Chapter 82: Hospitality
"Brother Wang, listen to Brother Yuan, aren't you doing design outside, how do you look like you have studied at New Oriental." Li Wanruo looked at Wang Zhong curiously, but the action of making dumplings in his hand did not stop.
Although Li Wanruo's dumplings are not fancy, only the simplest ingots dumplings, the speed is not slow, and the technique is quite skillful.
Wang Chong smiled and said, "Without him, only the hand is familiar!" โ
Li Wanruo chuckled and said, "Could it be that you really went to New Oriental to study?" โ
Wang Chongdao: "I haven't been to New Oriental, but I have learned from several chefs. โ
"Studied with a chef?" Li Wanruo blinked her big watery eyes, her long and sparse eyelashes fluttered gently, and her clear and transparent eyes were full of curiosity.
Wang Chongdao: "At the beginning, I mainly wanted to find something to do after work, and I also liked to eat, so I studied it. โ
Li Wanruo watched Wang Chong's skillful action of rolling the dumpling skin, and said flatly: "It's not like you've only learned a few hands." โ
Wang Chongdao: "This may be talent!" โ
Li Wanruo has no doubts about this, there are basically few who can't cook now, but whether it is delicious or not really depends on talent.
It's the same to watch videos on the Internet to learn to do it, some people make it delicious, but some people make it is called unpalatable.
Although in reality it is not as exaggerated as in film and television dramas, there are not so many people who can't even tell the difference between salt and sugar, but seasoning and heat do require certain skills and experience.
The two of them were talking empty, and the five hundred dumpling skins had already been formed under Wang Chong's hands, looking at the dumpling skins covered with flour on the board, Li Wanruo couldn't help but secretly glance at Wang Chong a few more times.
"Dumplings!"
"We're here to help, too!"
Yuan Xiao, who was still arguing with her mouth just now, seemed to have already spoken, and they also came over with a smile and helped wrap dumplings together.
After the stuffing and dumpling skin were done, Wang Chong was also happy to hand over the task of making dumplings to the three of them, and turned his head to prepare other dishes.
In winter, there is no shortage of cabbage and radish for fresh vegetables in the field, and there is no shortage of side dishes such as coriander and green onions.
For today's banquet, Wang Zhong prepared a lot of good things in advance, chickens and ducks are bought from a few villagers who are engaged in breeding in the village, usually fed with cereals, chickens are raised in the mountains of free-range chickens, ducks are ducks placed by the river, and there are still a lot of ingredients left in the kitchen.
Wang Chong took half a chicken, cut it into small pieces, fried it first and then boiled it, seasoned with only salt and pepper, and then added sun-dried mushrooms, poured it into a casserole and simmered slowly over low heat, and a chicken stew with mushrooms was ready.
Wang Chong didn't take the mutton, but took more than a pound of beef tenderloin, sliced it into a thick and uniform meat slice, and took a tendon and brain, cut it into small pieces, fried it first and then boiled it, and made it into a beef hot pot.
The staple food is rice, after all, in the habit of southerners, dumplings are basically not used as a staple food except for breakfast, but are eaten as a dish.
After washing the radishes and cabbages that the three of them had picked in the ground, Wang Zhong took two bowls of radishes and peppers that he had soaked with his own hands, and a sumptuous dinner was ready.
The four of them sat around the table of the Eight Immortals, and under the table was a thriving charcoal fire.
"You're welcome, move your chopsticks!" Wang Zhong greeted a few people with a smile.
Yuan Xiao was the first to raise his chopsticks, sandwiched a slice of beef, and sent it to Li Qun's bowl sitting next to him, "Eat a piece of beef." โ
The joy in Li Qun's eyes flashed, and Li Wanruo picked up the soup spoon, scooped a bowl of chicken soup and put it away first, and then scooped up a few pieces of chicken and mushrooms with a colander spoon.
"Drink?" Wang Zhong looked at Yuan Xiaodao.
"Then drink some!" Yuan Xiao turned his head to look at Li Qun next to him, and when he saw that Li Qun didn't say anything, a smile appeared on his face, and he rubbed his hands with some expectation, and asked, "Did you have any Fen wine last time?" โ
Wang Chongdao: "What, want to drink Fenjiu?" โ
Yuan Xiao said: "That's delicious!" โ
"I've got quite a few of them, so I'll take a few with you when you leave later, and go back and give them to my uncle."
"We'll talk about it later, so hurry up and get the wine first."
Wang Zhong brought the wine, and several people had already begun to eat dumplings.
"Wang Chong, how do you adjust this stuffing? Why is it so delicious? Li Qun saw Wang come out with the wine again, and immediately couldn't wait to ask.
