Chapter 261: Appreciation of Gourmets
Although there is nothing unusual about foreign customers, when they enter the farmers' fair and come to his showcase, Li Qingyun can't turn a blind eye, and walks over to say hello and ask about their needs.
One of them, an old man in his fifties, with loose yellow hair and a shawl, was very artistic, and he said that his name was Fred and that he was a gourmet. When I was wandering around the street with my peers, I suddenly smelled a very special fragrance, so I came to take the liberty of disturbing and hoped to be able to taste it.
Li Qingyun smiled and nodded, it turned out to be a rice eater, and he thought that a big customer was coming. However, gourmets are financially affluent and elite in all walks of life, and the food they like can often help people promote it. Therefore, some restaurants not only invite gourmets to taste for free, but also come with round-trip air tickets.
If you say that the hot pot made by Li Qingyun, the fragrance is really special. A pot of thick soup is stewed with space live fish and space goat, fish and sheep is a fresh word, and common Sichuan-style hot pot ingredients are added, which has the characteristics of spicy and fragrant. The most important thing is that the aura contained in the soup is not found in other hot pots, so as soon as the aroma comes out, people can feel a special and attractive fragrance.
There are several pairs of chopsticks in the hot pot, which are sandwiched into a disposable small cup, and the vegetables and meat slices in the cup are tasted with a toothpick. After Fred got Li Qingyun's permission, he observed for a while and found that there was no problem with the hygiene of this big hot pot, so he used chopsticks to clip a few coriander and two slices of mutton.
Li Qingyun didn't expect that this foreigner's use of chopsticks was no worse than that of the Chinese, and it seemed that he was really a eater. As soon as the connoisseur stretches out his hand, he will know if there is one. After eating a stick of coriander, Fred frowned. Then he took a deep breath, put another slice of mutton in his mouth, mixed and chewed, and involuntarily showed a smile of supreme enjoyment on his face.
Ordinary onlookers took the initiative to give these gourmets a little bit of a seat, so that the gourmets in the back also had the opportunity to stand in front of the hot pot. These people use chopsticks in different ways, but they can barely pick up vegetables.
One of the brown-haired young gourmets shook his head in a high-profile manner after eating a few chopsticks and vegetables, saying, "Oh, it feels a little bad. Smell the incense. There is nothing to eat. Except for numb and spicy, I can't eat any fragrance. I think the truffle, foie gras and caviar in our country are the most delicious food, far better than the hot pot here. ”
Fred said dissatisfiedly, "No, no, Victor. You don't understand Sichuan and Shu cuisine. If you are not used to chili peppers and peppercorns. You'd better eat that Shimizu hot pot, I think Shimizu hot pot will satisfy you. ”
Criticized by another gourmand for not understanding good food. It's a shame. Victor blushed and didn't argue directly, just put down his chopsticks angrily, as if he was afraid of Fred's identity.
Their conversations are all in English, Li Qingyun just can understand it, and secretly laughing at foreigners is also fighting in the nest, and they can also argue when they taste food. But he can also understand that it is like an insult for an electrician to say that another electrician does not understand the principles of electrical circuits.
Other gourmets were also full of praise for Li Qingyun's hot pot, so although Victor was dissatisfied, he was instantly isolated, and it was not good to say anything more.
When he saw Yang Yunu, his eyes suddenly lit up, he squeezed to the front of the display case, stretched out his hand very enthusiastically, and said, "Hello, beautiful girl, my name is Victor, and it's a pleasure to meet you." ”
It is actually spoken in Chinese, although the pronunciation is very strange and non-standard, but at least it can be understood by the Chinese people.
"Hello and welcome to taste the vegetables grown on our farm. If you have any comments, you can say to us. Yang Yunu smiled and raised the vegetables in his hand, which means that I am busy with work, and it is inconvenient to shake hands.
Yang Yunu spoke pure Chinese, and Victor was dumbfounded, it seems that he only understands those two sentences of Chinese, and the purpose is to hook up with girls. I still wanted to think about a few more simple Chinese, but I saw that Yang Yunu was busy adding new vegetables to the hot pot and had no time to deal with him.
Li Qingyun suddenly lost his good impression of this guy, Ni Mei, didn't you see the master standing here, dare to hook up with my woman, if you find a chance, you will definitely hook up with your woman...... Oh no, just find a chance to beat him up, a woman's god, one is enough. However, as soon as he thought of Michelle, whose whereabouts were unknown, Li Qingyun's words suddenly became less reasonable.
"Good, very good. Mr. Li, this is the best food I have ever had in China, it tastes amazing, I never thought that hot pot can also have a great sense of fullness. That's right, it's a sense of fullness that is nutritious. In the next issue of "Gourmet" magazine, there will definitely be this hot pot review. Oh, I almost forgot, you don't own a restaurant, but I'll still let the world's gourmets know about this hot pot. Fred put down the disposable cup, walked to the back of the display case, and had an intimate conversation with Li Qingyun.
Hearing the "Gourmet" magazine, Li Qingyun's eyes suddenly lit up, although he usually doesn't read many magazines, he has heard of several famous magazines in the world. Like Time Magazine, National Geographic, Playboy, etc., and "Gourmet" is a professional and authoritative magazine in the food and catering industry.
Although I don't own a restaurant, it's a good choice to recommend my own vegetables by the way. Anyway, you don't need to pay for advertising, and the ads delivered to your door are so good.
