Nightcrawler: 20 Years of Peaceful Demons

Chapter 159
An old man with crooked eyebrows and a short stature walked directly from the hall of the restaurant into the kitchen, shouting loudly.

I saw this man's eyes were shining brightly. This pair of eyes directly sublimated his wretched appearance, and instead became alert, flexible, and humorous. The proprietress Liu Na saw him, but she didn't blame him, but was happy Greetingly, "Uncle Bai, what gust of wind brought you here?"

The old man grinned, sniffed hard, and said impatiently: "At the moment of food, everything is okay——Little Nana, is this a new dish that you have researched? I am at the door. Outside, through the thick door curtain, I can smell it, what is it?"

The proprietress handed him the freshly filled portion, and then said: "The sauced pig's trotters, just out of the pot, haven't tasted it yet, why don't you try it?"

The old man said without hesitation: "Okay, my old man can't do anything else, but when it comes to the taste, it is definitely first-class."

Old Tu was cheering at the side, saying yes, you know that Tianbai Lord's reputation as a glutton is also well-known in these four or nine cities.

The old man had already picked up the bowl, picked up the chopsticks, and poked the meat with the tip of the chopsticks.

Because it was boiled for a long time, the pigskin was as cold as ice, and could be broken when poked, but it did not fall apart, but formed a gelatinous jelly shape. Then he picked up a piece, put it in his mouth, squeezed his mouth to hold it, The eyes became round at the moment, and then narrowed slightly.

After a while, he just swallowed that mouthful.

what……

He let out a long sigh, took a deep breath, and then said slowly: "The sauced pig's trotters are delicious. You need to pay attention to three points. The first is the handling of the taste, because if it is not prepared properly, no matter how strong the sauce is, it will not be able to cover up the taste." Live the smell of pig's trotters; the second is the mastery of the heat, soft but not rotten, glutinous mouth and teeth, is the real top grade; the third point is the treatment of soup, not light, not thick, fresh and salty, moderate With a hint of sweetness, it is the best state - I have eaten countless sauced trotters over the years, but like today's one, it is fresh and salty, crispy, colorful and fragrant All in one, and nothing else..."

The proprietress Liu Na asked cautiously: "Then do you think this taste is suitable?"

The old man Bai said excitedly: "Not only is it suitable, according to me, this sauced pig's trotter is better than that sheep scorpion of your little Kuanzi—come here, just give me a small piece of meat, give it to me Come alone..."

The delicate and beautiful proprietress was also very happy, and said yes, you go outside and wait a while, and I will ask someone to serve you a portion.

The old man Bai couldn't wait any longer, so he reached out and grabbed into the pot.

While grabbing it, he said: "This food has a temper. The best food is actually the moment it is just out of the pan. If time is delayed, harmful substances in the air will enter, which will affect the taste. , I'd better eat now."

He grabbed the hot sauced pig's trotters in his hand, gnawed on them, and yelled, and then asked: "Oh, by the way, who made this? Old Tu probably doesn't have this skill, right? You studied it?"

Liu Na blushed, pointed to me next to me and said, "It's him, Xiaohou."

The old man was taken aback, looked at me, and asked, "The new guy?"

I saw that although the old man was free and easy, he had an extraordinary bearing and an indescribable power of his own, so I nodded quickly and said yes, he's new here.

The white old man was a little surprised, did he say he was a cook, or was he a helper?
I was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to talk about my identity. Fortunately, the proprietress next to me made a rescue and said yes, chef.

The white old man stared at me for a long time before he said: "Young man, at such a young age, his skills are really good."

He grabbed the pig's trotters and walked out. As he walked, he said to the proprietress who was following him, "I heard someone nagging this morning, saying that the family kept making trouble for you? What's going on? Tell me..."

The two of them walked out of the kitchen. I was a little scared by the old man just now, and I couldn't help but ask the old picture next to me, who is this master?

Lao Tu stared straight at the tumbling sauce pot, swallowed, and said, "Master Bai, Bai Zhitian, he is the elder of the proprietress, and he was the gatekeeper of Zhongguancun College of Applied Arts and Sciences before. It seems to be there too. He has a very good relationship with Professor Liu, and has been taking good care of the proprietress. On the contrary, he looks down on the boss, and always feels that the boss is not good enough for our proprietress-he probably heard some rumors, so he came here specially to give the proprietress Supported."

I was a little puzzled, saying that he is a retired old man, why should he support the proprietress?
Old Tu said hey, do you know where Zhongguancun College of Applied Arts and Sciences is?There are too many big cows in that place, whether in politics, business, or academia, there are incomparably powerful alumni. He has been a doorman for half his life. In the end, they were able to wipe out those old Li family members who were jumping up and down.

I wiped the sweat off my forehead and said it sounded like I was hanging.

The two were talking, Xiao Liu next to him was a little impatient, and said brother, brother, don't just talk, we haven't tried the dishes yet, why don't you give us a taste?

I shrugged my shoulders and said you should ask the lady boss.

