After eating something casually, Xiaobai began to prepare tomorrow's dishes.

Four large stoves were placed side by side on the east side, and the firewood under the stoves had been extinguished at the moment. She washed the day's dishes at the sink near the door, and then brushed the pot. Walk to the prep table in the center of the room and start preparing the main dishes and ingredients for the big four to be used later.

The food preparation station is very large, made of a single wooden board built into two layers, with a variety of vegetables and fruits on the top for chopping vegetables and fruit below. There is also a bowl and plate rack next to it, speaking of this bowl and plate rack, Xiaobai is very proud, because these tableware are all purchased by her in the past few years.

Even the most ordinary coarse porcelain dishes were made by her own masters and then fired in the kiln. Not to mention the white porcelain, celadon, special patterns, painted flowers, strange shapes, or those imported objects that have come across the sea into her world.

Her favorite, is the set of glass cups on the front counter, the skill of making glass has long been lost, and now it is impossible to see the circulating glass products on the market, most of the dignitaries will treasure it, so as not to worry about it, but Xiaobai did the opposite, so generous, but people are not sure of its authenticity.

In addition to this set of cups, there is also a set of glass wine utensils in her tea room, and there is a glass lampshade next to the bed. She likes the clarity of the glass, so even though these three things are worth a lot, she is still willing to use everything to buy them. It's just that she doesn't know that things like this are always not easy to come from.

By the time everything was over, the moon was already in the middle of the sky. She didn't dare to delay for a moment, and according to the usual order, she lit the fire, heated the oil, boiled the pot, stir-fried, put the seasonings, and then covered the huge pot lid one by one, and filled it with enough firewood.

Wiping the beads of sweat from his forehead, he picked up a bamboo tube from the north shelf, and inside was the cold spring water in the earth, and poured it into his stomach, which relieved the heat just now. Looking at the small number of bamboo tubes, she was a little sad, these spring water is very delicious, but the process of obtaining it every time is too difficult.

There are also some commonly used spices on the shelves, and some snacks she usually makes when she is bored, such as garlic peanuts, melon seeds, preserved fruits, candied fruits, dried tofu, sugar cubes, jerky, sugar-fried chestnuts, weird broad beans, too many, and the types are still very messy, but they are all neatly packed in boxes and labeled. The bottom compartment is also stuffed with all kinds of grain. Above the shelves, there are also all kinds of bacon and game.

In the southwest corner, there are several small stoves and two large stoves. The small stove is used to cook food alone when customers are ordering. On the large stove there are six layers of cage drawers, which are used to steam some staple foods.

Hearing that the iron pot of Da Sixi was boiling, she took the dough from the stove and put it on the preparation table and began to make sweet steamed buns. Xiaobai's sweet steamed buns are sweet and soft and glutinous, and the main credit is that she put milk and caster sugar. Both the elderly and children like it, and they don't sell enough every day.

After filling all the six layers of cage drawers, she was about to start eating again. Steamed fish dumplings are made from fresh fish, the skin is translucent and smooth, and the bite is slightly springy. She only made two drawers.

I saw that there was a big pumpkin under the food preparation table, so I gave up the bean paste bun I was going to make and changed it to pumpkin cake. The pumpkin is steamed and mashed, kneaded with sweetened milk and good dough. The dough is placed in a porcelain basin and rested on the stove, and the next morning when the dough is ready, it can be steamed in the basket drawer. After these are ready, the sweet steamed buns have already exuded bursts of milky fragrance.

Xiaobai turned around and looked at the situation of the senior happiness, and saw that the soup had gradually become colored, so he filled in some firewood again, sealed the stove, and simmered slowly. The steamed dumplings and siu mai are also fast-cooked staple foods, Xiaobai pulled out the firewood, and it will be hot again tomorrow.

After a while, the smoky kitchen suddenly became clearer. After a short break, I cleaned up the food preparation table again. Put the tableware and kitchenware back in place one by one, and Xiaobai stepped out of the kitchen. Her kitchen doesn't have a door, which she says is a great way to see what's happening in the kitchen.