Li Qingyun said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Fred, in fact, the method of this hot pot is very ordinary, and the reason why it is so delicious is mainly because the ingredients I choose are good." The soup is boiled with sheep and fish that I raise, and the vegetables are the main products of my farm, so I don't need to put too many condiments, and the dishes I make are delicious. If you don't believe it, you can taste the taste of boiled vegetables, the original vegetables, and you can also feel the ultimate in food. ”
"Oh, then I'll have to give it a try. Fred said, walked to the water hot pot, scalded a few vegetables in the boiling water, whether it is chrysanthemum, spinach, baby cabbage, in addition to its own fragrance, there is also a faint aura contained in it, which is the main source of the special fragrance.
After tasting it, Fred immediately exclaimed, "Oh God, it's amazing." Just now I thought it was your magic way of making hot pot, but it turned out that the vegetables really tasted good. Mr. Lee, where is your farm? I'm going to visit it, and if the original vegetables are so delicious, I don't mind recommending your greens to a few big restaurants in the United States. Of course. I will also order some myself, and when I open a duì, I will entertain guests. ”
Li Qingyun immediately said: "Of course, there is no problem with visiting my small farm. It's just that I'm going to attend the Farmers' Fair for three days, and if you really want to visit, we can set it for three days. When the time comes, you call the number on my business card, and I will entertain you on the farm with real local specialties. ”
"Thanks, we're done. I'll call you in three days. Fred was thrilled. After shaking hands with Li Qingyun, he put his business card in his wallet.
The peak of the flow of people in the morning weakened with the departure of several foreigners. After lunch, Li Qingyun was chatting with Yang Yunu. Wang Chao came over with a few friends. said he was here to help him support the field. It's nice to say that these guys are in the night show. They are all dressed up very brightly, but when they come to the farmers' fair, they are a little out of place.
They thought Li Qingyun was here to sell vegetables. One by one is very interesting, and they have said that they can buy a few hundred catties for their families to eat. Li Qingyun had no choice but to explain slowly, saying that vegetables were not worried, and this time he participated in the agricultural trade fair just to promote. If you want to eat, you can go to Lijiazhai and pick as much as you want, and you don't need to help here.
Wang Chao understood that he didn't bring his friends over to support the scene, but to add to the chaos. So he was going to leave soon, not wanting to delay Li Qingyun's business, before leaving, he also mysteriously told Li Qingyun, saying that his grandfather knew about his gambling stone, and also knew that he had a huge jadeite rough in his hand, and wanted to come and have a look, because there was an inexplicable shortage of jadeite in the market recently, and they were out of stock in several stores in Xiangjiang.
Judging from Wang Chao's smug expression, it seems that he has been praised by his elders, otherwise he would not be so excited. He also said that if Li Qingyun was free, he wanted to ask Li Qingyun to witness the calcing process of the giant jade rough together, because the rough stone was solemnly recommended to him by Li Qingyun.
Li Qingyun smiled, and just said to look at the time, if you have time, you don't mind going to see it. In contrast, use the spirit to detect the difference between the jadeite rough and the real cut.
When there were few people, Li Qingyun took the time to call the workers on the farm and asked them to prepare some more vegetables, find a small truck, and send them to the provincial capital overnight, so as not to delay tomorrow's agricultural fair. Ordinary customers are too enthusiastic, ten yuan a catty, no one bargains. It seems that everyone thinks that vegetables with this flavor are worth ten yuan a catty.
At about four o'clock in the afternoon, when the farmers' fair was about to be cleared, Li Qingyun suddenly saw an old man in Tang costume standing in front of the display case. How did the old man appear, Li Qingyun didn't notice it, took a closer look, and found that the old man was restrained, with his chest and back, he had a special momentum, and he had a long white beard on his mouth, and the whole person looked like a fairy wind and bones.
The old man was followed by two young entourage, slender and tall, with vigorous qi and blood, and the characteristics of practicing kung fu were very obvious.
Yang Yunu's gaze swept over the two entourage, and finally stopped at the old man, from this inconspicuous old man, she felt a trace of the artistic conception of a strong man, and also felt a trace of threat. This shows that within three meters, this old man has the strength to hurt her.
The old man's eyes were originally only focused on the hot pot, but he suddenly felt Yang Yunu's vigilance, and was slightly stunned, obviously he didn't expect that there was also a clever practitioner here, and he could see through his own kung fu.
"Girl, did you make this hot pot? It smells very fragrant, there is a familiar fragrance, and when I pass by the gate, I inadvertently want to come in and have a look. The old man's tone has a strong Sichuan flavor, and no matter where he lives, he still has the same local accent.
"My boyfriend did it. Yang Yunu pointed to Li Qingyun behind him, and when he saw that Li Qingyun had already come over, he took the initiative to step back, stand beside the man, and let the man take charge.
Li Qingyun said with a smile: "The old man is a master, he smells the fragrance of hot pot from such a distance." This is made in the morning, and the soup has been boiling for most of the day, although it is operated with chopsticks, it is not very good. If the old man likes this taste, he can take some vegetables back and cook them himself, and take the rest of the plate of mutton with him, and put some spicy ingredients to make this taste. ”
Treating this kind of kung fu master, Li Qingyun doesn't want to cause trouble, and it is best to have a good fate. In terms of force, Li Qingyun is not afraid of anyone, but he does not want to bring potential danger to his family and friends.
The old man smiled and said, "Hehe, thank you for this bold little brother." I'm just curious how the taste of your hot pot reminds me of a tea I've drunk before, two unrelated things, but the taste is surprisingly similar. I've been abroad for so many years, but I didn't expect that as soon as I returned to China, I would smell the smell of longing, so I wanted to ask what happened. (To be continued......)