Qi Jiuli got up and went to open the door.

Outside the door, Feng Diehua was full of smiles, and Qi Jiuli also called with a smile, "Auntie, you are here, come into the house and drink saliva." ”

"Jiuli, you're back from town, can you sell the rabbits?" Feng Diehua saw that there was no rabbit in the yard, and asked happily.

"Sold." Qi Jiuli replied with a smile, "I sold it for two hundred wen." ”

Qi Jiuli spread out his hand as he spoke, and there was fifty copper coins in his palm, "Auntie, the previous family affairs made you and Uncle tired of work, and I borrowed fifty Wen from you, and now that the rabbit has been sold, I can finally pay back what I owe you." ”

Feng Diehua's eyes were full of joy, and she suddenly felt extremely pleasing to the eye when she saw Qi Jiuli, "That's our second brother and second sister-in-law, of course we have to help as brothers in such a big event, Jiuli, you have to look away, after all, life is a living person, rest assured, if there is anything else in the future, we will definitely contribute to the uncle and aunt." ”

As soon as Feng Diehua's words fell, she reached out and took the fifty copper coins in Qi Jiuli's palm, and then handed the basket in her hand to Qi Jiuli, "Jiuli, the water celery is tender, and I can try it when it is fried at night, I will go and help your family turn over the ground, you went to the town to work hard back and forth, just rest today, ah." ”

Feng Diehua's laughing voice went far away, and Qi Jiuli could still hear it, tsk, this little aunt didn't know how to speak, look at what she said today, how comfortable it is.

"Sister, why did you return the money to my aunt?" Qi Shixiang said.

"We caught a rabbit to sell, but my aunt knows that if we don't pay it back if we sell it, we have to welcome her every day." Qi Jiuli smiled and asked, "Do you want to see your aunt every day?" ”

"I don't want to." Qi Shixiang replied.

"Rest assured, she won't come back for a while." Qi Jiuli rubbed Qi Shixiang's hair, "Okay, let's go bacon." ”

When the backyard was smoky again, Qi Jiuli went back to the kitchen and began to process the spices he bought.

"Sister, what is this?" Qi Shiyi asked curiously, "The taste is so strange, a little nasal flush, but some have a little fragrance." ”

"This is used as a seasoning to make the dish more delicious." Qi Jiuli said, "You see me deal with it." ”

"By the way, do you have a small stone mill or a tool for pounding medicine at home?" Qi Jiuli asked.

"There's a stone mill, in the utility room." Qi Shiyi said, "It is used every year when grinding beans and corn. ”

The three of them couldn't move the stone mill together, it was too heavy, and it wasn't very big, the size of two wooden basins.

"Just grind it here." Qi Jiuli didn't have to work hard, the three of them were rags and water basins, wiped the stone mill inside and out, carefully drenched it with water, used a wooden basin at the exit of the stone mill to catch water, and worked for two quarters of an hour, and finally cleaned the stone mill.

Qi Jiuli took the dry cloth and wiped it back and forth a few times, but the stone mill was still a little damp, and when he didn't know what to do, Qi Yifei's voice came from outside the house, coming to deliver pine branches.

With the help of Brother Lobby, the stone mill was exposed to the sun, and it was almost dry in half an hour.

At this time, Qi Jiuli took Qi Shixiang and Qi Shiyi to the kitchen to deal with cumin, cleaned the cumin, put it in the pot, stir-fried it all the way over low heat, fried the water, and heard the sound of "crackling", Qi Jiuli asked Qi Shiyi to extinguish the fire, and then stir-fried for a while, and when it cooled, the cumin had turned brown, and the kitchen was also filled with a rich fragrance.

"Wow, it's so fragrant, sister, what is this for? So fragrant? Qi Shiyi swallowed his saliva and asked.

"Make meat." Qi Jiuli couldn't help but want to try it.

Star anise, Sichuan pepper, cinnamon, Qi Jiuli also carefully cleaned it, and then fried it dry, in order to facilitate grinding, and broke the star anise and cinnamon into small pieces.

After these were cooled, Qi Jiuli used a stone mill to grind half of the four spices, grind them into a fine powder, and then took small jars and packed them separately.

When it was time to cook, Qi Shan and Chi Lingmiao came over with a basket of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and wild vegetables, and also brought a small stove and a small pot.

The stove and pot were borrowed, the potatoes and sweet potatoes were cut into slices, the wild vegetables were divided one by one, and the charcoal was extravagantly lit, and then the five of them sat around.

Qi Shixiang and Qi Shiyi were confused, but they didn't ask anything, just waited obediently.

When the pot was hot, Qi Jiuli's chopsticks pasted thin potato slices and sweet potato slices along the edge of the pot, which were not easy to cook.

Qi Jiuli went to the backyard and cut a piece of pork belly that had not yet been smoked, cut it into thin slices, and pasted it at the bottom of the pot.

Qi Jiuli sprinkled some cumin powder on the meat slices, and when they were fried golden brown on both sides, he picked up the meat slices and sent them to his mouth.

"Jiuli-" Qi Shan and Chi Lingmiao couldn't stop it, and their hearts were full of worry.

The bacon was already salted, Qi Jiuli only sprinkled a little powder, the salty fragrance was strong, the outside was crispy and the inside was tender, the meat was full of flavor, it was really delicious, if it was fresh meat, it should be even more delicious.

"Gollum—"

There was the sound of Qi Shiyi swallowing saliva on the side, Qi Jiuli hurriedly put a few more pieces into it, sprinkled some cumin powder in turn, and the burnt fragrance to be fried was tender in the inside, and it was sent to Qi Shixiang, Qi Shiyi, Qi Shan and Chi Lingmiao's mouths one by one.

"Wow, it smells so good." Qi Shiyi swallowed the meat in his mouth, and was shocked by this new taste, and the same was true for Qi Shan and the others.

"Jiuli, these are the medicinal herbs I bought today?" Chi Lingmiao didn't believe that bitter medicine could become such a fragrant thing.

"Hmm." Qi Jiuli said how he turned those medicinal herbs into the current powder, "This is cumin powder, if you adjust these four kinds of powder again, the taste will be different." ”

Qi Jiuli said that he scooped cinnamon powder, star anise powder and cumin powder with a spoon, scooped a little less pepper powder, and then re-roasted the meat, sprinkled the mixed seasoning, and let Qi Shan and the others taste it again.

"Oops, it tastes good, it's just a little numb." Chi Lingmiao smashed his mouth and said, "It can't be a medicinal property." ”

"No, the peppercorns are already a little numb, by the way, you have to ask for some chili peppers, which are also ground into powder, and add some spiciness, and the taste is richer." Qi Jiuli said.

"Jiuli, you added this when you roasted it directly, and I saw that when you were in the Autumn Flavor Restaurant, it was baked well." Qi Shan said.

"Well, so I grind half of it, and take the other half directly, whether it's boiling meat or grilling fish, it tastes great." Qi Jiuli said with a smile.

"I didn't expect medicinal herbs to be used as seasonings." Chi Lingmiao was very emotional, she didn't know this for half her life around the stove.

"So you still have to be able to read and write." Qi Shan looked at Qi Jiuli with pride on his face.