Chapter 12: The Temptation of Buns
When she arrived at the kitchen, Long'er rolled up her sleeves, and her whole person looked different.
"Little Hou Ye, what do you want to eat? Long'er makes it for you to eat. ”
Looking at the energetic Long'er, Xuan Shijing looked at the eggs in the basket, this is still the basket he got back from Zhuangzi yesterday, this is a pure free-range chicken, pure natural green eggs without additives.
"Long'er, let's make leek egg buns today." Xuan Shijing took out two eggs from the basket and said to Long'er.
"Buns? Little Hou Ye, what is a bun? Long'er looked at Xuan Shijing suspiciously.
"I'll teach you, Long'er, you first mix the noodles, which is a little harder than the noodles of the dumplings, and then fry the eggs and mix them with leeks."
"Little Hou Ye, how can you be. Making buns? ”
"I'm not going to do it, I'm going to say, now I'm the theoretical party, and it's still you who operates the party." Xuan Shijing took out a radish from the basket, wiped it clean and nibbled on it, nibbling on the radish while waiting for Long'er's bun.
"Master Hou, how do you pack it." Long'er held the reconciled noodles and stuffing in front of the board, not knowing how to start.
Xuan Shijing found a clean bucket and washed his hands.
"Long'er, the dumpling skin can be made, make a bigger dumpling skin, and the thickness should be uniform."
"Got it." Long'er swung the two basins on the shore, rolled up her sleeves again, took out the noodles in the basin, and began to knead them. After a long time, Long'er picked up the kitchen knife next to her, cut the dough into two pieces with one knife, and began to make bun skins.
Xuan Shijing wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Long'er, Master Hou, I really don't see it usually, why are you a girl from a family, so violent in the kitchen?" ”
"Little Marquis, no matter what you say, Long'er can be regarded as half a child of the rivers and lakes, the children of the rivers and lakes, bold and righteous, and uninhibited, how can it be compared to other maids in the house." Long'er looked proud, and ravaged the dough in her hand as she spoke.
"Come on, since I was born, you have been sent by my mother to take care of me, what children of the rivers and lakes, in broad daylight, it is not the time to dream." Xuan Shijing hit Long'er mercilessly.
In Xuan Shijing's view, Long'er completely let the people in the mansion take it badly, at a young age, a young girl, she actually had the mind to mix the rivers and lakes, which is worth it.
"Little Marquis, don't look down on people, one day, Long'er will surprise you." Long'er was a little unconvinced, and began to torture the dough in her hand with a snort.
"Yes, yes, the most important thing now is that you hurry up and make the buns for me, your marquis and I have eaten a few bites of radishes since the morning." Xuan Shijing sat on a low stool and watched Long'er busy with her work.
"It's not that you asked for it, Xiaohou, Long'er took you to breakfast, you have to make your own steamed buns."
"It's still mine, Long'er, don't grab it from me when the buns are made in a while." Xuan Shijing understands the temptation of leek buns too well, and he has to drool when he thinks about it, in this monotonous Tang Dynasty, adding a type of breakfast is how much contribution he has made to mankind, Xuan Shijing's heart surged slightly.
"Little Hou Ye, what do you think of this bun skin?" Long'er lifted a piece of dough that I don't know what the hell it was, and said to Xuan Shijing.
"Long'er, what we want to do is buns, not stuffing...... ." Xuan Shijing jumped up: "By the way, pie!! Long'er, will the pie be wrapped? ”
"Yes." Long'er was confused by Xuan Shijing's startled performance.
"Long'er, use these fillings to make a few pies first, then brush the pot with lard, and cook the cakes, quickly." Xuan Shijing felt that his eyes must be glowing green now.
"Uh-oh." Long'er nodded solemnly, made a few pies with his hands, and then brushed the pot with lard according to Xuan Shijing's words, and cooked the pies.
Holding the freshly baked and steaming pie, Xuan Shijing's nose was sour, and he smelled this familiar smell again, it seemed that only in this way could Xuan Shijing feel that he was closer to the world after a thousand years, and closer to the family affection that had long been gone. In my mind, some scenes gradually emerged......
"Xiao Jing, come out for dinner."
"Xiao Jing, you just find a job in the city and settle down, don't run around all day, look at the places you go to, how dangerous they are."
"Xiao Jing, when are you going to find a girlfriend, you see that you are so old......"
"Xiao Jing."
Long'er was frightened by the scene in front of her, her little marquis was holding a pie, his eyes were misty, and he was in tears, this is ...... What's wrong? It's just a pie, not a ...... As for it......
"Small. Little Marquis? Long'er shouted cautiously.
Xuan Shijing came back to his senses and found that he had already burst into tears, it turned out that in the past three years in Datang, he had never integrated into this world at all, for his mother Wang, for the big housekeeper Uncle Zhong, and for his maid Long'er, whether they were close or not, there was always a gap that could not be seen.
Wiping the tears on his face, Xuan Shijing smiled embarrassedly and said, "I'm so excited, I can finally eat a normal breakfast in the future, thank you for this." ”
"Little Hou Ye, I used to look at you at a young age and look like a little adult, and I thought you were so powerful, why did you get excited like this with just two pies, it's too embarrassing." Long'er said with a smile.
"Long'er, you don't understand the meaning of this pie bun to me, let me ask you, if you eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas every day, and suddenly let you eat coarse tea and light rice the next day, and you will eat it for three or four years, will you miss the delicacies of the mountains and seas before."
"Of course I miss it." Long'er tilted her head and said.
"That's right, don't you know how much you miss this pie for your lord, and, buns, Long'er, hurry up and make buns, and the skin will be thinner."
"Oh." Xuan Shijing said something in the clouds, Long'er couldn't understand it, and she still did what Xuan Shijing told her honestly.
Under the guidance of Xuan Shijing, Long'er made the first cage of leek egg xiaolongbao in the Tang Dynasty.
Opening the steamer, Xuan Shijing, who had eaten a pie, felt that he could eat two more buns, so he asked Long'er to pour some vinegar, peel the garlic cloves, sit on the low stool and start eating, and beckoned Long'er while eating: "Long'er, you have been busy for a long time, come, eat some together, steam some more after eating, and send it to Mother and Uncle Zhong." ”
Long'er couldn't help it when she smelled the fragrance of the buns, so she sat down and ate the buns with Xuan Shijing.
"Little Hou Ye, don't say it, this bun we made is really delicious, Xiao Hou Ye, how did you come up with it." Long'er's mouth was stuffed with buns, and her mouth was full of oil, and she didn't have any image at all.
"I have a lot of ideas for your little marquis, and I will teach you them in the future." Xuan Shijing said while nibbling on the bun.
"Then, little Hou Ye, is cooking also what you said the secretary should do?"
"When. Yes, of course! Long'er, Master Hou, I want to train you into an all-round talent, so do a good job! There's a lot of money. ”