Chapter 958: Chapter 402: Life Is Tough, Meow Meow Sighs! Dundun: In the End, I Still Have to Earn Money to Support the Family!

Shen Guofu’s face was full of surprise.

Daughters indeed, she actually managed to handle Director Han, impressive, impressive.

Just for this high efficiency, we should buy a car... Oh right, ever since Xiao Xu’s car got hit, we haven’t had the time to fix it, so let’s just buy one.

There’s a car exhibition coming up in a few days, I’ll take Xiao Xu to have a look and buy whichever one he likes.

Such an outstanding son-in-law deserves a car that costs over two million.

Needs to drive a more high-end car.

In the kitchen, Lin Xu was making the filling for the Mending meat pie.

Beef brisket, finely chopped with fat and lean.

This meat filling is not minced meat but small granules the size of soybeans, it has a nice texture and tastes more fragrant. If it were minced, it would be less interesting to eat.

Once the meat filling is chopped, add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, salt, ginger juice, fresh soybean paste, pepper powder, five-spice powder, Sichuan peppercorn powder, and other seasonings.

The so-called fresh soybean paste is a sauce that does not go through dehydration during the dry soybean paste production process. It’s fresher than dry soybean paste, so it’s called fresh soybean paste.

Fresh soybean paste is not as rich in flavor, making it suitable for mixing fillings.

But for making Zhajiang sauce, dry soybean paste is necessary.

Put the ingredients in a bowl, add half a bowl of scallion and ginger water, and stir to mix the seasonings evenly.

When the water in the bowl is absorbed by the meat, add half a bowl of Sichuan peppercorn water, stir to absorb again, and add Sichuan peppercorn water a third time.

Beef has a strong water absorption capability. This characteristic allows a large amount of scallion and ginger water or Sichuan peppercorn water to be blended into the meat. This water creates the juiciness once cooked.

When the meat filling in the bowl becomes sticky but smooth, it indicates that the water content is just about right.

Add a tablespoon of seasoning oil, an egg, stir again, cover with cling film, and put it in the refrigerator.

In a low-temperature environment, the moisture will shrink into the meat, making it easier to wrap.

In fact, not only Mending meat pies but also meat fillings for dumplings and steamed buns are better wrapped after being refrigerated, as it makes them more flavorful.

In the Mending meat pie filling, the proportion of onions is high; the standard ratio is seven ounces of onions to one pound of beef.

Not using scallions, but purple-skinned onions.

Onions have more moisture and sweetness, which enhances the freshness of the meat.

Onions should not be added too early; otherwise, there will be a raw onion smell in the filling. Add them just before wrapping, so both meat and onions are fresh and fragrant.

After finishing the filling for Mending meat pies, Lin Xu started working on the filling for Xianghe meat pies.

This filling is quite similar to that of Mending meat pies, with the only difference being that not as much scallion and ginger water and Sichuan peppercorn water are used, otherwise the meat pie would easily become soupy.

The other difference is that Mending meat pies use purple-skinned onions, while Xianghe meat pies use scallions.

With both types of filling prepared, Lin Xu went on to do other things.

Huixuan Building.

Chen Yan lay on the office chair, propping her feet up on the desk, watching SpongeBob while munching on spicy fish jerky. Suddenly, Weiwei opened the door and walked in.

Seeing Chen Yan’s demeanor, Weiwei said helplessly:

"You’re nearly forty, can’t you act more mature and stable?"

Recently, this phrase had been appearing frequently in Chen Yan’s life.

Technically speaking, it’s true.

But every time Chen heard it, she felt like exploding.

So today, taking advantage of the leisurely afternoon, she specifically started watching SpongeBob and snacking, pretending to be a minor.

"Weiwei, if you say that word one more time, I swear I’ll move your desk to the bathroom... What do you want? Surely not just to mock me?"

Weiwei quickly put on a serious expression and said:

"We just received a promotion invitation."

Chen Yan pouted, picking up a piece of fish jerky and popping it into her mouth:

"Snacks or what? Not another scam to trick fans in a live stream, right?"

"No, it’s for an import car exhibition."

Car exhibition?

Chen Yan immediately put her legs down, sat up straight, and casually wiped off the grease on her hands with a tissue:

"This is good, tell me more."

"The celebrity they previously invited for the car exhibition had a scandal a few days ago, so they urgently replaced them, but the replacement had another scandal. Now, they’re not interested in celebrities and want to invite Dundun."

Oh wow!

Before, the biggest problem with Dundun was that he didn’t earn money to support the family. Could it be that this last shortcoming is finally being fixed?

Before Weiwei could speak, Chen Yan guessed numerous hosts from the company, even including Lin Xu, but she never expected they actually invited Dundun.

A celebrity can have a scandal, idols can have failures.

But pets don’t have such problems.

Moreover, Dundun is quite famous now, with a lot of fans, capturing many youthful hearts with talents ranging from acting to music appreciation.

Choosing Dundun as a guest is quite reasonable.

"What’s the appearance fee?"

"Initially, they were only willing to pay 150,000, but after I sent them the video of Dundun and Professor Ren, they proactively raised it to 300,000, with the condition that Professor Ren’s video must be published in advance and that Dundun must wear recording attire to attend the car exhibition’s opening ceremony."

That’s not a small amount of money.

It seems this car exhibition company is really scared of scandal-ridden celebrities.

That’s why they put so much effort into inviting Dundun.

However, this amount isn’t quite enough; Chen Yan told Weiwei:

"Negotiate with them a bit more. My sister’s husband and wife will also be there, add some more money, how can you give the fee for just one person?"

Come to think of it, this car exhibition company is quite crafty.

Paying only Dundun’s fee; do they expect the little guy to use his own card to ride the subway to attend the opening event?