Chapter 11 Cooking Skills

"Okay, okay, let's finish the quilt and clothes first, and then discuss the purse carefully." Seeing that the three of them became more and more energetic, Aunt Li had to stop them and let them continue to make trouble, I am afraid that it will not be completed today.

Ruyu and Lin Zhu glanced at each other, lowered their heads and snickered and went to get the cotton and fabric used to make quilts together, looking at the appearance of the two of them, Lin Youqing also pursed her lips and smiled lightly. "No wonder Xiaoyu has to come along, she used to let her take a needle and thread, but she refused to say anything, but today she came so happily, I still wondered."

"The two of them are in love, they talked and laughed yesterday, and no one at home played with her, so it was good to be able to play with Sister Zhu, and it was good to have a companion." Aunt Li took the cotton and cloth brought by the two, and prepared to start making them with Lin Youqing. Lin Zhu looked at Aunt Li and Youqing's movements, as if it was similar to the process of seeing people making quilts in their rural hometowns before. The quilt and quilt have to be met by hand, which is not very time-consuming, because Aunt Li and Sister Youqing are very skilled, and soon meet a good side, the cotton should be on the quilt of the good quilt piece by piece, and then the other three sides are good, the quilt is smaller than the quilt, and a few lines are drawn horizontally and vertically on the quilt of the good one, so that the cotton of the good wool will not run around.

Lin Zhu saw that Aunt Li didn't have the concept of being covered, and she didn't mention it in order to follow the local customs, so she should wait until she could earn some money in the future and do it herself, and slowly infiltrate them to know the way. There's no need to say it now to make them feel uncomfortable, and wonder where she got these ideas, for her who is not familiar with this era, low-key is king.

While Aunt Li and Lin Youqing were making quilts, Lin Zhu said that she would let them eat at her house and make noodles for them to eat. Aunt Li wanted to refuse, but Lin Zhu said that it was very hard for them to help, and inviting them to dinner was also a little bit of her heart. A little person, but with such a persistent expression, Aunt Li had no choice but to agree. asked Ruyu to go back to deliver the letter, and stop cooking for the three of them.

When Aunt Li and Youqing were busy, Lin Zhu took out the stick bones and pork heart and pork liver that she bought yesterday, and she planned to use the stick bones to make soup, make the soup base of the noodles, and make a shredded meat noodles. Pork heart and pork liver are cooked with pepper, star anise, green onion, ginger and salt, and then sliced and drizzled with seasonings after cooling, and it is also delicious to make side dishes. First wash the stick bones and pig heart and pork liver with clean water, and the pig heart and pork liver must be soaked in clean water for half an hour, and then poured boiling water to blanch the blood. Pork heart and pork liver are boiled first, because the accessories are limited, only Sichuan pepper, star anise, green onion and ginger, plus soy sauce. Probably because the pigs of this era are very healthy, the cooked pig heart and pork liver are good. Lin Zhu cut a small piece and tasted it, "Well, that's good." "I'll taste it too." Ruyu, who came back from delivering the letter, was attracted to the kitchen by the fragrance, "Okay, but only a small piece." It's a little hot, and you can eat it when it's cold. "Zhilu said," got it, Ruyu blew it carefully, and put it in her mouth, "It's delicious, your craftsmanship is awesome." Ruyu praised loudly, "I'll help you too." ”

"Okay, then you can help me light the fire, I'm going to cook this for a longer time." Lin Zhu pointed to the blanched stick bone. "What is the purpose of boiling this? There's no meat on it at all. "It would be delicious to make a noodle base with this boiled soup." Lin Zhu said, while putting star anise and green onion and ginger into the pot, and adding a little salt, before covering the pot, signaling Ruyu to burn the fire. Then she began to make faces.

Looking at Lin Zhu's skillful noodles and rolling noodles, Ruyu was very surprised, the two were the same age, she would only cook porridge simply, and the rest was to help wash vegetables, light the fire and the like. "Xiaozhu, you'll have a lot of it, and it's delicious." "These are not difficult, I will teach you to do them when I have the chance." "Okay, but I'm stupid, my mother and sister always laugh at me at home for not being able to do anything." Thinking of her own experience of learning to cook, Ruyu was also helpless. "It's okay, I'll do it while you say it, just do it a few more times." In fact, some people are born with no cooking, if they can't do it in modern times, they won't do it, but here Lin Zhu doesn't dare to say that, if they can't cook, it's difficult to even get married.

After cutting the noodles, because the bone broth had to be boiled for a while, Lin Zhu cut off one piece of each of the two pieces of meat he bought yesterday. After cutting them into shreds, they were put for later use, and the green onions and ginger were cut for later use, and a few small cabbages were set aside from the vegetable field, washed and cut for later use. At this time, the soup was almost boiled, Lin Zhu asked Ruyu to stop the fire, and then put the soup out for later use. After washing the pot, put oil on it after the pot is dry, then put the meat and green onion and ginger and stir-fry, and wait for the meat to change color and put it into the boiled soup, because salt has been added to the soup, so only put a little bit, and then cover the pot and wait for the soup to boil.

