Border Cook

Chapter 225: Mule Walk

This Pei Chenghe is not bad.

Lu Qiyan lowered his eyes and smiled, "That's good. I guess with this lesson, Yueran Restaurant will be more peaceful in the future."

"Yeah." Xia Mingyue nodded.

Zou Fuquan is naturally not a person who can stay content, but public opinion is one-sided nowadays, and whenever there is any disturbance, everyone will think that Yueran Restaurant is behind the trouble.

So even if Zou Fuquan was unwilling, he could only swallow his anger and not act rashly.

Apart from anything else, there will definitely be no trouble at Xia Ji around the New Year.

"How is it there?" Xia Mingyue asked.

"Everything is going well." Lu Qiyan said, "Except that Master Fang has been quite dissatisfied recently."

"Why?"

"You complain that the mutton soup cooked in the kitchen is not as delicious as yours, and you complain that you only learned the basics of making mutton soup with steamed buns made by the cook but have not learned the essence at all. Then, you complain that the pickled garlic has been eaten up and ask when you can eat it again." Lu Qiyan answered truthfully and took a big sip of the fermented rice and egg drop soup.

The aftertaste of the fermented glutinous rice is mellow and full of wine aroma.

My goodness, none of them is about building a bridge.

Fang Linwang is truly a complete foodie.

Xia Mingyue held her forehead with her hand, "There's nothing we can do about it. The time we spent teaching was too short. It's already very rare for the captain and his men to be able to cook the mutton soup to that level. As for the pickled garlic, I'm afraid we'll have to wait until April or May next year."

We can start over when the new garlic comes out.

"But since Master Fang likes to eat pickled garlic, I think he also likes to eat all kinds of pickled vegetables. When you go this time, I will prepare some pickled mustard greens and watermelon beans. You can take them with you."

Mustard greens are plentiful and common, and can be pickled at any time throughout the winter, as much as you need.

Xia Mingyue pickled a lot of watermelon and pickled beans at that time. After deducting the ones she gave away, there weren't many left, but it was still okay to give away a small jar.

But speaking of this...

"How many days will Brother Lu stay at home this time?" Xia Mingyue asked.

"We'll leave early tomorrow morning." Lu Qiyan answered in a deep voice, biting the donkey meat BBQ in his hand.

Xia Mingyue was stunned.

Tomorrow morning?
So Lu Qiyan came back this time just to check on her current condition and see if everything was okay with her?
Lu Qiyan...

Care about her a lot?

Xia Mingyue lowered her head awkwardly, pulling at her sleeves again and again, until she saw Lu Qiyan finish three donkey meat hot buns and a large bowl of fermented rice and egg drop soup, then she changed the subject, "Are you full?"

"full."

In fact, he was not completely full, but seeing that Xia Mingyue only prepared this much, he thought that the ingredients were limited, so he did not ask for more.

At night, you can’t eat too much, otherwise it will be bad for your stomach.

Lu Qiyan comforted himself in this way, and reached out to help Xia Mingyue clean up the dishes and bring them into the kitchen.

Seeing that Xia Mingyue wanted to wash the dishes, Lu Qiyan took the bucket to fetch water from the water tank.

In the cold winter, the water in the water tank is icy cold.

Lu Qiyan frowned and grabbed Xia Mingyue who was tying her apron, "Let me do it, the water is too cold."

After saying that, without waiting for Xia Mingyue to react, he poured the water into the basin, rolled up his sleeves, and picked up the loofah on the table next to him.

Loofah is soft and can remove oil, making it a great tool for ordinary people to use for washing dishes and pots.

Lu Qiyan is very nimble and skilled at washing dishes. "When I first arrived at the military camp, I was a soldier. When the kitchen was short-handed, I had to help out from time to time. I have done all these jobs," Lu Qiyan explained.

It turned out to be the case.

Xia Mingyue took the dishes washed by Lu Qiyan, wiped them clean with a towel, and put them back on the shelf of the cupboard next to her one by one.

After everything was packed up, Lu Qiyan and Xia Mingyue went back to the house to rest.

They each lay on their own beds, and Xia Mingyue blew out the lights.

The night sky is not very clear tonight. The clouds cover the bright moon and the whole earth is pitch black.

By midnight, cold winds began to blow, causing the branches of the apricot tree in the yard to sway and rustle.

Even in the early morning of the next day, the wind was still blowing fiercely, and when it blew on people's faces, it felt like tiny knives, causing severe pain.

Xia Mingyue got up early and prepared breakfast and things for Lu Qiyan to take away.

Breakfast consisted of steaming hot spicy soup and fragrant pan-fried dumplings. In addition to the pickled mustard greens and watermelon and bean paste prepared for Fang Linwang, Xia Mingyue also prepared some braised pork elbows, braised pork heads, and some braised eggs for Lu Qiyan.

These things were all placed in earthenware jars, wrapped in something like a small basket woven with corn leaves, then tied with a cloth bag and hung on the horse's back.

In this way, the jars will not collide with each other or rock back and forth on the horse's back.

The only bad thing is that the good horses look a bit like mules carrying loads, and seem to lack the heroic spirit that horses should have.

Fortunately, Lu Qiyan didn't care about these things. After getting on his horse, he galloped all the way west. After leaving the city gate, he headed straight for Xiaohe Village.

Riding his horse at full speed all the way, Lu Qiyan arrived at the Yongfeng River before the sun reached its highest point in the sky.

Fang Linwang was standing by the river with his hands behind his back, watching the soldiers working. When he saw Lu Qiyan, who was dusty and cold, he snorted, "Captain Lu, are you sleeping well?"

"I didn't sleep in. I just rushed back home yesterday afternoon." Lu Qi Yan said.

Went back for a trip?
Fang Linwang immediately perked up, even putting on a smile on his face, "Since Captain Lu is going home, did you bring back pickled garlic?"

"No."

Fang Linwang's face immediately drooped.

Lu Qiyan touched his nose and said, "But my wife prepared some pickled mustard greens and watermelon beans and asked me to bring them over."

"Why didn't you say so earlier!" Fang Linwang complained, glancing at Lu Qiyan, but smiling happily. After smacking his lips, he asked, "Did Madam Xia prepare some mutton stew?"

The mutton and mutton soup stewed in the kitchen are indeed not as good as those made by Madam Xia.

"No." Lu Qi Yan said.

The smile on Fang Linwang's face faded a little, but when he thought about the pickled mustard greens and watermelon beans, he sighed.

Whatever, it's not impossible to make do with it.

"My wife prepared some braised pork elbows and braised pork heads." Lu Qiyan said slowly.

Fang Linwang, "..."

Could you please finish what you are saying? Could you please?
Think he is a mule, wandering around here for nothing!

Annoying!

Fang Linwang's face was full of ugliness and his eyes were almost rolled up to the sky.

Here, Xia Mingyue was busy cleaning pig intestines at home.

Tear off fat, scrape off grease, soak in coarse salt, rub with wood ash, rinse with water... After more than an hour of non-stop busy work, the pig intestines, which were originally dark pink in color, became slightly transparent, and the original smelly and bitter taste was gone.

The author has been recharging his batteries recently. Do you have any recommended books?