Chapter 383 Zhipan Roast Pork? Triangular Cone
The noodles covered with lean meat and eggs were served.
"Xiaonan, eat quickly." Li Luotang handed the chopsticks to the little girl.
This bowl of noodles made Xiaonan cry.
Li Luotang asked, "What's wrong? Is the noodles not delicious?"
"Brother, can I just eat half a bowl? Leave half a bowl for grandma to eat." Xiaonan asked with tears in her eyes.
"Only leave it to grandma, where are your parents?" Li Luotang asked.
Xiaonan bit her lip and said nothing. The lady of the noodle stall owner interrupted, "Xiaonan's father died of illness before she was born. She was a posthumous child. Her mother gave birth to her and she would remarry when she was full month old."
Li Luotang was silent for a moment and said, "You eat this bowl of noodles and buy a bowl for your grandma later."
"I don't want my brother." Xiaonan looked at Li Luotang gratefully, "Brother is a good person. I can't be insatiable after treating me to a bowl of noodles."
"Okay, eat half a bowl of noodles and leave half a bowl for your grandma." Li Luotang looked at the bowl of noodles, and the portion was enough. Xiaonan would be full of food and would be overwhelmed after eating them all.
Xiaonan actually ate one-third of the time, ate two slices of meat, and drank the soup, and became full.
Li Luotang bought ten label buns, "Let's go, Xiaonan."
Tax buns are resistant to storage and are not easy to deteriorate.
The grandparents and grandchildren can keep it and eat it slowly. Soak the steamed buns in water and it will become soft and there will be no need to worry about it.
Xiaonan lives in the alley next to the Chenghuang Temple, "Grandma, I'm back."
"Why... cough cough cough... run out again." An old woman's voice came from the room.
"Grandma, my kind brother treats me to noodles." Xiaonan brought the noodles into the room.
Li Luotang lowered his head and followed him in. The house was short and tattered, with airy walls and sunlight on the roof. It would definitely leak when it rained.
"You kid... cough cough... you are disobedient... cough cough cough... poor... cough cough cough..." The old woman was so coughing that she couldn't speak.
"Grandma, I didn't ask for it from my brother." Xiaonan explained in a low voice.
Li Luotang continued, "Auntie, don't scold Xiaonan. I saw her cute and treat her to her. I am not my brother, I am my sister."
Afraid that the old woman misunderstood her any dirty thoughts, she hurriedly stated that she was dressed as a man.
The old woman then found that there were more people in the house. She rubbed her eyes, looked at her carefully for a moment, and said, "The girl is so handsome."
Li Luotang smiled. Being handsome is not necessarily a girl, but men are also handsome.
For example, Gu Ting-hyun, Gong Jiuxian, Duanmulin, and Lu Yiting are all good-looking.
There is no need to say this to the old woman.
"Grandma, you eat noodles. There is meat and half an egg in it, it's so delicious." Xiaonan brought the bowl to the old woman.
"Such a good thing..." The old woman was sobbing that she couldn't speak.
As a grandparent and grandson, the old woman was crying when she ate noodles.
After she finished her noodles, Li Luotang diagnosed her pulse and confirmed that she was just infected with the cold and caused by the cough.
"Xiaonan, give me the bowl and I'll take it back to the stall owner. You can stay at home to take care of grandma." Li Luotang did his best and was ready to go to the pharmacy to buy medicine for the old woman to treat her.
"Sister, wait a moment, I'll wash the dishes." Xiaonan cleaned the dishes in a neat manner, "Sister, are you leaving?"
Li Luotang raised his hand and rubbed her soft hair, "Sister goes out to do something, and you will come back later."
This house is too dilapidated, so I have to find someone to help them repair it.
Li Luotang was moved to compassion and spared no effort to do good deeds.
Not only did he get medicine for the old woman, he also spent a sum of money to ask someone to repair the house.
The old woman was moved and she burst into tears, "Good man, good man, Xiaonan, we have met noble people."
"Sister also bought us a label bun, and I bought ten, so I can eat it for many days." Xiaonan said.
The old woman folded her hands together, "Thank you, God, thank you Bodhisattva."
The house is too broken and it takes time to repair it.
This family was old, young and could not cook for the craftsmen, so Li Luotang went to the restaurant to order two tables of dishes.
At noon, the restaurant delivered the food and rice.
The craftsmen ate in the yard, while Li Luotang and his grandparents and grandchildren ate in the house.
The old woman was still ill and could only drink light millet porridge.
Li Luotang and Xiaonan were eating Zhipan roast pork. The main ingredients of Zhipan roast pork are pig heads and pig intestines, belly, hooves, heart, liver, lungs, etc.
Li Luotang specifically told the restaurant not to put pig intestines in it.
It is said that this dish is made of a secret recipe for the palace diet, adding more than 20 Chinese medicines, which are processed through multiple processes such as washing, kneading, boiling, smoked, and roasting.
The roasted pork has a bright orange color and a rich in fragrance. After eating it with a piece of pork belly, the fresh fragrance explodes in your mouth. It tastes wonderful.
"This dish is delicious." Xiaonan thought it was the best dish in the world.
The old woman smiled and said, "This zhipan roasted pork was a tribute in the previous dynasty."
After saying that, a hint of sadness appeared in her turbid eyes. When the old man was still there, she had a good life, and she felt sorry for her little girl...
Li Luotang had heard of this legend, nothing more than a palace chaos. The imperial chef in the palace escaped, fainted from hunger and sick, and was rescued by a man from Zhipan Village and supported him.
In order to repay this person's care for many years, the imperial chef passed on the secret recipe of the palace's imperial meal roast pork, and the dishes in the palace spread to the people.
After lunch, not long after, the restaurant came to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.
Shen Shizheng, the house was repaired, and after the craftsmen left, the old woman dragged Li Luotang into the house, "Xiao Nan, kowtow to her benefactor."
"No need." Li Luotang held Xiaonan, "Auntie, there's nothing to do, I'll leave first."
"Miss, wait." said the old woman.
Li Luotang had no choice but to stop. After the old woman gave Xiaonan out, she climbed onto the bed, fumbled around the wall for a while, and took out a long wooden box.
"Girl, my grandparents and grandchildren are incapable of repaying your great kindness." The old woman opened the wooden box.
Li Luotang saw that there were three black chopsticks in the wooden box?
I reached out and picked it up. I was cold to buy it. I couldn’t tell what material it was. It was not chopsticks, but a triangular cone. "Auntie, what is this?"
"I don't know what this thing is useful. It was passed down by my ancestors. When my old man died, he said that if the family cannot be passed down in the future, he will give it to the kind-hearted person."
"Since it was passed down by our ancestors, I can't ask for it. You can leave it to Xiaonan." Li Luotang put the three cones back into the wooden box.
"My old man said that those who can get great opportunities are great charity. It's useless for us to take this thing. Girl, please accept it." The old woman forced the wooden box and cone to Li Luotang.
Li Luotang also wanted to give in, but in the dark, a voice said: "Come, accept, accept."
"Then I'll be disrespectful." Li Luotang took the wooden box.
Although I don’t know what the purpose of this triangular cone is, it should be a very precious thing passed down from generation to generation.
She couldn't just accept it, but she had to think about improving the lives of the two grandparents and grandchildren.
Chapter completed!