Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 777 The Opportunity Is Here
"By the way, brother Genzhu, do we have to drink noodle soup after eating noodles here? I just heard my sister-in-law say that the original soup turns into the original food?"

"That's right, most of us are like this here, and the idea of ​​turning the original soup into the original food has long been known. Otherwise, eating a stomach full of noodles is not easy to digest, and drinking some noodle soup will make it easier." Gao Genzhu explained.

Chen Nian nodded, thinking that if this statement is only taken literally, it should mean that there will be some scattered starch in the noodle soup, which can help the human body to digest, but Chen Nian is a major in this field, so he knows this statement In fact, there is no reliable theoretical basis.

But on the other hand, drinking some soup at Gao Genzhu's eating speed can indeed help the gastrointestinal motility.

Moreover, drinking noodle soup actually has a certain supplementary effect. The water-soluble B vitamins in the flour are very rich, but in the process of boiling, these vitamins will be lost into the soup. Make up for the vitamins lost in the cooking process of pasta or dumplings.

Another more scientific explanation is that when cooking this kind of starchy food, gelatinization will occur in the amylase and dissolve into the soup. At this time, its texture will be slightly thicker. After drinking this kind of food containing dissolved starch The hot soup can promote the secretion of gastric acid and digestive enzymes, help digest food, thereby reducing food accumulation.

But from the perspective of aging, the noodle toppings sold outside must be slightly salty, because it needs to be mixed with the noodles. If it is too weak, the taste of the noodle itself will not be enough after being mixed in the noodles.

According to the normal method, although the body and mind will be satisfied after eating, the mouth will still feel dry and thirsty.

So it is necessary to have another bowl of noodle soup at this time.

After lunch, Chen Nian rushed to clean up all the dishes.

"Oh, why are you so diligent, kid? Now we don't know what to do." Zhang Chuanfang couldn't help sighing as he looked at the busy Chen Nian.

"Brother Genzhu and sister-in-law, you can just go and rest, let me clean up here, rest a little longer, and you will be refreshed in the afternoon." Chen Nian said indifferently.

After tidying up the outside, the tables and chairs outside were also moved back. After all, no one looked at these things, and it was inevitable that someone's hands and feet would be dirty if they were placed outside.

Although the folk customs in Lingma County are not bad, there are such careless people no matter where they are.

Finally, Chen Nian also closed the door and went back to his room.

Lying in bed thinking about what to do next.

I have to say that this quilt is still very soft. Although it is old, Zhang Chuanfang has managed the house very well. Even if it is an old quilt, he will often take it out to bask in the sun.

Hit it again with a stick.

In this way, the cotton inside will gradually expand, filled with air, and it will naturally be soft when lying on it.

"Although this couple seems to be honest people, they are not stupid. I have just come here. If I come up and say that I want to learn their craft, it will definitely not work.

As the saying goes, teach apprentices to starve to death master, although there are noodle shops everywhere, but after all, everyone has just met, if they learn things and run away, even if it does not affect their business, it will make people feel uncomfortable . "

"It's better to take it slowly and gain their trust first."

Just like this, while thinking about Chen Nian, he gradually fell asleep.

After falling asleep, Chen Nian had a dream. He dreamed that he had become a well-known master of white cases, just like in movies and TV dramas. And dance this dough in the air like a dragon.

The colleagues around applauded and applauded, and the reporters kept pressing the shutter to record this moment.

But when Chen Nian was dancing the noodle dragon, it seemed that some of the flour wrapped on it fell off and landed on the tip of Chen Nian's nose.

Make him feel a little itchy.

"Ah!"

In the end, Chen Nian couldn't hold it back and sneezed. This sneeze woke him up. When he opened his eyes, he saw a little boy holding a piece of dogtail grass in his hand, lying on the ground with a runny nose. He looked at himself from the side of his bed and laughed.

"Little Fugui, why don't you take a nap at noon?" Chen Nian certainly recognized that this boy was the son of Gao Genzhu and Zhang Chuanfang.

