The summer heat is gradually receding. A few days ago, the prince sent a message to the government to let them handle the troublemakers fairly, and the merchants who wanted to make trouble retreated into their shells. Only the owner of the largest restaurant in the capital, Zuixiaolou, was unwilling. .
After the snack street became famous, both dignitaries and ordinary people went to the snack street to hang out. The restaurant's business suffered a loss, but it wasn't very serious. After all, ordinary people would still come to the restaurant to talk about business and banquets, but this matter was not about competing for profits, but a slap in the face.
The forces behind the rest of the restaurants will be afraid of the prince, but Zuixiaolou will not. The owner behind them is Prince Kang, the younger brother of today's sage, why should we be afraid of the prince
Originally, they had no intention of fighting against the Lin family, but as soon as the prince came forward, Lord Kang felt that it was because the prince did not give him face, and he had to find a way back.
In order to suppress the limelight of the Lin family, his subordinates would naturally not resort to those submissive methods, directly attacking the snake seven inches, and starting from the food itself. After some inquiries and discussions, I finally found a suitable opportunity.
Lin passed the stage of morning sickness and returned to a state of high spirits. It happened that the snack street needed to add new shops and food items. She plunged into the snack street again, busy, doing things herself, and sometimes even living directly. In a street inn.
Although Lin said that she would pay attention to her body, Jiang Shuyao was worried that she would not be able to bear the burden of being busy all day despite her pregnancy, so she planned to quietly go to the snack street to see her.
Jiang Shuyao arrived at the snack street before evening, and took the Zhou Shi who was suffocated in the house by the way.
At this time, it was just before the meal time. The snack street was not lively, and there were not many people. Jiang Shuyao and Zhou shi walked around the snack street.
As the weather cools down, some cold drinks and cold foods have been withdrawn and replaced with new foods, such as stewed, oden and so on.
Jiang Shuyao and Zhou Shi bought a taste one by one. After the last taste adjustment, the taste of the food was more in line with the taste of the ancients. Zhou Shi kept complimenting while eating.
The two of them didn't explain to Lin that they were coming, so they naturally thought that Lin didn't know, but the store owner recognized Jiang Shuyao, turned around and told the steward, and the steward told Lin who was resting in the inn.
Lin likes the atmosphere of the snack street, and goes out for a walk every night to relieve her fatigue. Now that she heard that Jiang Shuyao is here, she immediately dismissed the idea of going out for a walk and just stayed in the inn to rest.
After the snack street became lively, Lin Shi still did not come out.
Jiang Shuyao went to the inn to take a look, and she was relieved when she saw that she had taken off her hair bun and lay on the bed to rest. It didn't look like she was going out.
The inn is well-decorated, and the conditions are not much worse than the wing rooms of Xiangyang Uncle's Mansion, but she felt unhappy when she went back to the mansion. Jiang Shuyao did not persuade her to rest in the inn.
After saying goodbye to Lin's family, Jiang Shuyao left the inn, joined up with Zhou's who had a good meal, and was about to go home. Before he walked out of the snack street, he suddenly heard a commotion.
Jiang Shuyao frowned, feeling an ominous feeling in her heart.
She seems to be out of luck. When she didn't come to the snack street, it was peaceful here, but when she came, there were troubles.
This time it wasn't the last petty fight. Today happened to be the time for the new food, and Prince Kang sent a competent person in charge. He didn't do any tricks, he bought the cook of the stew shop directly and went to the store door. The previous shout, shouted out the food ingredients sold in the market.
Originally, diners came here to try something new with great interest, but this happened when they arrived at the door of the store.
"Everything sold here is dirty ingredients, pig intestines, pig lungs, and hearts!" The cook of the Luzhu restaurant held a large plate in his hand and threw it on the street, the bloody heart, lungs, and intestines fell to the ground. , stinks.
Pig intestines and lungs need to be used in dishes, and they are particularly particular about the handling of ingredients. The pig intestines need to be torn off the fat, washed and washed, and then blanched in water to remove the strange smell. The same is true for pig lungs. After blanching, the water in the pot will be turbid. , it is conceivable how much impact the unprocessed ingredients are thrown in front of the diners.
"These things are disgusting to be fed to dogs, but they are sold as vegetables. This is fooling everyone." The cook had a stench on his body, and he brought out the prepared stew and handed it forward, "Look, everyone, Can you see what these are made of?"
