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Chapter 136 Fried Noodles, New Year's Day is coming soon (please subscribe!)
Steamed stuffed buns, noodles, or fried noodles, plus a large plate of chicken, local vegetables in Long City, roasted eggplant, fried pork with green peppers...

There is still a lot to eat, but...

This is not in Zhouyou's yard, but in a farmhouse at the foot of Fengming Mountain!

Li Shang was eating, but...

Complexion is not so good!
Probably because she was tired. After all, she had just come down from Fengming Mountain. It took five hours to go back and forth. When Xiaoli came down, her legs were shaking. I'm afraid she will have to rest for a few days before she can recover!
But thinking about it, it shouldn't be all tiredness, after all...it's obviously related to food!
Li Shang sighed: "Hey, if I knew it earlier, I should go back to eat directly!"

As soon as these words came out, the conversation box immediately opened.

"Yes, yes, it's a pity that I ordered steamed stuffed buns on purpose. The taste of this steamed stuffed stuffed bun...is hard to describe in words!"

"It's not that it's unpalatable, it's just that it's not tasty. After all, the breakfast buns we usually eat taste like this!"

That's right, some things are not unpalatable, but just unpalatable, so they can only be used to fill the stomach.

"Hey, Zhou You's craftsmanship is amazing. How can you make mere buns so delicious!"

"Yeah, especially the meat buns. I ate eight of them in the morning, and they are not greasy at all. On the contrary, there is a slight fragrance in the meaty smell, like some kind of herbal plant!"

"I'm afraid it's someone's secret recipe, but it's not just meat buns, other leek eggs, radish vermicelli, are much more delicious than those sold outside!"

"That's right, we have to queue up early in the morning at the steamed stuffed bun shop in Tianshuijing, Xijing. The steamed stuffed buns are delicious, but compared to Zhou You's steamed stuffed buns, they really pale in comparison!"

"Hey, if Zhou You can go to Xijing to sell steamed stuffed buns, I'll have to line up to buy everything that spans over!"

A few people ate the vegetables, and took a few bites of fried noodles. They felt that the meal was tasteless, but they were hungry after all, so after they were barely full, they left decisively, and then started wandering around the city until almost two o'clock in the afternoon. It was only then that he started calling Zhou You and told him that he wanted to have dinner with him. As for what to do, it was up to Zhou You himself.

dinner?
Zhou You turned off the computer, he was watching the latest episode of "The Legend of the White Snake", Shen Bo is now on the right track, and seems to have figured out what Zhou You wants, and the cooperation with Fangyuan is also smooth, the film sent is only a little Flaws, after Zhou You explained, as long as a little change, it will meet the needs!

There is no need to think too much here!
"What are we having for lunch?"

Tong Yang ran over with a steamed bun in his hand. Zhou You had no choice but to make some noodles for them at noon. It seemed that they were not full!

"are you free?"

"I'm not busy. I'm different from Hua Yi and the others. I make decisions for myself, and I don't have the habit of working during the Chinese New Year!"

Ok!

You have without me?

Those guests are all locals from Xijing, so let's eat noodles!

Rolling up his sleeves, Zhou You walked to the kitchen, flour, eggs, water, salt, alkali...

There are many people, and there are many natural noodles. In addition, Zhou You also asked Zhou Hao to prepare eggs, tomatoes, green peppers, pork...

Make two kinds of chow mein!
Fried noodles with tomatoes and eggs, fried noodles with shredded pork and green peppers!

There are many schools of chow mein, but there are generally two differences. One is that the focus is on the ingredients, that is, all the ingredients except the noodles.

Another kind, the focus is on the noodles!
As long as it is not a simple fried noodle restaurant, it usually uses machine-pressed thin fresh noodles. This kind of fried noodles made by many restaurants is actually relatively popular and edible, but it would be too much to say that it is unforgettable after eating.

Zhou You has liked to eat fried noodles since he was a child, especially the noodles made by his mother. It pays attention to the basics of noodles and is more particular about the ingredients.

Generally, the fried noodles are not picked up to eat, but pulled along the side of the bowl, because they are delicious, but they are too hot.

But in Zhou You's heart, if you fry the fried noodles until there is no juice, it is considered a failure!
After kneading the noodles, Zhou You started cutting vegetables!
Tomato and egg fried noodles, the main ingredients are tomatoes and eggs!

