American Peak Life

"Ha, Lao Li, you're still here. Why, you don't know me." Xia Yu saw that he was an acquaintance. He didn't expect this old guy to still be there. He just wanted to give it a try.

"Oh, let me see, who is it?" After all, Lao Li is healed, he has presbyopia, and now he can no longer cut meat, so Li Lao deliberately got closer and looked carefully several times.

"Ah, isn't this Miss Xia? Right, I didn't admit the wrong person." For a moment, Old Li looked very happy.

You know, in the past, Xia Yu liked to come to Lao Li's hot-boiled mutton shop every now and then, and after a long time, he got to know Lao Li. Xia Yu's table.

"That's right, Lao Li, it's me. Your memory is quite good." Xia Yu narrowed her eyes happily. She was still very happy to see an acquaintance. You know, how long ago was the last time I saw Lao Li? up?It must have been 8 or 9 years. At that time, I had already decided to go to Xiangjiang, so I came to Lao Litou's shop for the last time. That time, Lao Litou cut a little more meat for himself as usual.

At that time, I was rinsing the mutton while crying so hard that Lao Li still comforted himself, saying that there was no obstacle that he couldn't overcome. Unexpectedly, when we met again, Lao Li's half-hundred hair was all white, and his face , There are already a lot of age spots, and I am no longer the old Li who walks like flying like before.

"You girl, I haven't seen you for almost 10 years, you cruel little girl, you haven't seen me for a long time, and if you come a few years later, you don't know if you will see me, an old guy." Li said with emotion.

"No, Lao Li, I think you are in good health, and it won't be a problem in another 1 or 20 years." Xia Yu said immediately.

"Ha, you little girl, your mouth is still so sweet, don't worry, this time, I will follow the old rules and give you a little more meat." Lao Li said with a smile.

"Alright, thank you then." Xia Yu was smiling, and it was obvious that she was in a very good mood now.

"By the way, when your friend came later, he said that you are, yes, yes, you went to Xiangjiang to develop, right, hey, when you are old, your brain is also useless, and you have to think about many things. Don't get up, girl, come back this time, do you want to go?"

"Let's go, I still have to go, but I thought I would come back more often, to see you, and to satisfy my hunger by the way." Xia Yu was stunned for a moment, then said.

"Okay, as long as you come, the mutton is enough, and now there are fewer and fewer old customers." Lao Li sighed, yes, the old friends before are getting fewer and fewer, either passed away or moved away up nearby.

Afterwards, Lao Li personally sent a few people to a small box. This box is mainly fresh and clean, without any luxurious decorations. The only eye-catching thing is the copper hot pot on the table.

"Sit down first, I'll call someone to serve the food later, Lao Li said with a smile."

"Hey, Lao Li, we haven't ordered yet." Xia Yu called Lao Li.

"It's okay, isn't this all in your mind? What's wrong? Your taste is different from before?" Lao Li stopped and looked at Xia Yu with a strange expression on his face.

"No, it's still my old hobby, thank you, Lao Li." Xia Yu felt her eyes were red, yes, it must be sand blown into her eyes.

The annoying imperial capital still has such a big wind and sand, I really hate it to death.

The rest of the people didn't speak, Lan Fei just patted Xia Yu's hand lightly, Lan Fei felt the same way, but at least, Lan Fei was happier than Xia Yu, at least, now Lu Ning was with her By your side, isn't it?

Not long after, the waiter came to serve the food. Xia Yu took a look and found that it was the food she liked before. Sure enough, Lao Li really remembered it.

This is really a bit ironic. My parents, because I don't want to marry or become a victim of the family, so I have to leave the imperial capital and work hard in Xiangjiang by myself. These years, I haven't felt family affection. Of course, It is precisely because of this that Xia Yu has developed a tenacious character.

But today, he is just the owner of a hot pot restaurant that he used to go to. After nearly 10 years, he can still clearly remember what he likes to eat. Yu is a rare feeling of intimacy.

"It's okay, I'm okay." Xia Yu wiped her eyes casually, well, it's still the strong Xia Yu, isn't it?

