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Chapter 92 Spiced Tea Eggs

Lamei, the third girl of the Li family, has been told "listen to me" every day since she was born, "Are you deaf if I tell you to be obedient?" But no one has ever asked her for her own opinion.

Even if this opinion is small, it is just such a trivial matter as what to do with duck eggs, and it has never happened.

Lamei was momentarily stopped by Lily's question, and murmured twice: "Eldest sister, what are you asking me for? I'm not up to anything."

Lily looked at her: "I'm going to ask you for an idea, think about it!"

Many people don't have no ideas, but no one has ever cared about her ideas, so she really thinks she has no ideas.Even in the future, Lily will not be able to manage everything by herself if she raises a daughter, let alone raising a younger sister now, let alone make her listen to her in everything.

She listens to others in everything, she is good-tempered and docile at best, and has no opinion at all at worst. Even if she encounters misfortune, she only knows how to cry and resent others for not helping her.

Only those who have their own ideas know how to save themselves, and difficulties will never overwhelm her.

Being stared at by the eldest sister, Lamei couldn't even hide, and then thought, even if she said something wrong, a person with an idea like the eldest sister would definitely not listen to her.

She gritted her teeth: "Duck eggs... usually salted duck eggs."

"Then make salted duck eggs." Lily smiled.

Lamei was taken aback: She didn't expect the elder sister to really listen to her!
"Sister, I...don't listen to me..."

Lily said: "I think your idea is good. Salted duck eggs can be put in and taste delicious. Why don't you make it? It's just that it can't be done well. You came up with the idea, so I still look for you."

Hearing this, Lamei panicked even more, wishing she could immediately curl up and find a corner to stuff herself in.Lily looked at her, and thought of the big girl before she traveled here. She was also like this. She didn't dare to make any decisions, and dared not take any mistakes.

"If you don't try it, how do you know if it's right or wrong? Even if I'm wrong, I'll find you, can I still eat you? In the future, you will stand up for yourself. Is it still like this now, what others say is what you say, and you don't do it at all." ?”

Lamei whispered: "In the future... I will naturally listen to...."

Her voice was as low as a mosquito humming, but Lily couldn't hear it for a while, "Who do you listen to?"

Lamei blushed: "I will listen to my man in the future."

Lily didn't laugh at her words, and said loudly: "What if your man has no idea like our father? What if your man is as dirty as Guo Shuicheng?"

"It's all up to the man. Once the man turns his face, you can't even find Bei!" Lily said angrily.

La Mei was embarrassed and surprised at the same time, she never expected that the eldest sister would say such a truth, she couldn't help but stare wide-eyed and asked in doubt: "Sister, don't you listen to brother-in-law?"

In the Song family, it was Song Haonian who listened to Lily.

Lily thought about it proudly, her own situation is different, if Lamei is like her in the future, she is afraid that she will have a hard time living a peaceful life, so she can only say earnestly: "These couples want to live a life of discussion, and it is impossible to listen to one person. For example, your brother-in-law and I, if he doesn’t like me going to the market to sell things, or if I don’t like him going hunting in the mountains, do you think we can live a good life?”

Lamei listened for a while, although she didn't have much knowledge, her eyes were bright, and she knew how to see.Among the people she is most familiar with, Carpenter Li and Zhu's cannot learn from her. The eldest sister and brother-in-law are good, and she knows who to learn without thinking too much about Lamei.

It's just that Lamei deeply felt that she was stupid, "Sister, I'm not as smart as you, how can I learn?"

"Those are the tricks of life. You learn from me every day. How can you not learn?" Lily knew that Lamei had intended to change herself when she heard it, but she dared not take that step. "Don't worry about how smart you are." , I always think that if I can be the master, dare to be the master, follow the right path, and be able to take responsibility, I will be a very powerful little lady!"

Lamei's eyes sparkled, "I, I can become like you too?"

Tell her to become a big sister, she is willing to do it out of a thousand!

Lily strikes while the iron is hot: "Then tell me, what should I do with this duck egg?" It's easy to say the truth, but it's even simpler to listen to it. It takes effort to apply the truth to ordinary life.

This time Lamei was not in a hurry to answer, she thought about it carefully, and then slowly said: "It's better not to make salted duck eggs. It's still hot today, and there are few eggs, so it's not worthwhile. Save these duck eggs for later. If there are too many, make salted duck eggs in one go.”

At the beginning, she stumbled, but when she saw Lily nodding her head, she spoke more and more smoothly, and felt an unprecedented sense of accomplishment in her heart: I, Li Lamei, am also a person who can make decisions for myself!
Lily smiled and said, "Look, isn't it good for you!" She picked out a little problem, "Saving is a good thing, but don't waste yourself too much, let's make some tea eggs first and try something new." .”

Since domestic hens began to lay eggs, Lily has often had eggs to eat.

Fried, fried, boiled whole, boiled sweet and salty two-color poached eggs, beaten and steamed egg custard, or spread egg pancakes... She can come up with countless delicious tricks.

