Food starts from cooking

Chapter 130 I went out to work and came back and I don’t know the village anymore (please subscribe!)

A few simple popular dishes, plus everyone's own preferences, are placed on several long tables put together!
It was full and brightly colored, and the sound of someone's stomach growling could even be heard at the scene.

Finally, when the last dish was cooked, everyone decisively chose their seats!
Braised pork, twice-cooked pork, mapo tofu, Buddha jumps over the wall, braised prawns, boiled pork slices, hot and sour cabbage, scrambled eggs with tomatoes...

After all, it was the first time for Yunlin and Ding Peng to see such a scene, and they had no impression of how delicious Zhou You's food was.

but……

When they saw that Xu Shulong, Mr. Huang, Mr. He and the others had started quickly and began to gobble up without saying a word, they finally had a general understanding of Zhou You's craftsmanship.

then……

Yunlin picked up the hot and sour cabbage in front of her.

The cabbage is grown by the village itself, and the hot and sour cabbage is very simple, and the main ingredient is only cabbage, but in fact, because the ingredients are simple, it needs to be carefully selected.

Cabbage freshly picked from the ground is the best, and it is not good if it is too old, because the fiber of the cabbage that is too old is too thick, which will affect the taste when eating. Of course, it should not be too small!
Cabbage contains very high water content, so when many people stir-fry cabbage, they will find that the more they fry the pot, the more water there is, and even in the end, the soup cannot be thickened without thickening the juice.

but……

If something like cabbage is fried for too long, it will lose its crispness.

This mouthful of cabbage has a sour taste at first, followed by the spicy taste of millet. After a little bit of chewing, only the sound of crunching can be heard.

Cabbage bangzi is more difficult to make, because it is difficult to taste, after all, the surface is smooth, and even water droplets slide on the surface.

However, some people fry the cabbage for too long for the taste, causing the cabbage to become soft.

but……

The cabbage gang of this hot and sour cabbage has not softened, and it still tastes crunchy, but the hot and sour flavor has already entered. Of course, the soup attached to the surface also opened up the taste buds and stimulated the tongue.

After taking the first bite, people want to eat the second bite.

Yunlin squinted her eyes with joy on her face: "Well, it's delicious!"

At this time, Ding Peng ate a mouthful of fish maw from Buddha Jumping Over the Wall!
The smell from the entire Buddha Jumping Wall may be the biggest. When the lid is opened, the rich aroma is wafting, making your mouth water and your appetite doubled.

The big cup was stuffed to the brim!
Abalone, shark's fin, scallop, fish lip, razor clam, pork belly...

All kinds of meat are thick but not greasy, rotten but not rotten!
These materials, in fact, can be used as the main ingredient if they are cooked separately.

This is where the Buddha jumps over the wall is difficult!
Although some people say that this is a messy stew, but because there are too many main ingredients, if you want to do it well, you must consider the balance point.

Moreover, with so many ingredients, the cooking time is generally not fixed. Some need to be cooked for a long time, and some need to be cooked for a shorter time.

Therefore, the time when so many ingredients are put into the pot must be grasped first, and it can't be boiled into a paste in the end!

Furthermore, Buddha Tiaoqiang itself is a dish, so although the taste seems scattered, it will actually be twisted into a rope in the end, but this kind of twisted rope is not the taste that makes abalone into shark's fin, or makes abalone taste like shark's fin. Pork belly turns into scallops, but keeps their own flavor.

When Ding Peng took a bite of the fish belly, the first thing he felt was all kinds of umami.

The soup sticking to it smelled like abalone, scallops, and pork belly, but... when these smells dissipated, the smell of the fish belly itself also appeared.

Soft and glutinous, fresh and sweet taste, strong meaty aroma, oily but not greasy, all kinds of ingredients penetrate into each other, the taste is delicious, and the layering gradually increases, which makes people have endless aftertaste!
"Fresh!"

Before, I just heard them say that Zhou You is good at craftsmanship, so I was naturally interested. After all, three people become tigers, so even if you don't believe it, you have to believe it.

but……

Believe it or not, he really couldn't imagine how delicious this dish is.

When he participated in the program before, some top chefs and even state banquet chefs appeared on the show, and he once tried something from those chefs.

Some taste really unforgettable, and some taste mediocre.

But Mr. Huang and Mr. He all said that Zhou You Cooking is delicious, so it should be delicious.

but……

He never expected that this is so delicious, it is simply amazing.

Fish maw, abalone, and sea cucumber, Ding Peng only felt that his tongue was about to be swallowed, and even the breath he exhaled was full of all kinds of sweetness.

