Chapter 320 I heard I am the best (7)
"Dad! This bad woman hit me!" Li Ji saw Li Wei and immediately complained, "I told you she was vicious! Come and save me..."
Zhou Shichu loosened his hand and let Li Ji go. Li Ji immediately slid behind his father as fast as a loach. Even the beating did not affect his speed at all.
Li Wei looked at Zhou Shichu steadily, waiting for her explanation.
"Your son wanted to steal food, but he didn't even wash his hands and just took it with his dirty hands. I tried to persuade him but he didn't listen, so I had to beat him." Zhou Shichu said coldly, hugging his arms.
Li Wei glanced at the two large bowls of fragrant meatballs on the table, lowered his head and asked Li Ji: "Is what she said true?"
Li Ji knew that what he did was wrong, so he shook his head like a rattle and denied it repeatedly, "No! He slandered me, she just wanted to beat me and bully me!"
Zhou Shichu looked at him with contempt: "Before you lie, at least hide your dirty hands and bribe Aunt Qian."
When Li Ji heard this, he hid his hands behind his back with a guilty conscience.
Well, now he has confessed. Li Wei saw through his trick, but did not jump to conclusions immediately. After all, Zhou Shichu did not have much credibility with him, so he asked Aunt Qian who was present: "Aunt Qian, is this what Madam said?"
Aunt Qian glanced at Zhou Shichu and nodded quickly: "Yes, the young master did want to eat the meatballs, but he refused to wash his hands, so Madam stopped him."
Li Wei then grabbed Li Ji by the collar and went out. Li Ji was so scared that he struggled and begged for mercy: "Dad! I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again next time!"
The annoying person left, and Zhou Shichu asked Aunt Qian: "Do you have any mutton left after making the mutton soup?"
Aunt Qian said, "There is also a piece of lamb tenderloin."
"Leave it to me. I'll fry a few lamb chops."
Although Aunt Qian was a little confused, she followed the instructions and left the piece of tenderloin to Zhou Shichu.
Zhou Shichu cut the tenderloin into palm-sized pieces and hit the meat several times with a rolling pin to break up the lamb fascia to make the meat more tender. He then marinated the lamb chops with various seasonings.
It’s a pity that there are no bread crumbs at the moment... But the lamb chops wrapped in a paste made of flour and eggs and fried are not bad.
As the lamb chops were put into the oil pan, a strong aroma of meat wafted out immediately. The chops that were fried into golden and shiny shape looked very appetizing.
Aunt Qian had just been watching Zhou Shichu's series of actions and thought she was just fooling around with the mutton. She was surprised to see that she had actually made a very tempting product.
"Ma'am, did you really make this fried lamb chops?!" Aunt Qian came over and looked at it curiously.
"Watch my method carefully and remember it. You must learn it next time." Zhou Shichu said to her. You can't always make fried lamb chops yourself every time you want to eat them, right? So it is necessary to train someone, and Aunt Qian is just the right person.
"Madam, are you saying that I can learn this cooking method? But isn't this your secret recipe? How am I qualified to learn it?" Aunt Qian looked like she was struggling internally. At this time, a personal cooking method could indeed be considered a secret recipe. Many families would only pass it down to their children and grandchildren and would never pass it down to others. Aunt Qian was just a servant, and Zhou Shichu asked her to learn it. How could this not shock Aunt Qian?
Aunt Qian really wanted to learn, but she was afraid that Zhou Shichu would regret it later, so she asked her again and again.
Zhou Shichu didn't take this little thing seriously and nodded, "If I say you are qualified to learn, then you are qualified. Do I have to make this dish myself if I want to eat it in the future?"
"No, no! Of course I will do it!" Aunt Qian said excitedly, "Madam, please rest assured that I will keep this secret recipe a secret! No one can know how to make this lamb chop from me..."
Zhou Shichu nodded indifferently.
Li Wei was talking with some of his men in his study when he suddenly smelled a piercing fragrance that was extremely tempting, as if it had a hook that hooked people's greed.
"Boss, what did your family cook today? It smells so good!" A big man with a beard asked, sniffing hard.
"Yes, boss. The fragrance is so tempting that my mouth is watering." Another thinner man also said with a smile.
"Hey, boss, can we have a meal at your house today?" The remaining short and fat Black Plate blinked his eyes and asked cunningly.
"Yes, yes! It's getting late. We must have eaten at home. When I went out in the morning, I specifically told my family not to leave any food for me. Alas! It looks like I'm going to starve." The bearded man said while secretly glancing at Li Wei.
Li Wei could see through the tricks of his three men. He glared at them and said, "Alright, alright, you've said so much, but you still want to stay at my house for dinner? I'm not forbidding you to stay!"
"Thank you, boss! You're so nice!" The bearded man was overjoyed and thanked him quickly.
"Boss, you promised this yourself, you can't go back on your word!" the short and fat man reminded with a grin.
"Shut up! I'm not that stingy that I won't even let you have a meal." Li Wei looked at the three men and said unhappily, "Do you three need it? It's just a meal."
"Rice is rice, but dishes are different. I don't know what kind of dishes you cooked at home, but they smell so good that they arouse my appetite. I can't stand it..." The bearded man said while touching his stomach and swallowing his saliva. He looked so greedy that Li Wei felt his eyes hurt just by looking at him.
Not long after, Aunt Qian came to invite them out for dinner.
"Sister-in-law, hey, I'm really sorry to have to eat at your house." The bearded man, that is, Wang Shan, said to Zhou Shichu with a naive smile.
Zhou Shichu glanced at Li Wei and saw that he didn't say anything. He immediately understood that he agreed, so he replied, "Welcome, you're welcome, just eat whatever you want."
"Thank you, sister-in-law." The short and fat Hong Sheng said politely, but in his heart he was thinking about his boss's legendary shrewish wife. She didn't look like a shrew, and he didn't know how she got such a bad reputation.
But he soon had no time to think about anything else, because the dishes on the table caught his attention.
Li Wei was a rough man from the military, and his subordinates were naturally the same. There was no such thing as not talking while eating or sleeping, or having separate tables for men and women.
Therefore, Zhou Shichu and her sister and Li Wei ate at the same table. They were all rough people who didn't care about rules and etiquette, so they were naturally not restrained, so the meal was very lively.
"Oh, I've never eaten meatballs like this before. What kind of meat is it made of? It tastes so delicious?" Wang Shan asked in surprise after eating a tofu meatball.
(End of this chapter)
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