Lin Mai asked in surprise: "Why does Grandma Fang's house have Grandma Tian's shrimp paste?"
Zhou Caiyun told her the whole story and also told her that Grandma Tian also gave her dozens of salted duck eggs.
After speaking, she asked curiously: "What is shrimp paste?"
"Shrimp paste?" Lin Mai was a little surprised, "Isn't that a specialty only in Chaoshan? How come Grandma Tian can also make shrimp paste? Could it be that her ancestral home is Chaoshan?"
Although shrimp paste is a good thing in the eyes of Chaoshan people, it is salty, fresh and delicious, but Lin Mai doesn't like it very much and personally thinks it is too salty.
In her eyes, shrimp paste is of little use other than boiling it in soup or adding it to stir-fries.
Zhou Caiyun smiled and said: "I haven't eaten shrimp paste yet, let me try some."
Lin Mai is not interested in shrimp paste, but Zhou Caiyun wants to try it, so let's try it.
The two opened the jar of shrimp paste, and a strange smell of fresh food hit their nostrils, making their mouths salivate.
"It smells so good!" Zhou Caiyun said pleasantly: "It seems very good."
I took a small spoon and scooped it into a bowl, tasted a little, and immediately shivered a few times.
Lin Mai said with a smile: "Is it that delicious? It's not that exaggerated, right?"
Zhou Caiyun looked like he was eating shit, and his facial features were wrinkled together: "It's not delicious, it's terrible~"
"Even if it tastes bad, it's not that exaggerated."
It’s not like she’s never eaten shrimp paste before, it’s just too salty, and there’s nothing else wrong with it, so it’s not so unpalatable that it’s deformed.
Lin Mai dipped his chopsticks into some shrimp paste and tasted it in his mouth. He shivered several times uncontrollably.
Just like a person who is afraid of sourness, if he suddenly drinks a glass of lemon juice, the sourness is indescribable.
Zhou Caiyun smiled and said: "I'm not lying to you, isn't it delicious?"
Lin Mai shook his head: "It's not that it tastes bad, but it's too fresh. It's like concentrated chicken essence. The key is that it's fresher than chicken essence. It's too fresh and can only be used as a seasoning."
Zhou Caiyun didn't believe it: "Is that so?"
"Add a little to the vegetable soup at noon and try it and you will know."
When making tofu, egg drop and coriander soup at noon, Lin Mai added a little shrimp paste into it.
When the soup was ready, she tasted it.
It is extremely delicious, even more delicious than the soup made from chicken stewed with mushrooms. What kind of chicken essence and MSG are weak in front of Grandma Tian's shrimp paste.
Zhou Caiyun also tasted a little, which made her look intoxicated.
Lin Mai and others all drank several bowls of the delicious tofu and egg drop soup with Grandma Tian's shrimp paste.
Lin Mai had an idea. If he used Grandma Tian's shrimp paste in the meat filling, the taste would be absolutely delicious.
The next day, Lin Mai used shrimp paste in the meat filling, and the steamed buns and dumplings made were even more delicious.
When Fang Zhuoran came to have breakfast in the morning, Doudou saw him and shouted: "Uncle, today's steamed buns and dumplings are delicious, come and eat them!"
Fang Zhuoran smiled and said: "When did the steamed buns and dumplings sold by your mother not taste good?"
“Today’s is better!”
Doudou waved to Lin Mai: "Mom, hurry up and bring uncle some steamed buns and dumplings!"
Lin Mai responded with a smile and quickly brought the buns and dumplings to the small living room upstairs for Fang Zhuoran to enjoy.
Even though we are having breakfast on the coffee table, it is still a better environment than having breakfast downstairs.
Fang Zhuoran picked up a bun and took a bite without thinking, and was immediately surprised.
Growing up, he had eaten all the famous steamed buns from all over the country, but he had never tasted such delicious steamed buns, so delicious!
Doudou was sitting opposite him, and looking at his expression, you could tell that he was very satisfied with his meal.
I couldn't help but feel proud: "I was right, today's buns are particularly delicious!"