Wang Chong raised his eyes and saw that Li Wanruo's cheeks were bulging, and he was still squirming, like a large hamster.
"I'll write the recipe and send it to Lao Yuan later, and you can go back and study it yourself."
"But in addition to the filling, the dumpling wrapper is also the key to the taste."
Wang Chong opened the wine bottle as he spoke, and poured Yuan Xiao a glass first.
"The dumpling wrappers we sell outside here are all pressed out by machine, and they can't be compared with hand-rolled out." Li Wanruo interjected.
"It's not easy to roll your own dumpling wrappers." Wang Chongdao: "Mixing noodles is a technical job, too much water is too soft, less water is too hard." โ
"Later, you can write down the ratio and send it to me." Yuan Xiao couldn't wait, and took the lead in picking up the wine glass: "Come, let's go first." โ
"Okay!" Wang Zhong picked up the wine glass and touched it with Yuan Xiao, the wine was still a little cold in the mouth, but it could cross the esophagus and flow into the stomach for only a moment, starting from the stomach, the chest cavity slowly began to warm.
"It is worthy of being the former national liquor, and it tastes no worse than Moutai." Yuan Xiao is a person who likes to drink.
"Where did you buy this wine?"
Wang Chongdao: "I used to ask a friend to buy it, and I originally planned to give it to my uncle, but the old man's health was not good, so he quit drinking, so he stayed, and now it is hard to say if there is nothing." โ
Yuan Xiaodao: "You can help me ask when I go back, and if I have one, I will also buy a few boxes, whether I drink it myself or give it away." โ
"Cheng, I'll help you ask when you get back." This wine is really good, after all, it is thirty years of aging, and it is not so easy to buy it on the market now, but fortunately, Wang Chong has saved a little in the space, before coming out of the copy world, more than a thousand cubic meters of space were directly used by Wang Chong as a warehouse, gold, silver, jewelry, jade, jade, these only occupy a few cubic meters, and the rest have long been divided by Wang Chong, containing a large number of living materials.
The four of them chatted while eating, and the sky slowly darkened unconsciously, Wang Chong and Yuan Xiao shared a bottle and didn't drink it again, after all, although wine is good, it should also be in moderation, if it passes, it will be harmful to the body.
Sent the three of them to the car, packed the cabbage and radishes that the three of them picked during the day and brought them back to the four of them, and Wang Zhong also put two boxes of Fenjiu in the trunk.
Yuan Xiao drank alcohol, and naturally he could only be Li Qin who drove.
"Sister-in-law, the mountain road is not easy to walk, drive slowly on the road."
"Don't worry!" Li Qin's driving skills Wang Chong has never seen it, but Yuan Xiao and Li Wanruo are relieved to let her drive, and Wang Chong naturally will not doubt it.
"Brother Wang, then we'll go first!" Li Wanruo, who was sitting in the co-pilot, lowered his head and waved goodbye to Wang Chong.
Wang Zhong said: "Come back next time when you are free!" โ
"Come when you're free!" Li Wanru replied with a smile, two shallow dimples looming on either side of her cheeks.
"I'm not going to send you!"
"No need to send it, it's cold outside, hurry back!"
"See you then!"
"See you later! Bye! โ
Yuan Xiao's car was a fully automatic black Buick Regal, Li Qin drove very smoothly, watching the Buick Regal drive into the darkness and disappear at the turn of the mountain road, Wang Chong returned to the house.
An hour later, Wang Chong's prestige received a new message, which was sent by Li Wanruo.
"Brother Wang, we're all home! Thank you for your hospitality today. โ
The king replied: "Don't say these things when you see outsiders, and come often when you have time in the future." โ
After chatting with Li Wanruo on prestige, Wang Chong was going to end the topic, but he didn't expect the little girl to take the initiative, and after a few words of greeting, she first praised Wang Chong's cooking skills, and then praised the scenery of Wang Chong's hometown.
Wang Chong is not a simple boy who has never been in the ordinary, how can he not see this girl's thoughts.
The key is that Wang Zhong also had a good impression of this girl, so he chatted with this girl on prestige.
After talking a lot, the topic will naturally drift away, Wang Chong has gone through many copy worlds, and has hundreds of years of experience, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is well-informed, and his knowledge is far better than those so-called experts and professors.
No matter what topic Li Wanruo said the little girl, Wang Chong could take it steadily.
At ten o'clock in the evening, Wang Chong said goodnight to Li Wanruo, and after washing, he began his daily meditation and qi practice.
In the city, in a community near the bustling area of the new city, in the room, the plow wearing cute rabbit pajamas seemed to be leaning against the head of the bed, the lower body and belly were wrapped in the quilt, looking at the message on WeChat, with a slight smirk on his face, he exited the chat interface, found the contact person who remarked 'Qin', and clicked in to play a video.
