Rebirth of the leisurely life in ancient times

Xia Zixuan waited for a quarter of an hour before the food came.

She first tasted a piece of steamed sea bass with chopsticks, and frowned as soon as she put it into her mouth. The fish looked delicious, but the "taste" still did not completely remove the fishy smell.

She tasted the braised pork again. Hmm, it was just as it looked, too greasy. She even felt like vomiting. She hated that kind of greasy meat the most.

I quickly drank a few mouthfuls of winter melon soup, and phh~ I felt much better. The nausea was finally suppressed. The stir-fried vegetables and winter melon soup were pretty good and suited her taste.

Xia Zixuan felt a little worried when looking at the fish and braised pork. She didn’t want to eat anymore!

Just when he was about to call the waiter over, he saw out of the corner of his eye two children in tattered clothes outside the restaurant, holding a broken bowl in their hands, and looking into the store from time to time.

Xia Zixuan called the waiter and said, "Please help me take the fish and meat to the two children outside the door!"

"Okay, I'll thank you on their behalf. They are also pitiful. Every time they come to the restaurant, they will give some leftovers to the kind people they meet..."

Xia Zixuan didn't say anything after hearing this. There were so many poor people in this world, and she couldn't help them all.

She saw that after the waiter gave them the meat, they bowed to her and thought to herself: They are grateful children. But she was alone now, how could she take care of so many children!

She shook her head and decided not to think about those trivial things anymore. The important thing was the business.

She called the waiter and asked, "Can you introduce me to your shopkeeper? I have something I want to discuss with him."

Although the waiter didn't know what the girl wanted to see the shopkeeper for, he still said, "Okay, girl, our shopkeeper is in the study. I'll go and ask him to come over."

"Okay, thank you, little brother."

After waiting for a while, the waiter came over with a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties. "Boss, this girl wants to see you for something."

The shopkeeper nodded, looked at Xia Zixuan and said softly, "I am the shopkeeper of this restaurant. My surname is Chen. I don't know what the young lady wants to see me for."

Xia Zixuan bowed slightly and said, "Hello, Shopkeeper Chen. My last name is Xia. I want to discuss a business deal with you. I wonder if you can help me?"

Shopkeeper Chen looked at the girl in front of him. In all his years as a shopkeeper, he had never met a girl who came to him to discuss business. He wanted to hear what business she had to discuss with him.

"Okay, please follow me to the backyard, Miss Xia. I wonder what business you want to discuss?"

Xia Zixuan didn't know what Shopkeeper Chen was thinking. "I won't beat around the bush with you. I don't know what you think of the taste of your restaurant's food. To be honest, I just ate a few bites, but the taste was really bad. I won't say anything else, but the braised pork was too greasy, and the fishy smell was not completely removed."

Shopkeeper Chen brought Xia Zixuan to the backyard. He was not angry after hearing what she said, because he knew how the fish and meat dishes in the restaurant tasted.

"Miss Xia is right. We have tried many methods, but the fishy smell still cannot be removed. Does Miss Xia have a good solution?"

Xia Zixuan was waiting for him to say this! She smiled and said, "I came to see the shopkeeper just for this matter. I have a few recipes and methods on how to remove the fishy smell. Can I borrow the kitchen for use?"

When Shopkeeper Chen heard that there was a way to remove the fishy smell, his eyes lit up, "Okay, Miss Xia, follow me. There is a small kitchen over here with all the supplies. Feel free to use it."

"Okay, I promise I won't let you down, Shopkeeper Chen."

When they arrived at the small kitchen, Shopkeeper Chen asked, "Miss Xia, do you need help? I'll ask someone to call them over."

Xia Zixuan waved her hand and said, "No need, I can do it myself."

What a joke! If she asked someone to help, how would she smuggle the peppers and other things out of the space?

Hearing her say this, Shopkeeper Chen thought it was true. No one would tell others their recipes before selling the food. After figuring it out, he didn't say anything else and left the kitchen, leaving Xia Zixuan alone to prepare the ingredients.

After Manager Chen left, Xia Zixuan looked at the things in the small kitchen. There was really everything including chicken, duck, fish and meat. She took out a sea bass weighing about two pounds.

She planned to make steamed sea bass, braised pork and stir-fried chicken. However, potatoes and peppers were not available here, so she wanted to use peppers and then spread their reputation little by little.

As a person who loves spicy food, how can I allow food without chili peppers!

She also wants to plant more chili peppers so that people here can also know what it means to love spicy food.

Xia Zixuan first processed the fish, and then cut the pork belly and chicken chunks and put them aside for later use.

Cut the fish head and tail, and cut the fish back without cutting it off, add salt. There is no white pepper and ginger here, so Xia Zixuan took out a piece of ginger and a small bottle of white pepper from the space, cut the green onion and ginger into shreds, spread them evenly and marinate them.

Wait for the water to boil and steam for about seven minutes. Remove the scallion and ginger from the pot, pour out excess water, add chopped green onion and colored pepper, pour a spoonful of hot oil to bring out the aroma, and a simple steamed sea bass is ready.