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Chapter 13 Creating Opportunities

"Yesterday, your father just came back from the market for two liters of noodles. Ah Zhao wants to eat soup cakes?"

The so-called soup cakes are noodles.

Qin Zhao was noncommittal, and then asked A Cai: "I remember Dad brought some tofu back yesterday, but is there any more? Besides, do we have any vegetables at home?"

"There are still a few big white stalks stored in the winter, and I went to cut a bunch of early leeks in the morning."

"Do you have any eggs?"

"A few days ago, Ah Tieniang gave you a few, cooked some for you for breakfast, and there are six or seven left. Why did Azhao suddenly remember to ask these? What do you want to eat, I will make it for you." Azhao Now that she is becoming more and more concerned about food, Ah Cai is very embarrassed because the produce here is not abundant, and there are only a few items on the daily table.It's just that she has tried her best, even with money, she can't buy things, she is really powerless.

Qin Zhao said with a smile: "Azhao heard Li Sanniang from Li Zhuang's house talking about several kinds of food. I want my mother to try it. Azhao also asked how to make it. I heard Li Sanniang said that it is very simple to make."

"This," A Cai hesitated, if he just asked, where could it be done?

"Mother, it's really delicious. Li Sanniang even brought us a taste from home. If you don't believe me, ask Bajie." Qin Zhao said while winking at Zhu Balang.

"Yes, yes, Aunt A Cai, the food was really delicious, I remember it now."

Qin Zhao gave Zhu Balang a look of approval, Zhu Balang rarely received undisguised approval from the boss, and raised his chin proudly.

A Cai has always loved her, thinking that it is not good, and it is just a waste of food, and recently, every time A Zhao thinks of a trick for her to use in cooking, it will always be more delicious than before. Then he laughed and said, "Then Ah Zhao told Mother, how should I cook?"

Qin Zhao took A Cai to the kitchen, first took two pieces of tofu, washed his hands and crushed them, and then chose some washed small cabbage, asked A Cai to chop finely, added some salt and Oil, mix well with the crushed tofu, and make a dumpling filling.

Then, let A Cai take eggs, beat them into a basin, add some water and wheat flour, stir well, let A Cai light a small fire, spread them into egg pancakes, and then chop the egg pancakes into rice-sized ones Put the small diced, and asked A Cai to wash and dry the leeks, cut them into pieces, add oil and salt, and shake them with the diced eggs.

"Azhao, why did you chop up all of these? What are you going to do?"

Qin Zhao smiled and said: "Mother will know in a while, now we have to start kneading the dough. Mother, mother adjusts the flour to be softer than making soup cakes. After adjusting the flour, you knead it, and then use a rolling pin to knead the dough. Roll it into a thin dough, and I will tell mother how to do it."

When A Cai served Qin Zhao in the past, where did she need her to cook?Although I am not proficient in cooking, but I have practiced it in the past year. Although I can't cook fine food, I can still make a few dim sum. Since soup cakes are the staple food on weekdays, I rolled noodles. Technology makes sense.

After a while, Ah Cai kneaded the dough, and according to Qin Zhao's request, rolled it into a large thin dough. Qin Zhao had prepared a teacup a long time ago, and according to the dough, he rolled it one by one. pressed down.In fact, it is better to roll out the dumpling skins one by one, but in order to save trouble, I used such a clever method.After the whole sheet of dough was pressed into circles, Qin Zhao directed A Cai to take out the pressed round dough, and began to teach A Cai how to make various kinds of dumplings.

Zhu Balang looked curiously from the side, although he really wanted to ask Qin Zhao what he was doing, but he bragged that he had eaten it just now, so he had to suppress his curiosity, and saw that Qin Zhao made something interesting there, so he also Want to do it.But was driven away by Qin Zhao: "Bajie, if you have nothing to do, help to light the fire under the stove, first boil a pot of water, it will be useful later."

A Cai shot Qin Zhao a look: "Balang is a guest, how can I ask him to do these things? A gentleman is far away from the kitchen, how can you ask a man to do the work in the kitchen?"

"Auntie, Sister Ah Zhao asked me to boil water. If you don't let me cook it, she will find me tomorrow. Besides, Heizi Ah Tie can cook, why can't I? Go boil water."

Qin Zhao glanced at A Cai proudly, and praised Zhu Balang verbally: "Ba Jie, I think you are more capable than Ah Tie."

Zhu Balang loves to hear these words, no matter what, as long as he can suppress Ah Tie, he will feel comfortable all over, and happily go to the stove.

