Food Bureau

Ah You had a good meal with fried rice with ham and shrimp, and I was kicked out at 06:30.

At seven o'clock, Ms. Xiao Ziyan, the anchor of the city radio station in R city at ten o'clock in the evening, came on time in high heels. She was the only guest tonight.

Xiao Ziyan is a regular customer for five years. She works on the top floor of a building 30 meters away from the "bureau" and hosts an emotional show at ten o'clock.The host of an emotional show doesn't want to talk about emotions every day. When she can't find a job feeling, she makes an appointment with me, watches my cooking, chats with me, and brews emotions.

"Big seats~" Xiao Ziyan's voice was enough to make one's whole body go numb, let alone make such a sound with all his strength.

But soon I came to my senses, because her hand that looked like a white bone claw was stretching towards my face, subconsciously she turned her head and dodged it, for no other reason than she was afraid that her long nails would touch my face The accident was drawn on the Internet, and Ms. Wang Yaru can interrogate me for a day tomorrow.

I stretched out my index finger and shook it, "I need to add [-] to touch my face."

"Pfft!" Xiao Ziyan's bright eyes closed, and he laughed out loud, "If you sell your looks, I'll really buy it~" He said, throwing the end of his long hair and a magazine on the dining table.

I glanced at it, and it was a women's magazine called "Women's Garden", which specially published some successful women: business women, female stars, female writers, etc., for most other people who live ordinary and mediocre lives. A woman draws a big cake: look, fight!This is your tomorrow!

Unexpectedly, many people will always live in today.

"It's pretty." I pouted at the girl on the cover. She was wearing a dark professional suit, but it could outline a slender figure. Her long hair was all back and she was combed into a fashionable ponytail, revealing a small and delicate body. The face was opened, the camera looked down slightly, and the model had deep eyes and a hint of a smile.

Xiao Ziyan glanced at me, "Oh, Shang Wan, my special guest tonight is Shang Gu's female successor."

"Shang Gu?" Although I hear this name every day, when it appears in this context, I suddenly don't understand what it refers to.

"Shanggu Group, recently our program team cooperated with "Nvyuan" to hold a women's themed week. It took more than a month to invite this Buddha."

"Oh... I thought it was a model posing..."

"The one who can be on the cover of "Nvyuan" has no background? How can you find a model to pose for a photo?" Xiao Ziyan waved his hand, eager to end this topic, "What good food will you cook for me tonight?"

Ayou was right before. If the customers don’t want to eat something, I generally don’t accept ordering. I know the tastes of regular customers very well, and I will continue to create new dishes to surprise them.I will pick up new customers. If I feel that it is not suitable to eat here, I will tell people that the two months are full, and most people will give up. I will learn more about their tastes and physical conditions for interesting new customers. cloth dish.

As for the price of [-] per person per hour, to be honest, it is a bit more expensive than ordinary restaurants, but if you compare it up, it is thousands of dollars more than those per capita, and even the place where a dish costs five figures, I am here It's nothing.So most of my customers are people like Xiao Ziyan who can eat and chat, but are not very rich.Occasionally, guests will bring some famous people over, but they just come here once or twice to get a fresh picture.

"In terms of ingredients, there are arctic shrimps, ham, and flower crabs, all of which you like to eat. When you called, you mentioned that you got angry recently. In addition to the hot weather, tonight's food list is based on removing fire and clearing up." host."

While talking, I put the stewed winter melon cup on the dining table and served her a bowl, "Let's drink some soup first, the temperature is just right."

"Winter melon cup, that's great, I think of this soup from time to time today!"

Xiao Ziyan swallowed the soup, his eyebrows and eyes came together, I know, it's ironed.

While she was drinking the soup, I started to cook the next dish. The Tibetan ham had been steaming for half an hour, so I took it out to cool.When the fragrance came out, Xiao Ziyan's attention was immediately attracted.

"Wow! Could it be Tibetan incense?!"

I gave her a thumbs up. She mentioned that she wanted to try this ham when she came to dinner last time. I kept it in my heart and made sure she could eat it next time.

"Steam off the bitterness and saltiness on the surface first," I explained to her, "and brew it into Dutch pears."

Both Xiao Ziyan's eyes lit up.

Peel the pear, take the firmest part of the meat, cut it into thick pieces, cut it with two small knives from the middle, cut both knives to two-thirds, dig again, and don’t want the pear meat in the middle, ham Slice it, stuff it into it, make four pieces, and steam it in a pan.

Peel the arctic prawns and take the kernels, cut three times on the side of the abdomen to prevent it from shrinking when exposed to heat, wrap it in a soft rice paper roll, and wrap it with blanched radish strips and celery strips.

