Farming? I'm making a killing with my fairytale vegetables!

Chapter 121 Iron Pot Stew

Xia Shiyu couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, it smells so good!"

Yu Juan turned her head and said, "That's right. These dried chilies are much stronger than the ones we grew before, and the chicken is of good quality, so they smell really good."

Xia Shiyu nodded and took a deep breath. "It really smells good, it's making me dizzy."

Yu Juan laughed and said, "Haha, it'll be ready soon. Go get your bowls and chopsticks."

"Okay, okay, that's great." Xia Shiyu was very happy.

Not to mention Xia Shiyu, even the two little dogs in the house couldn't stand the smell. They barked wildly and circled around Yu Juan's legs, their bright black eyes fixed on the chicken in the pot.

Yu Juan sighed helplessly, "Don't worry, you two little dogs, we'll save some for you."

When she first put the chicken in, she took the opportunity to put some aside to cool. Now, when it was time to eat, she mixed it with rice noodles and poured it into their respective dog bowls.

"Eat up, eat up!"

Seeing that their bowls were already full of meat and rice, Huangdou and Nuomi couldn't wait to pounce on Yu Juan as soon as she got up and began to eat heartily.

When Yu Juan brought out the small iron pot, Xia Shiyu and his family sat down together.

"Come on, everyone, try the chicken!"

After Xia Shiyu finished speaking, she took the initiative, grabbed a cornbread, added two pieces of chicken to the bowl, and tasted it.

She usually dislikes eating the meat in the iron pot stew because she is very sensitive to the smell of meat. However, restaurants outside usually use fast-grown or frozen chickens, and the processing is not very good, so she doesn't think it tastes very good. She usually chooses to eat the side dishes and vermicelli.

But today, as she took a bite of chicken with anticipation, she suddenly felt something was different.

The chicken is tender and chewy without being dry at all. It is soaked in the broth and has a rich, salty and spicy flavor. The processed chicken releases its original, natural taste and is not fishy at all. It tastes exceptionally delicious.

Summer has eaten her family's free-range chicken before, and her cousin also ate chicken fed with fairy vegetables when she came to visit last time.

But overall, none of them tasted as good as this one. This chicken truly embodied the word "delicious," making people understand the timeless appeal of meat to humans.

"It's so delicious."

Xia Shiyu couldn't help but praise it, and other family members also expressed their opinions.

"It's really delicious. I haven't had such fresh chicken in a long time."

"This chicken soup is delicious, and it's especially satisfying to eat with steamed buns."

Xia Lihua sandwiched the chicken and vermicelli in the cornbread and took a bite. The soup soaked into the bread, making the originally bland bread suddenly delicious.

My grandparents couldn't resist either. Perhaps they wanted to make up for the trauma of their youth. As people get older, they love to eat meat. Whenever they came across meat that they could chew, they would finish it off.

Last time I steamed a bowl, and they ate all the fatty meat inside.

Moreover, now that they are living happily at home, eating and sleeping well, the two of them feel that their teeth have improved a lot, and they can bite chicken much more easily now.

"It's so delicious! I didn't expect Xiaoyu to be right. This chicken tastes even better after being left out for a while."

Xia Shiyu swallowed a mouthful of chicken and nodded, "That's true. Letting them eat more vegetables from home will make them taste better. When the pasture grows next year, these chickens and ducks can eat pasture without worrying about vegetables, and they will taste even better."

She has experienced the benefits of alfalfa. It's no wonder the system specially found a pasture for her; it really improves the meat quality of chickens and ducks, and it doesn't waste the vegetables in the fields. She can expand her breeding operation next year, as there will be plenty of grass.

"Okay, next year we'll sow more pasture seeds and raise more chickens and ducks."

In addition to a whole chicken and vermicelli, Yu Juan also added radishes and other vegetables to the iron pot stew. Regardless of whether they go well together or not, good vegetables and meat, along with a foolproof broth, make the whole pot incredibly delicious.

The family patiently discussed their plans for next year while quickly finishing a large pot of stew.

Xia Shiyu felt incredibly satisfied; this was exactly the kind of meat she wanted to eat.

I've been thinking about it for so long that I'm reluctant to sell too many.

She told her family, "Let's keep more of these chickens. Whether we kill them and smoke them or keep them to kill for the New Year, it's fine. It would be a waste to sell too many. We can also make roast duck, which tastes great."

"Okay, we'll do as you say. We'll save it for a few more meals."

The whole family was quite happy.

After finishing her meal, Xia Shiyu returned to her room and made herself a cup of milk tea. In winter, you just have to drink something hot.

She was enjoying her milk tea and felt quite content, which made Manager Wu happy as well.

Inside Dingsheng Restaurant.

When Manager Wu learned that his subordinates would be delivering chickens today, he told them to be careful, as the quality of this batch of chickens was different from the previous ones, and not to mix them up.

Upon hearing this, the person in charge of logistics for procuring ingredients immediately assured him that he would not make such a mistake.

Nonsense, don't you even know whose vegetables those are? They were grown by Boss Xia.

You should know that ever since Boss Xia started working with their restaurant, they have suffered a lot of "torture" every time they pass through the kitchen.

Their kitchen staff were already quite skilled, and the ingredients were of high quality. When they cooked, the aroma could be smelled directly from the kitchen to the dining area.

Even those who only occasionally pass by find the aroma mouthwatering, not to mention the cooks in the kitchen, who often want to abandon their professional ethics and just share the food.

Even so, people gradually started to love going to the kitchen. Although they couldn't eat there, the food smelled amazing. And sometimes, after work, the boss would treat them to some dishes.

The last time it was radishes, everyone drank radish soup for several days, and it tasted so good that we still miss it now.

So when they heard that chickens were coming soon, they were even more excited. If Boss Xia's dishes were so delicious, the chickens and ducks he raised must be just as good.

"Manager Wu, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of the chickens and ducks."

So when the Xia family came to deliver the chickens and ducks in the morning, he received them promptly and then sent them all to the kitchen.

While discussing with the kitchen chef, I still looked at the chickens and ducks with reluctance.

The head chef glanced at him and knew he was definitely craving something sweet.

He glanced at him and said, "These chickens and ducks were all personally overseen by Manager Wu. They're very precious. These dozen or so chickens are meant to entertain distinguished guests. They're nothing compared to the radishes and cabbages we had before."

He was actually quite disappointed. As the head chef of the cafeteria, he still received a share of many dishes, but the quantity of chicken and duck this time was definitely not as good as before.

Poor things, his pickled pepper chicken giblets, pork tripe and chicken, chicken stew with mushrooms, beggar's chicken, beer duck, roast duck and roast chicken...

The moment he saw all this food backlog, countless recipes flashed through his mind, but alas, he couldn't eat them.