Chapter 6: Fan Fan Yuan (1)
"Chief, there's nothing going on in the afternoon, can I go back a little earlier?" asked Kiyowa quietly as he put the measuring instrument away.
"There's nothing wrong with that, it's just that you haven't been able to see anyone as soon as you finish work recently, is there something wrong?" The fat man who spoke was Qinghe's senior brother who graduated from the same school, more than ten years older than Qinghe, and he was also a character in this industry, he was even more temperless than he imagined, and he was also a leader who could speak to Qinghe. He takes three days off every half a month, and usually does not rest, so he agrees to such a strange request for working hours.
"There's a little bit of something going on at home...... Qinghe said a little flickering, Zhao Qianqiu's matter, except for mentioning it to his own brother, he has never spoken to anyone, and this time, he won't.
"What's going on at home? You three bachelors, when you go back, you play games, and you don't come when we go to dinner, shouldn't you...... Could it be that he has found a girlfriend and is busy going on a date?" the fat man looked him up and down, "Tut-tut...... I really can't see it, I see that you are usually quite sullen, I can't imagine that I can shoot so quickly, even I am ashamed. I think back then, I was also a famous talent in our school, and I couldn't even look down on those little girls running after me......"
"Well, then what?" asked Kiyowa as he cleaned up neatly without raising his head.
"It's a pity, it's different now, they don't look down on me now, you know that it's not easy for me to develop like this, and I don't know how to cherish the fruits of other people's labor. The little girls too...... changed his mind so quickly, and he knew that he was handsome, what was the use of being handsome, and he couldn't eat it as a meal. How reliable it is like me......" The fat man kept babbling, these words, Qinghe has heard them no less than a hundred times, the senior brother is indeed a talent, I heard that when he was a student, he scared away many female classmates because of lewdness, and his reputation became more and more stinky, which is why he is still single.
"Then, I'm leaving......" Kiyowa greeted him, and quickly flashed with his backpack. The shady scene of that incident, the senior brother didn't know, which is why Qinghe can still talk to him calmly. Otherwise, he didn't know what kind of expression he wanted to show in front of these people's eyes. The recording and video were a nightmare for him, and every time he thought about it, his heart twitched and he was in great pain.
Wan Yu has been sitting at the door of the grocery store since noon and waiting for Qinghe, and as soon as Qinghe came back, he rushed forward as if he hadn't seen him for many years.
"What's the matter, so excited?" Qinghe picked up Xiao Wanyu and rubbed his head against him.
"Fan Fan Yuan, I'm going to make Fan Fan Yuan...... Wan Yu shook Qinghe's shoulder, reminding him not to forget important things, of course, Qinghe wouldn't come back from work two or three hours early if he forgot.
"Got it, then you have to wait for me to change my clothes first...... Qinghe took a few steps forward, put Xiao Wanyu down, touched his head and said to him. He glanced at the counter, no one was there, Qianqiu, who used to sit in front of the counter of the grocery store, but today there was no one, "Where did the eldest sister go, does her stomach hurt?"
"Hmm...... Didn't ......" Xiao Wanyu shook his head, "The grandma next door seems to have twisted her waist just now, and my sister is going over to help now......"
"Twisted to the waist?" Qinghe frowned, the old lady has always been healthy, and there was even a day when she twisted her waist, so she hurriedly put down her things and ran next door.
When Qinghe entered, the old lady was lying on the bed, Qianqiu was helping her peel apples, and the two were chatting.
"Hey, why did you come back so early today?
"It's okay today, so I'll be back early...... Wan Yu said you are here, I'll come and take a look......" Qinghe glanced at Grandma and found that the other party was smiling, and cared about her by the way, "Wan Yu said that you twisted your waist, is there nothing wrong now?"
"It's okay, it's okay...... Old lady, my life is hard......" Grandma reached out and took the apple that Qianqiu had peeled, "Qinghe is here to pick you up, you can go back quickly...... My daughter-in-law will be back later, so you don't have to worry too much. ”
"Then let's go back first. Chiaki stood up, moved the chair she was sitting on to the side, and followed Kiyowa back.
"Did you drink the milk this morning?" When the two of them are alone, Qinghe is more like an old mother, always chattering about small things.
"Drunk...... You don't have to bring it up for me next time, it's the same when I go down, I've been getting lazier and lazier by you lately, and if I continue like this, I'm afraid I won't even be able to take care of my own life......" Chiaki complained quietly.
