Portable Space: Small Peasant Girls Farm to Get Rich

Chapter 144
The cold wind was bleak and the fog was rising. At the end of Shihe Village, Liu Qingcao yawned and opened the door. Seeing that the sky was only a little gray, she turned around and went back to the house to put on a coat.

Going out again, Liu Qingcao felt that the coolness was not on her body, but her face was a little sore from the morning wind.

"It's not winter yet, it's so cold, I don't know how it got here in previous years."

Liu Qingcao let out a breath, and the white mist slowly dissipated with the air, leaving only the black mirror-like morning and night.

"Girl, are you going to town today?"

Chen Cuizhi wrapped herself into a cotton ball man, rubbed her hands, breathed out, and came out of the kitchen.

Liu Qingcao looked at Chen Cuizhi who was wrapped in a thick cotton coat, still so cold, and suddenly felt that she was not so cold anymore.

"It's cold now, I'll go to the town and buy some mutton to make soup, so as to warm up my body and prevent typhoid fever from time to time."

"Girl, mutton has a strong smell, so buy less."

Chen Cuizhi was afraid that Liu Qingcao would buy too much, so she specially reminded her.

Liu Qingcao gathered the clothes on her body and said with a smile.

"It's okay, I'll make the mutton soup for noon."

"Okay, breakfast is ready, I'll bring it up."

After Chen Cuizhi finished speaking, she turned around and went to the kitchen to serve breakfast.

It's getting colder this winter, and eating in the yard can no longer sit still, so Liu Qingcao deliberately vacated the table and chairs for eating in the lobby.

Even Dahei and his son, Chouchou, were also changed places. Originally, they planned to move them into a house. It would be warmer and the puppy would be more comfortable.

Unexpectedly, Dahei would not enter the house and had to guard the yard. Liu Qingcao couldn't help it, so he built an airtight cabin for him in the yard, and the two of them slept soundly in it.

During the day, Dahei followed the ox cart to deliver preserved eggs and dried vegetables, and slept at night, while Chou Chou dozed off during the day and kept vigil at night. The two of them cooperated very well.

In winter, there is no fresh pea tip to deliver to restaurants, and ox carts don't have to go to towns and counties every day. Once a delivery is made, it has to go every three or two days.

Today is the day to deliver.

Liu Qingcao had breakfast, and went to Qianfeng Town with the ox cart. It was too cold, and the vegetables and fruits had begun to be rotten by the frost because of the drop in temperature. Not many people came to the town to sell vegetables.

Liu Qingcao got off the bullock cart and wandered around the town alone. There were no vegetables, melons and fruits, but there were quite a few people buying and selling meat and hot soup.

In the mobile vegetable market, Liu Qingcao was carrying a basket on her back, looking at each other, and when she walked in front of the mutton vendor, Liu Qingcao stopped in her tracks.

"Old man, how do you sell this mutton?"

Liu Qingcao pointed to the sheep that had been skinned and hung intact on the wooden pole, and asked.

Seeing that she was a little girl, the old man thought she didn't understand, so he reminded her with a smile.

"Twenty cents a catty, this mutton has a strong smell, don't treat it as pork."

"I know, the old man is too honest, I bought this sheep, and the belly of the sheep is also included."

The old man was happy when he heard Liu Qingcao's words.

"Little girl, is this a joke?"

"I'm not kidding, there are many people in the village, so I can eat it, old man, how heavy is this sheep, give me a name."

Liu Qingcao nodded firmly and asked the old man to weigh in.

Seeing that she didn't seem to be joking, the old man happily weighed the mutton.

"Little girl, 85 catties, one tael and seven dollars, these sheep will be paid for three pennies."

Liu Qingcao looked at it and weighed it, then nodded and took out the money and handed it to the old man, who happily took it with a wrinkled smile on his face.

"Little girl, I'm afraid you can't handle this mutton. Where is your adult?"

"Old man, my lord is not here today, can you help me move this mutton to Huibailou?"

Liu Qingcao looked at the smelly mutton, then at her new jacket, and shook her head.

Hearing what she said, the old man was also happy to help, he picked up the sheep, slid into the water with one hand, and followed Liu Qingcao to Huibailou.

After putting the mutton in Huibailou, Liu Qingcao went to the market to buy seasonings. You don't need to buy radishes and green onions, they are grown in the field, but there are no angelica grocery stores, so you have to go to the pharmacy to buy them.

