Siheyuan: Happy life of veteran drivers

Fish head with chopped pepper belongs to Hunan cuisine, while the skill that Wang Hongtao learned from Sha Zhu is Sichuan cuisine. Logically speaking, these two do not belong to the same cuisine, but Wang Hongtao has a hunch that he can do it too.

So Yu Li was sent to cook other dishes, and Wang Hongtao made the chopped pepper fish head himself under Lou Xiaoe's curious gaze.

He first cut the fish head that Yu Li had cleaned in half, added enough oyster sauce, cooking wine and pepper, and marinated it for about ten minutes.

While marinating the vegetables, he was not idle. He took out enough pickled peppers, red peppers and garlic, cut and chopped them. In order to make the taste better, he took out a small can of pickled beans while no one was paying attention and chopped them up as well.

Then heat the pan with chopped onion, ginger and garlic, add red oil and chopped garlic chili sauce, then add cooking wine and sugar, stir-fry for a few minutes, and the chopped pepper sauce is ready.

Pour the chopped pepper sauce on the fish head and steam it over high heat.

After steaming, pour out the water in the plate, then drizzle with hot oil and serve.

The fish head served on the table probably looks like this:

The chopped pepper fish head is different from other dishes. It has a very strong aroma, with the spicy taste of chopped pepper and the freshness of fish head. The fragrance spreads and instantly sweeps the entire backyard.

Liu Haizhong’s family lives in the east wing.

He was enjoying his meal, eating scrambled eggs and drinking wine, when Liu Hai was suddenly startled and his chopsticks stopped in mid-air.

He squinted his eyes and took a greedy breath: "It smells so good, spicy and fresh, who is cooking this dish?"

The second aunt swallowed her saliva and said enviously:

"It should be Wang Hongtao's family across the street. I just saw this guy bring back a big silver carp. He also bought a whole bunch of chili peppers and wild peppers. I guess he made chopped pepper fish head."

Liu Haizhong also licked his lips: "Hey, this thing is not to be envied, people follow behind Director Li all day long, any leak is enough for him to eat."

Then Liu Haizhong placed his hopes on Liu Guangqi again: "Boss, you should get closer to the Wang brothers in the future. It would be even better if you can learn a few tricks from them."

Liu Guangqi curled his lips and said, "What's there to learn? How much oil does this meal use? I estimate it's at least half a bowl! Even if you are rich, you can't eat like this!"

Liu Haizhong said dissatisfiedly: "What's wrong with wasting oil? At least people have to be able to get it before they can waste it! You want to waste it, but can you get it?"

Liu Guangqi lowered his head and remained silent.

The second aunt couldn't stand it any longer: "Guangqi is right. Half a bowl of oil is enough for you to fry many eggs in one meal."

"Besides, how many people like Director Li can we have in our factory?

Don't let us learn how to spend money instead of how to make money. Then how can we make ends meet?"

Liu Haizhong agreed. No matter how promising Guangqi was, he would never be able to find another Director Li even if he learned Wang Hongtao's skills.

So he nodded and said, "That's right, just ignore what I said."

At this moment, Liu Guangfu took advantage of his father's concentration on thinking about something, secretly picked up an egg with chopsticks, and quickly stuffed it into his mouth.

Unfortunately, he was unlucky and was caught by Liu Haizhong who had just come to his senses.

As a result, Liu Haizhong hit his fingers hard with a chopstick: "You son of a bitch, you don't learn your lesson every day. You just follow your second brother to steal food. How dare you touch my eggs?"

After saying that, he started beating him up, and even Liu Guangtian, who was standing silently by the side, was beaten up as well.

Liu Guangtian looked innocent:

"Oh, Dad, you hit the wrong person. I didn't touch the chopsticks. It was the third brother who just picked up the food!"

Liu Haizhong kept his hands on his body: "You are not a good person either!"

But the second auntie was still echoing: "Old Liu beat them well. If he hadn't beaten them, they would have dared to do it again next time. They don't learn their lesson!"

"Dad, please stop hitting me. I know I was wrong and I won't do it again next time!" Guangfu dodged while protecting his head and begging for mercy.

Liu Guangqi, who was standing by, saw all of this and made a secret decision in his mind.

……

The Jia family in the middle courtyard.

Jia Zhang and Bang Geng both had sharp noses. Bang Geng sniffed and said, "Granny, what's that smell? It's so strong, but it smells pretty good."

Jia Zhang was old and experienced, and she knew at the first smell that Boss Wang must have made the big silver carp into chopped pepper fish head.

