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Old man Hu’s house is still an old house with brick and wood structure. It’s not that he doesn’t have money to build a new house, but old man Hu thinks this old house is comfortable to live in, and things are clearly placed and taken. There is no tearing down and rebuilding.

However, old houses are also better than old houses. The living room is very large, and it does not feel dry and cold after entering the house.

Master Zhou immediately started cooking. He was going to help Gu Bai handle the ingredients and prepare the ingredients, but Gu Bai said that he would do it by himself.

Although sometimes I want to eat other people's cooking, but after cooking so many times, Gu Bai likes cooking. As long as he doesn't tire himself out, preparing food is quite a joy for him.

The first step in making stir-fried beef with watermelon rind is to take out the melon rind first. Gu Baixun cleaned the watermelon, then made a big soup pot, cut the watermelon open, scooped out the inner melon meat, let others eat first, they Cooking here also takes a little bit of time, and if you can't eat, eat some fruit before meals to fill your stomach.

After digging, Gu Bai ate a piece of watermelon. It must be said that this place is probably suitable for growing watermelons. Even if the watermelons produced at this time taste good, they are not as good as crispy ones, but they taste better than those produced in some greenhouses outside. It's a lot better, and it's no wonder that beautiful and crispy watermelons can be raised.

Gu Bai looked at the outermost layer of green skin of the melon rind. It stands to reason that if you fry the melon rind, it is best to peel off this green skin because it is hard. However, the rind of this melon is also very crisp and tender. The skin isn't too thin, but the green skin isn't too hard, so Gu Bai didn't peel it at all, it's more delicious to eat with the skin.

Cutting the melon rind is also very particular. The uniform thickness of the melon rind is a kind of taste. It is cut into a sickle shape, and the front is thin and the back is thick. Since it is in the state of the skin, Gu Bai simply chose the latter. .

Holding the watermelon in one hand and the kitchen knife in the other, he kept turning his hands, peeling off the skin of the melon piece by piece like peeling lotus root slices before, and then flew into the basin in front of him with force.

This step is more difficult than cutting the melon rind. If you cut it, you can get a good grasp of the thickness of the melon rind. However, if you are not familiar with the grip of the knife, and there is any obstacle on the outside of the melon rind, the rind will be thicker.

Fortunately, Gu Bai's knife skills are very stable, a pot of melon skin was quickly peeled off by Gu Bai, and the slices were uniform in thickness.

Master Zhou is also cooking. He is also the head chef in the kitchen. He is responsible for cooking, and he hasn't done the work of preparing and cutting vegetables for a while.

It’s just that he cuts a little slower here, seeing Gu Bai’s flowing movements, he couldn’t help but take a few more glances.

After the skin of the melon was peeled, Gu Bai sprinkled some salt into it, stirred it evenly, and prepared to marinate it for a while to kill the water in the watermelon, otherwise the water will come out when cooking, and it will dilute the sweetness of the melon skin and the meat of the beef fragrant.

The dish can't be without some moisture, it's too dry, but if there is too much moisture, the taste will be worse.

Gu Bai turned his head and went to clean the beef again. The Hu family's beef was bought in the town. The freshly killed yellow beef does not have as much moisture as buffalo beef, but it tastes very fragrant and has a good taste.

After cleaning the beef, cut it against the grain into slices, Gu Bai added soy sauce cooking wine and other seasonings into it, and then marinated it evenly. This step is to let the beef taste and remove some fishy smell by the way.

"Is there any peanut oil?" Gu Bai asked Old Man Hu.

"Yes, yes, but I squeezed it myself, can it be used?" Old man Hu hurriedly found a mineral water bottle from the cabinet, which contained golden yellow peanut oil.

Gu Bai didn’t report any hope at first, he just asked casually, after all, peanut oil is not commonly used, it’s better to have some, and it’s not that you can’t use other oils, I didn’t expect that the Hu family really had it.

