Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 20
It has been about eight or nine days since the crab disaster. Rao Xiaoyu took good care of the crabs. He changed the water for the crabs every day and dug up earthworms for them to eat, but several of them still died. It was very distressing, but fortunately Du Huanghua said that he would go to Feixian Town in the future, so there should be a lot of crabs that can last until the end, and frying a large bowl of crab oil is not a problem.

Thinking of this, she felt relieved, and now she was only worried about making dried tofu. Although the dried tofu was formed, it was not tasty after all if it had no taste.

After a day, Du Wenyuan finally brought good news, saying that he had obtained several kinds of spices, and asked Du Xiaoyu to see if they were suitable.

There were some brown and dark red things wrapped in the light yellow thick paper. She carefully identified them and found that they were cinnamon and peppercorns. She was about to clap her hands happily, but when she saw Du Wenyuan's eyes, she immediately retracted her hands and only stretched out her hands. Dian Dian, asked, "Is this a spice? What is it called?" She picked up a peppercorn and pretended to be curious.

She was wary of Du Wenyuan. Although she was a family member, she knew too many things that she shouldn't. If she was asked, she might not be able to answer well.

"Didn't you say you wanted spices? Why did you ask me?" Du Wenyuan asked strangely.

Du Xiaoyu scratched his head, "Well, Mrs. Wu gave me fried soybeans last time, and there was five-spice powder in it. She said it was delicious with spices. I just want this dried tofu cooked with spices. tasty."

There was no loophole, so Du Wenyuan stopped asking, "This is cinnamon and pepper, let's go, let's cook it now."

The two ran out of the house excitedly, Du Xiaoyu stopped after taking two steps, "Second brother, where did you get these things?"

"A classmate, his brother-in-law owns a spice shop, so there are some at home."

It turned out that he was asking someone for it. Du Xiaoyu was most afraid that he would do something that would be detrimental to his studies. If Mrs. Zhao found out, he would definitely get himself scolded. When this matter existed, she happily ran to the yard to bring a small bamboo plaque. The tofu shrunk to such a small size after drying in the sun.

"Sister, the boiled tofu is dry!" She shouted, picking up some firewood to add to the fire.

Du Huanghua had already stepped into the house, and quickly snatched the firewood from her hand, "Don't put it in now, it will be blocked, we have to wait until it's empty." She stroked her hair, "There It's too hot, you'll sweat in a while, let me do it."

In fact, making a fire requires learning. Du Xiaoyu didn't learn well, so he laughed a few times, "Then my second brother and I will be in charge of cooking."

The hot water has been stored in the pot all the time, and it is enough to heat it up a little bit. Because there are very few dried tofu, Du Wenyuan scooped out most of the water with a ladle. Du Xiaoyu looked at the small pots on the stove, There was sugar, salt, and miso, so I ordered some in turn and asked Du Wenyuan to put them in the hot water.She often watched Mrs. Zhao and Du Huanghua cook and cook, so it was quite normal to understand this.

After the salt and sugar are completely melted, put the spices and add some water.

This time, there are only two kinds of cinnamon and pepper, which is a pity. If you add star anise, cloves, and fennel, you can make authentic five-spice dried tofu!

The water boiled again, and Du Xiaoyu poured the dried tofu into the marinade.

The fragrance soon dissipated, Du Huanghua smiled and said, "It smells really good, but I don't know how it tastes."

"It must be delicious!" Du Xiaoyu is confident. This dried tofu has always been one of her favorite snacks, but it might be a bit inferior without the red pepper, but they don't seem to be able to eat spicy food, so they do as the Romans do.

After cooking for about half a stick of incense, she lifted the lid of the pot and looked at it, and found that the marinade had thickened, and the dried tofu had a dark red color, which was very attractive.

"Okay, okay, it's ready to eat!" She bounced twice to express her extreme joy, and the dried tofu she made by herself finally turned out, which gave her a sense of accomplishment, "Second brother, quickly pick it up Come on, try it, how does it taste?" She pulled out a pair of chopsticks, Du Wenyuan had just served a piece before she picked it up and brought it to her mouth, then fixed her eyes on him.

Du Wenyuan took a bite and his eyes lit up, "It's delicious."

"Really?" Du Xiaoyu said happily, and fed another piece to Du Huanghua, "Is it really delicious?"

It is chewier than tofu, but it is very tender, and the taste is just right, a little sweet and a little salty, and exudes a fragrance. Du Huanghua nodded repeatedly, "It's really delicious!"

"Ah, it's done!" Du Xiaoyu ran back a few steps and tasted it himself.

If this dried tofu can't be compared with the previous ones, but there is no other dried tofu here to compete, it is the only one, and the taste like this is already attractive enough. She touched her chin and couldn't help it. I want to laugh out loud, it seems that there should be no problem going to Feixian Town to earn a few coins tomorrow!

When Mrs. Zhao and Du Xian came back, they saw three children surrounded by a big bowl and they didn't know what they were doing. Their expressions were full of joy, as if something good had happened.

"Mother, come and taste what Xiaoyu made!" Du Huanghua took a small bowl and filled it with two pieces and handed it over.