"Hey, this is the chopped pepper fish head made by the kid named Wang in the backyard. It's spicy and not tasty. Let's wait for Shazhu to bring back the lunch box at home. That's what's delicious!"

Bang Geng looked at his grandmother suspiciously: "This smells delicious! Grandma, go get me some, I want to eat it!"

Jia Zhang sighed heavily: "Alas, your grandmother is not that capable. If you want to blame someone, blame it on your bad luck of being born in the Jia family. Your father died early, and your mother didn't love you. You have suffered a lot..."

"ah…."

"I don't care, I just want to eat the fish head, I just want to eat the fish head!" Banggeng didn't care about anything else. He just lay on the ground and rolled around, shouting that he wanted to eat.

Qin Huairu just glanced at the funny grandparents and grandchildren and ignored them and continued to busy herself with her own things.

Seeing that Qin Huairu ignored him, Jia Zhang hurriedly pulled Bang Geng up: "Oh my dear grandson, you are not allowed to roll around, get up quickly..."

"If you really want to eat fish, you have to ask your mother for help."

It's not that Jia Zhang has suddenly become reasonable, but the last agreement was that Jia Zhang would be the one to wash Bang Geng's and Jia Zhang's own clothes, so she didn't want Bang Geng to roll around.

Seeing that Qin Huairu was indifferent, Jia Zhang turned to Qin Huairu and said, "Qin Huairu, didn't you hear your son say he wanted to eat fish? Why don't you find a way to get him some?"

When Banggeng heard his grandmother speaking for him, he cried even louder, shouting that he would not eat tonight if there was no fish and would just starve.

But the Qin Huairu today is no longer the Qin Huairu of the past. When she thought of Bang Geng helping Jia Zhang to suppress her, she became furious.

"You little bastard, eat if you want, forget it if you don't want. If you don't want to eat, I'll say it's to save food!"

After saying that, Qin Huairu ignored the hypocritical grandparents and went out to wash the vegetables.

What else do you want to eat?

You're the one who eats the most out of Shazhu's lunch box. Every time the dishes are served, you grab the plate and eat the meat like a starving ghost.

Seeing Qin Huairu go out, Qin Jingru also hurried out to help. She was annoyed by the quarrels between the grandparents and grandchildren in the house.

"Jingru, why do I have such a miserable life? I have to live with such a family. The old one is a nobody, but the young one is also so disappointing. It's really..."

Qin Jingru curled her lips:

"Sister, why are you pretending to be with me? Aren't you already with Brother Tao? If you don't live up to expectations, then don't live up to expectations. The worst that can happen is that you can just have another child."

Qin Huairu quickly looked around and found that there was no one around, so she lowered her voice:

"You...what are you talking about? I'm a widow. How can a widow give birth to a child?"

Then Qin Huairu rolled her eyes and said, "Why are you so angry with me? I'm a widow and I've given birth to two children. I can't take your brother Tao away from you no matter what."

"You should be on your guard against other people. You should know that Hong Tao is now driving for the factory director. He is very popular. Even the girls in the city would choose him one by one."

"It's not that bad, sister. Anyway, I have a job and a house in the city. Even if he gets married and doesn't want me anymore, I can still make a living."

"But what about you, Jingru? You can't live in my sister's house forever, right?"

Qin Huairu knew how to control Qin Jingru. When Qin Jingru heard this, her face immediately changed and she didn't even notice that the food in her hand had fallen to the ground.

"Sister, what should I do? I am already Brother Tao's woman. If Brother Tao marries someone else, I really won't be able to survive, sister..."

As Qin Jingru spoke, her face was filled with panic. It was real panic, without any trace of pretense.

Qin Huairu stopped talking: "Okay, okay, Jingru, you don't have to worry too much. I haven't heard of him getting close to any woman in the factory."

"It seems that you have a great advantage at the moment."

"Don't you still have me to help you? I don't believe any man can resist the temptation of us two sisters!"

"But...but I can't cook. Look, Brother Tao would rather pay Yu Li from Uncle San to cook than ask me!"

Qin Jingru was a little disappointed: "My mother said that if you want to hold a man firmly, you must first hold his stomach."

Qin Huairu was disdainful:

"Don't listen to your mother's nonsense! From ancient times to the present, there have been so many concubines, but I have never heard of any one who got to the top by cooking!"

"I'm telling you, Jingru, isn't that the truth about what happens between a man and a woman? As long as we two sisters can take good care of him, I guarantee he won't want to leave you!"

Qin Jingru thought about it carefully and it seemed to be true, so she nodded with a red face: "Then sister, you must help me!"

Qin Huairu also nodded with relief: "Silly girl, I am your sister, who else can I help if not you?"