I fell through the tunnel and brought my family to live a good life

Xu Congyi was still wondering, because in the past, he had to eat lunch before coming. When the servant came before, she secretly looked at the watch, it was about one o'clock, so he must have eaten lunch before coming out. When she saw Tang Wenhao grinning behind the servant, she understood, it turned out that this young master came to eat for free.

Tang Wenhao came at noon with the intention of having lunch, but he certainly didn't come empty-handed, but brought Xu Congyi a fan of spareribs. Xu Congyi was pretending to be serious, but when he saw the spareribs, he couldn't control his smile. It's not Xu Congyi's fault. The novels she read in the modern times said that meat was more expensive than spareribs. After she came here, she asked the boss when she went to the meat stall to buy meat. Pork was expensive. The price of the spine was the same as that of pork, while the price of spareribs was more than three times that of pork! And you can't buy it if you want to. It's not sold in ordinary markets. It's basically reserved in advance by larger restaurants. Tang Wenhao naturally knew why Xu Congyi was so happy. The high price of prime rib was one thing, but it was really hard to buy. Butchers basically had a fixed customer base, so even he couldn't buy it often. This time he accidentally heard from a customer who came to buy cakes that a butcher still had a piece of prime rib, so he hurried to find the butcher, spent a lot of money to buy the ribs, and sent it to Xu Congyi.

After greeting the Xu family, Tang Wenhao stood directly in front of Xu Congyi and shook the ribs in his hand. "Miss Xu, how about this, is my gift enough?"

"Enough, enough. We haven't cooked yet. Let's add some extra dishes for lunch!" Xu Congyi took the ribs from Tang Wenhao's hand without hesitation, "Let's add some... fried pork ribs for lunch!" Xu Congyi had never eaten fried food in such a long time since she came here. When she saw these ribs, the first thing that came to her mind was Qiaotou ribs, but to save trouble, Xu Congyi just called them fried pork ribs.

"Okay!" Tang Wenhao nodded happily. He had long been conquered by Xu Congyi's craftsmanship. Everything Xu Congyi made must be extraordinary.

Xu Congyi asked his family to chat with Tang Wenhao and asked his father to help chop the ribs. Although Xu the Hunter was a hunter, the wild boars sent to the restaurant were all handled by Xu the Hunter himself. If the neighboring village held a banquet and slaughtered pigs, they would also invite Xu the Hunter, so he was also a good butcher.

According to Xu Congyi's request, Xu the hunter chopped off half of the ribs and chopped it into smaller pieces. Xu Congyi could do the rest by himself. Because they were fresh ribs, Xu Congyi did not soak them in blood water. Instead, he added a little flour to clean water and washed them several times. After washing them, he added chopped onion, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, a little salt and white wine to the ribs. He also took a handful of peppercorns and a few dried chilies and ground them into powder and put them in. The ribs were small, so they only needed to be marinated for twenty minutes.

While the spare ribs were being marinated, Xu Congyi planned to stew pork, cabbage and vermicelli. Because there were two more people, Xu Congyi cut some more meat slices and cabbage. The vermicelli needed to be soaked in advance and there was no way to add more. Xu Congyi could only buy some ready-made fresh sweet potato vermicelli from the space.

Heat the oil pan, spread the thickly sliced ​​pork belly neatly on the bottom of the pan, fry until the pork belly changes color and the fat is fried out, then add the chopped onion and ginger slices, a few dried chilies, two star anise, and a little peppercorns and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the sugar, a little white wine, and soy sauce. Put the cabbage stalks in and fry until soft, then add the cabbage leaves, fry them all until soft, add boiling water and sweet potato vermicelli, add a little salt, cover the pot and stew.

While the pork, cabbage and vermicelli were stewing in the pot, Xu Congyi started to make the batter for the Qiaotou spareribs, half starch and half flour, salt and water, two eggs and crushed pepper powder, and mix it into a sticky paste like yogurt. There was no baking powder in this era, and Xu Congyi did not buy it specially from the space. The taste remained the same without baking powder, but it was not as crispy, but it did not affect the eating at all.

In another pot, oil was burning. Xu Congyi also felt that the amount of oil used at home had increased significantly since she came here. This was mainly because the Xu family had spent almost all their money on Xu Congyi's medical treatment. It was no exaggeration to say that a can of oil could last the Xu family for half a year if they used it sparingly, but now a can of oil was only enough for one month.

Put the marinated ribs into the batter and mix them evenly. When the oil temperature is 60% hot, put the ribs into the pot one by one. Li Dahua also came to help her daughter light the fire. The ribs were fried on medium heat for four or five minutes, then the firewood was removed and the fire was changed to low heat for another six or seven minutes. The pork, cabbage and vermicelli in the pot were also stewed. Xu's mother was responsible for serving the dishes, Xu Lao was responsible for serving the steamed rice, Li Dahua cleaned up the dishes, and Xu the hunter set the table. The division of labor was orderly, and Xu Cong fried the ribs again and brought them to the table. Although there were only two dishes, the portions were large and they would definitely fill you up.

Xu Congyi asked the servant to come to the table to eat together. The servant was also an honest child. The Xu family liked him very much after spending the past few days with him. Tang Wenhao liked this kind of dining atmosphere very much. The whole family sat together and talked and laughed. It was not like his family. When they had meals, they were either sent to their own rooms, or they were required to eat without talking. The atmosphere was very depressing. If possible, Tang Wenhao really wanted to eat every meal at the Xu family, not only for Xu Congyi's good cooking skills, but also for the good atmosphere of the Xu family.

"I've come here so many times, but I still don't know your name?" Mother Xu looked lovingly at the servant who was eating voraciously. Next to the servant was Tang Wenhao, who was eating even more voraciously than him.

"Grandma Xu, I am the fifth among my brothers, so my name is Tang Xiaowu."

"Oh? Your last name is also Tang?" Xu's mother asked doubtfully, because in this era even children born in a family with a death contract have their own last name and it will not be changed to the surname of the master's family.

"Grandma Xu, I'm an orphan," Tang Xiaowu put down his bowl and chopsticks, "I didn't know who my parents were since I was a child. The brothers I just mentioned were also my companions in wandering. We ranked ourselves, and I was the smallest at that time, so I ranked fifth. I was sick before and had no money to treat it, so my brothers carried me on their backs to beg in the rich man's house. Thanks to the kindness of the young master, he not only paid for my treatment, but also let us brothers work in the mansion. We are grateful to the young master, so we all took his surname."

Tang Xiaowu's eyes turned red at the end when he said, "So my name is Tang Xiaowu."

Xu's mother didn't say anything else, but just picked up two more pieces of ribs for Tang Wenhao and Tang Xiaowu. Xu Congyi also had more respect for Tang Wenhao in her heart. She really did not choose the wrong partner.