Chapter Fifty-Seven: Fragrance Wafting for Ten Miles

  Fu Bei and Du Yu, two groups of people, coincidentally met at the Ghostly Inn. In front of the packed Dongxing Restaurant, Du Yu's younger brother used money to solve the problem of two dinner seats. Fu Bei's brother showed off his identity with Li Xiaoteng. The identity of being an official's second generation forced Li Xiaoteng to personally find a seat for Fu Bei and others...

  In the clear glass fish tank, twenty red and goldfish swam up and down. Strong light shone on the fish tank. The prosperity and noise of the night market seemed to bring a quiet atmosphere in the movement of the goldfish.

  With a "splash", Li Xiaoteng scooped up a red trout with one net. The thrashing red trout broke the beautiful and magnificent atmosphere.

  Li Xiaoteng, holding a red carp, came in front of the guest. He smiled and asked: "Do you think this one is good?"

  The guests looked at the red snapper. A few people nodded to each other. The host said with a smile: "Alright! It's him!" Li Xiaoteng immediately slammed the red snapper to the ground. Mali'er quickly picked up the stunned red snapper and pulled out a brand new electronic scale from under the fish tank. He casually threw the red snapper onto the scale, looked at the weight, and said to the guests: "Two kilograms six liang!"

  Li Xiaoteng saw the diners nodding. Only then did he hand the fish to Kong Zhen and say, "Give it to the kitchen's Waitai, let them help us clean it up."

  Kong Zhen took the fish and rushed into Dongxing Restaurant. Zhao Paozi, while attending to customers, came over and asked, "Teng Ge! How did you get this fish? Do I need to prepare anything?"

  Li Xiaoteng shook his head and walked to the oven. He picked up the tongs, poked at the charcoal fire, looked at the salt, cumin, and chili peppers on the edge of the oven. With a casual hand, he stirred the sauce jar with a spoon for a few times. He scooped out a bit and tasted it with his mouth, smacking his lips, nodding his head in satisfaction.

  Zhao Pangzi watched Li Xiaoteng savoring the sauce and couldn't help but smack his lips. His face flushed, he said: "Teng Ge, what flavor? Let me try some too!"

  The words had not been spoken yet, when the diners shouted: "Boss! Twenty strings of bean skin, ten strings of fish balls!" Li Xiaoteng hurriedly pushed Zhao Baozi with his hand and scolded in a low voice: "Hurry up and work, if you don't sell them tonight, I'll roast one for you. Let you rub one by yourself... die of pleasure..."

  Zhao heard this and immediately shouted "Wait a minute, I'll be right there!" He then rushed over quickly to start cooking the spicy hot pot for the guests.

  Kung Fu wasn't great, but Kong Zhen used a tray to carry out the processed rainbow trout. He handed it over to Li Xiaoteng and said, "Teng Ge, your connections aren't strong enough! The master who helped us kill the fish was neither emotional nor resentful... his mouth wasn't even clean..."

  Li Xiaoteng nodded at Kong Zhen without saying a word. He swallowed hard, put the fish on the display board next to the oven, and then made two cuts in the fish with his knife. Withdrawing the knife, he waved it back and forth a few times near the fish head like a mysterious sword technique. In an instant, Li Xiaoteng had processed the whole fish into thin slices resembling "duo bao yu".

  He bowed his head to take out the sauce, scooped some and evenly applied it to the front and back of the red snapper, then picked up the oil brush with ease and brushed some oil on the front and back of the red snapper. Then he put it in a stainless steel grill basket, clamped the basket and put it in the oven, roasting repeatedly.

  A sizzling sound, I don't know if it's the fragrance of the sauce or the fish meat, a composite aroma suddenly fills the air...

  Kong Zhen took over Zhao Hui's errand and handed the spicy hot pot to Fu Bei, Du Yu and others. After parking the car, Xiao Si sat down and looked at Li Xiaoteng roasting fish, then pulled Kong Zhen and asked: "What is your master roasting? It looks lively on that side."

  Kong Zhen turned his head to look at Li Xiaoteng, nodded towards Xiao Si and said: "Brother, our boss made some roasted fish. Do you want to come and try one?" Xiao Si looked at Fu Bei, saw that he didn't respond, and asked with a pouting mouth: "How did you guys make this roasted fish? Is there anything special about it?" Kong Zhen shook his head and said: "I just arrived today too, I haven't eaten it before, so I'm not very clear!"

