"Xiao Ye, I've been waiting for you!"
"Haha, my master uncle is really something. He doesn't trust me and even sent Brother Qiu to wait for me at your door."
Qiu Xiaoshan smiled and leaned over to take a look. Seeing the large black fish and turtle in the basket, he said happily, "These are really big! Xiaoye, let's go weigh them and take them away to be processed quickly. I heard that this turtle soup needs to be stewed for several hours."
Ye Zhiqiu nodded and said, "Hey, I know it takes time, so I'll hurry up and send it back!"
Qiu Xiaoshan helped push the bicycle towards the warehouse. He also reminded Ye Zhiqiu to stay in the factory today. If he wanted to leave the factory, he had to wait until the department leaders left.
Only then did Ye Zhiqiu learn that the leader from the ministry had come and would hold a factory-wide meeting to give an encouraging speech to the workers.
After the goods were weighed, Qiu Xiaoshan asked Ye Zhiqiu to go to the finance department to collect the money, while he trotted to the kitchen with the things in his hand.
Ye Zhiqiu quickly got the money and returned to the office, where he found everyone sitting quietly. He greeted them and said he was going to help, then ran to the cafeteria kitchen.
As soon as Wang Lei got the stuff, he immediately started processing the turtles. By the time Ye Zhiqiu arrived, he had already processed the turtles.
He smiled and greeted, "Master, Senior Brother, I'm here! Master, this turtle is pretty good, right?"
Wang Lei nodded and said, "That's great. Don't just sit there and help cut the fish fillets. It's rare to have such good ingredients to make a nourishing soup. You can learn how to make this tonic soup later."
"Okay! I'll go fillet the fish right away."
Ye Zhiqiu originally wanted to learn, so he agreed and ran to get an apron to get busy.
After a while, he finished preparing the snakehead fish and began to fillet the meat. Huang Dahe also prepared the chicken and was following Wang Lei's instructions to prepare the ingredients that would be put into the pot soon.
After Ye Zhiqiu finished filleting the fish, he began to marinate and coat the fillets. He didn't want to use too much salt when marinating the fish. The broth was already flavorful when it was cooked, so just a little bit of flavor was enough. The meat shouldn't be too flavorful, otherwise the taste would be too different.
Just as I finished processing the meat slices and sealed them with peanut oil, Wang Lei's voice came from the other side.
"Little disciple, come over here when you're done."
"Okay, Master, I'll be ready soon!"
After Ye Zhiqiu washed his hands and came to the stove, Wang Lei began to explain how to make this nourishing soup.
The processing of materials is the basic skills, so Wang Lei didn’t say much about it. The focus is to tell you which medicinal materials should be added.
Ye Zhiqiu and Huang Dahe used a small notebook and pen to carefully write down the medicinal herbs that Wang Lei showed and what he said.
"For this pot of tonic soup, if you don't have a hen, you can use a rooster's egg. What you need to remember is the medicinal ingredients. This is ginseng. If it's a young ginseng, you can put two. But this is a ten-year-old ginseng, so just slices will do.
This is red ginseng. Just remember to put in the appropriate amount. This is deer antler velvet. Five pieces are enough. This is maca. Two pieces are enough. One spoonful of goji berries and two pieces of angelica root are enough.
The final seasoning is the normal amount. Remember to soak the sea dragon for five or six minutes, and don't forget to add the tangerine peel. The most important thing to note is that this soup is very nourishing, so just drink one bowl.
"But my little disciple, you don't have a wife yet, and you're naturally hot-tempered. You're not allowed to drink this tonic soup today. Dahe, you can have a bowl, but you have to be careful not to make a fool of yourself."
Ye Zhiqiu was dumbfounded. This delicious soup ended up being unpalatable to him. But he immediately realized that this tonic soup from his master was not an aphrodisiac.
If this is really a tonic soup, then as a single young man, I really can't drink it!
I have been craving Feng Xiaomei's body these days. If I drink this kind of soup again, I'm afraid the sheets will be torn to pieces!
So he said with regret, "What a pity I can't even taste this soup. Forget it, when I have a suitable opportunity in the future, I will stew it myself again and see if it is as nourishing as you said, Master."
Wang Lei laughed and scolded, "I'm not letting you drink for your own good. You don't want to be unable to sleep all night, do you?"
Huang Dahe smiled innocently and said, "Junior brother, you should find a girl to marry as soon as possible so that you can drink these things. Some of these tonic soups are really not suitable for single people to drink."
Ye Zhiqiu raised his eyebrows and said with a wicked smile, "Brother, have you ever drunk secretly before? Otherwise, how could you have such rich experience? Tell me secretly, have you ever hugged the quilt all night and couldn't sleep at all?"
Wang Lei laughed and scolded, "Don't let your imagination run wild. This is a tonic soup, not an aphrodisiac! I also made the Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup that time, but I didn't use turtle.
Your senior brother was still awake all night and was very energetic the next day. This is the result of not being able to release the medicinal power of the soup.
If it were you, my little disciple, whose Qi and blood are so vigorous, I don't think you would feel sleepy even if you didn't sleep for two days and two nights!"
So that's what's going on. But Ye Zhiqiu is not stupid. If he just can't sleep, how can it be considered a tonic soup?
But since his master said so, he would just listen to it for now.
The main reason he came to the kitchen was to learn how to make this soup, so after learning, Ye Zhiqiu was driven away by Wang Lei.
It’s not that you don’t need to learn how to cook other dishes, but the guards will strictly check the identity of those who cook for the leaders today.
Ye Zhiqiu is a purchasing agent, not a staff member in the cafeteria, and should not appear in the kitchen.
That's why he can come in and learn how to make this soup since the boss hasn't arrived yet. Otherwise, when the boss comes, the guards will be closely monitoring the kitchen, and he won't even be able to enter the kitchen!
Ye Zhiqiu walked back to the office, hands behind his back. Huang Dajiang sat alone in his seat, while Ma Banghua and Huang Dajiang chatted together.
After giving cigarettes to the three of them and lighting them, Ye Zhiqiu asked, "Have you ever experienced this kind of inspection from the Ministry? We have a factory-wide meeting tomorrow, so we don't have to go out in the sun to get some sun."
He Yongjun shook his head and said, "Well, Banghua and I only joined the factory at the beginning of the year, and we've never experienced this kind of inspection."
At this time, Huang Dajiang said: "I have experienced this three times. When the leader of this department arrives, we must not run around, let alone smoke or anything like that.
If anyone ran around at that time, the guards would suspect that he was an enemy spy and might arrest him.
We should just stay in the office and there won't necessarily be a meeting. It's possible the leader will give a speech on the radio to cheer everyone up."
Ma Banghua was surprised and said, "Of course, Old Huang, you have a lot of experience! There are so many factories across the country, and the leaders of the Ministry of Light Industry go to inspect them, but this factory may not get a chance to come here once a year!"
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