Xie Zhiyao's father returned to the village to visit Xie Ami, and asked about Xie Zhiyao's recent situation.
Although Xie Zhiyao seemed to be happy every day, Xie's father knew that his son liked everything in his heart. In fact, he also understood some situations, such as Xie Zhiyao now has a large loan in the bank that has not been paid off, and even the work in the homestay is suspended, the construction team makes trouble, etc., all of which need their son to solve.
He actually didn't understand his son's choice. Although it was a good thing to help the villagers, he could not bear everything on himself. His original expectation for Xie Zhiyao was to stay in the capital, and he could even find a local girl to marry and have a child. In this way, the child would be a household registration in the capital, and the educational resources he could enjoy were different from here. Even in the Peking University and Qing Dynasty, it would be a matter of one's own goal.
But Xie Zhiyao chose to give up the great job in Beijing and returned to his hometown to start a business. Although he didn't understand at first, he also supported him, but Xie Zhiyao was not just starting a business, but now he is directly responsible for debt, which made Xie's father very worried. He felt that his son was not married and had not yet understood what family responsibilities were, so he acted willful and hoped that Xie Zhiyao would get married early, so that he would think of his family if he wanted to take risks in the future.
Because Xu Hongdou worked hard to manage the restaurant, Xie Xiaochun personally prepared a table of food to treat Xu Hongdou. In order to avoid embarrassment, he even brought Lin Na and Damai.
"It's time to eat, see how it's going?"
Damai smiled and said, "It smells so good."
"Eat more, Xiaochun is capable of doing anything delicious." Lin Na said while eating.
Xie Xiaochun said: "You eat more delicious food. By the way, I will interview you. Is it delicious to cook, or is it delicious to your Mr. Zhao? Or is it delicious to cook with my elder brother?"
"Mr. Zhao is not from our family." Xu Hongdou said quickly.
"Oh, don't hide it from us. You two are having sex. We have already known that you have not answered my question yet."
Xu Hongdou looked at Damai and Lin Na, then looked at Xie Xiaochun staring at him with a smile on his face, and said, "You should be considered unique. I found that your cooking is very similar to everyone's personality. Mr. Xie has a variety of cooking styles, and you don't know how to come up with various combinations. Xiaochun's simple and straightforwardness is to stir-fry meat, and stir-fry food is to stir-fry various peppers. When you are in a good mood, you will add more sour papaya."
Lin Na smiled and said, "There are sour papayas in it."
"Barley is very special and likes to make flour, such as mixing, stir-frying, and cooking powder. Nana likes to make desserts and makes them very delicious, but it doesn't work when it comes to cooking."
Xu Hongdou hesitated for a moment and said, "Zhao Shucheng, cooking is indeed delicious, but it is relatively rigid. Basically, it is cooked according to the taste of dishes from various places. Although it is delicious, it makes people feel that they don't look like an ordinary person, but rather like a chef who is proficient in various cooking skills."
"The analysis was very accurate. If you don't say that we haven't found it yet, it's true, especially Zhao Shucheng. I don't know other dishes, but the Hunan, Shanghai, and Yunnan local dishes we cook are almost the same as the ones we eat locally, but they are just a little more delicious." Lin Na also said thoughtfully.
"Okay, don't praise Mr. Zhao, he is now a famous grass. But Hongdou, you said we are very good at talking about it, but what is your own style?"
Xu Hongdou was stunned for a moment and said, "My style is actually very unpopular. I can make pickled eggs, pickled pickles, soybean paste and soy sauce."
"You are not unpopular, are you particularly evil? You are all made with raw materials and are not considered a dish at all."
After Lin Na finished complaining, Xie Xiaochun also asked: "What is your specialty?"
Xu Hongdou said, "I can make crispy pots."
Others were stunned when they heard this. After all, crispy pot is not a very famous dish. It was just a traditional famous food in the mountainous areas of Zibo in Shandong Province. It is almost a must-have dish at home during the Chinese New Year. Due to the troubles of making and inconvenient storage, other reasons, except for restaurants, other families can only make it during the Chinese New Year, and few outsiders know about it.
"Crispy pot? What is a crispy pot?"
Xu Hongdou said: "Every family makes a different approach. Take our family as an example. We use a casserole, which is placed underneath with elbow bones, then press cabbage, kelp, and fry everything. Of course, there is also the fish that must be found in the crispy pot. After compacting, add water, then add seasonings and start stewing!"
Because Lin Na and others had never heard of it or seen it, they listened with all their attention when Xu Hongdou said it.
After Xu Hongdou and his friends got off work in the afternoon, Lin Na and the others were about to have supper when they saw Zhao Shucheng busy in the kitchen. They suddenly realized that Zhao Shucheng, who Xu Hongdou said before, was an all-round chef.
