Cute Beast Food Garden

After a whole morning, Si Dongmo came out of the stove, holding a plate full of freshly made pastries, and walked to the front hut.

"Mother, Hong'er, I just made a pastry, you all come in and try it!"

Qi Yan followed behind him, turned a corner on the way, and went to fetch water to wash his hands first.Hearing the sound of "dongdongdong" footsteps from far to near, Le Hong galloped in from the outside of the house, pounced on his brother's arms like a little wolf dog.

"Wow - it's done, it's done, hurry up, I want to try one!"

"Hey, wait, why are you so careless, you knocked over the plate carefully." Si Dongmo lightly dodged his brother's puppy-like pounce, and put the plate firmly on the table.

"Look—" the man pointed at the dishes on the plate one by one with his chopsticks, "pine nut red date cake, pine nut mushroom lean meatball, pine nut baked pie..." He approached his younger brother and said in a low voice, "stay a while , and Fried Rice with Shrimp and Pine Nuts.”

"This... well, brother, you are too good to come up with so many tricks." Le Hong looked at the whole plate of pastries made of pine nuts in shock, and clicked his tongue a few times, "I see, you You can make a whole table of dishes with just pine nuts!"

"It's not just my credit." Si Dongmo pointed to Qi Yan who was washing his hands, "He has a lot more ideas in his head than I do, and most of these dishes were thought up by him."

"Brother, where did this Qi Yan come from?"

"It's my savior, who picked mountain goods with me." Si Dongmo smiled, and sat down at the table with Le Hong. "Hong'er, Qi Yan is a nice person, and you two are about the same age, you should get along well in the future."

"I see, is it possible that I will still bully others?" Le Hong shook his head, glanced around vigilantly, approached mysteriously, and said to Si Dongmo: "I saw him in the stove this morning. At that time, he was smoky, and I didn't pay much attention to it. Unexpectedly, I just saw him wash his face, and then I realized that he has beautiful features, really good-looking!"

Si Dongmo was startled, seeing his younger brother's shrewd expression, he looked at him suspiciously: "Really? Is it that good-looking?"

"That's right!" Le Hong nodded earnestly, "Brother, you know how to farm all day long, and you don't have much contact with the villagers. I'm afraid you can't even tell whether a person is good-looking or not? In my opinion, this is Qi Yan The baby is white and clean, if my mother sees it, she will definitely say, 'Ah, why is this baby so juicy'!"

Si Dongmo sneered, "You clever ghost. When my mother saw Qi Yan for the first time, she really praised him like this, saying that he looks like a juicy boy."

As they were talking, Qi Yan had already washed his hands and walked in from outside the house.Le Hong shut his mouth immediately, turned his head away, picked up the chopsticks with his right hand, pretended to be staring at the steaming snacks on the plate, and sniffed exaggeratedly.

"Hiss—these pancakes are really delicious!" He sucked his saliva, "And these balls, fried to a bright yellow color, look delicious!"

Si Dongmo slapped his hands, got up and dragged a stool to the table, let Qi Yan sit down at the table, "Come on, everyone eat a little, and tell me which one is your favourite."

Qi Yan sat next to Le Hong.He picked up a pair of chopsticks, glanced at the various foods on the plate, and finally decided to eat a piece of pine nut soft cake first.He stretched his chopsticks towards the soft cake, but to his surprise, Le Hong, who was sitting beside him, also stretched his chopsticks towards the same piece of soft cake after eating the scones.There was only a soft "bang", and the chopsticks of the two collided together.

When the accident happened, Qi Yan was stunned for a moment, then smiled.But Le Hong shivered suddenly, and retracted his chopsticks. He glanced at Qi Yan, and immediately turned his gaze to the side, blushing on his cheeks.

Qi Yan was startled by his reaction, he glanced at the other party cautiously, and found that the boy was sitting there motionless with his head buried and his mouth biting.Qi Yan was suspicious, and found that Le Hong was still sitting and standing tense, so he took his chopsticks from Le Hong's hand, took a piece of soft cake and put it in the other's bowl.

