Ji Hongnu stood in front of the grave and chattered for nearly half an hour, and then bowed to Li Qi in front of the grave, and then went down the mountain reluctantly. Back on the carriage, Ji Hongnu took the
With a tired face, he said a few words to Li Qi, then fell asleep in his arms.
After walking for about a meal, the carriage suddenly stopped, and the voice of Ma Qiao came from outside, saying: "Deputy Marshal, we are here."
Li Qi hummed, carefully placed Ji Hongnu on the bench on the side, and then got out of the car. He saw a two-story small restaurant standing on the left, but it was considered a big restaurant in the suburbs.
"Wait here for me."
Li Qi gave Ma Qiao instructions and then walked towards the restaurant alone.
Since it was the time for dinner, there were many guests in the restaurant, and the business seemed to be quite good. As soon as Li Qi entered the door, a bartender came up to him, bowed and said: "Sir, please come in quickly."
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Just as Li Qi opened his mouth, he suddenly heard another voice next to him, "Excuse me, is this guest, Master Li from Zuixianju?"
Master may be a derogatory term for others, but it is an honorific term for Li Qi. Now in Tokyo, everyone in Zuixianju knows the name of Master Li.
Li Qi turned around and saw a middle-aged man in his forties and less than five feet tall. He asked curiously: "Do you know me?"
When the man saw that Li Qi had admitted, he quickly changed his expression and said with a flattering smile: "Master Li, my surname is Gao. I am the shopkeeper of this restaurant. I once went to your shop to discuss business with shopkeeper Wu. I happened to meet Master Li.
twice."
Just because of Li Qi's hairstyle, anyone who has seen him once will find it difficult to forget him.
The surname is Gao? This is really a piece of black humor. Li Qi cupped his hands and said: "It turns out to be shopkeeper Gao. I have admired you for a long time. I have admired you for a long time."
"I don't dare, I don't dare." Shopkeeper Gao hurriedly returned the gift, but he looked a little flattered. He smiled and said, "I wonder why Master Li came to the shop today?"
Li Qi smiled and said, "Of course I'm here to have a meal with you, otherwise you'd think I was here for something."
Shopkeeper Gao had absolutely no idea that Li Qi was here to eat, so he quickly stretched out his hand and said, "Yes, yes, Master Li, come in and invite me."
Li Qi raised his hand and said, "That's not necessary. I'll just buy some things and go back. Do you have rice wine in your store?"
"Yes. How much do you want?"
"Don't rush to promise me, I want the unopened kind, that is, the kind that is still sealed with mud."
"Yes, how much do you want?"
"Hmm. Bring me five jars. And prepare some lotus leaves for me...and I also want some kitchen knives..." Li Qi said, taking out a piece of silver from his arms and handing it over.
He went over and said, "Is this enough?"
The shopkeeper Gao nodded hurriedly and said: "That's enough, that's enough. I'm looking for more."
"No need to look for it, just go and prepare it for me." Li Qi waved his hand and said, he really didn't want to carry a bunch of copper coins on his body, it was too heavy.
Shopkeeper Gao was overjoyed and quickly asked someone to help Li Qi prepare it. He himself poured a cup of tea for Li Qi and sat beside him, chatting a few words seemingly unintentionally.
Li Qi could tell that he wanted to join Zuixianju's chain store. At first, Zuixianju's chain store had always been aimed at foot shops, and there were relatively few outside the city. After all, Zuixianju's manpower was already dwarfed by comparison. However,
Now is the time to fully promote canned meat, so Li Qi agreed to him and asked him to go to Zuixianju to talk to Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu has always been responsible for this chain store.
This made the shopkeeper Gao extremely happy. He wished he could go to Zuixianju right now. As we all know, as long as the main stores and foot shops next to Zuixianju are now making a fortune.
Soon, several bartenders brought what Li Qi wanted. Li Qi first looked at the five jars of rice wine, and then checked other materials. After seeing that there were no problems, Li Qi asked them to take them to the carriage.
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Sitting in the car, Ma Qiao saw the bartenders bringing out several jars of wine. A flash of excitement flashed in his eyes, but at the same time he felt very curious. He asked Li Qi, who came out later: "Deputy Commander, what are these wines?"
