Notes on Leisurely Living in the Farm

Chapter 8

Everything is ready, just need to start work.Shen Fuxiang wanted to go to the field to clean up the crops, so the job of making buns fell on Yiyou and Li Shi.

"Mom, I'll do it with you. Changsheng, don't be naughty, or my sister will get angry."

The buns can only sell well if they are delicious. As for the secret of the deliciousness, only she knows.

There is a mountain in the northwest corner of Yunlin Village, and the stream in the village flows down from the mountain spring.There are many bluestones on the mountain, and people from all over the world go there to pick them when they build houses.The excavated bluestone is mixed with a kind of whitish stone, which is too soft to be used as a foundation. It is usually dug out and discarded at the foot of the mountain. Over the years, it has been piled up into a small waste rock mound.The children in the village generally like to play beside the stone mound, and they named the stone Baishi.

In the previous life in the Chen Mansion, by chance, she saw the cook accidentally drop a small piece of white stone into the pot. As a result, the boiled water was extremely clean and had a sweet smell.Later, she thought about it and used this water to make pastries, which tasted really unique, and Chen Deren also liked to use it.She was overjoyed, but she hid it so tightly that even the cook didn't know about it.

After rebirth, there is no need to please the hypocritical and cold Chen Deren, this secret recipe can also be used right.When she got up this morning, she picked up a white stone and boiled water.Now half a day later, she opened the lid of the pot and took out the blackened white stone at the bottom of the pot. She took a spoonful of water and smacked it, and the taste was indeed similar to the one she had tasted in the Chen Mansion.

"Mother, try it, with this water and noodles, the food must be delicious."

Mrs. Li blew, took a sip from the spoon, and his eyes lit up: "How did Erya know?"

Yiyou lowered her eyes, telling about the Chen family's affairs would be a kind of harm to her parents.Now that it's over, let it rot in your stomach.

"Yesterday, I told my mother that during the days when I was in a coma, I had many things in my mind, including how to make buns. Mother, don't tell anyone else about this."

Li Shi looked at her daughter's cautiousness, she naturally wouldn't think of the worst, she just felt that Erya was frightened by Cheng Shi, a child who was lively and flamboyant before, is now so cautious.

Once again, she made a note of Cheng's in her heart, together with the five years that coaxed her daughter into confusion, she gritted her teeth: If I don't take revenge, I will change my surname to Cheng with you.Take a deep breath, when facing her children, she is that gentle mother again.

"This is a good thing, Er Ya, don't worry, mother is not stupid, how could she tell others nonsense."

Niang's expression just now was very wrong, and the sense of disobedience in Yiyou's heart became stronger and stronger.But soon she didn't have the heart to think about these things. She looked at the sun, and it would be too late if she didn't start.

"Mom, I'll adjust the stuffing, and you chop the vegetables."

Mrs. Li nodded, Chang Sheng grabbed her sister's skirt, and a pair of dirty hands made two black paw prints on the red padded jacket.

"Sister, I have to work too."

"Okay, go wash your hands and bring me the soy sauce and salt."

It's not too difficult to make a small plate of meals and try to achieve perfection.But making many copies at a time, it is almost impossible to make it so brilliant.Yiyou's goal is to make their steamed stuffed buns a hit, so naturally they need to work harder.Fortunately, she was patient, holding a small pot, and mixing the stuffing little by little.

It was obviously a big pot of rice, but she was asked to break it into pieces, and all the steps were meticulously done.Fortunately, there is Changsheng, a child who listens to his sister's words, running around tirelessly to serve salt and soy sauce, and his red face is very busy.

"Take a look, can Pi do this?"

Li Shi reconciled, Yiyou stirred with chopsticks to see if the color was almost the same.Their family has no money, so they can only fiddle with the selection of dough materials.She tried it in her previous life, and the color and taste of millet flour and corn flour are similar, but there is a slight difference in texture.But the former is more expensive than white flour, and corn flour is more than half the price.

Appropriately adding some flour can completely neutralize the disadvantage of too thick corn flour.From the very beginning, she decided that the buns should use this kind of double-sided mixed dough.

"Niang and noodles use the water I boiled in the pot, right?"

Mrs. Li nodded, and Yiyou put down her chopsticks: "My mother is amazing, the buns made from this skin must be delicious."

Happy to be praised by her daughter, Li's work is more vigorous.Not long after pulling the weeds, Shen Fuxiang came home and joined in.He has great strength and is good at stretching noodles. Before it was completely dark, the family finally wrapped 200 buns.

Yiyou stretched, and heard Changsheng come over and say: "Sister, I'm so tired."

She was also tired, but this was the first time in two lifetimes that she was so happy.Roll out the stuffing and squeeze it tightly, and the whole family gathers together and exerts energy in one place.Throughout the afternoon, she felt very at ease in her heart.

"We're going to wash our face, it's time to sleep."

When the siblings went out, Li Shi and Shen Fuxiang put the buns near the stove.Wiping his sweat, he said with emotion: "Erya has really grown up, and I feel a lot more relaxed."

Standing there, Shen Fuxiang squeezed out four words: "I have wronged you."

Li's nose was sore: "I'm fine, but tomorrow we're selling buns, I'm afraid it won't go well."