Fang Zhuoran nodded repeatedly: "Your mother is an amazing cook!"
The little cute baby held her little face with both hands and asked: "How about you marry my mother? If you marry my mother, you can eat delicious steamed buns and dumplings every day, as well as other delicious foods."
Fang Zhuoran smiled: "Why do you always want me to marry your mother?"
Doudou sighed: "I want a father, and I don't want the children to say that no one wants my mother~"
Fang Zhuoran smiled and rubbed her little head, wanting to say, someone will definitely want your mother in the future.
But for some reason, he just couldn't say this sentence, as if it would come true if he said it.
After finishing breakfast, he went downstairs and said goodbye to Lin Mai. Only then did Fang Zhuoran notice that Lin Mai was wearing a skirt today.
Unfortunately, the old apron and old sleeves on my body obscured the skirt, so the effect was not visible.
He praised: "Your buns and dumplings taste really good today!"
Lin Mai smiled and said: "I'll be this great every day from now on!"
Not only was Fang Zhuoran satisfied with his meal, other diners also praised it, and some even called friends to Lin Mai's house to buy steamed buns and dumplings.
Lin Mai was very happy. As long as the customers were satisfied with their food, the breakfast business would pick up day by day.
When Aunt Hu saw that Lin Mai's breakfast business was improving, she was so angry that smoke was rising from her head, and she kept cursing in a low voice.
After the business ended in the morning, Aunt Hu called Yangyang to eat the unsold braised eggs.
But after standing at the door of the store and calling for a long time, Yangyang didn't come back.
Her heart tightened, and she suddenly thought of what the biological mothers of her two distant nephews had said, and her heart sank. Could it be that she was really harmed by those two crazy women?
I quickly looked around for several times, but I couldn't see Yangyang's figure, and I burst into tears.
She always thought that the two crazy women were just scaring her, but she didn't expect them to come true.
Aunt Hu didn't even bother to lock the door, she cried and howled all the way to find her son and his wife.
My son and daughter-in-law were all in a state of panic.
Especially the daughter-in-law, who pointed at Aunt Hu's nose and called her a troublemaker and brought trouble to her son, but she didn't say a word about it last night.
Aunt Hu said aggrievedly: "I didn't expect those two crazy women would really do this."
The daughter-in-law jumped up and yelled: "Are you a pig? You caused other people's sons such misery. Do you think they are joking?"
The son and his wife immediately called the police.
After an investigation, the police found Yangyang at the home of one of the two distant nephews who had been taken advantage of by Aunt Hu.
However, the two families did not harm Yangyang, but instead gave him good food and drink.
The police asked them why they didn't say hello to Yangyang's family when they took Yangyang away.
The two women also said that they asked others to help them say hello.
This is really what happened during the police investigation.
That person did say hello to Aunt Hu, but Aunt Hu was cursing Lin Mai at that time and didn't hear her.
Since the two middle-aged women had not committed any misconduct, the police would naturally not do anything to them.
Although Yangyang was safe, Aunt Hu and his son and daughter-in-law knew clearly that they were trying to scare them first, but who knew whether they would actually do anything next time.
There is no way to prevent this, only to resolve it.
Aunt Hu and his son and daughter-in-law had no choice but to buy heavy gifts to make amends to the two families.
Both families accepted the gifts as ordered, but said they could not be responsible for Yangyang's safety.
At the same time, they also said that they would not harm Yangyang, and if something happened to Yangyang, it would have nothing to do with them.
No one in Aunt Hu's family is a fool and cannot understand the meaning behind their words: they will definitely take action, but they will never admit it.
Aunt Hu's daughter-in-law was almost crying, and she made it clear: "How can you let Yangyang go?"
The mother of a distant nephew rolled her eyes and said: "We have already said that we will not harm Yangyang, why do you have to frame it on us?"
The mother of another distant nephew sang along and said, "Do you want to resolve this grudge before you feel relieved?
It's easy. After our sons are released, you can just find them regular jobs.
After all, our son lost his job all because of your mother-in-law."
Aunt Hu's son and daughter-in-law were instantly dumbfounded.