Chapter 4: Unconvinced
Aunt Wang said no, but her hand took it very honestly: "It's so fragrant!" What is this made of?"
"It's some wild vegetables. It's quite fragrant to eat, so let Aunt Wang taste it. ”
Chu Xinyun chatted with her and said, "Aunt Wang, our family's field stalk used to be here, why does it seem to have gone to your field now?"
"What?"
Aunt Wang looked at it fixedly, and immediately saw some fame, and suddenly became furious: "Okay! This family has lost their conscience, so I will say how my family's land is getting smaller and smaller, and it turns out that they quietly moved the field stalks to our side and occupied our family's land! No, I'm going to have to talk to them!"
"Auntie."
Chu Xinyun reminded her: "You are looking for my eldest aunt, but it is just that my mother-in-law says that my mother-in-law is reasonable, and the public says that the public is reasonable, it is better to directly ask the village chief to administer justice, so that my eldest aunt will not dare to quibble anymore!"
"You're right!"
Aunt Wang even forgot about the pigweed in the field, and turned around and ran directly to find the village chief.
Chu Xinyun hurriedly brought up the basket of pigweed, but his eyes were attracted by a touch of green inside.
This is..... Beet?
She hurriedly poured out all the pigweed, and sure enough, in addition to some weeds, the most left was beets.
In the 21st century, this can be used to make sugar!
Chu Xinyun's eyes lit up, and he felt that he had found a way to get rich.
As far as the eye could see, the stalks around here were covered with green beets, and she hurriedly cut a large basket before taking the man home!
It's just that how to heat this beet into sugar, she still has to study it carefully.
Chu Xinyun said that she would do it, she immediately started a fire, brushed the cauldron clean, and then washed the beets before adding water and throwing it into the pot to cook.
"Xiao Yun, this dish is rotten, it won't taste good."
The man watched the water boiling for a while, but Chu Xinyun still didn't take out the beets and hurriedly reminded him.
"We're not going to eat vegetables, we're going to eat sugar!"
Chu Xinyun smiled and said, "You hurry up and make a fire, can I invite you to eat candy today?"
The man nodded, sat next to him and watched the fire, listening to Chu Xinyun explain the boiling process.
"We have to boil this beet to rot first, then use an abrasive cloth to squeeze out the sweet water inside, and then cover the pot and start boiling, wait for the water to become less and less, and slowly stick to the silk, and then burn the water in it over low heat, and the sugar is ready!"
"Whether this sugar is done well or not depends on the final heat and stirring technique." Chu Xinyun stirred for a while, only to feel a sore back, it seems that this boiling sugar is really a physical work.
"I'll come."
The man stood up and walked to her side, took the shovel in her hand, and then stirred it up like Chu Xinyun.
"You're really strong."
Chu Xinyun looked at him who didn't blush or breathe for half an hour, and was suddenly very surprised: "You look so good-looking, what did you do before?"
The man thought seriously for a while before saying, "I can't remember!"
All right!
Chu Xinyun watched the sugar gradually take shape in his hand, and suddenly jumped up happily: "It's really done!" You taste."
She grabbed a piece and shoved it into the man's mouth.
The sugar flavor of vanilla is almost sweet to the heart.
The man swallowed his saliva, and took a small piece and fed it to Chu Xinyun: "You eat it too." ”
Chu Xinyun tasted it, tsk... The taste is much purer than the white sugar of the 21st century! Not only sweet, but also a hint of vanilla.
She couldn't get enough of eating a whole piece of candy, and if it weren't for the thought of selling it to the town for money, she would have swallowed it all.
"Can't eat any more! This is our treasure to make a fortune! Little fool, I'm going to have to work hard for you next! Let's go cut some more beets, boil them all into sugar, and then sell them in town, the taste is so good, someone will definitely want it!"
