I work as a chef in the university cafeteria

Chapter 158

"The taste of this clear soup reminds me of the noodle soup my grandmother made for me when I was a child..."

While eating, Hu Zhihai suddenly said something like this, he thought for a while, and then said,

"At that time, my parents were very busy with work and were often away from home. I lived with my grandmother when I was young.

One winter, when I went out to play with a few friends in the village, I accidentally fell into a pond, and my whole body was soaked. After returning home, I developed a high fever that night.

My whole body was burnt out, and my grandmother was so anxious that she went to the barefoot doctor's house in the next village overnight while she was carrying me behind her back.

I took an IV at Dr. Barefoot’s house, and when the fever subsided and came home, it was already midnight. Grandma asked me if I wanted to eat. I didn’t eat that night. After the fever subsided, I was so hungry that I said I wanted to eat.

Then, my grandma worked in the kitchen for a long time in the evening, and finally brought me a bowl of hot and fragrant noodle soup.

I ate a big bowl, sweated a lot, and then fell asleep comfortably. When I woke up the next morning, my body was completely healed! "

"Tsk tsk, the noodle soup made by your grandmother is much more effective than those antipyretics!"

When Lu Shuwu heard this, he was amazed, and he said with a smile,

"It is estimated that when we were young, we all ate similar foods with miraculous effects. No matter what the disease is, just eat it!"

"Then I don't know. Anyway, I think the noodle soup made by my grandmother that time was delicious. After I recovered from the illness, I ate it many times, and it didn't feel right."

Hu Zhihai licked his lips and said with nostalgia,

"It's a pity that my grandmother died of illness two years ago. Since then, I can no longer eat the noodle soup made by my grandmother."

"Uh... don't be sad!"

Lu Shuwu didn't know how to persuade him for a while, so he stretched out his hand and patted Hu Zhihai's shoulder, comforting him,

"Your grandma will be very happy to see that you can eat so much now, if Izumi knew about it."

"It may also dislike me for eating too much, so let me exercise more quickly!"

Hu Zhihai smiled "hehe", took another big mouthful of soup, and said vaguely,
"But to be honest, the clear soup made by Lao Jiang really tastes like the one my grandma made back then. It's delicious!"

"Okay, if you think it tastes good, eat more. Brother Xiaowu and I have to go home after eating!"

Although Hu Zhihai had said several times that this clear soup tasted like his grandmother's noodle soup, Jiang Yu didn't think much about it.

Many people will have a feeling of déjà vu to familiar people or things when they eat, which is really normal.

Not to mention Hu Zhihai, even he has encountered it himself.

Therefore, he didn't think there was any difference in this matter.

After another half an hour, when everyone had their stomachs full, Jiang Yu cleaned up the kitchen, cleaned and disinfected the dishes, and then went back upstairs to pack up his things and prepare to go home.

After the cafeteria was closed, the construction team was about to enter the site to renovate the second floor, so Jiang Yu handed over the key to the gate to Hu Zhihai.

"Old Jiang, you can go back to celebrate the New Year with peace of mind. I will definitely make it clear for you about the renovation of the second floor of the cafeteria!"

Hu Zhihai patted his chest confidently, and said with a smile,

"When you get back, just be ready to open for business!"

"Okay, I don't worry about your work!"

Jiang Yu didn't say much, he waved his hand and said,

"When I come back, if everything goes well, I'll make you a braised elbow!"

“Braised elbow...”

When Hu Zhihai heard it, his saliva immediately flowed down.

The crunchy, soft, spicy and delicious braised pork elbow is full of collagen, who can stand it?

His eyeballs immediately turned red, and he shouted towards Jiang Yu's leaving back,
"Lao Jiang, don't worry, I'm good at what I do!"

It wasn't until Jiang Yu walked further and further away that he could no longer see him that Hu Zhihai turned back to the cafeteria with a face full of reluctance.

He frowned and looked around, always feeling as if he had forgotten something, but after a while, he couldn't remember what he had forgotten.

It wasn't until he turned around and inadvertently saw the empty cooking window that he suddenly remembered:
Jiang Yu is gone, so what will he eat for more than a month?
Thinking of this serious question, Hu Zhihai's face instantly turned pale...

……

It was only after four o'clock in the afternoon when I returned to my home in Raozhou.

There was a steady drizzle falling from the sky, which made the already gloomy sky even darker.

When I got home in a taxi, the door was still closed, and I didn't know where it was raining outside, and the weather was so cold, where my grandma ran to find something to do.

Jiang Yu found the key from the crack in the door and opened the door. A gust of cold wind blew in from the outside with raindrops, making Jiang Yu shiver uncontrollably.

He quickly closed the door and took the suitcase back to his room.

