I am a Big Villain

In order to buy all the ingredients needed for the prescription, Yan Chu not only visited several spice shops, but also made a special trip to a Chinese medicine pharmacy.

It is not uncommon for medicinal materials to be used in dishes, especially braised braised food. It is very common to add Chinese medicine packets to stew it. Firstly, it makes the braised food have a nourishing effect. Secondly, it makes the braised food more fragrant and richer in taste. For example Lemongrass, agarwood, angelica and other medicinal materials often appear in brine packages.

It's just that the ingredients Yan Chu chose this time are more complicated, with more than forty spices and medicinal materials. This is the simplest ratio of braised ingredients he knows so far.

Originally, he thought that his more than three hundred yuan was enough, but who knew that just to buy all the spices, he had already spent far more than he spent. Fortunately, his mother forced him to stuff two hundred yuan into it before going out, otherwise Not even enough to buy braised ingredients.

There are many types of medicinal materials and spices, but the actual amount used per portion is very small. Unfortunately, the types you buy for each portion are too small. The employees in the spice shop and medicinal material shop are not willing to help you weigh it. Yan Chu looked at his hands The ingredients in the large and small bags are enough to make four or five braised meals by yourself.

In particular, the older the marinade is, the better it is. It absorbs the essence of the food after stewing it several times before, and the food is more fragrant. On the contrary, the later you marinate the same amount of ingredients, the less spices you need to add again. .

"Why buy so many things?"

Jin Xiujuan looked at the big and small bags in her son's hand and felt a little worried about the money.

"Did you buy these pig's trotters from Lao Wang's pork shop? Our family buys meat from him, and the price can be discounted." She asked while looking at some pig's trotters and pig head meat that her son bought. .

The Yan family's breakfast shop mainly sells steamed buns and rice balls. The couple is very conscientious and does not follow the example of some unscrupulous vendors who go to the wholesale market to buy bad pork without quarantine certificates. The fillings used to make the meat buns are all genuine. The price of fresh pork in the vegetable market is rising day by day, so the cost is going up.

The couple buys goods from the Wang's Pork Shop every day. Even if they are long-term customers, they can get some small discounts. If they can save, they can save. Just before Yan Chu went out, Wang Xiujuan told him that if he wanted to buy pork, he should go to the Wang's Pork Shop to buy it. , just state her name.

"I bought it from Uncle Wang. Dad likes to eat pig ears. But in the past, braised meat shops were so expensive that you were not willing to buy them for my dad. This time, I specifically asked Uncle Wang to buy some of the unsold pork from his place. I was given the ears, as well as some pork tongue and some pork cheeks, which I enjoyed a lot today.”

Yan Chu pointed to some ingredients he bought and said.

"Zhong Hua, listen, this son of yours only cares about you as his father. He has even thought about the dinner and snacks for you."

When Yan Chu came back, the couple was kneading dough and cutting into pieces, preparing the buns to be sold tomorrow morning. Listening to their son's filial and considerate words, all the muscles and bones in his body relaxed, and no matter how tired he was, it didn't feel like a big deal.

"Of course, this is my son."

Yan Zhonghua used to be a relatively silent man, but now he couldn't help but smile on his face, and the wrinkles at the end of his eyes had relaxed.

"There are so many things. How about mom help you?"

Jin Xiujuan looked at the contents of the bags her son was carrying. Many of the seasonings were something she had never seen before. However, when she was a child and lived in the countryside, she once killed a pig and made braised pork at home, so she still had some experience. , Jin Xiujuan thought, it is better than her son's sudden whim.

There were so many things, and she didn't know how much they cost. She would feel really bad if they were wasted.

"Mom, I can do it myself. Don't worry, the recipe is very detailed. You and Dad can just wait and try my craftsmanship." Yan Chu said he was sure, thinking that he would also follow suit. The man who made thousands of pots of braised food watched him make thousands of pots of braised food. Even if it wasn't up to his level, it was still a lot better than the braised food sold in ordinary braised food shops.

