After Lin Xiaoyue returned to the yard and brought another pot of hot water to Liang Jingyao, she hurried back to prepare lunch. Although it looked like the sun was still early, she had to steam rice and stir-fry vegetables, which was enough to keep her busy all morning.
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In the kitchen, she lit the fire directly on the earth stove, then poured a few spoonfuls of water into the large pot, then cut a strip of pork belly into pieces and threw it into the large pot, added ginger, garlic, fennel, poured some wine, and waited.
Foam floated on the water, and she used a big iron spoon to skim off the foam.
After cooking the meat, Lin Xiaoyue first washed the rice and poured it into the large pot on the other side, and then found a larger wooden rack. Because the wooden rack was large, it could be placed on top of the iron pot, so it was considered to be on the wooden rack.
Steaming won't make the rice too solid.
She opened the vegetable cover and took out the bacon that had been marinated yesterday. She washed the bacon and cut it into slices. Then she arranged the slices around the shape of the plate for two plates. In one plate, she beat three eggs and the other one.
She just wanted to simply steam it and use it for cooking at night. After putting the two plates on the wooden shelf, she closed the high lid of the pot and went out.
The weather has been good these days, and the radish strips have been dried out in the sun. Lin Xiaoyue took a handful and planned to eat them at noon.
While the radishes were soaking in water, Lin Xiaoyue cut up the winter bamboo shoots and potatoes. She thought they would be delicious, so she put them all into the pork belly that had been cooked from the beginning.
It takes a lot of time to stew pork belly, so Lin Xiaoyue picked up a pen and paper and started to design the new Juewei Building. The two major features of Juewei Building are luxurious decoration and delicious food, so she wanted to add more to the luxury.
Incorporate some modern elements, rich people like new things, and being different makes them look more classy!
The geographical location of Yangming Town is very good. Because it is right next to the capital, it has gained a lot of glory from the capital. Once it becomes famous, even the high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital will come here to eat, so Lin Xiaoyue drew several copies in a row.
We will discuss the sketch with Shopkeeper Wang when we meet him.
The time to concentrate on drawing is always very fast. The aroma of meat in the pot has spread throughout the kitchen. After Lin Xiaoyue put the sketch into the space, she opened the lid and poked the meat in the big pot a few times with chopsticks. The meat was already stewed.
It was rotten. She put some salt in it and stirred it evenly, then scooped out a spoonful of soup and tasted that it was salty enough. Then she lowered the heat and let the meat continue to simmer in the pot.
Anyway, Liang Jingyao and Zhan Ying haven't come back yet. Lin Xiaoyue put her basket on her back and planned to go to the cellar to get some more radishes to dry. Because after the Jueweilou branch was opened, her energy would be scattered, so she wanted to take advantage of the time now.
Everything that could be dried in the cellar was dried.
After going back and forth to the cellar several times, Lin Xiaoyue finally emptied all the radishes in the cellar. Then she washed the radishes in the yard and began to cut them into strips and add salt. This way, when the moisture in the radish strips was released, she could cut them into pieces.
Collect the dried radishes and put them into empty porcelain bottles.
When Liang Jingyao came in, he saw Lin Xiaoyue going back and forth to dry the radish strips. He washed his hands, walked over and said, "Master Lin, you are so fast and you cut so many radishes! Leave this to Zhan Ying and me.
Come on, you go and rest for a while!"
Lin Xiaoyue stretched her waist and said with a smile: "I have brought up all the radishes from the cellar. When these are dried, I will dry others. The weather is nice these days. I have to seize the time to dry them. I may be busy for a while.
Do your own thing."
Liang Jingyao turned around and asked curiously: "Oh? What is it? Do you need my help?"
Lin Xiaoyue doesn't want to talk about her job as the shopkeeper of Juewei Building yet. Firstly, she wants to have her own privacy. Secondly, Liang Jingyao was expelled from the capital. She doesn't want to say too much about the capital, so as not to cause Liang Jingyao to have bad memories.
past events.
She shook her head and said: "What big thing can a girl like me do? I just want to go out and have fun after staying in the valley for a long time. Brother Liang, don't worry about me. I'm thick-skinned. I will definitely contact you directly when I need your help."
That’s what you said!”
Liang Jingyao looked at the kitchen where the aroma was wafting, and couldn't help but sigh: "Master Lin's delicious dishes are even coveted by the princess. It's my luck that I got to know you first, otherwise where would I find such a good helper?"
?If one day Master Lin wants to open a restaurant on his own, I am willing to help him with all my money!"
Lin Xiaoyue does have the idea of setting up her own business, but the owner of Juewei Lou has given her too much. She will be the shopkeeper for a while first. If she is happy, she will continue to work. If she is not happy, it is not the contract she signed.
Just leave.
"Thank you, Brother Liang. I will definitely not be polite to you one day! Besides, we still have a big grape business to do. I won't consider setting up my own business for the time being."
Liang Jingyao nodded, "Okay, I hope Master Lin is willing to stay! My men have already gone to Tianhe Kingdom, and I believe they will be able to transport the grapes back soon!"
Lin Xiaoyue was very happy when she thought about grapes. This is probably what she is looking forward to most at the moment!
She said cheerfully: "That's perfect! I'll stir-fry some vegetables!"
After saying that, she went back to the kitchen and took out all the stew from the big pot. Because there were a lot of dried radishes, potatoes and winter bamboo shoots, it filled two big bowls!
After rinsing the big pot, she stir-fried another Chinese cabbage. The Chinese cabbage cooked quickly, so she made two trips back and forth to bring the stewed meat and bacon and steamed eggs from another large pot to the table.
The Chinese cabbage is already cooked.
"Brother Liang, stop being busy with Zhan Ying. Wash your hands and get ready to eat!"
Liang Jingyao responded outside, and then prepared to come in to help prepare and serve food.
How could Zhan Ying dare to ask his master to cook and serve the dishes? He walked into the kitchen first and said, "Master Lin, stop being busy, I'll do it!"
Lin Xiaoyue was a little surprised by the name Zhan Ying. If she guessed correctly, Zhan Ying should already know about Cheng Feng. Cheng Feng worked with him for Brother Liang, which can be regarded as a brotherhood. Don't he hate it at all?
alone?
"Zhan Ying!" Lin Xiaoyue called to Zhan Ying who was carrying the dishes and preparing to leave, "Brother Liang is very angry about Cheng Feng. What do you think?"
Of course, Zhan Ying was reluctant to lose a brother, but Zhan Ying was always worried about leaking his whereabouts behind his master's back. Fortunately, although the princess was willful and unruly, she did not hurt her master in the end. What about next time?
"Cheng Feng is no longer suitable to stay with the master!"
Lin Xiaoyue raised her eyebrows, looked into Zhan Ying's eyes and asked, "Cheng Feng said bad things about me everywhere, and even reported it to the princess, which made her jealous and come running. What do you think?"
Zhan Ying didn't dodge his eyes and directly said what he was thinking, "Zhan Ying only listens to the master's orders. Cheng Feng has broken the rules and will be punished. Please don't mind it, Master Lin!"
At this time, Liang Jingyao walked into the kitchen with a big smile, "Hahaha! Don't embarrass Zhan Ying. He and Cheng Feng have completely different personalities. There are eleven people in the Yin Zhan Guards, and their training is harder than that of Cheng Feng."
Ten thousand times, it is my sharpest sword!"
Surprise flashed in Lin Xiaoyue's eyes. In this way, is Cheng Feng your pet? Only pets can be arrogant and suddenly bite their owners!