Chapter 171 Braised Mandarin Fish with Vinegar (13)

"Have you washed the chives?"

"Yes, yes, this is my strong point."

"Give it to me when it's done, I need to cut the chives."

"Come on, come on~~"

Xiaobai jumped down from the small stool, holding the bamboo basket, handed the washed chives to Zhang Tan, and stood on tiptoe to look at it curiously.

"Boss Zhang, what are you cooking?"

"Have you heard of braised mandarin fish in vinegar?"

"Wow, this is my strong point, but I haven't heard of it."

"Actually, this is my first time making it. Let's try it first. You'll get it done after a few more times."

"Boss Zhang~~You haven't had dinner yet, are you hungry?"

"I'm a little hungry now that you're talking about it."

"Wow, come on~~"

Xiaobai happily took out a set of pancakes packed in oil paper bags and handed them to Zhang Tan to fill his stomach.

Zhang Tan wiped his hands on his apron, took it and asked, "Is this specially prepared for me?"

Xiao Bai nodded.

"Thank you, Xiao Bai."

"We are good friends, Boss Zhang, what else do you want from me?"

"Emm~ I don't have any for now, let me do it next."

Zhang Tan cut the chives into sections and put them aside for later.

He put onions and ginger into the hot peanut oil in the pot and fried them until fragrant, then added soy sauce, Daxiong wine, sugar and water, boiled them together, thickened them with water starch, added sesame oil and vinegar, and made a sweet and sour marinade.

Pour the cut chives into the sweet and sour marinade and cook for a while.

Take advantage of this gap to shovel out the mandarin fish in another pot and put it on the table, then mix the chives with the sweet and sour marinade and pour it on the fish, and the kitchen immediately makes a "squeaking" sound.

A dish of mandarin fish with vinegar is ready, and there is one last procedure.

Zhang Tan used chopsticks to loosen the fish, allowing the marinade to fully penetrate the fish and let the fish meat fully taste.

"Okay~" Zhang Tan said to Xiaobai beside him.

Xiaobai: "Okay~ Wow~~~"

Zhang Tan made another side dish, and it would be ready for dinner tonight.

At this time, he found that Xiaobai was not in the kitchen. He went out worriedly and saw that the child had already reached the entrance and was changing shoes and preparing to go out.

"Xiaobai, where are you going?"

"Playing with friends."

"Let's eat, don't leave."

"I'm full."

"Try the fish I made again, you helped a lot, don't leave, come here."

"This is not good~~~"

"Then why don't you call Liuliu and ask her to try it too."

"Huh? Liuliu?"

"Yes, call Liuliu to try the fish we made."

"This is not good~~~"

This time it was really not good.

But Boss Zhang still asked her to invite Liuliu.

Xiaobai changed her shoes and found Liuliu who was arguing with Luo Zikang.

When Shen Liuliu saw Xiaobai coming, she became even more courageous and said, "Ha~ my Xiaobai is here, Luo Zikang, you are a fool, I am not afraid of you! Humph~~╭(╯^╰)╮"

Luo Zikang was very annoyed with her and couldn't get rid of her, so he cursed, "Liuliu, you are a troublemaker, little brat! Go away and don't talk to me."

Liuliu became even more excited: "Humph! Luo Zikang, you did something bad, and you are afraid of me, I will not let you go."

Luo Zikang walked towards her, and she was so scared that she ran away immediately, She hid behind Xiaobai like a gust of wind: "Luo Zikang, you are a fool~~"

Xiaobai pulled her away and said: "Liuli, you fool, don't mess with Luo Zikang, he will beat you, what will you do if you cry."

"Xiaobai, I won't cry, I am a strong little pomegranate duck."

Xiaobai didn't care about this, she was just talking casually, what she cared about was: "Liuli, how come you and Boss Zhang became good friends?"

"Boss Zhang has a lot of delicious food at home, I like him so much."

Xiaobai stared at her without saying anything.

