The growth system comes at the age of 30

Chapter 153 When I Become a Rumor

A silent night, a new day begins.

Today is Friday, and the weekend is coming soon.

Today, Chen Jingle went to a stall he often visited in the vegetable market and bought a nice duck.

Used for making soup.

In fact, Chen Jingle really hates going to the vegetable market.

Although the internet is full of praise for how good the service in southern vegetable markets is, the problem is that many vendors like to order vegetables based on customer demand, and vegetable prices are not transparent, which is not very friendly to young people.

It is common for people who don’t buy groceries often to get cheated.

From this perspective, the prices in supermarkets are not necessarily more expensive than those in the vegetable market.

Besides, if things are really expensive, just buy cheap ones. The prices of vegetables in supermarkets are clearly marked. As long as the vegetables are fresh, it’s fine. It doesn’t mean that cheap ones are edible.

The biggest problem with the vegetable market is the lack of price transparency. Perhaps most people do business with integrity, but people like Chen Jingle will never go to the market to buy again after being cheated once.

great influence.

Sincerity, which should be the foundation of relationships between people, has become a rare thing in this era.

I really don’t know what to say.

I can only sigh.

If you really think that vegetables at the vegetable market are fresher and cheaper than those in the supermarket and insist on buying them at the vegetable market, then it is recommended that you buy a sports camera and attach it to your body to serve as a civilian law enforcement device.

Generally speaking, business people will be more polite when they see a camera.

It sounds outrageous, but it is true.

……

If you simply want to go to the market to listen to gossip, that’s another matter.

As a large gathering place for nearby residents, the vegetable market can be regarded as an intelligence transfer station.

When buying groceries, you will always chat with those familiar aunts and sisters. If you stand behind them for a while, you might hear some super explosive news.

For example, someone's wife took advantage of her husband's work outside to get involved in online gambling, and all the family's money was squandered, and now they are getting a divorce; someone's son, who was originally a prestigious university student, ended up doing business with someone and was cheated of all his money, and now he is working two jobs to pay off the debt...

Gossip like this is the daily spice of residents' lives.

While Chen Jingle was queuing to buy duck, he would listen to the gossips of the middle-aged ladies next to him.

When it was his turn, he said, "Boss, get me a lake duck."

The ducks here in Jiangbei are all raised in ponds or mountain ponds and reservoirs, so they are called lake ducks.

The taste of lake duck is equivalent to that of free-range chicken. The duck meat is firm and even the feathers are plucked manually.

How do you know it was pulled out artificially?
Because the stall owner's house is nearby, when you pass by her house, you will often see her family plucking duck and chicken feathers at the door.

But this business is not that easy to do.

When Chen Jingle was in elementary school, there was a classmate in his class whose family ran a chicken and duck stall business. He often needed to help with slaughtering chickens and ducks, plucking their feathers, cleaning their internal organs, etc. He smelled like chicken and duck, so no one wanted to get close to him, and he was isolated at a young age.

I even went home and cried because of this.

The stall owner asked with a smile: "A whole one? Do you have any guests at home today?"

"No, what's wrong?" Chen Jingle asked back.

The stall owner said, "If you're eating alone, half a crab is enough, right? You can't finish a whole one, and it won't be fresh if you put it in the refrigerator overnight."

Chen Jingle was confused: "It's for more than one person, half a piece won't be enough, take a whole one."

The stall owner was surprised: "I thought you were eating alone. They said you were alone at home. You always buy a lot of food and eat a lot, like a big eater."

Chen Jingle: “…”

Wow, I didn’t expect that I would become a legend. I’m pretty good at being a big eater.

Who is behind me?
I really want to complain, but when I think about it, it’s normal.

Those who come to this market are all villagers from several nearby suburban villages. Chen Jingle seldom deals with them and does not know them. But for those uncles, aunts, old men and ladies who have lived here for decades, they know exactly which village and which person they are from.

Do you really think the Intelligence Center is joking?

People like Chen Jingle, who stay at home at a young age and never go out for years, naturally become the focus of attention.

People just don’t know him, but don’t they know his parents and grandparents?

It's normal to be gossiped about.

If he didn't go out to buy groceries so often, it wouldn't be surprising if people spread rumors that he was paralyzed in bed one day.

Facing the curious eyes of the stall owner, Chen Jingle explained helplessly: "I have been exercising every day recently, so my appetite is a bit big. I have to eat two people at once, plus my cousin comes to eat from time to time, which is equivalent to three pairs of chopsticks."

The stall owner looked him up and down and said with a smile, "You are a lot stronger and fairer. It is really more comfortable to stay at home. We are not like that. We are exposed to the sun and rain. It is hard to have a fair complexion."

Although Chen Jingle was wearing a mask, he looked gentle and clean, which still made the elder sister very fond of him.

In response, Chen Jingle could only smile awkwardly but politely.

"Do you want to chop the duck?"

"No, I'll make the whole thing into soup."

"Okay, let me weigh it for you."

"..."

Ducks are cheaper than chickens.

Because in terms of meat, duck is not as good as chicken and has too many bones. As the old saying goes, "cooking duck is just for the soup."

After the soup is cooked, chop the duck into pieces and make it into boiled meat. It tastes great when paired with duck soup or duck rice.

Baiqie is very popular in western Guangdong.