The man looked at her smiling eyes and couldn't help but smile: "Okay." ”
The two of them said they would do it, and in the afternoon, they dug up the beets on the stalks of their fields, and then boiled about five or six catties of sugar, and then took them to the town.
When digging vegetables, she heard that Aunt Wang and Liu's two had a big fight, and Liu not only didn't take advantage, but was also scolded by the village chief.
The field stalk has been restored, she doesn't care, it is the land that belongs to the Wang family after all, and it is useless to occupy more.
The two came to the town together, and Chu Xinyun had already wrapped the weighed sugar in oiled paper, and there were some scattered sugar residues left
, she asked the man to serve it in the bowl and invited passers-by to taste it.
Her trick really worked, and after a while, a few catties of sugar in her hand were swept away, and those who ate it were full of praise,
They asked her to bring more sugar to sell tomorrow.
Chu Xinyun responded happily, and was about to leave, but was stopped by a few scoundrels.
"Yo! The little lady came here to sell things, do you know that she has to pay protection money?"
One of them stepped forward and grabbed their things and threw them on the ground: "Do you still understand the rules?"
When the other onlookers saw this, they scattered one after another.
These people are the head snakes here, and ordinary people can't afford to provoke them.
When Chu Xinyun ran into them, she could only be regarded as unlucky!
"Pay protection money? How much do you think you'll have to pay?" Chu Xinyun did not change his face and protected the man behind him.
The little fool has already lost his memory, and if there is any more accident, I am afraid that he will really become a fool.
"Look at you're still on the road. So be it! I was going to charge ten taels, but now I'll collect eight taels! Take the money. ”
Eight taels?
Chu Xinyun laughed angrily, she sold all the sugar, and only got four taels or three dollars of silver, these people are really lions
Mouth.
"Sons, does this road belong to you? We are just a small business, and the money we earn is not enough to feed and wear, and we are full.
How can you hand over eight taels of silver?"
"Yo! Toast without eating and drinking, right? I could see clearly just now that you guys sold this thing for a lot of money. Eight taels
What happened to the silver? It's not expensive at all!"
"We don't have that much money." Chu Xinyun narrowed his eyes: "Even if there is, it is impossible to give it to you!"
She grabbed the man's hand tightly, and when she saw that something was wrong, she was ready to flash.
"The little lady is quite tough." The hooligan smiled and reached out to grab Chu Xinyun: "Since this is the case, then take the little lady to pay off the debt."
Seeing that his hand was about to touch her face, he was suddenly pinched hard.
"Click--"
The sound of bones breaking was heard by all.
The hooligan's screams resounded in the sky, and Chu Xinyun turned around, only to see a neat spinner leg from the man who was originally protected by her, and directly knocked the other hooligans who wanted to come forward to help.
Immediately after he threw a few more punches in a row, Chu Xinyun hadn't come back to his senses, and those hooligans who were originally menacing all covered their noses and ran
Finish.
She stiffly looked back at the man with a calm face, and couldn't find her voice back: "So you know martial arts?"
This skill, at first glance, is a martial arts master who has received professional guidance!
"I don't know." The man looked at his hands with a confused expression, he didn't know what was wrong just now, he saw those people and thought
If he wanted to hurt Chu Xinyun, he naturally shot out to drive them away!
"Forget it!" Chu Xinyun stroked his forehead, looked at the man's tangled appearance and couldn't help but comfort: "All in all, we escaped a disaster."
You saved me, and I have to repay you. ”
Chu Xinyun's repayment was to take him to the largest restaurant in the town to eat and drink.
The food at this Cloud Restaurant is a must, but that's for the people in the town.
She ordered all the signature dishes of the restaurant, and looking at the suspicious eyes that the shopkeeper kept casting, she couldn't help but say, "You are afraid of me."
Can't finish eating? Or are you afraid I won't be able to pay the bill?"
