Chapter 407 - 357: Salted Vegetables? Perfect for a Delicious Minced Meat Stir-fry

Chapter 407: Chapter 357: Salted Vegetables? Perfect for a Delicious Minced Meat Stir-fry

The first watering should be generous, enough to soak the soil completely.

All done.

The customers were delighted as they looked at the two mangosteen trees they had helped plant.

From now on, they would be keeping a close eye on these two trees.

Li You thanked the customers again. Their help had certainly made things much easier for him.

The customers told Li You not to mention it, adding that they were thrilled to have the chance to get involved with the planting themselves.

If the trees really grew successfully, they could proudly tell everyone that they had taken part in planting them.

Li You certainly hoped so. He would be thrilled if his customers could say that one day.

After returning to the storefront, the customers said their goodbyes and left one by one.

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「Four in the afternoon.」

Ling Xiaoru arrived.

"Boss, I brought you some preserved greens. My mom made them herself. They smell great."

With that, Ling Xiaoru handed Li You the bag she was carrying.

Li You smiled, thanked her, and took the bag. It was heavy—at least five pounds.

"That’s so much! Do you have any left for yourself?" Li You asked.

Ling Xiaoru nodded. "I do. I have about the same amount left. Go on, Boss, open it and have a look."

Li You nodded and opened the bag. The preserved greens inside had an excellent color and smelled wonderful.

"Ingredient: Preserved Greens.

Quality: Medium."

’To reach Medium quality means it’s actually very high-grade.’

"These preserved greens look and smell amazing. They’re definitely a premium product. Your mom is a master at making these!" Li You praised.

Ling Xiaoru was delighted to hear him say that. "The preserved greens she makes are delicious. When I was little, my favorite dish was a sautéed topping made with these greens and ground pork. It’s so fragrant and tasty. Of course, I still love it."

Preserved greens are a type of pickled vegetable from Chuansheng Province. They’re made from leafy vegetables like bok choy or mustard greens, which are salted, sun-dried to remove moisture, and finally packed into sealed jars to ferment.

When made well, they are incredibly fragrant and delicious.

They’re delicious when used to make the sautéed topping, in twice-cooked pork, or paired with a variety of other ingredients.

It can also be used to make braised pork belly with preserved greens.

Li You currently used preserved soybean sprouts for his braised pork belly.

But these preserved greens could be used instead of the preserved sprouts.

The preparation for both types of preserved vegetables is very similar.

In fact, you could even consider the preserved sprouts to be a type of preserved green.

The sautéed topping Ling Xiaoru mentioned is a dish made by mincing the preserved greens and stir-frying them with ground pork.

It’s fragrant, delicious, and goes perfectly with rice.

Li You loved it too. With just the sautéed topping, he could eat three large bowls of rice without needing any other dishes.

The sautéed topping was, without a doubt, one of the best things to eat with rice.

So, Li You laughed. "I love the sautéed topping too. It’s more fragrant than any other dish when you eat it with rice."

"Yes, yes! It goes so well with rice," Ling Xiaoru said excitedly. "So you like the sautéed topping too, Boss!"

Li You said, "I’ve loved it since I was a kid."

Ling Xiaoru added, "Then you can use these preserved greens to make the sautéed topping, Boss."

Li You nodded. "That’s what I was thinking. I’ll go cook some up in a bit. Take half with you when you leave tomorrow."

"Really, Boss?" Ling Xiaoru was overjoyed.

’Her mom’s sautéed topping was delicious, but the Boss’s would surely be even better.’

Li You smiled. "Of course."

"That’s wonderful! Thank you, Boss!" Ling Xiaoru was thrilled. "Oh, right, I’m going to go look at your fish. I only caught a glimpse earlier and haven’t had a proper look yet."

Li You had told Ling Xiaoru during their chat that morning that he had already added the ornamental fish to the pond.

And when Ling Xiaoru first arrived, she had indeed seen fish in the pond.

But she hadn’t stopped for a closer look because she was bringing the preserved greens to Li You.

Now, she wanted to get a proper look.

Even from her quick glance, she could tell the fish in the pond were beautiful.

’So she definitely had to go take a better look.’

Li You nodded. "Alright, let’s go together."

"Okay!"

When they reached the edge of the pond, Ling Xiaoru was instantly captivated by two Blood Red Dragon Fish.

Perhaps due to the angle before, she hadn’t noticed there were two fish that large and beautiful in the pond.

Now that she saw them, she was absolutely stunned.

"Boss, what kind of fish are these?" Ling Xiaoru asked eagerly.

She didn’t recognize them.

Li You gave her a brief introduction to the Blood Red Dragon Fish.

Ling Xiaoru was fascinated, never having imagined such beautiful ornamental fish existed.

’At the same time, she guessed these fish must have been expensive.’

However, she didn’t ask Li You how much they cost.

’To her, that wasn’t important.’

Ling Xiaoru took out her phone and started taking pictures and videos. "Boss," she said, "have you told Xiao Yue and Qing Ye about the fish?"

Li You shook his head. "Not yet."

Ling Xiaoru said, "I’ll tell them right now then."

Li You smiled. "Alright, you go ahead and tell them. I’m going to go make that sautéed topping."

"Okay!"

Li You took the preserved greens and went to the kitchen.

First, he washed the preserved greens. He was going to cook the whole batch.

After washing them, he wrung out the excess water.

Then, he chopped them up.

’No need to chop them too fine. First, I’ll slice them into five-millimeter pieces, then give them a rough chop.’

After he finished chopping all the preserved greens, Li You took about eight pounds of lean pork from the Storage Pavilion.

’Better add plenty of meat.’

’It tastes better with more meat.’

’The meat needs to be minced, and it should be quite fine.’

’While I’m mincing, I can add two eggs and a bit of old ginger, then mince them all together.’

CHOP, CHOP, CHOP!

Li You raised the Exquisite Kitchen Knife.

And began to chop.

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