Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 246 Designing an Oven

After Liu Ya finished talking with Liu Xu'er, she waved to Xiao Shu'er again, signaling him not to talk nonsense.Xiao Shu'er immediately understood, and winked at Liu Ya to show that he understood.Then Liu Ya ran out with a smile on her face.

"Xiao Shu'er, what are you doing with your second sister in a secret way? I saw her go out and waved to you." Liu Xu'er asked curiously when she saw the siblings secretly exchanging expressions.

Xiao Shu'er hurriedly said: "It's nothing, the second sister is lazy, she didn't want to dig the ground, so she went to the mountain to pick fruits. Later we can sell them and make a fortune."

Liu Xu'er said: "The fruits grown on our mountain can still be sold at a good price? You two must have something tricky. The eldest sister asks you, you go out every day, and come back with money in two or three hours. What are you doing? Really, if there is any good business, call the eldest sister. It would be nice for our family to have a helper, and I also earn money to save the dowry."

"Yo Yo, don't be ashamed, big sister is going to save the dowry now?" Xiao Shu'er raised her face, ashamed of Liu Xu'er.

Liu Xu'er's face also turned red, and she spat on Xiao Shu'er and said, "What are you being ashamed of? I'm not afraid to say that this is a business. Besides, I have to save money for you to marry a wife. There are many girls in our village who are about your age, but who knows if they will be virtuous when they grow up? Can you live a good life? If our family's life is better, I will ask a matchmaker to go to another village to marry you, choose one in a hundred, one in a thousand, and the eldest sister will marry you a good wife."

Xiao Shu'er quickly covered her ears, and shouted: "If you don't listen to this, I'm only a little older, and you're just thinking about marrying me? I want to be a person who will take an examination of merit, and maybe I can be an official in the future. My heart She's tall too, not to mention one in a thousand, a girl who doesn't match her eyes, even one in a thousand."

After speaking, Xiao Shuer also ran out.He ran out the door and shouted through the fence: "Father, I'm going out too. The second sister said she would teach you how to keep accounts. You can wait for her to come back and ask her."

Liu Dacheng poked his head out of the window and agreed.But the little tree has already run away.

Liu Xu'er put down her hoe, walked to the side and drank a few sips of water, and then said to Liu Dacheng: "Father, look at the two of them, one ran, and the other ran too. Isn't what I said is business? Turn around Ah, let's see if it's time to plan a marriage for Ya'er, too?"

"Don't worry, Ya'er is only eleven. After another two years, she will pick it herself." Liu Dacheng said with a smile: "It's you, Xu'er, do you really like that kid from the Chen family? "

"Father..." Liu Xu'er blushed again, she lowered her head and said nothing.

Seeing Liu Xu'er like this, Liu Dacheng knew that she wanted it from the bottom of her heart.He said: "Xu'er, Dad didn't dare to think about this before. But now our family is getting better and better, maybe you and Wu Niu can still make it together. I'll find a matchmaker to tell you about it later. You are also thirteen, it's time to get engaged."

Liu Xu'er's eyes lit up, and then she blushed and ran into the house.But still said: "I listen to my father. I have nothing to say."

"This kid." Liu Dacheng smiled as he looked at Liu Xu'er's back.

Liu Ya ran all the way out, and went straight to the cave where she planned to set up the oven yesterday.She didn't know whether Cang Qianche would come at this time, but she always felt like a cat scratching her head, afraid that Cang Qianche would be busy here alone, and that she would not be able to help if she came late.

From afar, I saw Cang Qianche squatting outside the cave, staring at the ground intently, wondering what he was thinking about.

Liu Ya hurried over and asked, "Cang Qianche, why are you here so early? Have you had breakfast?"

Cang Qianche turned his head when he heard Liu Ya's voice, and said with a slight smile, "I've eaten, I'm used to getting up early when I practice."

"Well, it's good to eat. I see you squatting, what are you thinking about?" Liu Ya walked over, and saw Cang Qianche drew several patterns of ovens on the ground.Each has an internal diagram of the analysis, which is very clear.

Cang Qianche explained: "I'm wondering which of these types of ovens is more convenient. First of all, it must be able to control the firepower, it must be heated evenly, and it must be easy to handle. Otherwise, the fire inside will burn and the oven will be very hot. If it is not convenient to hold, it is easy to get hurt."

Looking at the pattern on the ground, Liu Ya couldn't help but praised: "You are really thoughtful. I originally planned to build a big stove like a stove, and just put the ducks in it and roast it."

"You want roast duck?" Cang Qianche was slightly surprised.

"Well, I want to learn how to cook the most famous roast duck in Xiankeju in Anji City." There was nothing to hide between Liu Ya and Cang Qianche, so they simply told him directly.

"Xiankeju's roast duck. It's really delicious, but it's too charred on the outside and tender on the inside." Cang Qianche's "burnt on the outside and tender on the inside" must mean that the skin is too roasted, and there are some ducks inside. The meat was undercooked.

Liu Ya nodded and said, "You really know what to eat, have you ever eaten?"

"Of course I have. Xiankeju's roast duck is really famous far and wide, and it was sent to the palace as a tribute one year ago. However, the food in the palace is still more particular. Although the roast duck tastes good, the presentation is still poor. It was a bit too much, so the emperor didn't get to eat it. But the people below all got a taste of it."

Cang Qianche spoke casually, but Liu Ya listened carefully.Her heart faltered slightly, she raised her head to look at Cang Qianche, then lowered her head silently, and stopped making a sound.Because these words revealed too much information, Liu Ya didn't dare to think too deeply for a while.

Cang Qianche saw that Liu Ya didn't talk to her, and thought she was concentrating on the drawings she had drawn, so she pointed to one of the pictures and said, "I think this oven is the most practical, add fire on the bottom, pick from the top, oval It is also convenient to heat, but you need to add a big cover. But you can also use a large water tank cover. If you need to keep warm, just wrap a few circles on the tank cover with a damp cloth, and the inside is like steamed buns. "

Liu Ya quickly withdrew her thoughts and looked at the pattern.To be honest, she is really not very good at these things, so she just nodded and said: "I really don't understand this, if you say yes, then try it."

Cang Qianche said: "That's the only way to go. I'll find some more mud. It's useless to build it up with stones. Not to mention it's not strong. When the fire burns, the heat will escape from the cracks. Put mud on the outside , the inside is like a steamer, and the food can be cooked."

Liu Ya has never seen how Quanjude’s back kitchen cooks roast duck, because the real Quanjude roast duck’s recipe and inherited roasting techniques are still kept secret.However, the method of making roast duck has been spread on the Internet for a long time, and it can be imitated seven to eight points by taking pictures of cats and tigers, and the roasted duck is also quite fragrant.

Moreover, Liu Ya felt that the oven designed by Cang Qianche was quite similar to the oven for baking naan cakes in Xinjiang, so it should also be used for roasting ducks.

(End of this chapter)