Le Hong looked up at him in surprise.Qi Yan returned the chopsticks to him, and smiled slightly: "You eat first, how about this soft cake?"

"Um...thank you."

Le Hong agreed in a low voice, put the soft cake in his mouth, chewed it lightly, and swallowed it quickly.He looked at Qi Yan with some evasive eyes: "It's very sweet and soft."

Qi Yan also ate a piece into his mouth.The idea and envisioned plan for making soft cakes was proposed by himself, but the actual finished product was still made by Si Dongmo.

It has to be said that Si Dongmo's experience in this area is really very sophisticated.The soft cake made is full of color and taste, and the color tone is very harmonious from the appearance. The white surface is dotted with light-colored pine nuts and red date paste, and it melts in the mouth, neither sticky nor hard. Very much in line with the idea of ​​"soft cake".

Noticing that Si Dongmo was watching from behind him, Qi Yan turned his face away and saw a bit of nervousness and expectation in his eyes.

"Well done." Qi Yan gave him a thumbs up, with a smile on his face, "As expected of a great chef, you can succeed the first time!"

Si Dongmo opened his eyes wide, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.He looked at Le Hong next to him again, but his younger brother was speechless, his mouth was full of pastries, and he could only nod desperately to his elder brother, barely making a vague sound of "Ho Ho Ho Hoo".

Qi Yan glanced outside the house, "Dong Mo, where did your mother go, why don't you go back to the house to eat now?"

"She went to the street. The house is almost out of oil, and these pastries cannot be baked without oil." The man stood up as he said, "You two eat here first, and I will prepare some food for my mother."

After tasting the pastries, Qi Yan picked up another meatball with pine nuts and mushrooms.This dish was invented and made by Si Dongmo himself. It looks a bit dark on the outside, not as bright and bright as the pine nut red date cake and baked pie, so he saved this for the last time.

Putting one in his mouth, Qi Yan's eyes lit up.

Originally, I didn't have any expectations for this unattractive meatball, but I didn't expect Si Dongmo to be Si Dongmo. This seemingly innocuous thing tastes completely different in the mouth.This meatball is still mainly flavored with shiitake mushrooms, and it is delicious. Qi Yan knows that some people are not used to the smell of shiitake mushrooms, but the embellishment of pine nuts just adjusts the taste of the food, so that the taste of the meatballs is even, and it will not be overwhelmed by a single mushroom flavor. Son smoked.

However, although the meatballs with pine nuts and shiitake mushrooms are fragrant, the taste is a bit heavy, which makes Qi Yan, who is used to light food, a little uncomfortable. After eating two, he involuntarily reaches for a teacup to drink.Qi Yan saw that Le Hong was eating deliciously. I think the villagers in this area like to eat strong food, and he is no exception.

They left the other third of the plate of pastries for Madam Le and Si Dongmo.Soon, Fried Rice with Shrimp and Pine Nuts was served.

"This fried rice smells so good!" From the moment Si Dongmo appeared, Le Hong couldn't take his eyes off the rice bowl he was holding.A strong aroma of fried rice filled the room and firmly attracted everyone's attention.

As soon as the rice bowl fell on the table, Le Hong stretched out his hand impatiently.Si Dongmo saw that he was about to smash into the rice grains with his chopsticks, so he hit the back of his hand quickly.

"Ah yo!"

Le Hong covered the back of his hand and yelled, Si Dongmo pushed his arm aside, took another spoon and stuffed it into his hand.

"Everyone wants to eat this fried rice. You can't just put your chopsticks in it by yourself."

Le Hong was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head embarrassingly, "Ah, okay. I was too impatient."

They each served a small bowl of fried rice with a shared spoon.Qi Yan stirred the chopsticks in the bowl a few times, and when he saw the golden rice grains, the fresh and tender shrimp with light pink in the white, and the light-colored pine nuts dotted among them, he silently showed the fried rice in his heart. They scored full marks.This is the most attractive and attractive pine nut food he has seen today.

He sucked a shrimp into his mouth, and took two more mouthfuls of rice.Qi Yan didn't know if Si Dongmo cooked the shrimps and rice separately, the fried rice was very crispy, but the shrimps were tender and delicious.

