Chapter 42 The Most Important Person

When Su Taotao came out holding the little angel rubbing his eyes, Fu Zhengtu just came out of the bathroom after taking a shower. The eye-catching mark on his Adam's apple was particularly annoying, and Su Taotao almost could

n't hold him. The evidence was solid, and she couldn't deny it even if she wanted to.

Anyway, she was shameless now, and she didn't care about blushing. She walked over and stared at his Adam's apple, winked, and said in a low voice: "Go put on your clothes and button up."

Fu Zhengtu lowered his affectionate eyes, staring at Su Taotao's embarrassed watery eyes, and stroked his Adam's apple with his slender fingers. He suddenly approached and asked without any emotion: "Do you like this place?"

The place she took care of the most last night was his Adam's apple.

It's terrible!

Su Taotao took a step back, closed her eyes, and said without hesitation: "I like it, I like it! There are minors here, can you pay attention to the impact?"

Fu Zhengtu raised the corners of his lips and reached out to touch Chenchen's head: "Go wash up, Dad will teach you how to play military chess later."

Chenchen bit his chubby fingers, looked at his father, then at his mother, his eyes rolled a few times, then shook his head, hugged Su Taotao's neck, and said in a baby voice: "No~~I want Mommy~~"

Su Taotao hugged her son back and kissed him heavily on the face , walked towards the bathroom: "Good son, Mommy will take you to work today."

In the bathroom, the little guy obediently opened his mouth wide to let his mommy brush his teeth. After Su Taotao brushed his teeth clean, she gave him a glass of water. He gulped a few times and then spit it out, grinning to take credit: "Clean~~"

Su Taotao praised him: "You are very dust-free, very clean."

Su Taotao wrung a towel for him and let him wash his face by himself. Su Taotao usually let him do it by himself if it was within his ability. Finally, she helped him comb his hair and then took the fragrant little guy out for breakfast.

Today's breakfast is sweet potato porridge with wild vegetable cakes, and five bowls of malted milk. In front of Chenchen, there is a small bowl of egg custard.

Su Taotao let the little guy eat the egg custard first, and teased him, "Uncle didn't go to exchange goat milk today, so there is no goat milk tea. Can we drink Chenchen's malted milk?"

Chenchen raised his head from the egg custard, looked at the malted milk with his big eyes, and nodded in agreement: "Okay~~"

A two-year-old child should be at the age of guarding food, but the little guy didn't, and Su Taotao was very relieved.

She picked up the first bowl and asked him: "Who is this bowl for?"

Chenchen didn't think twice: "Mom~~"

Su Taotao smiled and was a little moved. She finally became the most important person in the little guy's mind.

Then Su Taotao stopped asking and gave one bowl to each person. The other rankings didn't matter, as long as she was the first.

When she finally gave the bowl to Fu Zhengtu, he shook his head and pushed the bowl back: "I don't drink it, you drink it."

Fu Zhengtu was sitting next to Chenchen. The kid who was busy fighting with the egg custard stopped what he was doing and pushed the malted milk next to him: "Drink~~Everyone~~"

Fu Zhengtu: "..." He lowered his eyes and stared at the kid.

Chenchen was not afraid at all, and raised his little chin: "Drink~~"

Su Taotao saw that the kid looked like "If you don't drink it, you are not giving me face", and couldn't help but "puff" and laughed.

Everyone laughed.

Fu Yuanhang explained, "It's a family rule to share good things together, but it's not like this every day."

Fu Zhengtu's face turned pale. He didn't expect that he would have to drink this sweet malt milk at the age of more than 20. He really didn't like it.

But looking at the little guy's big eyes with clear black and white, he couldn't say no, so he had to swallow it in one gulp.

Chenchen watched him finish drinking, nodded with satisfaction, and patted his arm encouragingly before he buried his head and continued to fight with the egg custard.

Su Taotao saw Fu Zhengtu's expression, which was more deadly than drinking Chinese medicine, and couldn't stop laughing.

After breakfast, Fu Zhengtu was ready to drive Su Taotao to the county town, but Su Taotao said, "Today is a market day, I'll go by tractor, you take some candies to the school, let Xiaohang say goodbye to the teacher and classmates, and pick us up at noon."

Fu Zhengtu's weakness is social etiquette, his job is destined not to need to curry favor with anyone, in his opinion, there is no need to make this trip, the village primary school was still in class yesterday, today dropped out of school to take care of younger brothers and sisters often happen, the teacher is not surprised, when busy will not even ask, Fu Yuanhang himself to tell the teacher is already respect.

But he still obeyed Su Taotao's arrangement.

Fu Yuanhang was the happiest one. He would never say it himself. Although he knew that his elder brother was willing to make this trip for his elder sister-in-law, he was still happier than ever. He could already imagine how envious his classmates were when they saw his elder brother.

Before leaving, Fu Yuanhang specially changed into the green military uniform and liberation shoes that Su Taotao bought for him, and then carried the new schoolbag that Zhou Linglan sewed for him. He looked clean and energetic.

He was childish for once. He opened his arms and turned around in front of Fu Zhengtu. He said proudly, "My sister-in-law bought it for me. Chenchen has it too. It's exactly the same. My sister-in-law said it's for brothers."

Fu Zhengtu reminded him, "It's for uncle and nephew."