"It's okay, that's by the way...... Milk neutralizes toxins, and drinking a glass a day is good for the body. "When I was chatting with people that day, Qinghe mastered a lot of good eating habits, such as drinking a glass of hot milk and three glasses of water every day. When he's not busy, he will watch Qianqiu drink it, and when he's busy, he can only send a message to remind him.
"You said that if you feed me like this every day, will I be as fat as a pig?" Qianqiu covered her mouth and snickered, it was because of Qinghe by her side that she could chat with people with this mentality. His appearance is like a lucky star, so that her world is no longer dim, although I don't know how long such days can last, but just thinking that he is still there, she feels extremely happy.
"You're so thin, shouldn't you eat more?" Qinghe turned his face around and said seriously, in fact, he himself is also very thin, and he is almost in a state of super thinness. He is a young man and weighs less than 110, and no one will believe him when he says it.
"But aren't you also very thin, you can't be the only one who becomes fat......"
"Well, I'll eat with you from then on......" Qinghe nodded, after his spirit relaxed a little recently, his anorexia didn't seem to be as serious as before, but he still needed special attention.
The ingredients for the fan balls were bought by Qinghe in the morning, and according to the list of ingredients given by Qianqiu, now that there is enough time, he can already start to prepare.
Qianqiu has already peeled the sweet potato when he is idle at home, and the ratio of it to flour is a standard 2:1, according to the amount of food eaten by five people, two catties of sweet potato flour is more than enough.
"The ratio of shaved sweet potatoes to flour is 2 to 1, I have already weighed this before, you just need to wash it, cut it into pieces and put it in a large pot to steam it through water......" Qinghe changed his clothes, put on an apron and started the production process of fan flour balls, because Wan Li and Qian Dai were not very interested, so the two of them were watching TV upstairs at this time, but Xiao Wanyu was very active in helping to take this and that.
Kiyowa followed Chiaki's instructions to put the sweet potatoes in the pot and began to prepare the filling. There are six types of fillings: carrots, panchoi (a local dish that is flattened and tastes similar to white radish, but sweeter and more resistant to cooking), minced meat, celery, shiitake mushrooms, and eel (in the local dialect, it means dried eel, cut into strips). The more commonly used fillings are dried tofu, winter bamboo shoots and dried shrimp, but these are not edible, so they are not bought, and sometimes they will add vermicelli to the filling, but because the children at home do not like it very much, they do not add ...... )。
"You don't need to peel the vegetables and carrots, they are directly cut into small dices with a thickness of half a centimeter after washing, the shiitake mushrooms have been soaked and also diced, the meat should be chopped into minced pieces, the celery should be cut into small pieces, and the eels should be changed to ...... knife" Zhao Qianqiu in the kitchen is more like a commander, constantly directing how to fight.
Qinghe's movements are very slow, and the dices are not very even, some are big and some are small, but overall they are barely qualified. The sweet potatoes are steamed quickly, but they should not be mixed with the flour immediately, they should be cooled, and they should not be brought with water, otherwise the kneaded flour will be very sticky and cannot be kneaded into a ball.
It took Qinghe almost an hour just to chop vegetables and minced meat, because the stuffing also had to be cooled before it could be wrapped, and when he was drying the sweet potatoes, he began to fry the filling.
"Put more lard in the pot, a little more oil will be delicious......" Qianqiu leaned her face over, there wasn't enough oil in the pot, she reminded beside her.
"Got it, there's a lot of oil smoke here, you move it back......" Qinghe added half a tablespoon of oil to the pot and pushed Qianqiu back. When the oil was hot, Seiwa poured the minced meat on the plate and stir-fried until it changed color, then poured in the eel, followed by the other ingredients. The ratio of those ingredients is according to the preferences of each family, and a little more meat will taste better.
Because of the large portions, Qinghe stir-fried to a certain time, added some water, and then covered the pot and simmered for a while. After boiling the pot, he first took a piece by himself and tasted it, and after seeing that it was cooked, he sandwiched a small piece of meat, put it in his mouth and blew it into Zhao Qianqiu's mouth, "How about it, do you want to add some salt?"
"It's okay, it's just right now...... If you add too much salt, it will be unpalatable...... "Qianqiu took a step forward, Qinghe's plasticity is very high, and the dishes are getting higher and higher. Just when she was happy, she suddenly realized that Qinghe had just eaten with chopsticks that he had eaten for her, could this be the legendary indirect kiss?