No wonder...

After they came back from the tour, they became more active all of a sudden.

Luan Yunyan and Shen Xiuyue ate more happily.

After all, they only ate a meal yesterday. Although they were full, it has been a day, and today they have a good meal again, and it is still a different dish.

Everyone is working hard, as if they have escaped and haven't eaten for a week.

And just when Zhou Youye was eating, a few people walked outside.

It's Uncle Zhang from the same village.

"Ouch, it's time to eat!"

Uncle Zhang actually came here because of the smell. Of course, he also had something to do. Although he had already greeted Zhou You on the phone, he still wanted to come and look for him in person.

"Uncle Zhang, let's go together!"

"Then I'm welcome!"

Uncle Zhang's eyes lit up, he squeezed in the chopsticks decisively, and then went straight to pick up the braised pork.

Well!
It was absolutely amazing, Uncle Zhang quickly took a mouthful of rice, what's the matter?
I have long forgotten.

Seeing this, Zhou You didn't urge him, he ordered some food for Xiao Qinghe, and watched her eat.

The little guy is growing up, and the changes in the first six months are not small. Height, weight, and even appearance can be seen.

About half an hour later, the original sound of chopsticks clinking disappeared, and each of them sat on the chair with a comfortable face, just like they had just gone to the city of washing feet.

"Hi, it's been a month, and I'm finally eating Zhou's cooking again!"

"Yes, yes, so happy!"

"It can't be done, I'm exhausted, I feel that today's meal can last until tomorrow!"

One month, do you know how we got here.

Looking forward to it every day, thinking about it every day, the waiting is almost turning into a watchdog.

"Hey, we're almost done filming the show!"

Someone suddenly said such a sentence, which directly brought everyone who was enjoying themselves back to reality.

Fuck, who has such a bad mouth.

but……

After all, we had to face the reality. After all, the show was indeed coming to an end, and everyone looked at Xu Shulong in unison.

Xu Shulong said: "I've already discussed the new program with the producer and the chief director!"

As soon as this remark came out, the audience cheered.

After all, the chief director has already been here once, but it is a pity that he only ate once, and then Zhou You ran away.

Just before eating, Xu Shulong took a photo and sent it to the chief director. Now... the phone is ringing non-stop.

"By the way, I almost forgot the business!"

Uncle Zhang slapped his forehead: "Don't forget my house's full moon wine the day after tomorrow!"

"Don't worry, it's already arranged!"

Before Zhou You came back, he had already made arrangements, full moon wine, and a few wedding banquets. After all, it was the end of the year and there were many people getting married!

In fact, the phone calls continued every day, most of which were rejected by Zhou You.

"Tsk, there's something to eat again!"

Zhikai Xu Shulong and others were overjoyed when they heard the full moon wine.

After calculating the time, this full moon wine may be the last order for the crew.

"Hey, this mission is over, I can stay for a while!"

Qin Lu smiled. Anyway, this is a homestay, so it's right to be a tourist, and I will stay there until the Chinese New Year and then go home.

Zhikai said: "Damn it, then I'll stay too!"

Xu Shulong opened his mouth and couldn't stop rolling his eyes. After all, Qin Luzhikai and the others could stay, but he couldn't. After all, he still had to go back to hand in tasks, edit the film, and strive for the second episode to air in March next year.

……

At the end of the year, people who went out to work have also returned home one after another. There are obviously more people in the village, especially young people.

Although there are many young people in Lingqu Village on weekdays, this village is not small after all. Except for some people who work in the urban area, more people either go south or go west.

There are more people in their 40s to [-]s and [-]s, which can be seen from the small square at the entrance of the village.

Those who play mahjong, those who play cards, those who sing and listen to songs.

"Hey, why are there more strange faces in our village!"

"It seems like oh, I found out too!"

"I heard that they came to our village to rent, it seems to be for a banquet!"

"Ha, dinner?"

Because I am working outside, I have never eaten the Zouyou Shaoji mat. If my family said it, I must have forgotten it. After all, it is just a mat, and it can be delicious.

But Lingqu Village does have many more faces, especially older ones.

Representatives of these are Yao Liang and Zhang Cheng!
One of them used to be the vice principal of No. [-] Middle School, and the other used to be a small leader of a certain unit in the city. Now there are more people in this circle, such as a retired doctor from a hospital, a retired old section chief from a city unit, a retired teacher from a key school, and so on.

Let's put it this way, this village has gradually changed from a novice village to a group of full-level bosses!

For example, this one who arrived today...

"This is Lingqu Village!"

