Chapter 9 [Unknown Black Liquid]

Li Qingshan's house - to be exact - it should be Daddy Yang's house - is at the west end of the village, not very far from the place where the carriage stopped just now, because it is not far, so when her sister proposed, "Since you are here, let's go and have a look", Tang'er really couldn't think of a good reason to refuse, because this ant village was originally what she insisted on coming. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The location where the info is now, to be exact, has not penetrated deep into the residential area of the Yellow Ant Village.

A very important reason why Li Qingshan appeared here is because there is a deserted pond here. I don't know what this pond is for, and I don't know who dug it, but fortunately, the village is not big, Li Qingshan asked a few people, and only then did he inquire from some elderly old men in the village.

Many years ago, there were people in the village who raised fish, but since the old man died the pond has not been tended to - this was decades ago. Later, some people caught fish, and when they couldn't finish eating, they temporarily kept it in the pond, and the usefulness of the pond slowly deteriorated, but it still had some effect. Later, more than 20 years ago, the government of the Northern Zhou Dynasty set up an orange fragrance post at the foot of a mountain not far from the village, and the establishment of the post station brought the flow of people, brought demand, prospered the surrounding area, and gradually developed a folk market and the surrounding business district. Gradually, whoever catches the fish will never be able to eat it again, because those fish are more often sold in the market, and replaced with clanging copper, which is more reassuring than keeping it in an ownerless pond, so the pond even loses its last temporary function, and inevitably becomes deserted, and finally it is completely dried up, but it can still be seen that this was once a pond.

The old man who raised fish had no heirs, so the pond became ownerless. Since it is an ownerless thing, when Li Qingshan proposed that he wanted to borrow it, Huang Cunzheng, that is, the village chief of Yellow Ant Village, readily agreed without thinking too much - there are still some troubles in the village, who cares about an abandoned broken pond or something. There is only one condition, if you want to use the pond, you can clean up the debris such as gravel and fallen leaves by yourself, and try your best to keep it clean and hygienic in the future. Li Qingshan also asked at the time, saying how to keep it tidy, but Huang Cunzheng didn't think about it: "In short, don't be dirtier and messier than now." ”

Li Qingshan naturally agreed, and the next day after returning home, he found hoes and dustpans and other tools he needed, and it took nearly a morning to finally clean up, and he was so tired that he was out of breath. After sitting under the tree and resting for about ten minutes, he gritted his teeth and picked up a few loads of water from the nearby stream to fill the pool. Fortunately, the stream was very close, and it was a matter of more than a dozen steps back and forth, so I finally didn't ask Daddy Yang for help, and I did it alone. And just like that, a perfect cormorant training ground was done.

The pond became a place where Li Qingshan often appeared—a boy in the morning breeze, quietly doing something incomprehensible to the villagers next to a pond in disrepair—until today two suspected stick insects were found intersecting, until the arrival of Tang'er and his party.

At this time, Li Qingshan was in front, and Niu Laosan followed closely behind in a carriage, and after a short time, he entered the village and came to a slightly dilapidated house.

When the two sisters entered the door, they found that although the house was a little dilapidated, the place was actually quite spacious.

There is a tree in the southwest corner of the yard near the door, there is a strange wooden box on the tree, I don't know what it is for, there are some bamboo baskets stacked under the tree, next to it is a stone mill common in ordinary farmhouses, and then there is a simple stone table, and there are a few wooden stools randomly placed next to the stone table, and you can eat in the yard when it is not raining. There are some farm tools on the side, hoes and flat poles, horizontal and vertical, but the overall stacking is quite orderly, and there is a large basket of garlic under a flat pole against the wall, which makes Tang'er suddenly think of Daddy Yang's long-term garlic flavor. If you look closely, you will find that there are still some white residues on the grinding mouth of the stone mill, and the hard-working father Yang must have just ground wheat recently—this kid surnamed Li doesn't look like a person who can grind wheat flour.

On the other side of these things is a bamboo shed with tiles on the roof to keep out the rain. Judging from the newness of the bamboo, it should be newly built. On the roof of the shed hangs some straw bales, commonly known as "thatched bales", which are wrapped in carefully selected seeds - this is a treasure for the farmer, who is afraid of being damp and bitten by rats, so he hangs in a conspicuous place and goes out every day to look at it.

Aside from that, there is a large open space in the middle. After several hundred years of turmoil in the north, the country has changed hands several times, and political instability has had a tremendous impact on the people's livelihood after all, and the people's livelihood has been extremely desolate. This place was originally sparsely populated, and is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, almost on the border line of Sui and Chen. More people moved farther north, so it became more sparsely populated, resulting in almost every household having a large yard.

When Li Qingshan got home, he walked straight to the kitchen through the courtyard, and after a while, he took out a jar of something like a baby, and his cautious appearance looked like he was holding He's Bi in his hand. After carefully placing it on the stone table, he turned around and went in, and quickly took out three pairs of dishes and chopsticks and a long spoon.

"What is this...... A black patch? Tang'er frowned and glanced into the altar. Thinking of a hundred copper bricks, she really didn't dare to have much hope for this kid's so-called treasure.