Boiled chicken, boiled duck, boiled goose, boiled dog, boiled lamb...

It gives people a feeling that everything can be cut into pieces.

Whether boiled pork tastes good or not depends largely on the ingredients themselves. Just like chicken in the north cannot be boiled, local climate and soil breed local food culture. Also, the best dipping sauce is galangal, soy sauce and peanut oil. This unique combination is much more amazing than garlic paste, but it is hard to describe.

If Chen Jingle had to describe it, it would probably be like when you first see a girl you like in junior high school, your heart is pounding but you can't say it out loud.

Only those who have truly tasted it will understand.

……

After buying the duck, clean it and put it into a large pot that has also been cleaned.

As the saying goes, the only things that can conquer a duck are a big pot and a rich woman.

Especially the duck stewed in a big pot on a wood stove is quite delicious. Even if you just add some astragalus and codonopsis, it is fresh and sweet enough.

The sweetness mentioned here is not the sweetness of sugar, but the aftertaste.

After taking a sip of duck soup, you will feel that all the expectations in the world are in this bowl of soup.

Chen Jingle has a big pot at home that is specially used to stew chicken and duck during festivals. Sometimes chicken, duck and pork need to be stewed together. An ordinary stainless steel rice cooker pot or casserole cannot hold so many ingredients.

It’s just right for stewing duck today.

In Jiangbei, few people use pressure cookers to make soup, they just simmer it slowly.

It can be as mild as one hour or as severe as more than three hours.

Soup that is cooked for more than three hours is called a traditional Chinese soup. However, the purine content of traditional Chinese soup is too high, so few people make it now. It is basically cooked for one hour or one and a half hours.

If you are too lazy to put firewood, you can just use the stove.

Chen Jingle was planning to go to the stove.

But don’t worry, you’ll still have time to finish two system courses before you get busy.

Prepare all the materials and set aside an hour. When the time comes, all you have to do is light the fire. That’s completely enough.

What I'm going to make today is medicinal duck soup, so the ingredients include wolfberry, coix seed, Euryale ferox, Polygonatum odoratum, Ophiopogon japonicus, Adenophora pilosula, Codonopsis pilosula, ginger slices, etc. It's mainly for nourishing the autumn and winter.

There are two types of duck soup: clear soup and thick soup. The preparation of thick soup has the extra step of frying the duck, while clear soup only needs to be simmered over low heat.

Chen Jingle likes to drink clear soup, so he chooses to put it directly into the pot.

The benefits of fresh and high-quality ingredients can be seen from the washing stage, which is very clean and does not require blanching before being put into the pot. This seems incredible to many people, but it is the fact.

So Chen Jingle specifically asked to buy lake ducks instead of other types of ducks, otherwise the taste would be different.

The taste of lake duck is incomparable to other ducks. Some ducks have a strong fishy smell, and the soup made from them is simply undrinkable.

As I said, no matter how much you exaggerate, outsiders will not believe that the difference between the ingredients can be that big. Only those who have tasted it will understand.

The two hours of study and painting passed in a flash.

Chen Jingle packed up his things, went to the kitchen and started preparing lunch.

"Fire!"

Stew the duck first and the rest will come later.

……

at the same time.

Chen Jinghao was also waving the spatula vigorously at home.

After thinking about it last night, he decided to cook all the meals at home in the next few days as long as he was free.

Grandma had no objection to this and was even a little relieved that her grandson had finally grown up.

Little did he know that Chen Jinghao just wanted to eat better.

"There are so many seasonings at home, but I still only like to add salt and peanut oil when cooking."

Inability to vomit.

Although some dishes need to be light, the problem is that not all dishes are suitable to be so light.

After helping his grandma prepare the meal, Chen Jinghao ate half of his own food and then ran to Chen Jingle’s house for a bite to eat.

By the way, please give me some cooking advice.

Although I don’t have the opportunity to observe and get started, it’s good to listen to the big guys’ understanding.

Just treat it as a class.

He had already determined in his heart that Chen Jingle's cooking skills were definitely better than the head chef of his own restaurant, and that he had the ability to turn decay into magic.

No matter what, learn first, learn as much as you can, and then think about it slowly later.

The only thing that made Chen Qiyun happy was that Chen Jinghao did not continue to snatch food from her, so she could eat more.

It’s so cool!
Today's lunch is duck soup, boiled duck, and Chinese cabbage in soup.

"It's the same duck soup, why is Brother Le's so delicious?" Chen Jinghao could only marvel.

There is also this dish of Chinese cabbage in soup, which doesn’t even use peanut oil, just a little soup is poured on it, and it tastes delicious.

Absolutely!

"Heat, ingredients, and seasoning." Chen Jingle raised his eyelids slightly. "With your talent, it's hard to grasp the relationship between these three all at once. Take your time, use your brain and learn more."

I have just told him a lot of cooking tips and details to pay attention to.

Heartbroken.

Chen Jinghao was very depressed, but unable to refute.

Chen Jingle was not polite to these two guys who ate and drank for free. After the meal, he asked them to wash the pots, dishes and bowls.

I lay in the rattan rocking chair and thought about another question.

Tomorrow is Saturday, and I agreed to go look at cars with Li Beixing.

“I don’t know if we can reach an agreement in one go…”

(End of this chapter)