Inside the private room, four plates of dumplings had been placed on the table, including boiled dumplings, steamed dumplings, and fried dumplings, in various shapes and cooked in various ways, like a dumpling meeting.
"How is it?" Zhang Mingliang looked at Zhou Min'er and asked. He Xiaoli on the side was also very nervous, fearing that the dumplings would not suit the taste of the beautiful host . After all, whether their dumplings could be on TV depended on her mouth.
Zhou Miner tasted the dumplings carefully. She ate dumplings often. In addition to making them at home during the Chinese New Year and other festivals, dumplings were often on the menu of the company canteen. However, the dumplings from this restaurant were obviously better in both appearance and taste. In addition to the real ingredients, there must be a unique secret in it.
"Delicious." Zhou Miner nodded. She had just eaten boiled dumplings, and this time she picked up a steamed dumpling to try.
Zhang Mingliang and He Xiaoli breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. As long as it tastes good, it’s fine.
In contrast, Xu Jie's face did not show any nervousness at all. In his opinion, whether or not to pat the dumplings had no direct connection with whether the dumplings here tasted good or not.
The Winter Solstice special program is for filming food, not for visiting restaurants or having a food competition. Even if the dumplings at Liang Ge’s girlfriend’s house are not delicious, we can still film them here.
Xu Jie looked at the others, then said to He Xiaoli, "Sister-in-law, pack two dumplings for me later, one with mutton and one with meat and seafood."
"Okay." He Xiaoli got up and left the private room.
Zhang Mingliang saw his girlfriend leave and immediately asked in a low voice: "Min'er, what happened?"
Zhou Miner said as she ate: "The dumplings at my sister-in-law's house are indeed delicious, but the show is only one hour long, isn't the content a bit thin?"
Zhang Mingliang was stunned for a moment, and what he said seemed to make sense.
The previous winter special program filmed several kinds of food, which was compact and rich in content and would not make the audience feel tired and bored. If only dumplings were filmed, it would obviously not be enough to support a one-hour program.
He couldn't help but turn to look at Xu Jie for help. The other party had many ideas and should have a solution.
After seeing this, Xu Jie said slowly, "Since you think a single delicacy can't sustain an hour, let's take pictures of a few more."
"What else can we shoot?" Zhou Miner asked.
"Wontons. In the old Beijing, there was a saying, 'eat wontons at the winter solstice and noodles at the summer solstice.' So taking a picture of wontons is very appropriate for the occasion." Xu Jie said casually.
"Wontons?" Zhou Min'er was slightly startled, then smiled bitterly and said, "Aren't wontons and dumplings the same?"
Xu Jie shook his head. "Dumplings focus on fillings, while wontons focus on soup. When we take pictures of dumplings, we talk about dumplings, and when we take pictures of wontons, we compare dumplings. Doesn't this add content? It also increases knowledge."
Zhou Min'er and Zhang Mingliang looked at each other. Only Xu Jie could come up with this idea.
Xu Jie picked a clove of garlic and took a bite. Dumplings are not made with garlic, so the fragrance is half gone. Seeing that no one was talking, he continued, "If you think this is not enough, let's make another glutinous rice dumpling."
"Dumplings?" Zhou Miner frowned. "Xu Jie, do you have a grudge against those with fillings? Why do you specifically target those with fillings?"
"What's the big deal about glutinous rice balls? I've never heard of eating glutinous rice balls during the winter solstice." Zhang Mingliang also had a puzzled look on his face.
Xu Jie said slowly: "It is a custom in some southern regions to eat glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice. On the winter solstice, people eat glutinous rice balls, which are glutinous rice balls. Haven't you heard of a poem? Every family pounding rice to make glutinous rice balls, knowing that it is the winter solstice in the Ming Dynasty."
"Fuck, why do I feel like everything you say makes sense?" Zhang Mingliang was completely confused.
Zhou Miner also nodded. Shi Fei said that he filmed mutton soup on the winter solstice, and the reason he gave was because the red willow skewers from the mutton soup restaurant were delicious. Look at Xu Jie, he always speaks old sayings and ancient poems. No matter what he films, at least it can convince people. This is the difference.