This season, if you want to eat tomatoes, you can only eat the ones in the greenhouse, but... the tomatoes that Zhou You took out were grown by the villagers of this village.

The reason why it can be preserved for such a long time is that Zhou You picked the tomatoes during the season and put them in the refrigerator to freeze until now!

As long as you eat it, take out the tomatoes, and then scald them with boiling water, the tomatoes will become soft again, and the taste is not much different from that just picked.

The seeds I got before Zhou You also have tomato seeds, and I will plant them when my greenhouse is ready. The seeds given by the system, even if they grow in the greenhouse, should taste better than farm tomatoes, compared to those in the supermarket. Hard pimples, tasteless tomatoes, I am afraid that there is one in the sky and the other in the bottom!
Tong Yang was obviously a greedy person, and he did not know where to find melon seeds and dried dates. He leaned against the door and just watched Zhou You hot the tomatoes.

Can't help but said: "I didn't expect tomatoes to be stored like this! But these tomatoes are too ugly!"

ugly?
It is indeed uglier than those carefully selected hard lumps in the supermarket, but... the taste is definitely not bad.

Zhou You cut a piece and handed it to Tong Yang: "Try it?"

Tong Yang wiped his hands and took it over!
It was still lukewarm, after all it was scalded with boiling water, and after taking a bite, the next moment his brows frowned: "Well, it's so sour, isn't this stuff a spraying medicine?"

Zhou You: ...

Looking at him with the eyes of a fool, Zhou You suddenly felt that Tong Yang was quite pitiful.

"Why do you look at me like that, pity me?"

Zhou You rolled his eyes and said, "This kind of tomato is grown a lot in the village, but it will split when ripe, so it's inconvenient to transport, so you can only eat it at home. That's why you say it's ugly!"

"To put it bluntly, it grows naturally, without deliberate cultivation. No matter how good the shape is, it looks like a square watermelon. You don't think you can grow into that shape, do you?"

"In addition, there are pros and cons to everything, especially fruits. If you want to look good, the taste will not be so good!"

"Do you know what is the best apple in the apple orchard?"

Tong Yang shook his head and stared at Zhou You seriously!

Zhou Youdao: "It's the rotten apples that were pecked by birds on the treetops. Some animals have a strong search ability, just like sparrows, they will always choose to eat the tastiest thing first!"

"But fruit merchants must first look at the appearance of fruits when they want them, and it is impossible to taste them one by one. You must know that even apples from the same tree cannot taste the same!"

"Because the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the temperature in the morning is different from that in the afternoon, and the wind direction is different at night, so there is a high probability that there will be four flavors in one fruit tree!"

Listening to Zhou You's words, Tong Yang's eyes were full of curiosity. Of course, he was also a little excited. He never expected that such a small fruit would have so many claims!

Really learned a lot!

After cutting all kinds of vegetables, Zhou You started to stretch the noodles!
This kind of fried noodles made by Zhou You is just a small genre among all kinds of fried noodles. The noodles used are not thin noodles pressed by a machine, but the long and short sections in the hand, the thickness of chopsticks!
This kind of thickness is just right, it will not be too soft and not too hard to eat!
Open the pot, put cold water in the pot, and then boil it on high heat. When the foam comes up, pour in a small half spoonful of cold water, and the foam that is about to overflow will drop until it disappears, and then turn on the fire again!
Repeat this cycle three times, prepare a large basin, pour cold water into it, and add ice if there are ice cubes!
Then quickly fish out the cooked noodles and pour them into a big basin!
The noodles that were originally boiled will shrink rapidly when they encounter cold water, and then become firm and springy!
Tong Yang looked at the noodles in the big basin. The noodles were not white, but a little yellowish, like a small yellow croaker long in oak. When stirred a little, the small yellow croaker fled away in all directions, smooth and strong.

It was the first time Tong Yang saw noodles like this, because in his impression, shouldn't the noodles be soft?
At this time, the people who went out also came back.

Li Shang's voice was loud, and he heard him yelling: "I'm so hungry, I feel like I can eat a cow now!"

"I don't know what delicious food Zhou You made!"

"Go and see!"