Fu Yuanhang just smiled and didn't refute him. An elder sister-in-law is like a mother. He knew that Su Taotao raised him and Chenchen the same way.

Fu Yuanhang's schoolbag was filled with a lot of candies. He patted his schoolbag and said, "Let's go, big brother."

Then he walked out of the house with his head held high like a cock.

I don't know whether it should be said that time changes a person or that people get redder by being around red. Fu Yuanhang has been reborn and is no longer the timid little boy he used to be.

Fu Zhengtu thought that Su Taotao has a way of teaching children.

When Su Taotao arrived at the county town, she first went to the meat processing plant to buy fresh pork intestines. She bought a lot more, some of which she planned to take home for lunch.

This time she didn't have to do it herself. When she got to the back kitchen, she kept the dust on her back and watched Chef Xu and his team prepare the ingredients and boil a pot of brine that met the standard.

“If you remember this recipe and production steps well, you won’t make any mistakes. Selling salty food can save you a lot of trouble, and you won’t have to work so hard.”

Chef Xu nodded and said happily, “Yes, I heard that the second hotel has also started selling salty food, but the taste is not right, so no one buys it. People have become picky after getting used to your recipe.”

Su Taotao smiled and said, “No matter how delicious something is, you will get sick of it if you eat it too much. That’s why we need to keep coming up with new ideas. You can put the steamed rice noodles with black bean sauce in the pot now. Let’s test the heat.”

Chef Xu didn’t have to do any work. All the ingredients were ready, so he let the second chef get started.

Fresh vermicelli does not need to be washed too thoroughly, the starch inside is the essence of this dish. Put a clove of garlic in it and swish it around to make sure there are no roundworms or other dirty things inside.

There is a little trick to choosing vermicelli. You must choose the part with white or light pink starch inside. Do not choose the yellow part, which is bitter intestines. It is especially bitter. Washing it and boiling it in soup can reduce internal heat, but it is not delicious.

This is also one of the reasons why people always say that vermicelli is not delicious. Many people buy it directly and cook it together. The whole pot will be bitter and naturally not delicious.

The cutting of the vermicelli is also very demanding. First, divide the vermicelli into 10 cm long segments, then cut the back of the intestines, making sure the spacing is the same. Each cut is guaranteed to be cut, but the fat side must be connected and cannot be cut.

This is also the key to ensure that the vermicelli is easy to eat and chew.

Then it is the control of the heat. Boil it in boiling water for 10 seconds, remove the water, mix it with the prepared garlic and black bean sauce and chopped perilla, and steam it in a pot over high heat for three minutes.

When the time is up, take out the green onions and scatter them on the surface. Finally, drizzle a little hot oil and you are done.

Offal is not worth the money, but the work of cooking is labor-intensive, which is one of the reasons why offal is more expensive than meat in the 21st century.

Many traditional cooking methods have been lost. In this fast-paced era, it is a luxury to study and taste carefully.

After tasting a piece, Su Taotao gave the second chef a thumbs up and said, "Comrade Xiao Ding, I will pass this dish on to you. It will be your signature dish in the future. You must promote it." Su

Taotao ordered some rice and asked Chenchen to eat some with it. The little guy also liked it very much and ate with his eyes narrowed.

Su Taotao said, "Even dust can be bitten. Just remember the right heat. One more point will make it overcooked, one less point will make it raw. It takes a lot of effort."

Xiao Ding was very excited. He didn't know where to put his hands. He was usually responsible for some simple home-cooked dishes such as steamed fish, steamed eggs, fried vegetables, and fried tomatoes and eggs. Today was the first time he officially took charge of a signature dish. He cooked it very carefully, but he was really worried about messing it up.

Unexpectedly, it was successful. Su Taotao even said to pass it on to him.

"Thank you, thank you, Comrade Su." After saying that, he also glanced at Chef Xu.

Chef Xu said: "Watch what I do. If you do well, I will let you do it in the future. I am happy to have free time."

Xiao Ding was delighted: "Oh, I understand. Thank you, Chef."

They also tried to make a few of the other nine dishes in the past few days. They felt that they were not bad. Su Taotao's recipe was written in great detail. Even if it could not be copied 100%, it was almost the same.

Su Taotao also explained a lot of precautions, and it was time to leave officially.

Before leaving, Chef Xu gave her an envelope and a bag of things, and touched Chenchen's head: "Although I don't want to leave you, I also hope that you will get better and better."

Su Taotao took it and said: "Yes, you and the hotel will get better and better."

Su Taotao looked at the plaque with black characters on a red background "First Hotel" and felt a lot. This was her first job in the 1970s. She didn't work there for long, but she had a lot of feelings.

When she came out of the hotel, Fu Zhengtu was already waiting outside the door. He leaned against the front of the car, one hand on his chest, and the other fingertips pinched a cigarette. He raised his head slightly to look at the sky. In the lingering smoke, he suddenly turned his head to look over, and the sun fell on him, warm and dreamy, handsome and not like an ordinary person.

Seeing Su Taotao coming out, he immediately put out the cigarette in his hand, walked over and hugged Chenchen, and took the things in her hand.

A steady voice followed: "Go home."

Su Taotao was stunned for a while, and smiled slowly: "Yes, go home."

She and Chenchen may become his most important family one day in the future.

Love or not, maybe it is really not necessary to be so serious.