allonlinenovel Chapter 205: Long-lost Food Show
Chapter 205: Long-lost Food Show
"What's wrong with Miss Dieyi? Why doesn't she look very happy?" Pang Biaotou sat in front of the charcoal brazier, stretched out his hand to warm the fire and asked casually.
Huanxi was also puzzled, as she didn't seem to have offended him recently.
"I don't know either. This guy has such a bad temper. Uncle, just pretend you didn't see it. I'll ask him what happened later."
Hongying and Yuyan also sat down and gathered around the charcoal brazier to keep warm. The three girls were feeling sleepy, so they went to wash up together. Suddenly, only a few adults were left in the living room.
Yu Yan: "Miss Dieyi has a proud and aloof personality, but she has a kind heart."
Yuanzhen came up and poured hot chrysanthemum tea for everyone. They had just drunk some wine, so it was comfortable to drink some chrysanthemum tea.
It was getting late, so after chatting for a while, they went to bed one after another.
Huanxi went to Zi Dieyi's door and knocked.
"Dieyi, are you asleep?"
There was no sound from inside. Huanxi thought the guy was asleep and was about to turn around and leave when the person inside opened the door and saw her leaving and hurriedly called out:
"I haven't slept yet, come back."
Huanxi turned around and saw him wearing a cloak and looking a little speechless, which made her even more puzzled.
"It's too cold outside, let's talk inside."
After entering the house, Huanxi found a stool to sit down, put on a very official expression and asked him:
"Ms. Zi Dieyi, may I ask what has happened recently? Why are your moods so up and down?"
Zi Dieyi rolled her eyes and sat on the edge of her bed with her legs crossed.
"Zhao Huanxi, have you forgotten something?"
"Huh? What? Just tell me. I'm old now, so it's normal for me to have a bad memory."
After hearing her words, Zi Dieyi became even more unhappy.
"Do you still remember what you promised me when those villagers left the village to cook?"
Huanxi suddenly realized that in order to coax him out and protect him secretly, she had said that she would make him some beauty soup, but she had forgotten about it after so many times...
She was a little embarrassed. It was really her own fault.
He immediately put on a flattering smile and said:
"Beautiful lady, please don't bother me. I'll make it for you tomorrow. How about that?"
"No, I want it now."
"What time is it now, genius? It's already midnight when I make this for you. Can you drink it?"
"can."
A choking sound of joy.
It was indeed she who forgot first. When being scolded, one must stand at attention, and when making mistakes, one must be beaten.
"Okay, okay, okay, I'll go make it for you right now, but first, let me make this clear: you have to drink it no matter what it tastes like. You're not allowed to be picky. Do you understand?"
"Ah."
She has many beauty recipes in her mind, and she also sorts out the medicinal herbs she dug from the mountains, and labels those beauty herbs herself.
Su Yun also knew a little bit. She could read, and when she first arrived, the pharmacopoeia was given to her and the two of them to study together.
She went to the pharmacy and took out the prepared Rehmannia root, Chinese angelica root, white peony root, Chuanxiong root, Codonopsis pilosula, Poria cocos, Atractylodes macrocephala, and licorice.
She remembered that only fifteen grams of each was needed, which meant that just a little bit of each herb was needed.
Take them to the kitchen and soak all the herbs in a clean wooden basin. When making chicken soup, you cannot boil the herbs directly. Instead, use the soaked herbs in water to better extract the active ingredients from the herbs and increase the concentration and efficacy of the liquid. (Source: Internet)
She prepared to cook a big pot of "Eight Treasures Chicken Soup".
hen…….
She walked to the chicken coop at the back. At that time, Zhang Yanzi instigated her grandson to bully Xiao Yin, and when she made a fuss, she compensated herself with five chickens.
I gave one to Old Lady Tian's family, leaving four.
Later, after Chunliu and the others arrived, they went to the city to buy some chicks. Now the hens among that batch of chicks have started laying eggs.
