Chapter 163: Conquer
Lu Qianling really liked this little jade rabbit, but after knowing its price, she wanted to persuade Meng Chuyuan not to buy it, but she failed.
Now when she sees this little thing, Lu Qianling feels more distressed than fond of it.
Grandma Lu didn't react much. She lowered her eyes and focused her gaze back on the jade in her hand.
A few seconds later, Grandma Lu's deep and experienced voice echoed in the quiet hall: "Seven million is indeed a bit expensive."
"I think it's too expensive too." It was rare for someone to stand on the same side with her, and Lu Qianling felt a sense of superiority.
Meng Chuyuan remained very calm and his emotions were not affected at all. He even sat next to Grandma Lu and listened attentively.
Seeing that Grandma Lu was so serious, she thought she must be quite knowledgeable about jadeite and other things, and maybe she could learn something from Grandma Lu.
Grandma Lu weighed the jade with her hand and said calmly, "This piece of jade is indeed good, but the weight is a little off."
"Grandma, how much do you think this piece of jade is worth?" Out of curiosity, Lu Qianling asked in advance for Meng Chuyuan.
"About six million or so." Grandma Lu paused for two seconds and added, "But you said it was the treasure of the store. Selling it to you for seven million is very conscientious."
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Grandma Lu has been staying here for two days, and Meng Chuyuan has cooked almost every meal herself.
She knew that the old man had bad teeth, so she stewed the meat until it was soft and also selected some tenderer vegetables to cook.
Meng Chuyuan heard Grandma Lu say that she wanted to eat braised pork elbow that day, so she got up early the next day and went to the vegetable market to buy fresh pork elbow and a few other dishes that everyone liked.
The pork elbows were very hairy when they were bought, and Meng Chuyuan spent a lot of time removing the hair from the surface of the pig skin.
Lu Qianling's happy weekend is about to end today. After finishing the homework left over from last week, she came to the kitchen out of boredom.
Looking at Meng Chuyuan's busy figure, Lu Qianling stood by and could not help at all.
"Did you buy pork knuckle?"
Meng Chuyuan hummed softly: "Grandma said she wanted to eat."
Grandma Lu was going back after lunch, so Meng Chuyuan wanted to prepare this braised pork elbow for her to try.
Lu Qianling raised her head, looking at her in surprise, and asked doubtfully, "Grandma said she wanted to eat it, so you cooked it? How come you can cook everything?"
“This dish is not difficult.”
After Meng Chuyuan cleaned the last piece of pork elbow, she washed it with clean water, cut a few times on both sides, put it in the pot, added some cooking wine, and when it was almost cooked, she took out the pork elbow and drained the water.
Secondly, she heated up some oil in a pan, put the pork elbow into the pan and fried it until the skin turned golden brown, then took it out.
Then, Meng Chuyuan filled a pot with water, added various seasonings, and boiled the pork elbow. After the pork elbow was cooked, he took it out after removing the bones. Finally, he cooked a portion of the pork elbow sauce...
Lu Qianling watched Meng Chuyuan go back and forth several times before finally making the braised pork elbow.
After watching the whole process, Lu Qianling was stunned: "...Isn't this easy? The elbow goes in and out of the pot again."
Since stewing meat takes a long time, Meng Chuyuan spent nearly three hours just making this dish.
Meng Chuyuan glanced at Lu Qianling and smiled faintly, "If you want to make delicious dishes, you have to put in some thought."
She really enjoys the cooking process, and Meng Chuyuan is willing to do it even if it takes more time.
Meng Chuyuan cleaned the pot and looked back at Lu Qianling. "Shall I make you some tiger skin chicken feet?"
Lu Qianling nodded excitedly: "Okay, show me how to do it."
In fact, Lu Qianling doesn’t like places with heavy smoke. When the family cooks at home, she usually doesn’t come to the kitchen.
I don’t know why, but when she sees Meng Chuyuan cooking, she likes to come over and watch very attentively.
Meng Chuyuan poured the bag of chicken feet into clean water, cleaned it with salt water, cut off the sharp nails of the chicken feet, put them into the pot to blanch, added ginger slices, green onion segments and cooking wine, and cooked for a while before taking them out.
Then she grabbed a handful of rock sugar and put it into a clean pot, added some water and fried it until it turned caramel color, and set it aside. Then she washed the pot, poured in a proper amount of oil, poured the plate of chicken feet in, fried it for a while, and took it out when the surface turned golden yellow.
She glanced at Lu Qianling in her busy schedule and said, "Find me a bag of ice and a few bottles of ice water. I'll need them later."
"Oh." Lu Qianling turned around and ran to open the refrigerator, found a bag of ice cubes and two bottles of refrigerated mineral water.
Meng Chuyuan told her: "Pour this on the chicken feet and let them soak for a while, and you will have the tiger skin."
"So that's how it is." After Lu Qianling understood, she immediately poured in the ice cubes and added two bottles of mineral water.
While Meng Chuyuan was preparing the next seasoning, Lu Qianling was observing the pot of soaked chicken feet, curious: "Can this really make the skin look tiger-skin?"
"Wait a little longer, the time is too short."
After about twenty minutes, the chicken feet really began to have the effect of tiger skin.
Meng Chuyuan poured the ice water out of the basin, drained the chicken feet, poured them into the pot and stir-fried them, added some seasonings and the rock sugar water that had just been fried, as well as an appropriate amount of bean paste.
Lu Qianling stood nearby, smelling the aroma coming from the pot and couldn't help licking her lips: "It smells so good."
Meng Chuyuan smiled and said calmly, "Wait until the juice is absorbed, it will be ready soon."
After the tiger skin chicken feet were out of the pot, Lu Qianling secretly tasted one in the kitchen. The chicken feet tasted very good, and the meat was incredibly soft, falling off the bone in her mouth.
Lu Qianling finished her meal in no time and gave Meng Chuyuan a thumbs-up: "Little Meng, you didn't graduate from New Oriental, did you?"
"You think too highly of me."
Lu Qianling looked at her sincerely and said, "Really, it's much better than what you get outside."
She always thought that the chef she hired at home was the best, which led to them always complaining that the food they ate out was not as good as the food at home.
However, today, Lu Qianling felt that Meng Chuyuan's cooking skills were no worse than those of high-paid chefs.
Meng Chuyuan curled his lips and smiled: "If you want to learn, I can teach you."
"Is it the kind that guarantees teaching and learning?"
She raised her eyebrows and looked at Lu Qianling, and said without hesitation: "Of course."
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Grandma Lu basked in the sun outside in the yard for a while, then slowly walked into the living room. She smelled a rich fragrance and came to the dining room on her own initiative.
Glancing at Meng Chuyuan and Lu Qianling in the kitchen, Grandma Lu came over curiously and asked softly, "Is it time for dinner?"
Meng Chuyuan: "Grandma, dinner will be ready soon."
I just chatted with Lu Qianling for a while, which delayed me a bit. Now Meng Chuyuan is making fried stuffed tofu, and the last dish left is stir-fried snow peas.
When Lu Qianling saw her grandmother coming over, she suddenly moved aside and helped her grandmother over: "Grandma, she also made your favorite braised pork elbow."
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