"Then you watch the fire. If it doesn't work, tell mom."

Jin Xiujuan looked at her son's determined look and felt embarrassed to try to persuade her son again.

There are two kitchens in the house, one is in the house, and the other is a temporary shed in the yard. On weekdays, the couple will choose to cook in the kitchen when preparing breakfast for sale the next day, such as deep-fried fried dough sticks and the like. Outside, those things make a lot of fumes, and burning them inside will turn the ceiling yellow.

This is my husband's building, and the Yan family has no money to renovate it. All the facilities are the oldest. The kitchen exhaust is the oldest smoke pipe, not the modern range hood. Cooking dishes consumes oil and fire. , the room was smoky.

But this was also a spectacle in my husband's room. Usually when it was time to eat, white smoke would start to emit from the pipes in every house. I could smell it when I stood outside the window and smell the food cooked in any house. If fish or meat was cooked in any house, I would simply The fun of eating with your own bowl and plate of pickles and enjoying the aroma is almost non-existent nowadays.

Except for some old neighbors who have not moved away, there are more tenants here from other places. They work hard for life, have irregular meals, and fall asleep when they come back. Indifference is inevitable.

When the Yan family first started selling breakfast, they still sold white porridge. Later, fewer people bought porridge, and the porridge was no longer profitable. The stainless steel vat used to cook the porridge was put away. Now it seems that it is perfect for making marinade.

To make a good pot of braised food, the recipe is very important, and whether the stock is delicious is equally important.

If you follow the recipe strictly, it will take a day just to make the stock. The raw materials needed for the stock are definitely not the chicken, pig, or beef bones that Yan Chu bought from the vegetable market and were fed with feed. They are just special. Due to special circumstances, the God of Cooking space asked him to complete the preparation of braised meat within today, and since he received sincere praise from ten people, he had no choice but to cut corners for the time being.

At noon, when it was time for dinner, Yan Chu began to add onions, ginger, garlic and various seasonings to the soup stock, and began to boil the brine.

"This soup is really delicious."

Before the soup was boiled with brine, Yan Chu specially left a small pot to continue cooking. When he was cooking the brine himself, Yan Chu felt that this recipe was very unique in making the soup, and there was almost no need to add too much seasoning. , the thick white broth is so fresh that people are speechless.

Jin Xiujuan felt that her son was really amazing. At her age, she had never tasted such a fresh and unique soup without any meaty smell. Including the soups that relatives, friends, and children used to drink in big hotels when they got married, none of them were as good as the bowl she had now.

"Gulu—Gulu—"

Yan Zhonghua didn't speak, but speeded up his swallowing movements. After finishing the soup in the bowl, Yan Chu served him another bowl.

"I think it's quite magical. I have cooked soup before, but it has never tasted as delicious as it does today. I followed every step of the recipe. Parents, do you think that recipe is right? What’s the secret recipe? I got it by accident.”

The white soup is rich, salty and fresh, without any smell or greasiness. No matter how much you drink, it doesn't feel too much. Yan Chu finally understands why people have the confidence to call themselves the chefs. Just this version of cutting corners can produce something like this I can't imagine how delicious and magical the food produced by other more complex recipes will be if you follow the requirements and proportions of those recipes.

Yan Chu thought, maybe as 007 said, he really made a profit this time. If he learns more skills like this, no matter which world he goes to, he won't starve to death anyway.

"Where did you get this recipe?"

Jin Xiujuan hurriedly asked her son. At first, she thought that her son just saw a recipe in a book and wanted to make braised meat with great interest. But now, listening to her son's tone, that was not the case.

"Mom and dad, look."

Yan Chu went back to the room and took out an ancient book that he had used a simple distressing method. The pages were yellowed and a little brittle. There were densely written with a brush on them a bunch of ancient characters that gave them a headache. They could vaguely see it. , recorded above are some ingredients recipes.

