"Taste it." After the dishes were served, Shen Yuyu greeted everyone, and even the guys who ran the hall came over when they smelled the fragrance.

Zhao Ke tasted the chopsticks first, his eyes immediately lit up, and he hurriedly instructed the guy: "Bring me a bowl of rice."

Chef Lao Du looked surprised, the boss's behavior has explained everything, this dish looks very good, but is the taste really that delicious?

He couldn't wait to rub his hands, and Zhao Ke gestured to him and a few guys: "What are you doing in a daze?" Hurry up and taste it. ’

"Yes, boss." Everyone hurriedly picked up the bowls and chopsticks, and each person shared some.

Now it's okay, they all ran to get a bowl of rice and began to cook.

Soon, the meal was finished, and the plate of mapo tofu was also swept away, wiping the corners of their mouths one by one.

"How? Let's talk about your feelings. Zhao Ke put down his chopsticks and looked at the guys.

The guys gave a thumbs up: "It's delicious!" I don't read much, I don't know how to describe, I just give a thumbs up.

Lao Du smashed his mouth, shook his head and said: "The tofu is soft and tender, fresh and spicy, with excellent taste and color, the best, the best!"

Zhao Ke looked at Shen Yuyu excitedly, "What is the name of this dish?"

Shen Yuyu smiled: "Mapo tofu."

"Can the recipe for this dish be sold to our restaurant?" Zhao Ke is a real person, although he is now a partner with Shen Yuyan, he has never thought of taking advantage of her.

"This dish is free of charge." Shen Yuyan smiled and took a sip of tea, "But I will take out the recipes for the other two dishes, and the recipes for these two dishes will need to be purchased at the expense of our restaurant." ”

"Okay, no problem." Zhao Ke agreed, and the two quickly negotiated the price, the recipe of the two dishes totaled forty taels of silver, and Shen Yuyan, as a shareholder, bore half of it, and she added an additional twenty taels of silver.

After talking clearly, Shen Yuyu explained that Zhao Ke brought paper and pencils, two dishes, a 'Dongpo meat' and a "pheasant mushroom soup", which were the two dishes that chef Lao Du failed.

Shen Yu danced with the dragon and phoenix, and wrote out the recipes of the two dishes in detail.

"Miss Shen, your words. It's a master!" Zhao Ke looked at the formula, and his admiration for Shen Yuyu deepened again.

Shen Yuyu smiled nonchalantly, and explained to the chef Lao Du: "Master Du, you learn to cook these two dishes according to this recipe first, and from tomorrow, I will bring one of the most important seasonings of this dish."

Zhao Ke said strangely: "What kind of seasoning?" Can't you buy it in the county??'

"Yes, I can't buy it." Shen Yuyu said with a smile, "This seasoning is the water of our Shenjia Village, and the dishes cooked with this water will be ten times more delicious." ”

"Master Du tried it today, Brother Zhao, you try it, after the spring water is sent tomorrow, make it for Brother Zhao to eat, compare it and know the difference."

"Okay." Zhao Ke nodded and patted Shen Yuyu's shoulder hopefully, "I hope that the business of our restaurant will flourish and win-win cooperation." “

As he was talking, Shen Xingwang bought all the things, and the ox cart stopped at the door of the restaurant.

"Then Brother Zhao, I'll go back first when it's not early, don't open for business for the time being, let Master Du try the two new dishes first, and then officially open tomorrow."

"Okay, let's do it." Zhao Ke personally delivered it to the door of the restaurant, and watched Shen Yuyu take Li Ye out of the Drunken Immortal Building and get on the ox cart.

After that, Shen Yuyu went to the blacksmith shop, took out the drawings of a few scalpels he had drawn before, and asked the boss if he could build them like that.

After the boss took a closer look, he said that there was no problem, but the price could be a bit expensive.

When I asked how much it was, I said at least ten taels of silver, because those knives were so delicate that they required top-notch craftsmanship to create.

Shen Yuyan did not hesitate to pay a deposit of five taels of silver, and the boss told her to take it after half a month.

After that, Shen Yuyu cut two pieces of pork at the butcher shop, bought some vegetables and other things, and bought two bags of sweets and pastries, and then went home.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon when I returned to Shenjia Village, Mrs. Zhou's family had already started cooking, and she was squatting in the courtyard to wash meat with hot water. Seeing Shen Yuyan and them coming back, they hurriedly stood up and greeted them with a smile.

"Auntie, are you ready to cook?" Shen Yuyu carried a bag of meat and a bag of candy, got out of the car and entered the courtyard of Aunt Zhou, "Yu Yu weighed some meat and snacks for the uncle and aunt and brothers to eat. ”

She found that Shen Xingwang never saw him buy meat every time he went to the city, except for buying some oil, salt, pepper or something.

In this impoverished countryside, pork is a luxury.

When Aunt Zhou heard how to ask for it, she undoubtedly pushed Shen Yuyu out of the hospital: "Oh, this kid, why do you keep letting you break the bank?" Take it back and eat it yourself, my aunt just bought meat in the morning, and I have to eat it. ’

"Is it ostrich meat that I bought in the morning?" Shen Yuyu remembered that when he passed by the big locust tree in the morning, he saw so many people rushing to buy it, so he looked at the water basin curiously, his eyes fell on the two blackened pieces of meat, and his eyes couldn't help but condense.

There is no problem with the color of these two pieces of meat, it looks black but the smoked bacon is like this, but the shape.

Shen Yuyu squatted down in front of the basin, put down the two bags he was carrying, and reached into the basin to pick up a piece of meat.

The shape of this piece of meat is like a modern round steak, the size of two palms, five or six centimeters thick, and the smoke is too dark to distinguish the flesh.

"Auntie, what kind of meat is this?" Shen Yuyu glanced at it twice and asked Aunt Zhou.

"The boss said it was ostrich meat." Aunt Zhou put the meat to her nose and sniffed it, "It smells quite good." “

"Ostrich? How come I've never seen such a bird before?"

Aunt Zhou said: "We are next to the Western Regions here, I heard that there is this kind of bird in the Western Regions, which is taller than a human and covered with meat."

Shen Yu was silent, Shenjia Village is indeed on the border of Western Xinjiang, maybe there is really this kind of ostrich meat, but in this era when there is no artificial breeding, how can ostriches be considered a rare animal, right? How could its meat be so cheap?

"This meat looks good, it must be delicious." Aunt Zhou said to Shen Yu with a smile while washing the meat, "Yu Yu, why don't you call Ah Ran here and taste this bird meat to see if it tastes delicious." ’

Shen Yuyan didn't seem to hear her words, and his eyes were fixed on the piece of meat.

This meat has been marinated in wine and spices, and after a long time of smoking, it exudes the unique smell of bacon, but Shen Yuyu always felt that this meat was a little strange and wanted to cut the meat to see what it was.

"Auntie, go get a knife."

"Okay." Aunt Zhou responded, and hurriedly went to the stove room to get a knife and a cutting board.

"Wash it and cut it directly here, cut it into thin slices, and probably put some oil when you fry it." Aunt Zhou handed the knife to Shen Yuyu, and the cutting board was also placed on a low stool on the side.

Shen Yu took out a piece of meat and put it on the cutting board, and cut the meat horizontally with a knife.

The outside of the bacon is pitch black, but the texture and meat quality inside are clear, and Shen Yu's face changed greatly when the meat was opened, why is this meat so familiar.

(End of chapter)