"Why are you looking for me if you don't sleep so late?" In the video, Li Qin is wearing a mask and is also leaning against the head of the bed.
Li Wanruo said: "I didn't do anything, I just had something I wanted to ask you." โ
"Ask what?" As soon as Li Qin's words came out, his expression suddenly changed, and he said meaningfully: "It has something to do with Wang Chong?" โ
Li Wanruo nodded and said calmly: "Cousin, you know ยทยทยทยทยทยท"
Hanging up Li Wanruo's phone, Li Qin looked at Yuan Xiao, who had just come out of the bathroom, and hurriedly said, "Xiao Ruo is afraid that she likes Wang Chong." โ
Yuan Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face: "This is a good thing!" I think Wang Chong is also quite interesting to Xiao Ruo. โ
"You just want to introduce Xiao Ruo to Wang Chong!" Li Qin had already seen through Yuan Xiao's thoughts, but he hadn't revealed it.
Yuan Xiaodao: "Isn't Wang Zhong good?" has money and ability, a bright future, knows the roots, and has a good character, if Xiao Ruo can succeed with her, he will not worry about it in this life. โ
Li Qin nodded, but said with some worry: "Will it be too fast?" โ
"I think it's good, anyway, it's not for them to get married directly, let's talk about it first, try to get in one place, and if you think it's appropriate, let's talk about getting married."
"Besides, hasn't your aunt been urging you to introduce someone to Xiao Ruo, and now you and your aunt can also make an errand."
Yuan Xiao and Li Qin have been together for more than half a year, but the two are colleagues, and the relationship is not easy to disclose to the public for a while, at least until one of the two is not transferred, this marriage will definitely not be possible, but the two have already met the parents of both parties, and after the work is done, they will be ready to get married.
"Is your classmate reliable?" Although he had seen Wang Chong with his own eyes, Li Wan Ruo was his own cousin, Li Qin couldn't help but worry and asked more.
"Why, you don't believe me?" Yuan Xiaodao.
If it were someone else, Yuan Xiao might not dare to pack a ticket for Li Qin, but Wang Chong, an old classmate who has been a sworn friend since high school, Yuan Xiao dared to pat his chest and assure Li Qin of his character and temperament.
"After all, all these years have passed." Li Qin said.
Yuan Xiaodao: "You, sometimes you just like to think cranky, the king can't be trusted, is it possible that those men outside who don't know the root can believe it?" โ
Li Qin naturally knows this truth, but after all, it is about Li Wanruo, and some worries are inevitable.
Yuan Xiao dried her hair, sat next to Li Qin, took Li Qin into her arms, and comforted: "Okay, Xiao Ruo is not a child, she knows her own affairs, let's just pull a line and build a bridge, and we don't have to force her and Wang to deal with each other." โ
Time is a few days, these days Wang Chong's farmhouse business is good, but the people who patronize the farmhouse are not from the city, but those in the village who come back from working outside, and there are many students.
The key is that Wang Chong's craftsmanship is good, although the opening time is limited every day, but people who have come once will basically come for the second time, and the third time, there can be at least five or six thousand flowing water every day.
However, Wang Chong also understands in his heart that it is the time of the Chinese New Year, and after the New Year, the young people will go out to work, and there will be only old and weak children left in the village, and there will definitely be a wave of decline in business.
Fortunately, he didn't want to make money from a farmhouse, Wang Chong set up a farmhouse, on the one hand, to kill time, and on the other hand, to drive the economy of the village.
Not to mention anything else, the chickens, ducks, fish, meat and vegetables used by Wang Chong's farmhouse every day are all bought from the villagers, especially vegetables, and Wang Chong directly wrapped up the vegetable plots planted by several elders of the same clan.
Even the rice is bought from the villagers.
On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Chong drove a pickup truck into the city, preparing to buy seasonings at the city's largest vegetable market, but before going to the vegetable market, Wang Chong went to a community in the western district of Dongcheng.
"Brother Wang Chong!" Dressed in a pale pink knee-length jacket, wearing a white hat, a scarf around his neck, and snow boots, Li Wanru, who was wearing a tight face, greeted Wang Chong, who shook the car glass down.
"Let's go, get in the car!"
Li Wanru jumped up to the co-pilot, opened the car door and sat down.
"It's a cold day." Li Wanruo took off her scarf and coat, fastened her seat belt, and sighed.
Wang Zhong smiled and said, "After buying things later, let's go eat hot pot and go to the cold." โ
Li Wanruo's eyes lit up instantly, and she turned her head to look at Wang Chong: "I want to eat meat!" He swallowed as he spoke.
Wang Zhong said: "The meat tube is enough." โ