Wang Tao's body needed to rest, and after the nurse arrived, Li Yu left with Yiyi's farewell.

At this time, there was still an hour before the meal, and after confirming that there were kitchen utensils at home, Li Yu took the little girl to take a car and went straight to the central market.

He was going to cook something delicious for the little girl.

The central market is not far from the provincial hospital, less than ten minutes, and the taxi arrives at the destination, across the street, is the north entrance of the central market in Shucheng.

After paying the fare, Li Yu led the little girl across the road and entered the north gate of the market.

As the first market in the provincial capital, the central market has done quite well in terms of environmental optimization, with only the smell of various ingredients mixed in the market, and the ground is very clean.

Li Yu stopped in front of a stall.

"Sister, how much do garlic sprouts (tai) and radish cost?" asked Li Yuchao the stall owner.

Garlic sprouts, also known as garlic sprouts, are flower stems drawn from garlic sprouts, and when he saw radishes and garlic sprouts, Li Yu had an idea in his heart.

The stall owner was a middle-aged woman, who looked honest, and when she heard Li Yu asking the price, she showed a warm smile and said, "Garlic sprouts are six yuan and five yuan per catty, and radish is two yuan and three." ”

Li Yu smacked his lips, the radishes are a little expensive, although these radishes look good, but at most they are eight cents a pound, and they are about to pull the little girl away, Li Yu suddenly came back to his senses: Shucheng is a southern city, and the radishes in the south are generally more expensive than those in the north.

Li Yu patted his head, this kind of low-level mistake can't be made again.

He took the little girl back to the stall, chose two handfuls of garlic sprouts and a white radish, handed them to the stall owner, and said, "Sister, you are ..... By the way, give me a bag. ”

"It's seven pieces of seven, and it's good if you give seven pieces of five. The stall owner's eldest sister weighed the price very quickly, and showed Li Yu the scale.

Li Yu took the bag and handed over eight yuan: "No need to look for it." ”

Li Yu's eyes were very good, and he could see at a glance that the stall owner had never weighed it without doing anything tricked, and he weighed enough pounds when he weighed it, for this kind of honest farmer, there was no need to covet those few cents.

The newly opened fresh food and meat products section of the central market is at the West Gate, and Li Yu and Yiyi have to pass through most of the market to get there, and along the way he bought a few potatoes, a large handful of peppercorns, and bean sprouts, green onions, ginger and garlic.

The little girl also jumped up and down to help Li Yu carry a few bags of vegetables, although she didn't know what Li Yu was going to do deliciously, but this kind of liveliness in the market was the little girl's favorite.

After walking for more than ten minutes, Li Yu smelled a faint fishy smell, his eyes lit up, and the meat area had arrived!

Compared with the vegetable section, there are many fewer stalls in the meat section, but the flow of people in the area has increased instead of decreasing, and the two-and-a-half-meter-wide aisles are crowded.

The ban on meat has only been lifted for a year, so the division of stalls in the market is far less standardized than in the previous life.

Next to the pork stall is a beef stall, next to the beef stall is a chicken stall, and next to the chicken stall is a pork stall, and some fresh stalls that should be independent are also mixed in.

Most of the customers choose two pieces of meat at the stall at random, pretend to study their eyes, and pay directly without any dark spots or peculiar smells, Li Yu is different, those ingredients that seem to be no different, in his eyes, the quality difference is extremely distinct, he doesn't dare to pick up a piece of meat and take it away.

After squeezing for a long time, Li Yu took the little girl to a fish stall.

Compared to other meat stalls, the number of fish stalls is a few points less, and in this stall, the stall owner sits on a small bench in front of three large oval plastic basins, and the oxygen pumps in the basins are constantly bubbling.

Li Yu glanced twice, his brows furrowed, most of the fish in the basin were all bad, and the quality was not good, so he handed over the vegetables he bought to the little girl, Li Yu squatted down in front of the basin to see if he could find a fresh fish, after all, this is the only fish stall around.

Before that, he bought turnips, potatoes and various accessories, including peppercorns, to prepare for a boiled fish.

Boiled fish is a relatively high-cost fish method, not to mention all kinds of accessories, the oil has to consume a lot, but without considering the cost of materials, boiled fish is definitely a delicacy.

The best way to make home-cooked boiled fish is, of course, live fish (with a smile), well, it's actually grass carp and black fish, both of which have their own advantages and disadvantages.

The meat quality of the black fish is relatively tight, the meat is tender and easy to cut into thin slices, and if it is done well, it melts in the mouth and is easy to taste, but the disadvantage is that there are more fish bones, and if the heat is not well controlled, it is easy to get the fish old.

As for grass carp, compared with black fish, the meat is a little looser, fat and juicy, and the disadvantage is that it is not easy to absorb the flavor, so you need to add heavy seasonings.

Although with Li Yu's technique, he can completely control the heat of the black fish, but considering the age of the little girl, he finally chose the grass carp.

There were a lot of people in the stall, and when Li Yu was choosing fish, a crisp female voice sounded in his ears, "Boss, is your fish fresh?"

Li Yu turned his head and found a girl with a beautiful face squeezed in beside him, about twenty or so, with long hair and a shawl.

The stall owner was a man in his thirties, and when he heard the girl's words, he waved his hand and said, "Guaranteed fresh, all alive!"

The girl looked at it, pointed to one of the largest grass carp and asked, "Then why doesn't this fish move?"

"What about this fish...... The smile on the man's face froze, and he quickly said: "Maybe it's motion sickness, such a big fish is not lucky, if you want it, I'll give it to you cheaper." ”

The girl hesitated for a moment, looked at the surrounding and seemed to have no other fish stalls, and nodded: "Then this one...... Is it enough for five people?"

"Enough, of course enough!" said the stall owner, quickly fished up the fish, and put it directly on the weighing platform: "Seventeen yuan eight, you can give seventeen." ”

"Wait. Just when the girl was about to hand over the money, Li Yu spoke, "This fish is not fresh, others will eat your fish if they buy it, and they will eat it badly." ”

As a top chef, Li Yu's requirements for ingredients are quite strict, this requirement is not for the grade of ingredients, but for the quality of ingredients, using stale ingredients to shoddy, which is something he absolutely cannot tolerate.

The fish in front of me is obviously problematic.

The girl listened to Li Yu's words, and the outstretched hand quickly retracted, and the stall owner's smile froze on her face.

"Sailimu!" the stall owner scolded a Shucheng vernacular, put the fish aside, raised his wet finger and pointed at Li Yu and shouted: "Who are you?

The stall owner's voice was very loud, and the surrounding customers quickly approached when they heard the news, forming a small circle to join in the fun.

Ignoring the stall owner's abuse, Li Yu bent down and picked up the grass carp that the stall owner put aside, even through the plastic bag, he could feel that the fish was no longer breathing at this time.