Su Miaocai returned to the kitchen, and Hu Shi poked his head in again and greeted:

"Miao'er, Ning Xiaoguan wants to eat pumpkin balls!"

Pumpkin balls are a kind of dessert, kneaded into a dough with pumpkin and flour to make small balls like rice balls, and after cooking, they are mixed with fresh jam, soft and glutinous, sweet and sour, and are very popular with children.

Ning Le is very fond of this dim sum, which is usually eaten by children as young as seven or eight years old.

Su Miao agreed, handed the fish basket in his hand to Tonggui, and commanded neatly:

"Tongxi, you help Huiwei make pumpkin balls, and Tonggui comes to make hot and sour fish soup with me!"

After tasting the words, he put down the kitchen knife in his hand, and silently walked to the storage cabinet to take out the pumpkin and flour.

Tonggui took the fish basket in Su Miao's hand, took out two large carps, removed the scales and gouged the gills, opened a mouth about three centimeters long from the outside of the fish's abdomen, and took out the internal organs, remembering that the fish gall bladder must not be cut when cleaning the internal organs, so as not to stick to the fish meat and make the fish bitter.

Su Miao steamed the washed fish in the basket, removed the fish bones, and cut the fish into shredded meat two centimeters long and half a centimeter thick. Soak the dried shiitake mushrooms in water, remove the stems, wash and shred, peel and shred the bamboo shoots. Put the pot on the hot fire, add an appropriate amount of clear broth first, then add shredded ginger, shredded bamboo shoots, shredded mushrooms and fish, then add salt, monosodium glutamate, rice wine, pepper, wait until the soup boils, use vinegar to turn the sweet potato powder into the soup, and pour sesame oil before leaving the pot. Sour and spicy, spicy and salty, salty and fragrant, fragrant and fresh, the taste of sour and hot and fresh hemp is hot and rich, this is a soup with excellent hangover effect, so refreshing and fragrant surging. Even if he wasn't drunk, his brain suddenly became clear because of this tempting taste, and countless gluttonous insects were aroused. Even my stomach grew hungry.

The pumpkin balls were already cooked, and they were all served on a plate, and two spoonfuls of fuchsia wild jam were drizzled like paintings. The smell of fish soup wafted over violently, causing him to look back, gesture to Tongxi to take the pumpkin balls out, and walked to Su Miao's side, looking at her for a moment. Su Miaocai wants to take the hot and sour fish soup out of the pot. Seeing him leaning over and staring at her soup pot, he scooped half a spoonful with a soup spoon and handed it to him, and divided the remaining fish soup into two portions into the big bowl.

Aftertaste, take the spoon and drink it in one go. Su Miao asked with a smile:

"How's it taste?"

The aftertaste seemed to reminisce the refreshing taste that melted between the lips and teeth, paused, looked at her, and said lightly:

"Didn't eat it." I turned around and continued to cook the stock.

“……”

Su Miao put two bowls of hot and sour fish soup and coriander on the tray together. Pick it up and go out in person. Put it in front of the long-awaited Ning County Order.

Ning Xian Ling picked up the soup spoon and took a sip, a sour and spicy taste rushed to his nose, his tongue was pricked and numb, his brain seemed to be refreshed all of a sudden, his eyes lit up, and he laughed loudly:

"That's right! That's right! That's the smell! The little girl's fish soup is quite authentic! ”

"I told you, she's pretty good." Ning Le was full of praise from his father, and he felt proud that he had recommended a suitable candidate.

"That's it! Ah Le's vision has always been good! Ning Xian Ling nodded approvingly. patted Ning Le on the head, and he didn't care if he was pushed away by Ning Le. looked at Su Miao, smiled and said, "Girl, in seven days, Lord Zhizhou of Fengzhou will come to Changle County to investigate, and the reception banquet will need good manpower." Lord Zhizhou is very picky about food, although he is not from Yuzhou, he has lived in Yuzhou for a while, and the most unforgettable thing is this hot and sour fish soup. I found a lot of people at first, the chef of the restaurant in the town almost looked at it and there was no suitable one, Ah Le told me that your skills are good, I came to take a look, I didn't expect you to cook a little girl is really good, I am very satisfied. On the twenty-eighth day, I will leave it to you to do, the banquet will be held at the time of the day, the location is in the county office, you can prepare whenever you want, you can bring a few helpers with you, what dishes to cook You discuss with Master Peng, draw up a menu and go to Master Peng to see it, but the last dish must be this hot and sour fish soup. If you can hold this reception banquet to the satisfaction of Lord Zhizhou, the benefits of this official will be indispensable to you. ”

He used the word "this official" in the last sentence.

Su Miaopi didn't laugh at all, she didn't have the right to object at all.

"Yes, Lord Ning, rest assured, although the little girl's ability is limited, the little girl will definitely do her best to make the reception banquet in seven days as perfect as possible." Su Miao replied politely.

