Crossing the Homeland

Chapter 93

During the half month of living in the village, Xia Junyan kept thinking about ways to make money while adjusting her mood.Great people say that knowledge is power, and Xia Junyan thinks so.So although she lived in seclusion, she also went to the town and bought a lot of books to read, hoping to let herself know more about this era.

Originally, the traditional characters were already enough to make people's eyes dizzy, but the traditional characters plus classical Chinese plus vertical reading plus all kinds of ancient slang and local dialects made Xia Junyan almost smash her head to death on the desk!It is easy to get sleepy while reading a book. When sleepy and sleepy, I suddenly wake up. The moment I wake up - I am so hungry!This feeling is so familiar, Xia Junyan has a feeling that she has returned to her third year of high school and the year of postgraduate entrance examination, it is her youth and appetite...

If you are hungry, you have to eat!
But the pancakes, steamed buns, and meals I made at noon were all cold, and the weather was hot, so I felt greasy and unpalatable when I warmed them up.The hunger made Xia Junyan's brain spin fast, and soon she thought of the various cold noodles that she used to eat frequently!

Shredded Chicken Cold Noodles, Buckwheat Cold Noodles...

Xia Junyan also tried to do a little bit.

The custom-made cart and small wooden stool from the carpenter happened to be ready. Xia Junyan packed the ingredients and changed into the clothes specially prepared for today—an improved version of the Chinese chef's uniform.Because white was taboo in ancient times, she changed the fabric to a refreshing lake blue. The upper body is similar to the chef's uniform, and the lower body is replaced by a skirt.

Before dawn, Xia Junyan went out.She wanted to enter the town when the town gate just opened, and go to Dongshi Street to choose a good location.

During the time in Jufulou, Xia Junyan had a general understanding of the basic cooking level of the restaurant in Yun'an County.There is nothing to say about the knife skills and the grasp of the taste of any chef who is in charge of the restaurant.But there is one thing they lack, that is, the use and innovation of ingredients.

In the ancient times when communication was blocked, almost every recipe with a slight characteristic was considered top secret.The chefs have their own recipes, but basically they don't communicate with their peers. Even if they take apprentices, most of them just teach some basic skills and ordinary home-cooked dishes.This phenomenon does not only exist in the catering industry, but also in other industries such as embroidery and textiles, cloth shops, etc. In this era, the so-called "exclusive cheats" are not circulated, let alone any industry exchange meetings.

Cold noodles are very common in later generations.But in Xia Junyan's memory, this kind of food called "Lengtao" in ancient times was invented by court chefs, and it appeared around the Tang Dynasty. Among them, the most famous one is Lengtao with leaves.The palace chef creatively squeezed the juice from the locust leaves, dyed the noodles with the juice, and rolled the dough into noodles.

Xia Junyan pushed the car forward vigorously, feeling very emotional in her heart.In order to eat, our ancestors were thinking about it, how could they create it!The leaves of plants and trees can be used in dishes, and the juice is squeezed...I am afraid that the palace chefs have used other leaves before the locust leaf, just like Edison invented the light bulb, it is not easy.

In the early morning, there were already pedestrians coming and going in the town, and many snack stalls on Dongshi Street were set up.Xia Junyan chose a shady corner, wiped the sweat off her face, and then got busy.

She specially planted a very conspicuous flag on the cart, with the word "Mian" written on it.When the small wind blows in the morning, Xia's flag flutters in the wind.

Xia Junyan put on the chef's hat, and the slightly novel clothes and flags were particularly eye-catching among the food stalls.

(End of this chapter)