"Yes, there are four distinct seasons in spring, summer, autumn and winter, but it feels a little dry!"

Liu Qingyao held Huang Zhongting's arm.

I said earlier that I would come, but unfortunately there are too many things in the hospital!

Huang Zhongting is actually not young anymore, he is about 70 years old, if he wants to retire, he can retire early, but because he is worried about the hospital, he has been sitting in the town, but during this time he has also figured out that the people below should let themselves Stand up, he always has to leave.

Of course, he had already thought about getting rid of him, so he must find Zhou You!
It's not just for food, the most important thing is the traveling medical skills!

As an old Chinese doctor, his goal in life is naturally to pursue Chinese medicine. When he found out that Zhou You had the terrifying technique of silver needles, he knew where he was going.

"Grandpa, is the miracle doctor you mentioned here?"

On the other side of Huang Zhongting, a boy of fifteen or sixteen looked curiously at the small mountain village.

poverty!
This was his first impression. After all, he was born in the new era, and he was born in the well-developed Pengcheng. Huang Yao really had no chance to go to the countryside, let alone the countryside in the northwest.

Huang Zhongting nodded, looked at the mountains in the distance, his eyes became brighter and brighter: "It's a good place, there are so many good medicines hidden in the Qinling Mountains!"

As an old Chinese doctor, seeing medicine is like a man seeing a woman!
In places like Pengcheng, the economy is very developed, and many medicines are also grown, but... the Chinese herbal medicines that are really effective are better from the mountains.

And this Huaxia Dragon's Back, I don't know how many treasures are hidden!

Just as a few people were wandering around, the sound of arguing suddenly came from a distance.

Immediately afterwards, one person was seen running, followed by several people chasing after him.

The village is only this big, and if it is lively, it must be visited.

"I'll go, is that Gangwa?"

"It seems so, what's the matter?"

"Who knows!"

And Gangwa, who was running in front, looked only eighteen or nineteen years old, with a solid body and a short cut, and seemed to be holding something in her hand. She ran and shouted: "I beat someone, I beat someone!"

Behind his buttocks, there were indeed several people chasing him, some with hoes and some with poles!

"what happened!"

Finally the older one stood up and blocked the person.

"Uncle Wang, these foreigners want to beat me!"

It is indeed a foreigner.

Because the chasers are Xu Jie and Zhang Yang.

It's okay for foreigners to run after the villagers, and those who just came back in the past few days immediately surrounded them.

But the elders who have been in the village all year round waved their hands, looked at Xu Jie and the others, smiled and said, "What's the matter?"

Xu Jie was out of breath, pointed at Gangwa and said, "He ran to pull the rice of Zhou You's family!"

Gangwa was indeed holding something in her hand. Now that she took a closer look, she found that it was really rice, and it was almost ripe. Everyone was discussing the harvesting in the past two days.

Before everyone came back to their senses, the pipe in Uncle Wang's hand was smoked in Gangwa's hand.

"what!"

Gangwa yelled, startled, and yelled, "Uncle Wang, what's wrong with you!"

"What's the matter, what's the matter, if you dare to spoil Zhou You's rice, I'll kill you, I'll kill you!"

Uncle Wang was annoyed, and he smoked the cigarette stick on Gangwa's body.

Of course, it wasn't just him, those slightly older old people who were leaning against the wall to bask in the sun also came over angrily, pointing at Gangwa and swearing.

Those who have just been back for a few days look at me and I look at you, all with dumbfounded faces!
What the hell?

Isn't it just picking a little rice?

As for what?
And, Uncle Wang, you... are really fighting!
Gangwa was beaten up and screamed. He wanted to resist, but when he saw the people around him yelling at him, he was really scared for a while.

Immediately holding his head and saying: "Don't dare, don't dare, don't dare again!"

"Okay, okay, don't hurt anyone!"

Someone stood up to dissuade him, and when Uncle Wang stopped, he looked at the young people who had only been back for a few days, and said seriously: "If you are telling me who went to Zhou You's house to spoil the rice, then it is not a cigarette stick." , but a leather whip!"

Everyone shrank their necks, but some people were still not convinced.

The old Huangtou coughed and said, "Do you know what this rice is for? It is the lifeblood of our Lingqu Village. These people are all postgraduates with doctorates. They came to our village to give our village improved rice, and they are friends who travel around, you should decide for yourself!"

"Also, don't go to Zhou You's place to disturb others. If you let me know who dares to trouble Zhou You's family, I will take his skin off!"

The matter about the rice was specifically explained by the old branch secretary, but after all, I don't know how effective it will be, but...

