Chapter 206: Snails
"Jingle bell ......" The phone rang, and Cheng Wanyi, who had just returned from a date with Western food, stuffed a change of clothes to Lu Jiangchuan, "Take a shower, I'll answer the phone-00-00-"
"Hey! Hello. Cheng Wanyi picked up the earpiece and said.
"It's me!"
"Dad, is there anything wrong with this late hour?" Cheng Wanyi sat on the edge of the bed and said.
"I can't call you if it's okay!" Cheng's father, who was originally in a good mood, said angrily when he heard this, "I said Wanyi, are you very busy?" Don't even have a phone call? ”
Cheng Wanyi pouted and said, "It's my mother who said it, don't let me disturb her hard-won vacation, I'm very well-behaved and obedient." ”
"You girl, you can't hear angry words, but angry words can be taken seriously!" Cheng's father took the earpiece and changed it to the left and said, "You heard me clearly, don't let Wanting bring vegetables to the house in the future." ”
"Ahh The vegetable garden in the backyard has grown. Cheng Wanyi asked in surprise.
Cheng's father took a deep breath angrily and said, "You are really not diligent, and you can't distinguish between grains!" It can grow in such a short time! ”
"What about you?"
"I'm letting you send it yourself!" Cheng's father yelled at her with the earpiece.
Cheng Wanyi held the earpiece to separate some distances, it was really painful for her eardrums, and when he finished yelling, Cheng Wanyi said again, "Got it." ”
"I'll do it tomorrow!" Father Cheng ordered.
"Yes!" Cheng Wanyi should go down.
"By the way, you didn't make any mistakes at your dinner yesterday!" Father Cheng asked in a gentle tone.
"It's not very good, the ingredients at home are abundant, such as ham stewed elbows, Dongpo meat, sweet and sour pork ribs, kung pao chicken, ......" Cheng Wanyi nagged and reported a string of dish names.
Father Cheng swallowed his saliva and said, "You dead girl, your father and I have raised you for thirty years, and I have never eaten the dishes you cooked, and I really did my best when I arrived at my mother-in-law's house!" "It's a sour tone.
"Dad!" Cheng Wanyi said embarrassedly, do you want to eat this kind of vinegar? "I'll make it for you next time I get home. Dad, it's not early, good night. ”
"Good night!" Cheng's father reluctantly hung up the phone. txt eBook download strong>
Cheng's father pushed open the door of his room, looked at Cheng's mother and said with a dry smile, "I haven't slept yet!" ”
"What did the dead girl say?" Cheng Mu asked without raising her head.
"Huh...... Our girl is so smart, a little cooking can't be difficult for her, and she is doing well. Cheng's father lifted the quilt, got on the bed and said, "Oh, by the way, do you have any program tomorrow?" ”
"What's wrong?" Cheng's mother raised her eyebrows.
"It's okay, it's okay." Father Cheng waved his hand and said, thought about it and said, "Ming'er Wanyi personally sent vegetables over, no one in this house to talk to?" ”
"It's good that Wanting brought it over by the way, why let that dead girl come over, it's annoying to see her. (s.)"Cheng Mu is a good airway."
"Okay, it's not early, go to bed." Cheng's father put the book on the bedside table, turned off the light, and went to sleep.
Cheng's mother also turned off the lights and went to sleep.
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The next morning, Cheng Wanyi prepared the vegetables, and when the tea restaurant was not busy in the middle of the morning, Cheng Wanyi informed Jiang Huifen to go home with the vegetable basket, they were all in Kowloon District, and it was much more convenient to move around.
Cheng's mother finished breakfast, cleaned up the room, sat in the living room with coffee in her hand and waited, until ten o'clock Cheng Wanyi was late.
"Mom, I picked this vegetable myself." Cheng Wanyi smiled and put the vegetable basket on the coffee table and said. The eyes like black jewels are warm with a kind of happiness called happiness,
Cheng's mother looked at her and said, "I know now that I have dressed up and gone out." ”
Cheng Wanyi heard the words and remembered the situation when they met a month ago, and said with a smile, "I would like to listen to your teachings, of course, you have to dress up, how about the eldest sister's production?" ”
Cheng's mother looked at the dress on her body very good-looking, generous and fashionable, the printed design is very classic and durable, the waist design highlights the waist curve and lengthens the leg line, and the off-the-shoulder design of the neckline looks feminine and has a little sexy. Layering it over a three-quarter-sleeved jacket or knitted cardigan is stylish without looking too "cool".
Cheng's mother pursed her lips and said in her heart: It's really damn good-looking!
"How's it going these days?" Cheng's mother asked patiently.
"It's good, it's happy." Cheng Wanyi smiled, and her elegant face quietly pulled out a soft crescent-like smile.
"Is he that good? I don't regret it at all, are you so happy? Cheng's mother asked sourly, "Cooking and washing clothes at home all day long, like a fool, waiting for her husband to come home." Oh! No! For him to work as a buddy in the tea restaurant all day. ”
"Why wait like a fool!" The corners of Cheng Wanyi's mouth crossed a shallow and happy smile and said, "I'm blushing and waiting." ”
"See how long you can blush and your heart beat, we'll see! You'll regret it. Cheng Mu put down the coffee cup in her hand and said.
"I'll bankrupt your prophecy, Mom!" Cheng Wanyi said with an oath.
"Don't be so complacent, we'll see!" Cheng Mu raised her chin slightly.
