"Brother Li, if there is nothing to do, we will leave first."

At about twelve o'clock, Fatty Li's two apprentices and waiters left after get off work, leaving only Fatty Li and still busy in the kitchen.

"Hey, my wife, I may be busy very late tonight, so I went to bed in the store and said good night to my baby daughter..."

"No! I didn't drink a drop of wine today."

“I’m researching new dishes.”

"What kind of woman is not a woman, I'm the only one..."

"Hey, who are you stinky swearing?"

"I'm wrong. I'm wrong. I'm wrong. If you don't believe it, come and see it anytime..."

"Yes, yes, I swear..."

"Hang first."

Doodle...

After putting down the phone, Fatty Li wiped his forehead with trembling sweat, muttered, "Menophobia, I need to clean up," and tried to pull out a cigarette and put it in his mouth.

Click.

The flames appeared at the front of the lighter, but before he could get close to the cigarette, he let go of his hand.

Looking at the small kitchen that had been with him for more than ten or twenty years, Fatty Li suddenly felt a little sad.

Chen Chong's kitchen is also very simple, but it is clean and tidy. All the tableware and seasonings are arranged in an orderly manner, which is in sharp contrast to his own kitchen.

"It's time to take a shower and tidy up your head." Fatty Li smiled bitterly and shook his head. While the abalone sauce was still a while before it could be simmered, he walked to the restaurant door before lighting a cigarette.

In the hot summer, the air is a little stuffy, especially for him who is seriously overweight. Seeing that there is no sign of people on the street, he simply rolled up his vest and revealed an exaggerated big belly without any image. With a slight movement, it will ripples.

The weight of 300 kilograms is not just about talking.

"It's forty-two."

When it is late at night, people's thoughts will always feel uncontrollably. Fatty Li is no exception. He watched the cigarettes at his fingertips burn slowly, but the blue smoke is floating away, just like time, which can never be kept.

Twenty years ago, when he was a handsome young man, he came to this food street with his yearning for a better future and became Li Jianbang's apprentice.

Starting from making noodles, he entered the field of food and continuously improved his skills. At that time, he dreamed that he could open a shop himself one day because he wanted more people to eat the food he made, rather than always trying to help Li Jianbang.

Fortunately, Li Jianbang was very good. After realizing his ideas, he began to teach him how to manage, and grew from an unknown apprentice to a restaurant owner.

However, as time goes by, looking back, he has changed from a handsome young man back then to a greasy fat uncle with a fat 300 kilograms.

"Hmm..."

Fatty Li took a sip of cigarettes and stared at the moon in the sky.

Why is this happening?

He really couldn't figure out where the momentum he had gone back then? Could it be because of the tigress at home?

"This prodigal girl knows how to play mahjong all day long and has a bad temper." Fatty Li couldn't help but mutter.

Maybe he has been used to being oppressed for many years, and even if there is no one around now, he dares not shout out loud. What if... what if the woman is hiding in a dark corner and staring at him?

As soon as he thought of this, Fatty Li looked around a few times, and only then did he feel at ease after he was sure that it was impossible to hide people.

But then again, this little girl is fierce, but over the years, she has not only given birth to a well-behaved and sensible daughter for herself, but also taken care of her parents and the elderly very thoughtfully. She has never had any disputes between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law or neighbors.

This is probably the blessing of misfortune.

Thinking of his daughter, Fatty Li's eyes were infinitely gentle.

He seemed to be able to hear her first cry, and his fragile appearance could melt his heart...

He seemed to be able to see her falling for the first time, and then she stuck out her little butt and got up with difficulty...

He even clearly remembered the first time he sent his daughter to kindergarten, who looked reluctant to leave with his thighs...

Now, my daughter is already in high school, has her own ideas, hobbies, and circles...

As he thought about it, Fatty Li felt a little scared, afraid that time would pass too quickly, afraid that he would age too quickly, and afraid that the day his daughter would get married, he would be crying loudly.

It is said that a married daughter is splashed with water, but for a father, it is simply giving up his own flesh and treasure in his palm!

But, this is the happiness of young people, how can he stop it?

"I see."

Fatty Li smiled and shook his head. It turned out that his enthusiasm for the past disappeared at the moment when his daughter was born.

He spent all his energy on his daughter, diapers, toys, birthday gifts every year, beautiful clothes she likes, etc. As long as his daughter is happy, he never stings with money and spends money like soil!

Therefore, he gradually evolved from focusing on the taste of food to focusing on the profit of food.

