Chapter 89: The Hakka King
Widow Yang wanted to count the money and pay back part of it to Chu Jiaqiang and Chu Shengyi, but both of them dissuaded her. said that he was not in a hurry to use the money, and more importantly, the elderly may still need money, so try to spend as much as possible on the elderly, and it is inconvenient for them to live without any money.
"There's no hurry! Go back and manage the fruit trees well, although next year it can't be said to be rich, but the situation will definitely get better, and these debts don't have to worry at all. Chu Jiaqiang said with a smile.
Widow Yang had no choice but to nod, she was now truly determined to manage the fruit trees. When I first tasted the sweetness, I was still very motivated. She was going to remind her two brothers and persuade them to follow the management of the fruit trees, which was indeed much better than plowing the fields.
"Let's go, let's eat." The second uncle said happily.
"Haha! Brother Shengmin is in for a treat! You just made a fortune. Chu Shengyi quipped.
"Please, I'll treat you and taste the food in the county too." The second uncle agreed in one bite, and Widow Yang and Li Jing in the back also wanted to say a treat, but they were a little bit slower.
Park the car in the parking lot of the market, but pay a fee of ten yuan, so that Chu Shengyi even said that the market is dark enough. He didn't know that ten yuan was cheap, and if you went to other places, such as hotels, shopping malls, etc., you wouldn't want to park without twenty yuan, and you might not be able to find a location.
Chu Jiaqiang led the way, how can the urban area say that he has been mixed for three years. He led everyone into a Hakka king on Fumin Street, the most famous of which is the button meat, I have eaten it a few times before, it is really delicious, and it is very authentic plum vegetable button meat.
Plum cabbage button meat is what we often call burnt white, because of different regions and the name is quite many, its characteristics are that the color sauce is red and oily, the soup is viscous and delicious, the button meat is slippery and mellow, fat but not greasy, and the food is soft and mellow. When you chew a piece and your mouth is full of oil, you will feel that it is not fatty at all. Plum cabbage absorbs oil, and the pork belly will carry the fragrance of plum cabbage, the mellow fragrance of pine nuts, and the combination of plum cabbage, pine nuts and fatty pork belly can really be said to be just right.
The second uncle had never been to eat in this kind of place, so he didn't know what was going on, so he asked the proprietress directly what dishes were here.
The proprietress did not slack off because of these men who looked at the countryside, but patiently introduced: "Our main button meat, the most famous is plum vegetable button meat." You can try it, there's a menu on the table, and there are some other side dishes on it, all of which are very affordable, you see first. ”
When the second uncle heard this, he picked up the menu on the table and saw that the dishes on it were more than ten or twenty yuan, and the signature dish plum cabbage and pork was thirty-five plates. He smacked his tongue secretly, this is still affordable!
Chu Jiaqiang smiled slightly and explained: "This restaurant is indeed more affordable, other restaurants of the same grade do not have this price, and the food stalls outside are about the same price." ”
This urban area is not big, and Chu Jiaqiang used to go to almost every corner, and he still knows a lot about the situation of these restaurants.
The proprietress smiled, and it could be seen that this young man should have eaten in her restaurant, otherwise he would not have said this.
The second uncle didn't speak anymore and moved the menu to the others: "What do you want to eat?" Point it! ”
Others also let go of it, and Chu Jiaqiang had no choice but to speak: "Let's have a signature dish, a green vegetable, and the green vegetables will be cabbage!" One fish head soup, one stir-fried beef with winter melon. ”
The proprietress skillfully made a note: "Okay, everyone wait a minute! I'll get you to work right away. ”
As she left, a girl approached with a pot of hot tea and a small plastic basin containing five sets of packaged bowls and cups. As can be seen from her appearance, this girl should be the daughter of the proprietress .
"Huh! Do you want to say hello with new dishes and chopsticks? Li Jing was surprised.
Chu Jiaqiang couldn't help laughing: "Uncle Li, these are not new dishes and chopsticks!" It's just that they wash and disinfect and repack it. ”
Everyone was amazed, it was the first time that the people in the Dark Dao City really loved to be clean.
"What are you doing with a basin?" The second uncle asked, pointing to a small plastic basin.
Afraid that everyone would make jokes again, Chu Jiaqiang immediately took action. He pulled out the chopsticks, punctured the wrapper, took out the bowls and cups, and put them in the basin. Others didn't understand it, so they had to do it.
Under everyone's surprised gaze, Chu Jiaqiang lifted the pot of hot tea and poured it on the dishes and chopsticks, went through it, and then took it out and distributed it to everyone.
"It's better to avoid germs." Chu Jiaqiang explained.
"So this pot of tea isn't for drinking? Fortunately, I wasn't in a hurry just now, otherwise I would have lost face and would have been thrown into the city. Li Jingxiao said happily.
"Haha! Uncle Li, not as exaggerated as you say? This tea can also be drunk. However, many people are used to this practice, and what they drink is usually called again, and they have alcohol in the store. Chu Jiaqiang was also amused by Li Jing's tone.
After waiting for the dishes to be served, seeing the so-called plum cabbage button meat, Chu Shengyi couldn't help but say: "This is the plum cabbage?" How do you look like sauerkraut? ”
Chu Jiaqiang acted as an interpreter again, in the north, there is a difference between sauerkraut and plum vegetables, but in the south, there is not much difference, and many people also call it together.
In fact, many people can't tell the difference between snow cabbage, plum cabbage and sauerkraut. Pickled vegetables are pickled vegetables. Sauerkraut is made by fermenting cabbage. Plum cabbage is made by pickling mustard greens into pickles and then drying them.
And the recipe of these plum vegetables is almost the same as the sauerkraut in the countryside. They are all pickled and fermented with stems and mustard greens, but sauerkraut does not need to be dried, and plum vegetables are generally dried.
Moldy dried vegetables are a kind of Hakka native vegetables. At the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, the mustard greens in the vegetable garden are smoked with moss, the thickness of the fingers, the top with flower buds, the shape is like autumn grapes, crisp and tender, and the taste is sweet. At this time, pick the choy sum and hang it for a few days. When the leaves become soft, put them into the pot, sprinkle with salt, rub them with their hands, and when some vegetable juice oozes out, they are put into the pottery urn, put a layer and sprinkle a layer of salt, and seal the urn tightly with mustard leaves or bamboo shoot shells after it is filled. After ten days and half a month, take it out and dry it, and it will become a moldy dried vegetable with golden color, salty and sour taste.
"Hmmm! This dish is really refreshing, no wonder it is so expensive. After tasting it, Chu Shengyi couldn't help but praise. In fact, this dish is not as delicious as the second uncle's cooking, but there are more ingredients on the outside, and it is better. This is very fresh for them who are tasting the food outside for the first time.
"This bowl for rice is also a little smaller, and it will be gone after two bites, and I always have to fill the rice, so it's troublesome." Li Jing expressed his dissatisfaction. Chu Jiaqiang smiled, for people like them who are used to eating big bowls of rice, they are indeed very unaccustomed, and it is purely normal to complain.
After a meal, I ate about eighty. When this is apportioned, it is almost twenty dollars per person. They all secretly said: It is worthy of the city, and you can eat enough for ten yuan in the town.