newbobooks Chapter 135 Chestnut Pork Loin Soup
Chapter 135 Chestnut Pork Loin Soup
Aunt Zhao has been worried the whole day since her son left for work in the morning, and she couldn't even concentrate on her embroidery.
As the days grow shorter in winter, people in the county have a less lively nightlife and few people go out to eat at night, so Xu Si and his restaurant close half an hour earlier.
Even though she knew when her son would get off work, Aunt Zhao still kept looking out the door since the evening.
So when Li Ruicheng got home, she hurried to greet him and asked with concern, "How are you? Are you tired?"
"It's okay, I'm not that tired. Mom, please go into the house first, don't catch a cold."
She was in such a hurry that she didn't have time to put on more clothes. Now Aunt Zhao felt the bleak evening breeze and went back to the house as advised.
Li Ruicheng quickly locked the door and then laboriously moved a stone beside him to the center of the door to block it.
I remember that his family didn't use to be like this until that incident happened.
When he was three years old, the mother and son had already gone to bed and heard someone knocking on the door.
Both of them were awakened by the shock. After the mother comforted his son to stop crying, she got up to check. Through the crack in the door, she saw an unfamiliar man outside. He was drunk and looked very fierce, but he didn't say a word.
Aunt Zhao didn't dare to say anything. She just used her thin body to hold the door. As the door shook violently, she became even more panicked.
Fortunately, a patrolling yamen officer heard the noise and came over. The man realized that the situation was not good and left.
After making sure that the man had left, she slid down the door weakly, breaking out in a cold sweat.
It was also at that time that Aunt Zhao realized that in the eyes of those bad guys, they, an orphan and a widow, were just a piece of fat meat that anyone could try to eat. It was not enough for them to simply reduce their presence. The most important thing was to make sure they had complete protection.
The next day, she hired someone to reinforce the courtyard wall and also found a piece of stone like this as an extra safeguard.
Even when Li Ruicheng grew up, this habit was retained. If the stone was not blocked one day, Aunt Zhao would not be able to sleep.
When he entered the house, Aunt Zhao couldn't wait to ask, "Are you used to doing this?"
He rubbed his hands and felt his face less tense. He then pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, "I'm used to it. Everyone is very kind to me and tells me in detail what to do. It's just that I didn't do some things well."
Although the Shen family didn't say anything, he himself felt quite guilty.
Aunt Zhao pulled him to sit down and asked, "What's going on?"
Li Ruicheng briefly explained what happened today.
Aunt Li felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. Although she had caused a small mess, it was still a mess after all, especially the incident of collecting meals, which had caused the Shen family to lose money. She should prepare something to express her gratitude.
As she thought about it, she patted her son on the shoulder and said, "It's good to make progress every day. You need to listen more and do more."
Li Ruicheng nodded, "I will try my best. Mom, have you eaten yet?"
In the past, I would wait for him to get home from school and then we would have dinner together. Today, he was working and we ate in the store. The food was so delicious.
"Of course I have eaten."
Since her son was not around, Aunt Zhao was too lazy to make anything delicious, so she just steamed a bun and ate it with the pickled radish that she learned to make from Xu Si last time.
The radish is very refreshing and appetizing, and it tastes spicy. It can be eaten after being pickled for a day. It is even more flavorful now.
"Then I'll go back to the room first. Mom, you should go to bed early. Don't do the embroidery at night. Aren't your eyes hurting recently?" Li Ruicheng said with concern when he saw the needle and thread placed next to the oil lamp.
"I know. You don't have to worry about me," Aunt Li said with a gentle smile. She had made the wrong choice of husband in her life. The only thing she was thankful for was that she had a caring son.
When Li Ruicheng tidied up and lay on the bed, he sighed comfortably. He didn't do much and he wasn't tired, but he just felt very exhausted.
After the first day of running-in, Shen Jingchuan lowered his expectations of Li Ruicheng on the second day and taught him almost every detail.
