Chapter 246: Hawthorn Stewed Pork Ribs
"The current academic official of this prefecture, Mr. Zhang, was my former student. He also received the news when he came back this time. And General Pei is also an old acquaintance. After all, we need to move around more in the future. It is a bit inconvenient to live here."
Sir Zhang, Gu Yunyi knew about it. He also told Xu Qingmeng about it during the college entrance examination.
However, Gu Yunyi didn't know the relationship between Mr. Shen and Mr. Zhang at that time. Now, hearing the tone, it seems that the relationship is still good.
Gu Yunyi did not expect that the gentleman was actually familiar with General Pei. Now that he had come to the capital, there would probably be people visiting him often. In this case, it would indeed not be suitable for him to live in the Gu family.
Gu Yunyi spoke to Xiao Lizi and asked him to find a boy he knew and rent a quiet yard for Mr. Shen near Gu's house.
Afterwards, Mr. Shen talked to He and Gu Yunyi, and went to see Zhizhi and Ruirui. Xu Qingmeng took Xinting to the backyard to prepare the meal.
The dishes at home had already been prepared. Xu Qingmeng and Xinting were the chefs, and three maids were helping them. The five of them worked together and soon cleared a large table.
After all, it was the first time that Xu Qingmeng met Gu Yunyi's husband, and he gave her a gift. Xu Qingmeng could also see Gu Yunyi's respect for Mr. Shen, so she naturally showed her best and cooked a large table of dishes.
Xu Qingmeng had bought some hawthorns before, so she thought of stewing some pork ribs with them. The resulting dish would be sour, sweet and appetizing and go really well with rice.
First wash the hawthorns, remove the core, and put them in a bowl for later use. The red hawthorns are plump and look like small lanterns, which are very cute.
Put the ribs in cold water and add ginger and yellow wine to remove the fishy smell. Blanch them in water, remove them and set aside. Pour oil into the pan and fry the ribs until they turn slightly yellow, then serve.
Leave a little oil in the pan, add rock sugar, stir-fry over low heat until it melts and turns into caramel, then add the pork ribs. After the ribs are colored, there is a hint of sweetness in the air.
Quickly add water to the pot to cover the ribs, then add appropriate amount of soy sauce and rice wine for seasoning, and finally add hawthorn, cover the pot and start simmering.
While the spare ribs were stewing, Xu Qingmeng then made a dish of delicious and spicy diced chicken.
Xu Qingmeng chose chicken breast, cut it into small pieces, mixed it with salt, rice wine, and an appropriate amount of starch, and marinated it for half an hour, then heated the oil in a pan.
At this time, pour more oil into the pot and fry the diced chicken over high heat until it is slightly golden brown. Then fry it again over low heat and remove it for later use.
"When making this, you need to fry it over high heat first, then take it out and fry it again over low heat. When it turns golden brown, take it out and set aside. This way, the fried chicken cubes will be crispy, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and not too dry."
Xu Qingmeng taught Xinting as she did it, and Xinting listened very carefully.
"Then you need to pour out some of the oil in the pot and fry the dried chilies, Sichuan peppercorns and minced garlic over low heat. You must use a low heat at this time, otherwise these things will get mushy. If they get mushy, they will lose their fragrance."
"When the ingredients are fried and fragrant, you can pour the fried golden and crispy diced chicken into the pot, stir-fry quickly over high heat, and finally add a little soy sauce to enhance the flavor, white sesame seeds and chopped green onions, stir-fry evenly and then it can be served."
Xu Qingmeng quickly scooped out the spicy diced chicken from the pot, and the kitchen was filled with a spicy and fresh aroma. However, since everyone had cooked chili oil before, they were able to accept the taste.
However, Yun Sheng and Yun Mo, who were in the yard, sneezed several times, but then they were attracted by the sour and sweet smell and ran out.
The two little guys first walked around the kitchen, and then when they heard that dinner would take a while, they stayed at the kitchen door and refused to leave, even though they were coughing badly.
Xu Qingmeng told the two that Mr. Shen had arrived. The two also remembered Mr. Shen, who was very nice to them, so they ran to the front yard.
At this time, Gu Shi was talking to Mr. Shen about the changes in the Gu family over the past year.
He had always been very respectful to Mr. Shen, and she told him every detail of the family affairs.
Mr. Shen had also heard about the Huang family's story when he returned to Yan County, but when he listened carefully now, he still sighed.
Especially the death of Gu Hongxin. When he was in Yan County, he often drank with him at Gu's house. Who would have thought that when he returned to Yan County again, he was gone.
Things have changed, people have changed, and the world is unpredictable. This is basically what it means.
Of course, apart from Gu Hongxin's affairs, everything else about the Gu family is good.
Gu Yunyi's scientific expedition went smoothly, he got married, had twins, and his family's shop was also doing very well. Just take the current courtyard as an example, it's clear that the Gu family is living a very good life now.
Mr. Shen was very happy for them. Of course, he felt a little sorry for his daughter for missing out on Gu Yunyi.
But it was still hard to think of Shen Yunyi who had severed ties with him. Forget it, let's not talk about it. She had to choose her own path in the future.
Later, Mr. Shen also mentioned Jinxiuxuan. However, the dim sum and appetizers at Jinxiuxuan were in short supply. He went there a little late, and there was nothing left when it was his turn.
When Mrs. He heard this, she quickly said, "This isn't that difficult to do. I'll ask Xinting and Mengniang to make some for you to try. Egg cakes, cakes, and pearl milk tea can all be made at home. They're even better than those in the store."
"Mom, is my sister-in-law going to make pearl milk tea?" Yun Sheng suddenly said this, almost scaring He.
"You kid, where did you come from? You scared me."
"Hehehe" Yun Sheng laughed and stuck out his tongue at He.
Mr. Shen was watching from the side, and his originally serious face was immediately filled with smiles.
"It's been a while since we last met. Yun Sheng and Yun Mo have both grown a lot taller!"
Yun Sheng always only remembered to eat. At this moment, he turned his head and looked at Mr. Shen without saying anything. Now, looking at Mr. Shen, he felt that he looked a little unfamiliar.
However, Yun Mo quickly walked to Mr. Shen’s side and shouted loudly: “Mr.
"Yun Mo is awesome! Do you still remember me? I heard from my brother that Yun Mo went to study?" Mr. Shen said lovingly while touching Yun Mo's head.
Yun Mo nodded.
Mr. Shen then asked a few questions about the children's elementary learning knowledge. Yun Mo answered very clearly and compared to Yun Sheng next to him, his homework was obviously very good.
Mr. Shen was very surprised and a little surprised. He just asked casually, but Yun Mo answered very fluently and clearly.
Mr. Shen is a person who loves talents. He has been dealing with knowledge all his life, and he asked a few more questions in his heart.
In fact, Yun Mo did not study with the teacher for a few days, but he was really smart and learned things very quickly. Whenever he encountered a problem, he would either Gu Yunyi or Zhou Yuanjia explain it to him, so his progress was not comparable to Yun Sheng's.
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