Grandma probably also knew that she was coming back in a few days, the room was tidy and clean, the quilt was freshly washed, and there was a scent of sunshine.

The small desk next to the bed was also clean, except for a calendar, a clean teacup and a few books, there was nothing else.

Jiang Yu sat in the room for a while, seeing that the sky was getting darker and grandma hadn't come back yet, he thought about it, then got up and went to the kitchen, ready to cook.

He washed the rice first, put it in the rice cooker and cooked it, and then opened the refrigerator to check.

If you don't see it, you don't know it. When you see him, you don't know what to say for a moment.

There are only two plates of unfinished leftovers in the refrigerator, a piece of fat meat and two handfuls of vegetables, and nothing else.

With just such a small amount of food, even if Jiang Yu was asked to make flowers, he wouldn't be able to make any delicious dishes.

This is really in line with the saying: It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice!
After thinking about it, Jiang Yu went out with an umbrella and hurried to the nearby vegetable market.

In fact, it is already a bit late now, and there are no good dishes in the vegetable market.

Jiang Yu picked and picked, bought a little pork belly, and bought a big bag of vegetables such as tofu, carrots, potatoes, vermicelli, cabbage, etc., and then hurried home.

Grandma still didn't come back, so he had to go back to the kitchen and continue to work.

The weather in the south is humid and cold, and it's raining again today. No matter what he cooks, there is a high probability that the dishes will be cold as soon as they come out of the pot.

So, after thinking about it, Jiang Yu decided to make a Northeast stew.

After it is done, put it into a small pot, set it on a simple firewood stove, and slowly "grumble" over a low fire. The food is still hot when the whole family is full.

In the cold and humid winter, being able to eat such a mouthful of hot and fragrant stew will really warm the whole body, from the body to the heart.

Jiang Yu's kitchen is still equipped with a firewood stove, and before cooking, he has to set up a firewood fire.

Although he hadn't burned wood for a long time, it didn't bother him at all.

Jiang Yu put some thin dry firewood into the stove, took some thin wood shavings, lit it with a lighter, and carefully put it into the stove.

Although it was raining outside, the dry firewood in the kitchen was not damp, and it caught fire as soon as it touched the fire. After a while, the firewood in the stove was blazing.

After the big iron pot was heated up, Jiang Yu put oil in the pot, added the chopped garlic and sautéed until fragrant, then put the pork belly pieces soaked in hot water and dried into the pot, and then added some light soy sauce and aged Pump, continue to stir fry.

After a while, the strong aroma of lard wafted from the kitchen, making people unable to resist their appetite.

Stir-fried the pork belly until it became slightly browned, Jiang Yu added water to the pot, added a small amount of rock sugar and salt, and simmered over low heat.

After simmering for more than half an hour, Jiang Yu took out the pork belly with the soup, poured oil and garlic into the pot, and then put potato slices, carrots, etc. into the pot and stir-fried for a while.

Immediately afterwards, add the pork belly and soup together, pour in an appropriate amount of boiling water and continue to simmer.

After the water in the pot boiled, he added cubed tofu, baby vegetables and vermicelli. After simmering for a while, he added salt, chicken essence, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, pepper and other seasonings, and added chili powder and chopped green onions.

This pot of Northeast stew is ready.

At this moment, the whole kitchen was filled with white water vapor, and the smell of stew crowded in the small room, piercing into Jiang Yu's nose, making people salivate uncontrollably.

Removing some of the firewood in the stove, leaving only a few embers to warm the dishes in the pot, Jiang Yu got up and washed his hands, and went to the front hall to open the door.

The sky outside the house was already dark, and the light rain that had originally stopped at some point did not know when, and snowflakes began to float in the sky one by one.

Looking at the vehicles speeding past on the dark road from time to time, Jiang Yu couldn't help but frown tightly.

Why hasn't grandma come back in such a cold day?
He was hesitating whether to go out to look for it, when out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a thin figure, hunched over, walking slowly from the corner of the street.

In her hand, she was dragging two huge plastic bags, and she didn't know what was in them.

"Grandma is back!"

Jiang Yu was startled, but he didn't care about the wet and muddy outside, so he ran out with his feet up.

At this moment, his heart was full of remorse. If grandma had been taken to Jiangzhou, maybe she wouldn't have had such a hard time alone?

But he also knows that there is a high probability that grandma will not go with him, and his own thoughts are just wishful thinking.

"Grandma, why did you come back so late?"

After running to grandma's side in a few steps, Jiang Yu still couldn't hold back, and muttered a little reproachfully.

He didn't wait for grandma to say anything, he reached out and snatched the plastic bag from her hand, picked it up and walked home.

While walking, Jiang Yu did not forget to say,
"Next time, if you still work so hard, then you can go to Jiangzhou with me. I can't rest assured that I'm alone at home!"

(End of this chapter)