Hard work

Chapter 144 Ledger Table Mat

The thief who has been thinking about her for a long time was finally caught, and Lan Huaer felt that her whole mood became brighter.

Although it is not ruled out that there are other people in the village who also have such thoughts, but after Li Genda's testimony, it is reckoned that even if someone thinks so, they should think about the consequences before actually practicing it.

The Zhao family is no longer the small family with only two children who can be bullied at will.The other families in the village are basically more populous and prosperous than the Zhao family. Even if those people really want to steal something, they have to think about whether they can find a chance to do so.

Because this matter was resolved, Lan Hua'er specially invited those around her to have a snack.

She didn't make something as complicated as radish cake anymore, she just kneaded it into thick long strips with semolina, twisted them crosswise, dried them and then sprinkled some powdered salt and sugar.

This twist stick is a bit similar, but the ancient clear oil is not as cheap and convenient as the modern ones. They don’t have much clear oil at home, only some fat cut from animals, which are stored for cooking and soup.

These are used to fry things, one is not enough, and the other is that the effect is not good.

So the orchids simply don't need to fry, but instead use the method of making pancakes, frying the slender twist strips, and then brushing them with a little grease, it will become fragrant and delicious. Chewy.

Lan Hua'er tasted a little by herself, and then gave Zang Lang a try. Both of them thought it was very good to eat like this, so they gave it to those people in the village.

Many people thought it was very good after eating it, and some people came to ask Lan Huaer how it was made.

But this thing is easy to make, and many women who often cook can imitate it and make it by themselves.

After those people imitated this improved twist, Lan Huaer felt that it was really not easy to make money in this world.The radish cake she made before is not directly known to anyone, but if you want to make something simple, people will learn it right away. On top of the twist, it is even more fragrant, even better than orchids.

Someone gave Lan Huaer such a twist once, and Lan Huaer was so ashamed that she didn't want to make twist pies for everyone again.

Shame on it.

Taking advantage of the last time before the Chinese New Year, Lan Huaer thought about making some more food for the family, so that there would be more food during the Chinese New Year.

She remembered that in modern times, she would occasionally make kimchi soup.At that time, they usually ate a little greasy, so they liked to eat this soup.

After coming to this ancient time, Lan Huaer never had the idea of ​​doing this because she often ate very light food.

There was no oily water in her stomach, and she always felt that if she drank this kind of soup again, her stomach might feel uncomfortable.But thinking about it later, since Zang Lang likes spicy food, he probably likes this soup very much.

Moreover, most of the farmhouses are mainly vegetables and tofu.

It just so happened that she recently made her own spicy cabbage and bought tofu, so she was thinking of making this.

She always felt that with just this soup, Zang Lang could swallow three bowls of rice.

Spicy cabbage is ready-made, just take it out from the cellar and cut it into pieces to make the soup base.Cut some peppers in the soup, and you can put it directly into the pot to cook.

When the soup base is cooking, cut some meat slices, wait for the soup to boil before putting it in the soup, wait for the soup to boil again, and then put the cut tofu in.

In fact, if you want to make this soup, it is best to use sliced ​​pork belly or fatty beef in it, which is the most delicious.

Lan Hua'er didn't have any of these at home, so she cherished a bit of venison leg meat, cut it into thin slices, and carefully put it into the soup.

While cooking, Lan Hua'er was thinking, it's because Zang Lang is not at home and has gone to work outside.If he was at home, there would be no need to finish the soup, the aroma alone would make him squat by the side like a dog, sniffling and waiting to be fed.

When Zang Lang's family came, with just such a pot of soup, he snorted down several bowls of dry rice.

He didn't have the habit of soaking rice in soup at all, Lan Hua'er tried to mix it up for him, and put an egg in the bowl for him, and he immediately liked this way of eating.

Lan Hua'er spooned most of the meat to him.After all, this person is in charge of doing physical work at home, and Lan Hua'er herself will feel uneasy if she doesn't have enough to eat.

Zang Lang is now more relaxed than before, and he is no longer so shy when Lan Huaer feeds him big meat.It's just that he is more diligent than before, probably because he wants to make up for all his food.

"The price of meat in the town has been high recently," Zang Lang said vaguely while eating, "I'll go hunting again."

The Zhao family doesn't have as many rules as other families.

Zang Lang probably drove with Chu Jiang in the past, so when he first came to Zhao's house, he was a model of rules and regulations, and Lan Hua'er felt that he and him were not in the same world.He didn't mean to hold it up in particular, but he didn't talk much, and he sat upright and didn't move at all. When people looked at it from the side, they felt that this person was very well-behaved.