He can chat with the vegetable dealer for half an hour just to save the cost of ingredients. He can also call him brothers and sisters, just to make the other party come back next time.

Over time, it becomes a panacea with smooth mouths and tongues.

Do you regret it?

Nothing at all!

In fact, putting aside everything, Fatty Li is definitely a person with extremely determined will, because his purpose is very clear, which is to make his daughter live like a princess and free like a bird!

Just leave those trivialities in life to him as a father.

Didi...Didi...Didi...

Just at this moment, the phone in my pocket rang. I took it out and saw that it was the alarm clock I set.

Abalone sauce is ready.

Fatty Li quickly squeezed out the cigarette butts and entered the kitchen, filtered the soup in the pot into another newly bought large pot.

"Hongqu rice and purple grass, put it in and infuse it."

While checking the notes, he put a small package of ingredients that had been wrapped in the soup, and then took out a plastic box from the refrigerator, which was filled with bottles and jars.

This is learning Chen Chong's good habits. The only thing that makes him headache is that when he checks the ingredients in the afternoon, his eyes almost looked like cross-eyed.

"Rock sugar water, dark soy sauce, rice wine, oil consumption, soy sauce, fish sauce..." Fatty Li pursed his thick lips and frowned, "He asked me to make the right taste myself, what should I do."

After a moment of silence, he decided to serve a bowl first and taste the original taste.

"Well... so delicious, completely like being surrounded by the warm sea breeze, and the immersive feeling is more real than mixing seasonings!" Fatty Li took a sip and exclaimed in surprise.

"However, the taste is always light, and it still needs to be fused with seasonings to maximize the exquisite taste."

Fatty Li smacked his lips, put a small bowl out, and then put the prepared seasonings into it according to his own ideas.

"Well...there are too much, and there are too much."

Pour it out, serve it again, and add seasonings.

"There is a little less rock sugar water, and the soy sauce tastes stronger..."

Pour it out, serve it again, and add seasonings.

"It's almost done now, but I always feel like something is missing. Hey, I forgot to put fish sauce! Is he?..."

…

After seven or eight times, Fatty Li finally made up his satisfactory taste, and then according to this taste, he prepared the whole pot of soup and put it on the stove to boil.

"The abalone sauce that I always cooked from, I'm not the same as the one produced by Chen Xiaozi. What's the difference?" Fatty Li rubbed his chin and looked at the other meat at the bottom of the pot.

"Maybe the difference lies in the ingredients. The ingredients he may have used are better and fresher than mine." Fatty Li thought carefully and found the root cause.

However, he was very satisfied with the current taste. It is no exaggeration to say that tomorrow, with this abalone sauce, he will definitely pass the review!

"Such a good thing is just a ingredient. If I want to see it, it can be regarded as a 10-full soup!" Fatty Li shook his head with a wry smile, admiring Chen Chong's cooking skills, "I just don't know which kind of dish this guy is going to use such a good ingredient to cook. I think it should be a great dish."

rustle..

Suddenly, Fatty Li heard some subtle noise, as if it was from the front hall, but when he tilted his head, he found nothing unusual.

"It's probably the sound of the leaves."

He didn't think much about it. Seeing that the abalone sauce had already boiled, he quickly turned off the heat and placed it in the pool to cool it down slowly, and then sealed it into the freezer.

"Next, it's time to think about how to use it."

Fatty Li took a deep breath and Chen Chong's advice sounded in his mind. If the abalone sauce cannot be presented in another way, it will never become his own craft.

It’s like a bottle of soy sauce, eaten alone, so the soy sauce is always bought from outside and is a finished product made by others. But if soy sauce is added to the dish, it is just a seasoning, and the dish is fried by yourself.

After thinking about it, Fatty Li came to the front hall and found a stack of menus that he was about to discard in the cardboard box in the corner.

"Add abalone sauce with the refried meat? No, the refried meat tastes too big. If you add abalone sauce, it will be a bit inappropriate."

"Braised pork? No, braised pork is a cooking dish. Adding abalone sauce will affect the original taste of the meat during the stewing process, and it feels like the main and secondary is unknown."

"Or use abalone sauce to make a dish? For example, to make a hibiscus egg... Well, the hibiscus egg itself is not difficult to make, the taste is light, and the seasonings are rarely used, so you can try it."

Fatty Li stood up with a menu. Just as he was about to enter the kitchen, the rustling sound that had appeared before appeared again!

This time, he heard it very clearly, and it was definitely not the sound of leaves rubbing.
To be continued...