Chapter 9

Lin Minjun exited the Lu family’s front door and just walked out not far before being caught up by someone
“Little girl, wait, wait a moment” Someone behind her caught up
She turned her head to look, “Director Su”
Director Su smiled and nodded, taking a few steps to catch up with Lin Minjun, the two of them walking out side by side
Lin Minjun smiled and said, “I haven’t thanked you yet, if it wasn’t for you just now, I would have been tricked by her”
“It’s nothing, I didn’t expect their family to do things so impolite, we old Beicheng people want a face, no matter how the family is, outsiders must do things well, can’t let people suffer” Director Su skimmed his lips, “Their family is not doing things properly”
Lin Minjun smiled and didn’t say anything
Seeing that he was about to walk to the entrance of the hutong, Director Su said, “Just now we agreed to leave an address, this interruption has forgotten!”
Lin Minjun also remembered, looked around, “But there is no pen and paper here”
Finally ran to the cooperative, against the waiter’s huge blank stare asked for paper and pen, left each other an address, Lin Minjun gave Zhao Ning’s home address, “This is my friend’s home, I just came to the capital has not yet found a place to live, if you want to look for me, go to her home and say so”
Saying goodbye to Director Su, when she came out of the cooperative Lin Minjun even bought a bottle of soda in passing, drinking it as she walked
Touching the steaming four hundred dollars in her pocket, and then glancing at the gradually blurring Lu’s yard in the morning mist, Lin Minjun had the feeling of being reborn and saying goodbye to the past
Now that the money is there, rent a house, do business, and see what kind of life she can really live!
Borrowing to live in Zhao Ning’s house, just making a meal to thank is certainly not enough, on the way back from Lu’s house, Lin Minjun is calculating to give the Zhao family a formal meal of Yunnan flavor cuisine today
First go to the market to buy ingredients, not many years of reform and opening up, the kind of five flowers and three layers of meat still have to buy with a ticket, Lin Minjun have money without a ticket, can only look at the five flowers, can not buy hands, and finally cut a piece of meat with fat, and then turn to other stalls to go
Fortunately, today’s chicken is very fresh, Lin Minjun asked for a large, and then turned to the vegetable stalls to ask for green garlic seedlings, seasonal beans and so on
When I left, the seafood stall was being loaded, and I could smell a fishy smell of seafood from a distance
“Comrade, what’s coming today?” Lin Minjun walked over and asked
The waiter pointed to something in the bag, “Jellyfish head, want it?”
“Want! Give me a pound of it”
Carrying the ingredients and seasonings back to Zhao’s house, the only person in the house was Zhao’s mother who was recuperating at home, Lin Minjun greeted her and said that she was specializing in making a meal today, so she went into the kitchen
On the way back she thought of what to make today, the old hen was slaughtered and bled first, leaving the chicken breast meat alone, chopping the rest of the chicken miscellaneous and chicken meat into cubes and marinating it with chopped brown sugar and coarse rice wine
In fact, this dish should have used the tile pot, stewed more flavor, but the conditions are simple, there is no need to pay attention to so much
After stewing the chicken first, Lin Minjun began to prepare the other dishes
Zhao family dinner today, plus she is a total of four people, both to eat well, but there is no need to be too wasteful, so Lin Minjun prepared a total of three dishes and a soup
Zhao Ning came home just in time for Lin Minjun to pour the shredded chicken and jellyfish heads into the pot together, and with a stabbing sound, the hot oil instantly boiled
Taking a deep breath of the smell wafting out of the kitchen, she said, “We’re in for a treat today!”
By the time Zhao’s father arrived home, all of the meals were cooked right on the table, hot and full of the entire small table
Zhao Ning tasted a bite of fried shredded chicken with jellyfish skin, savored it, and nodded, “Yummy!”
Chicken breast stew meat will be very firewood, cut into shredded chicken stir-fried, mastered the fire but tasted very tender
Then clip a chopstick of crispy red beans, Zhao Ning began to say, “This is the flavor! This is the flavor we ate in Yunnan! The four-season beans are sour, spicy, and crispy”
Lin Minjun couldn’t help but smile
Crispy red beans in the beans are not red beans, but four seasonal beans, because the color is red after the pot, it is named Crispy Red Beans, frying will also put the sour pickles that she brought from Yunnan, eating is both sour and spicy flavor, not yet in your mouth, just smell people mouth and mouth, not to mention a bite of the four seasonal beans, that kind of crunchy texture
Father Zhao also picked up a chopstick of crispy red beans and slowly savored it, he didn’t say anything, but his chopsticks never stopped, and he added a bowl of rice as well
Lin Minjun cooked such a meal today, of course it wasn’t just to thank the Zhao family for giving her a place to stay for the time being, there were also things she wanted to ask for advice
She pointed to the rice on the table and first gave Father Zhao a high hat, “Uncle, I heard Zhao Ning say that you are a first class chef at the Capital Restaurant and your skills are especially good, so you must know the tastes of the people of the capital very well, right?”
Father Zhao picked up a chopstick of fried shredded chicken with jellyfish skin, crunching and chewing, “Let’s not be modest about this, I’m an old Beicheng resident, and I’m in a hardworking profession, so when I say I understand it, I definitely understand a few things, what do you want to ask?”
Lin Minjun: “You say, can I set up a stall in the capital? I’m sure I can’t go back to Yunnan in this situation, my uncle will sell me off I thought, now there are so many people who set up stalls, and I only have a cooking skill that is passable, how can I support myself by setting up a stall”
After hearing this, Zhao father slowly stopped his chopsticks, frowning in contemplation, also helping to analyze
After a while, he said in a deep voice, “Girl, I can’t say whether this business will definitely make money or definitely not, I’ll give you two suggestions”
“You say” Lin Minjun poured another cup of tea, with a sincere and studious face
“The first is pots and pans and other tools, although setting up a stall is not considered a serious business, but you should buy them, even if you scramble an egg these can’t be missing, can they?” Zhao father looked askance at Lin Minjun and said
Lin Minjun nodded, “Yes, I’ve planned for all of these, I’ll find a place to buy them when the time comes”
“That’s the second, Yunnan flavor is not accepted by everyone, like your aunt, if you want to do business in the capital you have to improve the taste of your meals to cater to local tastes, otherwise this business won’t last long” Zhao father added
This was also true, just like Zhao Ning’s mom, she didn’t like sour and spicy flavors, of the four dishes on the table, she only ate the drunken chicken and garlic fried pea tips
Lin Minjun thought for a moment, “You’re right, my current intention is to start improving the flavor of the meals once I rent a house”
Since we were talking about renting an apartment, Lin Minjun had to talk about renting an apartment again