Siheyuan: Started in 1950, third-level cook

As the snails are stir-fried in the pan, the aroma becomes more and more intense.

gudu~

Sha Zhu swallowed his saliva in a cowardly manner, staring at the snails in the pot.

So delicious!

As a chef, he knew very well that the aroma came from the Pixian bean paste.

Is it so magical?

The bean paste we usually use is just to adjust the base flavor. If you put too much, it will be too salty.

But the bean paste used by Chen Jun is not only salty, but also fragrant and spicy.

This magical bean paste is much more attractive to Shazhu than snails.

"Add some soy sauce, salt, sugar, and then add water and simmer it."

After saying that, Chen Jun covered the pot.

After waiting for about two or three minutes, Chen Jun lifted the lid of the pot, and an even stronger and more overbearing fragrance followed the steam straight to the roof.

He took a plate of snails out of the pot, picked up a snail and sucked it hard. The extremely delicious snail meat came out. After chewing it gently twice, Chen Jun nodded with satisfaction.

"Yes, that's what it tastes like!"

After that, Chen Jun served another bowl to Director Song, and then said to Sha Zhu and the others, "Share the food in the pot with everyone. Let's just taste it."

As soon as these words were spoken, Sha Zhu couldn't wait to rush over. He didn't mind the heat at all, he picked one up from the pot and sucked it up like Chen Jun did.

“Mmm~ Delicious!”

"Hey, Captain He, you better stop eating. Hurry up and serve some to everyone." A handyman urged.

Chen Jun had just fried half a pot, and there was more than half left. The people in the kitchen shared it out, and each person could have half a bowl.

During the next ten minutes or so, slurping sounds could be heard from the kitchen from time to time. Until the bell rang, Sha Zhu and the others were still savoring the delicious food.

"Tell me, why is this little thing so addictive? I don't want to stop at all."

"Oh, Director Chen is such a great cook that he can make snails so delicious. If it were sold in a restaurant, it would cost at least two yuan a serving."

"Oh, it's delicious, but I can't eat enough."

While serving the dishes, several handymen were still discussing the fried snails. The same was true for Sha Zhu, but his mind was more active than the handymen. Seeing that there were still two small pots of snails that had not been fried, he planned to shamelessly go to Chen Jun to ask for some Pixian bean paste after he finished this.

Based on his understanding of Chen Jun, he will most likely give it to him generously.

Hey!

I'll make it for Liu Lan after work.

He did what he said. As it was almost time to get off work, Sha Zhu ran to the canteen director's office and shamelessly asked Chen Jun for some Pixian bean paste, and then packed some cleaned snails.

Even if this thing was blatantly taken out of the steel mill, the security department would be too lazy to stop it.

You can just pick up worthless things from the river.

After returning home, Sha Zhu couldn't wait to heat up the oil in a pan and started stir-frying the Pixian bean paste according to Chen Jun's steps.

"Hmm? What does it smell like?"

Yi Zhonghai, who was eating in the house, sniffed suddenly and smelled the fragrance coming from the window.

According to his understanding of the situation in the yard, if the fragrance came from the backyard and front yard, it shouldn't be so strong.

"Could it be, Silly Pillar?"

Yi Zhonghai raised his eyebrows, stood up and walked to the door, directly verifying his guess.

In order to avoid fuming Liu Lan who was in confinement during her pregnancy, Sha Zhu actually cooked with the windows and doors open. How could the smell not be overbearing!

Jia Zhang, who lived in the middle courtyard, could no longer sit still after smelling the odor. She came to the door, took two deep puffs, and began to curse: "Damn it, you can do whatever you want just because you are the canteen director? You can eat delicious food all day long? Believe it or not, I will report you!"

"What a heartless person! My family is in such a difficult situation, but you didn't even bother to send me some..."

Jia Dongxu was also very greedy and he kept swallowing his saliva. If he hadn't had difficulty walking, he would have been standing at the door like Jia Zhangshi, sniffing the fragrance.

"Report him! You have to report him!"

Qin Huairu, who was about to eat, swallowed her saliva quietly when she saw this, and then explained: "Mom, Dongxu, this is really not Chen Jun who is cooking, it should be Sha Zhu who is frying snails."

Before leaving get off work, she saw with her own eyes Sha Zhu and other colleagues packing up the remaining snails. Because she had been feeding pigs and had not yet fully integrated into the small kitchen team, she had no share of the remaining snails.

Not only were these not given to her, but she also had no share of the remaining dishes.

"Snail???"

Hearing that Sha Zhu was cooking this, Jia Zhang smiled crookedly and said disdainfully: "Sha Zhu's life is not that good. He can't even afford pork and has started eating snails. Dogs wouldn't even eat that stuff!"

"That's right. If you ask me, Shazhu is mentally ill. No decent person would eat snails!" Jia Dongxu immediately agreed, his words full of contempt.

Dogs won’t eat it?

When Qin Huairu heard this, she couldn't help but pinch her eyebrows.

When the snails were distributed at noon, she also got a small half bowl. The taste was so delicious that she would never trade it even if you offered her a piece of braised pork.

It was something I had never experienced before. Not only was the taste unique, but the way to eat it was also very special.

So in Qin Huairu's opinion, Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu have never seen the world.

Taking in the fragrance in the air, Jia Zhang finished the steamed bread in her hand in a few gulps, and then drank up the porridge in the bowl.

What was different from usual was that this time I was actually a little hungry after dinner.

Jia Dongxu standing next to him felt the same way. The two looked at each other and swallowed at the same time.

It's all this damn idiot's fault.

Why are you frying snails for no reason?

"Well, Qin Huairu, go ask Sha Zhu for some snails. They're not valuable. If he's reluctant to give them to you, you can exchange the steamed bun for one plate, no, two plates!" Jia Zhang felt that exchanging one steamed bun for a serving of snails was a losing deal, and even two servings of snails would be a losing deal.

"Mom, Shazhu doesn't even look at me now!" Qin Huairu felt aggrieved. Jia Zhang always pushed such embarrassing things to her.

If it were in the past, she would have gone, and Sha Zhu would definitely be happy to give her a share.

But now, Shazhu already has a son. If he goes out to beg for food, won’t he become a beggar on the street?

"Qin Huairu! You are a useless thing. You can't make money, you don't want to sweep the floor or cook, and I am the one who takes care of Banggeng. Why is our family so unlucky to have a daughter-in-law like you? If I had known..."

"I'll go, I'll go. Isn't it okay for me to go?"

Qin Huairu stood up with a headache. Even if it would embarrass herself, she didn't want to listen to Jia Zhang's nagging.

As expected, Qin Huairu went out with an empty bowl and returned home with an empty bowl.

"What the hell is this? They treat broken snails as treasures. Tomorrow I will go to the river and catch a hundred or eighty kilograms of them. They will be so greedy that they die!" Jia Zhang cursed.