Chapter 41 Iron Pot

But I still have to talk to that big brother, whether the matter is reliable or not to be handed over to him, and I still have to say it.

Back to the Land Temple, the second batch of pottery has been almost burned, and the previous three pottery pots, needless to say, have been cleaned by the children.

Extinguishing the firewood, Su You dug out the pottery and piled it aside, closing the bamboo silk baskets that the children had braided similarly.

Then put bamboo leaves, pebbles, and fine sand, use a clay pot to fetch water, and pour the mixed grass ash into the bamboo silk basket and filter.

The three clay pots were used in turns, and the pots were changed without changing the water, and soon a basin of alkaline water was obtained.

After boiling half of the alkaline water, pouring it into the clay pot, and letting the children carry the clay pot, Su You shouted: "Go, tired, go to the river to bathe!" ”

When the babies came to the water's edge, Su You still used pebbles to build out of the stove first, burned three fires, put clay pots to boil water, and let the children take turns throwing their clothes into it, adding some alkaline water to boil.

After paddling back and forth on the sand with a newly made grate and polishing it to a smoother finish, Su You asked them to wash their hair with alkaline water and use the grate to remove fleas, bed bugs, and insect eggs between their hair.

Boys are not a big problem, they play in the water every day, but they are cleaner than girls.

The girls were shy, asked Su You for a few grates, and ran upstream to clean up.

Su You cut some bamboo poles and set up a shelf by the river, and after the clothes were cooked, they were taken to the stones on the river beach and washed with alkaline water.

A few boys, you look at me, I look at you, they all swam over, and one of the older ones said, "How can my brother let you help us do the laundry, let's do it ourselves." ”

Another child also said, "Well, you've helped us enough, we'll bring our own clothes." ”

After speaking, he shouted to the river: "Dog leftover! Wretched! Hello guys! Hurry back and wash your own rags! And let the little master do the laundry for you?! ”

Several boys quickly swam back.

Everyone was washing their clothes and talking at the same time.

Someone asked, "Little master, who are you?" ”

Su You said: "There is a place called Kelongli outside Meishan City, where the main people live are surnamed Su, it is a big family, I came from there, called Su You." What about you? ”

Then the children gossiped, but listening to the meaning, most of them were homeless children, passing by Meishan, their parents disappeared.

Su You sighed secretly in his heart, it is estimated that his parents also saw that Meishan was rich in products, and he really couldn't take the children anymore, so he abandoned them in this relatively better place.

The boy named Gou Yu said, "Brother You, you are really capable, and you have burned pottery for us...... Uh, you burned it for us, right? ”

Su You smiled: "Yes, I burned it for you." ”

Gou Yu was very happy: "Thank you so much, although the eldest brother also has the ability, but I am afraid that he will not be able to." ”

Su You asked, "How old is your eldest brother?" What is your name? ”

A few children, you look at me, I look at you: "Big brother is called big brother, how old do you think big brother is?" ”

Bad baby looked at the sky: "Thirteen...... Fourteen? ”

Xiao Qi said: "Anyway, Big Brother will come back after dark." ”

Su You said: "Ouch, but I have to go, I can't wait that long." ”

Xiao Qi said "ah": "This ......"

Su You thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, I'll come over earlier tomorrow, and you let your eldest brother wait for me for a while?" ”

Xiao Qi nodded: "That's okay, hurry up and wash the clothes and dry them, let's play in the water for a while, it's almost time to dry!" Do you know how to swim? ”

Speaking of playing, Su You confidently came immediately: "Hehe, swimming, don't be too powerful, as well as fishing and shrimp, catching birds and eggs, it can't stop me!" ”

A group of babies played in the water for a long time, the sun was about to turn west, and the others had not come back yet, so Su You had to get dressed, say goodbye to the children, and promise to visit them again tomorrow.

Back in the city, it was still early, so Su You went to find Shi Tong to get back the customized things.

Shi Tong saw him: "Master, what you asked me to make, look, like cooking?" ”

Su You looked at the wok, eyebrows and smiled: "Exactly!" It's a good pot, not bad, you're forged? It's okay to cast a pot......"

Shi Tong said with a smile: "The iron guy that the master wants to use, don't you dare to fool around with the casting pot, this is what my two apprentices knocked out in a day's work, can you see it?" ”

Su You stretched out his hand and flicked the side of the pot: "What's okay, it's too good!" You can get yourself a set here, and I'll treat you to something delicious another day! ”

Shi Tong called his apprentice, prepared a bunch of things, put on a hemp rope, and jingled Su You to carry him to the Cheng family's old house.

Passing by the butcher shop, Su You saw that there was a piece of plate oil hanging on it, so he asked the guy to take it, cut it into thin strips, and send it to the back kitchen of the Cheng family.