He took the bottle and unscrewed it and smelled it. It smelled fragrant, and the peanut smell was relatively simple. It was considered high-quality peanut oil.

Gu Bai put the peanut oil aside, chopped the red pickled peppers and garlic, waited until the beef was almost marinated, then poured a spoonful of peanut oil into it, and continued to stir well.

Although Mr. Hu only has one stove in his house, it doesn't bother him. At this time, the neighbors' meals are finished, and the neighbors in the village have been friends for decades, so it's easy to use the stove to cook.

Originally, Master Zhou wanted to go there by himself, but Gu Bai saw that there was only one dish on his side, while Master Zhou's side had obviously more dishes, so he went over with the ingredients directly, without giving Master Zhou a chance to refute.

Hu Cheng quickly followed to light the fire.

The neighbor is also an old man at home, with a child, the child is about five or six years old, and he doesn't know if he goes to school, but Gu Bai feels that it is quite troublesome to go to school here, because there is no elementary school in the village, and the only way to go to school is to go to the town. superior.

Fortunately for the older children, at such a young age, it is not at ease not to pick them up back and forth. After all, there are many dangers on the road, but it is inconvenient for two elderly people in the family to pick up back and forth.

The child was a little curious about Gu Bai, so he lay on the door of the kitchen and looked towards him.

Gu Bai glanced at him, and told him not to come over, after all, there is still fire in the cooking pot, hot oil and fire, if a child comes close, it is easy to be dangerous.

The neighbor's house also has a big pot and a big stove. This big pot can put a child in it, but it is also very useful when cooking, so you don't have to worry about frying the dishes.

Gu Bai usually does not have this worry when cooking. The main reason is that this time he made a watermelon rind in one go. The rind is quite a lot, and it fills a basin. If it is an ordinary small frying pan, it probably won't be able to fill it all.

Hu Cheng folded firewood and stuffed it into the stove, he heard from Gu Bai that he didn't need to put too much firewood this time, so he put in a little less.

Heat up the pan, pour in cold oil, Gu Bai slides the beef down without waiting for the oil to heat up, stir fry the beef until it changes color, and then quickly remove it.

Scoop out the oil and pour it out. Gu Bai reminded Hu Cheng to add firewood, pull the bellows, and then pour the oil again. After sautéing the peppercorns, scoop out the peppercorns, add red pickled peppers and shredded sour peppers, and stir-fry until the fragrance is released. .

After all this tossing, the air is already filled with the aroma of spices. Although the aroma is very exciting, people who are really irritating can't help but take a breath. Gu Bai quickly poured the melon skin down and stir-fried. After a while, the watermelon rind was fried into an almost translucent appearance.

Gu Bai continued to pour in the beef, poured a little cooking wine along the side of the pot to enhance the aroma and remove the fishy smell, added a little sugar to enhance the freshness, stir-fried a few times and it was out of the pot.

The beef is already slipping through the oil, so it cannot be stir-fried for too long. If it is fried for too long, all the water will come out, and it will get old after eating.

Although the rind of the watermelon after stir-frying does not look so much, it is the rind of a watermelon after all, and the weight is still quite a lot.

The big plate that Hu Cheng brought over could not be filled. Gu Bai saw the child who was looking at the kitchen without blinking. I would like to thank the other party for lending him the cooking oil and salt.

Hu Cheng has no opinion at all, the watermelon was bought by Gu Bai, although the meat is from their family, but it was cooked for Gu Bai, so it is also for Gu Bai to dispose of.

The two elderly neighbors repeatedly declined, but when Gu Bai came, he said that there was too much leftovers to hold the plate, and it would be troublesome to take the plate. The two elderly people also saw Gu Bai's actions and knew what he said was true. My little grandson looked at this dish and seemed to be too greedy, and they couldn't help swallowing when they smelled the fragrance of this dish.

Speaking of which, they are getting older, their sense of taste is not very good, and their sense of taste is not accurate. It is conceivable what the taste of the dishes they make is. After eating these, there was nothing good to eat.

