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Chapter 21
"Two small crispy pork steamed bowl set."
Jiang Ci came over with a set meal. The configuration of the small crispy meat set was very similar to the mapo tofu set, including a steaming bowl, a serving of rice, and a small dish of green vegetables.
Ye Hongliang took a deep breath: "It smells so good! Boss Jiang, I will pack another set of this set before I leave!"
Jiang Ci knew that he would habitually pack for his boss, so he smiled and said, "No problem."
Ling Jian stared intently at the boss putting the items in the set dish on the table one by one, he was a little absent-minded, paused for two seconds, and then said: "Thank you."
Small crispy meat steaming bowl... He had eaten it many times when he was a child.
Pork or beef is cut into strips, deep-fried, and steamed slowly with the soup stewed in spices. You can make multiple pots at a time and put them on the long table.Adults eat meat and drink heavily, having a great time.
And he, shuttled through the crowd, using his strong body to squeeze away the little kid standing in front of him.
Put down the chopsticks.
Under the eyes of the children who dared not speak out, the rare piece of meat went into his stomach.
However... Are those small crispy meat steaming bowls and the one in front of you really the same dish?
The calm and thick dark pottery bowl is as big as a palm.The golden-fried and steamed soft meat slices are piled up next to each other in a bowl, and the meat slices are covered with puff pastry that has been soaked in the soup. Under the steaming white steam, there is a shimmer of luster.On the top, green and bright red pepper rings, cut as thin as silk, lightly sprinkled on the surface of the small crispy meat.
Ling Jian was silent for a short while, grabbed the porcelain chopsticks on one side, carefully picked up a bright red pepper ring with the tip of the chopsticks, and picked up a piece of crispy meat.
After tens of minutes of steaming, the crispy flour-wrapped pieces of meat have been steamed quite soft at this time. As the chopsticks are lifted and paused, the small crispy meat is lightly and slightly lifted in the air under the action of gravity.bounce.
"Gudong."
Ling Jian's Adam's apple rolled, and he heard the sound of himself swallowing saliva.
The sliced meat is tightly wrapped by the puff pastry, and the golden puff pastry has become soft and crunchy under the infiltration of the soup.
After one bite, the dough is eaten first, and the burnt aroma of starch is wrapped in the slightly spicy aroma of pepper, which overflows the mouth.
Obviously, the golden meringue that was still crunchy, hard and delicious before, and made a "crack-crack" sound as it was chewed, is now so soft that it melts away when it is crushed by the tongue, giving people a kind ofWonderful, soft and crisp to the extreme charming taste.
"...!"
Ling Jian closed his eyes.
Immediately afterwards, the meat soaked in the soup, soft and tender, but not completely crunchy, but with a bit of chewy flexibility.In the deepest part of the small crispy meat, the broth is delicious and the seasoning is salty...
If it is paired with a refreshing and spicy pepper ring...
Ling Jian opened his eyes, quickly picked up a pepper ring as thin as silk, and put it in his mouth.
It's such a spicy taste.
"Crack."
Ling Jian seemed to hear the sound of reason breaking.
Ling Jian's back tightened, he quickly grabbed the chopsticks, and picked up the rice with big mouthfuls.
He's a professional...he can't just be, just be like his little brother...
However, just such a mouthful of tender and charming, salty and slightly spicy crispy meat seemed to completely light up his tongue.
Even if there is plain rice without any seasoning in the bowl, Ling Jian still finds it delicious.
The white rice grains are steamed just right, soft and plump, exuding this moist steam, and after eating it in big mouthfuls, the fresh rice fragrance sweeps the taste, and the empty stomach also feels a sense of fullness.
In just a few seconds, a whole bowl of rice was swallowed.
The tip of the chopsticks rubbed against the bottom of the bowl, and when he realized that the bowl was empty and only the last few grains of rice were left, Ling Jian fell into a loss of speech.
Ling Jian: "..." Actually, it's over.
Ye Hongliang noticed that after Ling Jian put down his job, he paused for a while without making any further moves, so he felt a little curious.
He struggled to remove his head from the rice bowl, and then, he was surprised to find that the small crispy meat steaming bowl in front of Ling Jian hadn't moved his chopsticks, but the white rice in the bowl was completely clean!
Ye Hongliang: "...!" Oh my god!
Is there such a human being that can really resist the deliciousness made by Boss Jiang in this world?
Ye Hongliang hesitated for a moment, then said in shock: "Ling Jian, don't you...don't you like this little crispy meat?"
"Hmm... no." Ling Jian didn't know how to explain.
He could only answer irrelevantly: "I eat a lot."
Ye Hongliang accepted this statement: "That's it."