Qin Zhao can't fix the fire zhezi, but boys don't know how to play with fire without water. Although Zhu Balang has never done it before, he is looking for wild animals in the mountains and grilling. People are often dry, so asking him to light a fire under the stove to boil water did not bother him.

A Cai also followed him, she was a person with extremely dexterous hands, Qin Zhao taught her a few times, and she has mastered the essentials of making dumplings, and in less than half an hour, most of the fillings in the two pots have been wrapped.

Because the dough was pressed with a teacup, there were still a lot of broken dough in the middle. Qin Zhao asked A Cai to knead the dough, knead it into long strips, cut it into small pieces, and pressed it into thin dough cakes. The rest of the stuffing is wrapped into buns.

And over there, Zhu Balang had already boiled two pots of water.

Qin Zhao first put all the leek dumplings into the pot, and then remembered that there is no steamer at home.

Just when Yunrui came home, Qin Zhao took Yunrui to the courtyard, took a tree branch and drew a picture on the ground, and asked Yunrui to rush to make a base for steaming buns and dumplings.

After Yunrui made his move, Qin Zhao ran back to the stove, found a small stool to stand on, looked at the dumplings in the cauldron, and slowly added some cold water to stir to prevent the dumplings from sticking to the bottom of the pan and spoiling it.

After a while, all the dumplings in the pot floated to the surface of the water, tumbling endlessly in the boiling water, like fat little pigs, very cute, and the scent of leeks also permeated the whole stove, and floated into the courtyard .

Qin Zhao asked A Cai to carefully handle the colander, put the dumplings out of the pot, and put them on a plate.

Smelling the aroma, Zhu Balang jumped out from behind the stove: "Sister Ah Zhao, can this be eaten?"

Qin Zhao nodded with a smile: "Okay," he said, and shaved the chopsticks for Zhu Balang and A Cai, "Bajie, mother, please taste how it tastes first, it's just a little hot, so be careful not to burn your mouth."

Needless to say, Zhu Balang didn't even use the chopsticks, so he just twisted one with his hands, put it near his mouth and blew it, then threw it into his mouth, and while eating, he praised: "It's fragrant, it's really fragrant. But it's never been eaten. Have you ever eaten such delicious food, Ah Zhao, what is it called?"

Just now he swears that he ate it, and now he asks what it is. Qin Zhao was afraid that he would slip up, so he gave him a warning look behind A Cai's back, so he smiled at Mimi and said, "Isn't Li Sanniang?" Have you said that, this is called Wanwanshun, which means that all the way is smooth. It means good, and the taste is good. If it is sold in restaurants, merchants will love it. Mother, you should try it too, I Bring some to daddy too."

Seeing how delicious Zhu Balang's food was, Ah Cai couldn't help but took one, put it in her mouth and tasted it carefully, it was indeed very fragrant, and hurriedly asked Qin Zhao: "These stuffed tofu are also boiled?"

"Don't cook these for now. Wait for Daddy to make the tools and steam them for a while. They are equally delicious. Let's wait a little longer. By the way, these are cooked in a smooth way. Mother, remember to save some when you turn around. Zhu Balang took it back for his father and mother to taste."

While Qin Zhao was talking, he brought a plate of cooked dumplings to the courtyard. Yun Rui had already split the wooden sticks for the steaming tray. Qin Zhao first called Yun Rui to eat the dumplings on the plate, while he himself Entering the house, I found some thread that A Cai used for sewing, tied the wooden strips into a round shape, took them into the kitchen and put them in the pot for a try, and it happened to be in the middle of the pot.Qin Zhao added some water to the pot, washed a clean cloth pad, sprinkled water on the cloth to prevent the pancakes from sticking to it, and then carefully placed the tofu dumplings on the cloth one by one.

Zhu Balang ate a plate one by one, Qin Zhao said: "Bajie, don't rush to eat, save some stomach, you can eat later. Continue to boil water."

Zhu Balang looked at the remaining two plates of dumplings reluctantly, but he didn't dare to disobey Qin Zhao's order, so he had to sit under the stove to add materials to the fire.

After the tofu dumplings were steamed in several pots, and then steamed buns, Qin Zhao asked Ah Cai to get another piece of tofu, some small cabbage, mixed with some flour, and made a pot of tofu soup. Sprinkle some pepper powder in the soup, each person filled a big bowl, brought it to the stone table under the ancient cypress tree in the courtyard, the family had a delicious meal with Zhu Balang, the little guest.Although it is early spring and the weather is cold, it is sweaty from eating.

Except for soup, two kinds of dumplings and steamed stuffed buns, A Cai put them on plates and put them in food boxes for Zhu Balang to take home.