As for what Gu Bai made, they didn't even need to taste it, they knew it must be delicious after smelling it, and thinking of their little grandson's greedy look, they couldn't say any excuses, and accepted it with some embarrassment.

Although these stir-fried beef with melon rinds are leftovers, it is only because the whole dish is too much, and when they are placed on the plate, it is not obvious at all that there is extra.

While Gu Bai is busy here, Master Zhou is still working on it. He is planning to make four dishes, plus a soup. He probably wants to make them quickly so that everyone can eat. Master Zhou is not cooking any complicated dishes. , extremely homely.

Braised eggplant, hot and sour potato shreds, spicy chicken, braised fish, winter melon sliced ​​meat soup, although there are more vegetarians, but it is almost enough for a few people to eat at noon.

It's not that you can't cook more, after all, if it's a banquet, there won't be too many dishes on this table, but it will waste more time that way.

Although people at the table could eat first and he was busy in the kitchen, Jiang Xiu still told Master Zhou not to work too much. This is not for the banquet, as long as the meal is enough.

The soup was placed in the middle, and Gu Bai picked a middle place to put his plate of stir-fried beef with watermelon rind in it.

Seeing that Gu Bai came back, everyone started to move. The first chopsticks must be the melon rind. Gu Bai Jiang Xiuli said that the Chuan clips are habitual to eat Gu Bai's first, and Master Zhou wants to try Gu Bai. craftsmanship.

He has already grasped Gu Bai's ability to comment. It can be said that today's meal is also using the newly acquired experience. He was afraid that cooking in this unfamiliar kitchen would be poor, so he tasted it after cooking and discovered the taste. It's a little bit better than before.

Although the improvement is not very obvious, and ordinary diners may not be able to notice it, but he thinks that Gu Bai should be able to taste it.

He originally thought that Gu Bai's commenting ability was very strong, but after communicating with the chefs in Linzhang City, Gu Bai's cooking skills were also not good, so he became very curious and wanted to go to Yuchun Building for breakfast, but Unexpectedly, I tasted the hot food first.

Hu Cheng is also curious about Gu Bai's cooking skills, and by the way, he is a little greedy. After all, when Gu Bai cooks, he helps to light the fire. From the beginning to the end, it is difficult not to be greedy. Fame is a bit impatient.

As for Old Man Hu, he originally wanted to eat spicy chicken, but when he saw that everyone else was eating melon rinds, he hesitated and changed the direction of putting his chopsticks on the plate, choosing to follow the crowd.

The beef is tender and juicy, slightly spicy with the sweetness of melon rind, which is extremely delicious. In addition to the sweetness and refreshingness, the melon rind absorbs the aroma of beef. The taste is neither salty nor bland, but it is very delicious after eating.

Master Zhou took a bite, and silently served a bowl of rice. He felt that this dish would be more delicious when served with rice. He picked up a chopstick and put the stir-fried beef with melon rind into the bowl. The rice was soaked in the reddish-brown soup.

He ate a mouthful of vegetables first, and then a mouthful of rice. The taste of the soup was relatively light, probably because it was the juice oozing from the skin of the melon. It was slightly sweet and slightly salty, and it went well with the rice. Surprisingly delicious together.

Master Zhou was amazed by the taste of fried beef with melon rind. Old man Hu and Hu Cheng were not like this, and their feelings were even deeper than his, because they had eaten too many dishes made of melon rind before. There are many ways to do it.

Although it is not to the extent of being hurt, but the melon rind is at peace, Hu Cheng is better, Hu old man is completely calm.

But now eating the melon rind made by Gu Bai, old man Hu feels that all the melon rinds he ate for decades were all for nothing, a waste of good ingredients, how could he do that before?

Old man Hu couldn't figure it out, but it didn't stop him from eating fried pork with melon skin with a few more chopsticks.

It's just that eating melon rind, although the taste of melon rind is not too heavy, but it's always a bit unsatisfactory to eat for nothing, and a few people noticed the situation with Master Zhou.

