Food: Starting with Wonton Noodles

Today is Friday, and like last Friday, the crowds at the school gate look lively tonight, but there aren't many people shopping at the night market.

However, to Zhou Yu's surprise, everyone in the 503 girls' dormitory, including He Xiaoli, was present that night.

Zhou Yu asked, somewhat puzzled, "Xiaoli, aren't you going home for dinner tonight?"

He Xiaoli said in a serious tone, "Brother, I told Dad that I'm now the publicity officer for your store, so I won't be coming home this week."

Since helping Zhou Yu set up the WeChat group, He Xiaoli has been very proactive, spending every night with Chen Yun at Zhou Yu's stall.

Then, one by one, they invited the students who came to make purchases into the group.

In the past two days, she and Han Yuanyuan have also been discussing how to help Zhou Yu shoot some promotional videos.

However, Zhou Yu only sells wonton noodles now, and there's really nothing worth filming about the process of cooking the noodles.

Just as He Xiaoli was having a headache, Han Yuanyuan gave her a suggestion: "We can film Yu Ge stir-frying beef noodles."

Seeing that He Xiaoli was somewhat puzzled, Han Yuanyuan recounted what had happened last week to He Xiaoli again.

Han Yuanyuan said, "Actually, many people know about Brother Yu's wonton noodles, but not many people know about his other dishes. And Brother Yu looks really handsome when he stir-fries beef noodles!"

Unless you film a video of Zhou Yu making bamboo-pressed noodles, cooking wonton noodles is just a simple matter of cooking noodles, and it's not very entertaining.

But stir-fried beef noodles are different. Whether it's tossing the noodles in the wok, or the rising fire and thick smoke, it's all very entertaining.

After listening to Han Yuanyuan's explanation, He Xiaoli's eyes lit up: "Okay, let's film this!"

Fearing Zhou Yu's opposition, He Xiaoli planned to act first and inform him later.

"Brother, they said the stir-fried beef noodles you made last week were amazing, I didn't get to try them. Could you talk to the noodle stall owner and ask him to make them again tonight?"

He Xiaoli pretended to be aggrieved and started to act coquettishly towards Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu also couldn't hold back. The last person to act so coquettishly towards him was Zhou Meiying, who wasn't even married yet.

When she was little, Zhou Meiying's favorite thing to do was to stick to Zhou Yu's back like a little shadow and follow him to steal mangoes and pick loquats.

Of course, what Zhou Meiying preferred to do most was to file complaints.

For example, if Zhou Yu didn't share the loquats he picked with her, she would report him to the owner of the loquat tree for stealing fruit.

Unexpectedly, even though he was already over thirty, he would have another younger sister. Zhou Yu found that he didn't dislike this feeling too much.

Zhou Yu said, "Alright, I'll stir-fry it for you guys later."

He Xiaoli and Han Yuanyuan held each other's hands tightly and gave each other a "yeah" sign.

Thinking of Zhou Meiying, Zhou Yu also thought of his two young nephews.

Zhou Yu was a little disappointed that Zhou Meiying didn't bring the two little ones over tonight.

However, before Zhou Yu could feel disappointed for long, he heard two familiar child voices calling out.

"Uncle! Uncle! We're here!"

This time, neither of the two little ones managed to reach Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu looked in the direction of the sound.

Zhou Meiying and Wu Hongyu, each carrying a little one, were walking towards him.

Huihui and Linlin still wanted to break free from their parents' arms.

This time, however, Zhou Meiying held Huihui tightly in her arms, and then kept instructing Wu Hongyu beside her:

"Don't put your good son down. Let me tell you, these two little guys have caused me trouble several times already, and they've all gotten into trouble with the same person. You have no idea how embarrassing I was the last two weeks."

Wu Hongyu gave the two little ones a helpless look and said, "Look, you've upset your mother. Now you can't be naughty anymore."

Seeing that even her father couldn't help her, Huihui had no choice but to shout loudly to Zhou Yu, "Uncle! Help me! My dad took me crab catching again tonight! Please help me, I'll show you the little crabs I just caught!"

Linlin chimed in, following his sister's lead: "Yes, Uncle! That crab is so bright red, even redder than the crabs you cooked last time! Uncle, can we eat these bright red crabs?"

Zhou Yu: "Did your father take you to the beach again?"

Zhou Meiying said, "No, it's just in the riverside park downstairs. Hongyu came back tonight, and the two of them insisted that their dad take them fishing. They ended up catching a bunch of mud crabs."

Jiangbin Park, the park where Zhou Yu ran, is next to a large river that flows into the sea, and there are several inland lakes in the park.

Therefore, the lake dries up whenever the tide rises or falls.

People in the neighborhood love to bring their children to fish or collect yellow clams by the river at this time.

Zhou Yu: "Huh? Are there so many mud crabs in the riverside park? And aren't mud crabs gray?"

He's been running in the riverside park lately, and he hasn't seen anywhere that looks like there are crabs.

Huihui said excitedly, "Yes, Uncle, those little crabs were on the grass. My dad is so smart, he saw them right away and caught a lot of them with us."

Seeing that Zhou Yu was a little confused, Wu Hongyu explained with a smile, "They are the kind of mud crabs that grow on the banks of fresh and saltwater rivers. They are red. I didn't expect there to be so many on the grass in the riverside park."

Huihui hugged Zhou Meiying's neck and said, "Mom, didn't you take a picture? Quickly send it to Uncle."

Zhou Meiying: "Your uncle is busy and doesn't have time to look after your little crabs."

Linlin asked, "Uncle, when will you be free?"

He was still thinking about the sand porridge that Zhou Yu had cooked last week. Tonight, he caught some small crabs, and his first thought was whether these small red crabs could also be used to make porridge.

Zhou Yu: "Almost done, I'll start packing up soon."

After Zhou Yu finished packing up his stall and watched the video Zhou Meiying had taken, he suddenly realized what had happened.

It turned out to be a red-clawed crab; both the red and gray ones are called "pengqi" locally.

However, in some places, the red one is called "pengqi" and the gray one is called "xia la".

Both of these types of crabs can be used in dishes or porridge. Although they are not as fresh as sand crabs, they still taste good.

When Linlin heard that it could also be used to make porridge, her eyes widened.

He kept tugging at Zhou Yu's sleeve and asking, "Uncle, Uncle, when will you cook porridge for me again?"

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Let's see in a few days."

Seeing He Xiaoli and Han Yuanyuan looking at him expectantly, he continued, "Linlin, how about we have stir-fried rice noodles for dinner tonight? Let your dad try your uncle's stir-fried rice noodles too."

Upon hearing that she could have stir-fried rice noodles, Linlin immediately forgot about the little crab.

After all, Zhou Meiying didn't bring any small crabs over tonight, so they obviously couldn't eat them right away.

Zhou Yu's stir-fried beef noodles were also delicious. Just thinking about the aroma of Zhou Yu's stir-fried beef noodles last time made his mouth water.