This appetizer is to be deep-fried. I usually don’t do stir-frying or deep-frying with too much noise here. If customers go out and smell of oily smoke, they probably won’t come again. Ordinary range hoods are too noisy. Five years ago I gritted my teeth and bought a range hood worth more than 5 yuan, which made almost no noise. Although I still tried not to fry it as much as possible, it basically solved the problem.

Xiao Ziyan ate a shrimp roll and was very satisfied, "It's a pity that I have to go to work, so I can't drink." She sighed.

"Come back next time after the show." I saw that she liked it, so I wrapped another one and fried it for her. "Did you know that all arctic shrimps are transsexual? They were all male when they were young, and when they grow up, they are all male." turned into a female."

Xiao Ziyan opened his eyes wide, "Really?"

I nodded, but I heard Xiao Ziyan sigh.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"If there is a next life, will you be a man or a woman?"

I bow my head to the fried shrimp rolls, which is a bit of a tough question.

Xiao Ziyan seemed to have suddenly realized my sexual orientation, and laughed, "I feel so tired being a woman now."

"what's wrong?"

"Society expects you to hold up half the sky with a heroic figure, and the family expects you to be gentle and virtuous to give birth. The two are inherently contradictory. I used to think that there is no such thing as extreme. Find a balance, but this kind of thing does not fall into the I just didn’t feel it on my own head.”

"How did it fall on your head?"

Many times, I know that the guests want to dump their emotions here, so I just ask along the words and be a patient listener. They may not get any inspiration from me, but if they come with a bellyful of garbage, they will bring a lot of things. It's worth the two hours if the stomach food is easy to go.

This is why I have to set aside 45 minutes between two parties, not only to clean up the kitchen, but also to clean up my own emotions. I will never bring the emotions of the previous session to the next one. When the guests walk in, I will always be a dry sponge.

"You know I've been doing this ten o'clock show for four years."

"Well, you have put in a lot of effort and gained a lot of loyal listeners."

"Did you know that many listeners can't fall asleep if they don't listen to my show at night. It's not because I do a good job. Companionship is just a kind of companionship."

"I understand, what about now? Has anything changed?"

Xiao Ziyan sighed, "Recently, my family urged me to have a baby. Maybe no one's job is like mine, which completely runs counter to the family. I come home at [-] o'clock in the middle of the night after finishing the program every day. Life, once you are ready to have a child, you can't do this job."

When I heard this topic, it was really not an ordinary worry. No wonder she sighed. At this time, dopamine is probably urgently needed to regulate it. Xiao Ziyan avoids sweets and carbohydrates for the sake of her figure. It’s okay. Apart from sugar, free amino acids can also make people happy.

I opened the refrigerator and took out a three-row sea urchin with white spines. I bought two and planned to take them to my mother tomorrow. Come.Sea urchin yellow is just a gonad, rich in free amino acids, which react with salivary enzymes to produce a mellow and sweet taste. At this time, sugar-free is better than sugar.

"Do you want to eat sea urchin? Tibetan incense still needs to be steamed for 10 minutes."

Xiao Ziyan looked at the thorny guy, "Sure, it's just a big one."

"It's okay, eat as much as you can."

I pried open the sea urchin and took half of it out for sashimi.

"Sister Ziyan, do you want a child yourself?"

"Yeah, I'm not ready yet."

"It sounds fine. Your body and career are your own. You still have to prepare yourself."

"Well... You said that us ordinary people are really troubled. Sometimes we really feel that the world is not worth it. These women in the magazine," she patted "Nvyuan", "Take them out to educate us ordinary women, in fact Where is the fairness?"

I laughed, adjusted the wasabi and soy sauce, and pushed the cleaned sea urchin in front of her, "Don't say it too early, maybe you will be on "Nvyuan" one day, besides, I don't think anyone in this world can do that." Hold everything in your hands, these women," I glanced at the beautiful female model on the cover, no, pretty strong woman, "I'm afraid they sacrificed something in order to be glamorous, if you don't believe me, you can ask her tonight."

Xiao Ziyan just ate a spoonful of sea urchin, as if it worked immediately, "Puff" laughed, "The questions are all pre-rehearsed, how can I ask casually, I will be fired."

"Ask in private."

I put the steamed pear-stuffed ham on the chopping board to cool. The steamed pear meat became translucent, and the red color of the hidden fragrant ham was faintly revealed, which was similar to the color of the bean sprouts stuffed shrimp roe I tried before.

Xiao Ziyan put the sea urchin in his mouth and coveted the ham, "Look at it, smell it, it's very good."

"You really, seize the opportunity to chat with them, maybe you will feel balanced after the chat."

While it is cooling, I will make the sauce, use abalone juice, raw powder, and add a little rock sugar to cook it.

"Okay, I'll go talk!" Xiao Ziyan seemed to be in better spirits after eating the sea urchin.

I saw that she was relaxed, and the heart was relieved, "Then back to the question you just asked me, if there is a next life, don't you want to be a woman anymore?"

