Gourmet Red Chamber: A Chronicle of Baochai's Rebirth

Chapter 10 Eating in Yangzhou
Gulouzi is a large Western-style pie. It uses giant Hubing as the base, and fills it with a pound of raw mutton slices. It is spread in layers. Coarse ground pepper and salty fermented soybeans are sprinkled between each layer, and it is decorated with crispy Cheese, stuffed into the pie oven to bake.

These days, Xue Baobao is being eaten by Xue Fu's exquisite chili fried shredded pork, and there will never be more than three shredded pork, and he will never see You Xingzi's "rich" eating method, so that his face looks earthy.

At this time, I was thinking about the "affordable" meat cakes like Gulouzi and the "honest" broth like mutton soup.

Seeing that the kitchen here is even equipped with a cake oven, I wanted to give it a try.

Xue Chen was very thoughtful, and the woman in charge of the stove was pretty good at cooking, even though kneading dough and making cakes was not as good as Xue Baobao's own hands, it was still pretty good.

While she was making pancakes, another woman cut some bone-in mutton and soaked it in water.

In fact, it is best to soak this kind of bone-in mutton one night in advance, soak it in bloody water, wash it, put it in a casserole, add enough cold water, boil it on high heat, and skim off the dirty blood foam.

Such steps have to be repeated several times to ensure that the mutton is completely washed, but now there is too little time, so we have to make do.

The woman in charge of the stove made the Hu Bing, and under Xue Baobao's command, spread the mutton, sprinkled pepper, fermented soybeans and crispy cheese, and then put the stuffed Hu Bing into the cake oven to bake.

Xue Baobao directed the woman to control the dosage and strength, and her saliva was about to fall.

If she did it herself, if she made the fermented soy sauce and crispy cheese herself, it would definitely taste better when baked later!
Here the Gulouzi were put into the cake oven one by one, and the mutton soup was also stewed there.

When the Gulouzi came out of the oven one by one, the mutton soup was stewed. When the lid was lifted, the water vapor agitated the fragrance and immediately filled the whole kitchen.

Several little girls exclaimed happily that it smells so good.

Xue Baobao couldn't wait to bring it back to her room, so she ordered to set up a table in the kitchen, she and a few girls sat around a pot of mutton soup to eat Gulouzi, while a few women set up another table on the chopping board.

After the arrangement was made, Xue Baobao couldn't wait to pick up an ancient building and took a bite.

The high temperature of the cake oven bakes the mutton slices soft and tender, and the gravy overflows, blending with crispy cheese and seasonings. The outer layer is crispy, the inner is smooth, and the taste is layered and endless.

This is what normal people eat!

Xue's "rich" way of eating is only suitable for feeding rabbits!
Then take a sip of the rich and fragrant mutton soup, ah, happy as a fairy!
"Ahhh, it's delicious! It's delicious! This is the most delicious biscuit I have ever tasted!"

"That's it!"

"Ah, the girl said it's not called Hubing, it's called Gulouzi, it's what people in the Tang Dynasty ate!"

"That's the most delicious Gulouzi I've ever eaten. The girl is so awesome! She even knows how to eat food from the Tang Dynasty!"

The little girls were all in their teens, and Xue Baobao was kind to them. Along the way, they became more lively and chattered while eating.

The women on the stove kept complimenting Baobao Xue, the girl is smart, the girl can read, the girl gave a few pointers, the cakes and soup made by them are much more fragrant and delicious than their own, etc. .

Xue Baobao was half-truthful and modest, "I'm just curious, and I wanted to try it according to the book, but I didn't expect it to be so delicious. I'll try other things tomorrow."

Well, during this time in Yangzhou, she must "try" more. After trying too much, she became curious and wanted to do it herself. Isn't it too legitimate?
Xue Baobao wiped out an entire ancient building of such a large size and drank a large bowl of mutton soup. Not only did his belly become round, but his whole life became complete.

The little girls and the mother-in-law are also in a similar state.

