"Bring someone over." The fourth elder brother thought about it and commanded.

He didn't say who the "person" was, but Su Peisheng immediately agreed in a vague way, and as soon as he lifted the curtain, he went out and called someone

Xiao Gouzi was guarding the door, and when he saw Su Peisheng coming out with a heavy curtain, he took two steps forward, came to Su Peisheng's side, and asked in a humble voice, "Master?" ”

Su Peisheng glanced up and down at him, smiled for a moment, and then beckoned and ordered Xiao Panzi to go over to pick up Ning Gege.

Xiao Gouzi silently took a step back, bowing his head and being speechless.

Behind Ning Ying's house, under the moonlight, several small benches were placed on the ground, and Ting'er was struggling to help Ning Ying put on an apron.

This is also Ning Ying asked Qing Yang to find a thicker piece of fabric and specially sew out an apron, which is specially used to wear when cooking.

Ning Ying especially wants to eat french fries these days.

Especially in the evening, when it comes to the happy supper - I can't think about it, tossing and turning.

Although it is now the Kangxi period, in fact, at this time, potatoes have been introduced to China, and have a variety of names: there are called potatoes, some are called potatoes, and some are called yam eggs.

For example, there is a book called "Songxi County Chronicles" in this era, which calls potatoes "potatoes" because the shape of potatoes resembles horse bells.

Potatoes are hardy and barren, not squeamish, easy to grow, and have high yields – so they have become an important choice for the people to satisfy their hunger.

So when Ning Ying asked Qing Yang to take advantage of the time to bring up the meal, and asked for two potatoes to come back by the way, Eunuch Fan, the head of the dining room, almost thought that he had heard it wrong-the newly favored nobleman, who didn't want to put the delicacies of the mountains and seas, why did he fall in love with the potatoes that were full of hunger in the famine year?

Did you send someone to ask for it?

However, Eunuch Fan thought about it: this Ning Gege likes dogs—maybe this potato is the ingredient used to make dog rice.

After thinking about it like this, Eunuch Fan immediately asked people to pick seven or eight good potatoes.

Qing Yang didn't forget Ning Ying's instructions - he brought a few more fences back.

This thing is similar to a colander, and it is very convenient to remove the ingredients from the pan and drain the water when frying or boiling.

Back in the house, Qing Yang put his things down, and saw that Ning Ying had already put the bottles and cans on the small stool beside him.

Qingyang came over to Ting'er to help out.

Ning Ying took the cleanly washed potatoes, carefully peeled them and cut them into strips: each one was a little thinner than a finger.

Don't cut it too thin, make it a little thicker – it won't break easily, and it tastes good.

You can't cut it too short either—because after a while, the potato strips will shrink when they suddenly encounter high temperatures.

So now is the time to leave room for that.

After cutting the potato strips, Qing Yang had already boiled the water on the plum blossom stove pot.

Seeing the hot water in the pot gurgling and tumbling, Ning Ying looked serious, put the potato strips in twice, and after boiling in the boiling water for two minutes, Ning Ying scooped up the potato strips with a colander and put them aside to drain.

Then it's time for the potato strips to dry.

Ting'er found a puff fan and fanned the potato strips hard.

Taking advantage of this time, Ning Ying simply sorted out the seasoning taken out of the space, found cornstarch from it, sprinkled it into the potato sticks, and tossed it evenly for a while - making sure that every cut of the potato strips was covered with starch.

Then comes the most important frying step – high heat, hot oil.

Ning Ying put the potato strips in the pot with long chopsticks, and while putting them, gently stir the potato strips to avoid sticking to each other.

Homemade fries are generally fried twice.

By the time the second time you fry them, the color of the potato strips has turned slightly brown, and the tantalizing aroma is also coming to your face.

Seeing that it was almost over, Ning Ying stretched out her hand and motioned for Qing Yang to bring the fence.

She scooped up the potato sticks, spread them out on the oiled paper, sprinkled a little salt and pepper evenly, and scooped a spoonful of tomato sauce into a small plate.

"Taste it! This one is delicious while it's hot. ”

Ning Ying greeted herself, and she first reached out and picked up a piece of French fries, dipped it in tomato sauce and put it in her mouth.

…… It's delicious!

Qing Yang was silent: she had never seen this kind of practice before, strange, where did Gege learn it?

Ting'er on the side is a little glutton, at this time smelling the fragrance of French fries, she couldn't turn her eyes away, seeing Gege pointing to the plate and signaling herself to taste it, she quickly picked up a french fries, and then followed Ning Ying's example, dipped some "red sauce" next to it, and put it in her mouth.

Ning Ying looked at her with a smile: "Is it delicious?" ”

Ting'er's eyes widened more and more, and then she puffed out her round cheeks and nodded desperately.

Someone knocked on the door of the house, Ting'er reluctantly put down the fries, wiped her hands, got up and went to answer the door.

After a few moments, she ran back happily: "Gege, Gege! It's someone from the Fourth Master's Courtyard who has taken over Gege! ”

Ning Ying was eating French fries, and her hand shook when she heard the words - the four gourds are really good at picking time......

After a period of hurried busyness, before Ning Ying went out, she instructed Qing Yang to bring a small food box over, put oil paper on it, and put the fries in with a plate.

The bottom layer is topped with tomato sauce.

Originally, she was still thinking about what kind of fruit tea to go with, and put together a happy supper set.

But the summons of the four gourds was too sudden—and it could only be so.

When I went out of the courtyard gate, I saw that the moon was full of moonlight, like water and empty sky.

When he arrived in front of the study in the front yard of the fourth elder brother, a slave saluted Ning Gege on the steps, Xiao Panzi knocked on the door, and went in to report a few words in a low voice.

After a while, Xiao Panzi came out and led Ning Ying in, and then lightly closed the door and exited.

The study is very deep and wide, inside and outside the room, there is the aroma of submerged water.

The curtain hung low.

Ning Ying lowered her head, walked to the desk in a few steps, and bowed her knees in a proper manner to say goodbye - and then felt that something was wrong.

She tilted her head slightly, and after a glance, she realized that there was no one behind the desk.

Ning Ying slipped up, turned backwards, and then almost crashed into an embrace behind her.

The fourth elder brother lowered his eyes slightly, and his eyelids twitched, covering the deep light in his eyes and the smile that flashed in his eyes.

The girl in front of her wore a light begonia flag dress today, probably in a hurry to go out, and her hair was only combed in the simplest hairstyle, but on top of her black hair, there was a flower branch hairpin he rewarded - complex and simple, but not bad.

His gaze swept over the food box that Ning Ying was holding in his arms, and suddenly his hand slightly grabbed her in front of him, and then asked her in a low voice, "What is this?" ”

Ning Ying hugged the food box in her arms and replied to him in a low voice, "Yes...... It's a supper made by the concubine herself. ”

After she finished speaking, she half-raised her eyes, glanced at the fourth elder brother expectantly, and asked him softly, "Do you want to taste it?" It's hot, it's just out of the pot! ”

When the fourth elder brother heard her say this, he suddenly thought of the fruit cold porridge last time - the refreshing and delicious, sweet and sour taste seemed to be still in his throat.