Villager of Daming

Chapter 734: Contrast makes things better

"Go back! Let's go to work!" On the second day of the eleventh month, before dawn, the team set off, Zhu Ping yawned and spoke.

Everyone hasn't eaten yet and is planning to go back to eat. The breakfast here won't be out for a while.

Zhu Biao had to go back to the palace, participate in the correction of the title book, and have dinner there.

Four brothers, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di, and Zhu Tie, went to the box lunch shop and waited for the food cooked by Xiaqiu Village to eat together.

Don't look at the fact that it's not yet dawn. The winter solstice has just passed, and the nights are long and the days are short. If it's the summer solstice, the sky will dawn early.

Liu Bowen and his eldest son also went to the lunch box restaurant. They had nothing to eat when they returned home and had to trouble their families.

Everyone came back by boat and went their separate ways at the moat.

Zhu Biao went to Donghua Gate to see the princess first, take a bath and hug his son.

Others went into the lunchbox restaurant to take a shower. The lunchbox restaurant opened at noon, and the apprentices were busy early in the morning.

Box lunches are sold to many places, and the store is just one place that needs a large supply of meals.

The sales price is stuck, three pennies, it’s too difficult.

The apprentices need to make delicious meals while making a profit. Not to mention that they can't do it. At the beginning, Xiaqiu Village provided three meals for five cents, and they were all very delicious.

There's less oil, no meat, and no seasonings. It's all nonsense. As long as the heat and salt are controlled, the food will be fine.

As soon as the children from Xiaqiu Village arrived, the apprentices were under great pressure. They were afraid of being accused that these 'leaders' who were about the same age as themselves were the ones who once supported the box lunch restaurant.

It’s hard not to accept it, because sometimes the children in Xiaqiu Village are in a good mood, so they cook a special meal for the elderly people who are eating at the lunch box restaurant, and then go upstairs after finishing the meal.

As soon as those old people tasted it, they knew that they were children from Xiaqiu Village. They sighed with emotion while eating, and they were filled with memories.

We don’t have a greenhouse now, but we have to buy it all later, so there are too many stoves, otherwise we won’t be able to provide lunch boxes.

"Your Highnesses, what do you want to eat? Crispy or..." the chief asked after everyone had taken a bath.

"Chief, we don't have to do this, you can do it!" Zhu Xi waved his hand, everything in Xiaqiu Village is delicious, and the other brothers nodded.

"Let's go to the separate kitchen over there." The headmaster asked the children to go over there. The so-called separate kitchen is where the cooking begins.

"Make lunch dishes, from the box lunch restaurant." The mayor said to the children.

"The twice-cooked dish is heavy! It's a bit salty. I'll use a bamboo knife. There are so many cabbages, radishes, and green onions. It's so cheap!"

The little girl looked at the stored vegetables and found that they were all cheap vegetables that were easy to preserve. That’s not good!You eat it yourself, not for sale.

You have to get cucumbers, eggplants, and watermelons from greenhouses.

Use a bamboo knife to cut vegetables without the rusty smell.

Just like Zhu Wentian's hand-shredded cabbage, does it have to be hand-shredded?The price is high.

Can't cut bamboo or wood with a knife?It’s not like I’m asking you to cut the brisket.

Even if you use a porcelain plate and snap it in half, can't you use that sharp position to cut it?Glass can also be cut, right?

I make breakfast and cold dishes, so I don’t use an iron knife. I chop the cabbage into thin pieces so that it tastes good with salt. Otherwise, who would eat a big cabbage?

The radish is also shredded, just like the carrot shreds, used to fry the meatballs. Add bean dregs, flour, five-spice powder and egg white to fry a ball as big as a table tennis ball and cut it into four parts. This is how you like to eat it. Otherwise, if you eat it whole, some people will eat it. It feels too big.

Just like eating at a banquet, a lion's head is placed there and everyone watches.

When serving food, if a waiter uses a thread to help cut it into eight petals, when you turn around after tying it, the lion's head will be gone.