In Feng Qianguan, white rice is the cheapest thing, and you can refill it for two yuan.Ling Jian stood up, his tall body walked through the shop, and the shadows enveloped the diners in the shop one by one.
"Hi, another bowl of rice." He said to Aunt Liang.
"No problem, guest." Aunt Liang smiled a little timidly, and hurried into the back kitchen, filled him with a large bowl of rice, thought for a while, then compacted the rice grains with a rice spoon, and pressed two more spoons.
The guest ate a lot when he saw it.
Ling Jian returned to the table with a mountain of rice.
This time, Ling Jian calmed down a bit. After the initial trance, that calmness finally returned to him.
Ling Jian ate a mouthful of crispy meat, a mouthful of white rice, and occasionally crunched the crispy cabbage.Outsiders must not be able to see anything from his expression, only he himself knows how satisfied he is.
In fact, it is still visible.
"Hey, look at the boss, he, he..." When a certain bodyguard raised his head, he was shocked, patted his brother on the shoulder, and motioned him to turn his head in a low voice.
"What's wrong?" The brother who was patted by him turned his head and immediately saw...
Ling Jian's table was piled full of... ten rice bowls.
The rice bowls were stacked one on top of the other like a hill, and the aunt next to her was full of melancholy, looking as if she wanted to come over to take it away, but she seemed to be afraid of Ling Jian, so she didn't come over in the end.
There are more and more rice bowls.
?????
"Does the boss eat so much? Why are you still eating?"
"There is actually little crispy meat in his bowl! What's the matter, haven't he finished eating yet?"
"It's the eleventh bowl, my God!"
...
Jiang Ci saw off Ye Hongliang and his group, and watched them each carry one or two packing boxes and get on the minibus contentedly.
This group of people has a big appetite and eats a lot. Through their consumption habits, it can also be seen that their salaries are generous.Moreover, these people brought by Ye Hongliang will help their companions pack things back every time, and they are considered big customers in the small shop.
Once they come, Jiang Ci can reduce the turnover by several thousand.
Jiang Ci looked at the money, and satisfactorily began to receive the next batch of diners.
On the other side, on the minibus, the well-fed bodyguards slowly sat down, and the originally spacious minibus compartment suddenly seemed overcrowded against their backdrop.
Many of them ordered hot and spicy dishes, and they were sweating from eating.When was in Feng Qianguan, was still a little bit concerned about image. As soon as got in the car, couldn't help but rolled up sleeves and pulled the collar of shirt, intending to relax.
"..."
When Ye Hongliang walked in, he suddenly felt a kind of suffocation.
Seeing this, Ling Jian gave him his usual seat at the front of the car so that Ye Hongliang could breathe.
Ling Jian made way for the passage: "You sit here."
"Thank you." Ye Hongliang was not polite, and quickly squeezed past.
Ling Jian dragged his huge body and squeezed to the back of the carriage.
"Boss, Boss." The bodyguards behind were still immersed in a comfortable state of eating and drinking, but when they saw their superiors coming over, they quickly sat down, and adjusted their positions to give up a seat for Ling Jian.
"Show me the adjusted schedule yesterday." Ling Jian turned his head and said to a bodyguard next to him with a dark complexion and a slightly calmer expression than the others.
"Okay, Boss." Upon hearing this, the bodyguard quickly took out his phone, brought up a document interface, and handed it to Ling Jian.
The schedule shows all the bodyguards' 24-hour work, including many details. After the operation is stable, it will only be adjusted regularly at the end of a cycle, and occasionally there will be temporary fine-tuning.
Yesterday's adjustment was an accident—two bodyguards accidentally broke their bones when they were arm-wrestling privately.
This bloody case aroused Ye Hongliang's fury, and Ling Jian's chilling, expressionless "education".
Followed by the adjustment of the schedule.
Ling Jian scanned the form at a glance, fell silent for a while, and said, "Add me to the list of people going out for dinner."
Ling Jian thought about it, and felt that he had to share weal and woe with everyone, and he still couldn't be special, so he added: "My frequency of going out should be the same as everyone else's."
The number of places to go out is fixed.
Originally, Ling Jian was not interested in coming to Feng Qianguan, so he simply gave the opportunity to his younger brother.His decision made the younger brothers secretly happy for a while.
But now, he has changed his mind.
"Well, just adjust it like this. Show me the new report after the adjustment is completed tomorrow."
Ling Jian made up his mind and handed the phone back to his subordinates.
Joining one person means that the average chance of going out for each person will be reduced.
Almost instantly, there was an unspeakable silence in the carriage, and a worry was subtly twisted on the faces of each bodyguard.
