Chapter Fifty-Eight: Star Chef

Later, they checked the water quality and the place where Yunli prepared green fertilizer, Xiaolin and Zhao Xiaoyan, two young people, were very interested in the waterwheel, and they vied to take pictures and have fun.

To Yunli's surprise, Zhao Bin, who has a high vision, has a very high evaluation of the two rows of papayas planted in the southern ridges, which are higher than his most proficient potatoes, and bluntly said that his two rows of papayas, in the whole country, can not find a few places better than this, which can make Yunli a little flattered.

These two rows of papayas have been planted last year, and the number is not much, and after planting, they have not been particularly taken care of, and it is really a surprise that they can be highly praised by Zhao Bin.

In addition to observing the quality of crops, Zhao Bin and his party are most concerned about the safety of agricultural products, although the other party advertises that they are green planting, and also makes green fertilizers, and does not apply any pesticides in the planting process, but what is the actual situation, they also have to watch the whole process on the spot before they can make a judgment.

So Yunli took them to the area where the grass was planted, introduced the functions of various grasses one by one, and demonstrated how to mix them to make fertilizer.

After a walk around Xiaolu Mountain, coupled with the introduction of Yunli and Xu Ping, the people of Mingyi Hotel have a general understanding of Banlu Manor. Then Yunli took them to Jifang Garden, after the last hail disaster, the flowers and plants that were originally cultivated in it were all moved to the courtyard of the bamboo building, and only a batch of strawberry plants cultivated on the bamboo row in the middle remained.

Many plants were hung with heavy bright red strawberries, Yunli let everyone pick them and taste them, and explained his plans for hydroponic planting in the future, without exaggerating or hiding them, and said his truest thoughts. Everyone is well-informed and naturally understands the difficulties, but after Yunli's introduction, they feel that this planting direction is very promising, especially the sweet and sour strawberries in the mouth, which makes this feeling even stronger.

Lunch is in the kitchen under the bamboo building, the chef is naturally in charge, the ingredients are mainly picked in the field, Xu Ping also took advantage of the gap, according to Liu Fan's request to buy a few pieces of meat back, Yunli really wanted to see the strength of this star chef, so he volunteered to help him.

Liu Fan is not in vain, as soon as he came up, he showed his skillful knife skills, cutting, slicing, dicing, shredding, clean and neat, Yun Li was washing tomatoes on the side, only to hear a sound of "tuk tuk tuk", a plate of shredded potatoes was neatly cut.

One of the big differences between chefs and ordinary people is that they don't stick to their usual tastes, they often have new ideas to come up and try them out to create new dishes. Take the snow peas picked by Liu Fan as an example, ordinary ingredients, but in his hands there are three completely different methods.

The first is to stir-fry, wrap snow peas in egg pulp, and stir-fry them quickly with long sliced shredded pork over high heat, and turn the pot over Guò constantly, so that the snow peas and shredded meat are quickly cooked, but not overcooked, maintaining a fresh and tender texture, and finally adding a little salt to serve on the plate.

The second is to stir-fry the snow peas repeatedly until they are fully cooked, and finally add some shredded chili peppers and minced garlic to taste, and you're done.

What interests Yunli the most is the practice of stuffed meat, which is also one of the practices he can participate in. First wash the snow peas, cut the head open, don't break it, use a toothpick to pick out all the bean grains, leaving an empty shell, then chop the bean grains, mix them in the prepared minced meat, add cornstarch and whip to make it stronger, and then stuff the minced meat into the empty shell and put it in hot oil to fry it, which is quite creative.

Next, Liu Fan made a few small stir-fries, each with its own characteristics, Xu Ping bought a piece of good beef tenderloin, which was made into beef cubes with ketchup by him in a Western-style way, with full color, flavor and flavor, which made people's appetite move. In the end, he was not enough, so he cut out the remaining tomatoes, potatoes and other ingredients to make a fruit and vegetable salad, kneaded a piece of dough, made a small pancake, and finally turned off the heat and stopped.

When the food was about to be served, Brother Chen was late, Yunli called him very early, I didn't expect him to come late.

"If you have something else to do, you don't have to rush, it's not a big deal." Brother Chen obviously came in a hurry, and his old shirt was wet, which made Yunli a little embarrassed, and pulled him aside and said.

"Hehe, I was going to come at noon, but when you called and said that, it really tossed my brother, point me to see which one is the student." Brother Chen parked the motorcycle outside the courtyard and looked at the busy group in front of the bamboo building and asked.

"That tall man in a colorful striped shirt is it, you are not a simple student, you showed a few hands just now, it really opened my eyes." Yunli pointed out Liu Fan to show Brother Chen, and praised that he was beating beside Liu Fan just now, and his amazing cooking skills impressed him greatly.

