The growth system comes at the age of 30

Chapter 107 Autumn Trip to Crocodile Park
After school in the evening, Chen Qiyun appeared again holding her little flower umbrella.

It's raining, not heavily, but if I don't hold an umbrella my hair will get wet and I'll be scolded when I get home.

After entering Chen Jingle's yard, the first thing he did was to put away his umbrella, then turn on the faucet to rinse his feet and shoes, and then put down his schoolbag.

Chen Jingle lay in the rocking chair with his eyes drooping, not wanting to move until Chen Qiyun tilted her head and stared at him. He then reluctantly sat up, yawning.

Dinner was ready and on the table, we had sweet and sour pork tenderloin and spicy and sour shredded potatoes.

Chen Jingle made a small attempt to make a breakthrough in taste while using simple ingredients.

Therefore, these two dishes can be said to be the ultimate version.

Chen Qiyun has no opinion on what to eat, she just eats it. As long as it tastes good, the specific dishes don’t matter.

After eating at Chen Jingle's place for a while, she finally understood that what looks good does not necessarily taste good. It is very difficult to have something that is both good-looking and delicious. As long as it is not ugly, it is fine. The most important thing is to taste good!

For example, tonight’s sweet and sour pork and spicy and sour potato shreds, although they look ordinary, they taste really good.

At home, potatoes are usually simply fried, and pork is basically boiled or used in soup.

At Chen Jingle's place, you can always taste different cooking methods.

"By the way, Teacher Li said that the weather forecast shows that it shouldn't rain tomorrow, and even if it does rain it will only be a light rain, so tomorrow we will go to the Crocodile Ecological Park with Class 1."

Chen Qiyun was almost full before she remembered what to say.

It’s all Chen Jingle’s fault. The food he cooked was so delicious that I started thinking about food as soon as I got home from school and forgot what the teacher said.

"Oh."

Chen Jingle ate his meal calmly: "What time is it exactly?"

"The teacher said we'll leave at 9 a.m., but it's best to get to the classroom early and then go downstairs together."

Having said this, Chen Qiyun looked at Chen Jingle with pitiful eyes.

She had previously said that she wanted to eat the food Chen Jingle prepared for her in the morning, but Chen Jingle did not agree at that time.

"understood."

He glanced at the little kid and said, "Come to my place before you go out tomorrow and prepare your own lunch box."

Chen Qiyun smiled brightly upon hearing this: "Thank you, Brother Le! By the way, what are you going to prepare for me tomorrow?"

Chen Jingle thought for a moment and said, "Let's have the beef cold. It doesn't need to be heated, and there's no need to worry about the oil solidifying if it gets cold."

Chen Qiyun nodded repeatedly: "This is good!"

In fact, she had no idea what cold beef looked like, but since it was made by Chen Jingle, it must taste good.

……

For Chen Jingle, cold beef is a dish he had wanted to make for a long time but never had the chance to make.

After the marinated beef is shaped, slice it and mix it with all the seasonings to make cold beef.

When Chen Jingle worked in the provincial capital, he often bought cold beef from the delicatessen downstairs where he rented an apartment. He spent 20 yuan each time, went home and cooked two bowls of rice for himself, and that was enough for one meal.

If it's for a midnight snack, in addition to the braised beef, I'd also buy some salt-baked peanuts and melon seeds, and a can of pineapple beer or Taishan craft beer.

Adding beef slices to noodles makes beef noodles; slicing beef, placing it on a plate and dipping it in sauce makes braised beef.

In short, well-marinated beef is a blessing for lazy people. When you are hungry, just take it out of the refrigerator, cut some and eat it. It tastes delicious no matter how you eat it.

After dinner, Chen Jingle began to prepare the ingredients needed for the braised beef.

"Are we going to start now?" Chen Qiyun was curious.

Chen Jingle explained: "It is very troublesome to make braised beef. It takes a lot of time. After the beef sauce is ready, it needs to be shaped. If it is not shaped, it will fall apart. It needs to be wrapped tightly with plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator for a few hours. If I make it now, I will get up tomorrow morning and put it in the refrigerator for more than two hours. It will be almost done."

Chen Qiyun seemed to understand but not quite.

But it doesn’t matter, she only needs to eat.

As the saying goes, wear satin for clothes and eat shanks for meat.

It is best to use beef shank for braised beef. If you don’t have beef shank, ordinary beef will do.

Chen Jingle first stabbed the beef a few times with a bamboo stick, then soaked it in clean water to wash off the blood and dirt on the surface.

Soak the water for as long as possible, one to two hours is fine. Add some cooking wine.

Then prepare various seasonings.

Of course, braised beef in soy sauce needs sauce, and dry yellow sauce is best. If you don’t have that, the soybean sauce that Chen Jingle always has at home will also work.

Then there are the commonly used spices such as cinnamon, star anise, bay leaves, ginger, onion, garlic, dried chili peppers, tsaoko, angelica, and cardamom.

If you are a novice, or not very confident in your cooking skills, you can add more spices, otherwise use less seasoning. The aroma of the meat should be retained to the greatest extent and not be covered up by the spices.

If you have a pressure cooker, after blanching the beef, just pressurize it together with the sauce and soup for five minutes, then turn off the heat and simmer for 12 hours to allow the beef to absorb the flavor.

After it has cooled completely, wrap it with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for a few hours to allow it to completely set. This way, the beef will not fall apart when you cut it.

The preliminary preparation alone takes an hour or two, so although this dish is delicious, it is really troublesome to make.

Chen Qiyun went back after dinner.

