I Opened a Restaurant in Ancient Times

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When Su Tian received the letter from Qiyun County, she was directing Shitou and others to grind rice flour.

　　Soak the rice in water and then dry it, grind it into fine powder with a stone mill, add some starch and boil it with boiling water. The kneaded dough is smooth and white, and has higher ductility than ordinary flour. Divide it into small balls and stuff them into molds, manually press them into long thin strips, and slide them directly into the pot to cook. This is the rice noodles that Su Tian has been dreaming about!

　　Taking into consideration that not only An An was growing, but Shi Tou and the others were also still growing, Su Tian planned to make the rice noodle soup base lighter and more nutritious.

　　Three old hens and four or five pork shanks were put into a clay pot and boiled on the stove for a whole afternoon. For some reason, Su Tian felt that the soup stewed with firewood had a richer taste. No other seasoning was needed. Just a little white salt and pepper powder was enough to make people's mouths water.

　　"Take these plates away." Su Tian handed Shuangxi a few palm-sized plates filled with blanched vegetables, some thin slices of meat and quail eggs.

　　"Boss, are we going to eat this directly? These...are all raw, right?" Shuangxi looked at the meat slices and quail eggs on the plate and hesitated for a moment before speaking.

　　"Take it over first, and I'll teach you how to eat it later."

　　Dozens of small plates filled the table, and in front of each seat was a small casserole bowl filled with half a bowl of thick soup. The surface was covered with a layer of grease, with a few pieces of minced meat floating around. The soup was clear and fragrant, and the white rice noodles lay safely at the bottom of the bowl.

　　"Let's get started!" Su Tian took the lead and took two quail eggs and poured them into the bowl. The soup base was very hot, so she put the meat slices and eggs, which were not easy to cook, in while it was hot. "You can choose whatever vegetables you want. Put the meat first and then the vegetables. Mix them randomly."

　　The others looked at Su Tian's movements and tried to imitate him. Some took fish fillets, some put bean sprouts and green vegetables, and An An, who was sitting next to them, also got a small bowl and let him help himself.

　　"Sister, eat meat!" An An tugged at the corner of Su Tian's clothes. He was small and couldn't reach the plate in front of him while sitting on the chair. He could only blink his big watery eyes and look at Su Tian.

　　Su Tian breathed out and handed him the plate of meat slices: "Be careful, the bowl is hot!"

　　The oil on the surface of this thick soup is very heat-retaining. Su Tian was not paying attention and got scalded, and her eyes are full of tears.

　　Xiao Wu put a little bit of the side dishes on each plate, and the bowl was almost full. He counted the quail eggs he had just thrown in and fished them out of the bowl. The egg white had already solidified into a white solid. He took a light bite and the egg white cracked, revealing the bright yellow yolk inside. There was still some semi-solidified egg liquid in the middle. It was indeed a perfect runny egg.

　　Everyone present was family, so there was no need to worry too much about their table manners, so for a while the room was filled with the sound of "slurping".

　　The soup that has been simmered for an afternoon is full of flavor and rich in taste. The boiling hot rice noodles are soft yet tough and slippery like small fish. A few rice noodles mixed with vegetables are put into the mouth, and the stomach is satisfied at once.