When Mi Zhen heard me say this, she didn't talk anymore, and she was a little embarrassed and had to focus on the steaming soup pot. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info"When are we going to have dinner?" Mizhen stared at the soup pot and asked, "I can't wait." Can I try the soup first? It smells really good. Mizhen licked her lips, looking like a hungry cat.

I shook my head, "I'll have to wait another hour, the soup will have to be thicker." It would be nice to be patient a little longer. "I took the noodles out of the bag, and luckily Mi Zhen bought thin noodles." It's really so satisfying. I was amazed.

Mi Zhen nodded, looking very happy: "I don't like to eat thick noodles." ”

"Me too. I have bad teeth, and I always feel like I can't bite anymore. Alright, now there's one last step left. I kept turning over the ingredients in the pot to prevent them from sticking to the bottom of the pot because they had been cooking for too long, "By the way, do you have any snacks like small bread, I didn't eat it early, and I was a little dizzy." ”

After hearing this, Mi Zhen immediately stood up, and a minute later, she walked in with a large bag of snacks: "In such a comparison, the temperature in the living room is really cool." What do you eat, I have several kinds of biscuits here. ”

"Do you have chocolate?" I'm a little embarrassed, although I've been criticizing Mi Zhen for eating junk food, but for chocolate chip cookies, I really can't quit. Mi Zhen gave me a teasing look and handed me a few pieces of Oreos that weighed in bulk.

After that, the two of us waited quietly for the final completion of the pot of beef bone broth. When the hour was up, I sprinkled two teaspoons of salt into the boiling beef bone broth, and after cooking for another minute, I scooped out a spoonful of the soup and put it in a small bowl for tasting. After tasting it and handing it to Mi Zhen, she directly stretched out her face and tasted it, raising her head to reveal an exaggerated expression: "It's really super delicious." ”

He asked Mi Zhen to help take half a pot of pure water to boil, while explaining to Mi Zhen that pure water without impurities would make the noodles taste smoother and tastier.

"The same is true for cooking beef bone broth with the purified water you received before." After waiting for the water to boil, put the noodles in the boiling hot water.

But why didn't you use purified water when you kept refilling the soup pot with water? Doesn't this make it richer? Mi Zhen asked behind me puzzled, her nose still inhaling and admiring the aroma of the soup.

"Pure water is raw water, and the purpose of scalding the bones of the cow was to remove the smell of blood from his bones. Later, when the soup is actually cooked, hot water must be added continuously to retain the aroma of the beef bones. In the future, when you cook, you should also remember that cold water is used to remove blood foam, and boiled water is used to maintain the mellow flavor of meat and bones. In the same way, when cooking meat dishes, the same is true, if you add raw water to the middle of the cooked meat dishes, it will force out the fishy smell in the meat, which is absolutely unacceptable. ”

Two and a half minutes later, I took out the noodles and drained them into the two empty bowls next to them, and poured in the beef bone broth that I had boiled earlier. I put in some pickled bamboo shoots and two pieces of sea cabbage cut into strips that Mi Zhen bought before. When I brought the noodles off the gas stove, I boiled two more poached eggs, and by the time I finished the previous process, the eggs in the pot were already formed. Turn off the gas stove, take the eggs out of the pot and place them on two bowls of noodles. I made a cross incision on the poached egg, and because of the soft-boiled egg, the apricot yellow yolk flowed out a little, and I smiled apologetically at Mizhen: "I'm not very good at frying one-sided eggs." So that's the only way to go. Don't be disgusted by the fact that it doesn't look good. ”

Mi Zhen looked at me with complete admiration: "Zhizhi, you are really amazing." I never knew that a bowl of noodles could be so exquisite. ”

Mizhen's compliment made me feel a little embarrassed, and I blushed and beckoned her to bring the noodles to the living room table. After that, she had been listening to the sound of Mi Zhen eating noodles, she kept her head buried, and suddenly as if she remembered something, she raised her head and showed a regretful expression.

"Isn't it to taste?" I looked at her with some concern.

"Not at all." Mi Zhen immediately denied my speculation, "It's very delicious, even better than the birthday noodles made by the chef in Zixuan's shop." ”

She bit her lip and hesitated for a few seconds before saying, "It smells of home." ”

I knew she was afraid to remind me of my father, who also loved to eat this dish, and didn't want to make the situation serious, so I started to say something else: "I'll make a lot of other dishes, and I'll have a chance to make them for you later." ”

"You're going to come to my house more often in the future." Mi-jin looked at me expectantly.

I hesitated and nodded, and then I asked about the confusion just now: "Why did you suddenly frown just now?" ”

"I didn't take pictures." Mi Zhen replied sullenly.