Worry, fear, but dare not speak.
If had known...don't bring their boss here today.
Hey.
...
The new building of the Qi Group is located in the commercial area in the center of City A.In the CBD where the price is very high, even at night, the towering buildings are still brightly lit...
No one is off work.
One of these buildings is owned by a branch of the Qi Group.
At this moment, above the height of the twenty-eighth floor.
Gao Deyun stood sweating profusely in the spacious office.He is one of the vice presidents of the head office, and when the Qi family wanted to set up a branch in City A, he was sent over and appointed as the president of the branch, directly responsible to Qi Yan.
When Gao Deyun first came to City A, he still wanted to do a big job, but the Emperor Shangao was far away. Once he slack off, the recent branch company's profits are not very good.
Recently, Qi Yan has come to City A more and more often, and often lives in his villa in City A.Gao Deyun figured that besides inspecting several industries that Qi Yan was going to invest in, the more important point...
Just to teach him a lesson.
Today, after a day's meeting in the branch office, as expected, Qi Yan lost his temper.
Although, his madness is also very calm, but his tongue is quite venomous.From his usual performance, it is really hard to see that he is such a person.
"Pigs invest with better vision than you. Do you hate that the group's money is not enough for you to build?" Qi Yan's handsome eyebrows were slightly frowned, and his cold eyes scanned the numbers on the report, "I'll give you the money, I might as well go directly to buy a house."
"..." Gao Deyun was speechless.
He actually felt that the boss was quite right.
"No, I insulted the pig." Qi Yan parted his thin lips lightly, and added, "The IQ of a pig is quite high."
Gao Deyun: "..."
Fortunately, Ye Hongliang came back at this time.There were two knocks on the door of the office.
Qi Yan: "Come in."
Seeing Qi Yan's extremely cold expression, Ye Hongliang knew that he was in a bad mood, so he hurriedly said, "Boss, let's have dinner first. Feng Qianguan has a new dish today, and it's still hot."
New dish?
Qi Yan raised his eyebrows, casually threw the folder in Gao Deyun's direction, and said, "Let's eat first, and wake up."
"Okay." Gao Deyun quickly responded, he let out a breath, wiped his sweat, and walked out of the office.
...
Jiang Ci and the small factory placed an order directly, ordering a batch of packaging boxes and thermal insulation bags with Feng Qianguan LOGO printed on them.The dishes in her store are expensive, and she is willing to pay for packing.
After all, most dishes taste best freshly out of the pan.After being taken back by diners, some flavor will be lost anyway.
In order to minimize this loss, Jiang Ci will use strong thermal insulation bags when packing.
The cooler bag is a clean looking silvery white.Qi Yan unzipped the zipper, and a warm fragrance wafted out.
Qi Yan's furrowed brows stretched out involuntarily.
There were three packing boxes in the thermal bag, and Qi Yan opened them one by one.
The first box contains plump and soft white rice. As soon as the lid is lifted, the rustic aroma of steamed starch will fill the office.
The second box contained a few tall and straight green vegetables.
The small green vegetables were brought in from the outskirts of the city in the early hours of the morning. Not long after they were picked from the farmland, they were quickly sent into the city by large trucks.When Jiang Ci put it in the pot, the leaves of the small green vegetables were still green and dripping, stained with water drops after washing, as if they hadn't been picked from the ground yet.
And in the third box...
Qi Yan: "This is...?"
"Boss Jiang's new dish today is a steamed bowl of crispy pork." Ye Hongliang recalled Ling Jian's eating a while ago, and couldn't help saying, "Didn't you see that today Ling Jian was eating a bowl of crispy pork, and it lasted ten minutes?"A bowl of rice, everyone in the store was petrified by him. Tsk tsk tsk, you didn't see Boss Jiang's last look, you laughed to death."
At first, Ye Hongliang thought that Ling Jian really liked to eat.But later, he saw Ling □□ straight waist gradually loosened, and his elbows were resting on the table, Ye Hongliang, who was good at observing words and expressions, knew what was going on.
Sure enough, still think the crispy pork is delicious.
Hearing what Ye Hongliang said, Qi Yan immediately thought of the scene where Ling Jian ate with great mouthfuls.
At that moment, the small crispy meat steaming bowl must have just been brought out by Jiang Ci from the back kitchen, with the heat just out of the pot, keeping it in the most delicious state.
But... because of the basket that Gao Deyun poked out, he didn't make it in time to eat today.
Qi Yan felt a little pity in his heart, he turned his attention back to his eyes, and opened the third box.
Thanks to the thermal bag, the transparent and clean food box still feels warm to the touch. As soon as the lid is lifted, the attractive aroma wafts into the air.
