The master put down the teacup, and his beard shook slightly with his expression, "Oh? Toast? Marmalade? What is it? ”

Liu Quan smiled heartily and said quite flatteringly: "Master, you don't know!" My wife heard that the county lord likes sweetness, and is busy with official business, often eats on time, Mrs. said that this is really not good for the body, so specially for the county lord to make this food! ”

Liu Quan said with a smile, and the words he spit out made the other party satisfied, after such a long time of observation, Liu Quan knew very well the weight of the county lord in the master's heart, so he had this flattering statement.

In fact, the corners of Liu Quan's eyes twitched slightly, this food is said to be made by Mrs. Xia who felt sorry for Tang Bao when she went to school and had no snacks and was hungry......

So, pleasing is also a skill......

Liu Quan, who secretly bowed to sympathy tears for himself, still had a respectful smile on his face, and after coaxing the master to be happy and satisfied, Shi Shiran brought the food up.

Master took a look, the white boxy square, the size of a bite, coated with a layer of yellow-orange-orange sauce, looked ...... It's delicious.

Liu Quanji came over sensibly, and explained to the master euphemistically how to eat this thing, close the two small squares, and put them in his mouth.

The master ate a piece according to his words, and the thick orange flavor in his mouth instantly dissolved, with toast that is not soft or hard, the taste is excellent, and the sweet and sour orange flavor is extremely appetizing, but it is a good food.

The point is, the master thinks that the master will definitely like it.

The master, who thought like this, showed a very satisfied smile on his face.

Liu Quan knew that this time the matter was done.

Eat and drink well what the master was serving, and then load a plate of toast and a small bottle of jam for the master to take away.

In fact, there is a cook in the yamen, but Lu Juan feels that it is not bad to take care of Qin Zhihan's business, and it happens that the cook has recently gone home from leave, so these days, the food in the yamen is sent by them.

This also directly caused some passable big families in Qingshan Town to want to eat Tianfu's specialties. He ordered the little servant to come and call it, and sent it directly when it was ready.

Xia Mei reluctantly thought that this could be regarded as a precedent for takeaway......

Speaking of which, this toast. It's actually a slice of bread, slightly baked, browned and browned, because people here have to eat it with their hands in their hands, or a large slice in their mouths. It is estimated that it is impossible, so indecent, I'm afraid no one likes it.

That's why Xia Mei cut the bread slices into bite-sized slices and baked them.

The idea of making bread is indeed what Liu Quan knows, before Tang Bao came back every day, he ate all the food, Xia Mei looked distressed, so she thought of a way to make some food that was full and easy to carry.

Two days ago, I looked at the ears of wheat that Wu Song had recovered. Thinking that she could make pasta, and then remembering the bread that could be found everywhere in the supermarket in her previous life, Xia Mei had the heart to try it.

In the courtyard of the restaurant, a stove was built with yellow clay, which is a round small soil bag, hollow inside, leaving an open higher fire opening, there was no microwave oven in ancient times, and I made my own toast, I felt ...... Stimulate!

Add salt, sugar. The egg mixture, and the detoxified goat's milk, knead the dough, ferment and cut into several equal parts. After kneading, the fermentation continues, and finally the small dough is taken out and pulled into a beef tongue, and the fermentation continues for a quarter of an hour.

The dough is fermented three times to knead firmly, then it is made into a loaf shape and baked in the oven.

It's easy to say. But it's not that easy to do.

First of all, this condition is really insufficient, because there is no butter, no vegetable oil, no olive oil, and the bread that comes out of this way is probably a little dry, and Xia Mei can only add more old yeast to make the bread soft and glutinous.

In addition, the oven made of clay is easy to withstand the high temperature and crack, so Xia Mei will open some small holes around it, and then when baking bread, paste it with dough, and the dough is slightly breathable, which can reduce the chance of soil drying out.

The inside of the oven should be moisturized, and before each baking, some water should be sprayed in the bright stove, which is called wet roasting.

Finally, if the bread is baked on the ground, it is easy to be heated unevenly and will not be cooked.

These are all experiences that Xia Mei has summed up countless times.

After many times of real yàn, the bread was finally baked.

The boxy bread on her face was burnt and the familiar appearance made Xia Mei feel the urge to cry with gratitude.

It's unbelievable that you can still eat bread in ancient times when there were no ovens......

Carefully cut off a slice, Xia Mei tasted it herself first.

Well, fluffy and delicious, although the bread has no butter, no olive oil, but it has its own sweetness, the ancient pure natural wheat flour adds a lot, and it tastes more sweet.

