20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3584 Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes
"Zi La~"

With a few quick stirs, a small flame even ignited inside the pan.

"Zi La~"

Zhao Chang'an added a little hot water to the pot and quickly added seasonings. Since the pickled cabbage was already salty, he only added pepper and MSG, along with a few drops of sesame oil, and then stir-fried all the cabbage leaves into the pot.

The stir-frying process was quick and smooth, ensuring the vegetables in the pan were heated evenly and that the seasonings and river shrimp sauce blended better with the white mustard greens. Finally, a handful of fresh green garlic sprouts and white garlic shoots were sprinkled on top before serving.

The kitchen was filled with a new aroma of slightly sour and spicy river shrimp. It was lunchtime, and the women, having just eaten braised pork, were now salivating and drooling.

Zeng Xiaoxiao and the other two girls, along with Li Juan, were fine, since they had all seen Zhao Chang'an cook. However, Feng Caiwei and Xiong Beibei were filled with disbelief and shock. In their minds, they had never associated cooking with Zhao Chang'an.

Clearly, this man had once again changed their perception of him.

Zhao Chang'an poured some hot water into the pot, quickly scrubbed it with a broom made of sorghum stalks, then poured in oil. This time, just as the oil started to smoke, he poured in the beaten eggs from the bowl.

The eggs expanded rapidly in the pot. At this time, the eggs were mostly free-range eggs, and the kitchen was immediately filled with the aroma of eggs again.

After Zhao Chang'an scooped out the eggs, he didn't rinse the pot this time. Instead, he put some hot water into the pot, poured all the tomatoes from a beer bottle into the pot, and used a spatula to stir them slightly to mix them with the hot water.

Once the tomatoes started to swell and ripen, he added a little salt with a small spoon, mixed it, poured in the eggs, mixed it again, and then took it out of the pot.

"Is it tasty if you don't put anything in it?"

Li Juan, who was standing nearby, expressed her doubts.

"Chang'an, have you cooked the scrambled eggs with tomatoes yet?"

Just then, Jiao Fengyue's voice came from outside the kitchen, and she appeared, carrying a large fruit platter filled with strawberries, bananas, tangerines, and apples.

The fruit platter was arranged very carefully, clearly prepared in advance. It seems that the reason it wasn't brought out at the beginning was to prevent this vixen, Dr. Bear, from eating it.

"I've already cooked it. Auntie, are you worried I cooked it wrong?"

Zhao Chang'an said with a smile, "Whether it's right or wrong, it's all done now."

"I was thinking that since you're a young master from the city, you might not know how to make this. You can do everything else the same way, but you don't need to add any seasonings or anything, just a pinch of salt."

Jiao Fengyue pushed the fruit basket in front of Zeng Xiaoxiao: "Have some fruit, I forgot about this just now."

Li Juan said with a smile, "Auntie, this is how Chang'an cooks it. Is it delicious?"

"It's delicious. This is the best dish we serve to guests during the New Year in our countryside, besides stew. It's especially good for the kids; it's gone as soon as it's on the table."

Jiao Fengyue's face was full of pride: "It tastes even better than meat!"

— The meal was a delightful experience at the hotel, especially the braised pork with radish, the stir-fried river shrimp with pickled cabbage, the scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and the stir-fried pig's ears with pickled chili peppers. Several women were in tears from the spiciness, but they still couldn't resist eating.

When the last few women said they couldn't eat anymore, Jiao Fengyue insisted that each of them eat at least one piece of crispy rice crust. The crispy rice crust was soaked in the broth of braised pork and radish, along with pickled cabbage and pickled chili peppers. They ate until their eyes were squinted.

Including Feng Caiwei, although she humbly considers herself half a Chongqing native, she spends very little time in Chongqing throughout the year. Moreover, Zhao Qiaozhen, as a Suzhou native, still prefers the Jiangnan style of eating, and her family never makes pickled cabbage, nor would anyone embarrass her by sending her pickled cabbage.

"This white radish is so delicious, it's completely different from pickled mustard greens, radish leaves, and Chinese cabbage. Add the broth from stewed pork and radish, and the crispy rice at the bottom of the pot, and I'll set up a kitchen in the yard tomorrow to make this too."

Li Juan said, "Actually, I've wanted to do this for a long time. I used to build all the stoves in my house."

"Let's forget it. That location is too conspicuous. Are you trying to get the entire property management team fired?"

Zhao Chang'an smiled and shook his head: "If you're really interested, I'll buy a piece of land nearby and open a small restaurant specializing in earthen pot rice."

"Why go through all this trouble? Just come over if you want to eat. I'd be even happier if you came every day."

Jiao Fengyue was telling the truth, but this "coming every day" doesn't count as Xiong Beibei.

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After dinner, everyone said goodbye and left, but Li Juan and Zheng Xi were asked to stay for dinner.

Zeng Xiaoxiao's car could seat four more people, which was just right with Feng Caiwei and Xiong Beibei. Zhao Chang'an, on the other hand, did not let Duan Fengqing drive, saying that Duan Fengqing did not know the way, and he would drive to his house to sit for a while.

The drive from Liu Yihui's house to Zhao Chang'an's villa only took a minute or two. When they arrived at the villa's entrance, Duan Fengqing looked at the three detached villas that were deliberately arranged together and sighed, "This must cost tens of millions, right?"

"That's about right. I bought it with Wenye and Lijuan. The row of townhouses in front, this one belongs to Xia Wenzhuo, the one in the middle belongs to Gui Xiaoli, she and her husband Yuan Yizhou are from Taiwan, and they are now senior executives in companies in Zhengzhou and Luoyi. The one next to it belongs to my master."

Zhao Chang'an didn't elaborate on the value of the villa, but instead mentioned the owners of several nearby villas. In fact, he was implying to Duan Fengqing that he was never the kind of person who would forget his roots after using someone else's property.

If you really think this way, then shouldn't you consider why this result occurred?

"That's good too, since they're all familiar faces, it'll be lively."

Duan Fengqing didn't seem to understand Zhao Chang'an's words, whether she did or not. She gave a brief comment and went inside with Zhao Chang'an.

It was noon, the sun was shining brightly, and the huge floor-to-ceiling windows let in the sunlight, so the room wasn't cold even without the air conditioning on.

“The location of your house is better than Liu Yihui’s. His place is a bit cold and damp, and it doesn’t seem to get enough sunlight.”

Duan Fengqing was a little curious, thinking to herself that such expensive villas shouldn't be like this.

"The lighting on his side is actually just as good, but because of building that kitchen, a lot of bamboo and osmanthus trees were planted to block the view from outside. That's the trade-off. However, the lighting on his second and third floors is very good. It's just that the villa is in a bit out of the way. If it weren't for that location, the property management would be crazy if Aunt Jiao planted vegetables so blatantly."

Zhao Chang'an poured Duan Fengqing a cup of tea, and also gave her some fruit and dried fruit. They chatted idly, but neither of them had gotten to the point yet.