Liuli was still blabbering: "My mother said Boss Zhang is a handsome guy, she likes handsome guys so much, but I think Boss Zhang is not as good-looking as Luo Zikang, Luo Zikang has a lot of meat, his butt is so big... Xiaobai, Xiaobai, don't pinch my face, don't pull my pigtails..."

In the quiet stairs, a difficult little baby voice sounded.

"Xiaobai~~嘤嘤嘤~~I'm so tired, I can't carry you, you're my sister."

"Xiaobai, don't play with me, I can't play with you~~~"

"Xiaobai, Xiaobai~~~"

Poor Liuliu was carrying Xiaobai on her back, climbing the stairs step by step.

Xiaobai was riding Liuliu again.

After reaching the second floor with difficulty, Liuliu couldn't walk anymore, and she lay on the ground and refused to leave.

"Stupid kid, come up."

Xiaobai bent down and decided to carry Liuliu to the third floor.

"Hehehe~"

The half-dead Liuliu immediately became lively, jumped onto Xiaobai's back, hugged her neck, smiled happily, and rode Xiaobai, it was fun.

But Xiaobai yelled angrily: "Stupid kid~~~Stupid kid! Don't hug my neck, I'm going to die."

The two of them entered Boss Zhang's house panting.

Boss Zhang had already brought all the dishes to the table and said, "Just right, come over and let's eat together."

Liuliu quickly glanced at Xiaobai, who frowned and said nothing.

She also didn't say anything, but crossed her arms and turned her head aside, indicating that she would never eat food given out of pity.

Zhang Tan put out the small bowls, chopsticks and spoons, and seeing that the two were still standing still, he urged them: "Eat, don't just stand there, Xiaobai, Liuliu, wash your hands and come up quickly."

Liuliu stood on tiptoe and looked at the delicious dishes on the table. She kept twitching her little nose. The aroma of the dishes had already floated to the tip of her nose, and she couldn't stop it.

"Boss Zhang, we are full, we want to go out and have some fun."

After Xiaobai finished speaking, he pulled Liuliu to leave, but found that he couldn't pull her because she was too heavy.

"You idiot, are you going to leave?"

Liuliu said with a bitter face: "Go, go, go, I won't eat Boss Zhang's fish!"

How could Zhang Tan let them slip away? He caught them all and said: "You are not allowed to leave unless you eat."

Xiaobai said: "Boss Zhang, where do you live?"

Liuliu followed and said: "Boss Zhang, you are a good person."

Zhang Tan: "Smell it, is the fish I made fragrant?"

Liuliu didn't need to smell it, she had smelled it a long time ago, it was really fragrant.

"Cooking is your strong point, Boss Zhang." Xiaobai praised.

"Why don't you go wash your hands and get ready to eat."

Liuli glanced at Xiaobai and said, "Xiaobai, let's go wash our hands first, okay? We won't eat, we're just washing our hands."

A few minutes later, the children who washed their hands decided to eat with Boss Zhang and not eat by themselves. Then they decided to just smell it and not eat it. Then they said it was delicious, delicious, really delicious.

Zhang Tan helped them pick out the fish bones and put the fish meat in their bowls and said, "It's a little sweet. There's a little too much sugar and the vinegar is a little old. Hmm, but the fish is good and tender. The boss is right. This may really be caught in the stream. The meat is very tight. The overall taste is still good, right?"

Xiaobai: "Wow, Boss Zhang, this is your strong point."

In fact, she didn't understand what Boss Zhang said at all.

Liuli: "Hoo, eat, eat, eat~~"

She was even more straightforward. She didn't listen at all. Eat the duck quickly and eat the duck well.

Zhang sighed: "Liuli, Liuliu! Don't just focus on eating. I want to tell you something. Do you still remember that girl a few nights ago? The one you fell asleep in her arms..."

"Who? I don't know her? Why should I remember her? I don't remember. I don't remember."

"How can you not remember? I'll tell you something. This is related to whether you can eat delicious food from me in the future."

"Boss Zhang, I like to listen to you talk the most. Come on."

Xiaobai, who was standing on the side, looked at this and that, and his little ears stood up.