Xia Mei, who had succeeded in making bread, was very encouraged, thinking that it was not appropriate to eat bread alone, so she began to make jam.

The method of jam is not much different from tomato sauce, the orange is chopped with the skin, added water and boiled slowly, boiled halfway to add sugar, and finally boiled until it is viscous.

The orange jam that had just been made was hot, and Xia Mei couldn't wait to taste it with bread, and instantly wanted to cry.

It's really a fantastic match!

Although the conditions are difficult and no other pairings can be made, but with this marmalade, there is no need for anything else.

Pure and natural oranges, the sweetness is very full, the fragrance is tangy, and the peel is slightly bitter, but it highlights the sweetness even more, making people have an aftertaste.

The finished bread, Xia Mei is all cut into the size of a child's palm, smeared with jam, made into a sandwich feeling, put it in a thin and clean wooden box, and bring it to Tang Bao, which is very kind, the meaning of an ancient bento.

Tang Bao, who ate sandwich bread for the first time, was instantly conquered by this sweet and sour taste, and he liked it so much that he had to eat three sandwich breads every day before he stopped.

However, "Tang Bao, why have you been bringing more and more bread recently?" ”

Wen Xi was sorting out Tang Bao's schoolbag and asked Tang Bao, who was loading his own bread.

Tang Bao's movements froze, he stood over and said with a sneer: "It's because of ...... Because the boy who is the same inkstone as me also likes to eat...... And he's chubby and can't eat enough, so I'll bring more so that he won't go hungry in class. ”

Wen Xiwaner, this kind of classmate is really worth nostalgia......

As if moved by this beautiful feeling, Wen Xi no longer cared, but asked him to bring more. I'm afraid that the two children won't have enough to eat.

Although the bread Xia Mei did not plan to sell, that is, a snack for the restaurant and the family, but since Liu Quan gave the bread to the master and let him bring it to the county lord Lu Ju to eat. This has not stopped being sent to the yamen, and Liu Quan regarded it as a gift for the first time, but after that, the master began to buy it, which made Xia Mei tangled.

How to price bread......

I finally thought about it. Bread is also not easy to make, so it is positioned to take the high-end route, and the price is 20 yuan a piece.

A piece the size of Tang Bao's palm.

Wen Xi heard this price for the first time, but he was fiercely surprised.

You must know that Tang Bao eats and plays every day...... How can it be so expensive......

20 ...... It's as expensive as sugar......

I couldn't help but be surprised, everyone was surprised, Xia Mei's explanation for this is:

"Ah...... This one...... It's very troublesome to make Tang Bao eat every day, it's too much to do......"

Then, the price of bread is twenty wen.

Lu Juan was depressed and wanted to have a snack. It's still so expensive, isn't it really intentional to knock him off?!

Then the master was sent to the houses of the leading people in the town, and he still carried a food box in his hand......

"That...... Mrs. Xia ......, someone came to buy bread again, saying that they wanted ten portions......"

Liu Quan lifted the curtain, walked into the kitchen, and weakly said to Xia Mei, who was waving a spoon.

Xia Mei's hand moved, and the people around her felt that the background behind her had become low.

When Liu Quan was approaching the storm, the soles of his wise feet slipped with oil.

Xia Mei was very depressed, and finally had to accept her fate.

These people are frequent visitors to Tianfu. I can't afford to offend.

Finally, Xia Mei made up her mind and taught Ji Lin the method of bread.

Originally, Ji Lin had always been greedy, but stealing teachers was a taboo in this industry. And he also has his own master, so he can't ask Xia Mei to teach him.

But now Xia Mei took the initiative to hand over the method to him, which made him ecstatic.

After teaching Ji Lin, the bread matter is over, but Ji Lin is a professional after all, and the bread is in the hands of others. also played a lot of new tricks, these are all later words, not to mention for the time being.

"Master, tomorrow I will leave the family, or I will stay at home for a day and cook for everyone."

When he was resting after lunch, Wen Xi remembered and asked.

Xia Mei is also struggling with this.

Harvesting wheat at home, I haven't done it for a day, I've been in the restaurant all day, so much wheat, all taken care of by Wu Song......

After thinking about it carefully, Xia Mei called Mu San, who was studying the new method of bread with Ji Lin, and said to him: "If it rains tomorrow, I won't come, you will cook the dishes in the restaurant alone, and there will not be many people in the rain, one person should be fine." ”

Mu San nodded heavily, and his well-behaved appearance was like his mother telling to lock the door before going out.