"We'll see!" Cheng Wanyi got up and said, "Mom, if it's okay, I'll go." He deliberately said, "I have to go back early, the tea restaurant should be busy at lunchtime." ”
Cheng's mother stomped her feet and looked at the girl who was far away, she was really angry and gritted her teeth, this wrongdoer, wrongdoer. I can't worry about her, I feel sorry for her, for fear that she won't be used to her in-law's life and be wronged; It's better not to see each other than to see each other, and I'm so angry.
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At the breakfast table, Lu Zhongfu said to himself, "Lucifer has been gone for more than a month!" I don't know how he's doing now? ”
"Yes! I was really worried when I went there rashly, and I heard the female worker over there say that it was really 'terrifying'. I heard that when I met a capitalist over there, I would arrest him, parade the streets with pointed paper hats, and confiscate all my property! Jiang Huifen said worriedly.
"It should be fine, Mom and Dad, don't worry, it's just to go on business, they are still very friendly to foreigners." Lu Jiangzhou comforted, "You want to! If it's not friendly, what will it be? ”
"Uncle is the Canton Fair." Gu Yaluo said kindly.
"Yes, yes, the Canton Fair, if it is not friendly, the Canton Fair will be closed a long time ago." Lu Jiangzhou lowered his voice and said, "Old Man Huo leads the team every year, and I don't see anything wrong!" ”
"Yes!" Lu Zhongfu nodded and said, "I don't know how many times people go in and out of the mainland every year, and I haven't seen him arrested and paraded in the streets?" That's all smeared by some ill-intentioned people, deliberately spreading rumors for you ignorant women and children. ”
Gu Yaluo suppressed the feeling of loss in her heart, and went to school with her schoolbag on her back, she was really not used to being without his company.
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At the Canton Fair, Lucifer was waving banknotes and was buying on a large scale, tea, mahogany furniture, liquor, jade, ivory carving, wood carving and so on......
"What do you think the lad wants?" A middle-aged man in his forties wearing a tunic asked in surprise, "Xiao Wang, you can explain it clearly." ”
"Snails! Old leaders. Wang Ming, who is known as Xiao Wang, said puzzledly, "I can understand that he buys mountain delicacies and dried vegetables, but he wants snails and loaches, which are things that no one wants." He scratched his head and said, "I really can't figure it out that he actually took the money to buy it." ”
"And, old leader, you see he specifies snails for this one." Wang Ming took out the paper bag from the army's green bag, opened it and handed it to him.
Han Changkui, a middle-aged man known as the old leader, picked up the snail and said, "This is a vegetable snail." ”
"Yes, our hometown is called Dongfeng snail and flower snail, and in summer, you can see it everywhere in the mountains." Wang Ming said with a smile, "Old leader, what do you say he wants this for?" ”
"Eat!" Han Changkui then explained, "It is used to cook, the first dish of the French banquet, but it is a must for Western cuisine. "Engaged in foreign-related activities, he knows a little bit.
"The old leader is really well-informed!" Wang Ming slapped a sycophant. He continued, "It stands to reason that our Chinese people are the most courageous in terms of eating, especially our Lingnan people, birds, beasts, insects and snakes, basically there is nothing that cannot be served on the table." It's rare for snails to be edible. ”
Han Changkui joked in a rare good mood, "Maybe it's because the speed of the snail crawling is too slow, and other animals will come to our table sooner or later, and the snail is only late now." ”
"Old leader, you have such a good sense of humor." Wang Ming said with a smile.
"Give me less of a poor mouth." Han Changkui smiled, "How much does he need." ”
"As many as you want, as much as you want." Wang Ming immediately said, and then said, "It doesn't matter how long it takes, it's just that no one has ever bought it, this price?" ”
"What price did he offer?" Han Changkui asked.
"Hong Kong dollars five cents and ten catties." Wang Ming said, looking forward to seeing the old leader's surprised face, but the people looked as usual, and the leader is the leader.
"Call him back, we'll do this business." Han Changkui said with a wave of his hand.
It's a bargain for nothing.
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In foreign countries, snails are juxtaposed with shark fin and abalone. Snail is a high-protein, low-fat, low-cholesterol high-quality food, also known as "soft gold".
The French are to snails what the Chinese are to braised pork.
As early as hundreds of years ago, the French knew about the delicacy of snails and used them as raw materials to make various dishes. Due to the abundance of wild snails that used to live in Burgundy, snails were just a home-cooked dish on the tables of French farmers at that time.
It's just that with the increase of people's food and the widespread use of pesticides in agriculture, almost all wild snails have been killed, snails are becoming more and more scarce, and prices have naturally risen. Today, 90% of all edible snails are imported. For these reasons, snails became more and more valuable in France, eventually becoming a delicacy that could only be enjoyed by the wealthy on grand occasions, and upgraded to become the "national dish" of France.
And now this red continent is now almost free of pollution, pesticides, fertilizers, so this wild snail is the best food.
The snail that Lucifer wanted was an agate snail, an edible snail, the agate snail was native to the island of Malagasi in East Africa, and later spread throughout the tropics, and was the largest snail in the world, so it was also called the African giant snail.
The shape of the snail is cone-shaped, and the surface of the snail shell is covered with a yellow-brown shell skin with dark brown patterns. Usually the shell of an adult snail is about 6~8 cm long, 3~4 cm wide, and weighs more than 50 grams.
Because of its delicious taste, this kind of snail meat is very popular with European and American bosses, resulting in the African giant snail becoming the staple food snail in the world. This snail is a very common snail in Lingnan and southeastern coastal provinces.
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