Gourmet and actor

Hearing that Yu's mother wanted to try it, Xiao Ke, who was used to "eating alone", was taken aback for a moment, and almost refused.

According to royal rules, every meal must be tested for poison by the eunuch before it is eaten.However, Xiao Ke was curious when he was a child, so he sneaked to the Jamsil where the new eunuch must live after cleaning.The eunuch who was missing a certain part couldn't even use certain functions, and the smell of urine in the room made him lose his breath on the spot.Since then, he has resolutely refused to eat the leftovers that the eunuchs tried.

Over time, this habit has gradually turned into not eating food that has been touched by others.When he was in the hospital, Yu Xiaoyue always divided the meals into two to accommodate his "new habit".

Now Yu's mother said that she wanted to try... Xiao Ke silently said several times in her heart that I am a commoner, and took a small bowl to make a separate portion: "Auntie, please try the dishes."

He can barely accept it when trying dishes.Unaware that this is just another way of saying it, it's pure self-deception.

Yu's mother never thought that a simple request of hers would cause so many twists and turns in Xiao Ke's heart.I took a bite of the cucumber, and the delicious, sweet juice immediately filled my mouth.The freshness of the vegetables and the strong aroma of the country poultry were perfectly combined, so she couldn't help but eat up the rest in one go.

She thought the essence of this dish was all in the cucumber, so she didn't really want to touch the few pieces of chicken left in the bowl, but the rest was a waste and rude, so she reluctantly put it into her mouth.I don't want to just touch the fresh and tender shredded meat with the tip of my tongue, and the original lack of interest suddenly turns into surprise.

Local chicken is indeed very fragrant, but for modern people who have meat every day, no matter how delicious it is, it is fat.Yu's mother belongs to the kind of person who doesn't like meat very much, and usually eats a few bites and doesn't touch it.But the chicken nuggets in the mouth are only tender and not greasy.The fragrance of vegetables subtly neutralizes the fat, but retains the unique fragrance of local chicken.Mother Yu tasted it carefully, and before she knew it, half a bowl of chicken was eaten.

It wasn't until the bottom of her job that she realized that she was too eager to eat and made another ugly appearance.Simply pretending to be nonchalant: "Xiao Xiao, your skill is really amazing, how did you stew the chicken so well?"

"I processed it before putting it in the pot to make it taste better. However, the main thing is that the ingredients are fresh." Seven points for the ingredients and three for the craftsmanship.Speaking of this, Xiao can't help but wonder, the same chicken and cucumber, how come the taste is so much worse when eaten outside?

At that time, he didn't know what feed chickens and free-range chickens were. Vegetables were also divided into fertilizers for ripening and farm manure.

Mother Yu reluctantly put down the bowl, looked at the small pot of chicken stewed with cucumbers, and then at the green peppercorns on the chopping board, then suddenly walked out of the kitchen and ran towards the melon trellis: "Xiao Xiao, wait a moment, I'll get the cucumbers Pick them all up, we won't be eating pepper chicken tonight."

Temporary change of dishes, wasted some time.Yu Xiaoyue, who couldn't sit still in the living room, came to the kitchen to urge him. Hearing that he couldn't make his favorite pepper chicken, he hurriedly begged his mother: "At least make a bowl, I think about it every day in city b."

There was no other way, so Mother Yu had no choice but to take out a bowl from the stewed chicken, make it face to face, and take it away with her son.

At the beginning of the meal, Yu Xiaoyue was still eating his pepper chicken happily, ignoring his mother's suggestion to try the braised chicken.He has been a roommate for two years, but he has never seen Xiao Ke cook.In order to be polite, my mother insisted on praising Xiao Ke's experimental product, so let her eat it by herself.

After waiting for half a bowl of rice, he couldn't help feeling puzzled when he saw that everyone else was reaching for the stewed chicken, but his favorite was ignored.After thinking about it, I tentatively took a small piece.

Unexpectedly, I couldn't stop my mouth after tasting it.Although the pepper chicken is spicy enough and refreshing, it has no aftertaste after eating it.This plate of braised chicken with cucumber seems simple, but because it retains the original fragrance of the ingredients, it has a long aftertaste, and it feels comfortable from the stomach to the heart after eating.

