Stepmother Shaoguang

Chapter 83

Although they had never made paper kites before, they didn't encounter any difficulties under the guidance of Chunzao. Zhijun and Nijun also joined in.

Talking and laughing, the atmosphere is joyful.

Even Yuanjin and Yuanbi, who never played with them in the front yard, couldn't help but make one each.

When Lu Xiaowen came back from hunting, he threw the hares and pheasants aside, and let the people in the kitchen come and deal with them.

Skinned rabbit and chicken are ready to be roasted.

Lu Mingzhen heard his father came back, and ran out holding his little kite to show him: "Father, look at the paper kite I made!"

It is a black and red swallow.

Lu Mingyan also dragged out the paper kite that was about to be as big as him with a little difficulty, and showed it to his father.

He made a fine horse with a reddish-brown body and black mane.

Lu Xiaowen picked up a child with one hand and walked inside: "Good job, tomorrow I will take you to the field to release paper kites and see who can fly the highest."

Lu Xiaowen didn't see the paper kite made by He Shaoguang until dinner, so he couldn't help asking.

He Shaoguang smiled mysteriously at him: "You will know tomorrow."

In the evening, the whole family gathers around a small charcoal stove while grilling and eating. The freshly baked rabbit meat is tender and not fishy, ​​and it does not require too much seasoning to make it a delicious meal.

He Shaoguang rubbed his round belly, proudly stuffed!

On the second day, people around Zhuangzi could see a bunch of colorful kites flying in the sky as soon as they looked up, and the most eye-catching one was He Shaoguang's graffiti-like cat.

There is a golden bell tied around his neck with a green rope, and a red hat is on his round head. He is playing with a shivering mouse and sticking out his tongue to lick his nose, which is very naive.

She introduced to Lu Xiaowen that it was a mangosteen, and when she was making a kite yesterday, she remembered that she saw a mangosteen chasing a mouse by chance, so she had an idea to animate it.

It's just that there is no bell on the mangosteen's neck.

All right.Lu Xiaowen thought, after returning home, he would have someone pick a box of various bells from the storeroom and send them to He Shaoguang, so that Mangosteen could wear them differently.

Yesterday, the master hunted hares and pheasants. Manager Liu guessed that they would like to eat them, and today he asked someone to bring a lot of wild game from the mountains.

The children who ate barbecue yesterday all expressed their boredom, especially Lu Mingzhen, who strongly urged He Shaoguang to cook them something else.

The cooks in Zhuangzi are not as skilled as Master Tian in the mansion, and it's okay to try something new occasionally.

He Shaoguang hasn't cooked for a long time, and his hands are itchy.

Seeing that the game was still alive and very fresh, he divided the wild rabbit meat prepared by the servants into two parts, one for stewed rabbit soup and the other for stewed rabbit meat.

Besides rabbits, they also brought back several teal ducks.

Different from the ones we usually eat, these pure wild ducks are very small, the meat is firm, not as fatty as the domestic ducks, even Lu Mingzhen can eat a whole duck by himself.

He Shaoguang asked the steward for some honey and sugar.

Rub the spices and salt on the belly of the wild duck and set aside to marinate.Then chop the garlic into mince, take a handful of shallots, mix the seasoning sauce, sesame paste, sugar, starch, some wine and spice powder, spread it on the wild duck, and marinate for a while.

I took a few slender wooden sticks from the backyard, fixed the wild duck vertically, scalded it with hot water, and drenched it until the skin was hard, then wiped the surface moisture, and then brushed it with a layer of honey.

Then it was put into the stove to roast. He Shaoguang handed the roast duck to the cook, and told him to turn it frequently when roasting, so that the color of the roasted duck would be uniform.

Seeing that there are so many processes before she roasts a duck, the chef in charge of the Zhuangzi smacked his lips, elbowed the master next to him, and exclaimed: "Our wife is really ingenious, this method is better than that in a restaurant. The master chef is still decent, what a waste. Hey!"

The other master knew that he was used to being out of order, so he didn't even lift his eyelids: "Don't even think about it, she is the general's wife, how can she be a chef like you?"

"That too."

The master's family left, and the servants in the kitchen also relaxed, chatting with each other.

When Rong Jin came over, the small building at the door greeted her with a smile: "Miss Rong Jin, are you here to get Aunt Jiang's meal?"

The cook is only responsible for two meals a day, and they are asked to cook by themselves in the morning, and these two meals are often perfunctory.

Xiaoxia is still a person who does not worship high and low, every time she sees her, she has a smile on her face.

So Rong Jin also greeted him with a smile: "Yes, you are not busy, are you?"

"What can we do?" Xiaoxia said cheerfully, "Zhuangzi is the most leisurely place. After staying for so long, don't you feel more comfortable than being in the mansion?"

Xiaoxia also came from the mansion, and he felt that life in Zhuangzi was much more comfortable.

"I'm afraid that the masters will stick to the second master's side, and they haven't done our job yet." Rong Jin explained.

"No, Madam is cooking by herself today. The cooks are all idle, so go in."

Xiaoxia shook his head, he squatted down and smelled the fragrance, which made his gluttons come out.

"Hey." Rong Jin stepped into the kitchen and sniffed, "It smells so good, what did Master Zhou do? It smells so good?"

Master Zhou is a man in his thirties, he is tall and thick, he looks tough, and he doesn't have a heart.

Hearing Rong Jin's question, she scratched her head, and pointed to the oven on one side to show her: "No, the wild duck roasted by Madam is very fragrant."

Rong Jin walked over and glanced curiously: "Are they all ducks?"

"There is also rabbit meat, braised in a pot."

Rong Jin took a look at it, and immediately covered it: "Hey, good. I'm here to pick up the meal. Is Auntie's ready?"

Master Zhou handed her the lunch box: "No, there is some rabbit meat left, I will fry it for you, I wonder if my aunt is used to it?"

Rong Jin looked down, three dishes and one soup, one stir-fried beans, one eggplant with minced meat, one cabbage tofu soup, all were a little warm.

Only the fried rabbit meat was still steaming, obviously Master Zhou had given them extra meals.

Rong Jin hurriedly thanked Master Zhou, and sweetly said many good things, which made Master Zhou feel embarrassed, and pushed her out of the door.

Seeing her staggering, Xiaoxia burst out laughing: "Lao Zhou doesn't take pity on her anymore!"

Rong Jin gave him an embarrassed smile, and hurried away with her food box, leaving the laughter of the men behind.

He Shaoguang estimated that it would be about the same time, and made a soup with the cleaned wild mushrooms and the leftover rabbit meat, and put a handful of wolfberry and longan in it.

Take a bite, it's really tender and sweet.

Then I picked the fresh vegetables grown by myself in the vegetable garden behind Zhuangzi, and fried two small dishes, which were juicy and juicy.

This meal can be said to be extremely fresh, from the place of origin to the stomach in one step.

He Shaoguang asked Lu Xiaowen: "Do we eat all the dishes on the Zhuangzi by ourselves? Or will we sell them?"

Lu Xiaowen thought about it for a while, and found that he really didn't understand Zhuangzi's property, so he called Guanshi Chen to ask.

Chen Guanshi sweated, and said with a smile: "Our village is small, and we don't grow much. We eat it ourselves. Other bigger villages also grow vegetables and grains and then sell them."

Although what he said was true, he was really afraid that he would be reprimanded by the master for being too lazy and not productive...

(End of this chapter)