Chapter Eighteen: Braised Pork Ribs with Radish and Noodles
The peak dining time at the small restaurant is between 5 and 6 pm. After that time, the high school students leave in waves, and He Li's group is basically all gone.
After she finished cleaning up the dishes, she took Xiao Ran to a small restaurant for a meal.
Yu Miaoyin poked her head out of the kitchen regretfully and said, "I'm sorry, there's no more rice, but I have some noodles here, is that alright with you all?"
The moment Zhong Siqi stepped into the small restaurant and heard Yu Miaoyin apologize, her heart sank. Fortunately, Yu Miaoyin said they could still cook noodles, so she quickly went inside and ordered a serving.
Zhong Siqi felt dizzy, lightheaded, drowsy, weak, nauseous, and pale as soon as she arrived at Yu's Restaurant. But all these symptoms disappeared as soon as she arrived. She felt refreshed and even her resentment about going to work vanished.
People need to eat these things to have the energy to make a living!
The noodles were handmade noodles bought from the supermarket. They were quickly cooked after being briefly dipped in boiling water. Yu Miaoyin scooped a spoonful of braised pork ribs and radish onto the noodles. The broth in the pot had thickened after reducing, making it perfect for mixing with the noodles.
"Come on, Xiao Tangbao, have some too." Yu Miaoyin saw that she seemed to want to eat as well, and her eyes would light up when she looked at the noodles, just like the other diners, so she got her a bowl to satisfy her craving.
The noodles for Zhong Siqi were also served. She was so hungry after a long day at work that she was dizzy. When she saw the noodles, she couldn't wait. She picked up her chopsticks, took a strand of noodles, blew on it, and ate it. The soup on the noodles slid down slowly, and the aroma of wheat mixed with the smell of meat filled her nose.
Zhong Siqi blew on the noodles a few times before putting them in her mouth. The noodles were chewy, and the broth was rich and flavorful. She poked the radish with her chopsticks, and the radish, having absorbed the meat juices and savory sauce, split in two. She put it in her mouth, and the scalding hot broth and the radish's sweetness burst on her tongue. Zhong Siqi thought the radish was just as delicious as the meat.
Yu's Little Restaurant is her recharging station; a meal there makes her feel full of energy.
After finishing her busy work, He Li ate a bowl of radish and pork rib noodles. She took a bite of radish and a bite of pork rib. The radish was soft, sweet and tender, and the pork rib was large and chewy. The noodles were also infused with the aroma of meat. She felt that her fatigue from the previous work had been greatly reduced.
For the past few days, Wu Zixuan and Li Yutong have been pooling their money to eat at small restaurants. Although they have pocket money, it's only enough to buy a grilled sausage and a popsicle, so they have to pool their money to eat here.
Fortunately, Sister Yu Miaoyin is very kind-hearted, like a little angel, and she will give them a big bowl of food so that they can eat their fill.
Wu Zixuan wiped his mouth with satisfaction, propped his face up and thought to himself that his dream used to be to eat ice cream and spicy strips every day, but now his wish has changed. Now he hopes to eat a meal at Yu Ji Restaurant every day.
He glanced at Xiaotangbao again and cried with envy. This little girl gets to eat so many delicious things every day. She's so lucky!
As the evening sunlight grew dimmer, the afterglow of the sunset brilliantly illuminated half the sky, creating a beautiful scene. The small restaurant was filled with a warm and inviting atmosphere.
After eating and drinking his fill, Grandpa Xu got up and went home. Thinking that his children must be tired after a long day at work, Grandpa Xu started cooking as soon as he got home.
At 6:30, the whole family returned.
"Grandpa, I'm back!" Xu Ruian called out from the doorway.
Zhou Gui and Xu Changxing sat down to change their shoes. They were probably tired from working all day. They called out "Dad" softly, their voices revealing their exhaustion.
Grandpa Xu washed his hands, took the pickled lotus root slices out of the refrigerator, and handed them to the two of them, saying, "Try Xiaoyin's pickled lotus root slices, they're refreshing and appetizing."