Xing'er next to her hurriedly said, "I'll ask."

After finishing speaking, she hurried to the door and shouted: "Sister Na, we also want to try some dishes, and I will recommend them in a while—otherwise, can we share a sauced pig's trotter?"

She spoke cautiously, but the proprietress was very generous, and replied: "One for four people, how can it be enough? Each of you can eat one. When you turn around, call Lao Zhang at the meat market and ask him to send thirty pig's trotters." come."

Xing'er replied sweetly: "Okay."

After finishing speaking, she came back in a hurry and asked me to fill it up impatiently. At this moment, the lady boss came in hurriedly and added: "No, thirty is too little, maybe fifty."

After all, she glanced at me, a little bit to discuss, but she was born with Danfeng eyes, that is, peach blossom eyes, and that watery glance made me inexplicably flustered.

I froze for a moment before replying, "Okay, no problem."

The proprietress was a little panicked after watching me, and hurried out. Fortunately, the others didn't notice, because they were all immersed in the sauced pig's trotters in the bowl.

The three of them worked in the restaurant all the year round, so there was no shortage of delicious food, but the main reason was that the sauced pig's trotters were so fragrant, it was so fragrant that it lured the roundworms out of people's stomachs unconsciously.

I couldn't help but took one and gnawed it up. The meat was indeed soft and glutinous, and the soup was rich.

In particular, the little heart-eating bee honey I put in outlines the taste inside, forming an extremely delicious taste, which is endless aftertaste.

Sure enough, the feedback from the three people was also very good. A little girl, Xing'er, licked the stick bone after eating the meat, and pecked vigorously, and then said: "I thought it was very greasy. How come there is a little bit of meat at the end of the meal?" A faint fragrance, like nectar."

Xiao Liu was even more disgusted. After licking the bone stick, he started sucking his fingers, while Old Tu asked me, "It does smell like flowers. How did you do it?"

I didn't want to reveal my secret, so I spread my hands and said, "Soy sauce, refined salt, aniseed ingredients, cinnamon bark, Chinese prickly ash, green onion, ginger, dried red pepper, rock sugar, tangerine peel, grass fruit and cooking wine, these are all prepared in front of me. What you add before and after, the difference is only the heat."

Old Tu nodded, and said yes, yes, Xiaohou, your skills are really amazing.

He is the chef in the kitchen, but he is not jealous of me, on the contrary, he has full confidence.

We ate the sauced pig's trotters, cleaned them up, and started to get busy, and the proprietress didn't know what was chatting with the white old man. After a while, she came into the kitchen and said to me: "The sauced pig's trotters you made It's really delicious, Uncle Bai said he wanted to chat with you..."

She has the secret formula of Yang Xie Zi, how to deal with it, she has to work in the kitchen, I nodded when I heard her words, and walked out of the hall.

That uncle Bai nodded towards me, and then greeted: "Go out and talk."

The two of them opened the door curtain and came to the noisy street. He fumbled in his pocket, took out a pack of cigarettes, and asked me, "One?"

I looked down and saw that the cigarette had a green shell. There were two chubby giant pandas eating bamboo on the cover, and there were two gold characters "special offering" printed on the side, and I was a little shocked.

I don't smoke, but I do business all the year round, so I know how much cigarettes are, and I know this kind of cigarettes, which are specially used for high-level internal supply.

Basically, it will not be circulated in the market - it is this kind of cigarette that Grandpa Deng smokes.

For ordinary people, let alone smoking, even seeing them is an honor.

Where did this old man come from?

I was puzzled in my heart, but on the surface I was very calm, I waved my hand and said no.

The white old man said with a smile: "Men, if you don't drink, smoke, or play with women, your life will be in vain, right?"

Self-consciously, he pulled out a match, lit himself, took a deep breath, and grinned at me.

I felt that his smile was very meaningful. I lowered my head and said this. Everyone's pursuit is different, and I am not like this.

The white old man looked at me, seriously?
I nodded and said yes.

He said what is your pursuit?

When he said this, for some reason, his eyes suddenly became deep, like a black hole without light, sucking my mind into it, and I said almost subconsciously: " I just want to be able to survive..."

"Is it?"

My whole mind was blurred at that time, and in the next second, a sharp pain was uploaded from my wrist, pulling me back to reality.

I looked down and found that on my right wrist, I don't know when, there was a brand of a plum blossom pile.

The brand was burned by the old man with a cigarette.

Immediately afterwards, he stretched out his hand, put his arms around my shoulders, and said slowly: "I hope you will remember what you said today, and don't be smart, because I will keep an eye on you, you know?"

His hand on my shoulder was as heavy as a mountain.

This strength is no worse than that of Huang Daxian. I froze all over and couldn't figure out the details of the other party, but then he let go of his hand and smiled at me: "Your cooking skills are really good , if you are sincere to my little Nana, in fact, I also welcome it."

He patted me on the shoulder and said work hard, I am optimistic about you.

After that, he walked away, leaving me with a confused face, messed up in the wind alone.

(End of this chapter)