What Xia Yu didn't know was that all of this was in Lan Sheng's eyes. This is the woman I need to protect, and the woman I should give everything to protect. This is Lan Sheng's only thought at the moment.

Chapter 899 The real old imperial capital boiled mutton

The mutton boiled in the old imperial capital uses a copper hot pot with an integrated boiler. This shop still maintains this style, instead of the modern electric pot. The red copper-colored vertical pot has a conical stove in the middle. The Chimney Fool also has an iron clip to hold the hot pot.

The copper pot has excellent thermal conductivity, and the heat of the charcoal fire is transmitted quickly and evenly. The water next to the stove evaporates quickly, sizzling, and the soup boils like waves. It can be boiled at the fastest speed, so as to achieve the effect of "shabu", and the taste of the mutton is more tender and delicious.

But this time, everyone chose the clear soup bottom, which is different from the heavy oil and spicy bottom of other hot pots. The mutton boiled in the old capital uses boiled water, a little ginger, green onion, shiitake mushrooms, wolfberry, and jujube. It's all the bottom of the pot.

"I said, why use clear soup?" For this, Lu Ning really doesn't understand, isn't the better the soup base, the more delicious it is?

"Haha, I know that." Lan Sheng, who had been looking at Xia Yu stupidly all this time, finally spoke this time: "The more high-quality mutton, the more simple and extremely simple clear soup is needed to bring out the deliciousness of the meat itself , the lightness of the clear soup and the freshness of the mutton, the two are in harmony and unity."

It was rare for Lan Sheng to say such a reasonable thing, but it surprised Lu Ning: "Yes, you still know this."

Lu Ning praised him, and Lan Fei and Xia Yu gave him appreciative looks.

"Of course, brother-in-law, you don't know that most of the sheep we eat in the imperial capital are lambs from Inner Mongolia. The fat content is moderate, the meat is tender and has no smell, and an Inner Mongolian lamb has only 40.00% of the meat that is really suitable for cooking. , upper brain, three-fork, grinding stall, tenderloin, tendon, cucumber strips, one head, lamb tendon meat, the meat in these places is relatively tender, thin but not woody, fat but not greasy, and different parts have different textures due to different fat and lean textures. Rich taste."

"Ha, I didn't expect this mutton to have so many tricks." After speaking, Lu Ning picked up a piece of mutton and observed it carefully. Sure enough, as Lan Sheng said, the meat of this mutton is relatively tender, lean and not Chai, fat but not greasy, with red and white, looks very pleasing to the eye.

"Haha, Lu Ning, it's more than that. Do you know why I like to come here to eat hot-boiled mutton? Let me tell you, the boss here is very particular. This meat needs to be deacidified the day before it is eaten. Cut a piece of meat, press it with a large stone, put it in a low temperature place overnight, and let the blood flow out, after this treatment, the meat will be cleaner and firmer, and it will be easier to cut." After Lan Sheng, Xia Yu also said what she knew.

"Also, cutting fresh mutton is also a technical job. It must be cut by cutting. The thickness of each piece is between 0.91.2mm. It can't be done, in the past, the boss could do it, but now it seems that the boss has a successor." Xia Yu said, then picked up a piece of hot-boiled mutton and put it into the pot.

"That's right, these are all very particular. The cut meat is put on the plate, and it is considered qualified if it does not fall upside down. This is the standard that can test the quality of the meat." Xia Yu made the final conclusion.

Lu Ning really didn't know that there are so many specialties in this mutton boiled mutton. However, he tried it according to Xia Yu's statement, and sure enough, it was exactly as Xia Yu said. Turning the plate upside down, the mutton turned out Instead of falling off, it clings tightly to the plate.

"By the way, there is one more point. The old emperor's boiled mutton has put a lot of effort into the dipping sauce. Sesame sauce, leek sauce, and rotten are the three major Beijing flavors, and it is served with shrimp oil, oil, green onion, coriander, and fried chili. , colorfully placed together, it is a carnival of taste."