After eating two mouthfuls, Qi Yan had a sudden idea and put a few strawberries picked in the vegetable garden in the morning into the rice and mixed them twice.This time, the fried rice not only has a strong rice aroma, but also has some sweet and sour taste of strawberries in it, but the appearance is a bit weird, and the color has become unattractive.Qi Yan thought, if the whole strawberry could be replaced with jam or other varieties of sauce and spread on the surface of the fried rice, the effect would be better.

While they were eating, Mrs. Le came back from shopping in the market.Si Dongmo took the bag from his mother, added fried rice for her, and poured a cup of hot tea.

"Oh, what good food are you eating today? It smells so good." Mrs. Le could not help looking at the dining table curiously when she smelled the aroma of the room.

"Mother, sit down first. Today I made pastries and fried rice with pine nuts. Come and eat some."

Mrs. Le took a sip of tea, looked at Si Dongmo with a smile, and said, "Mother, I went to the street today, and I heard that Luoxia Town will hold a Lantern Festival in a few days. Then all of you will go to the town to have fun , buy some delicious food, and look at the lanterns. The lantern festivals in previous years were very lively..."

Si Dongmo was taken aback, "Mother, I remember that every year there are activities in the food street during the Lantern Festival, right?"

Mrs. Le thought for a while, nodded and said: "Exactly. The Lantern Festival is held in Luoxia Bay in Luoxia Town. Every time, many vendors selling snacks rush to Luoxia Bay, where they yell and drink. Much more than usual."

Hearing this, Si Dongmo and Qi Yan looked at each other.They have reached a preliminary tacit understanding during these days of getting along. At this time, they already have roughly similar ideas, but they are still tacit for the time being.

"In a few days, mother will clean up for you, change into new clothes, and go to the town to eat, drink and play." Mrs. Le glanced at the three young people in the house one by one, and her tone was apologetic, "The family has been busy these past few years. I'm struggling to pay off my debts, and I'm living a tight life, and I haven't let you children have a good time to eat and play. Especially Dongmo, "

She looked at her adopted son, "Dongmo hasn't had a rest for several years, and even during the New Year he is busy doing things in the snow. Now the family finally has some spare money, so you all take this opportunity to go out and play."

Le Hong said excitedly: "Mom, you can go too!"

"Mother won't go. My legs and feet are not good recently, and my legs often hurt when I walk." Mrs. Le smiled and shook her head, "Besides, we are all out, who will take care of the house? The surrounding village is not very peaceful, and there are occasional bandits wandering around. It is better to have someone in the house than no one."

"Mother, you should be more careful, and ask the neighbors and folks for help if you have anything to do."

"I know, I know." Mrs. Le pointed to the side, "The aunt next door bought a new big wolf dog. It is very docile to acquaintances, but it can be fierce when it meets outsiders. When my mother is alone at home, The neighbors around will take care of it, so you can play with peace of mind."

Si Dongmo thought about it and said: "Success. But we have to go a few days in advance and stay in the town for a few days. This time we picked pine nuts, and we don't plan to sell them directly to the mountain goods store. We have to take them to the restaurant first. Mother, When we come back from the town, I will bring you some herbal medicine for your leg pain."

"Eh, okay."

After lunch, Si Dongmo and Qi Yan sorted out the pastry samples and the remaining pine nuts, packed them into bags, and prepared to take them to the town to find Boss Lan of the restaurant.When they get there, they will have a new plan to discuss with Boss Lan.

In the early morning of the next day, the two of them, plus Le Hong, set off from home with their bags on their backs and walked all the way to Luoxia Town.They stopped at the door of Fourteen Restaurant.When he walked into the shop, he saw Boss Lan, dressed in white, idly leaning halfway by the window, waving his fan leisurely.

"Hey, you guys are here."

Boss Lan stepped forward leisurely, and bowed his hands to them.Qi Yan returned the salute to Boss Lan, who smiled and said, "Boss Lan, long time no see. Let's bring a 'gift' to Boss this time."

"Oh, what gift?" Boss Lan welcomed them to their seats with a smile.

