, the customer is God.
The boat entered the kitchen,
"Uncle, there's a guest outside. He wants to order the dish you're cooking now."
Cheng Jiu: "Huh? Didn't you tell him this isn't a dish in the restaurant? Ask him to order something else."
Xiaozhou: "I said it, but he seemed to insist on ordering this."
Is there such a thing? Cheng Jiu put down the spatula, poked his head out to take a look, then looked away.
"Go and tell him to wait a moment."
"Huh? Oh, okay, uncle."
Cheng Jiu turned around and poured a proper amount of oil into the hot pot. He took out the cleaned yellow croaker from the refrigerator and put it into the pot. The fish sizzled when it met the hot oil, and the small kitchen suddenly burst into a rich aroma.
Fry on low heat until one side is golden brown, then turn over and continue frying the other side.
Turning around, he took out three bowls and placed them on a tray. He opened the small pot beside him. A dozen plump, white fish balls floated in the milky broth. The fragrant, fresh aroma filled his nose. Cheng Jiu squinted his eyes and took a sip. It was a successful fish ball soup, and it was worth the effort he had spent early in the morning to select two live fish. This was a new dish they were going to add to the menu, and it was very good for the stomach.
Xiao Zhou, who was anxiously waiting for the delicious food, heard Cheng Jiu shout, "Come here, Xiao Zhou, serve the food."
Cheng Jiu put the tray on Lian Yusong's table and said, "Please enjoy your meal." In fact, Cheng Jiu had not expected to meet Lian Yusong, and let him come to his restaurant to eat at this time.
A golden yellow croaker with a fragrant smell and a bowl of fish ball soup noodles, Lian Yusong felt a little greedy for the first time.
A spoonful of white fish soup entered my mouth, and the delicious flavor instantly spread slowly in my mouth. My tongue unconsciously curled around it, trying to retain the delicious taste that had already flowed into my throat, and I paused before letting go.
He scooped up a fish ball and put it into his mouth. It was fresh, tender, smooth and chewy. Lian Yusong enjoyed chewing it slowly.
Then, he looked at the yellow croaker and took a bite. It was crispy, delicious and fresh.
And fragrant.
Lian Yusong looked at the clean dishes with great satisfaction. As an anorexic, he hadn't felt this full in a long time. He was rarely hungry and didn't eat much, which made him even more irritable. He had just come back from a fight and passed by the store. He smelled the delicious food wafting out and he was actually hungry!
"How much is it, boss?"
Chengjiu: “Thirty”
Since it was not a dish in the restaurant, Cheng Jiu made a rough calculation.
Since then, Lian Yusong has often visited Ye Zi Soup Noodle Shop. After a few times, Cheng Jiu also guessed from some details that he had anorexia.
Out of gratitude for Lian Yusong's kindness to his son in his previous life, Cheng Jiu added a few therapeutic dishes for anorexia patients to the menu of the restaurant.
As a result, Ye Zi Soup Noodle Shop gained a loyal customer.
***
In the evening, Cheng Jiu got himself ready and sat on the bed to watch TV. The phone rang. It was his son Cheng Ye.
"Hey, son, what's the matter with you calling so late at night?"
Cheng Ye: "Dad, are you asleep?"
Cheng Jiu picked up the water glass on the table next to him and took a sip of hot water. Fang said, "No, I was just about to watch some TV before going to bed."
Cheng Ye: "Watch TV? Dad, it's almost eleven o'clock, don't you have to get up early to buy ingredients tomorrow?"
Cheng Jiu said cheerfully, "It's okay, I'll just watch for a while."
Cheng Ye obviously didn't believe it and muttered, "You say this every time, but when have you ever kept your word?" His father is a TV drama fan and always forgets the time when watching TV. He has told him many times but he doesn't listen.
Cheng Jiu: "You're still scolding me. What time is it now? Why aren't you sleeping yet? Are you playing with your phone? Don't you have classes tomorrow?" Brat.
Cheng Ye: "...We review until ten o'clock, and we just took a shower and washed clothes now. How can we have time to play with our phones? Really." Don't you know that high school students have heavy study tasks?
The elderly don’t understand the pain of students. Cheng Jiu: “Is it like this every day?” Students have a really hard time.
I really appreciate your sympathy. Cheng Ye rolled his eyes and said, "Everyone is like this. Otherwise, do you think the high-pressure return to school in the third year of high school is just a fabrication? It's true. ...By the way, Dad, aren't we going to have a holiday the day after tomorrow? After school tomorrow, I'm going to take some classmates to the restaurant for dinner. What do you think of the arrangements?"
Bringing classmates over? Cheng Jiu was a little surprised and said, "Sure, bring them over and I'll make you something delicious!" Since they brought them over for dinner, they must be good classmates and must be treated well.
He thought for a moment and added, "How many people are there? Are there any dietary restrictions?"
Cheng Ye:
"There are four of us, so there's no dietary restrictions. Dad, just do as you see fit."
Cheng Jiu: "That's fine, you guys get out of school at six, so just come to the store directly then."
***
After hanging up the phone, Cheng Ye was immediately pressed on the bed. Chen Xiao and Wu Weijia each pressed on Cheng Ye's shoulders.
