The splendid life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 84 Artemisia Rice

"Brother, how are you and Han Tingting going?" Xie Xiuhong continued to ask.

Xie Zhiwen sighed, to be honest, this Han Tingting's appearance is really not good enough for him, but he has a good uncle Feng Zhixian, if he can marry Han Tingting, Xie Zhiwen is not afraid that his future will not be easy?

Seeing that Xie Zhiwen didn't reply, Xie Xiuhong said to herself, "When I came here, I found that she was quite polite to me. It should be for the sake of fourth brother."

When Xie Zhiwen heard this, a smile appeared on his face. Who he is, whether it is appearance or knowledge, is inferior to those students today. The only failure is that he should not be born in Murakami, so it is normal for Han Tingting to fall in love with him. , It's just that it would be great if Han Tingting's appearance was similar to Yao Yu's. Thinking of this, Xie Zhiwen felt a little jealous of Xie Zhimo, why is he so lucky.

Xie Zhimo, who was driving, didn't expect to be envious of him for no reason, so he sat in front and asked the people in the carriage, "Are you tired?"

"Not tired." Nuo'er was the first to answer. This was the first time the whole family went out together.

Old Man Ji was a little tired, and he hadn't walked that far for a long time. Seeing this, Nuo Er hurriedly put a blanket on Old Man Ji, "Go to sleep for a while, and I'll call you when I get home."

Seeing that Nuoer is so sensible, Yao Yu nodded in relief, "Nuoer also sleep for a while?"

Nuo'er didn't want to sleep at first, but after walking for a while, she found that she was really sleepy, so she fell asleep against Yao Yu. After the carriage arrived home, Xie Zhimo gently carried Nuo'er to the bed to sleep, and Mr. Ji also went back to the house to rest.

Yao Yu and Xie Zhimo moved the corn to Shi Mo in the village and ground it into cornmeal before going back to prepare dinner. Seeing that Yao Yu was about to enter the kitchen, Xie Zhimo grabbed her and said, "You've worked hard too, let's rest for a while before cooking. "

In fact, today is not hard for Yao Yu at all, and he is much busier in the store than this on weekdays, "It's okay, I don't have to work hard."

Xie Zhimo had nothing to do, and Yao Yu couldn't help with cooking, so he simply took the sun-dried corn seeds to the backyard to plant.

The new food prepared by Yao Yu is to mix cornmeal with white rice, add white wormwood, pig intestines, and fat, and steam them together. This kind of rice can be called wormwood rice. My favorite meal.

Yao Yu only ate it with his parents in the countryside when he was very young. After a long time, Yao Yu could never forget this taste, but he couldn’t find this kind of food anymore. He didn’t expect to meet Baihao on the mountain today. It reminds me of the wormwood rice I ate when I was a child.

"Yu'er, I planted corn in the backyard." Xie Zhimo said after finishing his work.

Yao Yu was adding cold water to the pot, "Okay." Now a small piece of land in the backyard grows onions, ginger, and garlic, and another small piece of land grows cabbage. Most of the remaining land can be grown with corn. There are many uses.

Yao Yu kept some of the ground cornmeal at home, and planned to bring the rest to Jiangzhou. In addition to fine flour and soybean flour, the flour of the miscellaneous grain cake should also have cornmeal, so that the fragrance can come out.

After Nuo'er and Mr. Ji had a good rest, they came to the main room and smelled the aroma. They had eaten a lot at noon, but now they smelled the aroma and felt hungry again.

"Mother, what are you cooking?" Nuo'er ran to the stove to see what Yao Yu was cooking for dinner, only to see a wooden steamer in the pot, and the fragrance seemed to be emanating from it.

"Are you up?" Yao Yu asked, the meal was already ready, but Nuo'er and Mr. Ji hadn't had a good rest yet, so they kept it in the pot to keep warm.

"Well, Grandpa Ji got up too." Nuo'er said.

Yao Yu opened the steamer, filled four big bowls of rice, and handed two bowls to Nuoer, "Let's eat."

Nuo'er smelled the rice in the bowl, and suddenly felt her appetite whetted. Looking at the bright yellow rice, Old Man Ji also felt his appetite whet.

As soon as everyone sat down, Yao Chang came back. Yao Yu was about to get up to serve the meal. Yao Chang said, "Sister, sit down and eat, and I will serve it myself." After saying that, he went to the stove and filled a large bowl.

Yao Yu added a little pepper to the Artemisia rice, which undoubtedly whetted the appetite of the crowd. For a while, the only sound of people grilling the rice was heard in the main room.

Xie Zhimo finished eating first, and then went to the stove to fill another bowl, Yao Chang finished second, and also went to fill the second bowl, Mr. Ji finished eating next, Yao Yu directly moved the whole steamer to the table .

Nuo'er saw that there was still a lot of rice in the steamer, so she ate without haste.

Yao Yu originally thought of three bowls for each person, but when making it, Yao Yu made a lot more, thinking that if he couldn't finish it, he could still have it for tomorrow's breakfast.