It seemed that this kid was being naughty when he woke up, tickling the tip of his nose with the dogtail grass.

"I've woken up, are you our new guy?"

"Yes." Chen Nian nodded with a smile.

"Then can you play with me?"

Chen Nian looked at the sun outside, it should be just after three o'clock in the afternoon and less than a quarter past three.

"Okay, what do you usually play?" Chen Nian asked again.

"Jump the grid, can you?"

"Jumping grid? I'm so good at this!"

Then Chen Nian got up, put on his clothes, folded the quilt, and came to the yard.

The child of Gao Genzhu and Zhang Chuanfang is called Gao Fugui. Chen Nian heard everyone call him Xiao Fugui at noon, so Chen Nian called him that.

Xiao Fugui has already drawn a grid outside, although some lines are not clear, but it is enough.

"Little Fugui, why don't you find other children to play with?"

"They're all at home and haven't come out yet." Xiao Fugui said, sucking his nose vigorously while speaking.

"Then who of us will start first?"

"Guess the boxing game, whoever wins goes first."

Children's boxing guessing is very simple, especially for a child like Xiao Fugui who has not gone to school much, it is easy to guess what he is going to do.

Sometimes they even quarreled over who slowed down and changed gestures midway.

So Chen Nian deliberately let Xiao Fugui lose three games before he won one.

And the final result is naturally that every time Xiao Fugui can be the first to jump to the front grid.

In this way, Chen Nian had a great time playing with Xiao Fugui outside, and soon Xiao Fugui's laughter woke up Gao Genzhu and his wife who were sleeping in the house.

Through the window, they saw Chen Nian playing with Xiao Fugui, and Zhang Chuanfang couldn't help showing a smile on his face: "I think Chen Nian is a good kid, he works neatly and is very down-to-earth."

"Yeah, for us, it's just an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks every day, and we don't need to pay him."

"Husband, do you think it's not good for us to do this? Don't pay the guy or something..."

"What's wrong with it, everyone does it, and he works here, and he can learn something if he wants to, and I don't expect him to work here for the rest of his life, even if he works here Ten or eight years old, if I wanted to go out and open a noodle stall, I wouldn't stop me.

Besides, what I told him was that there was no salary for the first year, and we can just give it to him later. Maybe he can meet a girl from another family while working here. We are not impersonal. If the time comes We don't have much money at hand, so we can help him with this matter. "

"That's fine, but we can't find that kind of wealthy family, or else our family can't afford just the dowry, and we have to keep the money for Xiaofu Guier to beg for a wife."

"Don't worry, I know what to do."

However, after the two woke up, they didn't feel much sleepy. After tidying up, they came out and started to prepare for the night's business.

"Brother Genzhu, sister-in-law, you are awake."

"Well, you didn't sleep?"

"I'm asleep, I don't sleep much, and when I woke up, Xiao Fugui came to play with me, so I'll play with him for a while, but shall we start preparing now?"

"Well, you have to prepare early."

Chen Nian nodded: "Little Fugui, brother will play with you later, and now I'm going to help your parents with work."

But Xiao Fugui was having fun at this time, so he was not willing to let Chen Nian go, he kept pulling Chen Nian's arm to ask Chen Nian not to go to work, and just play with him here.

"Little Fugui, don't make trouble, we have serious things to do." Gao Genzhu said with a straight face.

At this moment, a few children's voices suddenly came from the door: "Xiao Fugui, Xiao Fugui, come out and play!"

As soon as Xiao Fugui heard the calls from his friends, he immediately showed joy, and ran outside, leaving Chen Nian behind.

Chen Nian was also freed.

Afterwards, he began to help the couple wash, chop and pick beans.

Gao Genzhu went to make noodles.

Zhang Chuanfang cleaned the meat and began to cut it.

"Have you ever cooked before?"

"I did. My parents used to go to work in the fields every day, so I did all the cooking at home."

"Then you are quite sensible. You are only 16 now, right? When did you start doing it?" Gao Genzhu asked.

"About ten years old."