Inside the food box, little crispy meat that was deep-fried golden is piled up, soaked in the rich and fragrant soup, soft and tender.Jiang Ci later found out that Qi Yan was not very good at spicy food, so he didn't add pepper rings to this portion, but sprinkled some chopped green onion.
The emerald green scallions were cut into filament-like scallion rings with a sharp knife. They were not cooked, and they fell crisply on the surface of the crispy meat slices.
Pick up a piece of crispy meat and put it on the hot white rice.After a long time of cooking, the soup full of gravy seeps down, dyeing the white rice grains into a yellowish color.
Qi Yan simply scooped up the rice with a spoon, put it in his mouth along with the crispy meat.
The flexible meat slices are soaked in full soup, tightly wrapped by the wonderful pastry...
Due to the addition of prickly ash and dried chili during the cooking process, even if Jiang Ci does not put pepper rings, the small crispy meat still has a slightly numb and slightly spicy base flavor.But at least, the spiciness this time is within Qi Yan's acceptable range.
The spiciness made his lips gradually turn red, but this mild spiciness is quite addictive.
It was so comfortable that wanted to let out a long sigh.
"Boss, I also packed some sweet-scented osmanthus rice cakes, which can relieve the spiciness." Ye Hongliang said thoughtfully.He took out the paper box containing sweet-scented osmanthus rice cakes from another thermal bag. The light wood-colored box has a faint paper texture, clean and beautiful.
The heat of the sweet-scented osmanthus rice cakes passed through his fingertips.
I want to eat.
Ye Hongliang controlled himself, resisted the temptation very professionally, and put the paper box on Qi Yan's desk.
In an instant, a trace of fresh and sweet fragrance penetrated into the nostrils. Under the cover of the salty smell of the small crispy meat, the sweet fragrance seemed to be absent, and it was impossible to smell it as soon as the mind was distracted.But it is precisely because of this that it makes people want to get closer to taste it.
Qi Yan was dazed: "Is this the non-sale item you mentioned last time?"
"That's right. This is what Boss Jiang gave away when he held an event before. I went there late that day and didn't get it. I waited until today to see that it was on sale." Ye Hongliang couldn't help claiming credit, "Oh, you don't know, this cake in Boss Jiang’s shop is so popular, I just grabbed the last few pieces.”
Qi Yan: "Thank you."
The small crispy meat set meal has been cleared, Qi Yan put down his chopsticks, wiped his hands again with a disinfectant wipe, then picked up a half-cold rice cake, and ate it with the purified water from the water dispenser.
Sweet, cool, soft and soft...
The fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus diffuses in the mouth, and even the cold pure water seems to become pleasant.
Under the fresh aroma of rice, the light sweetness of maltose brings familiar comfort to the taste buds, and the exhaustion from working all day is inadvertently eliminated.
...
Another corner of Qi's Building.
Gao Deyun washed his face, spit on his previous achievements in the bathroom, and then walked out in disgrace.
When he returned to the office, Gao Deyun unexpectedly saw a figure as tall as a hill standing at the door of his office.
He recognized that it was Qi Yan's bodyguard Ling Jian.
Gao Deyun and Ling Jian didn't have much contact, in the group, they just nodded when they met.
This... came to find me?
Gao Deyun was a little puzzled, but also a little afraid of this tall, strong and serious man.
He walked over and asked politely, "Mr. Ling, are you looking for me?"
"Yeah." Ling Jian nodded slightly, and passed an insulated bag in his hand, "Boss Ye brought it to you, saying that you were tired today, and you might not have time to eat dinner just now."
Ling Jian said this politely, but Gao Deyun felt ashamed for a while, so why didn't he have time to eat?It was because Qi Yan had been admonishing him all the time, and he didn't dare to walk away.
However, Mr. Ye is quite good at being a man.
Gao Deyun knew that Qi Yan liked to eat a dish called "Feng Qianguan" recently, and Ye Hongliang probably brought a portion for him when he was helping his boss to pack.
Coincidentally, he is also very hungry now.
"Thank you."
Gao Deyun stretched out his hand, ready to take the heat preservation bag from Ling Jian.
However……
Ling Jian's big strong hands firmly grasped the heat preservation bag. He pulled it, but it didn't move.
Gao Deyun: "...???"
Ling Jian came back to his senses, and quickly let go of his hand: "I'm sorry."
The tall bodyguard took one last look at the thermal bag that was out of his palm, then turned around and left quickly.
What are you doing?Gao Deyun looked at Ling Jian's back, and walked back to his office inexplicably.
