Manor Romance

Chapter 58 Star Chef
Afterwards, they checked the water quality and the place where Yunli mixes green fertilizers. Xiaolin and Zhao Xiaoyan, two young people, were very interested in the waterwheel and rushed to take pictures as souvenirs. They had a great time.

To Yunli's surprise, Zhao Bin, who had a high vision, spoke very highly of the two rows of papayas planted on the southern ridge, even higher than his best potato. There are few places better than this, which makes Yunli feel a little flattered.

These two rows of papaya were planted last year, and the quantity is not large. After planting, they didn't take care of them very much. It's a surprise that they can be highly praised by Zhao Bin.

In addition to observing the quality of the crops, Zhao Bin and his team are most concerned about the safety of agricultural products. Although the other party advertises that they are green planters, they also make green fertilizers by themselves, and do not apply any pesticides during the planting process, but they do not know what the actual situation is. You have to watch the whole process in person before you can make a conclusion.

So Yunli took them to the grass planting area, introduced the environmental functions of various grasses one by one, and demonstrated how to mix them to prepare fertilizers. Except for hiding the steps of electromagnetic force, he showed them everything else one by one. See, there's nothing reserved.

After strolling around Xiaolu Mountain, and with the introduction of Yunli and Xu Ping, the group of Mingyi Hotel has a general understanding of Banlu Manor.Afterwards, Yunli took them to Jifang Garden. After the last hail disaster, all the flowers and plants that had been cultivated there were moved to the courtyard of the bamboo building, leaving only a batch of strawberry plants cultivated on the bamboo rafts in the middle.

There were heavy and bright red strawberries hanging on many plants. Yunli let everyone pick and taste them freely, and explained his future plans for hydroponic planting. The true thoughts were spoken.Everyone is well-informed, so they naturally understand the difficulties, but after Yunli's introduction, they feel that this planting direction is very promising, especially when the sweet and sour strawberries are eaten in the mouth, which makes this feeling even stronger.

Lunch is served in the kitchen under the bamboo building, and the cook is naturally chef Liu Fan. The ingredients are mainly picked from the fields. Xu Ping also took advantage of the gap to buy some meat according to Liu Fan's request. Li really wanted to see the strength of this star chef, so he volunteered to help him.

Liu Fan is not in vain, he showed his incomparable knife skills when he came up, dicing, slicing, dicing, and shredding, clean and neat, Yun Li was washing tomatoes beside him, only to hear "Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk" "After a sound, a plate of shredded potatoes was neatly cut.

There is a big difference between chefs and ordinary people in cooking, that is, they don't stick to the usual tastes, and often have fresh ideas, and they try to make new dishes.Take those Dutch peas picked by Liu Fan as an example. There are three completely different ways of making common ingredients in his hands.

The first one is stir-frying. The snow peas are wrapped in egg yolk, and then stir-fried quickly with long-cut shredded pork. By turning over the pan constantly, the snow peas and shredded pork are cooked quickly without overcooking, maintaining a fresh and tender texture. , add a little salt at the end, and you can serve it.

The second is to pour hot oil and stir-fry the snow peas repeatedly until they are cooked through. Finally, add some chili shreds and minced garlic for coloring and seasoning, and you're done.

What interests Yunli the most is the practice of brewing meat, which is also a practice that he can participate in.First, wash the Dutch peas, cut off the head, do not break it, use a toothpick to pick out all the bean meat, leaving an empty shell, then chop the bean meat, mix it in the prepared minced meat, add Stir the raw powder vigorously, then stuff the minced meat into the empty shell, and put it in hot oil to fry it, which is quite creative.

Next, Liu Fan made a few more stir-fries, each with its own characteristics. The premium beef tenderloin that Xu Ping bought was made into diced beef in tomato sauce by him using Western techniques. move.In the end, he didn't think it was enough, and cut and mixed the remaining tomatoes, potatoes and other ingredients to make a fruit and vegetable salad, then kneaded a piece of dough, made a small pancake, and finally turned off the fire and stopped.

When the food was about to be served, Brother Chen came late, Yunli called him very early, but he didn't expect him to be so late.

"If you have other things to do, you don't have to rush here. It's not something important." Brother Chen obviously rushed here, his old shirt was wet, which made Yunli feel a little embarrassed, and dragged him to the Said on the side.

"Hey, I planned to come here at noon, but you called me and said that, it really tossed me a lot, brother, show me who is that student." Old brother Chen was outside the yard. After parking the motorcycle, he looked at the busy group of people in front of the bamboo building and asked.

"It's just the tall and strong guy in the color-striped shirt. You are not an easy student. You showed off a few hands just now, which really opened my eyes." Yun Li pointed out Liu Fan to Brother Chen, and praised , Just now, he was fighting next to Liu Fan, and his superb cooking skills made him very impressed.