Satisfied with the meal, Zhu Balang bid farewell to A Cai and Yun Rui, and was about to go out. Qin Zhao rarely offered to send him out of the hospital. Zhu Balang was flattered, and when he arrived outside the hospital, Qin Zhaocai said, "Bajie You are not allowed to steal food on the road. Give your father a taste of these foods and ask him, if he opens a restaurant, can this food be sold or not? Tell your father, my mother will have more snacks and snacks Soup is cooking. My mother used to work in a wealthy family, so she knows some dishes that the nobles in Chang'an love to eat. If your family wants to open a restaurant, I will persuade my mother to teach you how to cook. Your family. You must remember that when you talk to your father, you have to say that the food is made by my mother. Even the dishes, you have to say that it is my mother's handicraft. However, if your father is interested, I also have conditions .”

"What conditions?" Although Qin Zhao was young, he was full of tricks. When he tried to get people together, the tricks were repeated one after another. Zhu Balang had long been used to it, so it was not surprising that he said these words to her. Just curious what she's asking for.

"Anyway, it's not a big condition. It's very easy. Don't ask. If your father is interested, you can ask me again. If you finish this matter, you will benefit later."

"Cheng, sister Ah Zhao, don't worry, I'll take care of it."

"Don't talk big." Master Qin Zhao waved his hand like a kid, "Hurry up and go home, it's getting dark, you are so late, and you don't have a stick when you go home, it's luck."

"That's not enough. My parents wouldn't scold me just because of these delicious foods." Zhu Balang shook the food box in his hand triumphantly.

Sending off Zhu Balang, Qin Zhao went back to the courtyard, A Cai had cleaned up the table and was washing the dishes in the kitchen, Yun Rui checked Qin Zhao's homework for a while, and then continued to teach Qin Zhao how to read.

Qin Zhao has followed Yunrui to recognize characters for more than a year, which is Xiaozhuan, and he is almost familiar with it, but there is no book at home, so Qin Zhao asked Yunrui: "Father, can you bring some books next time?" book back?"

Even if Qin Zhao didn't mention it, Yun Rui kept thinking about the book.

It is definitely not enough to just teach knowledge.Isn't the purpose of recognizing characters to be able to read?If you don't study, how can you teach Qin Zhao well?Make her an educated ladyboy?Books alone are not enough, they must be taught by good teachers.

Yunrui and A Cai have been troubled by this problem, and it's not a day or two. As far as their level is concerned, it's okay to teach Qin Zhao how to read. If it's teaching, how can they have such a level?Fortunately, Qin Zhao is still young, so in another year or two, there will be no delay.

It's just, don't talk about Mr., just a book, there is nowhere to find it in a radius of tens of miles.How can there be books sold in the town?If you want to buy, at least you have to go to the county seat.It is the pen and paper that Qin Zhao uses now, and it was because the old Qi family of Liufang opened a grocery store and asked them to buy it from the county.

The county seat of Ke'an County is nearly a hundred miles away from here.As for Yunrui, he didn't want to go to the county easily, as if his tracks were revealed, the consequences would be disastrous.

Yun Rui was silent for a while, then said cruelly: "Azhao first practice calligraphy seriously, don't let it go to waste. In a few days, I will go to the county town and help Azhao pick some readable books back."

Qin Zhao knew how many bamboo slips Zhu Balang had in his home. God knows how expensive paper books were in the days when bamboo slips were still used for books?

Qin Zhao thought that the reason why Yunrui was silent for a while was that the book was too expensive, so he said, "If it's too expensive, it's fine if you don't buy it. Isn't Brother Anan from the patriarch's family reading? No, see if you can ask Brother Anan to send two books. Come back and see."

Zhu Nan has books, books are so precious, why would he send them to a little girl to read?After hearing what she said, Yun Rui was still worried that the book was too expensive and her family couldn't afford it, so she couldn't help but feel sad.

If it was in the past, no matter how expensive books are, why would Ah Zhao worry about not being able to afford a few books?
I don't know when Xiao Langjun will come back.

Yunrui sighed secretly, and rubbed Qin Zhao's head: "Don't worry, Ah Zhao, we don't lack money to buy books, but there are no books to buy in the nearby market towns, this is a remote place, and we still need money to buy books." You can probably buy them when you go to An County, and I will go to the county seat when I have time to wait, and I will definitely bring some books back to Ah Zhao."

However, Yun Rui didn't expect that a few days later, when he took the time to go to the county seat, he got a piece of news that made him want to kill, which further confirmed his original worries.Only then did I understand why the lady and Mr. Xiaolang refused to take Ah Zhao back to the capital.

　Sorry for the late post, I went home from the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, did farm Chinese for a day, and came back at night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)