Shangshi female official

Chapter 5 Egg Baba 1
Shen Ci took the lantern and dustpan to the main hall on the east side, which was also their kitchen, and Wang Yifu followed in to have a look. Inside, there were two rows of stoves on the left and right walls, and a big table in the middle, with all the kitchen utensils available. Bacon, cured chicken and duck and other cured meat.

Shen Ci lit up all the candles in the candlestick on the left, and the kitchen was much brighter.

She tied up her hair, put on her sundress, scooped a lot of water from the urn, washed a piece of tenderloin, peeled and washed a short round radish, cut it into slices and put it in the strainer, sprinkled with salt .

"If you are idle and bored, come and help me."

What Wang Yifu was waiting for was her words, she trotted to Shen Ci's side happily, Shen Ci cut off all the corners of the tenderloin and threw it aside, felt the meat with one hand, and took a knife with the other to slice out the powder Tender slices of meat.

After the meat was sliced, Shen Ci found a hammer, wrapped it in two layers of cloth and began to beat the meat, until the meat was flattened and big.

"Knock this piece of meat for me." She picked up the piece of meat that had already been knocked and looked at the lamp. It was so thin that the texture could be seen through the light, and said, "This level is right."

While Wang Yifu was pounding the meat slices, Shen Ci took out the large maroon porcelain basin, added water and salt and kneaded the dough. After the flour was kneaded together, she scooped a spoonful of lard into the basin and continued kneading until her hands were smooth. After washing, potting, and face polishing, cover it with a wet towel, and at this time Wang Yifu's meat is also ready for her.

Shen Ci hung the paste on the slices of meat, told Wang Yifu to light the fire, put oil in the pan, put a little paste into the oil pan, and when small bubbles rose from the paste, Shen Ci put the slices of meat into the pot one by one.

After the meat was fried, put it aside, Shen Ci rolled out the noodles that had just woken up, spread sesame sauce and finely ground brown sugar on it, rolled it up, folded it in three, rolled it out, rolled it into a big round cake and put it in a frying pan for baking.

After the cake was baked, Shen Ci fried the sliced ​​meat for a second time, then fried onion, ginger, and garlic, added sugar, white vinegar to make the sauce, and poured it on the sliced ​​meat.

When loading the plate, Shen Ci took a plate and filled Wang Yifu with a piece of cake, three or four slices of meat, and some radishes, and put the rest into the food box for supper.

Wang Yifu took a bite of the pie, and it was very hot in the mouth, so she had to take it out and blow it again. After taking a bite, the pie was soft and tough, but not difficult to chew. A burst of sweetness of brown sugar, too fragrant.

Take the second bite of the meat slices, the meat slices are very thin, golden and shiny, there is a "crack" sound when you bite, it is very crispy in your mouth, the meat slices have a sweet and sour taste, and there are green onions. With the aroma of ginger, garlic and meat, she devoured it in just three or two bites.

Finally, there is another piece of radish. This radish tastes like a pear, without the astringent taste of radish. It is crisp, juicy and sweet, just enough to relieve the greasy fried meat.

Although Shen Ci's cooking is all sweet, but each kind of sweet is different, it doesn't feel repetitive, but has endless aftertaste. Wang Yifu will probably miss these few flavors in the past few days.

After she was full and ready to work, Wang Yifu went outside and continued to practice cutting vegetables. After a good meal, she was taught by Shen Ci carefully before, and her knife skills became much smoother.

She was very happy, and amidst the thumping sounds, she vaguely heard a strange sound. After listening carefully, it seemed that someone was crying. The movement of cutting vegetables in her hands slowed down, and the crying sound became clearer. , the evening wind blew over, and Wang Yifu couldn't help shaking.

Crying continuously, Wang Yifu felt uncomfortable, so she took the kitchen knife and the candlestick in front of her cutting board, and walked slowly along the source of the sound, step by step, the more she listened, the more she felt at ease. It's really like a real person crying, rather than some gibberish.

She held up the candlestick in front of her, and finally found the weeping man at the left corner of the practice field gate.

Under the candlelight, a little girl was squatting in the corner, wearing clothes similar to Wang Yifu's, but her upper body was soybean milk yellow, her eyes were crying like walnuts on a small round face, and her nose was as red as a big cherry.

Seeing the man, Wang Yifu breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "You little maid, why are you crying here if you don't sleep at night?"

"The maids and sisters... punish me, don't let me... eat, I... I'm so hungry."

She was relatively small, sobbing and wiping her tears with her sleeves, feeling extremely wronged, Wang Yifu looked pitifully, and said, "I still have some radishes, do you want to eat them?"

As soon as she heard that there was something to eat, the little girl sniffed immediately, and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Wang Yifu gave the little girl all the radishes made by Shen Ci just now, and the little girl chewed each piece crisply, saying "delicious."

Back at the long table, the little girl followed her. While practicing chopping vegetables, she asked, "What's your name?"

"I, my name is Xu Xinyan. I am 13 years old. I was chosen to learn needlework. I will go to the Shangfu Bureau in the future. Good sister, what is your name?"

"Wang Yifu, she was chosen for Shangshi Bureau."

"Sister Wang, can you cook?"

"Not now, but in the future."

Hearing Wang Yifu say no, Xu Xinyan pursed her mouth and wanted to cry again. Wang Yifu didn't understand what she was singing, so she could only ask, "Why are you crying?"

"I... I'm not full."

Wang Yifu smiled helplessly, took a cucumber from the vegetable basket and threw it to her, and said, "Use this first to top it."

Xu Xinyan took a bite, and said aggrievedly, "But the cucumbers don't matter..."

Wang Yifu couldn't help it, just now she finished eating all the things Shen Ci made, and she just started learning knife skills on the first day, and she was still far away from cooking, so she could only persuade: "Don't eat too much at night." If you eat too much, you won’t be able to digest it.”

Xu Xinyan was pitiful, gnawing cucumbers and dropping little pearls, "But tomorrow... the maid sister... I'm still not allowed to eat... I'll be hungry..."

The two of them didn't know what to do here, Shen Ci had already delivered the supper and came back, Wang Yifu saw her as if she had seen a savior, hurriedly ran over and asked: "How is it? Sister maid, are you enjoying your meal?"

Shen Ci shook her head, "When I went, they said that my hands and feet were too slow, they were going to sleep, so they stopped eating..."

"Is that all left?" Wang Yifu opened the food box, but there was only an empty plate with oil stains inside.

Unknowingly, Shen Ci's eyes looked at the ground like the setting sun, "They poured all the food on the ground in front of me, it was covered with dust and it was uneatable, so I threw it away nearby."

When she said this, her voice became softer and softer. Although she didn't tremble, she could still hear her sad emotions.

"Shen Ci, the food you cook is delicious, it's just that they are not born to enjoy life, so don't take it to heart."

"Thank you for reassuring me, I'm fine, just sleep and I'll be fine."

Wang Yifu looked back at Xu Xinyan, and tentatively asked, "Can you make another sugar cake..."

"Is there not enough food left for you just now? It's not good to eat too much at night."

(End of this chapter)