8, Memories of the past
Since the little beauty offered to accompany her to buy something, Wang Bo naturally had no reason to refute. The two rode their respective bicycles, one after the other, and drove directly to the farmers' market on Linyuan Road.
At the farmers' market, Wang Bo bought two catties of dried rice noodles, one catty of beef, one or two smoked square bamboo shoots, and the three main ingredients of beef bamboo shoots and rice noodles were all together.
As for the ingredients for the soup, Wang Bo chose the pork bones, chicken bones, and duck bones. There is a saying in the soup industry that "no bones are not thick, no chicken is not fresh, no duck is not fragrant", which means that in order to make the soup stock thick, fragrant and fresh, there must be pig, chicken and duck in the soup. There was no one in the farmer's market who specialized in selling chicken and duck bones, so Wang Bo bought a whole old hen and duck to make the soup. In this way, the cost will be much higher, but the taste will be much more delicious than using chicken and duck bones alone.
In addition to the delicious rice noodles and the base soup, there is also a key thing that is the oil and spicy seeds. There is a saying in the world of marinated vegetables and cold vegetables in Sichuan cuisine, which is called "those who get oil and spicy seeds win the world", which shows the role of oil and spicy seeds in Sichuan cuisine. Good oil and spicy seeds, in addition to being simple spicy, should be fragrant and the color should be more correct, so that they can be added to the dish to have both color and flavor.
Therefore, if you want to be spicy, fragrant and red, you can't use only one kind of chili pepper inside, you need to use compound chili noodles. Wang Bo's choice is dried Chaotian pepper (some are also called bullets) plus dried Erjingtiao and bell pepper. Chaotian pepper is spicy, Erjingtiao is fragrant, and bell pepper is responsible for red, adjusting the color. Wang Bo did not directly buy ready-made chili noodles, but bought dried sea peppers and prepared them for baking and preparing after returning home. This is also a "Tao" that is not for outsiders in the production of oil and spicy seeds, the reason is very simple, there is no treachery, there is no business, ready-made chili noodles are usually ground out of those inferior chili peppers that are not good in appearance and not easy to sell, and there are a lot of other messy things that no one knows what they are. Therefore, in order to prepare the most perfect spicy oil, Wang Bo still decided not to steal this lazy wonder.
After the main ingredients of rice noodles, base soup and spicy seeds are bought, the rest is to hype and boil the auxiliary materials of these main ingredients, such as light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, ginger, green onion, garlic, star anise, naphthalene, bay leaves, cumin, cinnamon, tangerine peel, rock sugar...... There are nearly thirty flavors in total.
When Wang Bo led the little beauty to purchase all the main and auxiliary materials, the time was already five o'clock in the afternoon. During the whole procurement process, the little beauty around him did not have any impatience, but asked curiously, and took the initiative to help him get things. It can be said that without Zhang Jing's help, I don't know how busy this big purchase will be.
"I'm finally done, quietly, let's go home!" Wang Bo waved his hand and took the lead on the way home.
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When there were still one or two hundred meters away from the door of the house, Wang Bo found his mother, wearing an apron, a floral shirt on her upper body, and a pair of blue cloth pants on her lower body, standing on the side of the road and looking in the direction of the big road. This picture made Wang Bo think of his previous life, whether he went to Shuangqing to study or returned from vacation, and went home for the New Year after graduation, and left home after the New Year, when he left, his mother always stood on the side of the road, and reluctantly watched him drag his suitcase away until he couldn't see his figure, and his mother would have to stand there for a while before turning around.
And whenever he called and said that he was going to come back the next day, his mother would stand on the side of the road every half an hour from the early morning of the day he was going back, so whether he went to study in the field or stayed in the field to work after graduation, whenever he came back, the first thing to greet him was always that small, not tall, simple and unpretentious old figure.
After the death of his mother, the figure that no matter how windy or rainy, no matter how cold or hot it was, disappeared forever. In this scene, Wang Bo can only try to remember and grab in the dream he dreams at midnight.
And with the loss of time, the originally extremely clear memories began to blur little by little, becoming shadowy.
Wang Bo felt that the corners of his eyes were a little moist, and he was emotional, and he subconsciously used force on his feet, and soon overtook Zhang Jing, who was riding in front, and rushed towards the figure that had been blurred by time, but now he was vivid.
"Bo'er, why did it take so long to come back?" Zeng Fanyu's worried eyes disappeared the moment she saw Wang Bo, and before Wang Bo's bicycle had completely stopped, she began to go to get the bags of ingredients in the luggage box.
By the way, Mom, you have to thank Jingjing, if it weren't for her help, I'm afraid it would take me half an hour to get home. Wang Bo pinched the brakes to stop the car, let his mother go to fetch the ingredients in the basket, and looked at his mother with a smile.
As soon as his son said this, Zeng Fanyu found that there was an extra bicycle not far behind his son, and the person sitting on the bicycle was Zhang Jing, the daughter of Zhang Jifa's family.
"Zeng Niang!" Zhang Jing shouted quietly, looking a little restrained.
"Oh, what's so embarrassing? Thank you, Quiet. Really, it's so hot, come in, Niang Niang will pour you a bowl of cold boiled water to drink. Zeng Fanyu greeted with a smile.
"No, Zeng Niang. Thank you, I don't have a dry mouth. Zhang Jing replied, as she spoke, taking out the large bag of seasonings in the luggage box. Because there were too many things, Wang Bo's luggage box in his car couldn't fit it, and the rest was only in Zhang Jing's luggage box.
"Jingjing, if you don't mention it, let your brother Bo mention it. Bo'er, what are you doing there? Why don't you hurry up and help Jingjing mention it?" Zeng Fanyu glanced at Wang Bo, a little "dissatisfied".
"Yes, Mom!" Wang Bo replied with a smile, and then said to Zhang Jing, "Jingjing, I'll just come." As he spoke, he changed the spice bag in Zhang Jing's hand to his own hand, "Why don't you go to my house and play a little more?" Wang Bo stared at Zhang Jing, who suddenly became shy, and said with a smile.
"No, no, Brother Bo!" Zhang Jing's cheeks flushed, "My mother's old man will be back in a while, I'll go back first." ”
"Yes, then you can go back. Thank you for today. By the way, if there is anything you don't understand in the future, not only English, but other subjects, you can come to me. Remember, there is a top student in the high school entrance examination near your home, and you must carry forward the spirit of not asking for nothing!" Wang Bo quipped.
"Giggle-" Zhang Jing "giggled" and nodded, "I will, Brother Bo." Then, I'll go. Great-Niang, goodbye. Come to my house when you have time! Brother Bo, you can come and play when you have time. ”
"Yes, quietly. You'll be able to play when you have time. Oops, really, I did such a big favor that I didn't even get a sip of water......"
Zhang Jing had already ridden away, and Zeng Fanyu was still chattering, blaming herself for not being able to fulfill the friendship of the landlord. Wang Bo glanced at Zhang Jing who was far away, listened to his mother's chatter, looked up at the sky, the sky was so blue that it was immersive, and the white clouds floated by, reflecting the golden brilliance of the sunset.
Mom, I will let you live a long life, be healthy and happy, and not let the tragedy of your previous life repeat itself. I will definitely keep you with the countless beauties around you, so that there will be no regrets in this life!Almighty God, I thank you again!" Wang Bo clenched his right hand into a fist, and said secretly in his heart.