Food starts with noodles

Perhaps seeing Xu Zhuo's doubts, Uncle Zhang said with a smile, "Try it baby, I promise you won't get tired of it. This is my ancestral handicraft..."

Chapter 169 Whole Steamed Feast

Xu Zhuo picked up a piece of steamed pork, and before he put it in his mouth, the rich aroma wafted over.

"It smells so good!"

He sighed in admiration, then put the slice of meat into his mouth, chewed it lightly, and savored the slice of tamales seriously.

The meat is so well cooked, the fat meat melts in the mouth, the lean meat is crispy but not sticky, plus the layer of glutinous and oily rice noodles wrapped in the outer layer, the taste is simply amazing.

"Fat but not greasy, the sauce is outstanding, salty and sweet, with endless aftertaste... Uncle Zhang, this meat is really delicious!"

Everyone carried the bridal sedan chairs, and when Uncle Zhang heard this, he immediately smiled: "This kid has taste, wait, there are still a few dishes in the pot, and I'll bring them to you."

After he left, Yao Meixiang said with a smile: "At such an age, you still need to be praised like a kid, don't be ashamed!"

Xu Zhuo smiled: "Mother, this is not a compliment, but a mutual recognition between the chefs. This tamale is really delicious. Just now I was worried that I would get tired of it."

"However, after I tasted it now, I realized that it's not the same as the steamed meat I imagined. It's so pink and glutinous that you don't even need to eat the staple food."

Yao Meixiang took the chopsticks and opened the tamales, revealing the pumpkin pieces underneath.

"Don't tell me, tamales can be served as both a dish and a meal. We usually steam them with pumpkin, potatoes, sweet potatoes or lotus root. It tastes very good."

"In the era of food shortage, this kind of combination of meat and coarse grains is very popular."

Xu Zhuo took another sip of Salted Sauce. This dish is very similar to the famous Hakka dish Braised Pork with Mei Cai in terms of appearance and recipe, but there are still some differences in craftsmanship and ingredients.

The pickles under Mei Cai Kou Rou are pickled Mei Cai, while Xian Shao Bai uses sprouts.

The plum vegetables with braised meat are thickly cut, taste soft, and have a milder salty taste. The salty roasted bean sprouts are finely chopped, taste crisp, and have a stronger salty taste.

The meat of Mei Cai Kou Rou is cut slightly thicker, while the meat of Xianshao Bai is thinly sliced.

After the meat is eaten, the plum vegetables of Mei Cai Kou Rou are full of watery juice, while the salty and boiled bean sprouts are full of fat from the meat.

In addition, in terms of seasoning, Meicaikurou is more monotonous, while Xianshaobai will add a little dried chili and pepper for seasoning, and the taste is more intense.

But in general, salty roasted white and braised pork with preserved vegetables are both delicious, and they are all dishes invented by the ancestors in combination with factors such as living environment and climatic conditions.

For foodies, it's delicious.

For example, Li Hao said while eating now: "I don't care if it's pickled vegetables with braised pork or salty boiled white, I don't choose, just give me a pot of rice, it doesn't matter..."

This guy is happy today.

Yesterday, he ate a table of non-spicy Sichuan dishes, which made him eat a round belly. He did not expect to eat a table of steamed products today, which was even more surprising.

In fact, no matter Guanzhong or Central Plains, there are steamed vegetables, but most of them have been braised.

There are many kinds of meat such as sticky meat, small crispy meat, chicken nuggets, spare ribs, fish nuggets, steamed cabbage rolls, eggplant clips, lotus root clips, and so on.

But the steamed meat series is really rare.

Eating all kinds of steamed meat, drinking coke, and looking at the scenery outside the window is really enjoyable.

Worried that some people would not be used to eating only steamed meat, Uncle Zhang also fried two vegetables and brought a plate of kimchi.

It really relieves greasy when eaten in this way, and the taste is richer.

After eating and drinking enough, Xu Zhuo made an appointment with Uncle Zhang to come to the shop at six o'clock tomorrow morning to observe how the steamed meat is made, and then a group of people said goodbye and left.

Uncle Zhang insisted on not taking any money, but Xu Zhuo still gave him a few hundred dollars.

We are all colleagues, so we have to be more considerate of each other.

In addition, in order to attract customers for Uncle Zhang, Yu Keke took a photo of the door and address of Uncle Zhang's restaurant, and posted it on Bilibili and Weibo with Xu Zhuo's account.

While it is still a little popular, I help others to advertise, and the food here is really delicious, and all kinds of steamed meat are fat but not greasy, which makes people addicted.

