Before exile, the imperial concubine emptied the palace

Chapter 167 Salted Radish Strips

The old woman was overjoyed, she didn't expect that Lin Xiaoyue would not counter-offer!After weighing it tremblingly, she said, "There are ten catties here, please give me twenty Wen."

Lin Xiaoyue took a piece of silver to the old woman, took a large bag of vegetables and handed it to Chen Yunyun, and said, "Yunyun, let's go and see what the price of the chicken and duck is?"

Chen Yunyun didn't understand that Lin Xiaoyue had already ordered so much pork, why did she still want to buy chicken and duck?It's too early for the new year!
She quickly grabbed Lin Xiaoyue and persuaded her, "Sister Lin, that's enough! There are some other vegetables in the yard, which are delicious with stewed meat!"

It was inconvenient for Lin Xiaoyue to explain to Chen Yunyun outside. She held Chen Yunyun's hand and said, "Believe me, these are all useful! Let's go!"

Chen Yunyun couldn't hold back Lin Xiaoyue, and when the two of them finally returned to the teahouse, the bamboo baskets were stuffed to the brim, and both hands were full!
Panting, Lin Xiaoyue put down the basket, and sat down on the stool, "Phew! I finally got it back! But I still have to buy it tomorrow!"

Chen Yunyun asked inexplicably: "Sister Lin, are you preparing for the New Year? It's too early, isn't it?"

Lin Xiaoyue shook her head and said: "No! You don't know that this year's grain production has decreased, and people in many places have started to have no food! So I buy more. When did [-] refugees come to our Yangming Town? I can't see Let them starve to death! Besides, we have a lot of people here, and the restaurant will open later, so why don’t we need ingredients?”

Only then did Chen Yunyun realize that Lin Xiaoyue was doing it for these things!

She grabbed the chickens and ducks and said, "Okay! Sister Lin, take a rest, I'll go raise these chickens and ducks first!"

Lin Xiaoyue nodded and said, "Okay, you go! I'll light the stove!"

As she spoke, Lin Xiaoyue turned around and added two tablespoons of water to the earthen stove, then stuffed firewood into the earthen stove's belly, lit the fire, and then, she took a knife to scrape off a hundred catties of pork, washed it in clean water, and cut it into pieces .

When the water on the big iron pot boiled, Lin Xiaoyue put a pot full of meat first, sprinkled wine, and then started washing rice and cooking.

After finishing the lunch, Lin Xiaoyue took out the salt and salted the rest of the meat, which was reserved for dinner.

At this time, Chen Yunyun came in from the outside. She smelled the smell of meat and said in surprise: "Ah, sister Lin, you move so fast! Let me help you chop vegetables!"

Lin Xiaoyue nodded, and said: "Okay, you take care of this. When the meat is soft and rotten, you can throw in these vegetables and radishes. Don't forget to add salt! The kitchen doesn't have a big pot for these, I'll go out Looking for barrels of rice and meat!"

Chen Yunyun put the vegetables into the wooden basin, and said, "I know! Go and do your work!"

Lin Xiaoyue searched around inside and outside the teahouse, but she couldn't find any wooden barrels that could hold rice. In the end, she had no choice but to run out and buy four large wooden barrels from the store.

"I'm back! I'm running to death. I bought it after asking several stores! The main ones don't have a wooden barrel with a lid." Lin Xiaoyue leaned against the door to pant, she felt so tired!

Chen Yunyun hurriedly supported Lin Xiaoyue to sit down on the chair, and said distressedly: "You might as well let Zhan Tian and the others look for it, their journey is much faster! Take a rest quickly, and I will wash the bucket!"

Where can Lin Xiaoyue sit still? She rubbed her sore calf for a while, then stood up and turned the stewed meat in the big iron pot, then took a spoonful and put it in her mouth to taste the taste. Doing is the most reliable!
Near noon, Zhan Ying rushed back from the valley, and Liang Jingyao came back with him.

Liang Jingyao originally wanted to come to help Lin Xiaoyue, but he didn't expect to smell the smell of meat as soon as he entered the yard!
"Yue'er, you finished it so quickly? I still want to help you!" Liang Jingyao walked into the kitchen and saw that Lin Xiaoyue had already started filling the barrel with rice.

Lin Xiaoyue looked up at the door, and said with a smile: "Yes! I have Yun Yun's help today, so I moved much faster! Everyone worked so hard to build a house, I can't make them wait hungry, right? Yesterday was a special situation, and today I can say anything. It can't be too late!"

Liang Jingyao took the big iron spoon in Lin Xiaoyue's hand and said, "I'll come! You go and rest!"

Lin Xiaoyue saw that there were still many radishes on the ground, she picked up a few and said, "Is the meat too greasy? Let me salt the radishes to relieve the greasiness?"

Liang Jingyao nodded and said, "It's all right! Zhan Ying, help me out."

Zhanying's hands are relatively big, and he picked up most of the radishes on the ground with one handful, "Miss Lin, I'll wash it!"

Lin Xiaoyue took the kitchen knife and wooden bucket, and walked outside with Zhanying, "You wash it, and I will peel it. Can you cut it into strips? After you wash it, take my peeled radish and cut it into strips."

Zhan Ying glanced at the round radish in his hand, and asked, "Slice first, then vertically?"

Lin Xiaoyue nodded and said, "That's right! Let's hurry up! Otherwise the rice and meat will be cold!"

Zhanying's movements were quick, and he washed the radish after changing the water twice, then picked up Lin Xiaoyue's peeled radish and cut it into strips on the cutting board.

At this time, Chen Yunyun had already filled a bucket full of stewed meat. She hugged her tightly with the torn cotton coat she prepared in advance, and then came out to peel the skin with Lin Xiaoyue.Later, Liang Jingyao also came to help, but he and Zhan Ying cut the strips together.

Lin Xiaoyue saw that there were not many left in the wooden basin, so she stood up and said, "Yunyun, I leave these for you to chop, and I will mix the radish sticks."

As she said that, Lin Xiaoyue walked to the stove with a pot of chopped radish strips, sprinkled a lot of salt and sesame oil, and stirred back and forth with chopsticks evenly.

She picked up a piece and put it in her mouth, "Well! It tastes good! It's refreshing!"

Liang Jingyao couldn't help but walked over to taste a piece, and said in surprise: "It tastes good! Save some for the wine boss to eat later!"

Lin Xiaoyue said with a smile: "Take all the cuts you cut! There are still a few cuts in Yunyun, I will mix it up and give it to Dad to taste!"

Liang Jingyao nodded and said, "Okay! Then I'll go to the valley first! Zhan Ying will stay here, because I won't come over at night, and let Zhan Ying bring the dinner over when it's ready!"

Lin Xiaoyue responded: "Yes! Brother Liang, don't be too tired!"

"Okay!" Liang Jingyao put three wooden barrels into the carriage, and then drove away alone.

Lin Xiaoyue glanced at the rice and stewed meat left in the pot. She took the radish that Chen Yunyun had cut, cut it into strips, put it on a plate, sprinkled it with salt and sesame oil and stirred it evenly.

Although it looks like there are only two dishes, but the amount is large enough for everyone in the teahouse to eat!

Lin Xiaoyue filled a bowl of rice and a bowl of stewed meat, and put some radish sticks on the rice, "Okay, eat quickly, I'll deliver the rice to dad!"

(End of this chapter)