Border Cook

Chapter 55 Pickled Garlic

After saying that, he glanced at Zhang Mingyi helplessly.

This guy is really stupid. He still asks the teacher for money at this time. If he gets angry and confiscates all the remaining money, not only will he have to pay the money, but he will also have no lunch!

"Whether I'm being kind or not is not about these ten coins." Shen Yongan counted out the ten coins and handed them to the two of them. "Don't worry, even if I pay you, I won't be angry with you for it. It's just that the teachers just reprimanded you this morning, so you should be more restrained."

"Yes." Fan Pingyang said hurriedly, "We no longer do this, but today's lunch was actually scheduled two days ago. In order to keep our integrity, we have no choice but to do this. I hope you will understand."

"He is a man of integrity." Shen Yongan nodded. "Well, I won't pursue this matter any further, but if you dare to do this again next time, I will punish you severely!"

"Yes."

After Zhang Mingyi and Fan Pingyang responded tremblingly, they did not hear the next scolding for a long while. When they looked up again, they only saw Shen Yongan's departing back.

"What's wrong with Master Shen today? Why is he so gentle?" Zhang Mingyi wiped the sweat from his forehead. "I thought he was going to scold both of us severely."

"One should be grateful to the person who has helped him. This is no exception when it comes to the Master." Fan Pingyang had a look of great understanding.

"But Master Shen is not a person who likes to indulge in food and drink."

Zhang Mingyi was still puzzled.

How could they be spared just for a meat dumpling?
"We were not greedy people before." Fan Pingyang rolled his eyes, "Isn't it because we have never tasted the food made by Madam Xia before?"

"That makes some sense..."

The excuse of not satisfying one's appetite is simply because one has never had delicious food.

Even Master Shen would be unable to cope with the food prepared by Madam Xia!

Zhang Mingyi felt at ease, but was also afraid that Master Shen would come back, or that other masters would come back. So he did not stay for long. He just took his things with Fan Pingyang and left in a hurry.

Shen Yongan, who took the rice dumplings and left, stopped at the corner.

Seeing that there was no one around, he put the rice dumpling into his mouth.

The soft, glutinous and fragrant taste instantly spreads in the mouth. It tastes even better than the candied date rice dumpling I ate last time. The most important thing is that it tastes extremely similar to the meat rice dumplings in my hometown.

“This meat dumpling tastes…”

As delicious as home.

Shen Yongan took a deep breath.
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Without the daily food orders from the county school, Xia Mingyue focused all her attention on teaching Jiang Erniu cooking skills and helping him choose a location for opening a food stall.

Jiang Erniu was very attentive in learning the craft. In just a few days, he was able to make pancakes, wrap and cook wontons very skillfully.

As for the location of this food stall...

Previously, there was an order from the county school, and Xia Mingyue had originally planned to have Jiang Erniu set up a stall on East Street. On the one hand, he would have a very stable customer base, and on the other hand, it would share the business pressure here.

But seeing the current situation of the county school, Xia Mingyue was worried that it would backfire, so she turned her attention to North Street.

The people in Beicheng District, where Beida Street is located, are not as respectable and noble as those in Dongcheng District, but they have a large population, and most of them are people who do manual labor. After they work hard to earn money, the first thing they think of is food.

Therefore, although the people here are not as wealthy as those in Dongcheng District, their consumption potential is quite large, and it is a better place than Xicheng District.

After determining the area, they searched the site again and finally decided on a place. It was at the entrance of an alley, and the place was quite spacious, but the place was not free, and fifty copper coins had to be paid every month.

After paying the money, you can help watch the tables, chairs and stove at night, and even use the well in the backyard to get water.

Overall, it is convenient and cost-effective.

Jiang Erniu decided on this place and began to prepare sheds, tables and chairs, stoves, bowls and chopsticks and other things.

In the afternoon, heavy rain fell, drizzling down.

"The sky has been gloomy for most of the day, and the rain is finally coming down." Mrs. Lu sighed as she looked at the water drops dripping from the eaves, "But it's a good time to rain. If it had fallen during breakfast, I'm afraid the road would have been soaked."

Actually, the rain wasn't that heavy, but it felt rather desolate to work in the rain.

"It's nice that there's no wind in this rain." Jiang Zhuguo said.

Wheat harvesting begins after the Dragon Boat Festival. This is the time when wheat grains grow and mature. If it is windy, not only will the wheat grains not grow well, but the wheat stalks will also fall to the ground due to the strong wind, making them difficult to harvest. The wheat grains will also easily become moldy and germinate if they stick to the soil.

Jiang Zhuguo was born in a farming family and his family also had two acres of land, so he was very concerned about farming.

Xia Mingyue looked at the sky which was as gloomy as the bottom of a pot and said, "It will probably rain for a long time if it continues like this. I'm afraid it won't stop tomorrow. I might as well just close the shop for a day tomorrow."

It's been a busy period these days and everyone is tired. It's time to take a break.

"Brother Jiang, you should also prepare some odds and ends that will be needed for the opening in a few days." Xia Mingyue said.

"Okay." Everyone agreed with this.

After everything was washed and there was no need to prepare ingredients for tomorrow's stall, everyone went back to do their own things.

Xia Mingyue took out the many garlics that Lu had helped buy in the past two days and began to peel them.

The garlic is all new this year and has not been completely dried. When peeling the new garlic, you don’t have to peel it cleanly. You just need to remove the root of the garlic, peel off the outermost skin of the garlic, and keep the garlic skin and the complete shape.

Wash, dry, and put everything into a clean and dry earthenware jar.

Mix white vinegar and sugar, bring to a boil, let cool completely, mix with some white wine and pour into a clay pot, completely submerge all the garlic, and finally cover with a lid.

To ensure the sealing effect of the earthenware jar, Xia Mingyue dripped some wax on the edge.

After this jar was finished, Xia Mingyue pickled a second jar.

This time, Xia Mingyue used darker rice vinegar and brown sugar.

In this way, the first jar will be the white pickled garlic, and the second jar will be the reddish-brown pickled garlic. The two taste the same, but the visual effects are different. If you eat them together, you will feel more appetite.

Xia Mingyue placed two jars of pickled garlic at the base of the wall in the inner room, ready to eat them in half a month.

Xia Mingyue's mouth was watering at the thought of the crisp, refreshing, sour, sweet and spicy taste. She had to peel some fresh garlic in the evening, mash it into garlic paste in a garlic mortar, add salt and water, add a little sesame oil, and make half a bowl of garlic juice with a fragrant smell.

So the question is, now that we have garlic sauce, we need to cook dishes that go well with the garlic sauce.

After thinking for a moment, Xia Mingyue reached out to the celery placed in the corner of the kitchen.

　It's the end of the month, I'm asking for a monthly ticket, I hope I can rank in the top 100~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)