In the office, his secretary Xiao Lin was also working overtime, staring straight at the computer to make a watch. The dense data made the young man dizzy.
"Mr. Gao, are you eating in a new restaurant?" Xiao Lin asked curiously when he saw the unfamiliar LOGO on the thermal bag.
"Yeah." Gao Deyun sat down on the sofa and put the thermal bag on the coffee table in front of him.
In fact, Ye Hongliang doesn't need to be the chief assistant to pack dinner for the boss.Ask a small employee, or even order a takeaway.But Ye Hongliang has been unstoppable recently, running to this small shop every now and then.
Gao Deyun thought of this detail and opened the bag curiously.
The aroma that was sealed by the thermal bag immediately drifted gently into the air.
Gao Deyun was refreshed.
The cold, lonely office, which makes people feel tired when they see it... In an instant, it seemed to become soft and bright because of the hot aroma of food.
"It smells so good!" Secretary Xiao Lin swallowed heavily.
And Gao Deyun has quickly opened the box and happily picked up the little crispy meat.
The soft slices of meat wrapped in puff pastry are so delicious that you want to go to heaven. In the rich and just right natural spice flavor, the fresh peppery flavor goes straight to the sky, like lightning quickly piercing the night sky.
"!!!"
Gao Deyun opened his eyes slightly, and began to eat with big mouthfuls.
Secretary Kobayashi was so uncomfortable.In fact, he had already had dinner in the dining hall of Qi's Building not long ago. The dinner that day included veal steak and big chicken drumsticks. He ate very happily, and his stomach was even full.
but now……
God, Mr. Gao actually eats this kind of food in front of him, it tastes so delicious...
It's so inhumane!!!
Kobayashi shed tears in his heart.
Gao Deyun ate so much that his soul flew away, and he praised Ye Hongliang ten thousand times in his heart.And just as he was enjoying the delicious food, with a "ding", a message came into his phone.
Gao Deyun stopped his chopsticks uncomfortably and grabbed his phone.
He swiped open the screen, looked at the message expressionlessly, and then said, "Xiao Lin, if Jiang's restaurant has sent you something recently, including food, please help me refuse."
Seeing his boss's expression, Xiao Lin thought about what had happened in the past few days, and asked curiously, "It's him again?"
Gao Deyun pondered for a while, and said "Yes".
The branch company's anniversary, Qi's plans to hold a banquet in City A.He didn't need to manage this matter at his level, that is, the anniversary banquet was important, and he was only involved in the catering part when he planned to host a banquet for the big bosses in related industries in city A.
As a result, it was entangled.
Different restaurants, different matchmakers, and those who went on and on, all tried to get orders from him around the corner.
Xiao Lin was a little puzzled: "I think they are very enthusiastic. Besides, Jiang's family is also one of the best in City A, why not let them take charge directly?"
"How can it be that simple?" Gao Deyun curled his lips, "Although only fifty people are invited to the banquet this time, they are all executives and directors of enterprises in City A. In the future, many places will discuss cooperation. The quality of the dinner also reflects our pomp, must not go wrong.”
"Moreover, the most important thing is that the taste must surpass Lao Pan's savage mouth." Gao Deyun said, "I can't make a decision until I pass his test, or I will be read to death."
Xiao Lin understood, nodded and said, "There seems to be nothing that can satisfy Lao Pan."
"Yes." Gao Deyun sighed, "After a while, when Lao Pan's plane arrives in City A, let him choose."
He glanced at the lit screen of his phone again.
Jiang family...
He ate there when he first came to City A.
The taste is really good, and the cooks and waiters inside are also well-trained.Moreover, for customers like him, VIP service is given very considerately, and they are always attentive every time.
But... Gao Deyun's eyes fell on the food box in front of him.
He actually felt that the little crispy meat in front of him was even more delicious than the freshly cooked dishes from Jiang's Restaurant.
what happened?!
...
Half an hour later, Gao Deyun ate and drank enough, took a rest for a while, and finally got up his breath and walked back to Qi Yan's office.
After pushing open the door, Gao Deyun found that Qi Yan had eaten dinner, and his mood seemed to brighten a lot.At least this time, Qi Yan's mocking tone was no longer so obvious when referring to the figures of the loss.
Discussion continued.
Qi Yan is controlling himself.He generally does not bring his personal emotions into his work.
However, as soon as he saw Gao Deyun, he couldn't help but think...it was this guy who made him unable to go to Feng Qianguan on time.
You can't eat hot, freshly baked crispy meat.
Qi Yan: "..."
Hey, not happy.
On the side, Gao Deyun, who was listening to Qi Yan pointing out his work expressionlessly, felt a drop of cold sweat drip down his back intuitively.
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