"Okay, good, it's a well-read girl, this looks like a little girl in the town." Ning Xian Ling looked at her and said with a smile.

"The little girl's ancestral home is in Changle Town, she moved to Fengzhou with her father when she was young, her father opened a tavern in Fengzhou, and the little girl also followed the female gentleman to recognize a few words with the atmosphere in the city, and then her father was sick, and there were many expenses, and the family moved back from Fengzhou." Su Miao replied calmly.

"I see!" When Ning Xian Ling heard this, he seemed to sigh sympathetically.

After drinking the hot and sour fish soup, Ning Le and his son left satisfied, and Ning County ordered a generous shot, and in addition to the meal money, he also threw a reward of one or two silver, which made the Hu family very happy.

Su Miao returned to the kitchen, Su Yan had already put on a smock and tied an apron, and every time he came back from school to be an apprentice, he always took the staff passage, because Hu would scold him for not doing his job properly when he walked through the main door.

"Twenty-eight, I'm going to the magistrate's yamen to prepare for the reception banquet held by the magistrate for the magistrate who came to inspect, but the store couldn't help but open that day, and I estimated that it would be over in about two or three hours. We don't have a lot of people, and I can't bring too many people, two people will give me a hand, which of you is willing to raise your hand with me! "Not everyone wants to go to the county yamen, ordinary people will have weak legs when they see the word "county ya", and they don't want her to force it.

Sure enough, Tongxi and Gui did not have confidence, and it was aftertaste and Su Yan who raised their hands together.

Su Miao scratched her cheeks, but she had to sigh helplessly: "Just the two of you." Turning around and continuing to take charge, the manpower in the kitchen felt even tighter when he looked at it this way, but if he wanted to hire someone again, he didn't have much spare money and no suitable candidates, the kitchen was not an outfield, and it was even more difficult to find a chef with good skills and not expensive than to climb to the sky.

In the evening, Su Miao took the notebook and went to Su Yan's room to find the taste and discuss the menu of the reception banquet with Su Yan. Although Ning County Ling is not like a thrifty person, the reception banquet that will be held is not outrageous, and there are two groups of people in the county government and the Zhizhou yamen. Ning County ordered Su Miao to serve the dishes twice according to the standard of eight meat, eight vegetarian and sixteen dishes, each time there should be a soup dish, and then the hot and sour fish soup was served to sober up the wine until the wine was almost drunk, and then there were refreshments.

Su Miao discussed with Su Yan and Aftertaste, mainly because Aftertaste discussed until midnight before finalizing the menu, and after the discussion, Su Yan had already fallen asleep.

The next day, he had to take it to the county office to show Master Peng, Su Miao held the menu and stood up from the stool with a sore back. Aftertaste of sitting at the table with one hand on his cheek:

"It's hard for you to toss so late, let's rest early."

Aftertaste looked at her face without saying a word, until she was about to walk out the door. Only then did he whisper:

"Tomorrow morning, you can sleep a little longer, I will take Tongxi Tonggui to do the preparations before opening the door, Uncle Hu is also here, there will be no problems."

"Huh?" Su Miao didn't expect him to suddenly come up with such a sentence. Look back at him. Slightly stunned.

Aftertaste still lazily supported his chin, looked at her with insights, and said slowly:

"My face is not very good, although I think people should be the most perfect when doing things, but you have been working too hard lately, and if you don't rest well, you will get sick."

Su Miao tilted her head and looked at him for a while, then whispered in amazement:

"It's rare! Xiao Weiwei even has a time to meddle with other people's affairs! ”

Aftertaste was choked for a moment, looked at her and said stiffly: "At this time, the word you should answer is 'Thank you for your concern'." The mouth is not pleasing at all! ”

"Thank you for your concern, it's a pity I'm going to start pickling tomorrow. If you don't use the morning, you really can't do anything else. I appreciate the kindness, rest early, good night! Su Miao said with a disapproving smile, waving at him without looking back, and opened the door and went out.

Aftertaste still held his cheek with one hand, and watched her walk out intently, the door closed again, and after a while, he stiffly spat on the sentence with a tense face and a tone that was not very pleasant:

"What an unpleasant woman!"

When Su Miao returned to the room, Chunniang had already slept, but because she slept lightly, she woke up when Su Miao took off her clothes.

"Sister Miao, you're back, have you discussed it?" Rubbing her eyes and sitting up from the bed, Chunniang asked in a daze.

"It's probably calculated, and I'll go to the county government tomorrow to show the master. Woke you up? ”

Chunniang shook her head, followed her back to lie down, stared at the top of the bed and muttered:

"Sister Miao is so powerful, I dare to go to the county government alone, I don't dare. Has Big Brother Hui already rested? ”

"Probably."