Then I heard footsteps approaching, Li Shang and Xiaoli Yuanxiu approaching.

"Teacher Tong is here too! Hey, this is... fried noodles? Tsk, I just ate fried noodles at noon, but I didn't expect it to be fried noodles in the afternoon!"

"It's quite a coincidence!"

Although fried noodles are not what they want to eat in their hearts, after arriving at the hotel, whether it is the roasted whole lamb to welcome guests, the big goose stewed in an iron pot, or the steamed buns this morning, it makes people drool when they think of it, even I want to eat food in rotation.

Now that Zhou You started making fried noodles again, the taste should be much better than the fried noodles eaten at the farmhouse at noon.

Finally, Zhou You started making fried noodles.

First, fried noodles with tomatoes and eggs!
Pour the oil, first pour the eggs into the pan, then quickly stir fry, wait until the yellow can become a piece, then take it out, then pour in the chopped green onions and garlic, sauté until fragrant, then pour in the tomatoes, sizzling sound appears.

Stir-fry the tomatoes briefly, and immediately pour in the divided eggs, shredded green peppers, etc., then throw in the noodles and stir-fry quickly. At the same time, add salt, light soy sauce and other seasonings, and finally Drizzle a little broth!

A bowl of tomato and egg fried noodles is out of the pan.

The red of tomatoes, the green of shredded green peppers, and the yellow of eggs!

It seems to be very simple, but this color makes people swallow their mouths, but they don't know how it tastes!

After serving several bowls in a row, Tong Yang couldn't wait any longer, so he took the chopsticks and took them away.

This fried noodles is indeed different from what he usually eats!
First of all, the appearance of the noodles. The noodles he often eats are thin noodles with the thickness of instant noodles. In addition, the fried noodles are usually relatively dry, unlike the fried noodles made by Zhou You, which still have sticky juice!
How thick is this juice? I haven't eaten it for a while, and it feels like it's about to solidify.

Tong Yang stirred it quickly, and then picked it up with chopsticks to eat!
but……

When the chopsticks were pinched, the noodles leaked out from the chopsticks!

Tong Yang was dumbfounded, and picked it up again. This time, he finally picked up a few chopsticks, but...he was going to pick up a full chopstick.

Tong Yang was stunned, he suddenly remembered the dilemma of foreigners coming to China to eat noodles with chopsticks!

Well, I'm an upright Chinese, I've used chopsticks since I learned to eat, but now I can't even pick up noodles.

But at the same time, he was also shocked by Zhou You's noodles, which were so chewy and tender!
Reluctantly picked up a few, Tong Yang stuffed them into his mouth, the first thing he felt was the taste of tomatoes and eggs.

acid!
He watched Zhou You Chow Mein with his own eyes, but he didn't see the vinegar being poured. If so, the sour taste must be the tomato itself.

Tong Yang looked shocked, no wonder Zhou You said he was pitiful.

You know, he is a person who has achieved economic freedom, but he has never eaten such a sour tomato. This kind of sour taste is just right, softer than vinegar, and it will not change the taste of noodles!
Then there is the smell of eggs, the eggs need to be fried well, there must be a little more oil, he doesn't know what kind of oil Zhou You uses, but it is obviously more fragrant than the oil he uses at home, this can be tasted from the smell of eggs, and tight Then, it's noodles!
He was very interested in this noodle from the very beginning. After all, he knew it was very chewy from the outside, but he never expected that this noodle would feel like this when biting it.

If you want to talk about it, it’s not true, because the hardness is the feeling given by the teeth, but this hardness or tendons are the nerve perception on the teeth.

After one bite, the teeth don't feel that they can't bite, but it is easy to bite off, but it also allows you to really feel the texture and softness of the noodles.

With shredded green peppers, tomatoes, eggs...

Just one bite, it's refreshing!
"I'll go, this is fried noodles, what the hell is that lunch!"

Li Shang obviously knew how to eat the fried noodles. He held the chopsticks almost parallel to the bowl, and fiddled with them in his mouth.

This way of eating noodles with toppings and juice is the most refreshing, but...

It's just a little hot!
but……

The hotness of fried noodles is also a taste in itself, which can stimulate the taste buds.

One mouthful after another, he dispelled the chill and filled his stomach. Soon, he ate up a bowl of fried rice.

