The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 261 Perfect Preserved Egg ([-])

"The Zhang family has a lot of land and little land. How can they get enough food and clothing just by relying on the three acres of land? Zhang Pingan is already 15 years old, and he has to raise his daughter-in-law. What if he doesn't want to make money? Besides, Zhang Ping'an came out to work as a long-term worker, and Zhang Ping was staying at home. It's not suitable." Su Yunduo closed his eyes and smiled lowly.

Liu Donglin took a look at Su Yunduo, he really couldn't hide anything from this girl!
Ning Zhongping still frowned, his impression of the Zhang family was really bad.

Zhang Pingan has been delivering vegetables to the Su family for more than half a year. He is honest and diligent, and he is just Zhang Shengbao’s nephew. Zhang Pingzheng is Zhang Shengbao’s own son. !
Su Yunduo didn't have the same worries as Ning Zhongping. Although she didn't like the behavior of Zhang Shengbao and his wife from the bottom of her heart, she could understand what they did before.

But it is impossible for her to accept Zhang Pingzheng as a long-term worker at home. Although Zhang Pingzheng's behavior is not similar to his parents, who made him the son of his parents!

"I know what my uncle is worried about. If it hadn't happened before, I would have appreciated Zhang Pingzheng, but now it is inappropriate. I believe the village uncle can understand. Brother Yuzhong, if he is really willing to sign five It is also possible to recruit a long-term worker." Su Yunduo comforted Ning Zhongping first, then looked at Liu Donglin and said.

Liu Donglin didn't expect that Su Yunduo, who originally agreed to recruit only four long-term workers, would accept Liu Yuzhong as well. He knew in his heart that Su Yunduo was giving him face.

Liu Dongbao's family really needed this permanent worker. He could help Liu Dongbao's family for a while, but it was absolutely impossible to support them for a lifetime. Liu Yuzhong had to stand up for himself.

A five-year contract should be a good thing for Liu Yuzhong.

Liu Yuzhong is eighteen this year, but because he has such an unreliable father, he has not yet been able to get married. Everyone who meets Liu Yuzhong only comes to see him when he hears that Liu Yuzhong is Liu Donglin's nephew, but as long as they meet each other After that, there will be no more text.

Because of this, Liu Donglin never thought about curing Liu Dongbao's leg, and let him lie on the kang for the rest of his life. Maybe a few years later, Liu Yuzhong could bring his wife back after earning enough money.

Su Yunduo hired a long-term worker to cover food and housing, and there is still a monthly salary of one tael. After five years, there will be 60 taels of silver. Even if he spends half of it every year, he still has 30 taels. It is more than enough to marry a wife.

Su Yunduo was willing to keep Liu Yuzhong, and Liu Donglin was naturally grateful.

Su Yunduo hardly bothered about recruiting short-term workers and building long-term workshops in the village.

Arranging long-term workers and short-term workers, Su Yunduo, apart from going to their respective construction sites every day, basically takes perilla to make preserved eggs in the rest of the time.

The preserved eggs made on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year were quite successful. Although it was the first time I tried to make preserved eggs, the taste was not much different from the one I remembered. A little bit salty, but the flaws are not concealed.

When Su Yunduo removes the rice husk and mud outside the preserved egg and peels off the eggshell, the eggshell is easy to peel without sticking.

Looking at the peeled duck eggs, almost everyone was skeptical. Are you sure this black lump is not a marinated egg?
Su Yunduo put the egg in the palm of his hand and looked at it carefully like a baby. The egg white was a translucent brown solid, with pine-like patterns on the surface of the egg white and then it was very elastic. It was a perfect preserved egg!
After admiring it for a while, Su Yunduo cut the egg open with a knife. The egg yolk inside was dark green and solidified with a slightly sugary heart. You can smell a special fragrance without getting close. This is the smell!

Su Yunduo felt that his saliva was about to flow out, so he picked up a piece of preserved egg with his hand, dipped some sauce in the homemade sauce dish next to him, and threw it into his mouth. It was really cool and refreshing, fragrant but not greasy, very delicious!

Seeing that Su Yunduo was eating with gusto, the people next to him were naturally not to be outdone, and rushed to taste it one after another.

Ning seemed to be a bit unable to accept the unique smell, her brows were frowned, and she looked like she wanted to vomit but was embarrassed to vomit, which made Su Yunduo smile, as expected, not everyone can accept it!
However, more people like it very much. One preserved egg is not enough for so many people to taste, so Su Yunduo peeled a few more, and finally let everyone taste another kind of delicacy.

Seeing that Ning's brows were still slightly frowned, Su Yunduo couldn't help being a little worried: "If mother doesn't like it, just spit it out and rinse your mouth."

But Ning shook her head: "The taste is quite strange. At the beginning, it was a little unacceptable, but after tasting it carefully, I think it's not so unacceptable, and it's even quite delicious!"

Sure enough, it is my own mother, even if I don't like the taste very much in my heart, I still support Su Yunduo in my mouth.

Su Yunduo was even happier in her heart, but she still didn't show it on her face: "This tastes like raw food. We have meat at home, so I'll make you a porridge with preserved egg and lean meat, so that everyone will want to eat it after eating a bowl." .”

Su Yunduo's two older brothers like to watch Su Yunduo cook the most. No, after hearing Su Yunduo's words, they seized the kitchen as soon as possible. One set fire to Su Yunduo, the other helped Su Yunduo. All jobs were taken.

Su Yunduo first took a bowl of large white rice, washed it well, mixed it with a small amount of oil, put it in a pot, added an appropriate amount of water and boiled it, then turned to medium heat and simmered slowly.

While the porridge was cooking, Su Yunduo took a piece of meat, removed the fat from it, cut it into thin slices, salted it, and steamed the meat in a steamer for a quarter of an hour.

Take five preserved eggs, remove the mud and shell, cut each into eight equal parts with a thin wire, wash and shred the ginger, wash the chives and cut them into chopped green onions, and mince the coriander.

After Su Yunduo prepared these ingredients, the meat slices in the steamer gradually gave off a rich aroma, and the porridge in the cauldron became thicker and thicker.

Su Yunduo stirred the porridge in the pot with a large spoon, nodded with satisfaction, poured the sliced ​​preserved eggs, steamed lean meat slices, shredded ginger, and remaining seasonings into the porridge pot to boil, and asked Su Zexuan to turn the fire on Press it out, relying on the residual heat in the stove to keep the porridge in the pot rolling.

The aroma of rice, preserved eggs, lean meat, ginger and scallions slowly spread out from the Su family's kitchen, making people salivate.

"Sister, it smells so good, can I eat it? My mouth is watering!" the little greedy cat Su Zechen urged repeatedly.

Su Yunduo stretched out his hand to Zisu, Zisu had already prepared a clean bowl.

One spoonful and one bowl, sprinkle with chopped coriander and chopped green onion, and after taking a sip, the fragrance will remain on the lips and teeth.

Su Yunduo took a sip of the porridge in the bowl with satisfaction, but said with regret: "If you add crispy fried dough sticks, the taste will be even more delicious!"

At this moment in the capital, Lu Jinkang, who had just returned from the Gong Yuan inspection tour and returned to the Zhen Guo Gong Mansion, was talking with Zhen Guo Gong Madam and the old lady Lu who was visiting the Zhen Guo Gong Mansion in the Zhenghe Hall of the Zhen Guo Gong Madam about what happened in front of the Zhen Guo Gong Mansion. .

(End of this chapter)