Chapter 18

“What’s the name of this dish?”

After eating the ribs, the young man did not forget to ask.

“Soy sauce pork ribs.”

Si Cheng started preparing the next dish without stopping. The oil pan she had used before was not cold yet, so she used the oil in the pan to make another dish of cumin spareribs.

Take half of the marinated blanched ribs, add scallion, ginger and chili powder to the hot oil, stir-fry the scallion oil, remove the scallion segments, add the ribs, fry slowly over low heat, turning frequently, fry until both sides are golden brown, then remove from the pan, spoon out the excess oil, add scallion, ginger, garlic and chili powder to the pan and stir-fry until fragrant, finally add the ribs and stir-fry, add cumin when it is almost time to serve, stir-fry until the fragrant cumin flavor comes out and serve.

The aroma of cumin mixed with the meaty aroma of pork ribs wafted to the stall opposite and could be smelled by people.

Si Cheng saw the stall owner who had reported his father and caused their family to lose a huge sum of 30,000 yuan, looking at them with a gloomy look.

Seeing Si Cheng looking at him, the fierce-looking man turned away again.

The young man took the cumin pork ribs away.

Just then his friends arrived, so he asked Si’s father for a case of beer and ordered a few other dishes.

He said that these two dishes were especially good with wine, and asked Mrs. Si to make sure she learned how to cook them. In the future, whenever he went out for a drink, he could come to their house.

Si’s mother started to prepare other dishes ordered by the young man and his friends. Just then, another table of regular customers arrived. Si’s father told them about the new dishes. Seeing that some people had already started eating, they asked them how the dishes tasted. After receiving compliments, they ordered the two dishes.

Si Cheng prepared these two dishes.

It’s a pity that the ribs Si Cheng brought back can only be used to make four dishes.

After the guests were about to leave, only Si’s father, who had a good relationship with them, was given a piece each. After tasting it, he confirmed that this dish was a good match for wine.

Si’s mother wanted Si Cheng to go to the stall with her tomorrow, but unfortunately she had to go to school.

But she was smart enough to think of the sauce and ribs, so she could prepare them in advance.

Let Si Cheng go home and rest first, and write the recipe more clearly. Tomorrow, let Si’s father go to the vegetable market to buy more ribs. She will learn to cook these two dishes with Si Cheng.

As for whether it is possible to produce this flavor in a short period of time, we will have to explore it later.

Si Cheng saw that it was still early, so he went home to rest, but it was impossible for him to rest.

She went to the Internet cafe.

Tomorrow she can only take the afternoon bus back to school. In the morning she has to teach Si’s mother how to cook, so she has no time or opportunity to go to the Internet cafe.

In the Internet cafe, she wrote about three thousand words. After finishing a small plot, she got stuck at a point and published the content before this point. The content after this point was sent to the mailbox and kept for uploading next time.

The readers became angry as the author blocked their way again.

To be frank, the author is definitely not a high school student, he must be a college student at least. How can a minor have such intentions? Every update is stuck at a critical moment, which whets the appetite of readers.

Readers who have read this article will think about what’s next whenever they have free time in the next week.

What happens next?

Of course, what they fear most is that there will be nothing next, so when they express their anger at the author’s scheming, they will also say soft and cute words, and urge for updates in a gentle, fancy, and affectionate way.

The next day, just as Si Cheng had expected, her father bought more than ten pounds of ribs and asked her to teach her mother.

More than ten pounds of ribs.

Four portions are reserved to sell to customers when the stall is opened in the evening, and the rest are all made into finished products.

Si Cheng was forced to set off on the journey back to school with a large stainless steel bowl of pork ribs, a can of fried beans with minced meat, five apples, a schoolbag, luggage, and 30 yuan for living expenses.

When she arrived at school, it was almost time for afternoon self-study. Most of her roommates had gone to the classroom, so she had no choice but to pack her luggage and go to the classroom as well.

During dinner, she shared the ribs she brought with her roommates.

There is a dormitory for twenty-four people, and if each person has one, there will still be a lot left.

Si Cheng eats three pieces of pork ribs for every meal and can still eat for two days.

Although the ribs were cold and not as delicious, they were still a rare delicacy for these thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls.

Everyone expressed their gratitude to Si Cheng.

For the next month, Si Cheng returned to school very late and always brought back a large stainless steel bowl of ribs, which he shared with his roommates at Sunday dinner.

Don’t ask, the answer is that there is a relative in her family who is a butcher, and no one likes to buy the ribs, so if they can’t sell all of them, they give them to their family, and her mother cooks them for her to eat.

A month later, the sauce-flavored spare ribs and natural spare ribs made by Si’s mother finally tasted indistinguishable from those made by Si Cheng, and the habit of Si Cheng bringing a large basin of spare ribs to school finally came to an end.

During the weekends of this month, business at the Si family’s night snack stall is particularly good.

Business is usually good.

Mr. and Mrs. Si made money and paid off the family debt.

Mrs. Si was powerless and had to return the eight thousand yuan that Grandpa Si had given her in full.

Grandpa Si and Fourth Grandma also brought their little grandson and luggage and moved in with Si’s father and mother.

Si Wulue agreed to let the two elders move into the city, but Si Wentao had to help him raise his son.

As long as the two elders stayed at Si Wulue’s house for one day, he would not pay a penny for Si Lin’s food, clothing, and tuition, no matter whether it was paid by Si’s grandfather or Si’s father, he would not pay for it anyway.

As for the future retirement of the two elders, their food and accommodation will be taken care of by Si Wentao. When they are sick, the cost will be calculated separately. If Grandpa Si can afford it, let him pay for it himself. If he can’t afford it, the brothers and sisters will share the cost.

Mr. Si will definitely not hold this against his brother.

But Si’s mother was not happy.

The final result of the communication was that Si’s father almost won by force.

The reason why it was almost done was that when Mr. Si clenched his fists, he suddenly thought of what his daughter said that day, and decided to control his temper and reason with Mrs. Si, who was petty and emotionally unstable.

Because Grandpa Si has a salary, his salary has increased in the past two years and now it is about six or seven hundred yuan a month.

Grandpa Si will definitely pay for Si Lin’s studies and clothes.

Grandpa Si is giving birth to his younger grandson, so he will definitely not let his older grandson down. Grandpa Si has only one granddaughter, so whatever his grandson has, his granddaughter will not lose.

All in all, they are getting the better deal.

Of course, he didn’t say that their family would provide food for the two elders and Sun Lin in the future.

Si’s mother cannot see this expense because her family runs a night snack stall, and all the meals they eat at home are included in the cost of her night snack stall.

In addition, Si’s father promised her that as long as she saved enough money, he would buy the commercial housing that Si’s mother wanted, a four-bedroom or five-bedroom house with luxurious decoration.

After being told off by Si’s father, Si’s mother stopped making a fuss.

So, she has two children and her sister-in-law has only one. The father-in-law gave one portion to his sister-in-law’s child, so he had to give two portions to her child. Moreover, her child was older, so it was hard to say whether he could take advantage of them after they got married. It was hard to say for Si Lin.