Chapter 22: The Old Altar with a Story
The two-day operation of clearing the pond made Wu Dao a windfall, but Wu Dong's family and several relatives were also tired and choked, looking at the small pond of the second uncle and another cousin, all of which were crowded with fish caught and stocked in it. Wu Dong was ready to send someone over to buy it as soon as possible, but Wu Dao was not interested in contacting them at all about the so-called town-level fishmongers in his father's mouth.
Because of so many wild fish, plus those dozens of big fish, if you change to a fishmonger at the provincial level, this price can be imagined to increase a lot.
Moreover, in order to contact the powerful fishmongers as soon as possible and find a good buyer for the rare fish that was also crowded in his space, Wu Dao suddenly remembered the noodle restaurant owner Lao Tan who he met last time. Perhaps if you go to this chef with a slightly mysterious background, you should get some unexpected surprises.
Hearing that Wu Dao did not agree to contact those fishmongers in the town by himself and personally contacted the big customers, Wu Dong naturally did not say much. As far as he is concerned, as long as he can sell the fish in these two ponds as soon as possible and turn them into money, he will naturally not ask anything else.
After handing over the work of cleaning up the silt to his father, Wu Dao once again drove his third uncle's small three-wheeled motorcycle, bringing a few lake fish of five or six catties in size in buckets to the county seat. On the road about to enter the county seat, Wu Dao fished out a dragon trout from the Yuling Pearl, as well as two stone fish that were rarely seen in such a big way, put them into another fish bucket filled with water from the grapefruit lake, and slowly stopped in front of the old altar noodle restaurant.
As a frequent visitor to the Lao Tan Noodle Restaurant, Wu Dao knows that this Lao Tan has extraordinary cooking skills, but for some reason it is difficult to eat the best food he carefully cooks. When he was drunk once, Lao Tan said very arrogantly, not that he was unwilling to cook food, but that there were too few excellent ingredients worthy of his careful cooking in these years.
But today, Wu Dao believes that his dragon trout, as well as the two big stone fish that are rare on the market, should be worthy of this mysterious chef's help! In addition, he also wanted to see how delicious this kind of dragon trout, which he had never seen before, would cook in the hands of this chef. This is undoubtedly the best reference for the sales pricing of dragon trout in the future.
Walked into the old altar noodle restaurant with three rare and rare best fish, and looked at the old altar that was busy making noodles in the middle of the cooking, Wu Dao suddenly said loudly: "Old altar, why don't you entertain the guests when they come!" ”
Lao Tan, who was busy making fish noodles, heard someone shouting that he looked back and said, "What kind of guest are you kid, okay!" If you come, sit down first, and pour water next to you. Let me finish the business at hand and then chat with you kid, by the way, what are you doing here today? ”
Through the glass table, Wu Dao put down the bucket and said, "Hehe, Lao Tan, didn't you often say that your cooking skills are similar to those of the national chef!" He also said that there are very few good ingredients in this world for you to cook, and today I will send you two good ingredients, but I don't know if your old man can cook them. Let's start with it, if you think it's good for something I brought, you need to do me a favor, how about it? ”
Belch! Hearing Wu Dao's grinning ridicule, it had been a long time since he had seen Lao Tan who had the urge to cook ingredients, and he really came to his senses and said, "What good things did you kid get?" Are you sure you bring something that will allow me to cook for you next time? ”
While straightening up the chef's uniform on his body and cleaning up the flour on his hands, Lao Tan turned his head to Wu Dao and asked. Although he hadn't dealt with Wu Dao for a few years, Lao Tan knew that the kid in front of him was one of the students who knew him better, and he wanted to understand the rules of his cooking.
dared to provoke himself like this, and it was really possible to get something good. As for Wu Dao's so-called help, in his opinion, he didn't seem to be able to help Wu Dao anything, so he naturally ignored it directly!
Walking out of the old altar between the rams, he didn't pay attention to Wu Dao's grinning expression, but saw the bucket at Wu Dao's feet at a glance. Sure enough, when he saw the three fish swimming in the bucket, the whole person's eyes were immediately attracted.
Pulling Wu Dao, the owner of the fish, aside, Lao Tan carefully observed for a while and said: "These two stone fish are the best of the same kind, and they seem to be pure wild, and they are indeed worth cooking for me." But what makes me even more curious is, what kind of fish is this trout-like fish, and how come I have never seen it? Where did you get it? ”
After observing the old altar for a few minutes, for these two stonefish weighing four or five catties, he naturally sighed that he hadn't seen them for many years, and they were still so wild. But what surprised him the most was that this red trout, which weighed seven or eight catties, originally thought it was a trout, but when he looked left and right, he felt that the pattern of this fish was different from the trout he had seen.