Everyone looked into the bowl and saw that the reddish-brown ingredients that were chopped and sliced were piled up in the bowl. Except for the butcher, few people knew what these were.
Most of the diners who come to the snack street are not extremely poor people, and they will not consider using pigs for cooking. The poor people want to taste meat, and they will not buy offal, just because they do not know how to deal with them. The food has no meat smell, just a nasty stench.
At this time, the store selling lo-mei next door also stood up and sighed: "Not only does your store sell those dirty ingredients, I am not here. Look at what these are, chicken feet, pig feet, The claws and hoofs of livestock don't know what they have stepped on, and they are the dirtiest parts of the body, and now they are used for cooking and put into their mouths."
The diners looked at each other.
"When I was eating fried skewers a few days ago, I seemed to have eaten some ingredients that looked like meat but not meat, but they tasted good. I didn't ask what they were, if these..."
"But the store owner didn't lie to us. As long as we asked, they didn't tell us the ingredients. A few days ago, they fried rice in front of the big guy, and they weren't afraid that the craft would be learned."
I don't mind this, and some people who are particular about their food are a little concerned about it.
"Pork, mutton, chicken, duck, fish, and so much meat, why choose some disgusting ingredients?"
"Exactly. Could it be that these ingredients are cheap, and the Lin family wants to make some unscrupulous money?"
This is a matter of concept. The people sent by Lord Kang have been inquiring here for a long time, and finally they have caught such a small handle. For those who are arrogant and expensive, using dirty ingredients in their dishes is indeed an insult.
On the one hand, it feels that there is something serious, and on the other hand, it feels that there is no cause for trouble, and a group of people can't argue.
"Okay, don't eat it if you don't like it!" This was the first time Mr. Zhou met someone making trouble. Hearing people slander the Lin family so much, he couldn't stand it anymore, and squeezed out of the crowd, "What a hat!"
Her eyes were sharp, she caught King Kang's subordinates at a glance, and said to them: "I ask you, did the Lin family eat it in your mouth or lied to you? Eat it if you like it, and pull it down if you don't like it. How serious is it? similar."
She followed Jiang Shuyao to learn how to cook, and also studied the handling of ingredients. She pointed to the ingredients on the ground and said, "These ingredients look dirty, but they need to be cleaned and processed when they are added, which takes a lot of effort, and the taste is not as good as The meat is poor, but it has a strange fragrance, and the price is cheap, saying that the Lin family makes black money is simply unintelligible!"
She was a little unacceptable to Jiang Shuyao's use of these ingredients in dishes at first, but after Jiang Shuyao demonstrated it to her, the anxiety in her heart disappeared, and when she ate the finished product, she fell in love with using these ingredients even more. cooking.
"I think you are talking nonsense here because you don't know how to eat. The most important thing in eating is the taste, not the fineness of the ingredients. The method is not very particular. If you don't understand this, I think your restaurant is open for nothing!"
King Kang's men were startled: "Don't talk about it, what does it have to do with us when you open a restaurant?"
Zhou Shi ignored it and continued: "Besides, you say these things are dirty, isn't it just because they are cheap? At this time, I dislike and disgust. Why don't you say disgusting when you eat monkey brains, deer antlers, and sheep whips? already?"
At first glance, Zhou's clothes looked like a noble lady, but her words were so sturdy that King Kang's men couldn't help sweating, and they were momentarily dumbfounded.
"If you want me to tell me, don't care what these foods are made of, how they are made, what's the point of talking about these absurdities, let's just taste the taste." She snorted and said disdainfully, "You think the people eat with you. Is it the same? What you eat is not rice, it's just ignorant."
Mrs. Zhou ran over and said to Jiang Shuyao, "Brother and sister, we don't have to talk to them, we just cut up the simmered sauerkraut and cut them into small pieces. If you're curious, just try the fresh ones. I guarantee that they will want to eat them after one bite. Second bite."
King Kang's subordinates scoffed at Zhou's statement that these ingredients are so dirty, no matter how delicious they are, he believes that no one wants to taste them.
Jiang Shuyao had this in mind. After Mrs. Zhou finished speaking, she called the steward. The steward asked Xiaoer to bring out a few small bowls. Each small bowl was decorated with stewed stew. The same is true for the stewed food store. Hoof, for diners to taste.
After the food was brought out here, Mr. Zhou stepped forward again, squinting and sneering at King Kang's subordinates.
