The modern fortune-telling history of a small shopkeeper

Chapter 116, Stewed Beef Brisket with Radish

On Saturday and Sunday, Zhou Xing didn't go back to Zhou's house, nor did he go back to his own apartment. Anyway, he was the only one going back, so he didn't want to go back.Instead, he followed Qiao Minglang to the store opened by his cousin all day long, and when the store was short of staff, he would help serve the dishes.

Even so, he never tires of it.

If this person wants to follow, Qiao Minglang has no choice but to let him follow.However, he saw that this person didn't know what to do at the beginning, but now he knows how to find a job. Seeing him talking and laughing with some regular customers in the store, he couldn't help showing a smile on his face .

The store only does business in the morning and noon, and after three or four o'clock in the afternoon, everything is sold out, and they no longer do business.They came to the store during the holidays, and they just had dinner here before going back.

The vegetables they bought in the morning had already been cooked, and there was nothing in the store. At this time, there were still vegetables for sale in the vegetable market, so Qiao Minglang went here to see what was on sale, and bought some for dinner.

The two walked in the vegetable market, and he asked the people who followed him, "What would you like for dinner?"

"Anything is fine, as long as it's meat." Zhou Xing never thought that one day he would like to follow people to the vegetable market.Ever since he found out that he could buy his favorite vegetables by following him to the vegetable market, he would follow Qiao Minglang every time he came to buy something.

He is not a picky eater, but he likes to eat meat.For him, eating without meat is like losing color in his whole life.

Qiao Minglang glanced at Zhou Xing. It was the first time the two of them went out to eat, and he knew that this person was no longer a vegetarian.

The two walked to the butcher's stall, and saw that there was still beef for sale at the beef stall, Qiao Minglang went over to have a look, and picked out a piece of beef brisket, "I'll take whatever the boss is worth."

Seeing Qiao Minglang buying beef, Zhou Xing smiled happily, and asked in Qiao Minglang's ear, "Shall we eat beef at night?" After visiting the vegetable market a few times, he now knows how to distinguish between raw chicken and duck It's beef and mutton. This is the first time I've eaten beef.

Qiao Minglang gave someone a look, you don't know how to look at it yourself?

"Hey." Someone smiled happily, looking forward to the beef tonight.

"One catty is eight taels, if there is still two taels, then two catties, I will make up two catties for you." The boss weighed it, and cut up a full two taels of meat to add it, making it enough for two catties.

"I'll give it." Zhou Xing took out his wallet and asked for the money, Qiao Minglang blocked it with his hand, and then he took out the money and gave it to the boss, "No, I'll do it." After paying the money, he picked up the beef he bought and left.

"Why don't you want me to give it?" Zhou Xing slowed down a step. Seeing that the money had already been given, he had no choice but to take back the wallet and asked beside the young man.

Eating and drinking at other people's place all day long is not in line with his personality of Young Master Zhou.

In the past, only other people came to him to eat and drink, and he hadn't taken advantage of anyone before, which made Zhou Xing feel a little uncomfortable.

"No reason, if you don't need to give it, you don't need to give it." Qiao Minglang didn't give him a reason.Zhou Xing was still entangled on the way, so he successfully blocked someone's mouth with the phrase "Do you still want to have dinner?"

After buying the vegetables, the two of them went back to the shop.

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The store hires an aunt who washes the dishes. Generally, the aunt can go back after cleaning the dishes and chopsticks, wiping the seats and cleaning the store.Qiao Mingshan would clean up the stove and wipe the table inside by himself. When he saw his cousin and the others came back from buying vegetables, he asked, "Did you buy anything?"

Since the store opened, he hasn't eaten outside, and eats three meals a day in the store.Usually, when my cousins ​​are in class, they only come over at noon, and they usually don’t come in the afternoon, but they are also closed in the afternoon, so there is no need for the cousin to make a special trip.

So if he is alone, he usually eats what is left in the store, and rarely buys vegetables to cook.

However, Qiao Mingshan found that as long as his cousins ​​came, he would always get some fresh food for them, and they would have a good time at this time.It was only now that Qiao Mingshan knew that his cousin had a good cooking skill, and he didn't know where he learned it as a little cousin.

"A stewed beef brisket with radish in a stew, fried pork with chili, and a soup, that's about it, is it enough?" Seeing that his cousin didn't need his help, Qiao Minglang went to prepare their dinner, and reported that they would have dinner tonight. The name of the dish.

"Enough, enough, there are only three of us, we can't finish eating too much." Qiao Ming replied kindly.

Hearing his cousin talk about making stewed beef brisket with radish, Qiao Mingshan put down his things and came over to see how to make it. Next time, he might be able to make it and sell it in the store. I've had this dish."

Cut the beef brisket into evenly sized pieces, cut the radish into large pieces, and cut the onion, ginger, and garlic for later use.