Li Qi came over, patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Maqiao, you have been following me all these days, and I've really exhausted you. Let's think of these drinks as a reward for you."
Ma Qiao opened his eyes and said excitedly: "Is this true?"
"I've paid all the money, so I can still have a holiday."
Ma Qiao, an emotional man, was deeply moved by Li Qi and said gratefully: "Deputy Commander, I didn't expect you to be such a loyal person. I, Ma Qiao, had many misunderstandings about you before. I'm really sorry."
"Hey. Don't say this. Men, just keep some things in mind. Go and help with the things." Li Qi said and got into the carriage, and saw Ji Hongnu looking at him with a smile.
She looked at him and said with a smile: "You're awake."
Ji Hongnu nodded and asked, "Brother, what are you doing?"
Li Qi hugged her, pecked her little mouth gently, and said with a smile: "Brother will make a classic delicacy for you to try later."
Inspired by the five jars of wine, Ma Qiao seemed to be full of energy. In a moment, he loaded everything into the car. Although Li Qi didn't know much about the road conditions in the southern suburbs, he thought of a good place to go.
, that’s where they held the anniversary reward event last time in Zuixianju.
After walking for about another meal, they came to the edge of the small river. At this time, the surrounding scenery no longer had the same scenery as before. The surrounding hills were all bare and looked very depressed.
After Li Qi and Ji Hongnu got off the carriage, Ma Qiao suddenly pointed his hand toward the river and whispered: "Deputy Commander, look."
Li Qi turned around and saw an old man with white hair and beard not far away sitting by the river fishing. He was motionless, as if in trance, and turned a deaf ear to their arrival. He smiled and said: "It's so cold.
Tian ran here to fish, he is really more sophisticated than me. Don’t worry about him, let’s do our thing.”
Li Qi handed over the task of lighting the fire to Ma Qiao. After all, this guy usually loved to help Lu Meimei light the fire. Over time, his skill in lighting the fire was comparable to that of Wu Xiaoliu, and the firewood was also readily available, so it was not very difficult.
It was difficult to do. He carried the bucket to the river to fetch water. With a splash, a bucket of river water came up. Just as he turned around, he suddenly heard an old voice, "Boy, you scared away all my fish."
Already." His tone was full of reproach.
Li Qi turned around and saw that the old man was still the same as before, without even looking at him. He raised his eyebrows, so arrogant? He smiled and said: "Old man, your joke is not funny at all, in this river
The fish is not yours."
The old man didn't answer and fell into samadhi again.
Are you sleeping? Li Qi snorted angrily, and then walked towards Maqiao with water. Soon, the fire was lit, and Li Qi set up a wooden frame. He boiled a pot of water without waiting for the water to boil.
When it boiled, he took off the pot. The water temperature was about 70 degrees. This water temperature could remove the chicken's fine hair without scalding the chicken skin.
While the water was boiling, Li Chika took the time to kill the chicken quickly, because the chicken shed its feathers. It should be done soon after the chicken dies and before its body becomes stiff. If the chicken loses its feathers just after it dies, the chicken feathers will not be clean.
.If the body is stiff and then recovered, it is easy to injure the chicken skin.
Judging from his requirements for the integrity of the chicken skin, it is obvious that he is making a beggar's chicken.
After the feathers are removed, the evisceration is done. The evisceration of a beggar's chicken is very similar to that of a roast duck. Instead of breaking open the chicken's belly, a slit is made under the chicken's armpit, so that the internal organs can be taken out at one time.
After eviscerating the chicken, Li Qi took the chicken to the river, rinsed it, cut off the nails and the tail of the chicken, and broke the leg bones with the back of a knife. Then he started to prepare a sauce with sauce, cooking wine, shredded ginger and other seasonings, and cooked the chicken
Put it into the juice, turn it over, and rub it gently on the chicken to ensure that the whole chicken can be evenly flavored. Then stuff some commonly used chicken ingredients such as mushrooms, fennel, green onions, etc. into the chicken belly through the small opening under the chicken ribs. Then add some commonly used chicken ingredients.