Xia Mei was used to this, and even stood up and touched his head with relief.

"Good ~~~"

Mu San's ears reddened, Yun Ni glanced at it speechlessly, put down the curtain, and returned to the kitchen.

In the early morning of the second day, it really started to rain lightly.

Xia Mei and Wu Song got up early and pulled the sacks of wheat to the big house in the village for threshing in an ox cart.

After pulling a lot of cars, Xia Mei could feel the joy of the man next to her, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously curled.

He planted it with his own hands, and the joy of receiving the goods at this moment is also the strongest one he feels.

Chen Daniu also came with his own wheat, saw the couple and greeted them with a smile.

This hall in the village was built by the whole village together, just for such a time, every year rice, wheat, soybeans, these shells need to be threshed, are here, with the only big mill, threshing.

Because the lobby is large, there is a dividing line in the middle, which can be used by two families when the farm is busy.

At such a time, the croppers are all dying in unison, and there will be no disputes about the order, and they will all die and simply discuss, and then do it according to the agreed order.

Today is the turn of the two of them.

Although it was raining, it was a little inconvenient, but time waited for no one, and the two families who pulled the wheat immediately began to work, Wu Song and Chen Da Niu pulled and milled together, Xia Mei and Chen turned over in the back, and the wheat was reversed, and the threshing was more complete.

Today, Wen Xi went to the town, and with Tang Bao, there were only Yunni and Xinghua at home, who were responsible for cooking and delivering food.

Xia Mei's seven acres of wheat, plus the Chen family's five acres, according to one hundred catties per acre, that is, 1,200 catties of wheat, so much to finish in one day, it is too rushed.

Although it was raining outside today, it was still a little stuffy inside, and it didn't take long for Xia Mei to sweat, and at noon, Yunni and Xinghua sent food, and the clothes inside were already soaked.

"Daddy, Sister Xia Mei, come over and rest, let's eat!"

"Oh my waist!" Hearing the voice, Chen, who straightened up, let out a low breath, twisted his overworked waist, and loudly greeted the few people who were still working, "Eh! Come and eat! Eat and get back to work! ”

So the remaining three people also stopped one after another, wiped their sweat, and walked over slowly.

Chen Daniu sat on the threshold tiredly, facing the door, and sighed, "It's really tiring, this is really tiring, today is a day, and I have to finish so much!" We shouldn't use it tomorrow! ”

Chen took the rice bowl handed over by Xinghua, and sighed: "Who said it wasn't!" Isn't there no way, this year's wheat grows very well, and the harvest is two or three percent higher than in previous years, which makes people tired. ”

Xia Mei smiled a little weakly: "This is also a good thing!" The yield is high, the food is good, and I can sleep comfortably at night! ”

"That's right!"

Chen Daniu laughed happily, picked up a bowl of white rice, and ate it in a big gulp.

Wu Song didn't speak, just quietly wiped Xia Mei's sweat, handed her cold water, and waited for her to drink herself before taking a big sip of cold water, resting for a while, then picking up the bowl and starting to eat.

On a day like today, when the amount of labor is extremely heavy, the meals must be made very solidly, the lunch is all white rice, bone broth with radish and green beans, and a large number of bacon pieces, stewed just right, Yunni also brought a bowl of spicy radish pieces pickled in summer plum winter, which is very good for rice.

Xinghua and Yunni also ate at this time, several people didn't care about talking, they ate two large bowls of rice, drank enough soup, and had food in their stomachs that could provide strength, and the whole person came back to life.

After lunch, Yunni and Xinghua also stayed to help, turning over the wheat, and after the stubble was finished, they quickly received the wheat straw aside, and pounced on the new wheat.

The four women were busy with their waists and never straightened up, and by suppertime, there was only about a stubble of wheat left.

Only then did everyone straighten up and rest for a while.

Xinghua looked at the sky, her face was panicked, and she hurriedly walked out and shouted Yunni, "Sister Yunni!" Hurry up and come out, it's time for us to go back to cooking! ”

Yunni looked up and realized that it was already so late, so she went out cleanly and cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and took them home to cook.

Chen shouted weakly, "Xinghua, don't worry, we will come back to eat after we finish harvesting the wheat!" Cook more good food in the evening! ”

Xinghua responded from a distance, and the person was gone.

PS: It's so late, I'm guilty, I'm repentant....../(ㄒoㄒ)/(To be continued.) )