Seeing him eating like this, other people couldn't help but brought the rice over. After this combination, they found that this dish is really delicious when eaten with rice, especially because there is a lot of soup. better.

Originally, old man Hu felt a little bit sorry for the dishes on the table. After all, there were only five or six dishes for guests to eat, and one of them was cooked by the guests, which was a bit too shabby, but now, he felt that there was no need to worry.

Once he ate the rice, he couldn't eat too much food, and he still had to worry about what to do if there were too many leftovers.

But old man Hu thought about it, if the taste of the leftovers was so good, he wouldn't mind any leftovers.

The Hu family ate happily, while the old and the young next door swallowed the fried pork with melon rind left by Gu Bai.

The bright red shredded pickled peppers, the brown beef dipped in the soup, the green and white inside the light red melon skin, combined together it becomes a very good-looking stir-fried beef with melon skin.

When it comes to melon rinds, the three people present have grown melons since they were young. Who told them to produce melons, and it would be a waste not to eat melons.

And the two old people often make melon rinds. The reason is that besides the melons, the watermelon rinds are easy to fry. Just add a little salt and a little pepper. It won’t turn over too much, but it’s not so delicious .

Just facing the colorful melon rind dish in front of him and thinking about the stir-fried melon rind he usually ate, the little boy's eyes were full of curiosity.

The reason why he is greedy is not only the good looks, but also the aroma of the dishes, which is even better than the aroma of the dishes he smelled when he passed by the small restaurant before.

At that time, he really wanted to taste what the food in the restaurant tasted like, but the family didn't have much money, so he could only watch others eat it.

Seeing that his little grandson was hungry, the old man quickly picked up a piece of beef for him to eat, but he was worried that the child would not be able to bite the beef with his teeth, so he tasted it himself first.

The fried beef is very tender, tender, juicy, and extremely delicious. Although a lot of seasoning was put in the corned beef, the seasoning did not cover the aroma of the meat at all, but made the beef more fragrant. After frying the beef and melon skin together , with a little sweetness of watermelon rind, it's delicious.

Even if the taste of the old man is not very good, but the difference between very good and average can still be tasted. Subconsciously, he took another piece of melon rind and ate it. On the contrary, the hard outer skin makes the melon rind taste better, and it has a bit more layering.

"Grandpa?" The little grandson saw that the grandpa was going to feed him, so he didn't move, waiting for the old man to do it. Who knew that the old man was a little anxious after taking a bite of the vegetable and then another.

The old man came to his senses and realized what he had done just now. He was a little embarrassed. He just wanted to try whether the meat could be chewed or not, but he forgot about it as soon as he ate it.

"Take a look, it tastes really good, your nose is really smart." The old man picked up a chopstick dish for him in embarrassment.

The little grandson started to eat with the bowl in his arms. After eating the fried meat with melon rind, his eyes lit up all of a sudden, and he ate the rice with big mouthfuls. It was really delicious.

But it is said that children have never eaten such delicious meals since they were young.

Seeing the expression and movements of the little grandson, the two old people suddenly fell silent, and the excitement of eating the food also faded a bit. They can also guess the reason why the little grandson is so happy, maybe it is because their usual cooking is unpalatable, Otherwise why so excited.

Thinking of this, the two felt a little sad. They usually knew that what they cooked might not be very tasty, but seeing that their little grandson could eat it, they didn't think much about it. Thinking about it now, the little grandson might just be patient.

Looking at the aroma of the little grandson eating beef with melon rind, the two wanted to eat more after tasting the taste, but now they didn't move a chopstick, just wanting to save some more for the little grandson to eat.

The little grandson took several bites, noticed the movements of his grandparents, and stopped.

"You eat, your grandma and I can eat this." The old man picked up a chopstick of tofu, and their family ate simple today, one tofu with minced pork and one fried cabbage.