She put her chin up, "Hmmm...you can still be a woman, you can be beautiful, and you can be taken care of by a handsome girl like you~"

I was amused by her, and I kept working on it. I cut the pear-stuffed ham in half with a knife, put it in my mouth with a chopstick, placed it on a plate, poured the sauce on it, and served it to Xiao Ziyan.

Xiao Ziyan danced happily, "What's the name of this dish?"

"Hmm... neither red nor white."

Xiao Ziyan laughed, "Obviously it's red and white!" She put a chopstick into her mouth, and let out a contented sound, "I can't tell whether this dish is salty or sweet, but it's just right anyway, you should try it too !"

I shook my head, it's my rule not to eat with guests, no matter how close we are.

It's interesting that we have different ideas about the name of the dish. She thinks it's red and white, but I think it's different if it's both, so I call it neither red nor white.

Neither red nor white, neither sweet nor salty, unclear, neither love nor hate...

Xiao Ziyan left, but I was still storming with no-A-no-B words in my mind.There is one less sea urchin, and Ms. Wang Yaru will think that I am not sincere. Fortunately, she eats desserts, so I rolled up my sleeves and made her a cheesecake.

The cake was sent into the oven, and I was hungry, so I took out half of the sea urchin left over and cut it into pieces, stirred two eggs, put in pieces of sea urchin and tuberose, and steamed it for myself as a midnight snack.

At ten o'clock, Xiao Ziyan's show started, and I turned on the radio. I don't usually have the chance to listen to her show. Ten o'clock is the time when I receive the second diners.

The steamed egg is smooth, the sea urchin is fresh and plump, and the evening primrose is elegant.

Xiao Ziyan will professionally manage her voice on the show, and it sounds more attractive than usual. After the opening speech of the show, I will introduce the guests to everyone. I remembered that the one on the cover of the magazine just now, Xiao Ziyan said that she He is Shang Gu's successor.

"What is Miss Shang Wan's current position in the Shanggu Group?" Xiao Ziyan asked after the two exchanged greetings.

The person who was asked pondered for a while, "Shanggu Group has four business divisions, and I am currently the President of the hotel design business division."

I just put a spoonful of supper into my mouth, but I was distracted by this voice. I put the spoon in my mouth and listened quietly.Xiao Ziyan's voice is warm-toned, rich and mellow, gentle and charming. Generally speaking, if a radio anchor invites non-professionals to be guests, it will always make the guests look inferior, but Shang Wan is not contrasted, although he is not professional. Sound management, but I feel that listening to it is healing, murmuring like a clear spring.

When I was distracted, Xiao Ziyan said something, and when I realized it, I slid over, as if she was praising her for being young and promising.

Isn’t that right, because I also entered the design circle with a little toe, so I know a little about Shanggu Group, which is headquartered in this city. Shanggu’s four business divisions are hotel design, shop design, home interior design, and theme Small town design, and hotel design when Shanggu started, and it is the most mature one at present. There are even sub-divisions under this division, which have their own hotel chains.

The remnant dreams of the architectural design circle made me a little sad. I looked at my palm-sized small shop, and suddenly smiled wryly. Everyone has their own destiny. For a moment, I felt that there could be a difference of hundreds of millions of light years between people, but Why do I want to be like a monk?Maybe it's because we are the ones Xiao Ziyan met tonight.

This gap made me suddenly lose my appetite, poured out the supper in my hand, turned off the radio, wrapped the cake and left.

The night at the end of July was sweltering and hot, and I finally got a taxi. I closed the door, but I was still stuck in the emotion just now.

"Master, what was your original dream?" I asked the driver.

The master driver looked back at me, "Three hundred fines for throwing up the car."

The author has something to say: 66 friends were randomly selected from the comment area of ​​this chapter to smash the red envelopes, please feel free to comment~

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感谢在2020-08-2011:23:15~2020-08-2112:24:57期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

感谢投出深水鱼雷的小天使：懒人一枚52个；天在水逾白30个；罗一笑、南窗、recode、6～4、此JJ不是彼JJ、ice9_ic1011、偕谁隐1个；

Thanks to the little angels who cast the rocket launcher: Jiang Feng, Miao Xinghe Lc, choose the one who is good and watch it, Chaos, and one heart person;

Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: x1;

Thanks to the little angels who threw the mines: miscellaneous, the pot of meat is meaty, 3 downstream; jianglx, what to drink for the polar bear, no more than a thousand miles away, 2 standing loose; I fell across the road CX, Rong Rong, Wang Zhi, Haleps, Lan Xiaofeng, Xiulan, Is it just because I am in this mountain, Liangmubo, Orange Tree, Mist, One Leaf Knows Autumn Ranran, Ling, the final wind is like a haze, I have to go to the dentist for a toothache, Mu Xisong, I am always hungry, 1 cat and a little fish;

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Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!