Brush the wood pot, add water, and let the fat man add heat to bring to a boil slowly. At this time, Yu Zehai really started his cooking demonstration!

Mixing, kneading, rolling......

Yu Zehai hasn't cooked handmade noodles in person for some years, but this process is familiar to him. You know, when he was still very young, he stepped on a small bench and rolled noodles on the board.

"Boss, why did you put two eggs in the noodles just now?" The fat man in front of the pot stove asked a little puzzled when he saw Yu Zehai's approach.

"The purpose of adding eggs is to make the noodles stronger!" Yu Zehai explained: "After all, handmade noodles are different from those machine-made noodles sold in the market, if the workmanship is not fine or not good enough, if you throw it into boiling water for a while, and before you can cook it, the noodles will already become rotten." ”

"I see!" the fat man nodded, and then asked again, "I said, boss, why do you still knead the dough with your fists? Why do you make it like punching sand......bags?"

"You know a yarn!" Yu Zehai rolled his eyes and said, "Originally, it was best to let the dough rest for about half an hour after kneading, but now it's obviously too late." So, repeating the tapping like I did was to speed up the process of waking up. ”

"Ma Dan! Why do I suddenly feel like I don't know anything or anything? What, boss, wait a minute, let me ask again, what does that 'wake up' mean?"

Yu Zehai smiled and said: "In the process of mixing noodles, stress is artificially added to the flour, and the spatial structure of protein molecules is also destroyed. The process of awakening is to eliminate this stress, and at the same time, to allow some time for the spatial structure of those damaged protein molecules to be reshaped!"

"By resting the dough, the network structure in the dough that has been twisted and destroyed by external force has been reshaped, the proteins in the dough have regained their proper spatial configuration, the protein molecules have been well stretched, and the dough will become more firm, that is, chewy, soft, and the taste will become more delicate and smooth!"

"Damn, Boss, you say that, you really pay attention to learning everywhere......"

"It's good to understand!" Yu Zehai said with a smile while working neatly: "As the saying goes, 'live to be old and learn to be old', do you think these truths summarized by the ancients are all untrue? Just like those great scientists, they were still pondering the topic they were studying until the moment they died." ”

Mixing the dough, kneading the dough, the last process is to roll the dough with a rolling pin.

The board of Yu Zehai's house is a very smooth stone slab that has been polished. Using a whole slate to make a board is much better than a wooden board. Because it is usually impossible for a wooden board to have such a large piece of wood, if it is put together with small pieces of wood, the gap between the planks and the planks is easy to fall into some dirt or grow rice worms due to the infiltration and accumulation of flour.

Rolling dough is a physical task that requires a lot of strength on the part of the arm. Of course, there are also women in the village because of their weak and thin bodies, they have to deliberately knead the noodles in the process of kneading the dough, the noodles may not be so strong, but undoubtedly save the effort to roll the dough.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

This is the sound of the dough sheet slapping against the board.

First, flatten the dough with a rolling pin, then sprinkle a handful of corn flour evenly, then roll up the dough sheet with a rolling pin, and start to rub and rub vigorously on the smooth cutting board...... Of course, the main reason why cornflour is sprinkled and nothing else is to prevent the dough sheet rolled on the rolling pin from sticking to a ball, which would lose the meaning of rolling dough.

"Fat man, don't boil the water in the pot dry!" Yu Zehai rolled the dough rhythmically, and when he noticed the fat man next to him staring at him rolling the dough, he couldn't help but say: "You open the lid of the pot and take a look, if you find that the water is broken, add some more." I'd rather have more boiling water, but don't do less. ”

"Gotta get it!"

Yu Zehai was like a wind-up machine, working non-stop, and soon rolled the dough to the thickness he wanted. Yu Zehai stacked the dough sheets on the cutting board, and then took out the kitchen knife, accompanied by a sound of "do-do", the stacked dough sheets were quickly cut into a chopped noodles, Zhang Zhiwen watched with relish on the side, he had never rolled the noodles so it felt very novel.

"Fatty, add firewood, the noodles need to be fiercely heated after they are put into the pot!" Yu Zehai looked at the boiling water in the pot, took a scoop out of the scoop, and then put the noodles down, stirred them with chopsticks, and covered the pot again.

Compared with the machine noodles, the hand-rolled noodles are very easy to cook, after the first boiling, stir with chopsticks and roll over, and then there is a boil basically cooked for eight or nine minutes, and then you need to stop the fire to cultivate the fire, that is, transfer the burning firewood to other places, and even the charcoal burned at the bottom of the pot should be covered with grass and wood ashes. In this way, you can ensure that the noodles in the pot will not be boiled and melted.

"That's it!"

Yu Zehai beckoned and said, "Fatty, come and wash your hands!" After washing, take this rag and clean up the table where we eat in the morning, and prepare to eat!" While speaking, Yu Zehai quickly scalded a handful of spinach with the boiling water that came out of the spoon just now, and then mixed a cold spinach, a cucumber, a sugar tomato, and a cooked beef. After that, I took out the big bowl and began to serve the noodles!