After eating and returning, Yu Kebai uploaded the video, and then was dragged by Sun Panpan to visit Jinli and Du Fu Thatched Cottage, and experience the famous ear picking in Rongcheng by the way.

Li Hao was also dragged to work as a coolie.

Only Xu Zhuo stayed and helped Yao Meixiang tidy up the kimchi jars in the yard.

There is still some pickle water in these pickle jars, but it is no longer usable, and it has been opened for too long, so it can only be poured out.

Only a dozen jars of kimchi that have not been opened have been kept by Yao Meixiang. When making kimchi in the future, these ten jars of kimchi are the mother liquor for making kimchi.

Put the dozen or so jars in the corner, and then the mother and son began to clean up other kimchi jars.

Pour out all the remaining juice inside first, then wash it with clean water, and then fill it with water to soak. This can clean up the stains in the jar as much as possible, and avoid the smell when it is placed.

"These jars soaked overnight and then washed again. Basically, there is no smell. It is not afraid of salt, but there is kimchi water left. In a few days, the whole jar will become stinky."

After the mother and son finished their busy work, they sat in the living room and turned on the air conditioner.

Xu Zhuo finally had a chance to ask the question he wanted to ask a long time ago.

"Godmother, why did you separate from your godfather? And it's been so many years since we separated, godfather misses you very much..."

Yao Meixiang still had the same expression: "What does he mean? Is he dating again? If so, I can divorce him so as not to delay his happy life..."

Xu Zhuo smiled: "You are already the best woman he has ever met, how can he find him, his greatest wish is to be with you..."

Yao Meixiang pursed her lips, obviously not believing it: "If you want to stay with me without saying a word, then sell the restaurant and run back to the Central Plains, what's the point of that?"

"It's not that I don't stay with him, it's that neither of us wants to put too much psychological pressure on ourselves."

"After the child's accident, we had a big quarrel. He complained that I was not at home to look after the child. I blamed him for not worrying about buying furniture. He is a person who takes other people's affairs very seriously. Just make do with it."

"I lived separately from him in those years because whenever I saw him, I would think of that poor child. I couldn't get over this hurdle in my heart."

"Later, I got used to it, but there was always a thorn in my heart."

"Actually, I really don't blame him for what happened that day. It's all my fault... I shouldn't have left, but I'm worried that Old Wei won't handle the things in the store well, and there's also an element of anger in it."

"It's always been said that women have to wash, cook and take care of their children at home. I don't believe it, so when something happened in the store, I planned to go back and deal with it. I didn't listen to Old Wei asking me to stay at home."

"In the end, the matter was dealt with, but the child...it's all my fault. If I hadn't disputed this tone at the time, my baby wouldn't have just left..."

As Yao Meixiang spoke, her tears flowed down like beads with a broken thread...

Chapter 170

Boss Xu has never encountered this kind of family drama.

Although there were conflicts within the Xu family, most of them were conflicts between the competitive grandpa and the undisciplined grandson, while the others were in harmony.

Before coming to Rongcheng, Xu Zhuo thought that Yao Meixiang was very stubborn or had a weird temper.

It turned out that after getting along for two days, she found out that she was fine except for her bad mouth.

Especially for young people, it is a heartfelt liking, and I am happy to get along with young people.

Thinking back to Wei Junming, it seems that he also has this kind of character.

Otherwise, he wouldn't find reasons to go to Sifang Restaurant every day, bragging with Li Hao and the others.

But these two people have trauma in their hearts.

For others, they can be friendly and frank, but for each other, they still can't get over that hurdle.

So the two have been inseparable all these years, neither really separated nor together.

This is difficult.

What Xu Zhuo thought before was that after he found Yao Meixiang, he would be cute and handsome, and then he would be miserable, coax Yao Meixiang to go to the Central Plains, and everything would be fine after completing the mission.

Now it seems that this task is not only about conquering Yao Meixiang, Wei Junming also seems to have problems.

If the two of them don't bravely let go of the pain of the past and continue like this, no matter how hard he tries, it will be useless.

Sure enough, the C-level signature dishes are not so easy to get.

This matter has to be considered in the long run, and it cannot be rushed.

After thinking about it, Xu Zhuo thought that tomorrow morning, while he was learning how to cook steamed vegetables with Uncle Zhang, he would ask him about Wei Junming and Yao Meixiang's past.

They are old acquaintances, and it seems that Uncle Zhang knew Wei Junming when he first arrived in Sichuan.

The past of the couple should be very familiar.

For the two to get back together, the most important thing is to allow them to rekindle their desire for life and the future, just like when they were in love.