Stir the minced garlic and melted lard together and smear it on the chicken to ensure the tenderness of the chicken.
After everything was done, Li Qi suddenly said to Ma Qiao: "Ma Qiao, have you finished drinking these five jars of wine?"
Ma Qiao patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, leave it to me."
Li Qi was quite confident in his ability to drink, and the alcohol content of the rice wine was not high. He nodded slightly, walked over to the five jars of wine, and opened them all.
Seeing this, Ma Qiao hurriedly said: "Deputy Commander, I know you feel guilty about me, but there is no need to trouble you to open the wine for me. I can do it myself."
Damn it! This guy really shines when given some sunshine. Li Qi said casually: "It should, it should, you don't need to thank me." As he spoke, he had already scraped the layer of soil from the lid onto the basin.
Come inside.
Ma Qiao asked curiously: "Huh? What do you do with all this soil?"
"You'll find out later."
Ma Qiao was not stupid. He immediately reacted and let out a long oh, saying: "I understand, Deputy Commander, you didn't buy me wine specifically. You wanted the soil, so you bought this."
Too much wine, thanks to that I was grateful to you just now."
Li Qi deceived and said: "Maqiao, what you said is putting the cart before the horse. It's true that I want this soil, but why didn't I just ask the shopkeeper for this soil? Why spend so much money to buy so much wine? You
There is no charge for this wine. Let me tell you, this is the best rice wine. You have no conscience."
"It seems there is some truth in what you said." Ma Qiao was stunned for a moment, then immediately said: "No, the soil is meant to preserve the flavor of the wine. You remove the soil. If you don't drink it right away, the wine will be completely gone.
It’s useless, why would anyone be willing to sell you this soil alone?”
Sweating! When did this guy's thinking become so sharp? Li Qi laughed and said, "Oh, really? Then don't drink."
"That's not okay. You said before that you bought this wine for me. Besides, it will be wasted if you don't drink it."
Li Qi snorted and was too lazy to talk nonsense with him. He crushed the soil into powder, filled it with some river water, and began to knead the mud. This is the most critical step in making beggar's chicken, to ensure the stickiness and compactness of the soil.
, most people really can't do this job. And the reason why he chose this wine jar mud is because the mud contains the smell of wine lees. This taste blends with the flavor of chicken. It is a perfect match. The lack of wine jar mud
A beggar's chicken can never be considered a complete beggar's chicken.
After the mud was reconciled, Li Qi first put the chicken on the lotus leaf, hid the chicken head, chicken wings, and chicken legs under the abdomen, with his back facing up, wrapped the chicken in lotus leaves, and tied it tightly with twine. Then he took it out.
Wash the prepared white cloth, sterilize it in boiling water, and lay the wet cloth flat on the wooden tray. Spread the wine jar mud evenly on the wet cloth, with a thickness of about two or three centimeters. This thickness is also very particular.
It should not be too thick or too thin, usually 2.5 centimeters.
Ma Qiao took a deep sip of wine, wiped his mouth, and asked curiously: "Deputy Commander, you won't let us eat this mud, will you?"
Ji Hongnu sat on the small bench, holding his legs with his hands, smiling slightly: "Brother, do you want to wrap the chicken in the soil?"
"My Hongnu girl is still smart." Li Qi gave Ji Hongnu an electric eye, looked at Ma Qiao with a dark face, and lamented: "Why are there such big differences between people?"
After he finished speaking, he placed the lotus leaf bag in the middle of the mud in the wine jar, lifted the four corners of the wet cloth, and patted it continuously to smooth the mud.
At this time, the old voice sounded again, "Boy, your method of making chicken is really interesting."
The three of them turned around and saw that the old man still had his back to them. They were all very surprised. Could it be that the old man had eyes behind his back?
"Peeping Tom." Li Qi snorted and said, "Ignore him."
As soon as they finished speaking, they suddenly heard the sound of horse hoofs in front of them. The three of them looked up again and saw a carriage coming from this side. The carriage stopped about five or six meters away from them, and started from there.
A woman got out of the car, no, she should be a stunning beauty. (To be continued.)
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