The grand lady who time-traveled became a hot mom

Chapter 83

As soon as school started, Fang Yumin prepared generous gifts for Lin Qiulai to take Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang to visit Master Tian.

Unlike the so-called intellectuals of today, the scholars in ancient times were mostly noble.Among Fang Yumin's gifts were the Four Treasures of the Study, supplemented by some rare candies here.It is for Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang to get better guidance from Mr. Tian and get more information from him during this year.

Mr. Tian is not pedantic either, he was surprised when he saw the gifts that Fang Yumin had prepared, and felt that Lin Qiulai's family was not an ordinary farming family.When Lin Qiu came to the house, he sent four children to study. Tian Fuzi had a deep impression on this family. Later, he found out that three of the children were adopted sons, so he paid more attention.Coupled with Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang's talents, Master Tian is also willing to teach more.Now I have received another generous gift from Fang Yumin.In this rural village with a radius of ten miles, there are not many parents who send their children to school, and even fewer prepare gifts for their wives, because everyone's life is not easy.Even for gifts, most of them are food and agricultural products.The price of the four treasures of the study is not low, how can anyone give it to them?Even Mr. Tian himself usually saves it.Those peanut sesame candies are sweet, crunchy and fragrant, and they are not sold in the county.

Fang Yumin's gift delivery was successful, Tian Fuzi not only taught Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang in the usual way, but also trained them with the goal of high school.Fang Yumin is very satisfied with this. In this time and space, Lin Qiulai, Lin Xuming and Lin Xiaoyang are her closest relatives.If she is not good to them, who else is she good to?

After discussing with everyone, the head of the village, Lin Zhuxin, decided that as soon as the spring plowing was over, Lin Qiulai, led by Lin Damin, Lin Qing, the second son of the head of the village, Lin Wensheng, and two young men from the village would go to several neighboring counties to sell sweet potato flour.As soon as the news spread, everyone was very happy.In ancient times, any crops were seasonal. After the autumn harvest, Linjia Village bought a large number of sweet potatoes for storage.Now that spring is beginning and the sun is out, every household is busy again before spring plowing.

Once the time was decided, Fang Yumin and Lin Qiulai also started to get busy in an orderly manner.All the work must be done before Lin Qiu comes out.

After discussing with Fang Yumin, Lin Qiulai invited 10 villagers in the village to plow the 38 mu of dry land at home.After that, weeding, fertilizing, digging, sowing, irrigation, covering with straw and film.Fang Yumin even asked them to help dig a canal leading to the nearest water source, so that water can be diverted to their dry land in the future...

Lin Qiulai was not idle either.The fish that have spent the winter in the rice fields must be caught.The big fish asked Lin Xialai to help borrow a car to transport them to the county town and sell them to the gold shopkeeper, while the small ones were kept as fry.

The rice seeds were soaked in water to germinate, so Lin Qiulai chose a piece of land and leveled it for raising seedlings.Because the rice field is fertile enough to raise fish, there is no need to fertilize it, but it must be plowed deeply and reorganized to prepare for transplanting.The edge of the field stalk has to be dug deep to prepare for the sowing of spring rice fry.

Lin Qiulai refused to let Fang Yumin do the work in the field, but there was also a lot of work at home.Spring is here, and the two vegetable gardens in the old house have to be tidied up.

Every morning Fang Yumin went to the vegetable garden with a hoe to work, loosening the soil, spreading plant ash, digging furrows, sowing vegetable seeds, watering and so on.

The greenhouse has been put away, and Lin Qiulai removed the bamboo branches, washed the oilcloth, and put them all in the storage room for the next winter.The sweet potato seedlings that still grow well in winter in the greenhouse were cut up by Fang Yumin and reinserted in the pine garden.It is good to have a greenhouse. People are still using sweet potatoes as seeds, but her family has already planted seedlings.

When spring comes, everything is full of vitality. Fang Yumin doesn't have to go far, she can cut bundles of young grass near her home.Go a little farther and you'll be able to mow a lot of hogweed.Lin Qiu can carry a large bundle of grass when he comes and goes to the field. Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang go home every day, and they each carry a bundle of grass.The cows, chickens, rabbits, and pigs at home are all worried about not having anything to eat.It's a joy to cry every day.

While Lin Qiulai was still at home, Fang Yumin moved all the soybeans that had been covered for the winter to dry in the backyard, picking out the plump and large ones for later use.

