Chapter 371: Strong Ambition
There were showers of rain before dawn, so much so that when I went out this morning, I felt that there was a cold wind everywhere.
The early soldiers in the barracks had already practiced, and Han Yunxiao had already taken care of it and decided to go back to the house for breakfast.
The third son followed with a shy face behind his ass, and he had to rub a breakfast.
"The general's breakfast is delicious." He rubbed his hands together and looked expectant: "I don't know what delicious the county lady got today." ”
Han Yunxiao looked at his unproductive appearance, and the corners of his eyes twitched.
They are all soldiers under their own hands, how did they develop this virtue.
The third son didn't care what Han Yunxiao thought, as long as there was something to eat, it was enough.
When I returned home, it was indeed to catch up with breakfast, but there were only small dumplings eating well at the table.
Han Yunxiao found a place to sit down, and looked at his son, who didn't raise his head after eating. "Where's your mother?"
Han Ziyan ate a grain of rice on his face, and his little face was blank, "Dad? ”
No wonder he had such doubts. Han Yunxiao is very busy every day, and he doesn't have much free time to stay at home.
When he was in Huashi Village, Han Yunxiao occasionally went to the mountains to hunt. But every time I came back from hunting, I would still stay at home for a few days. But since he went to the barracks, he has often not seen anyone for several days. And they always go out early and return late, and the little groups don't get up so early when they go to bed, so it's common to often miss it.
After breakfast, knowing that Qin Xiang was not at home but went to the capital, and had even been gone for two days, Han Yunxiao washed up early, then changed his clothes and went out.
When the third son came out with a piece of braised pork, the person would have disappeared long ago.
"Ouch-" he slapped his thigh, and that was a regret. I knew that he would come out faster, and he would be able to catch up and go to the capital together. The capital is good, how many good things to eat.
"Third uncle?"
The dumplings chased them out, their eyes bright.
The third son waved his hand helplessly and sighed.
Yes, the general is gone, and he has to stay and watch the children.
Qin Xiang slept early last night, but he couldn't wake up after lying in bed. Half-asleep and half-awake, she suddenly heard someone talking, she blinked, and suddenly woke up.
Pepe was talking to Han Yunxiao when he suddenly heard a hoarse voice from inside: "Pepe, who is outside the door?" ”
Han Yunxiao bowed his head at her and pushed the door in.
Seeing that the person who came turned out to be his father-in-law, Qin Xiang was a little strange: "Why are you here?" ”
"When I came home and saw that you were not there, I came to look for you." He stepped forward and touched her face, and was slightly relieved to see that there was no fever. "Pepe said that you have been asleep, lest there is some discomfort, and you are going to ask for a doctor."
Qin Xiang said angrily: "Where is it as serious as she is worried about, it's just a small problem." You too, what are you looking for when I'm not at home. ”
Han Yunxiao saw that her face was undisguised happy, but she had long been used to saying the opposite thing.
His lady is occasionally duplicitous, but no matter what she looks like, she is all the same.
"When you wake up, let's eat."
Qin Xiang pressed his stomach, nodded and said, "I've always felt hungry lately, as if I can't eat enough. ”
Han Yunxiao looked at her much rounder face, and secretly said that people were fat, and their appetite was naturally bigger.
"Pepe has people prepare your favorite food."
"Alright, alright, I'll go."
During the meal, Qin Xiang mentioned the new cooperation again.
"You're in charge. I don't understand business either. ”
After talking about a big cooperation, Qin Xiang was in a good mood, so he simply went to the capital with Han Yunxiao.
"I didn't have a good time last time, but this time I finally have time."
Han Yunxiao tightened her collar and said casually: "There is nothing interesting in the capital, the fun is outside the city." When you have free time, I'll take you around the neighborhood. It is said that the rice at Hakusan Temple is delicious, but why don't you try it? ”
The couple was talking ordinarily, and they might as well be bumped into by a rampaging passerby.
Han Yunxiao reacted quickly, and carefully held her steady before someone bumped into Qin Xiang.
"Are you alright?"
"It's okay, I was just taken aback." She looked back at the place where the people had gone and wondered, "Is there any excitement that you can't see?" ”
Pepe interjected: "It's not about to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, let's go to Jishanfang to grab moon cakes." ”
"Mooncakes? Do you need to grab it? Qin Xiang can also be regarded as having gained knowledge.
"Not really. Madame has not lived in the capital for a long time, so it must be unclear. Jishanfang is a time-honored brand in the capital, especially his mooncakes. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, you have to buy his mooncakes. Even ordinary people have to buy some beautiful patterns, and go back to the moon to pray for the health of the house. ”
"There are still these exquisitenesses."
Sanhe Ji was founded by Qin Xiang, she gave Fang Zi, and found someone who was good at making dim sum, so she didn't care much about the rest of the matter.
The group of people who make dim sum for Sanhe Ji are the same people as Yimingju. In the past, he was only in charge of the refreshments of a tea house and several other shops, but now it is independent, with a special workshop, and the treatment is much better than before.
Because of the shortage of personnel, Qin Xiang also specially invited people from Fucheng. It's all picked by black girls, don't look at the young age, the craftsmanship is pretty good.
"It's time for mooncakes." She pondered that she wanted people to make something different about mooncake molds. It's been more than half a month before the Mid-Autumn Festival, so you have to hurry.
