I'm not a genius in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 37

Uncle Gao and the others didn't know the identities of the young people in front of them, they thought they were young people sent by some family to deliver things, and seeing Wang Zi'an talking to them so casually, they didn't take it seriously.Sometimes when I saw them acting recklessly, I even stood up and gave them some pointers.If he were to know that the young people he commanded, except for the young master of the Duke's family, were His Majesty's princes, I don't know how he would react...

When Wang Zi'an was at noon, he originally wanted everyone to stay and have a simple lunch, but everyone just dispersed and went home.Just kidding, building a house for your child's future teacher, how can there be any reason to stay for dinner?
"Zian, you are very popular!"

Fang Yiai patted the mud on her hands, found a clean big bluestone, and sat down. Working and fighting are completely different things, once the freshness wears off, she doesn't want to move anymore.Wang Zi'an looked back, and including Li Ke, there was a trace of fatigue on his face.Standing up with a smile, he patted the mud on his hands.

"Thank you for your help. I will treat you for lunch today and let you have a taste of my craft."

"But your dishes?"

As soon as they heard that Wang Zi'an was going to do it himself, several people immediately became interested. Outsiders may not know Wang Zi'an's identity, but they "know" that he is an expert from the secret place of Zhongnan Mountain, and the food he eats must not be like a fairy. ?

"It's our dish, but you have a little less seasoning here, so you can only make do with it, and it may not suit your taste."

Several people immediately cheered, got up from the ground one after another, and followed Wang Zi'an to cook.After all, Uncle Gao is a person who has been away for a long time. Although he doesn't know the identities of the young people in front of him, but he saw that the young people are dressed in gorgeous clothes and have extraordinary conversations. The ground gave up the home field, and went to pick vegetables and fruits and vegetables in the field by himself.

When guests came to the house, Aunt Gao hurriedly washed her hands to prepare meals, but Wang Zi'an stopped her and motioned for herself to come.Entertaining guests, how can such a good reason be missed?He still has lingering fears from yesterday's dark cooking.Aunt Gao was worried, and followed her into the kitchen. Wang Zi'an took a look in the kitchen, then backed out.

The kitchen of Uncle Gao’s house is still an old-fashioned stove, and it hasn’t had time to replace the new-style stove taught by Wang Zi’an.He simply set up a simple stove in the yard, ready to make it in the yard.Li Ke, Cheng Chubi and others also surrounded him curiously to watch him tidy up.

In fact, there is nothing else to eat at home, except for the leftover mutton from last night, which are some vegetables grown in Uncle Gao's own field, but it is fresh enough.He didn't plan to make any big dishes either. How could he not have a meal of authentic mutton steamed buns when he arrived in Shaanxi?

It is best to use lamb shanks and hips to make broth. Unfortunately, I didn't expect this when I bought it, so I had to make do with it.Wang Zi'an carried the mutton, washed it with well water, held a knife, and cut it piece by piece along the grain of the meat.

"Good knife skill!"

Although the few people didn't know how to cook, they watched the kitchen knife in Wang Zi'an's hand flying up and down like a flower arranging butterfly. After a while, a large piece of mutton turned into meat slices of uniform thickness and size. But Gong could see clearly that even the chef of the imperial dining room couldn't handle this control, so he couldn't help applauding.Aunt Gao was worried that Wang Zi'an would not be able to cook, but when she saw this knife skill, she immediately and willingly retreated to the second line, went to get firewood, and prepared to light the fire.

"This mutton is easy to taste and heated evenly only if it is cut into small pieces of equal size as far as possible along the texture of the meat."

Thinking of the small mutton steamed bun shops that bloomed everywhere in later generations, Wang Zi'an put the mutton into the pot, while consciously or unconsciously mentioning Aunt Gao.After the fire under the stove was burning, I asked Aunt Gao for a small piece of muslin cloth, and picked out some of the star anise, cinnamon bark, Codonopsis pilosula, astragalus root, grasshopper, amomum seed, peppercorns, ginger and garlic that I bought last time, and put them away. go in.Just as I was about to wrap it up, I stopped again.

"I remember that there were hawthorn trees on the hill just now. Some of you go and pick some back."

"I go!"

Fang Yi'ai immediately raised her hand and hurriedly went. He is very good at this kind of small work.After a while, I saw him come back with a bag full of hawthorns, with a few stuffed in his mouth.

wow-

The guy put the hawthorn in his bag on the table next to him, and then asked inarticulately.

"Brother Zi'an, it's just stew, what do you want hawthorn for?"

"Hawthorn has the effect of digesting food, invigorating the stomach, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Putting some in the stew will not only improve the flavor, but also speed up the stew."

Wang Zi'an said, picked up a few, washed them and wrapped them with the materials just now.Seeing that the water in the pot had boiled, Wang Zi'an lifted the lid of the pot, skimmed off the floating blood, and waited until the soup in the pot was roughly clear before throwing all the ingredients into it.

"It's a pity that the materials in hand are not complete, otherwise it might be better."

Wang Zi'an shook his head regretfully.As everyone knows, at this time Li Ke, Cheng Chubi and others have been dumbfounded.

"Brother Zi'an, are you sure you've done this? Put so many herbs in it, can the stewed mutton be eaten?"

Yuchi Baolin looked at Wang Zi'an worriedly, what if the cooked mutton was as unpalatable as medicine soup?
"Why can't medicinal materials be stewed? As long as they are properly matched, they can naturally be stewed deliciously. Broadly speaking, almost everything in the world can be used as medicine. The key is whether we understand their characteristics."

"You idiot, don't beep if you don't understand, this is the way of the immortal family to make alchemy, you know what a fart!"

Cheng Chubi felt that Wang Zi'an was very advanced now, and the medicinal materials were put in the same way, similar to the legendary Taoist alchemy.Yuchi Baolin was also shocked by this guy's words, looked at Wang Zi'an, and didn't dare to speak up.

Wang Zi'an couldn't help laughing, squatted down to adjust the fire under the stove, and came back to tell Aunt Gao.

"After the high fire boils, it must be changed to a low fire, and then squat for more than half an hour to see if the meat in the pot is rotten, and it is almost ready to be out of the pot."

The steamed cakes at Aunt Gao’s house could have been used as steamed buns, but today there are guests, and I also want to eat authentic Shaanxi mutton steamed buns for the last time.I simply took some more flour and started making steamed cakes by myself.

When putting in the salt, Wang Zi'an couldn't help but frowned, because this salt was different from the refined salt of later generations, it was thick yellow salt, and there were impurities in it.But now I don't have time to purify this, so I can only make do with it.Picking up a piece of suitable size and twisting it gently with your hands, the salt block turned into powder, which made Aunt Gao startled.

"Zian, your hands are really strong."

Wang Zi'an just laughed, took a bowl of water, sprinkled the crushed salt into the cold water, stirred to dissolve, waited for all the impurities to settle, and then poured the cold water on the flour.At present, we can only deal with it simply.

"There are too many impurities in these salts, which will affect the taste. Let's deal with it in this simple way first. When we make it later, just buy some refined salt..."

"Refined salt - who can afford it..."

　Thanks to the book friend Lanlan Carrot for the reward of 5000 book coins, thank the book friend Luoshen Sydney Tea for the reward of 500 book coins, and thank the baby panda for the reward of 100 book coins.Fist!The only way to thank you for your encouragement is to code carefully!

　　
　
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