Li Yi was chatting with Liu Yifei here, and after a while, Shen Han arrived at the pick-up point.

The pick-up point was at the farmers' market on the outskirts of the city, and the goods ordered by Shen Han were stored in a boss's warehouse.

Seeing Shen Han coming, the boss took them to the warehouse, pointed to the squeaky and ingredients all over the ground, and complained angrily: "Quickly get all these things away from you!" It's dirty and smelly, and it's dead! ”

"Come and smoke."

Shen Han smiled and stuffed him with a pack of cigarettes and said good things.

Li Yi came to the cage and the shelves, looked at the Ningxiang flower pig humming inside, quacked, and chatted with the Dong'an native chicken next door Zhijiang duck, and other ingredients that were about to come to the table, assessed their activity, and was very satisfied with the result.

Shen Han is still very reliable, as long as the ingredients marked on his menu are all bought by him.

After confirming that the ingredients were okay, he turned around and nodded at Shen Han.

Seeing this, Shen Han was relieved, turned around and called the porter in, transferred a forklift over, and loaded all the ingredients and raw materials onto the truck.

Then, they went to the fish market again, brought out all the fish they had bought, and loaded them into the car.

Going straight to the designated slaughterhouse not far away, Shen Han found someone to come and planned to slaughter a few pigs.

But the slaughterer has only slaughtered big pigs, but not small pigs, and he doesn't know how to do it for a while.

Seeing this, Li Yi stepped forward and borrowed his knife, asked him to hold down the little pig, picked his throat, stretched out two fingers into it, and pinched off the arteries and blood vessels inside.

Soon, blood spurted out of the pig's mouth, and it didn't take long for him to die.

Seeing Li Yi's crisp movements, the slaughterer's eyes changed.

After Li Yi finished washing his hands, the slaughterer came forward to flatteringly, handed him a cigarette, and asked him for advice on the trick just now.

This trick is not a stunt, and Li Yi didn't hide it, so he explained it to them carefully.

The slaughterers were very happy, and they reciprocated the favor, and also helped him clean the slaughtered pigs, shaved their hair, scalded their skins, and washed the pig's intestines.

After putting the pork and pork offal in the car, Shen Han took Li Yi and returned to the hotel with the truck.

On the way back, Shen Han had already called the forklifts and stevedores to the back door of the hotel.

When the truck arrived, the stevedores and forklifts unloaded the ingredients from the truck.

After hearing the movement, Liao Wendong came to the back door.

Seeing the fresh version of chicken, duck and fish unloaded from the truck, he couldn't help but ask, "Are you going to open a zoo here?" ”

"These are all for tomorrow's feast."

Shen Han explained, and then beckoned: "Come and help!" ”

Seeing this, Liao Wendong beckoned everyone to come forward and took all the ingredients back to the warehouse.

Looking at the dazzling array of ingredients and seasonings, Liao Wendong exclaimed: "You have turned over the entire Hunan Province!" These things cost a lot of shipping alone, right? ”

"Not to mention the freight, just by calling, I spent more than a thousand phone bills!"

Shen Han smiled: "But the hard work finally paid off, and I bought everything I should have bought." ”

"It's not easy."

Liao Wendong smiled: "I'm convinced, if I am asked to do it, I don't have so much heart to search for things everywhere." ”

As he spoke, he praised Li Yi: "No wonder you cook deliciously, you have to add two percent of the flavor to this thought alone!" ”

Li Yi joked: "No pain, no harvest, and a lot of thought, if the taste can't go up, then I'm not working in vain?" ”

"Haha! Reasonable! ”

Liao Wendong greeted warmly: "Let's go!" I'm almost ready for the dishes, I'll stir-fry two dishes, and I'm ready to eat! ”

With that, he took Shen Han and Li Yi back to the back kitchen.

This time, the atmosphere in the back kitchen was completely different from the morning.

When the cooks saw Li Yi, they all greeted him warmly.

Several stoves were blazing, and it was almost noon at this time, and the guests had already begun to be served.

However, Liao Wendong did not do it himself.

There are no very important regular customers among these guests, and the second and third chefs are enough to get it done.

In the innermost position, there is an empty stove, which is reserved for Liao Wendong.

"I'll fry a few dishes, and you can also give me a review!"

Liao Wendong was full of interest, rolled up his sleeves, and said to Li Yi while preparing.

"Let's talk."

Li Yi said with a smile, stood behind Liao Wendong and observed.

Liao Wendong took a white radish, cut it into slices, and then shredded it, showing a wave of knife work.

After he finished cutting, Shen Han on the side applauded: "Good knife technique!" Lao Liao, this knife work is not reduced back then! ”

"Haha! You have to practice this stuff every day! ”

Liao Wendong laughed, and wanted to brag a few more words, but the afterglow swept to Li Yi on the side, and the nature of the boast suddenly dissipated.

Compared with the knife work shown by Li Yi, his knife technique is still a little worse.

Putting the shredded radish into a basin full of water and soaking it, Liao Wendong pointed to the ingredients prepared on the side, and asked Li Yi, "Eh?" Master Li, do you want to guess what I'm going to cook? You can't guess this dish. ”

When Li Yi heard this, he stepped forward and took a look.

There are several small bowls next to the stove, and in the center of the small bowl are some red and white, some finely minced meat, which looks like beef and mutton.

In a few small bowls next to it are some dried chilies, small green peppers, millet peppers, and garlic.

The two small bowls on the far right have special ingredients, one bowl is bean paste, and the other bowl is a lump of yellow butter.

Seeing these materials, Li Yi already had a few guesses in his heart.

Then, he stepped forward and picked up a piece of meat, looked at it, and then blurted out: "Drum skin? This dish is delicious! ”

"Huh? Do you really know? ”

Liao Wendong was very surprised, and then laughed and said: "If this dish is not from Hunan Province, I really don't know." ”

Dagu Pi is a Tujia dish in the ZJJ area, and its original name was Da Gu Pi.

The material it uses is the muscles between the ribs of Xiangxi cattle.

Originally, the meat in these places was used to cut up the shaved meat when cattle were slaughtered.

Because it is connected to the fascia, the taste is tender and soft and crispy, so it has become a special dish.

"Haha! This dish is also my favorite, and it is a must to go with wine! ”

Liao Wendong said with a smile: "Let's have a drink later!" ”

As he spoke, he started stir-frying.

Li Yi watched his operation, and was also reminded of some memories.

There is an imperial chef named Yu Jiu in the imperial dining room, who is from Hunan Province, and he will use some shaved scraps to fry the bones and flesh to serve the wine on weekdays.

Li Yi had also drunk with him a few times and was deeply impressed by the fried bone skin.

After Yu Jiu is fried, he will put it in a casserole, simmer it slowly on the stove, and drink wine while scalding the vegetables.

Li Yi also learned this fried bone skin casserole from him, set up a banquet to invite enamel craftsmen, drank and bragged together, and learned the method of making cloisonné from them little by little.

Soon, Liao Wendong fried the drum skin, added a scoop of water to it, and simmered it slowly over low heat.

However, after seeing him add water, Li Yi shook his head: "The water is added early, it would be better to fry for another two minutes and then add water." ”

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