Xue Baobao instructed the mother-in-law to pack the remaining untouched mutton soup and Gu Louzi and send them to Xue Chen and Master Wu, then went out for a walk to digest food, and said, "They say they eat in Yangzhou.

Yangzhou is full of delicious food, and there is also a little Dongmen Street, which is full of all kinds of snacks. I heard they are very delicious. Let’s try it tonight.”

As for Xue Pan?

Sorry, the disobedient culprit is not qualified to eat delicious food!
Of course, Xue Baobao's plan did not succeed. Xue Chen was entrusted by Mrs. Xue and was not allowed to go out at all.

But Xue Baobao discovered that her "master" had nothing to do with her "minion", so she had to give in and asked the servant to go out to pack and bring her back to eat, and then bought her a tank of fish.

The servant was quite clever in handling things, and he packed a lot of delicious food for her, including fried shrimp, wine and vinegar hoof, red and white fried chicken, sliced ​​ham, Wensi tofu, sunflower meatballs, layer cakes, etc.

Xue Baobao didn't dare to eat more. She only ate a few bites of each item and gave the rest to several maids. However, she still had a round belly. That was called satisfaction and happiness. It made her want to roll back and forth on the bed. A hundred times!

In order to continue to eat tomorrow, Xue Baobao wandered around the yard for a long time before washing up and going to bed.

The servant girl was supposed to be on night duty as usual, but she sternly refused, just kidding, in the future she will do a lot of shameful things, and she will have a few servant girls to follow her every day, what else is she going to do?
Not to mention, the maids would have to watch over him while he slept at night.

From the first day she was not supervised by Mrs. Xue, she was about to make a change!

Sure enough, the little maids didn't dare to question her words at all, and obediently left.

After they left, Xue Baobao went to bed holding the fish tank. She tried to get the fish into the stream in the space, but failed.

The weeds she brought into the space were just as they had just been put in. There was no sign of taking root or dying, and the seeds were even more silent. I don't know if it was because there were no living things in the space, or because she didn't regulate the planting.

Xue Baobao thought for a while, put a piece of Wensi tofu that was secretly hidden into the space, took it out after half an hour, and found that the temperature was the same as when she put it in!
It seems that time stands still in space!

No wonder the plants didn’t react when I put them in!
Super invincible big crisper!There is also a portable water source!

Xue Baobao was so happy that he rolled on the bed and fell asleep after a long time.

The next morning, Baby Xue woke up.

She herself doesn't have the habit of sleeping in, and Xue Baochai, a lady from a great family, is strictly required to be polite, so she is not qualified to sleep in at all, unless she is sick.

After she got up, she cleaned up properly, and the boy went out early in the morning to buy Yangzhou small wontons and the absolutely original and authentic Yangzhou fried rice, which was just the right time to eat.

Xue Baobao was satisfied with his meal and asked the kitchen lady to buy some fresh ingredients. Then he put out the pen and paper and started making a list.

There is no foodie in this world who doesn't like to hoard food, and there is no foodie in this world who doesn't want to have a portable fresh-keeping cabinet!

Now that she has it, she can't waste it, of course she can buy it, buy it, hide it!

Except for animals that cannot be kept alive in the space, basically everything else can be placed.

So Baobao Xue began to make a list: rice noodles of various colors, blended ingredients, vegetables and fruits, tea, wine and snacks, various processed miscellaneous animals, Yuzu, Jiangxian...

After listing the food, Xue Baobao began to list again: clothes, fabrics, jewelry, shoes, books, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, various daily necessities, and a complete set of kitchen supplies.

I also have a set of daggers and long knives for self-defense, as well as some medicinal herbs on the market. They are in excellent quality, so take as much as you can...

After Xue Baobao finished the list, he checked it again carefully, adding and subtracting, and felt that it was almost the same, so he called Xue Chen and ordered to buy.

Xue Chen took the order, looked at it carefully for a long time, and then tentatively said, "I don't know why the girl bought these -"

Xue Baobao looked at him inscrutablely, "You just go shopping, buy the best quality.

