Border Cook

Chapter 249 Teaching
Yin Lingyou, "..."

Still saying this?

"But dogs and humans have different physiques. Even if the food you cook, Madam Xia, tastes good and smells good to dogs, many things are not friendly to dogs' physiques..."

Zhao Dahu interrupted Yin Lingyou and said, "So Wu Jin is not allowed to eat too much of the food Aunt Xia cooks. If Wu Jin really likes a certain food, Aunt Xia will make it for him with less oil, less salt and less seasoning, so that Wu Jin can eat healthily."

In other words, Madam Xia was very attentive in feeding Xiao Hei.

Xiao Hei is very close to Madam Xia.

Yin Lingyou suddenly became dejected, with a look of dejection on his face.

He came here angrily to demand an explanation, but in the end he was the one who didn't understand Xiao Hei.

He lost!

Yin Lingyou let out a long sigh.

Xia Mingyue took two steps forward and said, "In fact, we should thank Uncle Yin for adopting Wu Jin for a period of time. Otherwise, I don't know what kind of suffering Wu Jin would have gone through."

"Thank you for your comfort, Madam Xia." Yin Lingyou responded in a muffled voice.

"Now that everything has been made clear, I think Wu Jin no longer has any misunderstandings with Uncle Yin and Brother Mao. If Uncle Yin and Brother Mao miss Wu Jin, they can come and visit him anytime."

Xia Mingyue said as she rubbed Wu Jin's head.

Wu Jin looked at Xia Mingyue, then at Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli, and barked twice.

Then, he took a step forward and walked up to the two of them one by one, wagging his tail and rubbing their calves to show his affection, but finally he squatted down obediently in front of Xia Mingyue.

Although they felt a little regretful that Xiao Hei still couldn't go back with them, seeing that Xiao Hei had regained his previous intimacy with them, Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli's expressions softened a lot.

"Then follow what Madam Xia said."

Yin Lingyou said, "Although the two of us live in Shilipu, which is quite a distance from the county town, we will probably come to the county town often after the New Year, and then we will come to visit Xiao Hei often..."

"Ugin's."

Now that it has a new name, it's probably best to call it by its new name.

Wu Jin obviously liked this name very much. He wagged his tail at Yin Lingyou again, barked twice, then opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue.

Seeing Wu Jin like this, Yin Lingyou's eyes softened a lot. He half squatted down and rubbed Wu Jin's head.

Wu Jin did not resist this time. Instead, he enjoyed it very much. He stretched his neck, squinted his eyes, and made a slight "whoosh" sound.

Yin Lingyou couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

People on both sides had adopted Wu Jin, and now that things had been talked out, there was no more misunderstanding, and instead there was a bit more intimacy.

It was cold in the yard, so Xia Mingyue invited the two of them to the main room and poured them a cup of hot tea.

The tea used was the Biluochun that Manager Ge had given me earlier. The tea was fragrant and clear, with a refreshing taste.

After taking a sip, Yin Lingyou exclaimed, "Eh!" "Although the quality of this Biluochun is not as good as the tribute, it is rare in the market and not easy to get. Madam Xia actually has such good tea here."

"A friend gave it to me as a gift. I don't know much about tea, but I just know it tastes good, so I took it out to serve guests." Xia Mingyue replied with a smile.

He was a little surprised. Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli looked quite ordinary in their coarse cloth clothes, which were neither new nor old. Mao Sanli's sleeves even had several patches on them. They looked like ordinary people.

How could such a person have such knowledge and experience about tea? Did he come from a good family in the past, but his family has fallen on hard times now?
Nowadays, with the divisions among countries and the frequent wars, it is not impossible that many noble families will decline and great clans will be destroyed.

Xia Mingyue took the opportunity to ask with a smile, "Just now I heard Uncle Yin mention making medicinal food for Wu Jin and picking herbs. Could it be that Uncle Yin is a doctor?"

"You guessed right. I am indeed a doctor." Yin Lingyou stroked his sparse beard. "Although my medical skills are not perfect, I can treat headaches, fevers, and difficult and complicated diseases."

"To be frank, if anyone feels unwell in the future, you can always come to me. I should be able to treat you better than the doctors in the county town."

"If anything happens in the future, I will really have to trouble Doctor Yin." Xia Mingyue responded casually.

We chatted for a while and it was getting late.

Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli were about to get up and say goodbye, so Xia Mingyue packed some ready-made meat buns and braised food for them to take back and eat.

Knowing that Xia Mingyue was a good cook, they knew the food must taste good, so they accepted the food without hesitation and thanked her.

Before leaving, Yin Lingyou touched Wu Jin's head.

Wu Jin barked twice, followed Xia Mingyue and sent the two of them to the door. After watching them walk away, he rubbed Xia Mingyue's palm.

Xia Mingyue curled the corners of her lips and rubbed Wu Jin's forehead.

I don’t know if it was because Wu Jin no longer had any grudges after talking things out, or because he knew that he would not be taken away by Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli, but Wu Jin seemed to be in a very good mood and ate a lot at dinner.

In addition to the large piece of meat that Xia Mingyue cooked for it, it also ate two sweet potato buns and drank a small bowl of rice soup.

As for the next few days, Xia Mingyue and the others did not need to go out to pay New Year's greetings, they could just rest at home.

In a blink of an eye, it was the seventh day of the New Year.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, all Xia Ji stall owners will officially start business. At noon on the seventh day, all Xia Ji stall owners will come to Xia Mingyue and start to place orders for the quantity of goods needed for the next day.

The central kitchen started to get busy in the afternoon.

And Xia Mingyue also tried out the newly built stove in Lu's house in the afternoon and started boiling in the newly brought back iron pot.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, many shops on the street began to open for business as usual, and Jinqiu County gradually became lively.

Lou Shanzi arrived here early in the morning and brought with him a few knives he was used to using.

Xia Mingyue prepared to teach according to the plan.

Before teaching, Xia Mingyue first asked Lou Shanzi to make a dish based on the available ingredients.

After observing the ingredients, Lou Shanzi finally picked a large cabbage to make a dish of pickled cabbage.

After all, as someone who has learned to cook for some time, Lou Shanzi has been constantly practicing basic skills throughout the Chinese New Year period. Therefore, whether he is picking, washing, cutting or frying vegetables, his techniques are very steady.

Xia Mingyue nodded repeatedly to show her approval, but also pointed out the shortcomings very sharply.

The proportions of seasonings were not right, the heat was too high, and the cabbage was fried for too long, resulting in a plate of vinegar-stir-fried cabbage that was not crispy enough and had a poor taste.

"Try using 10% less vinegar, 20% lower heat, 15% shorter frying time, 10% more oil, and a smaller amplitude when flipping the pan."

After Xia Mingyue made the suggestion, Lou Shanzi tried it again.