"That's okay, Liu Fan, look at my brother." Brother Chen patted Yunli on the shoulder, then strode into the courtyard with his hands behind his back, confusing Yunli.

On the phone, Yun Li only hurriedly explained that there was a student named Liu Fan in the past, who had been for more than 20 years, and wanted to see him and come to Xiaolushan for a meal, but he didn't have time to say other details, but looking at Brother Chen's expression, he was very confident.

It seems that Brother Chen has a deep impression on Liu Fan, as soon as he appeared in front of the building, Liu Fan recognized him, came to shake hands with a smile on his face and said: "It's Teacher Chen, it's been more than 20 years, you really haven't changed much, remember that I don't, I used to live in the residential building not far from the school, and I transferred to another school not long after I started junior high school." ”

Brother Chen recalled for a while, and suddenly said: "It's some impression, there is indeed a student named Liu Fan, I still remember the good handwriting you wrote, strong and powerful, few students in that class can compare." ”

"Haha, my grades were not very good, but the handwriting was okay, my grandfather taught me to practice since I was a child, and I haven't regressed much until now." Seeing that Brother Chen still remembered himself, Liu Fan was also surprised and replied with a smile.

When he was studying, his grades were very average, and he didn't have any special skills, but he wrote well, which was taught by his deceased grandfather, and hearing Brother Chen's praise made him feel extremely gratified, and he was even happier than others praising his good cooking skills.

"The students made a light meal for you to taste what it tasted like." Liu Fan enthusiastically held Brother Chen's hand and said.

Brother Chen patted his stomach and quipped: "Then what are you waiting for, go upstairs, my old belly can urge me all morning." With that, the two went up to the bamboo building shoulder to shoulder.

Due to the bad weather, lunch was arranged to be eaten in the small hall on the second floor, and in the manor, Yunli, Xu Ping and Brother Chen received them, a total of eight people, around a full table.

The name of the star chef is indeed worthy of the name, simple ingredients, and no rich and high-end cooking, you can make a table with its own characteristics and excellent taste. Not only Yunli and the three of them, but even Manager Pan and them also ate with relish, and a pair of chopsticks kept going back and forth, sweeping away the delicacies on the plate one by one.

"When I came in the morning, the scene I saw along the way hadn't changed much from before, and I didn't expect the economic environment here in my hometown to be still not much improved." Liu Fan sat next to Brother Chen, and sighed while serving him vegetables.

"There are still changes, but they are not as fast as in the city, take Luzhen Middle School as an example, when I first went to teach, I still taught students in the cowshed, and every rainy season, every family had to gather some hay to repair the roof of the shed, but it would still leak. Later, it was replaced with a bamboo house, and the brick house was probably built by your class, when the old principal took a few of our teachers to stir cement by himself, brick by brick, and now the teacher's building was built by applying for funding ten years ago, and it has been used until now. Brother Chen also sighed with emotion, and even the chopsticks for holding the vegetables paused.

"I have the impression that there were only wooden desks in the classroom back then, and we had to bring the stools from home, and some students didn't have a few stools at home, so they had to carry them to school, and they had to go to school, and it was hard to live far away." Liu Fan recalled and sighed while adding food to Brother Chen.

"This is also no way, the location of Linshan County is not good, far away from the provincial capital, and none of the main transportation arteries pass here, so it cannot attract investors. A few years ago, the leaders of the county wanted to shift their focus to tourism, and they also held several tourism festivals, but the results were mediocre, and now there is no sound. Xu Ping said helplessly.

"You can consider it when you travel, you can see those terraces on the way, it is really unforgettable, and your manor is also good, the environment and air are very good, it should be able to attract people from the city." Manager Pan also expressed his opinion.

"The attraction is there, but the supporting facilities are basically not, even if people are interested in coming, you don't even have a decent hotel and hotel, so you naturally have to consider it again." Brother Chen said the key point in one word.

"In fact, the introduction of investment, tourism these are not practical, honestly do a good job in agriculture first, expand the way out of agricultural products, so that farmers can increase their income, there is money in their pockets, people with ideas will naturally emerge, drive everyone to move forward, and so on have a foundation, and then extend to other aspects is not difficult." Yunli also wanted to change the situation here, but with his own strength, I am afraid that he would not be able to do it, and it was rare to meet them and his group, so he also expressed his opinion.

"Xiaoli is right, the agricultural products here are no worse than anywhere, but there is a lack of channels, and the cost of export is too high, so it cannot enter everyone's field of vision. Xu Ping said with a wit, and then raised his glass and toasted everyone.