Chapter Ninety-Four: Xiao Quanfu and Shrimp Roe Noodles
"What are these rough-headed and rough-faced mountain men doing, Pearl, is it possible that you still look up to him?" Jia Min teased narrowly.
"Go! What nonsense, I'm not blind! Peng Pearl glanced at her, and she was charming.
The three of them laughed and left, only Yang Daniu kept looking back, she envied Gu Qingying, she was bullied, there was an eldest sister who stood up for her, today, so Sven's brother also came to see her, and her parents died early, since she was able to go to the stove, she washed and cooked, fed the chickens and dogs, and was not idle every day.
She is not afraid of these hardships, after all, she is growing up day by day, the worst thing is that her brother got into trouble outside, and was chased to the house by others to ask for compensation, at first there was a little production in the field to pay off the debt, and then there were some tables, chairs and benches left by her parents, and finally there was not even an egg and a handful of buds and grains were broken, and the angry people began to smash her home, and not a bowl was spared.
She cried and made trouble, but in addition to scolding her and beating her, her brother treated her as a cow and horse, he sold the only land he relied on to gamble for money, and when he lost it all, he went to steal chickens and dogs for wine and drink, and he was often beaten so that his nose and face were swollen, and he couldn't get out of bed for three or five days, and he had to serve her.
A few days ago, he went to another village to peek at the widow taking a bath, and was beaten up, which completely chilled her heart, and his reputation was stinking for ten miles.
When she saw Gu Qingzhu's three sisters and brothers today, she knew that they were the most touching sister-brother friendship in the world.
"Yang Daniu, what are you doing grinding and chirping in the back!" Jia Min looked back at her and urged impatiently.
"Here we go!" Yang Dayu hurriedly responded, carrying two large bags of ingredients, and ran two steps to catch up with them.
When a few people walked into the kitchen, Gu Qingzhu and the others were already busy with their heads down, and Mama Guo was probably afraid that they would fight again in the kitchen, so she specially asked the kitchen mother-in-law to hang a big curtain in the middle to separate the two.
Gu Daya and the three of them were choosing vegetables, Gu Qingzhu found a piece of linen filter shrimp roe, and Gu Qingying also thought of coming from the kitchen, but was coaxed and tricked by Baoying to go to the workshop.
Mu Jincheng stuffed a folding fan in her hand, saying that she had caused trouble yesterday and punished her for playing the fan, bluffing Qingying to stand beside him honestly, but she didn't have much strength, she slapped twice, and then lowered her hand, Mu Jincheng pretended not to see, and she lowered her head to play with the jade pendant and tassel on the fan.
In the kitchen, Gu Qingzhu had already taken off all the seeds of five or six catties of river shrimp, cleaned them with a palm-sized ball, wrapped them in linen cloth and drained them.
"Qingzhu, are you going to make shrimp roe sauce?" Gu Daya leaned over and asked.
"Well, with a new bowl of noodles." Gu Qingzhu poured the noodles into the clay pot, scooped the water and noodles, nodded and smiled.
"Seeing the summer solstice, this shrimp roe noodle is really suitable for the occasion." Gu Xiaohua slapped her face and said happily.
"Good girl, if this taste is made, it must be very fresh, and the gods will be unstoppable!" Fang Ling covered her mouth and said with a smile.
"To make shrimp roe paste, you have to ask for soybean paste dried by Qingzhu's family, and I'll get it." Zheng Zhaodi stood up and washed her hands.
"And sour bamboo shoots or something, bring them together!" Gu Daya said anxiously.
"Listen to you!" Zheng Zhaodi trotted away.
"Big girl, you chop the pork belly, Xiaohua, you go kill the chicken, Fang Ling, you and Zhao Di will pick up the big shrimp and peel some meat in a while." Gu Qingzhu arranged while kneading the dough.
Today, Qingshan and Qingsong came, talked for a while, and some time was delayed, rolling noodles and making sauce are labor-intensive work, and now they have to go into battle together.
"Okay!" A few people responded with a smile and went their separate ways.
On the other side, Gu Erni was not idle, a few large bags of ingredients were taken out, and they were piled high, compared to Gu Qingzhu's side where vegetables were the majority, they were chicken, duck and fish, delicacies from the mountains and seas, and there were a lot of them.
"Pearl, don't sell it, all the ten taels of silver have been spent, what are we doing, I don't know yet." Gu Erni asked with some concern.
"Then I'll tell the truth, my house next door was originally a tavern, his signature dish is called Xiao Quanfu, every time it is time to eat, the aroma of the open altar can waft out of three miles, attracting passers-by to salivate, and the business is so good!" Peng Pearl lowered her voice and said with her eyebrows fluttering.
"But you can't make dishes just based on the fragrance, and you're not a god who can pinch and count!" Jia Min was anxious when he heard this, which was too unreliable.
"I am naturally sure, at the beginning of the year, the son of the tavern keeper came from the countryside for the New Year, he fell in love with me, pestered his father to my house to propose, and said that if I agree, the tavern will be handed over to us to operate in the future, in order to show sincerity, but also showed me the secret recipe of Xiao Quanfu." Peng Pearl whispered shyly.
"Oh, what else is there to say, we will definitely win today." Gu Erni said excitedly.
Just when they were happy, Yang Daniu on the side was very disturbed, she picked up a dried sea cucumber, twisted her eyebrows and said, "What is this?" I won't get it! ”
"You go and kill chickens, ducks and fish, and we'll do the rest." Peng Pearl assigned the dirtiest work to Yang Daniu.
People on both sides are doing things in full swing, and they don't dare to talk too much nonsense to delay time.
After thousands of kneading and rolling, the dough was spread out into a very thin dough on the board, smooth as jade, Gu Qingzhu stacked the dough layer by layer, cut it into thin strips with a knife, sprinkled a little flour on the case, and shook the noodles and placed them.
