Metropolitan Water Superintendent Chef Section 24
She originally thought that Cui Zhiyun had called herself to arrange meals in advance for lunch or dinner, after all, wasn't that what their conversation was like that that night?
And she didn't think there was anything special about the burlap bag she had picked up, because it had been soaked in the river for a long time, and it had already been stained with the brown color of the river mud, and she didn't notice anything else except for the rope (fine silk) that was easy to slip.
But in the face of Cui Zhiyun's inquiry, she still told the truth.
"This burlap bag was found when I was fishing for river shrimp in the Cao Canal outside Kaiyuanmen, and I just needed a container for bamboo shoots at that time, so I fished it out of the river, and I didn't know anything else."
Hearing this, Cui Zhiyun suddenly realized that the people they had all sent out by the water supervisor had been looking for it in the water, and even the water that intersected with the water had been sent to the water, but he didn't think that the things on the boat had already flowed down the river to the canal.
Looking at Zheng Wan, who was a little scared, he immediately explained:
"This burlap bag, we all have a lot of use in the water prison, and we need to stay. The girl can take out her bamboo shoots, leave the bag, and from now on keep silent about what she found in Caoqu. Otherwise, we will not be able to protect the lady anytime and anywhere. ”
Listening to Cui Zhiyun's obviously warning words, Zheng Wan subconsciously became nervous, held his breath, and looked at the other party with round eyes in shock.
Her eyes couldn't help but look at the burlap bag on the ground, but she didn't find anything special.
However, she believes Cui Zhiyun's words, after all, the rumors about this Cui Jiancheng are all good, and any gentleman's style and knowledge are used to describe him.
Therefore, he quickly squatted down and pulled his tightly bound bamboo shoots out of the burlap bag.
And solemnly assured Cui Zhiyun: "Er will never say anything about today's voice, just go out to worship, and then pick bamboo shoots, catch a little river shrimp by the way, and nothing else will be met." ”
Hearing Zheng Wan "succumb" so quickly, I don't know why Cui Zhiyun felt like laughing for the first time, especially with Zheng Wan's serious little face.
He had to resist his impulse, coughed lightly, and replied:
"It's good that the lady understands, nothing happened today."
Zheng Wan glanced at the bamboo basket stuffed by himself, looked back at Cui Zhiyun, and said nervously, "Can you leave there?" ”
"Wait a minute, lady."
Cui Zhiyun said quite gently, then raised the volume and shouted in the direction of the door: "Someone! ”
In the next second, the door was immediately opened by a man, who bowed his head and saluted Cui Zhiyun, shouting, "What does the eunuch command?" ”
"You help this lady carry the basket and send the person back."
"No."
It was as if it was happening between lightning and thunder, and Zheng Wan felt that before he could react, the basket under his feet was picked up.
She turned around suddenly, and only reacted when she saw the stranger carrying her basket, and immediately turned back to Cui Zhiyun and said, "Thank you Cui Jiancheng." ”
After speaking, he hurriedly followed behind the man, his eyes firmly locked on the simple bamboo basket, for fear that it would not be able to withstand so many heavy objects shattering.
But this bamboo basket can still be regarded as giving her face, and when she arrives at her residence, it shows that it is about to fall apart.
Zheng Wan hurriedly put his hand under the bamboo basket and shouted anxiously: "Lang Jun is okay, just put the bamboo basket on the ground." ”
Hearing this, Cui Yi immediately put down the bamboo basket in his hand, turned to Zheng Wan and said respectfully: "Since you have arrived, you will leave." ”
"Thank you, Lang-kun."
After Cui Er went back, he stood outside the door and told Cui Zhiyun the news that he had sent Zheng Wan back.
After a while, a familiar "Got it." ”
In the room, Cui Zhiyun picked up the burlap bag on the ground, and pulled out the fine silk from it, which felt fine and soft, no matter in terms of color or feel, it was obviously from the same dyeing workshop as the previous one.
However, this time this is more information than the fine silk can provide, and it has another layer of chance for them to find the mastermind behind it.
