The next day, Lin Xiaozhu arrived in Qingxi Town, went around the wall to the main gate, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhang Dong holding a broom in his hand, and he didn't sweep the floor, but was looking at the ground in a daze with a sad face.

Lin Xiaozhu stepped forward and stretched out his hand to shake it in front of his eyes, and asked, "Brother Zhang, what's wrong?" "This Zhang Dong and Zhang Daniu are cousins, but if she calls her uncle in her twenties, she will die of depression. Let's just scream.

"Ah, Miss Xiaozhu, are you here?" Zhang Dong seemed to see a savior, his eyes lit up, and his eyebrows and eyes were stretched.

"What's wrong? Did the old man scold you? ”

Zhang Dong hurriedly shook his head: "No." The old man knew that I would not serve anyone, but he did not embarrass me. He only asked me to help him do some rough work, and he basically didn't have to do the rest, he did it himself. ”

"And what's wrong with you?"

Zhang Dong lowered his head: "The old man doesn't like the dishes I make." Didn't eat much last night. Early this morning, I went to the tavern again. ”

"Going to the tavern again?" Lin Xiaozhu's voice rose.

Old Man Xue walked out of the courtyard and looked at Lin Xiaozhu with a smile: "The girl is here?" ”

"You're going to the tavern again?" Lin Xiaozhu turned around, stared at him and asked.

Old Man Xue touched his head a little embarrassedly, and said, "I went to go, but I didn't want to have six fish, I only ordered two meals, and it didn't cost much." Really, it didn't cost much. After speaking, he seemed to feel that he was too embarrassed to say this, so he couldn't help straightening his chest and clearing his throat, looking like it wasn't a big deal.

Seeing that Old Man Xue was teasing her, but inadvertently revealed a kind of majesty that was customary to superiors, Lin Xiaozhu was stunned, and then withdrew his gaze. This old man, at first glance, is a person in a high position, and he is different from her grandfather in her previous life except for her appearance. Even if he is down now, it is not something that a little girl like her, who has no free body, can be pitied. Thinking of this, she suddenly felt bored, turned around without saying a word, and slowly walked out the door.

"Hey, girl, where are you going? You promised to cook for the old man yesterday, why did you turn around and leave? The old man saw that it was not good, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Lin Xiaozhu's arm.

Lin Xiaozhu pulled out his arm from his hand and said lightly: "My skills are not as good as Brother Zhang's, where can the dishes you cook get into your eyes?" You'd better go down to the restaurant. As he spoke, he went out without looking back.

"Hey, girl, don't be angry! Am I not ready to listen to you? I'll never go down to the restaurant again, so I'll listen to you. You can do whatever you say, okay? "Where is the old man willing to let her go? Chased out the door and stopped in front of her, pleading.

Every time her grandfather was caught drinking and was discovered, she coaxed her with this pitiful expression. Lin Xiaozhu lowered his eyes, held back the tears that were about to overflow, and said softly: "Your money, you can spend as much as you like, you can spend it as much as you like, you don't need to care about what I, a little girl in the countryside, think." ”

"If you leave me alone, I'll have to ask for food in two days." The old man tugged at her sleeve, "Although my old man is confused, I also know that you are really good for me, girl." Good girl, don't be angry. From now on, I'll do what I say and won't go to the restaurant. Do you think it's okay? ”

Lin Xiaozhu raised his eyes and looked at the old man who had gray hair but still had a stiff back, and sighed in his heart. With his power, even if his men didn't come looking for him, he wouldn't starve, would he? What was the need to whisper to her like this? He may really just because he knows that he is genuinely good to him. People in high positions can easily get anything; Only sincerely, but it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood. Thinking of this, Lin Xiaozhu sighed secretly, his heart softened, and he caught the steps he handed over, and said, "Okay, you can remember your words." ”

"Remember, remember." The old man saw that Lin Xiaozhu's attitude was relaxed, and his face became happy, "Let's go, hurry up and cook for me." I'm hungry. ”

Seeing that the old man persuaded Lin Xiaozhu to come back, Zhang Dong was also very happy. led Lin Xiaozhu to the kitchen and said, "According to the girl's instructions, I spent twenty yuan to buy these dishes." The old man didn't eat at home in the morning, so he didn't do it. ”

Lin Xiaozhu has a large piece of pork, two eggplants, and two cabbages on the desk; The green onions, ginger and garlic are also complete. glanced at the old man who came in with him, and said with a smile: "Okay, it's good." "The little people live a life, and it is enough for one person to eat such dishes. Besides, although she boasted about Haikou in front of the old man, she just liked cooking in her previous life. The dishes are all home-cooked, which is better than the average person. But when it comes to comparing with professional chefs, there is basically no comparison.

