Chapter 63: Dried Tofu
In the early morning, the sunlight outside the house shone through the window again on the hard wooden bed of Xia Cao, and Xia Cao opened her hazy eyes and pounded her head like a chicken nest. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info half-squinted and followed the familiar path, and Xia Cao walked to the courtyard in a trance.
"Hey!" Xia Cao sighed again, looking at the wicker branch in her hand, and it felt really uncomfortable to poke a wooden branch into her mouth. When can I brush it beautifully with a toothpaste toothbrush?
"Second brother, don't be busy carrying water yet." Xia Cao happened to see Xia Maihe bring back two buckets of water and hurriedly said to him. Then he took a few mouthfuls of water, wiped his face with a towel a few times, and dragged his second brother to the kitchen.
"Second brother, you move the big stone on it first." Natsukusa pointed to a large stone on a wooden basin and commanded. After Xia Maihe moved the stone, Xia Cao lifted a layer of cloth under the stone, and gently poked with his little hand, which was soft and slippery, and felt good, but there was still a certain distance from Xia Cao's requirements.
After drinking soy milk yesterday, I boiled the remaining soy milk after eating Xia Cao and Xia Mai He, which had nothing to do, and exercised after eating. Digestion of the intestines. It's still the original recipe, it's still the same taste. Except for boiling without adding water, the process is still the same as boiling soy milk just now. After cooking, they put in the plaster, poured it into a wooden basin, and finally pressed a large stone, and the two of them took a bath and went back to sleep.
Xia Cao brought a few clean towels over to absorb the water, and she wanted to make this tofu into dried tofu.
"Second brother, where did he go, eldest brother?" Xia Cao, who has been busy in the kitchen for a long time, only to find that something is wrong, and at this time on weekdays, the eldest brother should be busy with breakfast in the kitchen. This person could not be there, her breakfast should have been left, but the kitchen was empty, and there was no smell of food.
"Big brother and dad went into the mountains early in the morning to hunt. Dad, really, I should be taken with me for hunting, not my eldest brother. Xia Maihe pouted, his mouth was long, and his face was full of unhappiness. But he only dared to talk to Xia Cao in private and complain a few times, but he still didn't have the courage to do so in front of his father and eldest brother.
"Where's my mother?" Natsucao asked again. This mother is gone, such a soft and weak mother, it is impossible for her to go to the mountains to hunt. Xia Cao found that she had woken up half an hour later than usual, and this person was nowhere to be found, and they were too relieved to leave her alone at home.
"Oh, mother, Aunt Li came over early this morning and invited her to his house. My mother told me to wait for you to wake up, and then go to Uncle Dashan's house for dinner, and we don't have to make breakfast today. Xia Maihe replied again.
"Sister, have you cleaned up? I'm a little hungry, let's hurry over and eat. Xia Maihe touched his stomach and urged Xia Cao to hurry up.
The two checked the doors and windows to make sure they were all locked before leaving with confidence. Although there is nothing valuable in this dilapidated thatched hut in the eyes of outsiders, the tofu and kudzu in the house are treasures in the eyes of the two foodies.
"Sister Lihua, help me serve another bowl."
"Sister Lihua, the shredded radish just now is so delicious, can you serve it again?"
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The two foodies who didn't know what politeness was, relying on their own merits yesterday, forgot who they were, and arrogantly instructed Li Lihua to come in Li Dashan.
"Okay, you two are embarrassed and thrown into someone else's house." Su Shi, who finally couldn't stand it, spoke.
Who knew that these two foodies still had words, "Mother, can Uncle Dashan's family be someone else's?" We are close to Dashanbo. You're welcome, isn't it, Sister Ewha. ”
This back to Su Shi was speechless to the two cheeky children, and she really didn't want to admit that she gave birth to those two. Fortunately, now only pear blossoms are left in Li Dashan's house, and everyone else has gone to Shimodia.
Li Dashan thought that although yesterday's incident had passed, everyone would inevitably point fingers at Pear Blossom and discuss it in private. Li Dashan was reluctant to let his daughter go out and suffer the wrong, but he didn't feel at ease when she was left alone at home.
That's why there was a scene early this morning, Aunt Li came over to ask Su to accompany Pear Blossom. The people of Taoli Village all go to work in the fields as soon as the morning is hazy, and strive to finish the morning's work before the noon sun and go home to eat and rest.
"Second brother, wait for us to go home and make something to eat."
"Hmm."
The two of them, who were leisurely and idle, were hopelessly thinking about their next meal as soon as they were full.
Thinking of the foodie who is about to do it, he just finds an excuse, slips away under the nose of his mother, and returns to his kitchen to do whatever he wants.
This time, Xia Cao, who was left unattended, decided to show off her craftsmanship. She went back to her hut first, took out a small bag, and opened it to contain some star anise, fennel, and cinnamon. This was what she secretly asked Bai Jide to prepare for her the day before yesterday, and after getting it, she secretly stuffed it into her sleeve, avoiding the sight of her eldest brother and father.
Natsucao pours out the dried tofu from the wooden basin, puts it on the cutting board, and uses a knife to neatly cut it into square pieces, of course, this difficult action needs to be done by our Natsucao standing on a chair.
Originally, yesterday was just a test of the water, and there were not many beans to grind, and after removing the soy milk that was drunk last night, there were not many dried tofu left, only enough to eat one or two meals.
When the second brother heated the pot, Xia Cao put some oil first, fortunately Xia Qiaomu was not there, otherwise he would have fried the hair again when he saw the big piece of oil that Xia Cao put in. Wait for the oil to boil, then put the star anise, cinnamon, and fennel that I got back yesterday, and wait for the aroma to spread, and then put the dried beans on the summer grass.
"Sister, it's so fragrant! I'm going to try it first. After speaking, Xia Maihe stretched out his claws to the dried tofu that had just been baked.
"Smack!" Xia Cao hit the little hand that was about to move with chopsticks, "Take the chopsticks and eat!" "These two brothers are all Indians when they look good and eat, and Xia Cao is also very speechless about this.
"Hot! It's hot! Xia Maihe shouted again.
Xia Cao gave him a blank look, can you put the whole piece in your mouth without burning your throat? He deserved it!
There was no chili pepper, and the taste was still a little worse, and Xia Cao also picked up a piece of it and tasted the masterpiece of his first cooking after being reborn. Compared with her, who likes spicy tastes, in this Daqi Dynasty without chili peppers, her mouth is really sinful.
"Alright, second brother. Let's take it to my mother to taste. Xia Cao said. The first time such a successful cook, of course, got the mother to show off in person, begged for a tiger touch, and begged for a reward. By the way, she was given the right to use the kitchen.