I Have a Countryside Gourmet Restaurant

Chapter 356: Chapter 330: First Lu Cuisine Dish: Nine-Turned Pork Intestines

Li You nodded. ”Yeah, I was thinking about it. I plan to go to the market tomorrow to buy some pork intestines. They’re actually a very good ingredient.”

Ling Xiaoru asked, ”So how are you going to cook them? Stir-fry? Braise? Or something else?”

”Both boiled and braised,” Li You said. ”Want to try some tomorrow?”

”Yes,” Ling Xiaoru said. ”I don’t love pork intestines, but I’m not against eating them either. Not like some people who are completely repulsed by them. So, I’ll definitely have to try yours.”

Li You said, ”Then let’s do it tomorrow evening. We’ll make it for dinner.”

Ling Xiaoru nodded. ”Okay.”

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「The next day.」

At 7:30 in the morning, after finishing breakfast, Li You got on his motorcycle and set off for the town market.

As for Ling Xiaoru, she wasn’t up yet.

He figured she probably still wouldn’t be up by the time he got back from the market.

’I’ll just leave her to it for now.’

Ten minutes later, Li You arrived at the entrance to the town market.

He parked his motorcycle and walked inside.

”Boss Li, you’re early today!” Zhao Yu, the owner of the tobacco shop at the market entrance, greeted him with a smile when he saw him.

Li You smiled back. ”Good morning, Boss Zhao!”

Zhao Yu then asked, ”What ingredients are you buying today, Boss Li?”

”I’m looking for some pork offal,” Li You replied.

Pork intestines were also called pork offal or fatty intestines around here.

”Pork offal?” Zhao Yu’s eyes lit up, and he asked excitedly, ”Boss Li, are you coming out with a new dish?”

”I’m just buying some to take back and experiment with,” Li You said. ”We’ll see how the research goes.”

Zhao Yu nodded repeatedly. ”Right, right. Experiment first. Pork offal is a great ingredient, it’s just hard to make well. But since you’re the one making it, Boss Li, I bet we’ll be able to eat some delicious pork offal soon.”

Li You laughed. ”I hope I don’t disappoint you, Boss Zhao.”

”You definitely won’t,” Zhao Yu said.

After chatting for a few more moments, Li You said his goodbyes and left.

He then arrived at the meat market.

The very first butcher stall had pork intestines hanging up for sale.

”Ingredient: Pork Intestines.

Quality: Low-grade.”

’Too bad they’re only low-grade.’

”Young man, what kind of meat are you looking for?” the butcher called out.

Not all the vendors in the market knew Li You. The owner of this stall, for example, did not.

The butcher looked unfamiliar to Li You as well. ’He’s probably never eaten at my restaurant.’

Even though Li You Restaurant was very famous in town now, the vast majority of residents had still never eaten there.

Although Wenxian Town was just a small town, its permanent population was over 50,000.

Most of these people were not yet Li You’s customers.

”How much for the pork offal?” Li You asked.

’They might be low-grade, but I can still ask for the price.’

”22 yuan per jin,” the owner said.

That wasn’t an unreasonable price.

However, Li You planned to look around some more.

Pork intestines used to be very cheap, but the price had gone up. They were now more expensive than regular meat.

Quite a bit more expensive, in fact.

Right now, meat was only about fourteen or fifteen yuan per jin.

He continued to the next stall.

The price was still 22 yuan per jin, and the quality was still low-grade.

He went to another...

Slowly, Li You made a full round of the meat market. All the pork intestines were low-grade; he couldn’t find a single stall with medium-grade.

’Looks like my luck isn’t great today. If I were lucky, I’d usually be able to find one or two stalls with medium-grade stuff.’

But he still had to buy some.

’It’s just for me to test, anyway. Low-grade will have to do.’

Li You randomly picked a stall and bought ten jin.

The price was originally 22 yuan per jin. But since Li You was buying a lot, he bargained a bit, and the owner gave him a discount of one yuan per jin.

He ended up paying 210 yuan.

He headed back.

Li You carried the pork intestines and walked toward the market entrance.

As he was walking, he ran into a beautiful and familiar figure.

Chu Yiwei!

Chu Yiwei saw Li You, too.

Both of them were pleasantly surprised.

Li You smiled. ”Teacher Chu, are you here to buy groceries?”

Chu Yiwei nodded. ”I just got here. Boss, you bought so many pork intestines. Are you planning to launch a new dish with them?”

”That’s the idea,” Li You said. ”So I bought some to take back, experiment with, and do a taste test. Do you like pork intestines, Teacher Chu?”

Chu Yiwei shook her head. ”I don’t. I always feel like they have a strange taste. I just can’t get used to it.”

Li You asked again, ”So are you completely against eating them, Teacher Chu?”

”I wouldn’t say I’m completely against it. If they’re there, I can manage a piece or two.”

Li You smiled. ”That’s good enough. In that case, would you like to come try my pork intestines tonight, Teacher Chu? See if the ones I make have that strange taste?”

Chu Yiwei was very tempted. She really wanted to know what Li You’s pork intestines would taste like. Would they have that strange flavor?

So, she didn’t refuse, saying very happily, ”Oh, that would be great! Thank you, Boss. I’ll head over this afternoon after my classes are done.”

Li You was also happy that Chu Yiwei hadn’t refused. He nodded and said, ”Great. I’ll see you tonight, then.”

”Okay, see you tonight.”

After that, the two said their goodbyes.

Chu Yiwei continued her grocery shopping, while Li You kept walking toward the market entrance with his pork intestines.

When he reached the entrance, he chatted with Zhao Yu for a few more moments.

Then he left the market and went to where his motorcycle was parked.

He put the pork intestines in the storage box on the back rack of his motorcycle.

He got on his motorcycle and rode back to the restaurant.

He arrived back at the restaurant at 8:50 AM.

Ling Xiaoru was already up and was squatting at the entrance, waiting for Li You to return.

’She’s actually up already.’

’Not bad, she didn’t wake up too late.’ Li You gave Ling Xiaoru a mental thumbs-up.

When Ling Xiaoru saw Li You, her face lit up. She stood up and said, ”Boss, did you get the pork intestines?”

Li You parked his motorcycle nearby.

He always parked it just a short distance from the restaurant entrance.

Then, he took the pork intestines out of the storage box and said, ”Got them.”

Ling Xiaoru said, surprised, ”You bought so much?”

Li You replied, ”Enough for a couple of meals. We’ll have the first serving tonight. Teacher Chu will be coming over as well.”

Ling Xiaoru asked, ”Did you run into her at the market?”

Li You nodded. ”She was there buying groceries, too.”

”Well, what a coincidence,” Ling Xiaoru said.

”It was,” Li You said. ”What do you want for breakfast?”

Ling Xiaoru said, ”I’d like a small bowl of beef noodles. I’m craving them today.”

”Okay.”

Li You carried the pork intestines into the kitchen and put them in the Storage Pavilion.

Even if it was just temporary, they had to be stored in the Storage Pavilion.

Next, he cooked a small bowl of beef noodles.

After Ling Xiaoru finished eating, she said her goodbyes and left.

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