Chen Jingle was not in a hurry and just took his time with it. It wouldn't interfere with his extracurricular studies in the evening.

He didn't use a pressure cooker. He just poured the blanched beef and the boiling sauce together, simmered them for half an hour, turned off the heat, poured them back into the sealed pot, and let the beef simmer like that.

Let’s talk about it when we wake up tomorrow!

Now to take a shower and start my evening reading.

……

the next morning.

Chen Jingle woke up and went downstairs to the kitchen to take a look at last night's braised beef.

Not bad!

Even after a night, the aroma is still there when you open the lid. The color and flavor of the beef are perfect.

Quickly take out the beef, wrap it with plastic wrap and press it firmly, then put it in the refrigerator to refrigerate.

It drizzled a little in the morning, so I didn't go out for a run and chose to exercise at home instead.

After exercise, I simply cook some noodles for breakfast.

At this time, the beef was almost ready. Chen Jingle took out a piece and cut a few slices. When he felt it was ready, he added a few slices to his noodles. The beef slices were marinated, added some chili oil, and mixed with the noodles. It was steaming hot. After eating it, the chill brought by the drizzle in the morning was immediately driven away.

Comfortable!

At 8 o'clock, Chen Qiyun came.

I took out a round lunch box from my schoolbag, which was divided into two layers.

Chen Jingle packed rice and mixed beef slices for her, and put them in a plastic bag to prevent them from spilling.

"Okay, go ahead and have some fun."

"Know it!"

Chen Qiyun went out happily with her schoolbag on her back.

The classroom of Class 2, Grade is very lively.

After all, there is no class today, so all I have to do is stay in the classroom and don’t run around, and no one will care if I talk.

Of course, it is not okay to speak too loudly, as it will affect the third-year junior high school students and the teacher will come over and scold them.

"Chen Qiyun, did you bring any food?" my deskmate suddenly asked.

Chen Qiyun was puzzled: "I brought it, why?"

The little classmate laughed and said, "No, I just wanted to say that if you don't have anything to eat, I brought some bread."

Chen Jingle was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "No, I have food."

"It's okay. If you don't have enough food, I have more here." My desk mate said kindly.

"..."

With the food prepared by Chen Jingle, Chen Qiyun didn’t want to eat anything else.

She hardly even eats snacks now.

……

The tourist minibus arranged by Fatty Liu picks up students directly at the school gate.

Led by their teachers, students from the two classes lined up and got on the bus one after another, just like raising the flag on Monday morning.

"Sister Yun, why are you still carrying a schoolbag?" asked a little fat boy.

Chen Qiyun maintains her cool and aloof sister persona in school: "The schoolbag is convenient for carrying things." It not only contains lunch boxes, but also tissues. It looks big, but it is actually not heavy.

"Then please help me pack my mineral water and bread."

"No! You have your own bag!"

"..."

Li Beixing was a little nervous.

With so many students, if one of them gets lost because she is not paying attention, she will collapse.

Therefore, before leaving the classroom, we always emphasize discipline. Students are not allowed to run around. They have to report if they want to go to the toilet, and it is best for several students to go and come back together.

After getting on the bus, we counted the number of people and made sure there was no problem before announcing the departure.

The school is not far from the Crocodile Ecological Park, and it only takes 20 minutes to get there.

As the car drove into the park, the students looked out the window curiously and talked about it.

“Is this the Crocodile Ecological Park?”

“This gate is so majestic.”

“The flowers on both sides are so beautiful, I want to take pictures here!”

Someone nearby couldn't help but interrupt: "I've been here before, it's just average, there's nothing fun in there."

"Chen Zihan, shut up! I don't need you to spoil the plot!"

"That's right, what are you trying to show off? Look at what you can do. Don't we have eyes to see?"

"..."

Chen Zihan stopped talking in dismay, muttering to himself: I hope you guys won’t be disappointed later.

He actually didn't want to come, but since everyone was coming, he would seem a bit out of place if he didn't come.

Besides, if you don’t come, you will be supervised while doing your homework at home, so you’d better come.

The car entered the park and stopped in the exclusive parking space.

The students got off the bus one by one and couldn't help looking around.

Li Beixing and others hurriedly shouted: "Everyone line up, don't run around, follow the tour guide, don't fall behind."

Fatty Liu arranged a tour guide for them, and a group of people followed the tour guide and started sightseeing.

The entire crocodile ecological park is divided into several areas, including crocodile breeding area, science museum, parent-child playground, board game entertainment area, water world, handicraft sales area, and dining area.

The most interesting thing is naturally the crocodile breeding area.

The people who come here are basically residents of Jiangbei and nearby counties and cities. Most of them see crocodiles for the first time in real life and are quite curious about this ferocious creature.

However, it is surrounded by high iron mesh fences, so as long as you don't jump in to commit suicide, you don't have to worry about safety issues.

There is a restaurant here where you can eat.

However, Li Beixing and other teachers felt that they could not guarantee the hygiene of restaurants outside. If something went wrong with the meals, they would receive complaints from parents, so they simply asked everyone to prepare their own food.

This way, parents don't have to suspect that they are overcharging students for food and enriching themselves.

From beginning to end, Li Beixing and his colleagues never asked the students for a penny.

Lingnan is different from the North. If you dare to charge unreasonable fees here, parents will complain to the education department, and you might even lose your job.

In some northern provinces, teachers accept gifts from parents openly and may even take the initiative to hint at it.

Li Beixing found this incredible.

I can only say that there is a big difference between the north and the south.

(End of this chapter)