"Cool!"

Li Shang seemed to have thought of something, and quickly ran into the kitchen to search for it, and finally found it.

"If you eat noodles without garlic, the taste will be reduced by half!"

"Do you want it?"

"want!"

The tour here also started to stir-fry noodles with shredded pork and green peppers!
In fact, the process is similar, the most important point of fried noodles is the fusion of noodles and dishes!

Noodles cannot be noodles, and vegetables should be vegetables.

As for which meat or vegetable is delicious, there is no way to say, it depends on personal taste.

"This noodle is amazing, it tastes so chewy!"

"Yeah, the fried noodles I ate before were all soft!"

Yuan Xiu and the others held bowls, a mouthful of noodles, and a mouthful of garlic. They really felt the gap, and the gap was so big that even a southerner like Hua Yi ate two bowls in a row.

The satiety of carbohydrates makes people don't want to move at all.

As night fell, the lights in the small mountain village came on, and so did the courtyard lights in the yard.

Li Shang and the others sat under the door railing of the horizontal hall, looking at the scenery of the yard through the glass, with hot tea on hand!

"It's really comfortable, why don't you stay here for a few more days!"

"I agree!"

Anyway, it's already December, the end of the year, and it's almost New Year's Day these days, and there's nothing wrong with the theater. As for the school... They're all graduating soon, and they're probably going to the theater or joining the teaching team!

……

And just in the meantime, another movie was released.

This movie has a little something to do with Zhou You, that is, Ren Ning's part-time job in "Speed", Zhou You wrote a song "Drift", and then forgot about it.

Ren Tranquility called two days ago, and he almost forgot that there was such a person.

However, Ren Ning said that the movie will be released soon, and also thanked Zhou You, and also said who sang the song "Drift". Zhou You listened to the song, yes, the imitation is so vivid!
Zhou You was also invited to attend the premiere, but Zhou You refused.

"This small mountain village doesn't have a cinema, it's really inconvenient!"

Although not far from the city, but...

If you want to restore the movie in memory later, don't you have to go back and forth to the city frequently?
But I haven't seen Yang Qingning and Xiao Qinghe for several days, Zhou You said hello to Zhou Hao, went straight to the city, and then took Yang Qingning and Xiao Qinghe to watch "Quick" again!
This is a movie about racing, and the overall style is a bit of a comedy, but the excitement of the racing in the play has aroused the cheers of many people in the movie theater.

especially……

The background music "Drift" appeared, and the hero drifted around the corner.

After all, the male protagonist is still a well-known handsome guy in the film and television industry, which naturally aroused the cheers of many fans.

"If you come to act and sing, I'm afraid this play will make you gain countless fans!"

Yang Qingning whispered.

Zhou You smiled, and said, "Forget it, I'm afraid I'll be stripped naked when I go out!"

Yang Qingning covered her mouth and snickered.

The power of fans is not small, especially the power of female fans, one by one is like a demon!
"It's almost New Year's Day!"

"Yeah, it's almost New Year's Day!"

Although New Year's Day is not a traditional Chinese festival, but...

This is the first year of traveling around this world. I still remember that when I first arrived in this world, I was full of hesitation and missing my loved ones late at night!

but……

In just half a year, it seems that the memory of some people and some things has become blurred.

Sure enough, time is the cruelest killer, it will strip your memory little by little until it is completely wiped out!
Yang Qingning looked at Zhou You and saw that his eyes were distracted, as if he was recalling something.

She was a little nervous for a while, she said it was almost New Year's Day, so she naturally hoped that Zhou You would have something else to say instead of 'Yeah, it's almost New Year's Day! '

What did he think of now, and who did he think of!
But it must not be her, after all, she is by my side!
Is it the ex-wife?
Or parents who have passed away?

Just when Yang Qingning was thinking wildly, Zhou You suddenly said, "I haven't seen your parents for a long time, going to your house on New Year's Day?"

Yang Qingning was taken aback, and said blankly: "Go...to my house for New Year's Day?"

"Can't you?"

Yang Qingning regained her senses and said, "Okay, why not, my parents asked you if you want to come to our house on New Year's Day!"

"Then you didn't tell me sooner!"

(End of this chapter)