"What good stuff?" Mrs. Zhao couldn't help muttering twice, how old is this little girl, can she really make delicious food?She saw that the tofu was going to be stink by Du Xiaoyu, and she was thinking about letting her throw away the tofu for a while, and she planned not to play with the tofu in the future. Although it was not worth a lot of money, Du Huanghua happened to like to spoil her younger sister. Hui also went crazy together, isn't it a waste of time.

On the contrary, Du Xian was very interested. The eldest daughter in the family was dull, and the son often read books in the house. Only Du Xiaoyu often talked and acted like a baby with him, so he loved him more and more. He bent down and hugged Du Xiaoyu and asked, "But really Yes? Our little fish is really good, get a piece for dad and try it." After speaking, he opened his mouth and waited.

Du Xiaoyu immediately took a piece and sent it over.

"Well, it's good, it's good, it's better than your mother's pickled eggplant." Du Xian said while glancing at Mrs. Zhao.

Mrs. Zhao didn't believe it, but she picked up a piece and tasted it, and didn't speak for a while.

"Look, your mother is stupefied." Du Xian laughed loudly, usually he always followed his wife's winks, but now he also teased Mrs. Zhao.

Seeing this, Du Wenyuan said, "Ms. Ming'er is going to Feixian Town. We are discussing how to sell this thing for some money. What do you think?"

Mrs. Zhao put down her chopsticks, looked at Du Xiaoyu, and said angrily, "This girl can make anything!"

"Mother thinks it's delicious, as long as it's delicious, Xiaoyu will make it for you often in the future." Du Xiaoyu behaved well, shaking her sleeves, "Mother helped me to make the tofu before, please give me a name, just in case When I go to the town to sell it, people don’t know what to say when they ask it. Dried tofu doesn’t sound good, and they will also ask questions when they hear the word tofu, which is annoying.”

Mrs. Zhao smiled, and nodded Du Xiaoyu's head, "It's really serious. Is there anything in the town that can be sold for a few dollars, you can think for yourself."

She still only treated it as a child's trick, turned around and went to prepare dinner.

Du Xian put Du Xiaoyu down and said with a smile, "If you want to choose a name, don't ask your second brother, it's useless to read so many books!"

It's not that he wanted to please Mrs. Zhao, but he went to the wrong place, so Du Xiaoyu pouted.

"Or call it Xianggan." Du Wenyuan said suddenly, "It's easy to remember, and the spice production is also worthy of the name, how about it?"

Going around is still a name commonly used by later generations, Du Xiaoyu sighed, she was destined somewhere, well, she accepted it, and to be honest, Xianggan is indeed the most suitable.

"Sister, when are you going to the town tomorrow? Why don't you go earlier?" Feixian Town is a bit far away, and it took two hours to go back and forth, and she still has a lot of things to do, and she feels that time is not enough, and selling incense to do this It's hard to predict how long it will take.She was full of confidence just now, but Zhao's words hit her to some extent. What if she really can't sell for a few dollars?Her hard work can't be thrown into the water!

"Okay, let's go at dawn." Du Huanghua agreed, "I'm going to clean up now."

After Du Huanghua left, she asked Du Wenyuan, "Second brother, you don't seem to be free tomorrow, why do you want to come with us? It's no wonder that mother would agree." Zhao would definitely not agree to a day of absenteeism without reason.

"I'm going to tell mother now." He stood up and went to the kitchen.

In the end, of course Mrs. Zhao disagreed, saying that it would be enough for Du Huanghua and Du Xiaoyu to go to the town, but Du Wenyuan excused that he had a lot of things and wanted to help Du Huanghua share the burden. Unexpectedly Mrs. Zhao said that he would go by himself or let Du Xian go. Anyway, they disagreed life and death, and seeing that the two were about to stare, Du Xiaoyu saw Du Wenyuan's resolute attitude and hurried in.

"Mother, let the second brother go together!" At the critical moment, she must be coquettish, she hugged her thigh and begged, "I have never been to the town with the second brother, mother let him go! I want Second brother go together!"

Zhao's face darkened, "What nonsense, your second brother is going to study, and he will be admitted to the hospital for an examination soon!"

"After the new year, mother, my second brother will get tired of studying every day, and I will throw up when I read the book, how can I not rest and rest!" Du Xiaoyu continued to play tricks, "Mother will vomit every day after eating potatoes, second brother I'm also human, why can't I go to the town to play? If my mother doesn't agree, the second brother will be sad. I told us how to sell dried tofu for a long time. If the second brother doesn't go, we can't even count the money, but Don't you want to be cheated? Mother, how about just one day?"

Mrs. Zhao couldn't help but think of the way the three children laughed happily when they first arrived home. She could see that her son really wanted to go. She sighed, and finally let go of her mouth. Pull it up, "Hey, you little ancestor, I have accepted you, I have accepted you, let's go together tomorrow, and I will send a letter to Mrs. Liu."

Du Wenyuan's face changed from cloudy to sunny, and he glanced at Du Xiaoyu, who made a face at him.

The two happily left the kitchen hand in hand.

(End of this chapter)