And be sure to remember to sort them into categories, pack them in good wooden boxes, label them, and write down the items and quantities clearly.

Then find a remote warehouse to put it away, and someone will naturally pick it up when the time comes.

Be careful with things, don't let people see where the things are shipped, here is the bank note that my wife gave me to count, you can use it, if you don't have enough, come and find me."

Although the things Xue Baobao wants are many and miscellaneous, except for a few items, they are not particularly expensive. It stands to reason that if they are enough, there may be some left over.

If it is really not enough, she can only use her own small treasury.

Xue Baobao said that as a lady of a big family, or a lady of a wealthy businessman's family, her small coffers are definitely heavy enough.

Not to mention other things, even if the bag of beads given by the ancestors of the Xue family is sold, they will definitely be able to eat, drink and wear for a lifetime, or the kind of life that can be eaten, drunk and worn!

Xue Chen immediately understood that it must be the "benefit" that Lin Ruhai or the officials who dealt with him wanted, so he had to be more careful, if he showed his whereabouts, it would ruin the affairs of his wife and girls.

I just don't know what those people don't want silver, jewelry and jade, but these odds and ends, eye-catching, and difficult to carry things?
Xue Chenneng has been sitting firmly in the position of the housekeeper of the Xue family's house for so many years. The most important thing is to know the appropriateness. Although he was doubtful, he didn't ask any more questions and bowed and left.

It's hard to get what the girl wants at the moment, so he has to hurry up.

In the days that followed, Baobao Xue waited for news from Lin Ruhai while "trying it out". Medicinal wine.

When brewing medicinal wine, she had a whim and secretly used the stream water in the space.

She drank that stream water once, and felt it was very sweet and refreshing, but it didn't make her reborn as described in some novels.

I don't know if it will be better to drink wine?
In the future, if you have the opportunity, you can also use it for cooking and cooking to see the effect.

About ten days later, Lin Ruhai posted a post asking Xue Baobao to come to the house.

After the ceremony, Lin Ruhai's eyes fell first on Xue Pan's face, then on Xue Baobao, then on Xue Chen and the maids behind Xue Baobao, and couldn't help but stare.

Why didn't I see him for a few days, Uncle Xue's face was yellow and thin, and he felt like he hadn't had enough to eat for many days.

Miss Xue, Steward Xue, and even Miss Xue's maidservants have gained a lot of weight, with red faces?
Yangzhou's water and soil support people so much?Still picking people to raise?

Lin Ruhai was puzzled, but he didn't say much, he just said, "I have already handed over the booklet to the capital, the emperor is very pleased with the righteous deeds of your family to help the king and the common people, and has sent an imperial envoy to hand over it in person.

Now the imperial envoy is on the way, and will arrive in less than half a month, and please prepare your government to welcome the imperial envoy."

what to prepare?
Naturally, prepare money.

Xue Baobao heard the strings and knew Ya, "Don't worry, uncle, my third uncle is raising money, and it will be sent to Yangzhou in ten days, and there will be no delay."

Two million silver, even the wealthy Xue family would not be able to come up with it in a short while.

Only Mr. Xue San now wants to give the money to Dafang immediately, so that he can take over the business immediately, so that Dafang will not regret it temporarily and have another quarrel when the time comes.

Therefore, I have been raising money everywhere recently. I heard that almost all the houses, farms, treasures and antiques have been mortgaged, and many have been borrowed from outside.

Mrs. Xue sent a letter, and it will be sent to Yangzhou in about five or six days.

After finishing the business, Xue Baobao began to gossip, "I saw that my uncle was not in good health, and I thought it was because he was too busy with work, so he specially brewed medicinal wine.

It has been in the cellar for ten days, and it happens to be ready to drink, so I brought it here this time, and please don’t dislike it.”

She used the space stream water to make wine, and the effect was actually good. The brewed medicinal wine hardly smelled of medicine, and it was sweet and refreshing, very refreshing.

Lin Ruhai didn't expect her little girl to know how to care about her body, but she was very moved. When Daiyu was by his side, she was also so considerate.

(End of this chapter)