"Ten years old." Gao Genzhu said with a sigh, "The one in our family is already eight years old now, and he still pees and plays in mud all day long. If only he could be as sensible as you."

Chen Nian smiled: "Brother Genzhu, children are like this, they will become sensible when they grow up a bit, but do we have a private school here?"

"If there is a private school, I also consider sending him there to study, but our family's conditions are mediocre, and we can't buy him too many books to read when we come back, and the two of us don't know much, so we will Write the name and do the math." Gao Genzhu still had a sad face when he talked about this.

"Then does our private school ask for money or..." Chen Nian asked again.

"It's okay to give money. If you don't have money, you can get food or carbon to pay for it. The gentleman in our private school is a scholar in the dynasty. He heard that he failed the exam, so he came back to run a private school."

"It's good for children to read more books, and they can use them no matter what they do in the future."

"Yes." Gao Genzhu deeply agrees with this. Throughout the ages, everything is inferior, and only reading is high, and reading is also the best way to achieve class transition.

But in more cases, it is difficult for the poor to get ahead through this method.

Speaking of this topic, Gao Genzhu couldn't help asking: "Chen Nian, do you know how to read?"

"Get to know some."

"Will it be written?"

"I will also order."

"Then why don't you teach Xiao Fugui first, and we'll see if he's the material, and if so, send him to a private school to learn, but if not, let him play for a few more years, and then Let’s open a noodle shop with our family.”

"Okay." Chen Nian agreed without hesitation.

Before, I was still thinking about how to quickly gain their trust, but now the opportunity is here?

After all, Gao Genzhu and Zhang Chuanfang are only in their early 30s.

In this day and age, it can be regarded as late marriage and late childbearing.

But it is obviously not appropriate to be their son at the age of 16, and they also have sons themselves, so they don't necessarily want themselves.

But now it is the best way to quickly integrate into this place by teaching Xiao Fugui how to read and write.

Chen Nian also has a lot of experience in teaching others. Didn't Chen Nian teach Xiaotao the last time he entered the dreamland?

While chatting, Chen Nian prepared the ingredients for himself, and then went to help Zhang Chuanfang.

"The meat should be cut smaller. After all, we sell it here is not expensive. If you cut it too big, you will lose money." Zhang Chuanfang reminded.

Chen Nian picked up Zhang Chuanfang's sliced ​​meat and looked at it: "Then I cut it so big, is it all right?"

"Yes, it can be as big as it is, and it can't be too small, or you will be scolded by the guests."

For Chen Nian, it is now easy to do, not to mention cutting it to the size of the first finger of the little finger, even the youngest old Nian can cut it out.

"As expected, you have been cooking for the family since you were ten years old. Your knife skills are quite good, but you are so far from Sichuan, why don't you find a restaurant or something to work as a waiter?"

This time the question came to the point again, fortunately Chen Nian had already prepared for it.

"In the middle, I didn't think that much. I just thought that the capital was in the north, so I kept walking north. But on the way, I heard people say that the capital is full of high-ranking officials and dignitaries. It's hard for me without a background, so I came to Shanxi. When I was around, I went door-to-door asking if I needed a buddy, and in the end, only you, Brother Genzhu, kept me here."

"Then it seems that this is fate!"

"Yeah, this fate is not shallow."

Gao Genzhu didn't doubt it, because he couldn't think of any need for old age to lie to him.

If Chen Nian wants to steal a teacher, there are many more prosperous businesses in Lingma County alone, and there is no need for Tucai to find him. Should be able to find a job to do.

So he finally blamed all this on fate.

"But brother Genzhu, do we only sell hand-rolled noodles here?" Chen Nian asked curiously after preparing almost all the ingredients.

He is also testing, he needs to know how many kinds of pasta Gao Genzhu has mastered, if he only knows one kind, Chen Nian might have to find a new master.

"Before, there were only hand-rolled noodles, but that was because I was too busy. Now that you are here and you are so capable, I plan to make more."

"Brother Genzhu, are we going to make sliced ​​noodles next?"

"Well, it's the kind you eat for lunch."

(End of this chapter)