Grandpa and grandma, you eat it too, this is really delicious. "The little grandson thought that the two of them didn't like to eat this, and Amway, who was very proactive, even saw that the two of them didn't put it together, so he deliberately picked up the food and sent it to their bowls.

The old man wanted to dodge, but when he saw him holding the chopsticks, the melon rind was shaking on his chopsticks, and the melon rind might have dropped to the ground when he dodged, so he could only watch the melon rind being sent into the bowl.

The two old men could hold back the dish before it was put into the bowl, but it was just on the verge of their mouths, so they couldn't help it now.

Just couldn't help it anymore, the two still controlled their appetites, didn't eat too much, and left most of it to their grandson.

Before they tasted the dishes, the two felt that they had taken advantage of Gu Bai. Gu Bai came here to fry the dishes, and it was nothing to use some oil, salt and firewood. Usually, their family and Old Hu's family also help each other Yes, for such a small matter, I charged someone a plate of food.

This time I feel that I have taken advantage of it. Such a delicious dish, if it is eaten in a restaurant outside, they probably won't be able to get it for fifty or sixty hundred.

It wasn't that the two deliberately underestimated Gu Bai's cooking skills, but that the most expensive dish they ever had was going to a banquet in the city, and a dish costing hundreds of dollars would be very expensive.

The two of them had never taken advantage of others, and when they thought about getting old and making such a thing happen, they both felt a little anxious, especially knowing that Gu Bai and the others were only staying here for a day, and they might leave tomorrow. If they left for nothing, it would be difficult for them to send some gifts to repay the favor.

It's just that there will be a gift at this time, and I don't know what to give.

After all, looking at the things at home, there is nothing rare. Grandpa Hu was thinking about giving some melons. Their specialty here is melons, but Grandma Hu had already found out that Gu Bai came here to buy melons , They planted a few acres of melons. The problem is not to mention the maturity of the melons, even the taste is definitely not as good as the crispy watermelon. Taking this as a gift is not a burden for others.

"Would you like some melon seeds?" Grandpa Hu said. He didn't have anything else in this house, but he had the melon seeds he had received before. They were black and big, and the melon kernels were sweet. These melon seeds were packed and stored. Stir-fry it during the Chinese New Year, and eat it at that time.

After all, there are a lot of melons on their side, and the melon seeds they produce are delicious, big and fragrant. His son, daughter-in-law and grandson all like to eat them, so they planted a few mu of melons in summer, and the melons they planted were fleshy. It's not very delicious, it's white and red, it can only be said to be edible, but it has no taste.

But melon rind and melon seeds taste very good. The melon seeds are sweet when eaten raw, and sweet after frying. Fortunately, they are easy to peel and the meat is thick.

The most important field seems to be such melon seeds.

After Grandpa Hu finished speaking, he thought it was not very good at first, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was good. Grandma Hu felt that this idea was also good after listening to him.

The main reason is that there are no other more suitable ingredients.

The two quickly found a bag of watermelon seeds. This bag of watermelon seeds was the biggest and best they had picked out. They originally wanted to eat it for themselves, but now they can only give it as a gift.

In order to prevent Gu Bai from leaving after eating, the two hurried to Hu's house with melon seeds. When they came, Jiang Xiu and Master Zhou were talking about buying crispy watermelons.

The quality of this melon is indeed top-notch. Jiang Xiu has not been idle during this time. In addition to contacting the boss of Yunkelou, she has also contacted the heads of several high-end fresh food supermarkets, but they can only accept it or not. It's hard to say.

But this time I came to see the quality of the crispy watermelon, and with Gu Bai's help, Jiang Xiu still has confidence.

After all, her words are not convincing, so Gu Bai must have them.

They were talking here when they saw two old men come in carrying a big bag, which looked quite heavy.

"Master Gu, the dish you gave is too delicious. With your skill, it must not be cheap. We can't let you suffer. You have to accept these watermelon seeds." Grandpa Hu After finishing speaking, he put down the melon seeds and hurriedly prepared to leave.