A whole sheep needs a lot of angelica. Thinking of the children from a hundred private schools, she gritted her teeth and finally spent a lot of money to buy enough angelica.

Liu Qingcao was walking in the market with a basket of spices on her back, and saw a vendor selling green-headed radishes. Liu Qingcao was still surprised. After the surprise, she bought all the piles of green-headed radishes.

Returning to Shihe Village in an ox cart, Liu Qingcao stopped at the Baijia private school for a while, and called Zhao Cheng to move the mutton to the kitchen, and divided it into three pieces. The largest piece was reserved for the private school, and the medium piece was taken. After leaving the factory shed, the smallest piece was taken home by myself.

When Liu Qingcao left, he handed over the recipe and ingredients to the cooks on both sides, and also gave a bowl of spiritual spring water, and told them to pour it into the pot with the angelica, and then returned to his courtyard freely.

Seeing that Liu Qingcao bought mutton and a lot of green radishes, Chen Cuizhi was a little puzzled.

"Girl, this green radish is not as good as the white radish, what are you buying it for?"

"Big Sister Chen, I will get this radish after dinner, please help me wash this lamb out of the water first."

Chen Cuizhi nodded, took the sheep into the water and went to the corner of the courtyard, Liu Qingcao carried the lamb to the kitchen, took out the lamb to change the knife, and soaked it in the water to soak out the blood inside.

After Chen Cuizhi washed the mutton out of the water, Liu Qingcao also took out the mutton from the water, marinated it with scallion, ginger and white wine together with the offal, and then put it in hot water to blanch.

"Miss, is it so troublesome?" Chen Cuizhi was adding firewood to the stove while paying attention to Liu Qingcao's movements. Seeing that she had been busy for a long time, she finally picked up the mutton, and felt that eating mutton was quite a hassle.

Liu Qingcao smiled, took out a piece of blanched mutton, and cut it into moderately thin slices.

"Where is this going? If you want to be on the table, you have to cook three times."

"Three times? Can't you get used to it once?"

Chen Cuizhi was shocked, thinking that there might be something wrong with the mutton, it would take three times to cook it!
"The mutton has been fried in oil three times, and the taste is better every time."

"The smell of mutton is so strong, how can it be more delicious the more it is cooked."

Chen Cuizhi shook her head, she had cooked this mutton once before, and it tasted too strong, she couldn't drink two sips while pinching her nose, and Pan Yong ate all of it in the end.

Since then, Pan Yong would rather use the money to buy eggs than buy the mutton.

I don't even want to be near the place where I buy mutton.

"You'll know in a while."

Liu Qingcao knew that this food would be unpalatable if it wasn't cooked well, but if you want to eat it, you can't be bothered.

A spoonful of lard was put into the pot to heat it up. Liu Qingcao brought a basin of water and poured it directly into the hot pot. There was a sound of "stab", and the oily smoke rose up, making Chen Cuizhi scream out in fright.

"Sister Chen, don't be afraid, it's fine."

"I know, I know, girl, be careful, don't burn yourself."

Liu Qingcao nodded and smiled slightly. After the water in the pot boiled, she poured the cut mutton and offal into the pot, and added ginger, angelica and a little salt.

After boiling for the first time, Liu Qingcao scooped it out quickly, put in oil to burn for the second time, and poured the mutton soup into it again.

After cooking for three times, the mutton soup in the pot became milky white and fragrant, and Liu Qingcao put them in the big pot.

"Wow, girl, why does this taste so fragrant? If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it if it was made from boiled mutton."

Chen Cuizhi looked at Liu Qingcao with glowing eyes, as if looking at a fairy daughter. Why is her girl so good? Anything in her hands will become delicious, making people want to stop.

"Sister Chen, go and set the table, I'll make some dipping sauces."

"Okay, I'll go right now."

Chen Cuizhi smiled and took the mutton soup and went to the lobby, Liu Qingcao quickly adjusted the ingredients and went to the lobby.

"Sister Chen, did Brother Pan deliver it?"

"Give it away, give it away, I can't believe it's mutton after several mouthfuls."

Chen Cuizhi smiled with crooked eyes and a playful tone.

"Drink more, after drinking mutton soup this winter, the whole person will be much warmer."

"What the girl said is that this soup is warming. After drinking a bowl, my back is sweating a little."

Chen Cuizhi nodded, made another bowl of soup, and drank it.

(End of this chapter)