Chen Xiao: "Xiao Ye Zi, who is the other one besides the three of us? Are you secretly hooking up with female classmates behind our backs?" If so... hehe, you will be severely punished!
Wu Weijia pretended to be threatening: "Tell me! When did it happen? Which girl did she become? Why didn't you introduce her to us? You're asking for a beating." They all wanted to meet her parents, but they, who lived with her day and night, didn't know about it. What kind of friendship is that?
Cheng Ye struggled and yelled, "What the hell, what are you doing? Let go, Shi Geng, help me pull them apart." His shoes kicked under the bed, but he was no match for the strength of two people.
Li Shigeng stood aside with his arms folded across his chest, watching coldly, and it was obvious that he was in the same group as the other two.
Cheng Ye, who was struggling and panting, simply stopped moving and cursed: "Fuck you, let go, there are no female classmates, it's a boy! A boy!" He was so tired that his face was pressed directly on the bamboo mat, which was a bit uncomfortable.
The three of them looked at each other and decided to give him a chance to defend himself.
Cheng Ye stood up and straightened his clothes. He rolled his eyes at the three of them and said, "It's Yu Song. We talked about the party when we were waiting in line for food yesterday, so I invited him." He and Lian Yu Song met because of a ball, and their friendship came from a sauce.
Chen Xiao suddenly realized something and said, "Oh, him? You really made friends with him?"
Wu Weijia: "Lian Yusong?" They all knew that the school bully Lian Yusong saved Cheng Ye once. Cheng Ye was almost hit by a basketball when he passed by the basketball court. Lian Yusong happened to be standing behind Cheng Ye and helped him block the basketball flying towards the back of Cheng Ye's head.
Cheng Ye chuckled and said, "Actually, he's not as the rumors say. He's just a little cold, but he's a regular customer at my dad's store."
At the beginning, they were just the one thanking and the one being thanked. Well, one time when they were eating in the cafeteria, he scooped a big spoonful of beef sauce on the food and was about to start eating.
"What's your relationship with Ye Zi Tang Noodle Shop?"
Cheng Ye looked up and saw Lian Yusong eating opposite him.
"Um, what a coincidence, Lian, if you're talking about that Ye Zi Tang Noodle Shop on Bai'an Street... that's owned by my family."
"Are you the boss's son?"
Nodding, "Yes, ... uh, would you like some, Lian?" Lian Yusong thought he had hidden his desire to eat well, but Cheng Ye noticed it.
.
So the friendship between the two began in such a magical way.
***
Because Ye Zi Soup Noodle Shop was closed in the afternoon, Cheng Jiu asked Xiao Zhou to go back at noon.
At 6:30 in the afternoon, Cheng Ye came to the store with a few of his friends.
All the tables and chairs in the store had been put away and placed against the wall on one side, leaving only a makeshift table made of two tables in the middle. Cheng Ye said to his friends, "You guys sit down first."
Cheng Jiu poked his head out of the kitchen and said with a smile, "Now that you're here, please sit down first. Xiaoye, come and serve the dishes."
Huh? Lian Yusong?
"Hello, uncle"
"Excuse me, uncle"
"Don't bother me, don't bother me. I'm so happy you're here. So this classmate is Xiao Ye's friend? That's a coincidence... Come eat here next time and I'll give you a discount."
Lian Yusong said in a hoarse voice with a hint of coldness: "Thank you, boss."
Cheng Jiu: "Hey, why call me boss? Since you are Xiao Ye's friend, just call me uncle."
"uncle."
"That's right."
Cheng Jiu's amiable attitude made the others put aside their nervousness and started joking: "Uncle, you can't be partial, we want a discount too."
"Yes, yes, they're all discounted."
After the greetings, it’s time to serve the food.
The dishes are very rich, including stir-fried beef, Kung Pao chicken, boiled chicken, crispy roast duck, pork with preserved vegetables... Tang's fish head tofu soup, and the last highlight - Man Tan Xiang!
Man Tan Xiang (literally "Man Tan Xiang") is the main dish Chengjiu spent an entire afternoon preparing. It's a renowned delicacy, time-consuming and complex to prepare, and boasts a rich menu of ingredients, including pig's trotters, pig's stomach, chicken gizzards, duck gizzards, fish maw, abalone, dried scallops, shiitake mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, and more.
Cheng Jiu held a large sealed jar with thick gloves.
"Come, be careful, move aside, the main course is here." As soon as Cheng Jiu opened the jar, the rich aroma of meat hit them in the face. Several young men couldn't help swallowing their saliva, it was too fragrant.
"Wow, Dad, this dish is really hard." Cheng Ye said in surprise.
Cheng Jiuni glanced at his son and said to the others with a smile, "This is your first time here, and your uncle's cooking skills are impressive. Today, you can eat as much as you want, ah."
“Thank you, uncle…”
Uncle Cheng’s cooking skills are really good. Several people sighed in their hearts while eating.
The stir-fried beef is fresh and tender, the white fish head soup is mellow and delicious...the best one is the Mantanxiang!
It is soft, tender and fragrant, but not greasy. The various ingredients complement and penetrate each other, and the flavors are absorbed into each other. It is wonderful and the taste is so fragrant that even the tongue is about to melt. Several people were conquered by the fragrance in the jar.
The last few people no longer cared about being reserved and moved much faster.
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