The kind of noodles made by Yu Zehai is called leek leaf noodles, that is, this noodles are almost as wide and narrow as the leaves of leeks, which are completely different from the kind of noodles sold on the market, such as stick noodles and dragon whisker noodles. You must know that northern China is dominated by pasta, and thousands of years of historical origin have formed countless noodle cultures.

Five large bowls of noodles were poured with fragrant sauerkraut and shredded pork, as well as four exquisite side dishes, and they were served to the table one by one!

"Let's eat!"

Yu Zehai took off the apron around his neck, brought the pot of noodles and placed them on the table, and said with a smile: "It's the credit of me and the fat man at noon today, everyone should try it! By the way, before eating, it's best to mix the noodles with the noodles with chopsticks." This is a shame, everyone can add it at any time!"

"It's delicious!"

After listening to Yu Zehai's introduction, Hu Meiqin mixed the noodles evenly, took a bite and nodded again and again.

"Well, the taste is deserved!"

The fat man also puffed out his cheeks and sucked the noodles, and his head kept lit.

"This is a side dish, everyone, you're welcome!" Yu Zehai put a chopstick spinach into his bowl and said, "There are still a lot of noodles in the pot, everyone let go of their stomachs to eat! At least two large bowls per person!"

Seeing a few people sucking noodles non-stop, Yu Zehai's face showed a faint smile. In fact, when he was serving the meal just now, he deliberately put some spiritual spring into the pot. Although the amount is not much, just a few drops, but with this kind of anti-heaven spiritual thing, it is strange that the taste is not good!

"I'll go! Fatty, how many years have you not eaten noodles? Why do you even drink the soup cleanly? There are still too many noodles in the pot, take a bowl and serve it yourself, enough for you to eat!"

"Hey...... It's delicious! It's so delicious! I'm going to eat another bowl!" After speaking, Zhang Zhiwen directly took the empty bowl and ran towards the stove room.

"Aunt Hu, you're welcome!" Yu Zehai glanced at Hu Meiqin next to him and said, "I don't know if this sour noodle soup is to your taste, I'll get some more noodles for you after eating." ”

"Enough is enough!" Hu Meiqin waved her hand again and again when she heard this, and said: "This big bowl of rice, you Aunt Hu and I will eat it enough! People in the city should know that they work all day long, and their stomachs are small!"

"Haha......" Yu Zehai smiled and said, "You still have to eat enough, not to mention, don't you run more than ten miles in the morning." After speaking, Yu Zehai looked at his parents again and said, "Dad, Mom, come on, there are still more noodles in the pot!"

"You don't have to worry about us!" Wang Shufen waved her hand and said, "I still need you to take care of it in my own house, I will serve it myself after eating." ”

Finally, after everyone had finished eating, Yu Zehai cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, wiped the table, and took out the teapot and paper cups. Needless to say, just looking at the appearance of these two people holding their bellies, you know that they are holding on again, and it is not strange that people in the city can't control their mouths when they go to the countryside.

After a while, Huzi came.

Yu Zehai took out his mobile phone and looked at the time, and said, "Have you eaten lunch?" There is still leftover sauerkraut noodles in the pot, do you want to eat some Huzi?"

"Boss, I've eaten it!" Huzi scratched his head and said, "At noon, my mother also made the rolling noodles, and I came over after eating." ”

Before Yu Zehai could speak, the fat man next to him immediately smiled and said, "Hello! Yes, boss, have you changed your mobile phone again?"

Yu Zehai rolled his eyes and said angrily: "It's just a garbage knock-off machine for hundreds of yuan! Moreover, what is there to replace those mobile phones on the market today? It's not a smartphone, and it's not all a bird." If you have a smartphone and can use your mobile phone to chat and surf the Internet, you can consider switching to it. ”

"Smartphones?"

As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. After suddenly hearing the word 'smart phone' from Yu Zehai's mouth again, Zhang Zhiwen's eyes widened and he said: "Is there such a mobile phone? Moreover, I have seen you mention it many times in your plan, boss, what is a smart phone?"

"If you don't have it now, it doesn't mean you won't have it in the future!"

Yu Zehai shook his head, then glanced at the fat man and said: "By the way, I remember that your family seems to have an industry in this area, haven't you thought about developing system software in this area? If you can take the lead, then your family is estimated to make a lot of money." You know, shopping malls are like battlefields, this step first, is step by step!"

"Boss, what do you think? Tell me about it! All inventions start with an idea. The fat man got up directly and sat down next to Yu Zehai, and asked with a smile.

Yu Zehai looked at the fat man with an expectant face, and did not hesitate, let alone avoid taboos, but in front of everyone, he roughly said some of the functions of those smartphones in his previous life, plus some of his own thoughts, and Zhang Zhiwen was stunned for a moment, and his face was full of green light!