Yunmeng Ballad: I opened a restaurant in the Warring States Period

Chapter 10 The Vegetable Garden

Seeing Chu Yunmeng's mouth opening and closing, Ah Yue felt as if she couldn't hear, she didn't hear what was said later.

She didn't understand why her master was so nice to a boy who was only ten years old. He had just met him, so he could tell what kind of talent he had?

She also didn't understand why she was diligent and conscientious in helping her master handle everything in the back kitchen, and sometimes she could help in the front hall, but the master couldn't see her goodness?
She couldn't figure it out even more, why her master would rather accept a boy he just met as his apprentice, but kept hiding from her?
Why does she never think about herself?
Ah Yue really wanted to ask, but she didn't dare to ask.I had no choice but to keep the words in my heart and continue to be busy in the back kitchen.

But compared to the hopeful life she used to be, now there is much less light in her eyes.

But Chu Yunmeng didn't know this.She is still as before, devoting herself to all kinds of ingredients and new dishes.

After launching Ruyi dishes, she mixed the existing poultry meat, chicken and other common poultry and livestock meat with the only vegetables, and launched sunflower roasted pork meat, leek roasted pork meat, scallion fried pork shreds, sunflower shredded chicken, and leek chicken Shredded chicken with shredded green onion and several meat and vegetable dishes.

There is nothing innovative in the dishes, but it is enough to satisfy the curiosity and appetite of people in this era.

As for the shortcomings, only Chu Yunmeng knew about it.

Fifteen days after launching these six dishes, Chu Yunmeng did not study new dishes, but taught Wugu how to make Yunmengju dishes.

One is to share her own burden; the other is because, with the ingredients and seasonings of this era and season, she really can't think of any new tricks.

Even if there is, it's just a licensed mix and match dish like green onion shredded chicken, which can't meet the requirements of myself as a foodie.

And to process some ingredients that are rare in this era, such as cultivating mushrooms, planting peppers, and other new ingredients, in addition to some confidential venues, the requirements for skills are also higher, and it is definitely not possible to rush now Mounted.

Fortunately, she had asked Ah Tian to watch the garden and vegetable fields outside.

Time flew by in such a hurry, and it was the beginning of February in a flash, and it had been two months since Yunmengju opened.

At this time, the ice and snow had melted, the spring breeze began to caress the earth, and the surrounding fields began to be green.

Chu Yunmeng started to go out crazily, spending most of the day wandering in the wild.

This time, her field visits finally yielded some results.

One day, she brought some plants from the wild to Yunmengju that the other three had never seen before.The Vegetable Orchard of Yunmengju finally welcomes its first batch of residents.

After returning, she instructed Ah Tian to plant them one by one in the designated location of the small vegetable garden, and asked him to take care of them carefully.

I have to look at it every day, just like caring about my children.

On the day the plants were first transplanted into the small vegetable garden, Chu Yunmeng took the five grains and identified them one by one.

"This wild potato has edible roots. It is the best for making soup. It is not only delicious, but also easy to make you feel full."

"This wild bean pod is actually called pea. After the beans inside are ripe, they are more tender than soybeans. They have different tastes, and they are rare and delicious."

After speaking, he deliberately smiled at Wugu: "I saw these two things in the mountains before, but unfortunately I couldn't find them in the cold weather. Finally, the weather became warmer, so I found them."

"This is called mint. The leaves of the plant have a delicate fragrance and can be used as a condiment. It has an excellent effect in removing fishy smell. Of course, if it is used to make cold drinks, the taste is also very good."

"This is a wild mountain mushroom. It tastes very fresh. It tastes first-class when made into soup, dish or side dish."

Like a child sharing his beloved toy, Chu Yunmeng couldn't wait to share with Wu Gu the fresh ingredients he had just dug up, as well as the joy in his heart.

"Five grains, some edible vegetables and fruits you found in the wild before, and you have to dig them back to have a look. Maybe they will be very useful in the future."

Chu Yunmeng's brows and eyes are curved, and her heart and eyes are full of good expectations for the future.

"Okay, Sister Yunmeng." Maybe it's because Wugu was very well-behaved when he first arrived, and he was very quiet most of the time.

Chu Yunmeng also expressed his understanding of this, and did not force him to do so.

However, I still couldn't help holding the clumps of wild mushrooms in front of him again, and said with a smile:
"Today you guys are lucky. This wild mushroom is very fresh. I'll give you a taste..."

After finishing speaking, he ordered Ah Yue to wash the wild mushrooms and divide them into two batches.

The small one was cooked in a large cauldron over high heat, with a little green onion added, and it was immediately taken out of the pot for everyone to share.

After the big one is fried, put it together with the fried pork shreds, add a large pot of water and simmer.

Until the clear water fully blends the aroma of meat and wild mushrooms into a thick mushroom soup, Yunmengju has added a signature dish of wild mushroom pork soup.

Inspired by wild mushrooms and the success of Ruyi dishes, Chu Yunmeng has long been eager to cultivate mushrooms.

Although the cultivation of mushrooms is more difficult than Italian dishes, fortunately, there is no high technical threshold. It just requires a little effort and a few more experiments.

And it's almost spring, which happens to be the season for cultivating mushrooms, and it's also the season for eating mushrooms.

It just so happened that Ah Tian had news that there were suitable fields and vegetable gardens.

After seeing it with him, Chu Yunmeng quickly bought the field near Yunmeng Mountain, and ordered Ah Tian to take time to build a high wall around the field.

A full hectare of land is more than enough to grow vegetables or fruit trees.

What's more, being close to the mountains is perfect for growing mushrooms.

However, due to the importance of mushrooms as a rare food, Chu Yunmeng did not put the experimental site of mushrooms in this large garden, but in the small vegetable orchard in Yunmengju's yard.

She ordered Ah Tian to pick up many fallen logs from the mountains near the field and transport them back to the vegetable orchard in Yunmengju.

On the other hand, she bought a lot of wood carvings from the carpenter, and brought them back together with sawdust and shavings; at the same time, she bought a lot of firewood from the woodcutter, pretending that the logs were for fire, so as to conceal the real use.

Chu Yunmeng built a "dark room" in the small vegetable orchard that took into account ventilation, lighting and airtightness, and filled it with wooden boxes and various bottles and jars.

She filled wooden boxes, bottles and cans with sawdust, and built a special shelf to store logs, and then sprinkled plant ash all over the small house.

At the beginning, the windows and skylights in all directions were completely opened, so that these bottles and logs could fully get close to nature and enjoy the rain and dew in spring.

After the sawdust reacted with the log, she closed the skylight, doors and windows of the darkroom, and locked them tightly, preventing anyone from opening them.

While waiting for the first batch of mushrooms to mature, Chu Yunmeng sent a large amount of logs and sawdust to the vegetable orchard in the name of buying wood carvings.

　It’s easy to get anxious when your eyes are focused on things going wrong at work, and it’s the same feeling when you focus on the writing that no one cares about. But when you just want to tell the story you want to write, your heart will calm down.Of course, Calvin will also be very anxious.

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