Xiaobai stood on the bluestone pavement in the yard, took a deep breath, looked at the little greens that should have grown big, but they were still just popping up, thinking that I really don't know if it was too dense last year and can't grow this year.

A breeze blew, and the dishes in the kitchen began to taste a little. But what made Xiaobai happiest was the dried radishes hanging on the roof of the kitchen. It is not in vain that I have spent so much effort, and after being exposed to the sun, I have cooked it again, and then I take it out to dry again, so that the dried radish will not spoil and can preserve the best chewiness.

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"Xiaobai! Xiaobai! Little white run... Yes!!! He's coming! ”

The woman, who was also still unable to see her face, dressed in white and with scarred feet, ran towards her in the barren mountains, shouting at her in the sharpest voice! The long hair that raged wantonly in the wind was like a long vine wrapped around her neck, unable to break free, powerless.

Xiaobai opened his eyes suddenly, his eyes clear. This chase is repeated over and over again, but tonight suddenly something is different, who is "he"? Why can the woman who can't see her appearance clearly be so scared, or is it the "little white" who is afraid? What does this mean exactly? She had no clue and was in a cold sweat.

The nightmare was like a drop of water dripping into the sea, and soon there were ripples that stirred up her memories.

The starting point of her memory was the vast forest behind her, unable to speak, without memory. She wandered in a daze for I don't know how long, until she met a mother-in-law who came to the river to fish, maybe the mother-in-law also knew that there would be no one in this ghost place, so she didn't call for help when she fell into the river, or Xiaobai heard the movement, and for the first time since waking up, a thought flashed in her mind, to help.

I'm afraid that even Xiaobai didn't expect that her strength would be so great, and she dragged her fainted mother-in-law ashore in two or three strokes. Later, when her mother-in-law woke up, she thought she was a female ghost when she was undressed, and that was the first time she laughed. The mother-in-law's mood quickly calmed down, but she didn't ask anything more, except for her name. And her mother-in-law also told her stories about what happened to this forest, and how it is now called the Hidden Land.

Xiaobai opened her mouth and said the first sentence after waking up in a dry voice: "Xiaobai", this is the same dream she has every night, and the woman in the dream always calls her like this. She was actually scared and cried for a long time every time she woke up, but, despite this, the dream still happened on time, as if to remind her that she should not forget.

The mother-in-law said that all the people in her family died, leaving only a sick little granddaughter with no income, so she had to help people wash and do some chores outside every day, but after all, she was old, and her hands and feet were not very flexible, and many people were unwilling to ask her to do things again, so they had to come to find something to eat.

Although Xiaobai's brain is not very clear, after all, she has been wandering in the land for so long, so she naturally knows where there is something, just like that, she picked a lot of wild fruits and mushrooms for her mother-in-law, so when her mother-in-law came to look for her the next day, she brought her an old set of clothes, full of patches, but extremely warm.

Until one day, the mother-in-law never came again, but she had caught several fish, and before she could wait for anyone, she finally left the place, and at the edge of the maz, she stopped. It's not that she doesn't have the idea of looking for it, it's just that she doesn't know where her mother-in-law is, and at that moment, she has another thought, to live.

And the original welcome was just a temple that had long been abandoned, and it took her a long time to settle down before she decided to go to Huicheng to find people. Although she didn't find her mother-in-law, she met her nobleman, who was also a nobleman of her mother-in-law, the eldest lady of the Lin family, such a good-looking and kind person, buried her grandparents and grandchildren, and gave her a reason to stay. But she didn't want to stay in the Lin family, she just wanted to go back to the place where she appeared.

Xiaobai didn't know why she was here, but everything has a reason, and she was willing to look for it, especially with such a good sister who took care of her, helped her rebuild the welcome to customers, and helped her buy everything she needed to open a store, and encouraged her not to care about the rumors about the Hidden Ground, and to live strongly.

But it's hard to be strong, and once you start, it's like being hung on a cliff, and you can't be distracted for a moment.