Han Yunxiao stretched out his hand helplessly, and gently poked her forehead with his fingertips, "My mind is full of business experience, didn't I say that I would come and relax." ”
"Alright, alright......"
The promise was good, but in the next journey, he was distracted one after another.
In the end, Han Yunxiao couldn't stand it anymore, and grabbed his wife who almost hit the carriage.
"Let's go, I'll accompany you to make a custom mooncake mold."
"Huh? May I? ”
The delicate woman blinked her eyes and looked playful. Han Yunxiao's Adam's apple moved, and his face flushed a little.
This woman seduces him all the time.
"Absolutely." He said.
Qin Xiang didn't know that there was a shop in the capital that could order all kinds of molds, but in addition to molds, he also did some light carpentry work. There were ready-made mooncake molds in the shop, and she picked out some ordinary patterns, and picked up a few pairs of paper and pencils.
After doing this, you have to go to the paper shop.
Generally, it is made of paper art, and there are some oil-paper umbrellas.
Qin Xiang ordered some wrapping paper, and found another home to order the packaging box. All of them are paid for and expedited, and they are required to be delivered as soon as possible.
"Let's go, it's time to go back."
Han Yunxiao glanced at her and chuckled: "I'm going to Sanhe Ji." ”
"Did you guess that?" Qin Xiang cheekily winked at him and sold cuteness, "Then kiss Xianggong, do you want to accompany your favorite lady with you?" ”
Sanhe Ji is making dim sum that will be on the shelves tomorrow.
Although there are snacks on the shelves every day, some of the ones that are not easy to spoil are not made on the same day. Otherwise, they would not be able to afford it with this amount of work.
"The owner." Say hello to everyone.
Qin Xiang waved his hand and asked them to go to their respective jobs, while he experimented with the materials he bought on the road to make moon cakes.
When it comes to moon cakes, there are those with fillings and those without fillings. And the stuffed ones are divided into sweet and salty, and meat vegetarian. So much so that many different genres were developed later, such as snowy skin mooncakes, such as fruit mooncakes, chocolate mooncakes, and so on.
However, in the seriousness of the older generation, moon cakes still have to have a baked aroma to be called moon cakes.
As for the snowy mooncake, it's just a snack. It's also a different appearance, but it just can't be called a moon cake.
For a while, snow skin moon cakes were popular, and the research institute where Qin Xiang worked issued this kind of thing. She doesn't have much obsession with mooncakes, and she can eat all kinds of flavors. But snowy moon cakes are really not moon cakes. You change the ingredient list slightly for it, and it becomes the popular Xue Mei Niang.
However, the attraction of snowy mooncakes to young people is still very high, and they hate the sweetness of traditional mooncakes, so they choose more refreshing snowy mooncakes.
The popularity of snowy moon cakes is also inseparable from the publicity of merchants, but when it comes to taste, it can only be said that it is a matter of opinion.
Qin Xiang still likes old-fashioned, and feels that only in this way can he feel like a festival.
But Sanhe Ji's dim sum is a novelty, because she has also added snowy mooncakes and Xue Mei Niang to the recent new types of dim sum.
Not only that, but she also has a variety of small recipes for making mooncakes.
First of all, there must be five benevolences.
This moon cake, which was once known as a dark dish, has actually always been Qin Xiang's favorite.
The filling is full and solid, and a bite of the stomach is called a satisfaction.
When you bite into the thin crust, you can see a particularly plump filling, which is also rare in this period.
Qin Xiang believes that this kind of mooncake will be very popular.
When Qin Xiang was making moon cakes, he would always have a curious glance.
Seeing that she had prepared all kinds of nuts and chopped preserved fruits, they were all curious about what she was going to do.
At this time, the moon cake filling is single, and what you want to do with the filling is only sweet filling. Just mix brown sugar with sautéed flour and wrap it in mooncakes. The juice melts after baking, and when the mooncakes are cold, the juice solidifies again. It tastes like a rustle, but it's also quite wonderful.
In addition to the five kernels, bean paste and jujube paste are both traditions, and naturally they are also indispensable.
In a hurry today, I can't take care of so much.
Kankan only made a nondescript cage of five kernels, but he was praised by everyone.
"Actually, I didn't do that well." Qin Xiang still felt that he hadn't played well, "When I go back, I'll experiment well." ”
As a result, the kitchen of Hanfu was lively.
The oven never stopped, and the fragrance lingered in the air.
So much so that the neighbors smelled it, and they couldn't sleep well at night, secretly wondering who made something delicious.
Qin Xiang experimented with moon cakes, and the happiest thing was the two small dumplings at home. There are snacks to eat at any time, and they are all happy. Fortunately, Qin Xiang found out in time, otherwise these two little ones would have to eat a mouthful of worm teeth.
She wanted to make ham, but she couldn't buy it now. I had to make lotus paste egg yolk, and the taste was also delicious.
Xiyan still preserves the most primitive way of cooking, and many methods of preserving food probably only remain in Qin Xiang's memory.
In desperation, she also decided to wait for the winter to find some good pork to make some bacon, ham and sausage. Not to mention that it can be eaten by your own family, it is also a good choice to use it as a dish in the future.
"You can open a wax factory."
In order to satisfy his appetite, Qin Xiang quietly wrote down the matter of opening a lap-mei factory on his notepad.