King Kang's subordinates didn't care, and didn't think anyone would be willing to taste these foods after seeing those ingredients.
But he is a competent subordinate of King Kang. He is used to a good life, and naturally he does not understand the life of the common people. Those who come here are either gluttonous or poor to find good and cheap food, and they are more concerned about the taste of food.
If you can buy food as delicious as meat with less money, a fool will be unwilling.
Someone stood up and picked up a bowl of stew.
The stew is still hot, the soup is clear and not muddy, and the stew is fragrant. It is cooked with fire and pig intestines and pig lungs. Put fried tofu slices, marinade in it, drizzle with garlic juice, soy tofu sauce, and the noodles Sprinkle another layer of coriander, it smells like stinky but not stinky, there is a strange fragrance.
The people who tried the dishes glanced at each other, stretched out their chopsticks and picked each one to taste.
Although the internal organs on the ground have been cleaned up, there is still a stench, so when they put the stewed food into the mouth, they naturally still have doubts and resentment in their hearts.
As soon as you enter, your mind changes.
Very, very chewy, there is some intestinal oil left in the field, it tastes a kind of mellow and rich oil aroma, it is stinky, but it cannot be called stinky at all, but a strange and plump fragrance; followed by pigs The lungs are soft and thick, and the chewing is full of meat flavor; the fire absorbs the soup, it is transparent but not sticky, the edges are a little crispy, but the inside is very watery and soft, the soup is a little salty, the sauce flavor, garlic spicy, meat flavor , The medicinal aromas of various spices are fused together, and the rich aroma hits the forehead in one mouthful.
They put down their chopsticks and frowned, thinking about how to describe the taste.
Seeing someone eat it, King Kang's subordinates suddenly felt a bad feeling. For them, the quality of food is expensive. If these cheap ingredients can be delicious and attractive... He dare not think about the consequences.
On the other side, the braised chicken feet and pig trotters have already been eaten, and the taste of the braised food is easy to describe. No matter what the taste of the diners, there is only one fragrant word.
The leaders of King Kang's subordinates did not expect things to develop like this, how could it be completely contrary to their expectations
How could anyone want to eat that chicken feet? It looks strangely disgusting.
The leader was not convinced, he squeezed into the group and took a chicken foot. The chicken foot was boiled to a soft rottenness. In the marinade, there were gelatinous ingredients such as pork rind, which was boiled and dissolved in the brine, and the marinade became Sticky and easy to hang on ingredients.
He shuddered when the chicken feet entered his mind, the strange appearance of raw chicken feet in his mind, but the next moment, his mind was blank.
The chicken feet are extremely tender. The brine boils the skin and meat until it is crispy. It melts in the mouth. When you sip it lightly, the meat will be sipped. Mixed with the sticky marinade and the crispy meat, it emits a meaty and medicinal fragrance in the mouth. , a little salty, fat but not greasy, rich in flavor.
This... is this the taste of chicken feet
Unwilling, he picked up another piece of pig's trotter and put it in his mouth.
Compared with chicken feet, pig trotters have a firmer taste. The pig skin is elastic, and the meat is soft and glutinous. The lean meat in the middle is thin and not woody, and the fatty aroma diffuses in the mouth. The meat is fragrant, no worse than meat.
He was stunned to feel the fragrant and meaty fragrance in his mouth, and was stopped by the shopkeeper when he was about to move his chopsticks.
"We're just asking everyone to have a taste. If you want to have a good meal, please come to the store." The shopkeeper smiled. "You can take it away. We also have braised pork belly and braised pork belly. It's just right to bring it back for a drink."
He was dazed by the shock of his completely failed plan, and nodded in confusion. It was not until he took the silver out of the crowd and was caught up by his men that he suddenly reacted.
Zhou shi looked at it from a distance, feeling very happy and proud. When he was about to return to the original place to find Jiang Shuyao, he was suddenly photographed and scared. When he looked back, it was a bright and attractive woman with a big belly.
The woman looked her up and down, and showed a very satisfied smile: "I think you are very talented, how about you learn to do business with me?"
This woman is Lin Shi.
Since she wants to come to Sun Niangzi to be a cook, Lin has found another pleasure in addition to running the food business - recruiting women to work under him.
The shipping side has its own arrangements from the Lin family, but the food side is different. She is the only one to worry about. She has been recruiting people recently.