Soon, he noticed a difference in the burlap bag, that is, the bag seemed to have something printed on it.
He patiently traced the original traces with his fingertips, and soon a shape came to his mind.
"Guo!"
On the other hand, Zheng Wan didn't dare to rest here, so he hurriedly rescued the shrimp that had been out of water for a long time, and quickly washed the shrimp while it was still alive, and also washed the bamboo shoots that had been bumpy all the way.
After the dried shrimp is washed, you don't need to deal with it, just put it in the sun and expose it to the sun.
As for the treatment of bamboo shoots, it is not so simple, and it needs to be blanched with boiling water before proceeding to the next step.
She hurriedly lit the firewood, boiled the water in the whole wok, and then blanched the bamboo shoots little by little, removing the meaning inside, and waited until all the bamboo shoots were blanched in water, which was when the sun was at its strongest.
Set aside some for the evening to eat, and leave the rest in the sun to dry the surface moisture like dried shrimp.
"Smack!"
Thinking that he had done so much in just half a day, Zheng Wan clapped his hands vigorously, and patted the dust on his body by the way.
At this time, she noticed that because she climbed the mountain and went into the water, the clothes on her whole body were simply invisible, and she wore such a dress and walked through half of Luoyang City.
Recalling such a scene, she couldn't help but itch all over her body, so she quickly boiled some hot water on the firewood, and then fell into a deep sleep.
By the time she woke up again, it was time to make dinner.
Looking at his existing ingredients, Zheng Wan immediately decided to make a home-cooked stir-fried pork with spring bamboo shoots tonight.
The meat is white meat that she has cooked in advance, and if there is a lot of chili, such a good fat and lean pork, she really wants to use it to make a small stir-fried meat.
It's a pity that I didn't, so I can only settle for the next best thing and eat the fried pork with spring bamboo shoots that first shows the taste of spring in this spring.
Heat the oil and stir-fry the sliced meat into a wok until the surrounding part of the meat is slightly curled and dotted with dots of burnt yellow, and you can feel the adhesion between the meat slices and the spatula.
At the same time, there is a charming smell of meat in front of him, which adds to the excitement as the oil bubbles appear and explode.
Seeing that the time was just right, she hurriedly put the ginger, garlic, and chili segments into the wok and stir-fried and stir-fried.
At this time, the fragrance is even stronger, and it wafts down the wind to the miscellaneous room.
Originally, the smell of grilled fish last night was already tempting, and everyone was embarrassed to go out at night.
But now is the time of sunset, the sky is bright, and it is just the time for dinner, it is really a pity not to smell such a strong fragrance.
Thinking of this, several people glanced at each other, quickly arranged their clothes and headdresses, and ran at a rapid speed in the direction from which the fragrance came.
When they saw Zheng Wan's small body sitting on the stool, staring intently at the ingredients in the wok, and the shovel in his hand kept turning, everyone had a feeling that this was indeed the case.
Who else can make such a fragrance in the capital water supervisor, except for Zheng Niangzi?
Zheng Wan was so focused on the food in front of him at this time, he didn't notice the fragrance of the food, which had attracted so many people.
She stir-fried the ingredients until fragrant, then quickly poured in the blanched spring shoots.
In order to make the spring bamboo shoots taste better, she directly slapped a few knives on the whole spring bamboo shoots, like a cucumber, so that the bamboo shoots have more cracked lines.
Sure enough, as soon as these processed spring shoots touch the oil, the oil instantly invades along the scattered lines, dipping their own meat, chili pepper, ginger and garlic aromas into it, mixing with the umami of the spring bamboo shoots themselves, stimulating a more special fragrance.
Because the spring bamboo shoots are blanched, there is no need to stir-fry for a long time, simply stir-fry a few times, and immediately add salt and soy sauce to stir-fry together.
The moment the soy sauce is added, it immediately carves a thicker pattern on the spring bamboo shoots, and at the same time, a sauce fragrance blends into the spring bamboo shoots.
Zheng Wan saw the time, added garlic sprouts to it, stir-fried two or three times, and immediately took it out.