The shopkeeper didn't expect her to be wearing linen clothes, and her tone was not small, so she smiled and said, "The little one doesn't dare." The little one just thinks it's a little girl
There are only two people, and they can't finish eating so many dishes, wasting money. ”
"It's okay, he's done." Chu Xinyun said: "But I don't think your dish is delicious, like this mutton, though."
I used wine and ginger and garlic to cover up the smell of mutton, and I also used green onions to enhance the freshness, but I always felt that the taste was wrong. ”
"Oh? The little lady has eaten more delicious mutton wings than our Yunjian Restaurant? It's not a small blow, it's just a whole town
With our Cloud Restaurant, we can make such delicious dishes!"
Hearing Chu Xinyun say that his own food was not delicious, the shopkeeper was immediately unconvinced.
"Of course." Chu Xinyun said: "And I can still make it myself!"
"Little lady, please wait." It was the first time that the shopkeeper met someone who dared to go to the Yunjian restaurant to kick the restaurant, and immediately invited the shopkeeper of the restaurant
up.
The shopkeeper had heard the shopkeeper mention this matter earlier, and when he saw Chu Xinyun, who was black and thin, he felt a little surprised, but it was still ten
The polite editor said: "What the little lady said is true?"
He didn't believe Chu Xinyun's words at all, but ......
He looked at the man sitting motionless next to him, but he had other plans in mind.
Although this man is dressed in coarse cloth, he has an extraordinary temperament, and his status is obviously noble, although this little lady looks young
, but the tone is not small, maybe there is really some ability.
Chu Xinyun naturally nodded yes, she used to like to eat mutton wings the most, and naturally knew how to make it have no mutton
taste, with a sweet and salty aroma.
What's more: This time, she came prepared and brought her own prepared sweet sugar, which greatly improved the umami of the mutton soup.
When Chu Xinyun brought the bowl of mutton soup full of color and flavor, even the shopkeeper couldn't help but sniff.
It smells so good!
"Please taste it."
Chu Xinyun handed him a spoon, and the shopkeeper tasted it tentatively, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he tasted a few more mouthfuls in a blink of an eye.
finally couldn't help but sigh: "It's really the best." This mutton soup is soft and sweet, with the flavor of green onions and a hint of sweetness
taste, how exactly does this come about?"
Now he has to admire that this beef soup is really better than the chef in his restaurant, it is really unseemly!
Chu Xinyun smiled and said, "The shopkeeper really wants to know?"
The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "This is nature! The little lady cooks well, which really makes the old man admire. If the little lady is willing to take the secret recipe
Teach it, and the old decay will naturally not treat the little lady badly, and will be generous. ”
"Actually...... It wasn't originally because of my cooking skills, but I added something to it. Chu Xinyun smiled and lifted himself
The refined sweet sugar was taken out: "This sugar can be fresh, and when added to many dishes, it will have unexpected deliciousness." ”
"This is ......" The shopkeeper tasted it lightly, and really felt extremely sweet: "This is the secret of mutton soup?"
"That's right." Chu Xinyun smiled: "Actually, I took this candy, but I just sold a snack." But if the shopkeeper needs it, I can
Cooperate with the shopkeeper to cook more deliciously. ”
The shopkeeper looked at the mutton in front of him, and finally nodded: "What are the conditions for the little lady?"
"I don't want much. This sugar is sold at the market price. As for the dishes I make, I have to take a 20% cut according to the proportion of what I sell
Give it to me, how?"
Her condition was really not harsh, and the shopkeeper immediately agreed: "Deal!"
"Xiao Yun is amazing."
Coming out of the restaurant, the man couldn't help but show appreciation.
He felt that when Chu Xinyun was talking about business with the shopkeeper, his eyes seemed to glow, and he couldn't take his eyes off it.
"Of course! This girl is a doctor of science in the 21st century, and these are all trivial....."
Thinking that there would be silver coming in one after another in the future, her purse would soon bulge, and Chu Xinyun was very happy.
No matter what time it is, if you have money in your bag, you will have confidence!