Therefore, he felt a little strange, but out of the professional eyes of a chef. He knew very well that this kind of fish that he had never seen before was cooked, and it was also a rare and superb delicacy.
Wu Dao saw that his three fish really shocked Lao Tan, and he also agreed to cook for him next time, and said excitedly: "Then wait for you to cook next time, and make a delicious meal with these three fish for me!" However, at noon today, you should be closing, right? ”
Lao Tan looked at Wu Dao, who had a smug face, and said with disdain: "What's the matter, although your three fish are indeed worth letting me cook next time, it seems a bit exaggerated to close the door!" I have a lot of guests who come to eat noodles at noon, so can you stick it to me because of the money I lost? ”
Wu Dao, who knew that the guy in front of him didn't care about making money at all, said angrily: "Old Tan, don't blame me for not reminding you in advance, although my dragon trout is not as exaggerated as that kind of fragrant drifting five miles."
But I'm sure that if you cook this fish in less than half an hour, your noodle shop will be surrounded by customers who smell the smell. When the time comes, they will ask you to take out this fish, and I will see you conjure it out of there. ”
For the deliciousness and aroma of dragon trout, Wu Dao, who grilled one last time, is naturally clear, and this dragon trout can be said to be unique to Wu Dao. For this reason, if those foodies who smell the fragrance come to see such a delicacy but do not sell it. The shock caused by this is only afraid that the chef of Lao Tan also knows it.
Sure enough, hearing Wu Dao say this, Lao Tan frowned and said, "Is this fish really as godly as you say?" But you say this fish is called a dragon trout? Where did you get it, how come I've never seen it? ”
'Hee-hee, if you've seen me, I don't dare to expect you to cook for me next time?' To tell you the truth, I am the only one in the world who knows where this fish came from. However, the provenance of this fish is kept secret for the time being, and I will tell you about the fish from it when I raise it later.
I had never seen this fish before, and since it looked like a trout, and the pattern on its body was similar to that of a dragon, I decided to give it the name of dragon trout. Don't you think this title is very suitable for the appearance of this fish? ’
Let Wu Dao explain like this, Lao Tan looked at it carefully and said: "Listening to what you kid said, the pattern on this fish is really a bit like a dragon pattern, and it is appropriate to call it a dragon trout." It's just that the taste of this fish is really as exaggerated as your kid said? ”
Wu Dao saw that Lao Tan didn't believe it, and hurriedly told him that he had gotten this fish and barbecued one, and heard that Wu Dao almost swallowed his tongue in his stomach. Lao Tan knew that the taste of this fish was really unusual.
Lao Tan, who accepted Wu Dao's suggestion to close for a day, didn't think much about putting the noodles back into the fresh-keeping cabinet. After locking the door of the store, he took Wu Dao to a quiet villa area in his county, and saw Wu Dao riding a tricycle with Lao Tan into the gate of the villa area.
The doorman in charge of duty was originally about to stop it, but after seeing the old altar, he quickly let him go again. It's just that the security guard who returned to the guard room had to sigh that rich people really know how to pretend to be B these days, and they still take a three-wheeled motorcycle to get in and out of the villa.
Coming to a three-story garden-style villa, Wu Dao had to sigh that this old altar was really hidden. Wu Dao didn't know how much the price of this villa was, but thinking about the housing prices in the county and the degree of decoration of the villa in front of him, Wu Dao dared to say that he couldn't buy this villa without a few million. In my heart, I was even more angry that Lao Tan just said that he would let him suspend business for a day and compensate for his losses.
Seeing that in the courtyard of the villa, there was a grape trellis planted with a column full of shelves, as well as a small vegetable patch next to it, Wu Dao couldn't help but sigh that this old altar would really enjoy life. Living in this enviable villa, he even grows vegetables in the villa like a farmer, this style is really impossible for ordinary people to do.
But it is precisely because of the villa in front of him that belongs to the old altar that Wu Dao feels that his guess is really right, and this old altar really has unknown mysteries and stories. Asking him to help you contact a major customer should be the right decision. This also made him look forward to the next cooking skills of Lao Tan!
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