Chapter 710 - Unknown Small Restaurant (1/2)

The real name of Brain, who was introduced by KFC to go to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant to eat, was Qin Xiaoyi. He finished his work early today and went home immediately once he got off work.

This was because today was his friend’s birthday. He didn’t know when the trend started but his friends liked cooking dishes by themselves in his home instead of going out to eat hot pot.

Of course, these friends were only confined to some good fellow students in his junior high school.

As for why they liked his home, it might be because he was still single until now.

However, such kind of things didn’t really matter. Anyway, Qin Xiaoyi had already gotten used to that. He had lived in his home alone for a long time and it was good to have some people visit.

Therefore, Qin Xiaoyi went to the supermarket and bought all the ingredients required today, including chicken, duck, and fish as soon as he got off work. There were as many as 6 people in all including himself.

When Qin Xiaoyin carried all the ingredients back home, thrown his business suit aside, and hadn’t even finished a cigarette, somebody knocked on his door.

“Peng Peng”. There came a very loud knock on the door. It was said that people could easily tell who was knocking the door according to the strength of the knock. Judging from the strength of the current knock, they were definitely from the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Committee of the CPC.

“Coming, I’m coming. Be patient!” Qin Xiaoyin opened the door unhurriedly.

Happy brought three friends here. One of them even had a bottle of wine and another person was Big Bun who declared himself to be a cook the Chengdu School of Sichuan Cuisines.

As for why his name was Big Bun, it was just because his face was bigger than a small steamed bun. That was why he got this nickname.

They were quite familiar with Qin Xiaoyi’s house, so they all found a familiar place to get seated without Qin Xiaoyi’s help.

“Just help yourself. Get the snacks in the fridge. Twice,” all of a sudden, Qin Xiaoyi said to the birthday person.

And the birthday person seemed to have already guessed that. He cracked a beer and ate a peanut on the tea table first.

It was an old custom for many years that two treats must be offered to Qin Xiaoyi in exchange for a meal cooked by Qin Xiaoyi. And that was the meaning of “Twice” that he had mentioned just now.

After a moment, the remaining two people also arrived. Now, everybody was here.

These people actually didn’t have an intimate relationship when they were in their junior middle school and sometimes, they even had conflicts with each other. When they graduated from junior middle school, there was definitely some who cursed and swore and even prayed that they would never see each other in the future.

But after they graduated from college and worked and encountered each other coincidentally in the same office building several years later, they nevertheless became the best of friends.

Speaking of which, that wasn’t really strange. They just began to reminisce of those slightly bad guys when they met the worse ones.

“It’s so convenient to get together in Xiaoyi’s home.”

“Stop talking. I’m watching TV.”

“It’s my birthday today. Can’t you let me watch the sports channel first?”

Big Bun got antsy after sitting there for a while and then ran to the kitchen. He failed in controlling his turbulent heart and could do nothing to relieve it except finding faults with Qin Xiaoyi.

Qin Xiaoyi had barely taken out all the ingredients and washed them once. He had also chopped the green onions, ginger, and garlic well.

“Do you need me to help?” Big Bun said, “I think it’s time for me to show you how to cook authentic Chengdu School’s Sichuan Cuisines.”

“I don’t want to talk to you and I’m now rolling my eyes at you.”

Qin Xiaoyi had nothing to say to Big Bun. He began to cook the dishes directly.

The first dish was Shredded Pork with Garlic Sauce. Although the history of this dish wasn’t very long, it was one of the most well-known, most homely, and most popular dishes in Sichuan Cuisines of either the Chengdu School or Chongqing School.

Therefore, Qin Xiaoyi cooked it very carefully. He specially selected meat that was 30% fat and 70% lean.

His knife skills were just average, but still, he shredded the ingredients and began to stir-fry the dish.

Of course, he had prepared the flavorings of the dish in advance. When the dish was almost done, he poured the flavorings in the frying pan for a quick fry.

It was a very homely cooking method and the dish could also be delicious in this way.