"I bought this from an old bookstall before. I saw that there were some recipes written on it. Doesn't my house sell breakfast? I might be able to find some delicious and easy-to-make breakfast, so I bought it for ten yuan. But the words on it are all ancient characters, and I had to read a lot of books before I understood the current braised recipe. I didn’t want to see if the recipe in this book worked, so I went to buy the ingredients and make it today. "

Originally, he only knew some ordinary home-cooked dishes, but his sudden improvement in cooking skills was definitely problematic, so Yan Chu found a reasonable excuse for his future change.

The original and distressed ancient books can be debunked by those who know a little bit about antiques at a glance, but the Yan family and his wife do not understand these, especially the densely packed ancient characters on them. They can only understand part of them even by guessing. .

In this way, if Yan Chu learns any new cooking skills, when he shows them to his parents, they will only think that Yan Chu learned them from this ancient book, and will not doubt anything else.

"Zhong Hua, do you think our son has found some treasure?"

The couple has a small vision and doesn't think about making money. They just think that their son is so awesome that they can buy good things even if they just buy a shabby book.

"Hide this book well and don't lose it."

Jin Xiujuan didn't dare to touch the book because it was in tatters, for fear of damaging it. Besides, she couldn't understand it, so it was all in vain. She just warned her son that the book seemed quite good. No, if you keep it well, it might become an heirloom of their Yan family.

After taking a sip of the soup in the bowl, Jin Xiujuan suddenly looked forward to the pot of braised food being cooked in the kitchen.

*****

"What does it smell like?"

It's fine at seven or eight o'clock, and the fragrance is almost non-existent. But when it's nearly nine o'clock, the fragrance starts to get heavier and heavier, and it keeps getting into people's noses. You said it's not even close to finishing dinner. How long did it take? After smelling this fragrance, my stomach started to growl and rebel.

Most of the people who are still living in my husband's room are elderly people. They have already gone to bed at this time. I was dragged out of bed by the scent. I opened the window to smell it more clearly. Which family is so bad? It's so late at night. The good food is cooked, and Gou's mouth is watering.

There were a few young people in the community, especially young girls, who originally didn't eat after eight o'clock in the evening. They were tempted by the smell and stretched out their sinful hands, opened a package of instant noodles and cooked them.

In the past, instant noodles, which I thought were the most fragrant, had almost no effect in the face of this magical aroma. As I swallowed the noodles, I realized for the first time that instant noodles turned out to be such an unpalatable thing.

What are you doing? Why does it smell so good?

This is probably going to be a question that most residents in the community are thinking about tonight.

"Chu'er, does your braised food taste good?"

The next morning, they had to get up early to set up a stall. Yan Zhonghua and Jin Xiujuan should have gone to bed at eight or nine o'clock, but it was the sinful pot of braised food at home that made the couple go to bed and get out of bed, and finally recovered. The gluttons inside returned to their rooms, and the scent continued to penetrate their noses through the cracks in the door, tossing and turning, making them unable to sleep.

After a few times, the couple simply gave up. If they couldn't have a bite of braised food, they wouldn't want to sleep tonight.

"It will take a while to marinate it, but if you, Mom and Dad, want to eat it, I'll take out some of it for you first."

Yan Chu poked some of the stewed ingredients inside with chopsticks. This pot of marinade recipe is the best for stewing pig's trotters. Yan Chu didn't care so much, and also marinated the pig's head meat and dried beans in the pot. .

Some of the ingredients require a short time, such as pork trotters and pig head meat. Of course, they need to be marinated for a longer time to be fragrant and flavorful.

However, if the family eats it to satisfy their appetite for the time being, there is no need to think too much.

Yan Chu picked up some dried tofu that had been cut with a flower knife, some pork cheek meat, and a pig's trotter.

Before stewing it in the pot, Yan Chu first used a pressure cooker to crush the pig's trotters, so that they would soften faster and be stewing better.