When the stir-fried pork with spring bamboo shoots is poured into the plate, a white gas wafts under the afterglow of the setting sun, as if the fragrance of the spring bamboo shoots is concretized and wafted into the air.
Before she could come to sigh at her craftsmanship, she heard a voice behind her: "It's so fragrant!" ”
And then there was the familiar belly call, "Grunt-grunt-"
Zheng Wan looked back and found that there were five people standing one meter behind him, in a circle, as if she was standing in a fan shape as the center of the circle.
She subconsciously ducked back and asked in some surprise, "You guys came here to smell the fragrance?" ”
Several people nodded excitedly like chickens pecking rice.
The next second, the person standing in the center stood up and explained: "We just suddenly smelled a fragrance, and we couldn't help but run out of the room, disturbing Mrs. Zheng, it was our fault." ”
Zheng Wan thought about the stomach scream he had just heard, and then looked at the appearance of several people lowering their heads and lowering their eyebrows and blaming themselves, and then looked at his obviously large plate of fried meat with spring bamboo shoots, and said with kindness:
"Since you're here, let's stop by and try the new dish - stir-fried meat with spring bamboo shoots, which are still hand-picked outside the city today, and they are particularly tender."
When everyone heard this, they immediately waved their hands in a panic and refused: "How can so many of us eat the lady's food for nothing." ”
In the next second, there was a person who dismantled her stage, and shouted excitedly: "My son returned home today, and specially brought the scones made by A-Niang from home, I don't know if I can use them to exchange with my mother?" ”
The others seemed to light up some joints, and immediately shouted one after another.
"There's pickles made at home."
"When my son returned, I saw someone selling fruit, and I bought a little as a snack, and I could also exchange it with my wife."
……
Zheng Wan only felt that there seemed to be countless birds chirping in front of him, and quickly interrupted:
"Whatever it is, you can share it together, as long as you don't think it's worth it in exchange for food."
"Lady, you'll be back soon!"
As he spoke, the five of them quickly disappeared in front of Zheng Wan's eyes.
Only then did she remember the stove and wok behind her, and quickly poured a bowl of water into it, waiting to wash the wok later.
When no one returned to Zheng Wan's door again, he found that there was suddenly a low table and cushion here, and he looked at Zheng Wan with some doubts.
Zheng Wan explained with a smile: "This is a low table in the room, and we can sit on the ground and have dinner later." ”
"Thank you, Mrs. Zheng."
Several people immediately sat on the ground and put the food they brought on the table, and the most central thing was the stir-fried meat with spring bamboo shoots made by Zheng Wan, which exuded their own unique fragrance all the time.
Everyone took a deep breath uncontrollably, as if trying to inhale all the flavors into the depths of their souls.
Zheng Wan looked at everyone's drunken appearance, immediately sat down on the remaining vacant seats, and shouted to everyone: "It's time to eat." ”
"No."
Several people reverently pinched the baked cakes in one hand and held chopsticks in the other, and shot at the spring bamboo shoots fried meat on the plate with a little embarrassment.
But when the food is eaten, any shyness and embarrassment are emptied, and the whole person's lips and tongue can only feel the taste inside.
"Click!"
The stir-fried spring bamboo shoots still maintain their own unique crisp taste, and they can't be eaten at all, but the freshness of spring that they exude wafts between the lips and teeth.
What's even more special is that the oily fragrance is mixed with the fragrance of ginger and garlic, as well as a little imperceptible spiciness.
The spicy taste adds a lot to this dish, and the more you eat it, the more you want to eat it, and there is a faint addictive taste.
In particular, some people have no teacher, sandwich the fried meat with spring bamboo shoots after the baked cake, and bite it down, first feel the flexibility and softness of the baked cake, then the crispy and tender fragrance of the spring bamboo shoots, then the burnt aroma of the meat slices, or the spicy flavor that sneaks in, several flavors are mixed together, exuding an intoxicating deliciousness.
Unconsciously, a whole plate of fried meat with spring bamboo shoots was solved by six people.