I looked around: "Didn't go into the water?" ”

The shopkeeper came out and smiled: "Yo, isn't this the little master of the Su family?" So that the little master learned that the head and hooves and internal organs were taken away by Banniang. A pair of fifty dollars was given! ”

Su You asked, "Then what kind of internal organs do you have here?" ”

The shopkeeper said, "Huh? Someone ordered a clean chicken, and the internal organs of the chicken were not thrown away. ”

Now there are more and more people who pay attention to it, not only are gentlemen far away from cooking, but it is taboo to even kill at home, so the butcher shop has a substitute business.

Su You said: "If you want it, send it to Cheng's house together." How much? ”

The shopkeeper said, "You hit me in the face!" I'm going to take you money for this thing, is that still a human being? ”

Su You smiled: "The shopkeeper is really real, then I will teach you a good one, in the future, you will kill the goose here, send the goose feathers to the Cheng family, you can get a sum of money, and then when you kill chickens, ducks and geese, first turn into half a bowl of salt water, drip the blood into it, and you can get a kind of food, called blood soup, ten cents a bowl, it should be easy to sell." ”

The shopkeeper obviously didn't believe it, but he still had a smile on his face: "That relationship is good, this ordinary day can earn more than 100 yuan, I have to burn high incense for the little master every day!" ”

Su You didn't bother to say much, he only told him that the things were sent to the Cheng family's account office to ask for money, so he went in a hurry.

From the back room through the corridor to the kitchen, Su You shouted, "Is Uncle Cook here?" ”

The cook uncle rushed out of the kitchen: "How can you be worthy of the little young master's name!" It's okay if you call me Zhou Fatty, or Lao Zhou. ”

Su You smiled: "Then call you Lao Zhou!" Hurry up, there's a new dish today! ”

Lao Zhou was triumphant: "Hehe, the chef of the Shi family has asked me about the recipe for snow salt in the past two days, saying that the salt eaten in the Shi family's village is better than at home, and that those mud legs are going to rebel." I don't want to tell him! ”

Su You smiled: "That's right, don't tell him, let him beg for mud legs by himself!" Don't talk about that, let's boil the pot first! ”

The diameter of the iron pot is more than two feet, a concave bottom, the bottom is thicker, the edge is thinner, there are three holes on the side of the pot, a handle is riveted with rivets, and the handle is connected with a wooden handle with screws, and the system is exactly the same as that on the Suyou drawing.

Su You asked the cook to put the pot on the stove, lit the fire, cut a piece of fat and wiped it back and forth, smearing the green smoke everywhere.

The cook thief was obedient, and asked while wiping: "Young master, what is this exquisite?" ”

Su You said: "This, it's for stir-frying!" Hurry up and make the dish, but before you use it for the first time, you have to boil the pot first, huh...... I was inspired by the liver and waist stir-fry that day, by the way, you haven't eaten liver and waist stir-fry, have you? ”

The cook's head was swaying.

Su You said with a smile: "Then let my in-law try fried chicken offal today, and then fry the liver and waist another day." ”

The cook smiled so hard that he couldn't see his eyebrows: "The young master has rewarded the craftsmanship again today, so I have to continue steadily!" ”

Seeing that the pot was almost burning, Su You asked the cook to re-wash the pot, and at this time, the butcher shopkeeper came and sent three packs of fat wrapped in lotus leaves.

As soon as he saw Su You, he gave his hand: "The villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he is offended, this bloody charter just forgot to ask the little young master for advice." ”

Su You smiled: "Didn't you obviously not believe it just now? ”

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "I can't hide it from the little young master, I just passed by the bookstore, and I was stopped by the shopkeeper Cheng Sanye, saying that the goose feather Cheng family bag in the future, the little young master really didn't make the villain happy." ”

Su You smiled: "Actually, it's very simple, I'll show you it, look, so much water, so much salt, melt the salt water, stir it a few times after dripping with blood, and then let it stand." ”

The shopkeeper was happy: "It's so simple? Thank you, little master, I'm going to get ready, the salt at home has to be ground into powder before it can be used. ”

Su You grabbed it: "Don't be busy, this chicken blood soup must be used in meat oil, a small spoon of meat oil to boil, two slices of ginger and a few peppercorns choke, add water to boil, slide into the chicken blood, and throw in the vegetable leaves when it is almost ripe, add salt and start the pot." Without that little spoonful of meat oil and those two slices of ginger, this dish would not have been eaten. If you want to sell this thing, you have to let others know how to do it. ”

The shopkeeper bowed to the ground: "Thank you, little gentleman, I'll go back and try it now." ”