"That's fine, Liu Fan, right? Look at me." Brother Chen patted Yunli on the shoulder, then with his hands behind his back, he strode into the yard, making Yunli confused.

On the phone, Yunli only hastily explained that there was a student named Liu Fan in the past, and he had been there for more than 20 years. He wanted to meet him and come to Xiaolu Mountain for dinner. He didn't have time to talk about other details, but seeing Brother Chen's expression, he was confident , very confident look.

It seems that Brother Chen left a deep impression on Liu Fan. As soon as he appeared in front of the building, Liu Fan recognized him. He came to shake hands with a smile on his face and said, "It's Mr. Chen. It's been more than 20 years. You really haven’t changed much, remember me, I used to live in the residential building not far from the school, and I changed schools not long after I was in the third year of junior high school.”

Brother Chen recalled it for a while, and suddenly said: "I have some impressions. There is indeed a student named Liu Fan. I still remember your good handwriting, which is powerful and powerful. Few of the students in that class can compare Up."

"Haha, my grades were not very good at that time, but my handwriting was not bad. My grandfather taught me how to practice since I was a child, and I haven't regressed much until now." Seeing that Brother Chen still remembered himself, Liu Fan was also big Surprised, he replied with a smile.

When he was studying, his grades were average, and he didn’t have any special skills. He just wrote good handwriting, which was taught by his deceased grandpa. He was very relieved to hear the praise from Brother Chen, and praised him more than others. Art is good but also happy.

"The student specially made a light meal for you, come and taste how it tastes." Liu Fan said enthusiastically, holding Brother Chen's hand.

Brother Chen patted his stomach and joked: "Then what are you waiting for, go upstairs, my old stomach has been urging me all morning." After that, the two of them went up to the bamboo building with their shoulders linked.

Due to the bad weather, lunch was arranged to be eaten in the small hall on the second floor. As for the manor, Yunli, Xu Ping, and Old Brother Chen received the reception. A total of eight people surrounded a full table.

The star chef's reputation is indeed well-deserved. With simple ingredients and no rich and high-end preparations, he can create a table of dishes with different characteristics and excellent taste.Not only the three of Yunli, but even Manager Pan and the others ate with gusto. A pair of chopsticks kept going back and forth, clearing away the delicacies on the plate one by one.

"When I came here in the morning, the scenes I saw along the way didn't change much from before. Unexpectedly, the economic environment here in my hometown still hasn't improved." Liu Fan sat next to Brother Chen, picking up vegetables for him, and General sighed.

"There are still some changes, but it is not as fast as in the city. Take Luzhen Middle School as an example. When I first went to teach, I still taught students in the cowshed. Every rainy season, I have to go to each household. Gathered some hay to repair the roof, but it still leaked. Later, it was replaced with a bamboo house. The brick house probably only started to be built in your class. At that time, the old principal took some of our teachers to mix the cement by ourselves, one brick at a time. It was built, and now the teacher's building was built after applying for funding ten years ago, and it has been used until now." Brother Chen also said with emotion, and even the chopsticks for holding vegetables stopped.

"I remember this. Back then, there were only wooden desks in the classroom, and we had to bring stools from home. Some students didn't have a few stools at home, so they had to carry them to school and walk after school. Those who lived far away were hard. "Liu Fan reminisced while adding food to Brother Chen.

"There is no way around this. The location of Linshan County is not good. It is far from the provincial capital. None of the main traffic arteries passes through here, so it cannot attract investors. A few years ago, the leaders of the county wanted to shift their focus to In the tourism industry, there have been a few tourism festivals, but the results were mediocre, and now there is no sound." Xu Ping said helplessly.

"Traveling can be considered. Those terraced fields on the way are really fascinating, and your manor is also good, with good environment and air. It should be able to attract city people." Manager Pan also expressed his opinion.

"The attraction is there, but there are basically no supporting facilities. Even if someone intends to come, you don't even have a decent restaurant or hotel, so naturally you have to think about it." Brother Chen said the meaning of it. key point.

"In fact, attracting investment and tourism are not very practical. To be honest, we must first do a good job in agriculture and expand the outlets for agricultural products, so that farmers can increase their income. With money in their pockets, people with ideas will naturally emerge and drive everyone forward. , Once the foundation is established, it will not be difficult to extend it to other areas." Yunli also wanted to change the situation here, but with his own strength, I am afraid it would be impossible to do it. Opinions are also expressed.

"Xiao Li is right. The agricultural products here are no worse than anywhere else. It's just that there is a lack of channels and the cost of exporting is too high, so they can't enter everyone's field of vision. Speaking of which, you have to help well-known companies like you." Xu Ping had an idea and said, and after he finished speaking, he raised his glass and toasted everyone.

(End of this chapter)