Chapter 58
"Girl, how are you going to raise this one you sent?" The old man opened his mouth to ask Zhao Qinghan, who was busy in the kitchen, as if he was asking how to feed the things sent by Zhao Qinghan, but in fact he was asking Zhao Qinghan what to do with the extra things in the house.
Zhao Qinghan replied without replying: "You don't need to feed it, just give it some when you usually eat." When the time comes, I will ask someone to bring you ingredients from Suiyuan, and you can find someone to help you make them, and when you eat, you can just give it those meals, and it is not picky. "Zhao Qinghan means that you don't have to pay attention to those inexplicable extra things at home, I will transfer people from the Zhao family to help you deal with these things every day in the name of sending ingredients.
After hearing this, the old man nodded with satisfaction, no longer looking at Zhao Qinghan, but turned his gaze to the little thing that was fluttering Zhenghuan. It's not an exaggeration to say that it's a small thing, this thing is a small lump, the size of an adult man's palm, and the whole body is snow-white, if you don't look carefully, you won't find that this thing is a little tiger, of course, no one would have thought that Zhao Qinghan would give the old man such a fierce thing as a tiger. It's just that sometimes the more you think it's impossible, the more it can happen.
"Girl, will you give this little thing a name?" The old man looked at the little tiger that was fluttering, and asked Zhao Qinghan again, but he didn't take his eyes off the little tiger.
"It's a white tiger." Zhao Qinghan didn't say anything, but directly sued the old man.
The old man's body stiffened for a moment after hearing this, and then he turned to look at Zhao Qinghan as if it was a little incredible, and after seeing the other party's calm cooking figure, the old man turned his gaze back, looked at the little tiger who was fluttering, and muttered: "White Tiger...... Is it? What a good name?! "Is this thing actually a descendant of the White Tiger? Looking at the small group, the little tiger who feels like he can't do anything except be coquettish and cute is actually the offspring of the ancient holy beast White Tiger?! Just calling it a white tiger or something, doesn't it make people suspicious? No, maybe it's because it's obvious that no one thinks that way.
Zhao Qinghan came out with a plate of dim sum, put it in front of the old man, and motioned for the old man to taste it, "Old man, how about you try my new dim sum?" Uncle Li, go and help the old man make a pot of tea, I just brought the tea. Zhao Qinghan's last sentence was obviously said to the guards standing behind the old man.
After hearing Zhao Qinghan's words, Guard Li turned around and went to get the tea set, preparing to make a pot for the old man, who had been hungry for tea for a long time. Of course, he is also very greedy, after all, the tea is really delicious, but it is too little. This girl named Zhao Qinghan heard the old man say that it was the girl of the Zhao family, and the gift she gave last time was also given by this girl, it seems that the Zhao family is really extraordinary.
"It's not me who said, Qinghan girl, why do you still call me old man, just call me grandpa." The old man was a little dissatisfied with Zhao Qinghan's address to him. In the old man's heart, he had already regarded Zhao Qinghan as his granddaughter, because the Xu family had no girls, and the only one was not the Xu family's species, and the old man did not like it. Zhao Qinghan has the blue eyes of the old man for everything, and now the old man is eager to have such a lovely granddaughter as Zhao Qinghan.
Zhao Qinghan looked at the old man, and obviously saw the persistence in the old man's eyes, so Zhao Qinghan had to take a step back and explain: "Then I will recognize you as a godmother, I will call you Grandpa Xu." ”
The old man wanted to say something more, but after seeing Zhao Qinghan's non-negotiable face, he nodded unhappily, which was considered to be in response to Zhao Qinghan's statement.
It's just that the old man's move stunned the Li guard, who was holding a tea set. Don't say anything else, just say that the old man's temper was a bull's temper back then, and no one has ever rushed to bargain with the old man. Later, after the old man became the chief, no one disobeyed him, even Xu Shao, the most favored grandson of the Xu family, had to be obedient in front of the old man. Now this girl who has only met for the first time can make the old man change his mind and compromise, it seems that this girl is indeed not an ordinary person.
Guard Li just felt that Zhao Qinghan was not an ordinary person, so where did he know Zhao Qinghan's identity and methods. Just saying that the white tiger sent by this can deter many people who have any thoughts about the Zhao family, and Zhao Qinghan himself is also a person with cultivation, and the ability to transmit sound into the secret is stronger than anything else.
The old man is in a hurry to recognize his relatives partly because he really likes Zhao Qinghan, a girl who is filial to the old man, patient and careful, and still an emotional person, and his temperament and temper are right to his old man's appetite. on the other hand, it is for the Zhao family behind Zhao Qinghan. Don't blame him for thinking too much about utilitarianism, he is not an ordinary old man after all, he is still the head of country C, although he is retired, but his Xu family still needs to rely on it to gain a foothold in country C. The old man's move is nothing more than to befriend the Zhao family and then leave a life-saving hole card for the Xu family, and the old man is also helpless, after all, if Xu Erbo does something bigger, it will implicate the entire Xu family. It's just that the old man didn't sue anyone else about these things, and even among his three sons, only the second and third sons knew, and the eldest old man didn't sue him.
In fact, Zhao Qinghan knows all this, but she does appreciate the style of the Xu family, and she and Xu Shao are good friends similar to brother and sister, and Xu Shao and her brother Zhao Baiyun are good brothers who have played since childhood. It is reasonable for Zhao Qinghan to sit idly by and ignore the Xu family's suffering. So Zhao Qinghan pretended not to find out the old man's intentions, and recognized his relatives according to the old man's intentions. This can be regarded as indirectly protecting the Xu family, after all, the Zhao family's ability is there, if someone wants to move the Xu family, they have to weigh the consequences of offending the Zhao family.
