Chapter 42 The Most Important Person

When Su Taotao came out holding the little angel rubbing his eyes, Fu Zhengtu just came out of the bathroom after taking a shower. The conspicuous mark on his Adam's apple was particularly eye-catching, and Su Taotao almost couldn't hold him steady.

The evidence is solid, and she can't deny the debt even if she wants to.

Anyway, she was already shameless now, and didn't care about blushing. She walked over to him, stared at his Adam's apple, winked, and said in a low voice: "Go put on your clothes and button them up."

Fu Zhengtu lowered his affectionate eyes, staring at Su Taotao's somewhat embarrassed eyes without blinking, and touched his Adam's apple with his slender fingers. He suddenly approached and asked without any emotion: "Do you like it here?"

The part she paid the most attention to last night was his Adam's apple.

It’s terrible!

Su Taotao took a step back, closed her eyes, and said, "I like it, I like it! There are minors here, can you please pay attention to the impact?"

Fu Zhengtu raised the corners of his lips and reached out to touch Chen Chen's head: "Go wash up, Dad will teach you how to play military chess later."

Chenchen bit his chubby fingers, looked at his father and mother, rolled his eyes, then shook his head, hugged Su Taotao's neck tightly, and said in a baby voice: "No~~ I want Mommy~~"

Su Taotao hugged her son back, kissed him hard on the cheek, and walked towards the bathroom: "My dear son, Mommy will take you to work today."

In the bathroom, the little guy opened his mouth wide and let his mother brush his teeth. After Su Taotao finished brushing, she gave him a glass of water. He gulped a few times and then spit it out, grinning and asking for credit: "Clean~~"

Su Taotao praised him: "It's very clean and dust-free."

Su Taotao rolled out a towel for him and asked him to wash his face himself. Su Taotao usually let him do things within his ability. Finally, she helped him comb his hair and then took the fragrant little guy out for breakfast.

Today's breakfast is sweet potato porridge with wild vegetable cakes, and there are also five bowls of malted milk, and a small bowl of egg custard in front of Chenchen.

Su Taotao let the boy eat the egg custard first and teased him, "Uncle didn't go to exchange goat milk today, so there is no goat milk tea. Can we drink Chen Chen's malted milk?"

Chen Chen raised his head from the egg custard, looked at the malted milk with his big eyes, and nodded in agreement: "Okay~~"

A two-year-old child should be at the age of guarding food, but the little guy didn't do that, and Su Taotao was very relieved.

She picked up the first bowl and asked him, "Who is this bowl for?"

Chen Chen said without thinking: "Mom~~"

Su Taotao smiled and was a little moved. She finally became the most important person in the little guy's mind.

Su Taotao stopped asking and gave one bowl to each person. The other rankings didn’t matter, as long as she was first.

When he finally gave it to Fu Zhengtu, he shook his head and pushed the bowl back: "I don't want to drink it, you guys drink it."

Fu Zhengtu was sitting next to Chen Chen. The boy who was fighting with the chicken and egg custard stopped what he was doing and pushed the malted milk next to him: "Drink~~Everyone~~"

Fu Zhengtu: “…” He lowered his eyes and stared at the boy.

Chen Chen was not afraid at all, he raised his little chin and said: "Drink~~"

Seeing the young guy's look that said "If you don't drink, you're not giving me face", Su Taotao couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Everyone laughed.

Fu Yuanhang explained: "It's a family rule to share good things together, but it's not like this every day."

Fu Zhengtu looked pale. He never thought that he would have to drink this sweet and greasy maltose at the age of over 20. He really didn't like it.

But looking at the little guy's big eyes with clear black and white, I couldn't say no, so I had to bite the bullet and swallow it.

Chenchen watched him finish drinking and nodded with satisfaction. His little meaty hand patted his arm encouragingly before he continued to fight with the egg custard.

Su Taotao couldn't stop laughing when she saw Fu Zhengtu's expression, which was even more terrifying than taking Chinese medicine.

After breakfast, Fu Zhengtu was ready to drive Su Taotao to the county town, but Su Taotao said, "Today is a market day, I'll go by tractor, you take some candy to school, let Xiaohang say goodbye to the teacher and classmates, and pick us up at noon."

Fu Zhengtu's weakness is social skills. His job does not require him to curry favor with anyone. In his opinion, there is no need to make this trip. It is common for children to drop out of school to take care of their younger brothers and sisters at home while they were in class yesterday. The teachers are used to it and will not even ask about it when they are busy. Fu Yuanhang himself said yes to the teacher, which was a sign of respect.

But he still obeyed Su Taotao's arrangements.

Fu Yuanhang was the happiest one. He would never say this himself, although he knew that his elder brother was willing to make this trip entirely for the sake of his elder sister-in-law, but he was still happiest than ever before. He could already imagine how envious his classmates were when they saw his elder brother.

Before going out, Fu Yuanhang specially changed into the green military uniform and Liberation shoes that Su Taotao bought for him, and carried the new schoolbag that Zhou Linglan sewed for him. He looked clean and energetic.

He was childish for once. He opened his arms and turned around in front of Fu Zhengtu, saying proudly, "My sister-in-law bought it for me. Chenchen has it too, and it's exactly the same. My sister-in-law said it's a brother's outfit."

Fu Zhengtu reminded him: "It's uncle and nephew costumes."