Grandpa Xu sighed inwardly, "The weather in Yuncheng is really like something out of a ghost. It's already mid-September, and it's still this hot. When it's hot, people tend to lose their energy and have a poor appetite."
The two brought the pickled lotus root slices to the table. Xu Changxing took a bite; they were still icy cold, but the pickled pepper flavor was incredibly appetizing. Xu Changxing's eyes lit up. He had initially felt too hot to eat, but now his appetite was back, and he felt hungry.
It's so crispy, so spicy, and the spiciness is almost too good to pass up.
Zhou Gui also thought it was delicious. The fragrance of lotus root slices combined with pickled peppers created an incredibly crisp texture. The pickled peppers and bright red chili peppers swept across her tongue, making it so appetizing. She didn't want to eat too much at once, afraid that there wouldn't be any left.
“We still have some pickled pepper brine, so let’s cut some lotus root slices and soak them in it. With Xiaoyin’s pickled pepper brine, it won’t taste too bad,” Zhou Gui said.
Xu Changxing nodded; he couldn't bear to waste a drop and wished he could drink it all.
"Come on, Xiao An, have a small piece to try. You're still young, so you can't eat too much of this. Your mom and dad are adults, healthy, and can eat a lot." Zhou Gui gave the last slice of lotus root to Xu Ruian. She had been eating so happily that she had almost forgotten that she had a son who hadn't eaten yet.
On the other side, in the senior high school office of Yuncheng No.1 Middle School.
The homeroom teacher of Class 21 was grading homework. During break time, she called Xu Jiajia to her office. She had heard about Xu Jiajia's matter from the dean of students today, but she felt it was not a big deal. It was just students passing notes. Who hasn't passed notes during their school days?
Perhaps the dean of students' youth was different from theirs, but since the dean of students was still in his office, the homeroom teacher decided to call Xu Jiajia to his office.
"Jiajia, you're a good child, and your studies are good too. But you passed notes during self-study this afternoon, didn't you?" the homeroom teacher asked gently as she graded the homework.
"Hmm," Xu Jiajia replied weakly.
“We just talked about food. It’s so easy to get hungry in high school, and after we talked about it, I thought about what it tasted like, and I wasn’t hungry anymore. I had the energy to study properly,” Xu Jiajia said. She added that her homeroom teacher got along well with them, so she chose to confess.
The homeroom teacher paused in grading homework, then asked with a smile, "What good dishes does the school cafeteria have? I haven't eaten there in a long time. Since you recommended it to Yiling, recommend it to me too, I'd like to try it."
When she first came to the school, she tried the school cafeteria food, and it was objectively terrible, even the healthy food was terrible. So she preferred to spend some time cooking her own meals and bringing them to school. After all, being a homeroom teacher is already tough enough; if she had to make her own food suffer too, life would be meaningless.
Xu Jiajia chuckled and enthusiastically recommended, "It's not the school's! It's Yu's Little Restaurant, the one across from the school. Teacher, you absolutely have to try it, it's really super delicious!"
Yu's Little Restaurant?
Teacher Li happened to come in with water. She looked at Xu Jiajia and smiled, "Jiajia, are you here to ask a question?"
"No." Xu Jiajia smiled awkwardly, "I was recommending a good restaurant to the teacher, Yu's Little Restaurant."
She knew that Teacher Li had been there.
Upon hearing this, Teacher Li turned to Xu Jiajia's homeroom teacher and said, "Haven't you tried it yet? It's really delicious. It's a shop run by a young girl, and the food is very fragrant and cheap."
When the topic turned to food, Ms. Li unconsciously added a few more words: "The tea eggs she makes are especially delicious, unlike those from other shops."
While handling his work, Liu Jiang listened to the two teachers' conversation. "Yu's Little Restaurant? Is it really that good? I'll go try it and see what it's like." On the surface, he was a strict and impartial teacher beloved by his students, but in private, he was just an ordinary person who loved to eat and drink at small, unassuming restaurants on the street.
The students all said it was delicious, so he had to go and try it.
To avoid forgetting this important matter, Liu Jiang opened his memo app, typed in large characters, and wrote down: "Go try Yu's Restaurant across from the school."
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