  Xiao Si looked at Kong Zhen and asked, "Are you not hungry?" Kong Zhen shook his head. Xiao Si let out a deep sigh. Looking at the uncooperative Kong Zhen, he shook his head in frustration, then ordered some spicy hot pot and after finishing, pushed Kong Zhen to one side.

  Kong Zheng had just left when Zhao Baozi brought over a tray of roasted skewers and handed them to Fu Bei and the others.

  Fu Bei frowned and asked unhappily: "Little fatty, how did you bring it up? What about the girl who roasted kebabs?"

  Zhao Pangzi pointed at Cui Xiaoyan, who was busy, and said: "Oh, she's busy with that!" After thinking for a moment, he casually added: "Our boss hasn't started selling roasted skewers yet. If our Teng Ge also starts buying roasted skewers, I reckon it won't be as good as her current business."

  Lao San glared at Zhao Paozi, who was muttering to himself and shouting wildly, and scolded him: "What's with all the nonsense?! When our big brother asks you something, just answer. What are you doing, showing off for no reason? Hurry up and get us some spicy hot pot!"

  Zhao Baozi took a look at the crowd staring at him, feeling embarrassed and rubbed his nose. He shouted: "Wait a minute! I'll be right there!" and quickly hid. Zhao Baozi secretly scolded in his heart: "What's wrong with them? I'm also a millionaire now!" After comforting himself for a few sentences, he hurriedly ran to the front of the spicy hot pot stove and started arranging the spicy hot pot.

  Zhao Pàngzi himself didn't even know if he had thought about it, a blue sky and white clouds BMW was already nearly one million yuan in price. And the one million that wasn't even in his hands yet. In other people's eyes, he was simply a piece of trash......

  Li Xiaoteng's roasted fish was quickly cooked to perfection, and as the gentle breeze blew, the aroma suddenly accelerated and spread out. Li Xiaoteng casually grabbed a handful of cumin from the seasoning box next to the oven and evenly sprinkled it on the surface of the red snapper. As soon as the cumin came into contact with the fire, yellow flames suddenly burst out. The dynamic movement was a feast for the eyes, and the aroma was intoxicating. There's a Beijing saying that describes it perfectly: "Aromatic to the nostrils!"

  Savory sauce aroma, cumin and chili pepper fragrance, mixed in the air to make people drool...

  Cui Xiaoyan lowered her head to roast the skewers in her hand, suddenly smelling a strange barbecue aroma. She thought it was what she roasted herself, but after sniffing for half a day, she didn't smell anything. Suddenly, she raised her head and saw Li Xiaoteng standing by the large oven roasting fish on the opposite side of the street. For a moment, she was stunned, remembering how her father used to roast skewers for her when she was young. As she watched, her eyes became slightly moist.

  Somehow, I recalled that this afternoon Li Xiaoteng dragged me to the Ai Cun Bank and without saying a word, quickly took out 20,000 yuan from the counter. He found an envelope, put the money in it, and casually handed it over to me. If it were in the past, Cui Xiaoyan would never have accepted so much money from Li Xiaoteng, at most just taking a little as a gesture. But now, Cui Xiaoyan has everything she needs, except for one thing - money.

  The ancient saying goes: a penny can defeat a hero, now the money for mom's kidney transplant is not without a solution. Even the money for dialysis is barely enough to make ends meet.

  Cui Xiaoyan had taken the money and originally wanted to say thank you. But the words got stuck in her throat and she couldn't get them out. On the other hand, Li Xiaoteng was very grateful to Cui Xiaoyan and thanked her for a long time. This made Cui Xiaoyan feel embarrassed. In fact, she really wanted to tell Li Xiaoteng that she hadn't done anything at all. She also didn't think much of that piece of stone. If it were up to her, even if she had the stone, she wouldn't have gone to decipher it.

  Just then, Li Xiaoteng, standing at the entrance of Ai Cun Bank, muttered to himself in a slightly hoarse voice: "Cui sister, I'm not very capable. But if you have anything on your mind, come and talk to me about it. Maybe I can help."