I then remembered that now people have to ask their mobile phones to 'taste the aroma of food' before eating, take a photo and send it to WeChat Moments or similar software to show off before they can start. This seems to have become a common pre-dinner habit all over the world. I didn't care too much about such a thing, so I comforted Mi Zhen casually: "It's okay, next time I can take pictures when I'm cooking noodles." And I also left the beef bone broth for you, you can make it yourself at night, which is very convenient. It would be nice to add another photo when the time comes. ”

Mi Zhen shook her head: "No, I didn't take photos to show off to my friends." Even if the photo could be retaken, this noodle dish is not made by me at all, it is completely different. ”

"So why do you want to take pictures?" Now I'm even more weird.

Mi Zhen found a person's WeChat in her mobile phone and showed me the person's frequent Moments: "This is a chef in Zixuan's shop, and the cooking is delicious." I want to introduce you to him and let him take you as an apprentice. He is a very decent person, and he will never trouble you or harass you like your rogue colleague. And he will be a good teacher and make you a good chef too. ”

"You want me to change jobs?" I looked at Mizhen and couldn't help but smile. It's hard for me to associate this whimsical kid with the tsundere fashion girl I met for the first time before. I shook my head and rejected Mizhen's offer, "I just cook for a hobby, not because I want to make it a career." I just like to cook for the people I like. If Mi Zhen really likes to eat my cooking so much, I will be happy to come and cook often. However, Mi Zhen will also have to learn to cook some simple meals in the future, and she can't always eat takeout. Such a life is unhealthy. ”

Mi Zhen pouted and was a little unhappy: "What, I don't know what's good about that hooligan's nest that makes you so nostalgic." ”

I was amused by Mi Zhen's words again: "Not all colleagues are like him. Okay, hurry up and eat the noodles, so if we continue to talk, the noodles will be lumpy, and they won't be delicious. ”

Because my rice is good, Mi Zhenye also believed the lie I said at the beginning that herbal tea is not bitter at all. After eating, he and I went to the Chinese medicine store across the road to buy a kit of herbal tea. In the morning, the kitchen smells of rich broth, while in the afternoon, the kitchen is filled with the smell of grass that does not smell good.

"It smells terrible." Mi Zhen complained to me with a bitter face.

"Of course, it doesn't taste good now, and it won't taste good until it's cooled and honey is added. Okay, it'll be cooked in a while. "I coaxed Mi Zhen like a child who can't eat it.

Mi Zhen finally nodded, and the person walked out of the kitchen impatiently. After cooking, Mi Zhen said 'Chinese medicine' came out, Mi Zhen was studying something in front of the computer, and when she heard the sound of me pushing open the kitchen door, Mi Zhen looked back at me, and beckoned to me to hurry over.

"You scared Su Baichang." Mizhen didn't wait for me to sit down before she spoke, "Look, he's in the auction again. Of course, it's the same trick, and I don't use my own name. However, I found a replica of this thing in Su Baichang's store. ”

I looked at the laptop screen, and there was a preview of a private auction that would take place next Friday evening, and the posters listed the items to be auctioned, basically the paintings of the Four Monks of the early Qing Dynasty and the works of the Eight Masters of Jinling, but there were also some carvings from the early Qing Dynasty. Mi Zhen pointed to a Tang Dynasty carving of fortune and treasure that appeared on the poster and said, "I have seen a rough imitation in Su Baichang's shop here. This kind of ornament of fortune and treasure is similar in form to the big toad on the cashier in Zixuan's restaurant, but the one in their canteen is more vulgar, and the big toad stuffs change banknotes in their mouth. ”

"But don't most stores like to put pixiu and the like? This seems so complicated. I couldn't help but sigh.

Mi Zhen glanced back at me, and then turned her gaze back to the screen: "Everyone's belief in things is different, some people believe that Dragon Jiuzi will bring good luck, some people believe that wearing their zodiac cards can block the transfer, and some people believe that even if they don't wear anything, they will succeed as long as they work hard." You see, it's just a matter of different beliefs. Mizhen pulled me closer to the screen again, "Look, this is very good-looking." "The promotional poster is only a rough idea of the auction item, but you can also see the ingenuity of the craftsman on this rough jade stone, which is less than 30 centimeters, from the high-definition pictures. The almost spherical jade rough stone is polished and carved into 12 kinds of zodiac animals according to the texture and the edges and corners of the jade itself, among which the snake at the top is coiled with a rabbit, the rabbit's eyes are inlaid with beautiful rubies, and the tiger at the bottom is stepping on a jade copper coin with the words Kaiyuan Tongbao written on it.

"It's a long time ago."

Mi Zhen nodded: "It seems that you visited him a few days ago, and it really stimulated him, so he now needs to sell a batch of illegally obtained antique ornaments to spy on the identity of the person who 'entrusted you with investigation'." His mood fluctuated, and he didn't know what else he would do out of the ordinary. Mi Zhen closed the page, looked at me and asked, "Zhizhi, have you really decided to meddle in this case?" ”