Zhao Qinghan was busy cooking food for the old man in the kitchen, which he had made an appointment with the old man on the phone before he came. So Zhao Qinghan deliberately went to Suiyuan, picked a lot of fresh vegetables and fruits, caught fresh fish and shrimp, and prepared to cook a hearty meal for the old man. Eating some fish and shrimp in moderation is good for the body of the elderly, and with refreshing vegetables, delicious soup. Well....it makes my mouth water just thinking about it.
It's just that how to match it has to be considered. Zhao Qinghan was going to stew the soup first, because the stew took a long time. Zhao Qinghan is going to make a fish soup, but this fish....Zhao Qinghan smiled at the corner of his mouth and grabbed the soft-shelled turtle he brought before and put it in the kitchen sink, ready to make a stewed soft-shelled turtle soup.
Soft-shelled turtle soup is highly nutritious and has a good tonic effect on the body, but it is not easy to handle. But this is not a particularly difficult thing for Zhao Qinghan. Zhao Qinghan killed the soft-shelled turtle, cleaned it, and then added water to the soft-shelled turtle gall that was put aside and applied it to the soft-shelled turtle. After a while, wash the soft-shelled turtle with clean water to remove the fishy smell on the soft-shelled turtle. The soft-shelled turtle has been processed, and now the soft-shelled turtle soup is ready to be stewed.
Zhao Qinghan cut the pork backbone into pieces, add water to stew the soup, remove the foam after boiling, add green onions, ginger and pepper, and simmer for an hour and a half. Blanch the processed soft-shelled turtle in boiling water, then put it in the bone broth, add the shiitake mushrooms and cooking wine. Simmer over low heat for another two hours, add salt to taste. The soup stewed by soft-shelled turtle is bright in color, delicious in taste, soft-shelled turtle meat is also delicious, non-toxic in nature, rich in nutrition, it is a good nourishing product, it can nourish yin and clear heat, calm the liver and calm the wind, soft and hard and disperse knots, etc. Soft-shelled turtle also has a good blood purification effect, and regular food can reduce blood cholesterol, which is beneficial to patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease. It has a good curative effect on a variety of diseases, can effectively prevent and inhibit liver cancer, gastric cancer, acute lymphoid leukemia and other diseases, and is a good nourishing soup for the old man to come to soft-shelled turtle soup.
In addition, today Zhao Qinghan specially asked the people in Suiyuan to catch a few osmanthus fish in the pond, just to bring them to the old man to make steamed fish. Remove the scales, gills and internal organs of the cinnamon fish, put it in a bowl after it is clean, put a cutting knife on the back, smear a small amount of salt on both sides and stomach of the fish, stack ginger slices, add cooking wine and vinegar, and marinate for 5-10 minutes. Place the fish on a plate and place in a steamer. Cover the pot, steam for about 10 minutes, open the lid, sprinkle with shredded green onion, ginger and chili pepper, and steam for another 2 minutes. Remove the steamed fish and drizzle with the pre-prepared sauce.
Zhao Qinghan prepared the sauce first, and used 1 teaspoon of ginger juice, 1 teaspoon of balsamic vinegar, and 1/2 teaspoon of light soy sauce to make a sauce. After the sauce was the best, Zhao Qinghan was ready to make another ginger juice. After cutting the ginger into pieces, mash and squeeze out the juice, the ginger juice plays a role in increasing the flavor and dispelling the cold, and it is best not to save seafood when eating, especially if there are elderly people at home. Zhao Qinghan took out the live prawns he brought, took out the ice cubes in the bag, then rinsed the shrimp with running water, prepared 2 basins of cold water, and added ice cubes for later use. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, add salt, green onions, ginger slices, and peppercorns to boil, and add 1 tablespoon of white wine after the water boils. After the water boils, pour the shrimp into the pot, stir gently to heat it evenly, and after the shrimp completely change color, the water begins to bubble intensively again and turn off the heat. After turning off the heat, directly scoop the shrimp into the first basin of ice water, and after a while, then scoop it into the second basin of ice water until it is completely chilled, and then put it on a plate and add the sauce to the table.
Today's meat dishes are these three things, and the old man's body can't stand it. All that's left is to prepare a few light and refreshing vegetarian dishes. As for the vegetarian dishes, the stir-fried yam tastes soft and glutinous, the stir-fried cabbage sum with garlic is sweet and crispy, and the dry fried green beans are delicious to eat.
Zhao Qinghan was happily busy in the kitchen, and the fragrance kept spreading from the kitchen to the living room, so that the old man who was chatting with Guard Li in the living room couldn't help but shift his eyes to the kitchen again and again. And the seemingly calm guard Li who chatted with the old man was not much better, as he knew from his frequent swallowing of saliva.
When Xu Shao followed his father home, he saw the old man and Guard Li who frequently looked towards the kitchen. And the smell of all kinds of dishes is constantly coming from the kitchen, and the mouth is full of water. Xu Shao, who was already a little hungry, couldn't help but swallow his mouth at this time, and then pretended to ask casually, "Grandpa, who is cooking today?" Does that smell good? ”
The old man looked at Xu Shao who was obviously greedy but still had to make a calm appearance, smiled secretly in his heart, but pretended to be calm on his face, "Well, won't you know who it is when she comes out in person?" ”
The old man wanted to continue to sell Guanzi, but Zhao Qinghan, who came out with the dishes, did not give the old man this opportunity. Xu Shao looked at Zhao Qinghan who came out of the kitchen with the dishes and was a little surprised, "Qinghan, why are you?" ”