"Of course it's the mountain product you entrusted me to bring. This time it's pine nuts." Qi Yan pointed to the big package he was carrying, "However, it's not just pine nuts. The 'health diet' you discussed with us last time , Si Dongmo and I made some samples at home, and I just brought them to you for a look."

"Okay. Let's eat something first. There are new dishes in the restaurant, and I want you to try them."

Soon, the dishes were served.

"It's fish meal!" Qi Yan's eyes widened in surprise, "Boss Lan, this fish meal looks different from the last time we ate it."

"You are very observant." Boss Lan smiled slightly, "This fish meal has some pepper and hot sauce added to adjust the taste. After you mentioned it last time, I found that the dishes in Fourteen restaurants are generally light in taste. This is not in line with the eating habits of the local people, so we improved it and added some condiments to adjust the taste in an appropriate amount, but not too much."

Lehong has never been to Fourteen Restaurant before, this is the first time he has fish meal here.He took two sips of the noodle soup, stunned for a moment, and nodded again and again: "Well, it's delicious, and the taste is strong enough!"

Boss Lan turned his eyes when he heard the words, and smiled softly: "Really, is the saltiness moderate?"

"It's just right, neither salty nor bland, and the smell of fish is quite strong. And the fish fillet is quite fat, and there is no need to pick fish bones." Le Hong raised his eyes inadvertently.When he noticed Boss Lan's appearance, he was shocked and almost choked on the soup.

"Ok?"

Boss Lan turned his face sideways when he heard his movement.His eyes were shimmering, his long eyelashes trembled like butterfly wings, and his big peach eyes looked extraordinarily charming.Seeing that the beauty was looking at him, Le Hong shrank his neck, and unnaturally moved his eyes to the side, as if he was concentrating on dealing with the fish powder soup in front of him.Only his flushed ears revealed his restless heart at the moment.

Boss Lan smiled lightly, "Eat slowly, be careful of burning." It happened that the waiter in the shop came to look for him, so he said "excuse me" to the three present, got up and left temporarily.

Seeing Boss Lan leaving, Si Dongmo teased his younger brother: "Hong'er, why are you acting like Ah Jin? You panicked when you saw Boss Lan."

"No, I, I was eating soup properly, but I didn't look at him."

"There is no 300 taels of silver here." Si Dongmo shook his head.

Qi Yan looked back and forth between the brothers, he smiled and said, "Dong Mo, you still talk about him, but you yourself, like Ah Sheng, have learned to laugh at your brother."

Le Hong took two mouthfuls of fish meal sullenly.He asked: "However, are you familiar with this Boss Lan? The restaurant he opened is nothing more than a restaurant. Could it be that your bag of pine nuts is going to be sold to him? I thought it was going to be sold to a mountain goods store." Woolen cloth."

Qi Yan and Si Dongmo looked at each other.

"Le Hong, we won't sell our pine nuts to Shanhuo shop this time." Si Dongmo replied, "We have made so many dishes and snacks with pine nuts in the past two days, and we just want to rely on the delicious pine nuts and Let’s cooperate with Boss Lan’s restaurant.”

Le Hong was taken aback, "Can you explain in more detail, I don't quite understand."

Qi Yan said frankly: "Boss Lan of Fourteen Restaurant has always wanted to carry forward his 'health-preserving diet' and asked us for advice. This time we came here with pine nuts and cooking skills, hoping to cooperate with him and make a The meals sold in his shop will increase the popularity of his restaurant, and we will get a share of our profits from it.”

Le Hong's eyes widened in shock: "Oh—so you're going to be a cook here?"

"Actually, it's more like a 'partner' than a cook." Qi Yan smiled lightly and explained: "We are responsible for providing raw materials and technology, while restaurants provide store space, sales channels and kitchen utensils for cooking, and cooperate in the development of pine nut delicacies .”

Since it is a partner, the way of income is naturally not by salary, but by proportion.If this plan works, their income will be much higher than that of ordinary shop assistants who get a fixed salary.

I just don't know if the ancients in this world would accept this concept of "partnership" and the special profit sharing model?