RPAGF Chapter 168: Cooking After Purchasing
Chapter 168: Cooking After Purchasing
The fabric is thick and warm in color, making it perfect for winter clothing.
"Panpan, these fabrics will definitely be very warm for making winter clothes." Shen Ru gently stroked a piece of fabric, feeling its texture.
Erniu also nodded in agreement: "Yes, these fabrics look very strong."
Su Panpan nodded with satisfaction.
When the customers in the fabric store saw Su Panpan and her group’s large purchases, they all looked at them with curiosity and admiration.
They whispered about Su Panpan's generosity.
"Did you hear that? That lady actually wants to buy 60 pieces of cloth!" exclaimed a farmer wearing a conical hat and coarse cloth clothes.
"60 pieces? My God, how many clothes can be made with that?" A plump, simply dressed woman echoed, her voice full of shock.
"It seems that this lady is not an ordinary person. Maybe she is the eldest daughter of a wealthy family." A scholar wearing a long robe and a square scarf on his head guessed.
"No, I heard she was preparing it for the craftsmen in the village." A blacksmith in neat shorts and with an honest face whispered, his hands still stained with unwashed charcoal dust.
After these words were spoken, the people around were even more shocked, and their eyes were full of admiration.
"Really? That lady is so generous!" exclaimed an old woman, her eyes twinkling with envy. She was wearing an old, patched cotton-padded jacket, and the wrinkles on her face were like the ravines of time.
"It's rare to find such a good boss in this world!" A middle-aged man in simple clothes and a long white shirt nodded in praise.
"Oh, if only the child's father's employer were so generous! We could save some money to buy some meat for the child." A young mother hugged her child tightly. The child was sleeping peacefully in her arms, wrapped in a small quilt embroidered with lace.
"Yes, that's very generous. It takes us three to five years to wear new clothes."
“I don’t know what he does for a living.”
"Hey, isn't this the guy who used to sell candied haws?"
"So it's her. I heard people on the street saying that her business is booming and she's pretty."
"Hahaha, be careful not to be overheard by others, let's go."
The few women who were chatting and watching dispersed.
Su Panpan felt a little embarrassed by everyone's gazes. Today she was wearing a moon-white long skirt with a dark blue long gown on the outside. Her long hair was simply tied into a bun and fixed with a wooden hairpin.
The owner of the fabric store was directing his employees to prepare fabric for Su Panpan with a smile on his face.
His voice was loud and enthusiastic: "Don't worry, I will help you load the cloth into the car myself."
He turned to the guys and shouted, "Be careful, these fabrics were carefully selected by this lady, don't get them dirty!"
The men responded in unison. They moved quickly and carefully, rolling up each piece of cloth carefully, securing it with ropes, and then working in groups of two, gently lifted the cloth onto the ox cart.
Seeing this, Shen Ru also stepped forward to help, directing the placement of the meat and reminding the guys to pay attention to safety: "Put another one here, be careful not to touch the meat next to it."
Erniu checked whether the goods were properly secured: "Add another rope here to prevent the fabric from falling apart on the road."
Shen Ru smiled and said to the shop owner, "You guys are really quick. It will be finished in a short time."
Erniu nodded in agreement: "Indeed, with your help, we have it much easier."
As the last piece of cloth was placed securely on the ox cart, the boss clapped his hands and said with satisfaction, "Okay, your cloth is all loaded, you can set off."
Su Panpan walked forward and checked carefully to make sure that every piece of cloth was securely fixed on the car.
She turned around and bowed deeply to the boss and the guys: "Thank you."
The boss waved his hand quickly: "You are too polite. If you need anything in the future, just let me know. Come often!"
Shen Ru and Erniu also thanked the boss and the employees, and then the three of them drove away from the fabric store together.
The customers around looked at Su Panpan and her group as they left and continued to talk in low voices.
"Look at his demeanor. It's really rare to see someone so generous!" An old man stroked his beard and exclaimed in admiration.
"Yeah," another customer agreed.
Su Panpan sat on the ox cart, listening to the discussions around her, with a faint smile on her face.
Then she went to the pastry shop and bought thirty cakes and some vegetables. After returning to the house, Su Panpan asked Shen Ru and Er Niu to wash and cut vegetables in the kitchen.
She went to the inner room and bought more than 30 scarves, gloves, and hats with velvet covering the ears from the space. These didn't cost much money, but they were very practical and needed at the moment.
"Panpan, the dishes are ready. You go to the kitchen and I'll light the fire." Shen Ru shouted outside the house.
"Okay, Second Aunt, I'll be right there."
Su Panpan walked into the kitchen and saw that Shen Ru and Erniu had already prepared the vegetables and meat, so she started to get busy.
Braised pork takes time to make, so she braised the pork first.
Coloring is the key to making braised pork look good.
She first stir-fried sugar color, poured in evenly distributed pieces of pork belly to color it, added soy sauce, cooking wine, spices and other seasonings and stir-fried until fragrant, and finally added water. After the water boiled, she simmered it slowly over low heat.
The braised pork is stewing over there, and the pot in front is also busy.
She poured a lot of oil into the pot and prepared to make salt and pepper shrimp.
Here, the shrimp are marinated with cooking wine and salt, then coated with starch.
When the oil temperature reaches 60% hot, put the shrimp coated with starch into the pot and fry until golden and crispy, then remove from the oil and drain.
Leave some oil in the pan, add minced garlic, pepper and salt and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the fried shrimp, stir-fry evenly so that the shrimp are evenly coated with pepper and salt.
Shen Ru's saliva started to flow when she smelled it.
"Panpan still has to do the cooking."
Erniu couldn't wait to pick up a freshly fried shrimp, but he was so hot that he gasped.
Then Su Panpan made another dish of garlic pork. She cooked the pork until it was cooked through, then sliced it and placed it neatly on a plate.
Then make some garlic sauce. This seasoning is very important, the taste of the meat depends entirely on this sauce.
She mashed the garlic cloves into a paste, added soy sauce, vinegar, chili oil, sugar and other seasonings, mixed them evenly, and poured them on the meat slices. The paste turned bright red, which greatly increased people's appetite.
Stir-fried green beans, fish-flavored eggplant, spicy chicken, and vinegar-fried shredded potatoes were served one after another.
Only one dish left, spicy bullfrog.
She first marinated the processed bullfrog with cooking wine, salt and other seasonings for a while to allow the bullfrog to fully absorb the flavor.
Next, pour a proper amount of oil into the pot, heat it up, then add ginger, garlic, dried chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns and other spices and stir-fry until a rich aroma is produced.
The spicy smell instantly filled the entire kitchen, stimulating people's olfactory nerves.
Then, pour the marinated bullfrog pieces into the pot and stir-fry quickly over high heat.
The bullfrog kept rolling in the pot and gradually turned golden in color.
As the seasoning is absorbed, the bullfrog emits an enticing aroma.