As soon as the customized big sauce jar was delivered to the house, Fang Yumin directed Lin Qiulai to soak the sauce jar in water.Fang Yumin only knew this after working in the south because she often used pottery to make soup. The pottery jars she bought won’t crack after being soaked in water, and they will be very durable.

Lin Qiulai took the time to make wooden barrels and wooden spoons with scales.There are also wooden sticks and combs for stirring soy sauce.Thinking that he might go there for a month or two, Lin Qiulai couldn't even sleep well, and often got up in the middle of the night to see if there was anything else to do in advance...

It was time to send the rabbit to the restaurant again, and Lin Qiulai got up early in the morning to make breakfast.Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang also got up to wash and tidy up their schoolbags, but Fang Yumin was still hugging the quilt on the bed and refused to move. She woke up early, but the weather in early spring was still quite cold, and it was most comfortable to lie in bed.

After the father and son had breakfast, Xiaoyang and Xiaoming went to school with their schoolbags on their backs. Lin Qiulai heated the breakfast in a pot, and then drove a bullock cart with Lin Xialai to Nantou County to deliver rabbits to two restaurants. .

Everyone was out, and the house was quiet again.Fang Yumin fell asleep in a daze and returned to sleep before getting up. After breakfast, she was in the kitchen making new sauces.

The four tanks of soy sauce that I made have already boiled two tanks of sauce to make soy sauce. After the sauce was drained, there was still some fermented soybean residue left in the sauce tank.As long as these tempeh dregs are used properly and processed, they can also be made into extremely delicious sauces.

Fang Yumin is now addicted to cooking. There is no TV, no computer, no network cable, and there will be no club or bar. Could it be called embroidery?

Heat up the soybean oil, Fang Yumin put garlic, stir-fry the dregs of fermented soybeans, then add star anise powder, fennel powder, five-spice powder and a little flour and stir-fry well, then put down the fried sesame seeds.After boiling, use a spatula to grind all the sauce ingredients into a slurry, then bring to a boil and add sugar to taste.

After the sauce was cooled, Fang Yumin put it in a clean jar.She named this sauce Zhuhou sauce.Of course, the sauce she made is a bit different from the authentic Zhuhou sauce, but the taste is still very close, and it is very fresh, suitable for stewing, stir-frying and stewing.Fang Yumin decided to use this Zhuhou sauce to braise radish and pig intestines today.

A few days ago, Uncle Gui brought Fang Yumin a few sets of pork belly, and Fang Yumin had wanted to cook this dish for a long time.I just finished Zhuhou sauce today, let’s make a new dish while it’s hot, and reward Lin Qiulai who has worked so hard these days and Xiaoming Xiaoyang who has studied hard.Of course, you have to treat yourself well!If there is beef brisket and beef miscellaneous, it will be a child.Stewed radish with beef brisket and offal, dipped in chili sauce, makes my mouth water when I think about it.

Fang Yumin hummed and cut ginger slices and radishes.Pork intestines and pork belly have been washed and marinated long ago. The pork belly is cut into large slices. The whole pig intestine is stewed without cutting it. The fat is locked inside, and the sauce slowly penetrates from the skin. It tastes delicious!
Saute the old ginger Zhuhou sauce, put in the pork intestines and pork belly and turn it over a few times, add the broth to cover the ingredients and bring to a boil, then add star anise and sugar, then turn to Xiaowen and simmer slowly.Then put the white radish that had been rolled on the blade down and stew it together.

Time slipped by slowly, the so-called slow work produces meticulous work, stewed and stewed with a slow fire, the delicious and attractive taste floated out of the stew pot, lingered around the kitchen, and floated out.

Fang Yumin took a deep breath while sitting in the yard picking soybeans.It smells so good, she's hungry, but Qiulai and Xiaoming haven't come back yet.

At this time, Lin Qiulai's voice came from the door, as well as the voices of two strange men.Fang Yumin didn't move, she just sat on the bench and looked at the door.

"Xiao Min, I'm back." Pushing the door open, Lin Qiulai yelled and came in, followed by two men.Fang Yumin looked intently, and found that it was Zhuji's shopkeeper Zhang and a kind-hearted man, um, it seemed to be his nephew, Zhuji's chef.

Fang Yumin smiled and stood up and walked towards them: "Hello, shopkeeper Zhang, and chef Zhang. What wind brought you here?"

Shopkeeper Zhang took a deep breath and said with a smile, "I was attracted by the smell of your kitchen. Miss Lin, long time no see."

Chef Zhang nodded and smiled at Fang Yumin, and said, "It's really delicious! What is the lady of the Lin family stewing? It's so fragrant."