Well, Lan Fei, Xia Yu, Lan Sheng, everyone added a few words, it was a good lesson for Lu Ning.

At this moment, Lan Fei had already adjusted Lu Ning's sauce, and Lu Ning took it with a smile. At this time, Lan Fei's action gave Lan Sheng an inspiration. After finishing a plate of dipping sauce, I want to pass it to Xia Yu.

"Um, thank you, our little Sheng has grown up and can take care of others, but I don't like coriander." Well, in the end, Lan Sheng's actions ended in failure.

However, in the eyes of Lu Ning and Lan Fei, this action is still good, at least, this guy is not as stupid as before, is he?Well, you have to take the initiative, if you don’t take the initiative, how can you let others know your thoughts, especially for Xia Yu, what is most lacking now is caring, strong women are afraid of pestering men, it is rare for Lu Ning to give Lan Sheng some A like.

"Come on, try my boiled mutton." Lan Fei brought the boiled mutton to Lu Ning's mouth.

"Ha, Lan Fei, I really feel that the mutton you boiled tastes different from mine. It's obviously the same mutton?" Lu Ning was a little puzzled.

"Of course, how to boil the mutton is a big question. The gluttons in the imperial capital often boil a few pieces of sheep tail first to make the soup more delicious. The bottom of the pot you see is not yours. The color of the soup is not the same?" As he said, he asked Lu Ning to come over and take a look, indeed, the soup base like Lan Fei was slightly yellow.

"When did you cook the sheep's tail? Why don't I know?" Lu Ning glanced at the bottom of the pot. Sure enough, a few pieces of sheep's tail were lying quietly on the bottom of the pot.

"Well, as soon as it came up, I put it down and cooked it. How about it? Does it smell a lot better?" Lan Fei smiled and stuck out her little tongue, looking very cute.

"Also, when shabu-shabu, use chopsticks to gently shake it in boiling water, three times from left to right, and then shabu-shabu until it is powdered, and the meat is cooked. At this time, mutton is the most tender." At this time, Xia Yu also reminded, and Lu Ning came to Xia Yu's side again. Sure enough, there was also a layer of yellow oil floating on Xia Yu's side of the water, and the bottom of the pot, like Lan Fei, had a few pieces of sheep's tail .

Lu Ning tried it according to Lan Fei's instructions, and put the sheep's tail down. Not long after, butter came out. At this time, Lu Ning picked up a piece of lamb, shook it gently in the boiling water, left three times right Three times, rinse until the baking powder is dipped in the sauce, and sure enough, the taste is much better than before.

It's ok, it seems that I used to eat mutton for nothing. At this moment, the few people don't talk, and they will fill their stomachs first.

"By the way, how can boiled mutton be done without drinking alcohol? Would you like something white?" Lan Sheng asked suddenly. In fact, this person is a drunkard who doesn't care about alcohol.

Chapter 900 Both e-commerce and logistics must be grasped

"White wine? Xiao Sheng, I can't see it, you have become a little alcoholic, right?" Xia Yu didn't know why, and thought that Lan Sheng was addicted to alcohol now, and he needed some white wine even to eat hot pot.

"Well, if Sheng Zi said so, it's fine, let's drink some, Sheng Zi, isn't there a 30-year-old Moutai behind the car, why don't we have an hour together?" Of course, Lu Ning understood Lan Sheng's meaning and pushed the boat along. Putting forward his own opinion can be regarded as helping Lan Sheng. Lan Sheng glanced at Lu Ning gratefully. This brother-in-law is good, he really has a heart-to-heart connection.

"Okay, I'll get it now." Lan Sheng seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, quickly got the car keys, and ran outside.

After Lan Sheng left, Lu Ning acted as if nothing had happened and should eat and drink. However, at this moment, Xia Yu's eyes were a little weird, and he looked at Lu Ning uncertainly.

"I mean, boss, I feel like you're digging a hole?" Xia Yu said with a puzzled expression, always feeling weird.

Xia Yu's hunch was always accurate. From the moment she got off the plane, she always felt that there was some "conspiracy" waiting for her.