When Xu Si was chatting with Shen Yanchen before going to bed last night, he also listened to him talk about Li Ruicheng's performance that day. He began to understand what his mother meant when she said that this person did things without any rules.
She smiled at Li Ruicheng who was wiping the table diligently as a greeting. After receiving a response from him, she went straight to the kitchen.
Her job now is very easy. Xiaoyu and the others are responsible for washing the meat and vegetables, and she just has to prepare them.
On the contrary, it was a bit busy at a restaurant.
Su Jinyue was preparing medicinal food, An Yu was processing the meat, and Lou Yuexin was cutting potatoes into shreds.
"Mom, let me cut it."
"Okay, you cut better, then I'll go wash the vegetables," Lou Yuexin was not polite, she made way for Xu Si and went to do other things.
"A Si, have you made the luncheon meat you said you would make yesterday?" Su Jinyue asked while blanching the pork kidneys in the pot.
What she made was chestnut and pork kidney soup, which is a medicinal food that nourishes the kidneys and strengthens yang.
Just put the blanched pork kidneys, chestnuts, ginger slices and red dates into boiling water, simmer on low heat for an hour, and then add salt to taste.
Recently, more and more people come to order this kind of medicinal food. At the beginning, everyone was reluctant to let others know, but now everyone knows about it. Everyone has a rosy face and looks energetic. There are even women who come to order it for men.
I somehow feel that the atmosphere in the county has become much more peaceful recently.
When Su Jinyue was making the dish, she didn't need to look at the recipe anymore, as she just did it with her practiced hands.
It would be better for her to learn more, so that when Shen Jingchuan needs it in the future, she can do it for him.
"It's done. I'll give it to my two sisters-in-law later. This will also be counted as money in the future."
The two women were naturally happy to hear that.
"What's the reason for this luncheon meat? Can it only be eaten for lunch?" Lou Yuexin was very curious.
Xu Si explained, "Not really, you can eat it anytime.
It was not called this name at first, but because officials of a certain country liked to eat this at lunch, the people who made it changed the name to luncheon meat. "
As for which country it is, we will just briefly mention it. We don’t know whether there is a United States in this world, but perhaps it is on the other side of the ocean.
Cut the scraped potatoes one by one and finally fill a large bowl with them.
The bottom was made of thick strips cut by Lou Yuexin, and the top was made of thin strips cut by Xu Si. The contrast was very obvious. Xu Si used his hand to scoop up the bottom and flip it over, mixed it evenly, soaked it in water, and put it on the shelf.
When I looked down, I found a winter melon in the basket.
So he turned around and asked, "Why is there a winter melon here?"
She recalled that there was no winter melon on today's menu.
An Yu explained, "That was what was left over from yesterday. Uncle Yang and his family made too much tofu, so they gave us the extra ones. I was afraid that the tofu would become stale if it was left out for too long, so when I made winter melon and tofu balls yesterday, I used more tofu, so the winter melon was left over."
No wonder she felt it was very solid and lacked the refreshing taste when she ate it yesterday. She thought An Yu had made a mistake.
Xu Si bent down and picked up the winter melon, saying casually, "Hey, why is it cracked?"
Su Jinyue looked outside, walked over to her, and lowered her voice, "I heard from Jingchuan that when they were buying vegetables, Li Ruicheng fell on his butt and two of the three winter melons cracked."
Xu Si didn't know about this. Shen Yanchen just thought it was broken when he bought it, so he didn't tell her about it.
She asked subconsciously, "Then he didn't break anything, did he?"
"No, I didn't see him say he was feeling unwell yesterday."
"That's good," Xu Si wiped the winter melon with a rag beside him.
Breaking something is a small matter, but hurting someone is a big matter.
"Have you ever eaten winter melon candy?" she asked, patting the winter melon with her hands and listening to the dull sound it made.
Everyone shook their heads.
Su Jinyue wondered, "Can winter melon be used to make candy?"
In their impression, isn't this cooking?