Chen Ruolan didn't have too high expectations in her heart, but this clean and tidy farmhouse with a leisurely charm everywhere made her faintly touched in her heart, and she sighed that she might not have anything to do with this kind of life in her life - this kind of farm house can be bought for a little money, but for some reason, this kind of life can never be bought.

But the faint melancholy soon disappeared, and a wisp of fragrance wafted up from the jar in front of her, and soon attracted her.

"Tang'er, it seems to be ...... It's very fragrant. ”

Li Qingshan had already scooped a spoonful with a long spoon, poured some into each bowl, and then made a gesture to invite you to taste. Chen Ruolan smelled the fragrance just now, and there was a trace of expectation on her face, so she picked up the chopsticks and dipped them gently in the bowl, then put them in her mouth and tasted them. Tang'er was full of worry on the side, staring at her sister intently, as if she was afraid that her flower-like but shrewd and capable sister would die on the spot due to severe poison.

Chen Ruolan didn't pay attention to her sister's worries at all, and just felt the deliciousness with her taste buds. It's salty overall, but I have to say it's just the right amount of saltiness. The saltiness is followed by a faint sweet finish in the mouth. It was only then that the expression on her face gradually became solemn.

Soon, she tapped the bowl with her chopsticks a few more times, this time dipping some more, putting it in her mouth and tasting it again. Tang'er was relieved to see that her sister was not poisoned, but she still looked at the unknown black liquid in the bowl with a wary face.

"Tang'er, this thing smells ...... It's okay, compared to the sauces in our shop, it seems to be ......" Speaking of this, Chen Ruolan suddenly stopped, paused for about two or three seconds before continuing, "...... It's almost ......."

Li Qingshan, who was looking forward to making a beautiful comeback with soy sauce, had some unconcealed disappointment on his face, and ...... Is it about the same?

Could it be that the soy sauce I made didn't taste authentic enough?

The idea of making soy sauce came more from his own needs. The cooking treatment of food in the Sui Dynasty was mainly steamed and boiled, although some stir-fried utensils have slowly appeared in the folk, but many foods, people do not immediately think of how delicious they should be, and white steaming is the most mainstream cooking method, which greatly enhances the importance of sauces.

And the so-called sauce in ancient times, after Li Qingshan ate it once, he immediately - yes, immediately came up with the idea of making his own sauce, because he didn't want to drop a bowl every time he ate it, and Daddy Yang was distressed like that, and he couldn't make Daddy Yang feel distressed to death if he fell back.

After thinking about it, soy sauce should be the most mainstream, most commonly used and most sure one for him in later generations, because the core part of the soy sauce production process is fermentation, and although he has not been exposed to much knowledge of bacteria, it has finally crossed over with his profession.

Although it is the first time to do it, it has been checked and optimized layer by layer. After a small blow from licking bricks, he knew that he urgently needed something that he could get his hands on to improve his current living situation, so he was extremely attentive to the production of soy sauce. The screening of raw materials such as soybeans and salt, the requirements for the hygienic conditions of the utensils, and the control of the fermentation time -- the color of the fermented bacteria produced at different temperatures is different, and the soy sauce made with green fermented bacteria tastes the best -- and even after the soy sauce is put into the tank, when to stir and stir a few times, even these insignificant details are strictly enforced.

He has tasted several batches of finished products made this time, and the taste is a little different, but at present, this jar is undoubtedly the closest to the finished soy sauce of later generations that he knows, but unfortunately Chen Ruolan only got a medium evaluation here, which is a little far from his expectations.

Tang'er looked at her sister suspiciously, because she knew that her sister had traveled a lot and knew a lot more than her, and her sister's mouth had always been very tricky. If she says it's similar to the sauces in the shop, it's actually better than them, right? But...... My sister is a businessman, and in her position, even if it is extremely unpalatable, she will not say anything unpalatable - my sister has taught herself more than once about the way of speaking. With that in mind, she wasn't really sure what her sister really thought of the unknown black liquid in front of her.

Seeing that she hesitated, Chen Ruolan smiled lightly, still tasting the taste in her mouth, "...... Well...... It's a special smell...... Tang'er, do you want to try it too? ”

Tang'er relieved herself, picked up a chopstick and dipped it in the bowl. Before starting to taste something, he suddenly thought of something, glanced at Li Qingshan, and asked loudly: "Stinky boy, what is this--something that doesn't even have a name, this girl doesn't dare to eat it!" ”

"Girl, don't worry, this is called soy sauce, it's a spice I have secretly made in my spare time recently, I eat it myself, if it was poisonous, I would have died of poison."

Soy sauce?

Chen Ruolan silently read the name in her heart, and then began to search for dry intestines, but unfortunately she found nothing. She had always been confident in her memory, and if she had heard the name before, she would remember it.

In fact, the name is secondary, and the important thing is the taste. After tasting it carefully, she was pretty sure it was a completely new sauce.

Beside him, after carefully tasting it, Tang'er quickly showed a surprised expression on her face, this black soy sauce is not a pleasing name at all, but this taste is ......

Didn't my sister just say that this thing is similar to the sauce in the shop?

She looked at her sister suspiciously, where can this taste be compared to those sauces in the shop!

She knew that her sister's mouth had always been very tricky, but ...... Has it come to this point now?