Only spiced tea eggs are expensive and troublesome to make. She has never made them once. It just so happens that eggs and duck eggs can be made into tea eggs, so she has a new idea.

Lamei has never heard of tea eggs. There are two ways for people in the country to drink tea. The first one is to brew it directly with boiling water; Fried noodles are boiled together to make camellia, camellia with steamed buns or rice buns, which can be eaten as a meal.

Tea is not difficult to buy. Lily's family already has tea for entertaining guests. Coarse tea is enough for cooking tea eggs. She also asked Lamei to go to the store to weigh two or two thick big-leaf teas, and then went to the drugstore to buy some spices.

Boil more than ten eggs and duck eggs in the pot. Duck eggs are more resistant to cooking than eggs, so they should be put into the water earlier and boiled for a while. It is estimated that the egg yolks have just solidified, so take out the eggs and put them in cold well water for a while. Can separate the eggshell and protein.

At this time, Lamei also came back with two oil paper bags. Lily squeezed a pinch of tea leaves, about two cents, plus star anise, cinnamon, peppercorns, ginger slices, and fragrant leaves, all rinsed with clean water and boiled in a pot , then pour in two taels of autumn oil and sprinkle a handful of sugar, the tea soup will become dark black exuding the aroma of traditional Chinese medicine.

Take a spoon and gently tap the eggs in the cold water basin to crack fine lines on their surface, but not so much that the shells fall off. Put the eggs into the tea soup and cook for two quarters of an hour, then remove from the fire , Let the five-spice tea soup soak the eggs.

Lily picked out one at random and peeled it off. The outermost egg white was stained brown, but the inside was still white and tender. The whole egg had an indescribable fragrance.

The two sisters are half of each other, and Lamei started to applaud after taking a sip.Lily said: "This is not the best time to eat. Soak in the ingredients overnight, and the taste will be delicious tomorrow."

Lamei silently memorized the ingredients and method in her heart, and when she looked up and saw Lily looking at her with a half-smile, she blushed a little: "Sister, what's wrong?"

Lily began to test the winter plums again: "We can't finish these tea eggs, so tell me what to do."

Lamei had a bitter face: "Sister, can you let me go?"

Lily has a hard heart: "I kindly teach you how to live, but you don't appreciate it. Think about it, what are you going to do?"

Lamei suddenly felt that the tea eggs were not so delicious. Her elder sister looked gentle, but she was actually scarier than her mother!After all, as long as you shrink in front of your mother, it's fine. No matter how deep you want to hide, big sister will dig you out and force you to answer her questions.

"Sister, send some to the second sister." Lamei said tentatively.

"Okay, then you will send it to Yingchun tomorrow." Lily has two sisters, so it's not good to favor one over the other.

Most people sympathize with the weak. Compared with Yingchun and Lamei, Lamei is naturally the weak one. She keeps the three girls by her side, and Yingchun inevitably feels desolate. , had a rift with the sisters.

Having been affirmed twice in a row, Lamei developed a little self-confidence that she had never had before. She began to feel that she could do something, not like what her mother said, she only knew how to eat and drink for free, and knew nothing.

Sleeping on her own bed at night, she even planned to see her second sister tomorrow, what kind of clothes to wear, what kind of braids to tie, how to enter the door, how to speak...

Wintersweet thought very well. Early the next morning, I ate millet porridge with tea eggs. The spiced tea eggs soaked overnight are really delicious. The aroma of eggs and tea are just right. The saltiness of autumn oil and the slightly sweet sugar The freshness is even more memorable.

While eating, Lamei looked forward to seeing Yingchun later.Yingchun's temperament is like Zhu's. Lamei was afraid of her at first, but last time Zhu's wanted to sell her, Yingchun heard about it and said something fair for her. Very close.

Besides, they are sisters who grew up together, but if they are estranged, where can they be estranged?
But when Lily opened her mouth, Lamei was dumbfounded: "Later, you go to Yingchun by yourself and bring her the tea eggs. If Mrs. Sheng asks you what you did, don't hide your secrets and tell her everything."

Lamei seemed to hear the sound of her teeth fighting: Now it is okay to ask her to go out alone, but she feels that she can't do it by knocking on the door of Liu's mansion to find Yingchun alone.

Besides, not only did she have to talk to the concierge and Yingchun, but she also had to talk to Mrs. Sheng who was very powerful in Liufu and in the town. Whenever Lamei thought of Mrs. Sheng's red face and thick lips, she felt like she was about to be eaten by her.

Who is Mrs. Sheng, who is she, and how can she have the right to talk to Mrs. Sheng?
"Sister, won't you take me there?"

Lily said: "I have other things, you go by yourself." Lamei is not young anymore, if she continues to indulge her timidity, Lily is afraid that she will suffer in the future.

The concierge and Mrs. Sheng of Liu's Mansion have all seen Lamei, so she should come to the door carefully, and there shouldn't be any problems.

(End of this chapter)