It's true that Zhou You's food is not enough. If Zhou You is annoyed by this, well, I'm afraid Gangwa will be skinned.

"Tsk, I didn't expect Zhou You to have such a great reputation in Lingqu Village!"

Huang Zhongting frowned and said with a smile.

Liu Qingyao frowned, knowing that Huang Zhongting didn't know what the rice meant, so she quickly explained.

The smile on Huang Zhongting's face gradually disappeared, and after a while, he said, "Are you serious?"

"Really, I have eaten!"

A strange color flashed in Huang Zhongting's eyes.

New varieties?
Outstanding taste?

If that's the case, then it's cheap for this gang baby to peel off a layer of skin.

Soon, Xu Jie and the others went back, and the small square was bustling again.

Gangwa gasped in pain, dropped the rice in her hand, resentment gleamed in her eyes.

"Brother Gang!"

"Brother Gang, this is too much, don't you just pull out a little rice? As for it!"

Two people of about the same age greeted them.

"It's not over, tonight we..."

"Row!"

……

The grandson of the old Zhang family had full moon wine, Zhou You went to prepare the materials in the afternoon, and then came back early.

"Longing for Life" has finished filming, and the camera and other equipment are almost packed. Tomorrow, the full moon wine is finished, and there is a high probability that it will be withdrawn.

For a while, I was really sad.

"I thought it would be three months, but I didn't expect... It's been more than four months and almost five months!"

Teacher Huang sighed: "Leaving this time, I don't know when I will come back again!"

At least I have to wait until the weather is warmer after the new year. When I come again, I will bring my wife and children. After all, Zhou You's food is so delicious, and they haven't tasted it yet.

"Tomorrow's meal will be delicious!"

The only one who can stay is Qin Lu Zhikai, and they probably won't stay for a few days.

"Brother, you must remember my new song!"

Yunlin didn't want to leave, but after all, she had just debuted, so she didn't have much say, and the Chinese New Year was approaching, and they, the stars, were going to be busy.

David TV's program invitations are good opportunities to show her face, and the company has already packed her schedule for the New Year.

"Okay, I'll give you the beginning of December!"

"Really, good good!"

It's the end of November, the beginning of December, and there are only a few days left.

While Zhou You was chatting with others, the phone rang suddenly. After reading the message, Zhou You was taken aback for a moment, and then saw someone coming outside the courtyard.

"Didn't you go back to Pengcheng? When did you come!"

"I just arrived today, isn't this accompanying Mr. Huang?"

Now that we've arrived, we must say hello, and after we've arranged a place to live, Liu Qingyao took Elder Huang over for a walk.

Seeing Huang Zhongting again, Zhou You also felt a little stunned, he never thought that in less than half a year, he would already know so many people in this world.

After following in, Huang Zhongting also greeted the others.

"This is my grandson, Huang Yao, don't look at him as young, he can know thousands of gold prescriptions at the age of three!" Huang Zhongting patted Huang Yao, and said, "Greetings to Brother Zhou You!"

"Brother Zhou You is good!"

Huang Yao looked at Zhou You curiously. Before coming here, Huang Zhongting had warned him a lot. The target was this one. As for the purpose... Appreciate a teacher!
Huang Yao found it very strange. He was born in a family of traditional Chinese medicine, and his grandfather was very famous. As for his father's medical skills, he was also a Chinese medicine doctor. According to his grandfather, he was talented and had the possibility of becoming famous. Except for going to school, the old man personally took him to study pharmacology.

Originally, I thought it would be enough to learn from my grandfather, but I didn't expect that some time ago, my grandfather suddenly said that he would find a master for him.

and so……

This is it?

Although Huang Yao is only fifteen or sixteen years old, he has been involved in medicine for 12 years. The practice may be less, but the basic common sense is still known.

Although it is a bit biased to say that the older you are, the more fragrant you are, but this is also true!

And at Zhou You's age...

Zhou You frowned, although Huang Zhongting didn't say it directly, but Zhou You had heard his abacus.

But Zhou You did not directly refuse.

He got too many things from the system, especially skills, such as medical skills, but unfortunately he couldn't go to the hospital for consultation because he was too busy, and he didn't even have the qualifications.

Therefore, this superb medical skill is useless at all, but in this way, isn't it a waste?

But now there is a way.

Since I have no skills, I can teach others a little bit, which can be regarded as a benefit to mankind!
And at this moment, suddenly, there was another noise from the backyard!

Zhou You was taken aback for a moment, his complexion suddenly changed!

(End of this chapter)