483 Still the same after all these years
Su Taotao cooked hot pot on a charcoal stove, not the copper pot commonly seen in the capital.
In the clay pot of just the right size, a milky white soup made from sheep's feet, Chinese yam, red dates, and wolfberries was boiling.
Su Taotao first served everyone a bowl of soup as a base.
Lamb slices as thin as cicada wings were scooped up with a colander, and taken out after being boiled in the boiling soup for a few seconds, and then served with the Erba sauce that was just drained and mixed with garlic and chopped green onions.
A bowl of soup and a bite of meat in winter, this life is really worth living.
The half-grown children feed the poor parents, and there are actually a lot of lamb slices prepared at home, but not enough for everyone to skip the staple food and eat meat to their heart's content.
After the meat was finished, the sheep's trotters were already stewed to a mushy state. Su Taotao put the noodles in, and then added a handful of Chinese cabbage, and it was another bowl of delicious sheep's trotter soup noodles.
Su Taotao first divided the noodles and vegetables into bowls, then put a sheep's trotter on it, and finally poured enough soup on it.
"We made this chili oil ourselves, it's fragrant but not spicy. Zigui tasted a little first, and if you like it, pour it on the sheep's trotters to eat with it, it tastes better."
Su Taotao's family is used to eating like this, from light to heavy, not only will it not be greasy, but also the layers of taste are richer and more appetizing.
Chen Zigui tasted a little and it was indeed very fragrant. He liked the taste very much and couldn't help but add a spoonful.
The snow-white sheep's trotter soup noodles turned red instantly, and the sight of them made
people salivate. Fu Yuanhang and Chenchen naturally loved everything Su Taotao made.
"Adding a little vinegar will make it more refreshing." Chenchen said.
Chen Zigui followed Chenchen's example and added a little vinegar. Sure enough, it tasted different and delicious.
Chenchen didn't lie to him. His mother's cooking was really delicious!
There was enough noodles and vegetarian dishes, and the children all enjoyed their meals.
Especially Chen Zigui, he doesn't have much appetite, mainly because the food from foreign countries doesn't suit his appetite, he eats less, and his family doesn't care about food, they eat light food, and his grandfather is old, so he only eats until he is 70% full, he rarely eats so much.
So in fact, he is thinner than his peers, otherwise he wouldn't be just a little taller than the 8-year-old Chen Chen at the age of 11.
Or maybe it's the first time he has tasted the profoundness of the cuisine of his motherland since he grew up. It's just a simple mutton pot, but it can taste so many layers.
He really envies Chen Chen.
Probably because Fu Yuanhang and Chen Chen both eat deliciously.
Chenchen said that another reason why he grew tall and strong might be because he had a big appetite. He loved eating home-cooked meals since he was a child, and he always ate very well and happily.
Chen Zigui began to look forward to Chenchen's store opening soon, so that he could eat such delicious meals every day at noon.
After dinner, Su Taotao asked the children to take a nap.
She reserved one of the rooms as a nap room, also for the convenience of Chenchen and Fu Yuanhang to take a nap.
After having enough food and drinks, Chen Zigui lay on the warm kang and couldn't help asking:
"Chenchen, when will your restaurant open? Will you sell mutton hotpot in the future?" Chenchen
thought for a while and said, "I don't know. Maybe we need to attract enough customers before we can open the store. It's useless to open the store without customers.
As for mutton hotpot, I should sell it in winter. I must sell other things in summer. Who has any problem eating hotpot in such a hot summer?
But my mother has too many recipes. This hotpot doesn't even count. It's just a casual lunch in our family."
Chen Zigui sighed. If a casual lunch was so delicious, how delicious it would be if he opened a restaurant and put other popular dishes on the menu.
Chenchen casually mentioned eight or ten of Su Taotao's specialties.
Chenchen's ability to express himself is so strong that he can describe them in all aspects, including color, aroma and taste.
Chen Zigui swallowed his saliva again and again, and finally couldn't help but got up and rummaged in his schoolbag. Finally, he took out a big Tuanjie and put it in Chenchen's hand:
"Can I make a reservation for lunch in advance? I want to be the first to eat when you open the restaurant!"
Fu Yuanhang, who was drawing a menu on the side: "..."
Why draw a menu? Why worry about no customers? Let Chenchen stand at the door to attract customers, and he will attract customers with his eloquent tongue.
Chenchen shook his head and pushed Chen Zigui's hand away: "You are the first good friend I made in the capital. I will be the first to inform you when the store opens. You don't have to give me money in advance."
Chen Zigui was so satisfied: "Then it's settled!"
After their lunch break, Su Taotao also prepared a return gift, a bag of new and old coconut candies, and a small can of chili oil.
As the saying goes, reciprocity, good relationships between people are slowly formed through the give and take of each other.
Chen Zigui didn't care much about candy, but he couldn't resist chili oil. He was already thinking about what gift to bring to Chenchen when he returned home.
"Zigui is a good child, but his family may not be simple." After all, Zhou Linglan grew up in the old city, so she still has this kind of vision.
Su Taotao: "To us, Chen Zigui is just a good friend of Chen Chen. It's OK as long as he has good character."
If Chen Chen's friends are in trouble, she will try to help them. If their families are too rich, she will not take advantage of them.
Zhou Linglan nodded: "That's right."
...
Bai Hua's train arrived at 4 pm.
Su Taotao took Fu Yuanhang to the train station to pick him up. Zhou Linglan took Chen Chen home to cook after school.
"Sister Su, here, here, I'm here!"
Although they hadn't seen each other for just half a month, the moment Su Taotao saw Bai Hua, she actually felt the joy of meeting an old friend in a foreign land.
In fact, there were several people from the factory who were admitted to universities in the capital, but they started school at different times, some came early, some came late. The person who took the same train with Bai Hua was actually another male high school classmate of hers.
However, Su Taotao didn't know him, so she greeted him and then parted ways.
Fu Yuanhang took the things from Bai Hua's hand.
She mailed all the things she didn't need for the time being, but she still brought a lot of bags.
Bai Hua hugged Su Taotao tightly and jumped a few times, she was so excited that tears almost came out.
To Bai Hua, Su Taotao was her adopted parent. If she hadn't met Su Taotao, she might still be running around in the black market. How could she have the opportunity to finish high school, work in a factory office, and then go to college in the capital?
When her stepmother knew that she was admitted to the University of Foreign Languages, the expression on her face was so wonderful.
And her filthy biological father told her that he would return home with wealth and take her back to his hometown to worship his ancestors during the New Year.
Ugh, except for her grandmother and mother, she doesn't worship any ancestors!
She won't even worship her biological father when he dies!
After Bai Hua hugged Su Taotao, she stood on tiptoe to rub Fu Yuanhang's head: "Has Ah Hang grown taller again?"
Fu Yuanhang turned his head away: "No, don't move."
Bai Hua smiled brightly: "You haven't changed after so many years, you are still so serious."
Bai Hua is no longer the tomboy she used to be. At the age of 18, she has bright eyes and white teeth, and is almost as tall as Su Taotao. She has grown into a beautiful and incomparable beauty.
She and Su Taotao can be equally beautiful when standing together.
However, Su Taotao is the kind of soul-stirring and indisputable beauty, salty or sweet, with natural charm;
Bai Hua's beauty is offensive, the kind of sister Yu type who looks like she is not easy to mess with.
Su Taotao smiled: "You haven't changed at all in all these years, have you? Let's go, we'll talk about it when we get back."
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