This is easy to say, but very difficult to do.

At least right now Xu Zhuo is helpless.

In the evening, after dinner, Yu Keke was teaching Yao Meixiang the methods and skills of using the Bilibili client to open videos. Sun Panpan was sorting out the photos she took today, while Li Hao was holding a travel map to study where to go tomorrow. what to eat.

Only Xu Zhuo stared at the jar of kimchi on the table in a daze.

"Mother, is this jar of kimchi really 25 years old? Wouldn't it be a pity to give it away?"

With 25 years of kimchi water, the taste of the kimchi produced is definitely not bad. Even after Uncle Zhang got this can of kimchi water, he might not need to buy kimchi in the future.

He might be able to make kimchi that satisfies his customers himself.

So Yu Keke didn't understand that Yao Meixiang asked Uncle Zhang to bring this jar of kimchi.

Isn't it an old friend? Why do old friends still behave like this?

Yao Meixiang was still researching how to post bullet screens, and said absently: "If you want to learn other people's means of earning a living, of course you have to exchange your own means of earning a living, otherwise who will teach you?"

"Don't talk about Lao Zhang, it's like this for anyone, and even if you exchange the skills you earn for a lot of people, they still don't want to."

"You young people should remember that no matter what time you want to get something from someone else, you have to pay the corresponding price. There is no free lunch in this world..."

After finishing speaking, just as she was about to continue studying the barrage, Xu Zhuo suddenly asked, "Godmother, what's the name of that Uncle Zhang? Were you on good terms before?"

Yao Meixiang said: "His name is Zhang Fugui. Several generations of his family have set up roadside stalls. When it was Zhang Fugui's turn, his father thought the roadside stalls were unseemly, so he named him Fugui and wanted him to be a rich man. money man."

"But Zhang Fugui has no other skills at all, he can make steamed meat, so in the end the roadside stall passed into his hands."

"On the first day when Lao Wei arrived in Rongcheng, he just got off the train, hungry and thirsty, so he randomly found a roadside stall to fill his stomach, and ended up sitting in front of Zhang Fugui's stall."

"He was surprised when he ate steamed meat, it was really delicious, and then he became friends with Zhang Fugui. At that time, he wanted to learn steamed meat, but Zhang Fugui was unwilling to teach him, thinking that Wei was a newcomer with no foundation."

"Unexpectedly, Lao Wei made a name for himself in Sichuan cuisine in just a few years, and went to Leshan, Meishan, Yibin and other places to learn Sichuan cuisine. Show off in front of Old Wei."

"But I didn't know that Lao Wei had already been hired as the head chef of the only star-rated hotel in Rongcheng at that time, and his future was boundless."

"I was working as a waiter in a hotel at the time, and Zhang Fugui would come to play with Lao Wei at every turn. Later, I married Lao Wei, and Zhang Fugui helped organize the wedding."

"After we got married, Lao Wei and I resigned from the hotel and opened our own restaurant. I was in charge of the front desk, and Lao Wei was in charge of the kitchen. Zhang Fugui also said that we stole his business."

"Later... and later you all know."

"Zhang Fugui is a nice guy, but he's just too picky. At that time, he taught Lao Wei how to cook vegetables, and Lao Wei taught him how to cook vegetables in exchange."

"So now if you want to learn, this altar of pickles is essential, otherwise you will have no chance of learning his true skills."

After finishing speaking, Yao Meixiang nestled on the sofa, watching Yu Keke's previous videos wholeheartedly, and forwarded each one to Moments and her group after watching one.

"My godson is so handsome!"

"The kid who cooks here is my godson, isn't he handsome?"

"Let me introduce to you, this is my godson."

Just like some novice mothers like to show off their children, Yao Meixiang is really satisfied with Xu Zhuo's godson in every way.

He has a good temper, is diligent, cooks delicious food, and is very obedient.

Such a sensible child, I really don't know how the Xu family raised him.

After waking up in the morning, after Xu Zhuo finished washing, he rode Yao Meixiang's small tricycle for grocery shopping, took the jar of kimchi, and headed straight to Zhang Fugui's restaurant.

As soon as he arrived at the door, before Xu Zhuo had time to lock the car, Zhang Fugui greeted him.

"Hey, hey, come here as soon as you come, and bring a jar of kimchi, it's too polite, everyone is not an outsider, there is no need to be like this..."

While saying polite words, he picked up the kimchi jar on the car, sniffed the mouth of the jar, and asked Xu Zhuo cautiously, "Did your godmother give it to you, or did you take it yourself?"