"and me."

Yiyou came in to get a sweat towel, just in time to hear her parents talking.Tomorrow is not going well, so what's the point?Walking slowly, she happened to see Changsheng talking to a half-grown child outside the fence.

"Your family's buns are definitely not as good as Cheng's."

The crisp child's voice reminded her that the word Cheng's family made her understand immediately.There is also a family in the neighboring village selling steamed stuffed buns, and they do this business all year round.That family is Cheng's younger brother.

After being reborn, it seemed like a lifetime away, and she actually forgot about it.As mother said, the new opening tomorrow may not go well.

Despite her worries, Yiyou is still confident.The buns she made must be better than Cheng's.Besides, it took a lot of work and materials to pack it out, so we couldn't give up halfway because of a Cheng family.

Before dawn, Shen Fuxiang got up to chop firewood, and Mrs. Li lit the fire.After midnight, Yiyou's fist-sized bun swelled up and became about the size of Shen Fuhai's fist.

The cauldron was ready-made. After they refused the medical money yesterday, Butcher Zhou sent over the spare steamer from his house and managed to get it all together.The hot air came up, emitting a tempting aroma, and Yiyou personally controlled the heat.

The fragrance is getting stronger and stronger, the moon is gradually setting, and the first steamed buns will be out of the pot immediately.

"The fourth brother and the fourth younger siblings make buns early in the morning. Is there any happy event?"

People arrived before they were heard, Cheng stood outside the fence, and Shen Fuhai came with him.Yiyou originally thought that they would make trouble elsewhere, but she never thought that the two of them would just come here in such a big way.

It seems that their family used to have such a good temper that these two dared to ride on their heads.

Yiyou grabbed Changsheng and continued to watch the fire.Parents are all around, if a daughter of her speaks hastily, she will only fall into the shoes of others.With Cheng's level of shrewdness, he might make something wrong.She didn't want the whole Yunlin Village to spread the word: the young girl from Shen Si's family was out of education and talkative, and Shen Si and his wife let their daughter make trouble, and the whole family were ignorant rascals.

"Why are the second brother and the second sister-in-law here at this time?"

With a gentle smile on Mrs. Li's face, she deliberately glanced at the moon hanging in the sky.The meaning is obvious: the two of you came to visit my house in the middle of the night, is it because you want to sneak around or have other bad intentions.

Cheng's heart tightened, and she thought for no reason of the words said by her natal sister-in-law a few years ago: I look at Mrs. Li's family, but your fourth sister-in-law is not a simple one.Others treat her like dough and are easy to bully, but I always feel that she is the only one in the Li family who has a lot of eyes.

At that time, she didn't take it to heart, the fourth brother and Mrs. Li were just dough all these years.Even their eldest daughter was easily held in her hands.But since yesterday, she realized how wrong she was.Now look at the four younger siblings in front of them, how evil they are.

The whole Shen family counted Siya as the most outstanding. Once the old Si's life gets better, it will be difficult to handle.Whether it's for the younger brother or for him, the steamed stuffed bun business of the fourth oldest family can't open.

"I don't smell the fragrance, fourth brother, you buns have helped your second brother a lot. He ran around for the ethnology. Today, he just wanted to invite the elders from the village to discuss it. We are worried about entertaining him. What's the matter, your steamed stuffed bun is here. I'm the head of the family, what's the matter, the fourth child's family is dedicated to the clan, and they took the initiative to contribute without waiting for your orders."

Yiyou laughed angrily, there is no most shameless, only more shameless.Cheng's ability to open her eyes and tell nonsense, even if she lives two more lives, she can't even flatter her.

After hugging Changsheng, she whispered a few words in his ear.

"It's done, wait for my sister to weave grasshoppers for you."

There are rewards!Changsheng's eyes lit up, he opened the curtain and ran out, and said in a loud voice, "Second Aunt, our family wants to sell the buns."

After shouting, he ran out of the fence wall and rushed into the night.

Mrs. Li poked at her husband, and Shen Fuxiang nodded and said, "Second brother and second sister-in-law, I just go to the market today, and I want to push some buns to sell at the market."

Cheng didn't expect that the fourth younger brother, who had always been sawing gourds, would take the initiative to speak at this moment.After kicking Shen Fuhai, she winked at him.

Shen Fuhai coughed, and said solemnly: "Fourth brother, it's your fault that you didn't tell the family about such a big matter. Although our Shen family is not a scholarly family, we have cultivated and studied for generations. Now you How can I explain to my dead father how I make a living as a peddler.

In this way, you, Brother Baozi, want it all.If you have any difficulties, just say it, and before doing anything in the future, think about the hundreds of members of the Shen family. "

Big hats can really overwhelm people, Yiyou was about to go out when she heard her mother speak.

"Second brother, we sold buns, did we really lose our Shen family?"

While saying this, Mrs. Li stared closely at Mrs. Cheng, but her words were full of sincerity, as if she was really asking for advice from her heart.

Some words seem to be very reasonable, and they are so high-sounding that they make people feel clouded.But if you break it down carefully, it's complete nonsense.Li Shi's question really caught Shen Fuhai's attention.

(End of this chapter)