The pig's trotters that have been marinated into a red sauce color actually have a faint sheen of agate, and they are steaming. When they are put on the plate, the fat layer is still shaking, and the crystal moist and slightly elastic appearance makes people salivate secretion faster. .

Yan Chu just pinched it gently with chopsticks, and the pig's trotters were cut into two pieces along the joints, just half for each of his parents.

"Mom and Dad, how does it taste?"

Yan Chu picked up the fast pig meat himself. Before he put it in his mouth, he asked his parents, who had already begun to chew the pig's trotters, how the braised pig's trotters tasted.

"Woo-"

I can't speak at all, my wife is so delicious.

The fat of the pig's trotters has been boiled for a long time, and the slightly viscous sauce on the outer layer is a bit mushy. When you bite it down, you can almost lick the pig's trotters with your lips and tongue. The rich aroma is delicious. The flavor of the spices is perfectly balanced in the pig's trotters. After eating it for several bites, there is no greasy feeling like eating too much ordinary pig's trotters.

I just want to take one bite and then another.

The first pot of braised food, Yan Chu made was slightly spicy and slightly numb, because he planned to use this pot as a regular braised food. If it was too spicy at the beginning, people who don’t like spicy food might not be able to accept it. smell.

Regarding their son's question, the couple could only use body language to express their love and had no time to open their mouths at all.

"This pig's trotters will taste better and more delicious if it is marinated overnight."

Yan Chu took a bite of pork cheek meat. From Yan Chu's point of view, he could already give it a high score of nine to ten, but from the point of view of the marinade master, he might only be able to get a passing score of six points.

He can be regarded as a man who has experienced many worlds and tasted different delicacies. He can give such a high evaluation. You can imagine how much attention he will attract in this world once he reaches the pinnacle of this braised food.

Yan Chu is becoming more and more satisfied with the God of Cooking space.

The family tried every ingredient, and each one has its own characteristics. The pig's trotters are soft, the pork cheeks are chewy, the pigs are crispy, and the dried beans are fragrant. Each of them is far superior to the braised food sold in the braised food shop outside. Big cut.

Yan Zhonghua and his wife ate until their stomachs were bulging, and then they eased the gluttony in their stomachs a little. They looked at a large pot of unfinished ingredients and listened to their son saying that simmering it for another night would make it even more flavorful. Not to mention looking forward to tomorrow.

"Mom and Dad, you go to bed first. I'll take some to Uncle Bai and Grandpa Jiang. Our pipe will be puffing away tonight. I'm afraid the neighbors will be drooling right now."

Yan Chu's boastful words made Yan Zhonghua and his wife laugh, but they also felt that their son was right. This stuff really smelled so good that they couldn't sleep just now, and they didn't know if the nearby neighbors were the same as them just now.

They don't care about other people, but they all have friendships with the old residents in this building, so they should send some cooked braised food to them.

Originally, Jin Xiujuan was thinking about asking her son to deliver the braised food the next day. After all, it was already around nine o'clock and almost ten o'clock, but she thought that the braised food would have to be cooked for another night. If those good neighbors would cook it all night, It is a sin to be kept awake by gluttons.

She graciously acknowledged her son's request and took out all the clean dishes.

"Your father and I will give them to you, Grandpa Jiang, and you can give a larger portion to your Uncle Bai."

They are all neighbors, so there is distance and distance between them. In Jin Xiujuan's eyes, the Bai family is her future in-laws, and Bai Ling is her future daughter-in-law as her daughter-in-law. Naturally, she should give them more good things.

"Eh."

Yan Chu bought quite a lot of ingredients today. He filled a basin full of braised food for the Bai family and walked upstairs.

*****

"Recognize the Lord by shedding blood."

Zhang Zifan huddled himself in the room, closed the curtains, and after telling the nanny at home not to let anyone disturb him, he took out the jade pendants he bought today.