Since she didn't have the ability to satisfy the old man's fussy mouth, she didn't want to put so much effort into it. Do whatever you want. He really didn't want to eat it, and she didn't have to run out to see him in the future.

Thinking like this, she rolled up her sleeves, cleaned her hands, picked up the slice of pork and looked at it. This is a piece of ribs, weighing one and a half pounds, although it is also fat and thin, and it is not evenly distributed.

Let's make a stewed lion's head. Lin Xiaozhu made a decision in his heart.

Wash the meat at the moment, neatly remove the skin with your hands and feet, remove the ribs from the meat, then cut the meat into slices, cut the meat into shreds, and finally cut the shredded meat into diced meat the size of pomegranate seeds. Mix the fat and lean meat separately and stir together the cornstarch, cooking wine, and green onion and ginger juice until they thicken and become sticky, then knead them into fist-sized meatballs by hand.

After doing this, spread the skin of the meat on the bottom of the casserole, spread some cabbage, put the meatballs on top, boil another boiling water, slowly pour it from the edge of the pot into the pot, cover and simmer. After a cup of tea, a fragrance came out of the pot and gradually overflowed the kitchen.

"Well, it smells so good." The old man shrugged his nose and complimented. Looking at Lin Xiaozhu, who was doing things seriously, his eyes became more and more gentle.

After doing this, Lin Xiaozhu didn't rest. Washing rice for cooking, he fried a meaty eggplant with specially set aside meat, made a green vegetable soup, and said to the old man: "The lion's head must be stewed for an hour." If you're going to be hungry, you can eat these two dishes first, and then eat that dish. ”

After speaking, he explained to Zhang Dong, who had been watching her cook on the sidelines: "After an hour, skim off some of the oil on the soup, then pick out the meat skin and green vegetables and throw them away, then change the heat, put in the cabbage I cut, and wait for the vegetables to be seven or eight ripe, and then they can be out of the pot." ”

"Yes." Zhang Dong responded, and asked Lin Xiaozhu excitedly, "We usually make this dish during the New Year's holidays." It's just that everyone can't do it well, either it's too hard and too tight or too firewood, and the taste is very bad. However, the cook in the restaurant at the east end of the street did a good job, I went to eat it with my cousin once, the crab meat is tender, refreshing and soft, and not greasy at all. But that's the craft that people rely on to eat, and we're embarrassed to ask. Today I see you cooking this dish, which is very different from our approach. Maybe it's as delicious as Chef Wang's. ”

Lin Xiaozhu heard this and said with a smile: "I guess you must have chopped this meat with a knife to make it hard and tight." In fact, the essence of this dish is four words - finely chopped and coarsely chopped, the meat should be finely chopped, preferably diced pomegranates, and then slightly chopped, resulting in a distance of 'desire to be indistinguishable, desire to be incompatible', so as to achieve the tender and soft taste of the meat. ”

Zhang Dong suddenly realized: "I see. I said, if we add water chestnuts and lotus roots, they can't achieve that effect. It turned out that the method of cutting the meat was wrong. ”

The old man's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he took chopsticks and tasted the meaty eggplant made by Lin Xiaozhu, nodded, and said, "The girl's skills are good." He looked at Lin Xiaozhu again and asked, "You taught the method that other chefs used to settle down in this way, so you are not afraid that he will come to you for trouble?" ”

Lin Xiaozhu was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "I don't work as a cook in a restaurant in this town, I just tell Brother Zhang about my cooking experience in private, and I haven't broken the rules, what kind of trouble is he looking for me?" ”

The old man stroked his beard, nodded, and said, "But if you sell this recipe to other restaurants, won't you be able to make some money?" ”