Chapter Forty-Eight: When It Begins
After selling tofu and eating lunch the next day, Chen Chunhua and the third child went to Fengxiang Restaurant together.
This town is not big, but also divided into east, west, north and south, her shop is in the east of the town, and Fengxiang Restaurant is in the west of the town. The third child was holding two wooden steamed tofu, and Chen Chunhua was holding a basket of dried tofu in his hand. It's been a long walk, but it's not there yet.
Chen Chunhua couldn't help but stop, hammered her sore arm, she should have listened to Dong Niang's words a long time ago, renting an ox cart wouldn't cost a few dollars, saving time and effort.
The third child saw Chen Chunhua stop, tuck the wooden steamer in one hand, take the basket in her hand, and said. "It's not far, two more streets!"
Chen Chunhua nodded. "Third brother, I'll take it!"
"It's okay, let's go!"
After two streets, Chen Chunhua finally saw the four big characters of Fengxiang Restaurant, which looked like a time-honored brand at first glance from the outside.
Chen Chunhua and the third child raised their feet and just walked in, and a young man was ushered in inside, with a handkerchief on his shoulder, and said with a smile on his face. "What do you two want to eat?"
"I'm not here to eat, I'm looking for your shopkeeper!" Chen Chunhua took the basket in the third child's hand and said. "I told the shopkeeper yesterday!"
"Oh, I know, you're the owner of the shop in the east of the town, come on, come with me!" The young man led Chen Chunhua and the third child to the kitchen.
When he entered the kitchen, the young man said that he would wait for a while, and then went out at the expense of the person who was outside to pay the bill.
There are two middle-aged people and a woman in the kitchen, the woman sits in front of the stove to add firewood, and the middle-aged man holds a big spoon in his hand and stir-fries the dishes in the pot.
I just came in from outside, and there were a lot of customers in the lobby, and it seemed that the shopkeeper's business was very prosperous.
Chen Chunhua looked at the kitchen, put down the basket in his hand, and said. "Third brother, put the tofu away!"
When the cook heard this, he turned his head to look at the tofu in the third child's hand.
After waiting for a while, the shopkeeper came, looking a little hurried, walked up to Chen Chunhua and said. "I'm really sorry, I just went to drink with the guests, and you arrived early!"
"Early, can you hurry up, I see that your restaurant business is very good!" Chen Chunhua said, pointing to the tofu and dried tofu. "I brought two plates of tofu and a basket of dried tofu, if I can't get busy, I'll wait!"
"Busy, Lao Cai, come on, this is the owner of the tofu shop, let her teach a few ways to make tofu today!" The one who was called Lao Cai was chopping vegetables, put down the kitchen knife in his hand, wiped his hands, and said. "Cheng, the small stove next to it is empty, and this gap will start!"
Chen Chunhua nodded, took out two pieces of tofu from the wood steam, and put them in a bowl. "I'll teach you how to make this boiled tofu first!"
Lao Cai is an old cook, hearing this, the shopkeeper asked him to learn to cook with a young girl, but he had some pimples in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. "Yes, I'll see you do it!"
Chen Chunhua was not ambiguous, she wanted to make these dishes as soon as possible, and go back to grinding soybeans later. "I'm tired of you, help wash the pot!" No matter how small the stove is, she can't hold the pot on it.
When Lao Cai heard this, he quickly brushed the pot clean. Chen Chunhua saw that the pot was cleaned, scooped two scoops of water into it, and then closed the lid and said. "Boil the water first!"
The woman sitting in front of the stove did not say a word, but drew firewood from the large stove and put it into the small stove.
Chen Chunhua took a look, picked up the kitchen knife, cut a small piece of lean meat from the pork on the board and washed it, sliced the lean meat into slices, cut it, took out a small cloth from the basket and wrapped it, the bread was sweet potato flour, pinched a small piece, sprinkled it on the meat slices, and stirred well.
Lao Cai looked at what Chen Chunhua sprinkled, felt strange, and couldn't help asking. "What's this?"
"Potato melon powder!" Chen Chunhua replied, scooped a scoop of water into the bowl of tofu, soaked for a while, took out the tofu and cut it into slices with a knife.
After the water boiled, Chen Chunhua first put the tofu in it, let it boil for a while, estimated that it was almost enough, put pork in it, stirred it with a large spoon, put coarse salt in it, and put a small half spoon of lard in it.
Boiled tofu, it's that simple, before Chen Chunhua took the tofu out of the pot, cut the garlic leaves and sprinkled it in the pot, and after a while, the fragrance of garlic wafted out.
Chen Chunhua hurriedly took the tofu out of the pot, the person who burned the fire also had skills, she didn't say anything, the fire was small when it should be small, and it was big when it should be big.
After the boiled tofu came out of the pot, Chen Chunhua took the chopsticks and picked up a piece to taste, yes, the tofu tasted, in this weather, the boiled tofu is very suitable. "Taste it!"
Lao Cai saw that Chen Chunhua made boiled tofu so easily, even if there was garlic and coarse salt in it, and didn't put anything else in it, he thought to himself, this tofu must not be delicious! took the chopsticks handed over by Chen Chunhua, took a small piece and put it in his mouth, tasted it, and the expression on his face was stunned.
Chen Chunhua didn't look at him, and took a piece of lean meat and handed it to the third child's mouth, who was a little awkward for a while and shook his head. "I don't eat it!"
Knowing that the third child is embarrassed, Chen Chunhua doesn't force him, this meat is not eaten for nothing! Sure enough, it is authentic and good pork, and the sweet potato powder and tender meat are put in, and it tastes very tender.
"It's delicious!" Lao Cai said this, and ate with a few chopsticks, he has been a chef for so many years, and such a simple method can still be so delicious, which is indeed admirable.
Another cook stir-fried the vegetables, came over with a pair of chopsticks, took the tofu and tasted it, half loud, and gave Chen Chunhua a thumbs up. "Yes, girl, you can do this craft!" Ben is also an old chef in Fengxiang Restaurant, and the shopkeeper didn't treat them badly, but let them learn to cook with a little girl, and it didn't sound good. But now that I have eaten this tofu, I am convinced.
"Girl, why is this meat so tender?" Lao Cai just ate tofu, and then sandwiched a piece of lean meat to taste, the taste was tender, how many dishes he had made of this pork, he was stunned that he had never made such a dish.
Chen Chunhua smiled and said. "Thanks to the potato melon powder, if you put the potato melon powder in it, the taste will naturally be better, but you can't put more, otherwise, it will change the taste!"
"What's potato powder?" Lao Cai watched Chen Chunhua put potato and melon powder into the meat, this was the first time he had heard the name of this thing.
Chen Chunhua unwrapped the small cloth, pointed to the sweet potato powder inside, and said. "This potato melon flour is made of potatoes and melons, and I sell it in my shop, not only can I make vegetables, but also make soup, there are many patterns!"
The shopkeeper's side helped people to tie up, saw that no guests came, entered the kitchen, looked at the tofu out of the pot on the table, and said. "Is this done?"
"Alas, you taste it from the shopkeeper, it's delicious, I and Lao Cai are convinced!" The old cook handed the shopkeeper's chopsticks, and the shopkeeper did not refuse, he took a chopstick to eat, and he didn't speak after eating, and the third man who was standing on the side was a little anxious.
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