After a meal, there were several dishes left, but Xiao Ke's portion was swept away, and even the soup was snatched by Yu Xiaoyue to bibimbap.Yu's father also said that next spring we must grow more cucumbers.Yu's mother has already decided that tomorrow after picking the oranges, she will go to a fellow villager's house to buy chicks to raise.

The family of three praised Xiao Ke's cooking skills to the sky, which made him very happy.In his previous life, he was flattered by countless people, but those people were all based on his status and relied on his own strength to get praise, which was new and useful to Xiao Ke.

The dishes he cooked in the past were all for his own use, at most he would let the old imperial chef taste them to see if they were good enough.Because the imperial chef always said it was good, Xiao Ke took it as flattery, and subconsciously felt that even though his skills were good, his skills were limited.

Today, I made a simple home-cooked dish, but received unanimous praise. Only then did Xiao Ke realize that he can be regarded as a craftsman.I don’t know how the chef’s income is in this era?Do young people still follow the old pattern of doing chores and apprenticeship qualifications when they enter a restaurant?Xiao Ke decided to inquire another day, and if it was suitable, he would find a job as a cook when he left the orchard.

Xiao Ke, who had built up confidence in life, slept soundly that night.

The next day, Yu's family woke up early to cut and harvest the remaining piece of orange.

Xiao Ke also got up, at first he was still reading the Xinhua dictionary in the room, and flipped through "From Silence to Rise: The Oral Emotional Journey of Patients in xx Male Hospital Without Abridgement" that was forced upon him when he was discharged from the hospital.After reading a few pages, I felt something was wrong, and thought that I shouldn't stand by while my friend and his family were busy, so I went downstairs to help.

Nowadays, most of the young and strong in rural areas go out to work, and there is a serious shortage of labor force in the countryside.This area is full of orchards, and the villagers all take care of their own gardens first, and the Yu family can't hire helpers at all.Seeing that Xiao Ke offered to help, although he felt a little impolite, in order to finish harvesting the fruit as soon as possible, he still gave him the labor gloves and pruning knives.

It is said to be helping, but in fact the main force is still the Yu family couple.Like Yu Xiaoyue, Xiao Ke's movements are rusty and inefficient.Yu Xiaoyue was originally worried that he couldn't keep up with his father, but when he saw Xiao Ke joining, he was overjoyed and found a good excuse for his slow speed by taking care of him.

The two chatted while picking up the fruit.Hearing Xiao Ke said that he wanted to take advantage of this time to study history, humanities and even social knowledge, Yu Xiaoyue, a scumbag, was immediately in awe: "In order to get close to the goddess in college, I asked her to copy a lot of science and education films, and I still kept them. I still have a set of encyclopedias at home, and when the oranges are delivered to the factory, I will bring them to you when I get home."

Xiao Ke silently promoted Yu Xiaoyue to a noble in his heart, from Marquis to Duke. The royal living habits of more than 20 years can't be expressed externally, so let's express it in the heart.Although, if he really did this in Daedeok, there must be some officials impeaching him for forming a party for personal gain, and there must be dissent.

Working until noon, everyone worked together to load the baskets of oranges onto the small truck.After a hasty lunch, Yu Xiaoyue went to the factory with his father.As the young owner of the orchard, he had to identify people and explore the way.

After finishing cleaning the dishes, Yu's mother came out to see Xiao Ke sitting in front of the TV watching with gusto, and quickly greeted him: "Xiao Xiao, I've been busy for a long time, come and taste the oranges you picked yourself."

As he said, he picked up a full pot and brought it up.

This kind of orange is an old local variety. It is slightly small in size and has black lines on the surface. It doesn't look good enough, but it tastes really good.Bite down a pack of sweet water, mouth fluid.

Xiao Ke felt that the oranges were ugly in appearance, but the taste was not much worse than the tribute oranges, so he couldn't help but eat a few more.Seeing that Yu's mother didn't touch any of them, she couldn't help but wonder: "Auntie, why don't you eat?"

"I've been here for two or three months. I've been getting tired of eating the fruits since they just hung. I'm just waiting for the spring strawberries and red bayberry to be ripe for a change." Yu's mother pointed to the bamboo basket in the corner: "Send There are still two baskets left for relatives and friends, it’s up to you and Xiaoyue.”

