After being dressed as cannon fodder, I feed tyrants by cooking skills

Chapter 47

"...Big sister." Lu Cuihua forcibly choked out such a title.

"See what I can do." She eagerly wanted to show herself to Jiang Yu, so that she could work in the shop for a long time and earn money so that the two children could live better.

Which mother doesn't plan more for her children?
Looking at the cucumbers and potatoes piled up next to the sticky board, these are ingredients that haven't been processed in time, Jiang Yu decided to try Lu Cuihua's level first: "Sister Cuihua, help me handle these."

Shredded vegetables are undoubtedly the most test of knife skills.If it is cut too thick, it will not be easy to cook the dish, and it will affect the taste; if it is cut finely, it is not easy to control the heat and cook it directly.

"Big sister, I know some knife skills, not to mention shredding, but it is still powerful to chop off big bones with a knife." She swallowed a mouthful, and then said: "Before I washed the quilt for others When it was time, I could twist it by myself, so my arm is quite strong!"

As she spoke, she picked up a well-proportioned potato and peeled off the soil-stained skin, and placed it on the sticky board to fix the potato with one hand and hold the knife in the other hand, raising and lowering the knife with one hand, and a plate of potato shreds was cut in the blink of an eye. .

"How do you look?"

In fact, it's okay, but it's a little uneven in thickness.The slippery piece left in my hand is more difficult to cut, but it is really good to be able to cut it like this.

Aunt Li came in and took out the jar of pickled vegetables in the corner. When the lid was opened, she kept digging in with her hands but found nothing. She bent down and brought her face closer to the mouth of the jar. There were only a few pieces of pickled cabbage scattered at the bottom of the jar. And some juices with a strong sour taste.

"It's broken, the sauerkraut is used up." So what if someone orders pickled fish?Aunt Li suddenly recalled that Jiang Yu had told her to pickle some more a few days ago, and she forgot about it when she was busy...

Alas, breaking your brain is really a waste of time!

Seeing Aunt Li's helpless appearance, Jiang Yu didn't have time to answer Lu Cuihua, so she hurriedly said: "It's okay, Auntie, it can be used after marinating for a few days now."

Speaking of pickled vegetables here, Lu Cuihua is in awe, she is eager to try and can't wait to prove herself: "Big girl, I can do pickled vegetables! Back then..."

Back then, her Lu family was also in the pickled vegetable business, and the restaurants, inns, and small vendors in the town all bought goods from her house and then sold them in Washi. Although her father's good craftsmanship was not passed on to her, But after so many years of hearing and seeing at home, she should have learned the basics.There are always a few processes in zero and zero, and it is not too difficult to remember.

Jiang Yu decided to let her try it. If it tastes good, and there is a pickle expert in her shop, wouldn't the dish have another selling point?

The prepared mustard greens have been piled up in the yard, and now they are finally going to be used.After several days in a row, the vegetable leaves are dry and not very juicy.

Aunt Li was about to throw away the dried vegetable leaves, but Lu Cuihua hurriedly stopped her: "What are you doing, Auntie, you can't throw away these dried vegetable leaves."

What's the use of keeping the shriveled dried vegetable leaves instead of throwing them away?The taste will affect the taste if specified, and it is definitely not as crisp as fresh ones.

"What are you still doing?"

"You don't know, aunt, if you want to pickle sauerkraut, you have to put the mustard greens in the sun for a long time, and wait until the leaves of the vegetables are dry, so that the taste of the pickles will not be too sour, and the leaves are still fresh. It’s not easy to rot! My father used to dry it like that.”

No wonder the leaves of the sauerkraut she pickled broke when she tried hard. It was because of this.Aunt Li simply acted as the hands-off shopkeeper and handed over the pickling matter to Lu Cuihua.

Taking advantage of the sunshine, Lu Cuihua picked mustard greens one by one, put them in a big dustpan and moved them to the sunshine in the yard.

The vegetable leaves themselves are not very juicy, and it took only half a day to dry them out.After the water in the pot starts to boil, put the vegetables in and scald them for a few seconds, take them out and let them cool.

Lu Cuihua first poured the sauerkraut jar with boiling water to remove the leaves and soup from the previous time. After ensuring that the jar was absolutely clean without water and oil, she put all the mustard greens in it.

Then pour out the water for scalding vegetables, put a handful of salt into it, cover the lid and press it up heavily with a stone.

Lu Cuihua washed her hands, wiped her apron casually, and then raised three fingers, as if to assure them: "Three days, this pickle will definitely turn sour after three days."

That's a good feeling!The shorter the time for pickling the vegetables, the better, so that the dishes using sauerkraut as ingredients can be sold out soon. Jiang Yu can't wait to hear that it will be sour in one day.

Lu Cuihua couldn't be free for most of the day in the shop, as long as she saw any work, no matter if it was easy or dirty, she would cover it all.Just now, I followed Aunt Li to wash the dishes, but I didn't see him for a while and went out to clear the table again.

By the time she set foot on the path home, the sun had just set.She was already ready to go home at night, but Jiang Yu refused to let her stay any longer. The children in the family were still hungry and waited for their mother to go home to cook. How could Jiang Yu stay so well? Leave her until the shop closes.

As soon as the door was pushed, a big bowl flew towards the door. Luckily, Lu Cuihua hid quickly, otherwise she would have lost her appearance. The big bowl fell to the ground one step ahead of her, and the pieces fell straight to the ground. stuck to the toe of her shoe.

She held onto the door frame to pull out the fragments. Fortunately, the thick soles of the shoes did not pierce her feet.

She only heard a roar from inside the house: "Why did you go home so late, you mother-in-law!" Accompanied by the cry of children, Lu Cuihua hurried into the house, which made her dumbfounded.

The house was in a mess, wine bottles were randomly thrown on the ground, the man's shirtless shirt was crookedly put on his waist, and he was lazily leaning against the wall with a big red face.Even letting his five-year-old daughter squat in the corner and cry loudly, he was indifferent.

He even scolded angrily: "Cry, cry, cry, you girl knows howling all day long, just like your mother and that woman." He hiccupped, and the smell of alcohol in the room made people dizzy. hum.

Lu Cuihua picked up her little daughter, patted her on the back lightly and carried her to another room: "You stay here obediently, mother will cook for you."

She helped the little girl wipe away her tears, but her own eyes were moist.She was really reluctant to let her daughter go to the shop all day by herself, but if she didn't do the work, what would the family's expenses be?

Her life is miserable!
(End of this chapter)