After some operations, breakfast was ready, and everyone had another stir-fry meal. They left the pot and went to have breakfast. It would be delicious if they were reheated before noon!
Because it is a vegetarian dish, it is provided with a lunch box. Otherwise, if it is replaced with braised pork slices, pot-roasted meat, or diced chicken, how can it be eaten even if it is reheated?If you want to shred the yam, reheat it...

Others make boxes and have no time to make dough, so they either make dumplings or boxes. Dumplings can be steamed or boiled, and boxes can be fried or baked.

All side dishes are freshly made, and there are no pickles from Jubiqi.

Since the box is stuffed with garlic, shrimp, and pork, the soup is cucumber and egg soup. "I never get tired of eating it!" Liu Bowen shook his head and sighed. In fact, a soup and a box are enough!

"It's really delicious." The mayor was not modest this time, and the children's cooking was reassuring.

"Oops! Soak white scallions in soy sauce and take a bite to clear your nose!"

Zhu Fan said early in the morning that he might have a cold and his nose was stuffy, so he made a dish.

In fact, he didn't catch the cold. He ate grilled skewers last night and then ate a lot of raw garlic. It was so spicy that it took him two days to recover.

Everyone has eaten breakfast and is staying here without leaving. Why should we stay here?Can you watch it from upstairs?

Liu Bowen didn't go home either. He had nothing to do. He taught his four highnesses and his sons to write, not literacy, but calligraphy.

The headmaster will accompany you and practice with you.

Zhu Wentian took his friends back to the village to make things. They made a marshmallow machine. It was very simple and there was no difficulty.

It was ready in two hours, and I was ready to sell marshmallows when I came back, the kind that cost a penny for a big dollop.

Then the hot dishes are served. It’s almost noon. Their dishes are provided here at noon, and the apprentices’ dishes are sold elsewhere.

"This stir-fried cabbage... where's the cabbage heart? Are they all gangsters? There's too much water, can't it be thickened?

Put so much minced garlic in dried cowpeas?What kind of meat is put together with dried radish? Is there any recipe like this?

Didn’t I say that the food at Danqing Box Rice Restaurant is delicious?How……"

"Give me one, please!"

"Give me ten portions, and I'll find someone to go with you. No! I'll give you the money, oh! Why are you doing this? Okay! I'll eat it myself."

"Are the children in Xiaqiu Village cooking? It feels so familiar."

"Thankfully I went to work today and I'm still nearby."

"Go and tell Lao Li after you finish eating and cry him to death."

At noon, there were new arrivals. In fact, they were not new arrivals. They were just picky ones who had never tasted the authentic food cooked by the children of Xiaqiu Village.

Others will understand as soon as they look at the dishes and then smell them. Yes, these dishes are most suitable for making rice. The more they eat, the more delicious they become.

My favorite food was that I couldn't stop shoving food into my mouth.

Is that too much water?That's the soup that people deliberately set aside, and it can be eaten with rice or dipped in steamed buns.

As for dried cowpeas and minced garlic?Not much, but it has a strong beany taste. It is soaked directly and then stir-fried. It is not soaked, stir-fried and then simmered. No garlic is added during the stew.

The old man who was familiar with the cooking style of children in Xiaqiu Village suddenly became excited. He won a big prize today!
"I remember the eggplant was not black after frying? Why is this one green?"

The person was a little confused before, but then he saw the fried eggplant, and the color was wrong.

"You're right if you think something is wrong. The pickled eggplant strips are also white and green, not black. Why is Xiaqiu Village free to cook today?"

"God knows! Anyway, hurry up and eat! Order two more portions and buy beer. It's just this dish. I see there are many more, so I made a profit!"

"Are the box lunches eaten outside different from what we eat now?"

"I promise! Xiaqiu Village doesn't have that much time."

……

"Li Chang, why isn't this eggplant black?" Liu Bowen wanted to learn now.

"Oxidation reaction is the reason why vegetables turn black. You just need to disconnect it so that it doesn't come into contact with oxygen. Or you put it in water and boil it." Li Chang spread his hands, it's that simple.

　There is no wood today!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)