The bamboo baskets were piled up to the top, at least one basket weighed thirty catties—well, how much is it converted to the current metric system?I can't remember the ratio just now.He finished recognizing the Arabic numerals last night, but he could only remember a single one, and once they were combined, he was blind again.

Looking at the pile, and looking at the freshly peeled ones in his hands, Xiao Ke suddenly lost his appetite.

Mother Yu understood his expression, and said regretfully, "It would be great if I could make canned food."

can?When he was hospitalized, a nurse invited him to eat, but he didn't keep the characteristics of the fruit at all, but it was so sweet that he felt greasy.If he were to do it—

Suddenly thinking of a snack, Xiao Ke asked, "Do you have lotus root noodles or bean noodles at home?"

"All of them, and some dried flowers. What do you want to eat?" Yu's mother thought he wanted glutinous rice balls wrapped in bean noodles and sweet-scented osmanthus and lotus root powder.

"And dried flowers? That's great. I'd like to use oranges for dessert."

Yu's mother, who had tasted the sweetness last night, suddenly brightened when she heard the words: "I'll help you."

The equipment in the kitchen is not top-notch, but there are basic small appliances such as microwave oven, oven, electric pressure cooker.Taking advantage of Yu Mu's help, Xiao Ke figured out their purpose quietly.

The dessert he made was time-consuming and meticulous: add lotus root starch and bean flour separately and mix them as fillings, peel off a small lid from the cleaned orange, take out the whole orange petal, tear off the tendons, and then take out half of the pulp , fill the void with stuffing.After the completion, according to the different fillings, put the orange petals back into the orange peel at intervals.Finally, cover the small cover and fix it with a toothpick.

After picking out two oranges in a row, Yu's mother consciously did the relatively less difficult step of sorting the orange petals.She was a little short-tempered, and thought it was fun at first, but after doing a few, she began to find it troublesome and didn't want to move anymore.

Seeing that Xiao Ke was still so serious, she couldn't help being ashamed and dumbfounded: It's not easy for a 20-year-old boy to have such patience.The son said that his acting career is not going well, it must be only a moment.With this perseverance alone, he will achieve something sooner or later.

Xiao Ke's patience and perseverance were all developed in the hospital bed.For a long time, he was not allowed to get out of bed due to his illness, nor could he read a book, play the piano, or even listen to the storytelling of his guest.The only thing I can do every day is to drink medicine, eat, and watch the shadow of the sun move from east to west.Stay until the stars and fields are in harmony, the bright moon rises high, and the merits and virtues are complete.

Only then did he discover that being able to do things is luck.Realizing this, naturally have perseverance and patience.

It took three or four hours for Xiao Ke to make twenty stuffed oranges with the help of his mother.The steamer can't hold so much, so it can only be served in the pot several times.

As the water boiled, the orange fragrance wafted along the steam, filling the room with a sweet fragrance, and Yu's mother, who was drowsy, was suddenly refreshed.

At the right time, Xiao Ke removed the oranges, picked them up one by one on a plate with a cotton cloth, and changed the cold water to continue steaming the rest.

After all this is done, the steamed fruit has cooled down a little.Xiao Ke lifted the small cover on the top, took out a piece with chopsticks and tried it, and found it to be acceptable, and said to his mother, "It's not too bad."

Yu's mother had already prepared a small plate. Hearing what he said, she quickly filled one and stuffed it into her mouth in the same way.The soft skin melts in the mouth, and the orange meat and bean noodles have been fused together for a long time, and steamed into a sweet thick juice. The taste is a bit like bean paste, but not so sweet, making it easier to drink.The broken golden osmanthus petals dotted in the juice make the fragrance more fragrant.

She quickly tried another one, which was different from the bean noodles.The unique stickiness of lotus root powder, plus orange flesh, is like a piece of fudge, but it is not as same as the store product mixed with countless pigments and saccharine.

After eating two yuan, Yu's mother thought that the time spent today was worth it, and she regretted why she didn't make more.

Just about to take another petal, the phone rang suddenly.Mother Yu had no choice but to put down the plate reluctantly and go to answer the phone.

It was Yu Xiaoyue who hadn't come home yet, and his voice was exhausted: "Mom, one of the kids who were filming the show ran away and lost one. Dad and I helped to find it all afternoon and there was no sign. Now I'm going to search the mountains. Go back. You and Xiao Ke don’t have to wait for us, let’s rest after dinner.”