As a result, she underestimated the fighting power of the crowd, and ate a whole basket of wormwood.Xie Zhimo said, "I never thought pigs could do this in the water."

Yao Chang nodded, "Sure enough, no matter how rotten the food is, it can become delicious in the hands of a girl."

Mr. Ji nodded. This was not the first time in his life that he had eaten pig offal, but it was the first time he had eaten pig offal so happily.

"Pig offal is not a rotten ingredient. Uncle, look, pig offal surface, dry-stir-fried pork offal, and this pork offal wormwood rice, which one is rotten?" Nuo'er said while counting with her fingers.

"That's right, it's not bad, it's not bad at all." Yao Chang replied with a smile.

Everyone talked again, and after eating and drinking, they went back to their room to rest.

Early in the morning, Aunt Wu, Wang Fengzhen and Luo Shi came to Yao Yu's house. The four of them went to Jiangzhou together. Yao Yu asked, "How was the business yesterday?"

Wang Fengzhen said, "Same as before, everything is sold out."

Aunt Wu took up the conversation, "It's just that we are a little slower in making multigrain cakes, so the time to sell out is later than before."

But Yao Yu was not there yesterday, and the progress of the three of them could be described as rapid. Even Luo Shi couldn't wait to get his hands on the multigrain cakes, but they didn't say so in the end.Yao Yu nodded knowingly. If the four of them want to work alone in the future, they will definitely work hard, so she doesn't need to worry about it.

As soon as she arrived at the store, Yang Lan carefully brought the money box over, "Auntie, you are here, this is the store's profit from yesterday." Yao Yu didn't come yesterday, so everyone still put the money in the box, and before leaving, I specially found a small lock and locked it, and then asked Aunt Wu to hold the key, so that no one could open the box.

Aunt Wu hurriedly took out the key, "This is the key to unlock the lock." When it comes to money, several people dare not do anything carelessly, this is the result of their discussion for a long time.

Yao Yu took the key with a smile, "You don't need to be so troublesome next time." The store's daily income is basically that amount, so Yao Yu knows it well.Wang Fengzhen and the others didn't expect Yao Yu to trust them so much, and a burst of warmth suddenly surged in their hearts.

"Okay, let's get ready for business." Yao Yu said, and the five of them quickly divided up and cooperated.

Yao Yu added more cornmeal to the ingredients of the miscellaneous grain cake. Seeing this, Wang Fengzhen asked curiously, "This doesn't look like soybean flour?"

"Yes, this is cornmeal." The multigrain cake is made of coarse grains. If it is only made of thin noodles, the taste will not come out. After adding this cornmeal, the color of the whole multigrain flour will be more beautiful.

Taking advantage of the absence of guests, Yao Yu fried five at a time, and then handed one to each person, "How about the improved taste?"

Yang Lan took a bite and immediately jumped up from the heat.

"You child, eat slowly." Yao Yu said.

Yang Lan said embarrassingly, "It smells delicious, but I didn't expect it to taste even better after eating it."

Aunt Wu nodded, "Isn't it, it looks good and smells good."

Just as Wang Fengzhen was about to speak, she saw some guests coming in. Seeing that Yao Yu and the five were each holding a cake, she asked curiously, "Where did you buy this?"

Yao Yu put down the multigrain cake in his hand, "This is the multigrain cake from our store."

The man snorted, "Why is it different from before?"

"We added new ingredients, so the texture and taste are a bit different." Yao Yu said.

"What about the price?" the guest asked.

"It's still the same as before." Yao Yu has already thought about this point. Although corn is rare, it is easy to survive. If the entire Shuangshui Village grows it in the future, it will not be troublesome to collect it.

"Then bring me one, I want to add shortbread and meat." The man found a table and sat down. "By the way, I also want a tofu mold."

"Come right away." Yao Yu quickly fried a multigrain pancake, and Yang Lan had already prepared the tofu mold, and will directly serve the food to the guest, "Please take it easy."

After a while, the number of customers increased, and Yao Yu handed the miscellaneous grain cake to Wang Fengzhen and Aunt Wu, while she prepared other ingredients. Suddenly, Yao Yu had a good idea, "Luo Shi, cut the tofu mold into four pieces. , put it on the plate."

Luo Shi was putting away the table, so he hurriedly wiped his hands clean to cut the tofu mold.

Yao Yu looked around, then walked to the tables of those customers who seemed not in a hurry to eat, and asked, "Hello, I want to ask, do you have any suggestions for our store?"

The man was taken aback, "Huh?"

"I mean, what improvement do you think needs to be made earlier?" Yao Yu changed his rhetoric.

The man also came to his senses, "Go early in this shop, there are many varieties, but if you eat buns, steamed buns and the like, you will easily choke. Drink water, it doesn't taste good."

Yao Yu nodded, "Is there any more?"

The man shook his head, "It's gone."

"Thank you for your suggestion." Yao Yu took out a portion of Luo's chopped tofu mold and put it on the guest's table, "This is for you."

The guest didn't expect to get the tofu mold after just saying a few words, and he was very happy immediately.

(End of this chapter)