Later, Zang Lang hung around with Lan Hua'er for a long time, and seeing that Lan Hua'er was not very particular, he became less particular about following her.During the meal, I also talked to Lan Huaer.

Lan Hua'er heard what he said, thought for a while, then nodded, and asked him:

"Should we go with Yan Dalang and Lan Alang? It would be good to hunt more at this moment. The town has collected a lot of pork from the village, and the price of this pork seems to be a lot under the name of Aozi Village." You have to go up, so other meat is also expensive. It’s good to hunt more, if you can hunt another deer. The deer leg at home is more than half eaten. I still have it. Some are panicking."

Zang Lang gave a "hmm", nodded, took two more mouthfuls of rice, and then said:
"Go together and see if we can hunt big ones."

Lan Hua'er knew that these three people were all very skilled, and that Yan Dalang could be regarded as a half-hunter, so she wasn't worried at all, and prepared some dried meat for Zang Lang, and put some wine in a bamboo tube for him to take with him. The ones on his body—naturally let him take the role of Yan Dalang and Lan Du, in case they accidentally got stuck in the mountain or something else happened, so he had something to cushion his hand.

As for Lan Hua'er, she brought some glutinous rice wine and went back to the back mountain.

She had thought about selling some wine to the cottage before.If it hadn't been for the theft, she would have sold out of all the wine by now.

The steamed distiller's grains looked pretty good, but she didn't want to procrastinate any longer, so when Zang Lang and the others went to the back mountain, she simply followed them halfway, and broke up after reaching the middle of the mountain.

When Lan Hua'er went to the mountain, the cottage looked as if there were no traces of fighting.The people inside are all acquaintances who haven't seen for a long time, and they greet Lan Huaer warmly when they see Lan Huaer.It's just that the guests in the cottage who said they came from the capital had disappeared, and Lan Hua'er asked about Fu Duoduo in private, and those people also said that she had left.It is said that a large group of people came to the door with gold and silver treasures to exchange them.

It's kind of like paying a ransom.

Lan Hua'er was a little confused.She always thought that Honghuabai was just an ordinary bandit, and probably the one that the government didn't like, so she was always worried that after Chujiang drove down the mountain, she would bring people up to attack the cottage.But looking at it now, it doesn't seem to be the case at all.

At least she had never heard of any court that would send a ransom to an ordinary bandit.

She couldn't help but secretly wondered behind her back if Honghuabai had any different relationship with the imperial court.

Didn't it all be said in "Water Margin" that the biggest bandit den in the world is the government, and the biggest bandit leader is the emperor.

But this time when she came up the mountain, she couldn't see Honghuabai.

Mai Qing was there, picked her up with a smile, and tasted the wine she brought:
"Miss Zhao, how much wine do you have, and what price do you sell?"

Lan Huaer thought for a while, then stretched out her hand to show the size of the wine barrel at home, and said:
"I can sell you thirty barrels of such a big barrel a year ago. Calculated by the barrel, I will charge you half a tael for a clear barrel. The one that has been mixed with distiller's grains is more expensive, and it costs eight cents for the barrel. Here you go."

This price is cheaper than she sells loose in the village.

Upon hearing this, Mai Qing was very satisfied with the price, and stopped bargaining, and said straightforwardly:
"Of course it's going to be mixed. The taste is good, but it's not pure enough. If you're willing to sell it, we'll buy it all. Years ago, I asked the receiver to drive to the door to collect the goods?"

Lan Huaer nodded, and Mai Qing paid a deposit.

After the delivery was over, the two chatted again.

Only then did Lan Huaer know that Honghuabai had gone to Beijing.She originally thought that Honghuabai was like before, going to some hill to visit relatives, but Mai Qing said solemnly:
"The Red King ran off to pad the ledger table, and he is going to catch him."

"Padded... ledger table... feet...?"

Lan Hua'er had never seen Mai Qing with such a serious look, and never thought that she could hear the gossip of Hong Huabai, a bandit little loli, so she couldn't help but feel a little dizzy, feeling as if she understood something, and as if Children do not understand the look.

Mai Qing nodded very seriously again, without any smile on his face, and said very seriously:
"The Red King was still crying, saying that he was missing that, and he couldn't even read the account book in the house on weekdays. It wasn't because he was crying so hard that he couldn't help it, so he led a team of people and chased him to the capital. He said he was going to be arrested. .”

　Thank you Cheng Ruming for the reward of the peace talisman!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)