"Xu Jie, our channel is a lifestyle channel and only serves the Beijing area. Is it appropriate to shoot dumplings?" Zhou Miner thought for a moment and asked.
"That's too narrow-minded, isn't it? Aren't there any southerners in Beijing? They come here to study, work, live and struggle. We should let them feel the warmth of their hometown." Xu Jie said seriously.
Zhang Mingliang immediately gave a thumbs up after hearing this.
Zhou Min'er's eyes were full of stars, and she felt that the other person's image had become taller.
Not long after, He Xiaoli returned to the private room carrying two boxes of packaged dumplings.
"Here, dumplings."
He Xiaoli put the pocket in front of Xu Jie.
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Xu Jie wiped his mouth with a tissue, then stood up with his bag in hand and said to the others, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave tonight. You guys discuss and tell me tomorrow when to shoot. Bye."
"ah?"
Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect Xu Jie to leave so soon. With him gone, they felt like they had lost their backbone.
…
Xu Jie hurried home and as soon as he entered the door he saw the old woman Liu Jinghua was also there, discussing something with Su Yun in the living room.
"Why are you here again?" Xu Jie asked with disgust on his face.
"What's it got to do with you?" Liu Jinghua was also unhappy.
"Why don't you go home to be with your husband so late at night and always go to other people's houses?" Xu Jie said with a look of sudden realization, "Oh, I remember, you are not married and don't have a husband."
"You..." Liu Jinghua was so angry that her teeth were itching.
Xu Jie laughed, because he liked to see the other person being furious but helpless.
You bite me!
He came to the kitchen and put the packed dumplings on the plate while shouting, "Wife, come and eat dumplings."
"You eat it, I've eaten." Su Yun said.
"What you ate tonight is not as much as the cat. Hurry up." Xu Jie came out of the kitchen with two plates of dumplings. Seeing that Su Yun had not come yet, he brought the dumplings to the living room and placed them on the coffee table. He looked at Liu Jinghua and asked, "Have you eaten?"
"I don't want to eat it." Liu Jinghua said coldly.
"Great, I just happened to miss your turn." Xu Jie checked the time and quickly turned on the TV and found the entertainment channel of Beijing TV. In a little while, the entertainment report would be broadcast.
Liu Jinghua glanced at the TV, then looked at the smacking-lipped man, frowned tightly and said, "Don't you have any sense? Can't you see we are talking about something?"
Xu Jie ignored her and said to Su Yun, "Wife, eat the dumplings first, and then we can talk."
Su Yun was very touched, so she picked up one with chopsticks as a token of her appreciation.
"Hmm, it's delicious." He put down his chopsticks after eating.
"Wife, do you think this dumpling looks like a gold ingot?" Xu Jie picked up a dumpling and showed it to Su Yun.
"Yes." Su Yun nodded.
"Don't you want to try how much you can eat to become the treasure in my heart?" Xu Jie asked seriously.
"ah?"
Su Yun paused, stunned by the sudden and cheesy love talk. She felt that it would be unfair to the other party if she didn't eat a few more.
"vomit!"
Liu Jinghua, who was standing by, pretended to vomit and said, "Disgusting, really disgusting."
"Are you pregnant?" Xu Jie tilted his head and looked at the other person, then said with a smile on his face: "Congratulations on getting pregnant before marriage!"
"Get out!" Liu Jinghua cursed.
At this time, the entertainment broadcast began, and Xu Jie immediately turned up the volume.
"Hello, audience friends, welcome to today's entertainment broadcast program. I am the host Qin Yan. Yesterday, the opening ceremony of the 8th Shenzhou Film Festival was held at the Shenzhou Grand Theater, and many stars gathered at the scene."
"The most surprising thing at the scene was the appearance of Chinese pop diva Su Yun. This was the first time she appeared with her husband. She also appeared on the red carpet as a main actor in the movie "Going Home" and sang on stage as a guest performer at the opening ceremony..."
"Honey, look! We are on TV." Xu Jie pointed at the TV screen and said to Su Yun beside him.
"What's the big deal? Isn't it normal for Su Yun to appear on TV?" Liu Jinghua said.
Xu Jie rolled his eyes at the other person and thought: You know shit!
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