I smiled and stopped talking, then looked at the time and said, "Old director, we bought some braised vegetables and there is wine in the car. Do you think we can eat here or go out and find a restaurant?"
He glared at me, "We eat braised vegetables here? And we drink wine? If so, we won't be able to catch any more fish today!"
I quickly and carefully asked him: "What do you mean?"
He said: "Didn't I just catch this fish? Let's go find a restaurant and cook it. I will cook it myself later and let you taste the pickled fish I made."
I was overjoyed, "That's great!" and then asked Xiao Sui to call the owner of the fish pond to pay him. The price of fishing here is not cheap, one pound costs ten yuan. This fish weighs nearly seven pounds.
You know, the price of grass carp cooked in ordinary restaurants is just this.
Of course, tens of dollars is nothing to us. I think the price is just relative.
Then we drove out of this fish pond with our only catch: the fish caught by the old director.
Xiao Sui stopped at a small restaurant on the edge of the city. He was the old director's former driver. I guess he and the old director often came here to cook fish.
After entering the small restaurant, the boss came out enthusiastically to greet the old director, "You are here? How many fish did you catch today?"
The old director smiled and said to the boss: "I only caught one. I'll cook it myself. It's still the same old rules, you just charge a processing fee."
The boss said with a smile on his face: "It's true of you, you have to pay me every time."
The old director pointed at me and said: "The big boss is paying today. Haha!"
Immediately, the old director carried the fish and entered the kitchen. Xiao Sui said to me in a low voice: "Our old director helped the boss's child get into college."
I nodded, thinking that this old director was really different, he even helped me with such a favor. I immediately walked into the kitchen, and at the same time told Xiao Sui and Man Jiangnan to get the stewed vegetables and wine from the car.
.Those are all things bought with money, and it would be a pity to waste them.
"Let me help you." I said to the old director after arriving in the kitchen.
He said: "No need. Just watch me do it. You young people are impatient in doing things. There are several key aspects of this pickled fish. One is to cut the fish fillets, and the fish fillets should be cut thinly and evenly. The other is
It’s sauerkraut. This restaurant’s sauerkraut is pretty good, they make it themselves.”
I nodded, so I watched him clean the fish, and then he cut the fish into two parts. The old director's knife skills were very good, and he removed the fish bones in a few strokes.
He came out, and then quickly cut the fish part into thin fillets diagonally. Finally, he put the fish bones and head aside.
"The fish head and fish bones will be put into the pot first, and they will be used to make soup," the old director said.
To be honest, I think my swordsmanship is far inferior to his, so now I won’t ask for a blow or anything.
The old director put some starch and eggs into the fish fillets and mixed them completely with the fish fillets. Then he put oil in the big pot. When the oil in the pot boiled, he added sauerkraut and pickled peppers.
After frying the ginger, garlic, monosodium glutamate, salt and other seasonings for a while, a sour aroma suddenly hit your nostrils. Then he added stock to the pot and put the fish head and fish bones in it.
"If it is a wild fish in the river, don't add MSG, but this is a fish in a fish pond. The muddy smell is too strong, so adding MSG is a must. Nothing can be too rigid. You can do this better than me.
Okay." The old director looked at the fish soup boiling in the pot and said to me at the same time.
I hurriedly said: "I don't know anything right now, that is, I just want to do a better job. The organization has put me in such a position, so I can only do something meaningful."
He smiled and said: "Yes. As a human being, you should do more things when you are alive. You are still young, so you should do more things. If you look at the fish soup, you will definitely find its taste after a while.
It's different, because I know all the seasonings I add, how much of each seasoning is needed, and how to match it with the soup to make it taste more delicious. These are all particular. People who drink soup and eat fish only know it.
It tastes good, but I didn’t know that people who cook fish are so particular about it.”
I smiled and said: "This requires effort and exploration again and again to gain such experience. Today I opened my eyes and took a shortcut, because I saw with my own eyes the process of how you cook fish, and
I also remembered the approximate amounts of each of your condiments. Of course, I will try it a few times myself after I go back, maybe that way I can really find the best formula."
He looked at me and smiled: "Okay, okay!"
Immediately, he put the fish fillets into the pot, and then added pepper to the pot. Less than five minutes later, he put the fish fillets and soup into the pot, and then sprinkled a layer of chopped green onion into the bowl with pickled fish.
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"Okay." He said to me with a smile.
I immediately and sincerely praised: "It's so beautiful! It must taste very good! I'll take it out."
This time the old director had no objection, so he followed me out of the kitchen with a smile.
The braised vegetables had been placed on the plate on the table, along with a bottle of Maotai. I placed the bowl of pickled fish with pickled vegetables prepared by the old director in the center of the table, and then asked the owner of the small restaurant to stir-fry some vegetables for us.
Come.
The old director sat down, looked at the stewed vegetables on the table, and then said to Man Jiangnan: "Director Feng is a good leader. You must help him work well in the future."
Man Jiangnan said hurriedly: "Yes. Director Feng is indeed a good leader."
Their face-to-face praise of me made me feel a little hot on my face, "It's hard to say, but I like to do things. I was born to work hard and can't take any time off. Haha!"
The old director pointed to the stewed vegetables on the table and said: "They wouldn't have taken these things down if you hadn't ordered them. The funds for admission are sufficient, but knowing how to save is the most important character of a person. You should spend money.
When you have the time, spend it boldly without any worries. How can you do anything now without spending money? But don’t spend money you shouldn’t spend.”
Now, I feel that I am much closer to the old director, and I also need to get closer to him. So I joked with him: "Old director, let's save some money today. Let's drink at this little restaurant."
The medicinal wine brewed in the restaurant is ready."
He immediately glared at me and said: "No! I retreated. I finally drank Maotai again today, but you are not allowed to take it away!"
We all laughed.
I said: "Old director, if you really can come back as a consultant in the future, I will let you drink Moutai every day!"
He looked at me and said, "Xiao Feng, you are still young. There are some things you cannot say casually. I haven't promised you yet, and even if I promised you, I haven't said anything about this matter yet.
It’s not good for you to say it like this.”
I felt embarrassed immediately, but I felt that his criticism was right, "Haha! You are right in criticizing me. But everyone here is not an outsider, so it's okay for me to say whatever I want."
The old director also laughed immediately, "You guys should try the pickled fish I made first."
And at this moment, my cell phone suddenly buzzed, and I quickly took it out to look at it...I was surprised to find that the call was actually from Lin Yu. (To be continued)