The first peasant daughter of the green garden

Chapter 127 New Year's Eve (5)
Seeing Liu Jiacheng finished eating a dumpling, Li Caiwei said contentedly, "Jiacheng, you heard me, everyone testified to me, if you dare to go out and find other women, no one will forgive you."

Seeing the couple arguing, Mrs. Zhou said, "Caiwei, turn up the fire quickly, or I won't be able to finish today's work." Everyone giggled and laughed, and they didn't finish frying the dumplings until around ten o'clock in the evening.The family sat down and talked for a while, because it was going to be early tomorrow, Yang took Jiahui Jialin back, Zhou carried a kerosene lamp in the back, Liu Jiaxuan watched from behind, and sent the old and the young back together.

On a snowy day, it dawned early, and she didn't sleep much. Today's New Year's Eve, she got up early in the morning to prepare a big lunch at noon.

Su Hongling also got up early in the morning to help pick vegetables, "Caiwei, last night I put the tofu I bought from Jiaxuan to the old man Liu at the head of the village to freeze outside for a night, and it's probably almost frozen by now."

"Sister-in-law, but I'm not very good at making frozen tofu."

"It's okay, I can do it, and your brother likes it too."

Li Caiwei pursed her lips and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, did you specially make it for brother Jiaxuan?"

Being guessed right, Su Hongling blushed, "Caiwei, you just like to tease me."

"Sister-in-law, I'm not going to tease you. Hurry up and go see your frozen tofu. Be careful, brother Jiaxuan will eat your tofu at night!"

Su Hongling blushed when she was told, "Look at that mouth of yours, who can speak up to you, be careful that you won't get married."

The two joked for a while, Li Caiwei first made the egg custard, fed Lin's meal, and began to prepare twelve big dishes for noon, stewed duck with goose mushrooms and three treasures, sweet and sour carp from West Lake, braised pig's trotters, and fried prawns with emerald white fungus , lotus root in honey sauce, three-cup chicken, and the remaining few dishes are completed by my sister-in-law.

The family hasn't written couplets yet, so Li Caiwei pushed Jiasheng's door open while she was busy, and asked him to get up early to write couplets.

Here, I asked Liu Jiaxuan to go to the town to buy incense candles, firecrackers, and fireworks. During the Chinese New Year, firecrackers must be set off.

Mrs. Zhou came over with red paper and a brush in the morning, just as Liu Jiasheng got up early and began to write and paste couplets.

When Mrs. Zhou came to the room, she saw that Li Caiwei was busy with work, so she also helped her.

"Erniang, Hongling, you two are responsible for cleaning up the shrimp, chicken, fish, duck and other living things, and I will prepare the materials."

The most important dish today is the Sanbao Duck with Yanlai Mushroom. This dish is not easy to prepare. I remember that I only watched it on food shows in modern times. I haven’t really cooked it. I don’t know if it can be done well. If this dish is done well, the restaurant will have a signature dish.

According to memory, it takes less than half a year from preparing materials to making dishes.Counting it, it took her almost half a year to prepare the ingredients. The ingredients are so rare, of course the dishes are not bad. Delicious things just need time to hone.

She first boiled the mushrooms that had been dried several months ago with hot water until the mushrooms turned into a blooming mushroom, then drained, put in a little oil, put the mushrooms and fry them for a few minutes, and added almost 20 yuan ginger slices, a little salt, a little soy sauce, a little sugar, then add half a catty of water, wait for half an hour, remove the floating foam, and then simmer for half an hour on low heat until the soup thickens and turns dark black, The dish is only half done.

The second process is to chop the washed duck into uniform blocks, put it in boiling water for a while, then put the duck in the pot, add a little oil and fry until cooked, add onion, ginger, garlic, pepper, Rock sugar, cooking wine, salt, a few drops of vinegar, put in water and simmer for an hour, wait until the duck is fully cooked and tasty, then add the goose mushroom sauce, mix it, and simmer slowly for half an hour, this is the unique three treasures of goose mushrooms in the world The stewed duck is truly complete.

"Caiwei, what dish name did you change this time?" Mrs. Zhou speeded up and was cleaning the pig's trotters. Since the last time I ate braised pig's trotters, I still can't forget the taste.

"Er Niang, I will make you a very nutritious dish this time. I won't tell you for now, but you will know when the time comes."

"I just heard from you that it took more than half a year to prepare the raw materials. If any of the raw materials are not found, this dish may not be able to be made."

Su Hongling felt strange when he heard it, it was the first time he heard that a dish took so much time, it took half a year for this dish alone, "Caiwei, if this dish of yours is released in restaurants, it will definitely sell well. "

"No, it takes so long to have several dishes in this world. In my opinion, one dish is enough for everyone in the world to know."

"Erniang, Hongling, to tell you the truth, it's also the first time for me to cook this dish, so you have to taste it if it's delicious."

Mrs. Zhou cleaned the pig's trotters in her hands, put them in clean water, and said, "The dishes that have been prepared with so much effort will not be unpalatable. The taste alone is enough to make people hungry." , she is a person who doesn't even distinguish the five grains. She never expected to learn everything after coming here.She had never cooked before time-traveling, but after time-traveling, she seemed to be enlightened, and she could cook whatever was delicious.Of the twelve big dishes, she cooked eight, and Su Hongling cooked the remaining four.Liu Jiaxuan and Liu Jiacheng were setting tables in the hall, and Liu Jiasheng was writing couplets on red paper. "Brother, I want to post Spring Festival couplets." Liu Jiasheng looked up, and saw Liu Jiahui, wearing a small bamboo hat and a padded jacket, his whole body was covered with snow, he looked like a little snowman.Fearing that she would be cold, he told her to go to the kitchen to warm her hands, Liu Jiahui walked to the kitchen, "Sister-in-law, I will post Spring Festival couplets later."

"Jiahui, you are still young, you can't reach it, you can wait until you grow up." Li Caiwei gave her a piece of chicken, "Look at this little face, it is red from the cold, hurry to the stove to warm up, be careful of frostbite tomorrow .”

It was almost noon, and the dishes were all ready.

Aunt Nian brought over two catties of homemade red bayberry wine. "The family is a daughter-in-law, and there is nothing to sell at home. I brewed a few catties of bayberry wine at home, and brought it for everyone to taste."

Li Caiwei took the wine from Aunt Nian, "Aunt Nian, you just come, don't pay attention to these etiquette."

"You can't lose this etiquette. This bayberry wine is delicious and easy to drink, but it has a lot of stamina. Don't drink too much."

"Well, I see. Aunt Nian, please sit down for a while."

The dishes were almost ready, and Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Yang had time to sit in front of the stove to warm up, and the three of them chatted for a while.When Yang heard that Aunt Nian was also going to the restaurant, she was surprised and puzzled, why did Caiwei care so much about Aunt Nian.

"Aunt Nian, what do you think you are going to the county town to do when you are not farming at home? People in this county town are very particular about food and clothing. They are not as expensive as us country people. Don't lose your manners then. Scared the guests away."

"Ms. Lin, I just went there to clean the table, sweep the floor, wash the dishes, and I can't do things like dealing with guests, and I have to rely on my family to become a daughter-in-law."

"Do you wash the dishes? Don't wash the dishes dirty. When the customers see it, they dare to enter the store?"

(End of this chapter)