  At that time, Cui Xiaoyan wanted to tell Li Xiaoteng about her family situation. Li Xiaoteng had so much money and she thought of borrowing 300,000 yuan from him for her mother's medical treatment.

  But when it came to saying something, I just couldn't open my mouth. In the end, all I could do was mutter a thank you to Li Xiaoteng...

  Mr. Zhao came out of the restaurant and took a look at the night market. Suddenly, he found Cui Xiaoyan standing in front of the oven with a dull expression, seemingly lost in thought. The lamb skewers had been roasted for a bit too long and would be burnt if left for another half minute. He hastily shouted to Cui Xiaoyan: "Teacher Cui! What are you thinking about? The lamb skewers are going to be ruined!"

  When Mr. Zhao called, Cui Xiaoyan came back to her senses and looked at the lamb skewers in her hand. Suddenly anxious, she flipped one over. Then brushed some oil on it. Only then did she embarrassedly say to Mr. Zhao: "Thank you, Mr. Zhao. I was distracted just now." After speaking, she still smiled awkwardly. And hurriedly focused on roasting the skewers in her hand again.

  At this time, a waitress from the restaurant next door, Xiao Hua, stood beside Cui Xiaoyan and said: "Sister Cui, look at Li Xiaoteng's roasted fish across the street, it smells so good! Our side already has the aroma! If Brother Xiaoteng also starts roasting lamb skewers, I wonder how much it will affect your business!"

  Cui Xiaoyan looked up at Li Xiaoteng again, sighed and silently continued to roast the skewers in her hand. Shan Xiaohua saw that Cui Xiaoyan didn't say anything, shrugged and went back to work busily beside her.

  Li Xiaoteng's roasted fish was done while they were talking. Finally, he sprinkled some chili powder on the back of the fish and casually threw the fish and the grill onto the cold dish display board. He opened the grill, picked up a knife, and chopped it into small pieces with a few swift cuts. He took the plate handed over by Kong Zhen from the side and arranged the pieces back to their original shape. He casually placed a few leaves of cilantro and a daisy on top. He grabbed a towel to wipe his hands and shouted at Kong Zhen, "Serve the dish!"

  Kong Zhen hastily held the plate and walked along the aisle towards the diners' table. As he carried the fish forward, Kong Zhen seemed to hear the sound of diners on both sides secretly swallowing their saliva. Suddenly, his heart was filled with a sense of pride. This is the fish roasted by Li Xiaoteng, and he himself seems to be basking in the glory of the great god, honored to be associated with him...

  Kong Zhen put the fish in the middle of the table for the guests and said loudly: "Everyone, this is the red snapper you ordered. Please enjoy!"

  Seems to be the most distinguished guest. The first one picked up a piece with chopsticks, put it in his mouth, and immediately spat out his tongue due to the heat, but still quickly chewed on the fish block in his mouth.

  The freshness of the fish meat, the savory flavor of the sauce, seems to be a seafood sauce or a barbecue sauce. Anyway, it's a complex flavor that can't be described clearly, with a mix of freshness, saltiness and sauce flavors rolling around on the tongue. Finally, the numbing and spicy flavors on the taste buds add a finishing touch to this piece of roasted fish!

  After chewing for half a day, the crispy edges and tender fish skin melted in my mouth. The fragrance of the fish meat was fully blended with the flavors. "Gulp" - the customer swallowed it down. Suddenly, he shouted loudly: "Damn, this is so delicious! Come on, you guys try some! It's so good that even a mother would put it in a small cart and sell it on the street!"

  The brothers were just watching the big brother eating, it was so fragrant that they didn't dare to move their chopsticks. The big brother spoke up, and they hurriedly each picked up a piece and carefully chewed it in their mouths.

  The diners who had been closely watching the fish on the side suddenly shouted: "We also want to try a red snapper!" On the other side, they also shouted: "We have more people! Give us two roasted ones!"

  There was a anxious host, who suddenly stood up and ran to Li Xiaoteng's side. He stretched out his hand and used a scoop to directly scoop down. He took the initiative to go fishing himself!

  Li Xiaoteng, standing by the side, casually picked up a knife and shouted loudly like Zhang San's roar on Yang Bridge: "Hush! You dare to..."

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