Looking at Lin Zhu's neat movements, Ruyu's eyes were full of little stars, and she was very envious. In addition, the whole kitchen is filled with the smell of food, and I can't wait to eat it immediately. Lin Zhu couldn't help but laugh like that, "Xiaoyu, you can eat it after a while." ”

Before he could finish the noodles, Lin Zhu cut half of the pork heart and pork liver that had been cooled, and sliced them on a plate. Fortunately, Steward Lin and the Wang family didn't take the dishes and the like, and now they are available. Lin Zhu made a simple sauce with soy sauce, shallots and sesame oil, lacking chili oil and a little less beautiful taste.

Aunt Li, who had already made the quilt, wanted to come over and ask Lin Zhu to go over and measure the size, but she smelled a very fragrant smell outside the kitchen, and involuntarily went inside. At this time, the soup had already boiled, Lin Zhu put the prepared noodles into the pot, and saw Aunt Li coming, "Auntie will be fine soon, you and Sister Youqing, go wash your hands first." "Stir with chopsticks to prevent the noodles from sticking together, then add the washed cabbage and wait for the water to boil. Aunt Li originally wanted to wait for Lin Zhu to measure the size and come over to help cook, but she didn't expect it to be done so quickly, and it smelled good. The youngest daughter is also helping out, and she looks very energetic, not at all like the impatience when she learns to cook at home. "I'm still thinking about coming over and helping, and I don't seem to be needed anymore."

"Mother, you don't know what to do, Xiaozhu is amazing, these are all made by her, and this, it's so delicious." Ruyu immediately told Aunt Li about Lin Zhu's cooking, and Aunt Li was also surprised, she could cook at such a young age, and she did it well, which was really rare. In this way, you can rest assured that she can live here alone. In fact, Aunt Li wanted Lin Zhu to go to Linjia Village to live with them, but she didn't mention it for fear of being gossiped about and coveting her property by the villagers. Now, she can live well alone.

"Okay, I'll call your sister, let's try Sister Zhu'er's craftsmanship together." "Auntie, don't call me Sister Zhu, call me Xiaozhu, it's close to you like this." Lin Zhu felt that she had been listening to her call her Sister Zhu'er as if she was still related to the past. "Actually, I also think it's awkward to call you Sister Zhu'er, it's called so by big families, and we also call it so with Steward Lin, I'm really not used to it, it's still Xiaozhu Xiaozhu who calls you hello, and we'll call it that way in the future." Aunt Li had long wanted to change her name, and immediately agreed to Lin Zhu's proposal.

Lin Zhu put the shredded meat noodles into a bowl, let Ruyu bring them to the table in the hall, put the rest into a basin, and also bring them to the table. She also brought over the sliced pork heart and liver, and the remaining half, she wanted to ask the village chief to come over and make it again, which should be a good appetizer.

Aunt Li called Lin Youqing out to eat together, and sat on the edge of the table, "Sister Youqing, I've worked hard for you, come and eat." I did it with Xiaoyu. Lin Youqing looked at the food on the table, snow-white noodles, green vegetables, milky white soup base, and infrequently eaten shredded meat in it. The fragrance has been wrapping around the end of her nose, making her even more hungry after making the quilt for a long time. "It smells so good." After everyone sat down, Aunt Li took the chopsticks first and ate a mouthful of noodles, "It's delicious, it's better than what is sold in the town, how does Xiaozhu do it, tell Auntie, I'll try it when I go back." "Mother, I'm going to learn to do it for you, and the eldest brother and second brother will dare to laugh at me in the future, I remember how to do it just now." Ruyu has been laughed at by her family for a long time because she can't cook well, and this time she wants to learn to make this noodle and let her family know how good she is.

"Can you make it when you go home?" Lin Youqing understood Ruyu's thoughts, but she couldn't do it well after only reading it once, especially after eating the shredded meat noodles made by Lin Zhu, she wasn't sure if she could make it at Ruyu's level. After all, judging from her previous situation of learning to cook, she is obviously not optimistic. "Hehe, I told Xiaozhu that she would teach me to do it, and I would go home and make it for them to eat after she learned it, so that they would be startled." Ruyu triumphantly played her own little abacus.

"This can't be done, it's okay if you burn down our kitchen, and if you burn Xiaozhu's kitchen again, I can't afford to pay for it." Aunt Li didn't think about it, so she denied Ruyu's wishful thinking. To make these things, white flour and meat are indispensable, both are precious things, and she can't be wasted. "Mother, people won't burn the kitchen," Ruyu didn't want her ugly thing to be known by Lin Zhu, "It's just that the porridge is burned." Hearing her say this, Lin Youqing couldn't help snickering beside her. Aunt Li also turned her head embarrassedly, shrugging her shoulders. There is no need to explain Lin Zhu now, she also knows that she not only can't cook, but she is also very strong in destruction. Ruyu was afraid that Lin Zhu would not teach her, so she coquettishly took her hand and shook it constantly, "Okay Xiaozhu, I already know how to cook porridge, what they said was just at the beginning, and now I will help you burn the fire today." ”

"It's okay, I'll teach you until you learn." Lin Zhu didn't want to disappoint this cute little girl, this was her first friend in this world, and she didn't dislike her in her life experience, and she always showed kindness. She'll help her anyway. "You've been so good to me. Thank you, Xiaozhu. Excited, Ruyu hugged Lin Zhu all of a sudden.

"Okay, Xiaoyu, let's eat. You're about to overwhelm Xiaozhu, let her go. Aunt Li was so happy to see her making trouble, "Learn to cook, I'll talk about it tomorrow." ”