"Sister Miao and Brother Hui can still be together so late, it feels very close."

"Because it's a peer." Su Miao yawned lazily.

"Sister Miao, you say, I also started an apprenticeship to learn how to cook, okay?" Chunniang was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked.

"If the motive is not pure, people like me who are motivated by the desire to make food that makes people smile, will be angry."

"Sister Miao, you misunderstood." Chunniang hurriedly smiled, "I want to talk to Brother Hui more, but Brother Hui doesn't seem to like to talk and ignores me at all, and I'm afraid that the only person who can talk to Brother Hui is Sister Miao." After a pause, she sighed sadly, "I'm actually thinking, I can't sing for a lifetime, my father is old and not in good health, and I am the only daughter, I can't sing for a lifetime, if I also learn some crafts......"

"Even if you are a chef, you may not be able to do it for a lifetime, your father is an example, you can't be a chef if you are afraid when you see sharp things."

"How does Sister Miao know?" Chun Niang was taken aback, even if it was a knife in someone else's hand, she would instinctively feel fear when she looked at it.

"Whether you can do it for a lifetime depends on yourself, it has nothing to do with what you do, you like to sing, your talent is also there, instead of thinking so much, it is better to think about how you can be evergreen in that industry."

Chunniang was silent for a long time, and muttered softly: "That's what I said!" ”

Su Miao has been busy with the reception banquet in Ningzhi County these days, and the official's meal is naturally exquisite, even if it is Zhizhou and Zhixian, the ingredients and materials of the dishes need to be carefully selected, and there are people who help the cook, Su Yan and aftertaste are hands-on, and other candidates for helping the kitchen have to come out of the kitchen of the county house, Su Miao has to recognize people in advance. There is also the birthday of Brother Wang Bao on the first day of next month, because the two things are the day before and after, Wang Bao and Su Miao are very good, and Su Miao doesn't want to slack off. While he was busy working left and right, one night, Wang Bao suddenly rushed into the Su restaurant with an angry face, and sat on a stool, his face turned blue. Because it was almost closed, Su Miao was cleaning up the kitchen, poking her head out of the small window, happy in her heart, and said with a smile:

"Brother Wang, I found the wild vegetable you said to make Wowotou for you, I looked for it three times before I knew that the thing you said, that is called rattle, it is not a noodle dish, I have picked it back, you can eat it on the first day of the new year, what do you want to thank me?"

"No more!" Wang Leopard said angrily.

"Huh?"

"There's nothing to do on the first day of junior high school, no need! Give me four pig's trotters and a jar of burnt knives, mix two cold dishes, and Lao Tzu will eat them all today! ”

Obviously angry, Su Miao looked at him dumbly, and smiled embarrassedly: "Brother Wang, the pig's trotters have already been sold out at this hour, and the pig's trotters are gone." ”

"Then bake something! Bring up the burnt knife first! ”

Angry, Su Miao agreed, hooked her fingers at Zhang Hu, who was speechless, and retracted her head. Zhang Hu glanced at Wang Bao, and quietly slipped into the kitchen while he wasn't paying attention, Su Miao hung four salted fish in the oven, quickly mixed two plates of cold dishes for Tongxi to send out, and asked Zhang Hu:

"What's wrong with Brother Wang? Birthday banquet is gone? ”

"There was a quarrel just now, and our eldest brother's eldest brother beat our eldest brother out of the house."

"I said how the corners of my mouth are broken, how old are you and still playing with brothers quarreling!"

"It's not an ordinary thing," Zhang Hu glanced left and right, and whispered to Su Miao, "Widow Liu on Lefo Street knows, right?" ”

"I know, Brother Wang's good looks." A widow with three children, I heard that it is Wang Bao's little Qingmei, because Wang Bao married someone else when his family was poor, and then he has been widowed and serving his mother-in-law, Wang Bao has not married so far It is said that it is because of her, Changle Town has passed on everything to the two of them, although Su Miao thinks it is great to be able to hold on for so long, but most of those rumors are ugly, fortunately, Liu Qingmei has a pungent temperament, otherwise she would have hanged herself with a rope.

"Widow Liu's mother-in-law died, and the eldest brother went back to his eldest brother and said that he wanted to marry Widow Liu."

Wang Dabao should not agree, his younger brother has never been married, and the woman has three children.

"The eldest brother who is catching up with the eldest brother agreed to the Ning County Order today to incorporate our Qinglong Gang into the inspection room."

"This is a good thing, the size of the inspection room is also considered a yamen."

"Although the brothers think so, but the eldest brother was very squeezed out in the inspection room back then, if he didn't want to go against the inspection room, he wouldn't have started the Qinglong Gang, he said that he would never go back to the inspection room."

It turns out that the brothers all think so, no wonder Wang Leopard is angry. (To be continued......)