"Brother Zhao, can you make crispy pots?"
Zhao Shucheng was stunned when he heard this and said, "Why do you think of eating this? This is not that simple to do."
"It's nothing, it's just that Hongdou wants to eat, so ask."
Zhao Shucheng said: "It may not work today. The food is ready, and it is too late to cook it. Moreover, you didn't say in advance that the ingredients here are not enough. If you really want to eat it, you will make it for you tomorrow, but you will have to finish it, otherwise it will be wasted."
"No problem, we can definitely finish all of them."
Zhao Shucheng shook his head after hearing this, and felt that Lin Na was a little sarcastic. In fact, the crispy pot is easy to make, but it is basically not much different from the Buddha Jumping the Wall. It’s just that there are no complicated dry goods that require long-term stewing, so it’s not that famous. But if you make it a little more luxurious, you can put chicken, duck, fish, pork ribs, pork trotters, etc. into it, the amount will be very large, and three or five people can’t finish it.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! In fact, local crispy pots are not something that can be eaten in one meal. Instead, after the New Year is finished, it is put in the yard and it is cool and eaten at any time. Because there are fish and skins inside, the stewed gelatin is cooled after cooling, and the soup becomes meat jelly. Use a spoon to dig a plate to serve guests.
Xu Hongdou had already changed her clothes and came here, and asked curiously: "What are you talking about?"
Lin Na was still thinking about keeping the secret, but Damai said it directly: "Brother Zhao will make a crispy pot tomorrow."
Xu Hongdou looked at Zhao Shucheng curiously and asked, "How can you do this?"
"Of course, there is nothing that Lucai can't do."
"Is that so? Then we'll wait to see if what you're doing is authentic." Xu Hongdou said.
"Okay, you will know if it's authentic or not. Let's have a meal first."
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The next day.
In order to prepare the crispy pot for the evening, Zhao Shucheng got up early in the morning and came to the ancient city to purchase ingredients. Considering that there were not many people, Zhao Shucheng did not directly make any luxury versions. He bought some chickens, ducks, fish and meat, but it was not just a whole chicken, duck, but just half of them.
Xie Zhiyao took his grandma and his father to worship his grandma, while Xie Zhiyao began to talk about what happened recently, and asked his grandma to fulfill his wish to hold his grandson as soon as possible, hoping that Xie Zhiyao would find a good marriage as soon as possible.
While Grandma Xie was pouring wine for Grandma, Xie Zhiyao and his father also sat in front of their mother's tombstone and talked about the past.
Xie Zhiyao's father owed his wife. His wife paid too much for this family, so that she could not recover from serious illness back then. Xie Zhiyao also missed her mother very much and shed tears silently. In fact, Xie Zhiyao's impression of her parents was not very clear. When she was young, her parents went out to work. From childhood to adulthood, he followed Xie Grandpa and Grandpa, and later went out to study. He originally thought that after graduation, he would have the opportunity to let Grandpa live a happy life, but before Xie Zhiyao could be filial, the Grandpa was tortured by illness and left the world. Therefore, Xie Zhiyao felt uncomfortable when he thought of Grandpa over the years, and because he didn't want Grandpa and no one to take care of him, he chose to return to his hometown to start a business just to accompany Grandpa.
As the sun sets, the dusk of dusk covers Yunmiao Village, and every household begins to smell the smell of food. After eating, people who are busy all day fall asleep.
Xu Hongdou and the others had also returned to the yard and smelled the fragrance of food as soon as they came in.
Xu Hongdou couldn't wait to come to the kitchen, looked at the casserole brought down by Zhao Shucheng, and said, "You really know how to make crispy pots?"
"What about that? It will be served in a while, and you can taste it first. It's a pity. There is not enough time, and the weather is not winter now, so I can't eat meat jelly."
"It's okay, let's eat some of it first, put the rest in the refrigerator, and you'll be able to eat tomorrow."
"Okay, but it's definitely not as good as the naturally cooled taste."
After serving it, Xu Hongdou couldn't wait to taste it and said, "It's this taste, it's very similar to what we have at home."
As he said that, Xu Hongdou also thought of the scene where he learned to make crispy pots with his grandma. At that time, he was still young and his parents had to open a shop, so he basically spent the winter vacation at his grandma's house.
Unfortunately, when my grandma passed away, I was in the capital and didn't even have time to meet my grandma for the last time.
Lin Na and Damai didn't know about this, but after taking a bite, she couldn't help but exclaim that it was delicious.
"Brother Zhao, this is too delicious, right?"
Chapter completed!