Chapter 65 Crystal Pork Skin Jelly
It was so delicious that I almost couldn't stop eating it.
If he hadn't remembered that he was Zhao Lan's study partner, Fan Yanjia almost couldn't stop. He resisted the temptation of delicious food, put on a fake smile, and politely asked: "Little Prince, the roasted lamb legs at the teacher's house are better than those at my restaurant. How about... try it...?"
Shuangrui glanced at his master, and seeing that he had no intention of refusing, he reached out and picked up a piece of shaved mutton with chopsticks, dipped it in the all-purpose sauce in front of him, and put it on the small plate in front of him.
Zhao Lan still took his time to pick up the food with his chopsticks and chew it slowly. It was hard to tell whether it was delicious or not.
Su Ruojin secretly complained, thinking that if he were to wear the clothes of a beggar who had nothing to eat or drink, he would have starved to death on the street with such a way of eating. He couldn't stand it anymore, so he went to the workshop to serve soup and sat at the table with his uncle Shu Tong and the others, happily eating meat and drinking soup.
Su Sanlang saw that his elder sister had not come yet and slipped off the stool, "I want to go get some soup, too."
Su Dalang saw that his brother was wobbling with his bowl and hurried over to help him. "Little Prince, Master Fan, you two eat first. I'll serve my brother some soup first."
Shuangrui blinked and thought, the Su family has servants and slaves, why don’t they serve at the table? It seems like there are no rules!
Cheng Yingzhen was already feeling awkward accompanying guests, and when she saw her children leave the table, she also took the opportunity to leave the table, "Husband, let me see the children!"
Su Yanli glanced towards the kitchen and nodded to his wife.
Soon, Su Yanli was the only one left at the dining table in the corridor with two students. He politely asked the two students to eat more food and even reached out to pour them cherry juice. Zhao and Fan both had servants beside them, who would let the teacher pour drinks for the students, and they hurriedly stepped forward to take the drinks and poured them for their respective masters.
Su Yanli smiled gently, took the serving chopsticks and helped the two students pick up some of the dishes that his daughter had worked so hard to make. "Try the crystal pork skin jelly made by my daughter. It's refreshing and delicious!"
Crystal pork skin jelly looks like crystal, with a translucent appearance, cool and refreshing, and melts in your mouth. It will make you hungry at first sight on a hot summer day.
"Thank you, teacher."
The world-weary young prince took the small plate and asked Su Yanli to put crystal pork skin jelly on it. He suddenly became very polite, so gentle that even Su Yanli was a little uncomfortable. After a slight pause, he smiled and picked up a few more dishes for him, including amaranth mixed with sesame oil, flavored eggplant, and appetizer sweet and sour pork ribs. He took one chopstick of each and filled the small plate.
Shuangrui tried to stop Dr. Su's chopsticks several times, but since his young master didn't refuse, he didn't dare to stop him.
After holding the young prince hostage, he filled a small plate for Young Master Fan, "Yan Jia, eat too."
"Yes, teacher." Fan Yanjia pointed at the roasted lamb leg and said unceremoniously, "I like this dish the most. It tastes better than the one in my restaurant."
The barbecue sauce in Fan's Restaurant is based on the recipe given by Su Ruojin. Logically, the taste should be the same, but with cooking, the same recipe may yield a thousand different flavors if made by a thousand people. How to make it delicious depends entirely on the cook's heart.
The food Su Ruojin prepares is just delicious, it really can’t be replicated.
When Shuangrui saw his little master's eyes fall on the crystal pork skin jelly, he hurriedly served the little master food, one piece, two pieces... The little master actually ate the whole small plate, and Shuangrui was very happy.
The young master had a weak spleen and stomach and poor appetite since childhood, and he didn't eat much at each meal. The princess was really worried about the young master eating more and growing stronger. She didn't expect that he ate a whole day's worth of food in one meal at the Su family. How could he not be happy?
Su Ruojin didn't expect to eat in the workshop. Her brothers, sisters and mother all came. When Mrs. Dong and the others saw the young lady coming, they all stood up and offered their seats. Su Ruojin stopped them and said, "Eat your food."
She stood up and took her mother and the others into the small kitchen, "Mom, I'll make some plain noodles for you."
Cheng Yingzhen nodded and listened to her daughter.
Su Ruojin thought about it and opened the big pot of stew. She poked it with chopsticks. Although the mutton was not cooked yet, it was almost done. She served a small bowl to each of the three of them and said, "When you finish your mutton soup, my Yangchun noodles will be ready."
With the two noble gentlemen present, the Su family members didn't eat well. So they would wait until they left in the afternoon and then have a good meal in the evening.
After a while, Xianggui and Maoya finished eating. They came over and brought the noodles to the dining table in the corridor.
In the north, noodles tend to have a heavier taste and flavor, so when the plain noodles with only chopped green onions were served, Fan Yanjia thought that the Fan family had used up all the meat and vegetables and only had the noodles left?
Fan Yanjia ate a lot of roasted lamb and felt that he was full. It didn't matter whether he had the staple food or not. He wanted to stop eating, but he saw Zhao Lan pick up the noodles and eat them slowly.
Fan Yanjia: …
He took a quick look at the whole thing and thought to himself that this little ancestor only ate three bites of food with his chopsticks in half an hour last night in his restaurant, but today, the teacher gave him a lot, so much that there must be two small bowls of food in the bowl!
It turns out that it wasn’t that he didn’t want to eat, but that he didn’t get to eat what he wanted!
Fan Yanjia secretly clicked his tongue, wondering why Su Erniang’s cooking was so delicious, as if she added some mysterious seasoning.
Fan Yanjia actually guessed it. Isn't it just the magic weapon to enhance the flavor - MSG? It is made by grinding small shrimps and dried shiitake mushrooms into a fine powder as fine as MSG. How can the dish not be delicious if they are added to it?
Seeing that Zhao Lan had finished eating, Fan Yanjia also picked up the bowl and drank a sip of the soup first. As soon as the soup went down his throat, he was attracted by its freshness and could not help but take a second mouthful... and a third mouthful. In a short while, the small bowl of plain noodles was finished.
I eat more at noon than I do at home for two meals.
Fan Yanjia couldn't walk anymore, so he lay on the bamboo chair in the corridor and looked at the scenery in the courtyard. "Su Sanlang, you eat so much at noon every day, and then sit here to enjoy the breeze and the scenery, right?"
It’s obviously a very small yard and you can see the gate, but when he sits here he feels like he has lived a peaceful life. How strange!
Su Sanlang didn't even have time to reply. He turned to look at Zhao Lan and said, "Young Prince, how about we leave in the evening?"
After finishing her meal, Su Ruojin stood in the corridor to digest her food while watching Xianggui and Maoya clear the table. What did this mean? She wanted to treat him to another meal in the evening. Her ears perked up to hear what Zhao Lan would say. She thought, her house is so small, the two nobles can't stay here, they should just digest their food and leave!
As a result, Zhao Lan actually said "hmm".
Su Ruojin thought she was hallucinating, and quickly followed Xiang Gui who came from the other end of the corridor into the kitchen, and asked in a low voice, "Auntie Gui, did I hear it right?"
Xiang Gui smiled and said, "Even the young nobles like the food cooked by the Second Lady."
Su Ruojin: ...These two guys have eaten all kinds of food, why did they stay? To learn from his father?
Su Yanli sat at the door of the study, reading a book and digesting his food. The two bamboo chairs in the corridor were used by him and his wife to enjoy the cool air and digest their food, but they were occupied by the two young masters. They half-reclining there to enjoy the breeze and were so comfortable that they didn't want to leave.
(End of this chapter)
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