He was much more willing to give up than Yan Chu. He directly cut a wound on his index finger with a knife, and blood immediately flowed. He took the bleeding finger and wiped it on the jade pendants one by one.

The first five did not respond because he was afraid that the amount would not be enough, so he almost wiped each jade pendant with blood. When he was about to apply the sixth jade pendant, the blood on his index finger was not enough, so he cut his middle finger cruelly.

By the time, none of the singer's fingers were intact, and the last piece of jade pendant finally gave him some reaction. The blood smeared on it was slowly absorbed, and then he saw a beam of light rushing into his eyes.

Zhang Zifan ignored the pain in his fingers and jumped up in ecstasy, screaming and making noise.

The nanny at home was listening to the young master downstairs. She was thinking about the young master who was always acting strangely these days. She was wondering if she should tell the master and his wife about the young master's situation. Otherwise, if something happened, she wouldn't be able to bear it. this responsibility.

Zhang Zifan didn't know what the nanny was thinking, so he couldn't wait to start experimenting with the baby as soon as he got it.

You must know that the protagonist in the story "Urban Treasure Hunting King" has very awesome powers. As long as you look carefully at a certain item, all its information will appear in your mind. At the same time, he has a perspective effect and is known as any instrument. The stone gambling that cannot be penetrated, this power can do it. There is a scene where the male protagonist shines at the Tengchong Stone Gambling Conference and makes a lot of money. Emeralds, fortune, longevity, golden blood Jade, purple eyes, whatever the hero doesn't want, there's nothing he can't find.

Zhang Zifan excitedly pointed his eyes at the desk lamp at home. His eyes were sore for so long that the words "desk lamp, six months" finally appeared in his mind.

Two simple words, unlike the description in the novel, which introduces an item in detail down to the production materials and craftsmanship, only the name and the year of manufacture.

Zhang Zifan didn't think too much. He was ecstatic that he actually had such incredible abilities. He tirelessly experimented with every item in the room until his eyes were tired and his head started to hurt, and then he fell into a drowsy sleep.

*****

"Xiao Chu, it turns out that your family is making delicious food. I asked you why the fragrance is so close to me. Your aunt and I were lying on the bed just now. We were tossing and turning for more than an hour without sleeping, just thinking about what happened. What’s so fragrant?”

Bai Jiandong, also known as Bai Ling, and his father liked Yan Chu very much. Before his unexpected encounter, he was indeed a good boy that most people could not find fault with.

His grades are in the middle, enough to be admitted to an undergraduate university. He is filial, honest, and most importantly, he has thick eyebrows and big eyes. At first glance, people think that this young man is upright. What's more, Bai Jiandong grew up watching him and regarded him as his son-in-law. Naturally, How do you see how Yan Chu is getting better?

"Yan Chu."

Bai Ling was already lying on the bed. When she heard Yan Chu's voice, she quickly jumped up and combed her hair to make sure there were no sleep marks on her face.

She looked almost the same as in the original memory, but she was younger and more childish than the haggard and embarrassed girl who finally appeared in the original memory.

Her face is slightly rounded and she wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses. She looks like an ordinary high school student. However, her snow-white skin is particularly outstanding, making her look transparent and fresh. She is the kind of person who easily makes people feel close to her. appearance.

"Xiaoling, come here quickly, Xiaochu has specially brought braised food for you."

Bai Jiandong took a sip of the wine with braised food and started talking nonsense. Bai Ling glared at her father in embarrassment before walking towards the dinner table.

"What is it for me? It is obviously for our whole family."

In fact, she was quite used to the elders from both sides joking about their affairs, but the older she got and the more she understood this aspect, the more shy she became, especially when the classmates around her also made fun of her and Yan Chu's affairs.

Bai Ling quietly stared at Yan Chu from the corner of her eye. She had just met yesterday, but for some reason, the look in Yan Chu's eyes today made people even more panicked.