Fu Yuanhang just smiled and didn't refute him. An elder sister-in-law is like a mother. He knew that Su Taotao raised him the same way as Chenchen.

Fu Yuanhang's schoolbag was filled with candies. He patted his schoolbag and said, "Let's go, brother."

Then he walked out of the house with his head held high like a proud rooster.

I don’t know whether to say that time changes a person, or that birds of a feather flock together, but Fu Yuanhang has been transformed and is no longer the timid little boy he used to be.

Fu Zhengtu thought that Su Taotao had her own way of teaching children.

When Su Taotao arrived in the county, she first went to the meat processing factory to buy some fresh pork intestines. She bought a lot more, intending to take some home for herself to eat at noon.

This time I didn't have to do it myself. I went to the kitchen and kept the dust on my back, watching Chef Xu and his team prepare the ingredients and cook a pot of satisfactory brine.

"If you remember this recipe and the steps, you won't make any mistakes. Selling brines will save you a lot of trouble, and you won't have to work so hard."

Chef Xu nodded and said cheerfully, "Yes, I heard that the second hotel has also started selling salty dishes, but the taste is not right, so no one buys them. After getting used to your recipe, they have become picky."

Su Taotao smiled and said, "No matter how delicious something is, you will get tired of it if you eat too much. That's why we need to keep introducing new dishes. It's time to put the steamed rice noodle sausage in black bean sauce in the pot. Let's test the heat to see if it works."

Chef Xu did not have to do any work as all the ingredients were ready, so he let the second chef get started.

There is no need to wash the fresh vermicelli too thoroughly, as the starch inside is the essence of this dish. Put a clove of garlic in it and stir it around to make sure there are no dirty things such as roundworms inside.

There is a little trick to choosing starchy intestines. You must choose the part where the starch inside the intestine is white or light pink. Never choose the yellow part. That part is bitter intestines and is particularly bitter. Washing it clean and boiling it in soup can reduce internal heat, but it does not taste good.

This is one of the reasons why people always say that vermicelli is not tasty. Many people buy it and cook it together. The whole pot will be bitter and naturally it will not taste good.

The cutting process of chopping vermicelli also requires great knife skills. First, divide the vermicelli into ten-centimeter-long segments, and then make cuts on the back, making sure the spacing is consistent and each cut is guaranteed to be a break, but the side with the fat must be connected and cannot be cut.

This is also the key to ensuring that the vermicelli is easy to eat and chew.

Then it’s about controlling the heat. Boil the vegetables in boiling water for ten seconds, remove them from the water and drain the water. Add the prepared garlic, black bean sauce and chopped basil, and steam them over high heat for three minutes.

When the time is up, take out the green onions and scatter them on the noodles. Finally, drizzle a little hot oil and you're done.

Offal is not worth the money, but cooking requires a lot of labor, which is one of the reasons why offal is more expensive than meat in the 21st century.

Many traditional cooking methods have been lost. In this fast-paced age, it is a luxury to carefully study and taste a dish.

After tasting a piece, Su Taotao gave the second chef a thumbs up and said, "Comrade Xiao Ding, I will pass this dish on to you. It will be your signature dish in the future. You must promote it."

Su Taotao ordered some rice and let Chenchen have some along with it. The little guy liked it very much and ate with his eyes narrowed.

Su Taotao said: "Even dust can be bitten. Just remember the right timing. One more point will make it old, one less point will make it raw. It requires a lot of effort."

Xiao Ding was so excited that he didn't know where to put his hands as he was rubbing them together. Usually he was responsible for simple home-cooked dishes like steamed fish, steamed eggs, fried vegetables, and fried tomatoes and eggs. Today was the first time he was officially in charge of a signature dish. He cooked it very attentively, but he was really worried about messing it up.

Unexpectedly, it was successful, and Su Taotao even said she would pass it on to him.

"Thank you, thank you, Comrade Su." After saying this, he glanced at Chef Xu.

Chef Xu: "Just watch what I do. If you do a good job, I will let you do it in the future. I am happy to have some free time."

Xiao Ding was delighted: "Oh, I understand. Thank you, Master."

They also tried making a few of the other nine dishes in the past few days, and they felt they were pretty good. Su Taotao's recipe was written in great detail, and even if it couldn't be replicated 100%, it was pretty close.

Su Taotao gave us a lot of instructions, and it was time to leave.

Before leaving, Chef Xu gave her an envelope and a bag of things, and patted Chen Chen's head: "Although I am reluctant to part with you, I also hope that you will get better and better."

Su Taotao took over: "Yes, you and the hotel will get better and better."

Su Taotao was deeply moved as she looked at the plaque with black characters on a red background that read "First Hotel". This was her first job after traveling back to the 1970s. She had not worked there for long, but she had deep feelings for it.

When I came out of the hotel, Fu Zhengtu was already waiting outside the door. He was leaning against the front of the car, one hand across his chest, with a cigarette pinched between the fingertips of the other. He raised his head slightly to look at the sky. In the lingering mist, he suddenly turned his head to look over. The sunlight fell on his body, warm and dreamy, handsome enough not to be an ordinary person.

When he saw Su Taotao coming out, he immediately put out the cigarette in his hand, walked over, picked up Chenchen, and took the things in her hand.

A steady voice followed: "Go home."

Su Taotao was stunned for a moment, then smiled slowly: "Well, let's go home."

She and Chenchen might become his most important family members one day in the future.

Maybe it is not necessary to be so serious about love or not.