Next, we have to boil shrimp roe sauce, Gu Daya has already cut the ingredients, the stove is also burning, put water in the pot, melt the soybean paste that was dried last year and boil the sauce, and then put the shrimp roe, at this time, you must spray soju along the edge of the pot to remove the fish, wait until the sauce is slightly collected, and then put the chopped green and red peppers, black fungus, and small mushrooms to simmer together.
The chili pepper Gu Qingzhu bought this time was very good, the skin was thin and the flesh was thick, and the spicy taste was pure, when Gu Daya was cutting, fortunately she tied a handkerchief to block her mouth and nose, so she didn't sneeze, and she did according to what Gu Qingzhu said, and removed the chili seeds, so that the spiciness.
Shrimp roe sauce boiled to this time, you must be patient, Gu Qingzhu asked Fang Ling to withdraw the open flame, only use the charcoal fire in the stove to boil slowly, until each shrimp roe is wrapped with a layer of black and red sauce, at this time, the deliciousness of the shrimp and the mellow sauce are just right.
Gu Qingzhu poured the pork belly puree, minced chicken breast, and shrimp grains into a big bowl, took two egg whites, poured soju, added green onion and ginger water, and then stirred and beat directly until the three different ingredients were stirred and completely bonded together and inseparable.
The water in the pot was already hot, Gu Qingzhu grabbed a handful of minced meat in his left hand, squeezed it slightly, and the wooden spoon in his right hand slipped at the tiger's mouth, and a round ball floated in the water.
Her movements were fast, and in a short time a layer of average-sized balls was spread in the pot, slightly smaller than wild walnuts, just one bite at a time.
Compared with Gu Qingzhu's food, although it is simple, but the kung fu is fine, while Gu Erni and the others have complicated ingredients, the method is simple, only clean all the ingredients, and stuff them in a jar to simmer.
Just when the mother-in-law in the kitchen couldn't wait to set up a gambling game for this competition, Mama Guo walked in to check, and she couldn't stand Mu Jincheng's chatter, so she came to hide quietly.
"By noon, serve the food on time, which of you will come first?" Mama Guo saw that they were all carefully prepared and said with satisfaction.
"We!"
Gu Erni and Gu Daya rushed to say together, and as soon as the words fell, they glanced at each other, and they rolled their eyes in disgust at each other.
"Qingzhu, do you want to come first or last?" Mama Guo asked unexpectedly.
"After, I have confidence in my own food." Gu Qingzhu said with crooked eyebrows.
Mama Guo was slightly surprised, but finally nodded and left.
"Qingzhu ......" Gu Daya couldn't help but pull down Gu Qingzhu's sleeve.
Who doesn't know that people's perception of the taste of the first sip is always acute and exaggerated, and it is difficult to win unless the food that follows can be surpassed in an ingenious way.
"Hmph, it's really not ordinary arrogance, after a while, it will definitely make you lose very ugly!" Gu Erni clenched her back molars.
Time flies, and it's about three o'clock at this time, and most of the sides are ready to stop.
"Qingzhu, why don't you cook noodles yet?" Gu Daya looked at the shadows of the trees outside moving little by little, and asked anxiously.
"Don't panic, ours is from the back, didn't Xiaohua go to the front to watch, as long as they enter the front yard lobby, our noodles will be cooked." Gu Qingzhu said confidently.
On the other side, there was endless debate, whether to serve it with the jar or a bowl of soup and vegetables, several people quarreled for a while, but no one could convince anyone.
"Huh, good fellow, such a big black and dirty jar is placed on the table, and it is unappetizing to look at, let alone eat!" Jia Min strongly disagreed.
"If this is served in a bowl, it will look good, but what kind of it is good?" Gu Erni sighed and said.
"Miss Peng, you know the most, if you don't have an idea, you can get an idea." Yang Daniu bit her fingernails and looked back at Peng Pearl.
In fact, Peng Pearl has never been into the kitchen to cook this dish seriously, nor has she had the money to eat this dish, that is, she listened to what the shopkeeper said, and she didn't know what to do at this juncture.
"That'...... Then bring it up with the jar. Peng Pearl thought for a long time and said openly.
"You ...... Unreasonable! Jia Min was so angry that his face turned red.
She always thought that in this four-person gang, she and Peng Pearl were the most like-tempered, if it weren't for Peng Pearl being cleaned up by Gu Erni for two peaches, she wouldn't have succumbed to the obscenity of that country girl.
"Jia Min, you listen to me......" Peng Pearl was anxious to explain.
But at this moment, Xiao Lai hurriedly walked over and said, "Hurry up, Mama and the third master have come out of the workshop." ”
"Ah...... Come on! Gu Erni hurriedly responded, not caring about Jia Min's hypocrisy for a while, and only focused on coping with the front.
Because the kitchen was occupied by two groups of people, Mama Guo decided to let Mu Jincheng go to the front yard lobby to taste the food first, and then wait for the kitchen to be cleaned up, and then let the girls who were doing the work have lunch.
The jar was big and heavy, and Gu Erni and Yang Daniu were very difficult to carry together, but fortunately it was only a short way, and it was soon there.
Peng Pearl followed them, she was the soul of this meal, so she had a whole set of gold-painted dishes in her hand, and she would have to wait for her to come close later, while Jia Min only took a soup spoon in her hand, almost angry, and shook her arm.
"Look, Gu Erni is preparing soup dishes today, but I don't know what to cook?" Mama Guo looked at the big black jar and asked with a smile.
"It's a little blessing." Gu Erni bowed.
"Little Quanfu?!" Mu Jincheng, who was originally leaning on the chair, sat up straight in disbelief when he heard this.