Put the oil in the pan, put the onion, ginger, garlic and aniseed cinnamon pepper and stir fry for a while, put the cut beef brisket in and fry for a while, then serve it up, put it in the pottery pot prepared in advance, pour in the water, just submerged Beef will do, then put the sliced ​​radishes in, cover and simmer over low heat.

"Is this enough?" Qiao Mingshan followed along and learned.

"Well, it's almost time to simmer a stick of incense." Qiao Minglang went to wash his hands and prepared to fry the next dish.

"How long will it take?"

"Why isn't it alright?"

"..."

As soon as he smelled the fragrance, Zhou Xing turned around in front of the stove, like a dog smelling bones.

"Don't get in your way here, go over here." Qiao Minglang waved the man away, poured the chopped pork belly into the pan and stir-fried, the meat was almost fried, then poured in the chili peppers, and set the fire on high Stir-fry vigorously, and soon a chili fried meat will be ready.

The other also cooked a clear soup.

When the dishes are fried, the rice in the pot is also cooked.

"Eat, eat, let's serve." This time, no one reminded him, Zhou Xing knew to bring the bowls and chopsticks and set them up. He couldn't sit still, so he ran to the stove again, and the beef brisket and radishes were still stewed.At this moment, the smell of the pot is even stronger, and people can't sit still when they smell this smell.

"Is it ready?" Qiao Mingshan stared at the pot on the stove, swallowing hard.

"Let me see." Qiao Minglang wrapped the lid with a cloth, lifted the lid, and poked the radish inside with chopsticks. Seeing that the radish was already soft, he put some salt, monosodium glutamate and sugar in it, "Yes gone."

The outside table hadn't been cleared yet, they stewed the vegetables to the table by the door, and the three of them sat down around the table to eat.

"Eat, eat, let's start!"

The chopsticks in Zhou Xing's hand couldn't wait to stick them into the pot of stewed radish with beef brisket. He picked up a large piece of beef brisket and put it into Qiao Minglang's bowl. Then he picked up a piece for himself and put it in his mouth. Grinning himself.

"Slow down." Qiao Minglang pulled the man's hand, wanting him to eat more slowly.

"It's not hot, it's not hot." Zhou Xing blew twice by himself. It was still very hot, but he refused to spit it out. He chewed it twice, but he didn't feel it was hot. block, "delicious."

"Well, it's not bad." Qiao Mingshan ate a piece himself and thought it was not bad. "It's just that this radish hasn't been stewed long enough, and it's not very tasty. It will be better if it is stewed for a while."

"Next time, you can stew it earlier and longer." Qiao Minglang himself knew that the stewing time was not long enough, and they had to go back to school for evening self-study after dinner, so he didn't stew it for so long.

The main reason is that there are two spinning around, and he can't stew it for a long time.

"It's alright, this meat is delicious, don't stew it for so long." Zhou Xing didn't eat a bite of the radish, he just picked out the meat inside.

Qiao Minglang felt tired after eating two mouthfuls of meat. He liked to eat the radish inside more, so he blew on the radish and took a bite, thinking that next time he would stew it earlier and stew it longer so that the radish would be more flavorful and this radish would be even better. have eaten.

But in this way, the meat may become softer and less tough than it is now.

One bowl of rice, two bowls of rice, three bowls of rice——

This meal consisted of four or five meals a week, and when the meat was exhausted, he poured some soup into the rice, stirred it twice with chopsticks, and ate another dinner.

Qiao Minglang saw that his eyelids were twitching. Seeing that this person wanted to serve food, he quickly grabbed his hand and said, "You are enough, it's almost ready. If you like it, I'll make it for you next time." He was afraid that this person would burst his stomach if he ate any more.

He glanced into the pot and saw that there was no food left in the pot, so Zhou Xing had no choice but to put down the bowls and chopsticks, and said with a bit of unsatisfactory expression: "You promised, you have to make this for me next time."

"Okay, you eat more than me." Qiao Mingshan felt that he had eaten enough, and Zhou Xing ate an extra bowl of rice than him.

After they had eaten, it was almost time for them to go back to school.

"You put it there, I'll wash it later, you go back to school quickly." Seeing that his cousin still had to wash the dishes, Qiao Mingshan hurried them back to school.Qiao Minglang washed his hands and said to his cousin, "Let's go."

"Okay, go back." Qiao Mingshan waved his hand.

Zhou Xing, who was at the door, had already got on his bike, waiting for the boy to come out.Qiao Minglang got into the car and said to the person in front, "Let's go."

"Are you seated?"

"Ah."

Zhou Xing glanced back, and saw that the young man behind him had already sat down, with the pedals on his feet, and the car started to move as soon as he pushed hard.

The setting sun shone on the mottled wall. Two teenagers rode a bicycle and walked through the alley. The sun shone on them, and there were two elongated shadows on the ground.On the way, the three-year-old deliberately made a joke, causing the boy behind to slap him twice, "Ride well, if you do this again, I will come down and walk."

"Okay, I'm just kidding."

Only when he was three years old did he dare not make a fuss.