Mrs. Zhou didn’t have any other hairpins when she went out today, but her clothes were more expensive, but now that it was dark, Mrs. Lin didn’t see her identity, and because she was hiding from Jiang Shuyao, she didn’t dare to look in front of her. She thought that Mrs. Zhou would stand up and speak up Later, I found Jiang Shuyao's offer again, and after hearing her words, she seemed to have a lot of experience with ingredients, so she became interested in soliciting.
"I..." Mrs. Zhou opened her mouth to explain, but was interrupted by Mrs. Lin carelessly.
"You don't have to give me an answer right away." She dragged Mrs. Zhou to the heights, "Look at this snack street, such a long street, so many restaurants, and a steady stream of diners, I just ask you, can you still be in Beijing? Find a second place like this?"
Zhou Shi shook his head.
"Do you know why I like you?"
Zhou continued to shake his head.
"Just because I saw your expression just now, I suddenly thought of myself. Back then, eh, not that year, or just a few months ago, I was still sluggish, spending time in the house all day, like a walking dead, and now I am Looking at this street, I can't remember how I felt a few months ago. I only feel comfortable and proud. I don't know why, I always feel that I can see the shadow of me in the past and me now. shadow."
"This lady..."
"I know you will think that it sounds absurd that I suddenly fell in love with you, but I have always been like this, I trust my intuition. When my sister and I seized power in the main house, we ran the dock and seized the shipyard, all relying on one The momentum and the intuition are still the same today. When my daughter wrote me about the idea of a store, a snack street, I had that intuition again, and sure enough, I did it again. Now my intuition tells me Me, I can be big, strong, and even change the look of the food industry, so I choose to follow my intuition.”
Zhou Shi did not speak this time, and listened quietly.
"When my daughter wrote me to tell me that I could use these strange ingredients in my dishes, I really had a hard time believing it, but I chose to believe her, and I thought if it was really successful, wouldn't it change something. People can't eat it. Meat, but these can be eaten. Just like the market in the wharf, the poor people's meals only want to be full, not delicious, but I can let them use the same copper money to buy both full and delicious meals, Seeing them eating happily and satisfyingly, my heart is very satisfied and happy." She looked at the common people in plain clothes walking into the market hesitantly, counting the coins to buy some meaty vegetarian food to take away, with a smile on her face, "It's a different feeling than making silver taels. Even if the Lin family was in charge of shipping back then, it wasn't as happy as when I heard the people's compliments when the store opened."
She patted the Zhou family: "Would you like to come with me? The salary is guaranteed to be sufficient, and I don't need to sign a contract with you, and I don't need to look at people, just keep your happy and hopeful heart with me tonight. Let the Lin family eat and cook."
Zhou shi looked at her, and suddenly felt that the feeling when he first saw the letter from Lin shi and Jiang Shuyao came up again, a little excited, some longing, as if a beam of light that illuminated the bleak past was thrown into the world.
"it is good."
Lin Shi took her hand and said the same: "Okay!"
The two had not continued to speak, when a faint question came from behind.
"… What good?"
Jiang Shuyao looked at the hands they held together, and the bright smile on her face. She was a little speechless and a little puzzled: "Mother, second sister-in-law, do you know each other?"
Lin shi blinked, but didn't react for a while: "Second, second sister-in-law?!"
Zhou shi scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "You never gave me a chance to introduce yourself just now..."
Jiang Shuyao approached, and the two quickly let go.
"Mother, why did you run out again with a big belly? There are so many diners, what should I do?"
Lin Shi shrank his neck guiltily.
"And the second sister-in-law, I just heard what my mother said about not signing the contract to work, why did you agree?"
Zhou Shi also shrank his neck guiltily.
Jiang Shuyao didn't want to wait for an explanation, but said, "It seems that both of you have misunderstood each other's identity. Now that you know it, the misunderstanding just now can be clarified."
The two nodded.
Jiang Shuyao turned his head and said to Mrs. Zhou, "Second sister-in-law, let's go back to the house." Then he pretended to be fierce and said to Mrs. Lin, "Mother, I'll be angry if you run around like this regardless of your pregnancy and labor."
Lin muttered, "I know."
Jiang Shuyao said goodbye to her and led Zhou Shi away.
Zhou shi obediently followed her, walking on and on, suddenly turned around, and collided with Lin shi who was staring at her.
At this moment, two women with similar fates to some extent read each other's eyes and couldn't help but smile at each other.