It is best to use old hens for this soup, but these chickens have been diligently laying eggs for me for half a year, and I feel a little reluctant to slaughter them suddenly.
"Really? You're not willing to eat your chicken?"
Zi Dieyi had come around behind her at some point and spoke in a sarcastic tone.
Huanxi was startled. How could this guy walk without making any sound? How scary it must be in the middle of the night.
"You scared me to death, why are you reluctant to give it up? Look for yourself and decide which one you want. Pick a fat one, or you'll accuse me of being stingy."
Zi Dieyi stretched out her hand and pointed at one of the largest and fattest hens.
Huanxi thought to herself that this guy is quite picky.
After entering and taking out the chicken, the flock of chickens immediately started to panic and run around.
Huanxi locked the door and turned to smile at Zi Dieyi: "Is this it?"
Seeing him nod, Huanxi carried the chicken into the kitchen. The water was already boiling in the pot, so Huanxi took a wooden basin and filled it with hot water.
Then he sharpened the kitchen knife.
Kill but do not abuse living beings.
Zi Dieyi looked at her the whole time without saying a word, sitting there like a wooden stake, watching her movements quietly.
But seeing Huanxi slit the hen's throat without blinking, Zi Dieyi was still a little surprised.
Normally women would faint at the sight of blood, but she cooked the chicken perfectly without changing her expression from beginning to end.
Scald the chicken, pluck the feathers, and burn them.
The movements were so smooth and flowing that they were actually a bit perverted and pleasing to the eye…
Use a kitchen knife to chop the chicken into pieces, then pour in cold water and add rice wine to blanch the chicken, then rinse with hot water. If you use cold water, the meat will shrink and taste tough.
The medicinal herbs have been soaked for almost half an hour. Take out the herbs and pour the soaked water into the pot. When it boils, pour the chicken in and add a few slices of peeled ginger. Cover the pot and simmer on low heat for half an hour.
Because the chicken was very fresh, it only took half an hour from slaughtering it to putting it in the pot. Not long after it was cooked, the fragrant smell of chicken soup wafted from the pot.
"Where did you learn this skill? How can you learn this without someone teaching you?"
Huanxi was now free and sat by the stove looking at the fire.
"I learned it from books and from the doctors in the pharmacy. I like to study these things, so there are naturally many ways to learn them."
"But...how do you know how to read?"
Huanxi glanced at him, laughed at himself and said:
"My ex-husband could read, and when I was married to him, we were very harmonious, so I learned some from him."
Zi Dieyi stopped talking, but there was a dark emotion in her eyes when she looked at her.
He doesn't say anything, not even when he is happy.
The two of them sat in the kitchen like this for half an hour.
Half an hour later, Huanxi opened the lid of the pot and poked the chicken with chopsticks. It was easily pierced.
I picked up the salt and poured a little bit of it in symbolically, then scooped some soup into the bowl with a spoon. The taste was just right, neither fishy nor greasy.
Wash a few dried dates and throw them in, then cook for a few more minutes and it's ready to eat.
"What are you guys cooking? It smells so good!"
"Oh shit, what is that?" Huanxi was washing dishes with her back to the door, and the long voice scared her so much that she staggered.
Hongying stood up embarrassedly: "It's me, it's me. I'm so sorry for scaring you, Sister Huanxi."
Huanxi patted her chest and said, "You are so clever! You came at the right time. Your sister Dieyi is having her period. I will make her some chicken soup to warm her up. You can drink it too. It is very good for us women."
Zi Dieyi's mouth twitched. How could he possibly have his period... This woman was making up stories about him again.
"Really? Then I'll go get Xiaoyuer to come over for a drink. We're both still awake."
"Okay, okay, go ahead. This big pot of soup won't taste good if it's been sitting overnight."
The two of them came in one after the other, and Huanxi also made the soup. Suddenly, the whole kitchen was filled with fragrance. Although she was not hungry, she still swallowed her saliva.