Fang Yumin smiled: "Pig intestines and white radish. If shopkeeper Zhang and Chef Zhang don't mind, let's have a light meal together."

"Don't dislike it, don't dislike it." Shopkeeper Zhang quickly waved his hand and said, "It's Zhang's blessing to be able to eat such delicious dishes."

A few people moved to the living room, Fang Yumin brewed a pot of tea and sat down: "Is the shopkeeper Zhang passing by or is there something wrong?"

Shopkeeper Zhang coughed a few times in embarrassment, and then said: "That's right, we want to learn how to cook roasted pork. I was too short-sighted before, and I couldn't bear the 500 taels. Although the sauce used is the same, the golden restaurant The roasted meat and roasted chicken produced by our restaurant are much better. The Golden Restaurant is crowded with people. People who go to Jin shopkeeper to eat roasted meat every day have to make an appointment two days in advance. I think Brother Lin said that this You are not the only ones who sold out the method, so you came here with a thick skin."

Fang Yumin glanced at Lin Qiulai, and said to shopkeeper Zhang: "It's no problem. I have chickens, rabbits, and chickens, but I don't have ducks and piglets. Now I don't know where to buy them?"

"Madam Lin doesn't need to worry about this," shopkeeper Zhang said with a busy smile, "as long as Madam Lin agrees to teach, leave the rest to us."

"Okay, then let's learn after dinner." Fang Yumin nodded.

When Zhang shopkeeper heard that it was done, he smiled and took out the banknote to Fang Yumin: "This is 500 taels."

Fang Yumin took it and handed it to Lin Qiulai, and said: "Master, our stove has been useless for more than ten days, you go and clean it up, you'd better burn some charcoal to preheat it."

"Okay, I'll go get ready."

Lin Qiu came to the backyard to make arrangements, and shopkeeper Zhang also followed to see.Chef Zhang drove the carriage to a nearby village to buy piglets and ducks.Fang Yumin went back to the kitchen to cook, Xiaoming and Xiaoyang were about to leave school.

Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang went home with two bales of grass, but Chef Zhang hadn't come back yet.Fang Yumin decided not to wait for him, children can't go hungry, besides, Fang Yumin is willing to let them go hungry.

Today's main course is the pot of stewed radish with pork intestines and pork belly. It is served in a big pot, steaming hot.The pig large intestine has been cut into pieces with scissors and put back into the pot for stewing. The soup has been fused with the fat in the pig intestine, making it more fragrant.There are two small dishes of chili sauce, and those who like strong taste can eat it with dipping sauce.

Fang Yumin stir-fries another bacon with fried sour beans, one vinegared Chinese cabbage, cuts a plate of spiced dried tofu and fried eggs, and this is today's lunch.

Both the guests and the host were very satisfied with the meal, especially the stewed radish with pork offal, it was delicious!The pig's large intestine is stewed soft, and the fat is fragrant when you bite it down. The radish also absorbs enough soup, which is fresh and sweet.Add some chili sauce, it goes well with rice.

Shopkeeper Zhang put down his wine glass and said to Fang Yumin, "Miss Lin, this dish looks very common, but I have never eaten such a delicious radish. I wonder if you can sell us the recipe?"

Fang Yumin smiled: "The recipe is simple, as long as it is the sauce. Today's pot of stewed radish with pig intestines is stewed with Zhuhou sauce that I just made today. This Zhuhou sauce can not only be used for stewing, but also for pickling The meat can be steamed, fried or roasted, and it is very fragrant.”

Shopkeeper Zhang heard this and asked, "Then how do you sell it?"

Fang Yumin shook her head: "Not for sale."

"Ah?" Shopkeeper Zhang was stunned.

Lin Qiulai was also stunned, he had never seen Fang Yumin not selling sauces, didn't she always try to get others to buy her sauces?

Fang Yumin smiled: "Master Zhang, when you taste this Zhuhou sauce, I made it from tempeh that has been fermented for a year. I just make it for home use, and I never thought of selling it. If you like it, I can give you a small jar Eat it for your own family. If you really want to buy it, you have to wait until next spring."

Shopkeeper Zhang originally thought that Fang Yumin was taking on Qiao, but he didn't expect her to say that.But good things are worth waiting for, so he agreed: "Okay, I'll wait. Remember to sell them to me next spring."

Fang Yumin grinned, "No problem."

In the spring of next year, her soy sauce will be brewed, and the leftover fermented soy sauce can be used to make Zhuhou sauce, hahaha, it is well developed!

(End of this chapter)