"Who wants me to be a concubine?" Hua Manxi had just woken up in a daze, and he heard such an earth-shattering sentence from his eldest aunt.

"Manxi, are you awake? It's scared to death for my aunt! Really! When the eldest aunt heard that Hua Manxi had woken up, she was overjoyed, and she didn't wake up after taking Dr. Xie's medicine for most of the day, but Xu Gongzi's several medicine bowls had such a miraculous effect.

Sure enough, it's not an ordinary person! But no matter how rich and noble she is, she will definitely not let Manxi be a concubine! As the saying goes, it's better to be a poor wife than a rich concubine!

"How long have I been asleep?" Hua Manxi sat up, only to feel a bitter taste in his mouth, "Why is my mouth so bitter?" ”

"You, you had a high fever this morning, and after taking medicine twice, you woke up and scared me to death." The eldest aunt handed her a bowl of water and touched her forehead.

Fortunately, the forehead is no longer hot, and the child's medicine is really miraculous.

"By the way, Manxi, you rub this, this ointment." Seeing that the medicine was so effective, the eldest aunt immediately unscrewed the ointment and let Hua Manxi rub it on her face.

Even a woman doesn't want to have a scar on her face, not to mention that Manxi is still a girl.

The ointment has a rich fragrance, and when you touch it, it is cold and very comfortable.

Hua Manxi wiped her face by her eldest aunt, and suddenly asked, "Uncle, where did this medicine come from?" ”

The eldest aunt's face instantly became a little uncomfortable, she groaned for a while, but still said truthfully: "It was sent by Xu Gongzi, and your antipyretic medicine was also sent by Xu Gongzi." ”

"Xu Gongzi?" Hua Manxi was a little surprised, they had already settled the accounts last night, why did they send medicine? Didn't he say it himself last night that this son was eating and drinking in his own home, and he also bothered her to feed her water and medicine, and he had a disturbed conscience?

"Not only did we send medicine, but we also sent more than half of the pork, the pig we killed last time, and we also marinated so much pork, and this time we sent half of the pork, how to eat it?"

"I gave half of the pork—" Hua Manxi muttered in a low voice with an uncertain expression, and suddenly thought of something important, tugging on the sleeve of his eldest aunt, "Uncle, I didn't go to the construction site to sell noodles today, did you send Xiao Song to say something?" ”

The eldest aunt and mother looked Mu Na and said: "Where do I still have this thought, you are sick, it frightens me, Xiao Song goes to ask the doctor, your uncle cooks porridge, I take care of you, where do you remember to go to the construction site?" But just now, Xu Gongzi came, saying that many people on the construction site were waiting for you to sell noodles. ”

"It's bad, I lost a day's worth of business for no reason, maybe they think I'm not doing it anymore." Hua Manxi was heartbroken, blaming himself for the urgency of this illness, and he fell asleep for so long that he didn't even have time to explain.

The eldest aunt is also thoughtful, she is still wondering if Xu Gongzi has taken a fancy to her niece, so she thinks that if this side can be sold, it will not be sold, and she will go back and forth over there every day, wouldn't it give Xu Gongzi a chance?

"Manxi, listen to your aunt, since the Ding family's money has been paid off, and Geng Tie has also been taken back, we won't sell this side, right? You sell noodles for a day, but you are very tired, and sometimes you can't even take care of stuttering, and your uncle and aunt are also very distressed when they see it. ”

Hua Manxi naturally didn't know the nine twists and eighteen bends in her aunt's heart, but she also had her own calculations, nodded and said: "Selling noodles at the construction site is not a long-term solution, and if you don't sell this noodles, you won't sell them." ”

When the eldest aunt saw her agree, she was surprised and relieved, this child is still obedient and sensible, if it weren't for five taels of silver-

"By the way, Manxi, what about most of the wild boar?"

"Wash it first, remove the meat and get it off, and stew the bones." Hua Manxi rubbed his temples, feeling that his body was no longer in trouble, but he was a little hungry.

"What is that meat for?" The eldest aunt was a little puzzled, "Didn't you say that you don't sell noodles?" ”

"Don't sell noodles, make pork jerky, and give it to Xu Gongzi." Hua Manxi said. `

"What is jerky pork?" As soon as Hua Xiaosong heard about the food, she was in good spirits, poked her head in, and pointed to the bacon and sausage drying under the eaves, "That's not pork, what's that?" ”

"That's not yo, that's bacon, sausage, this wild boar, more chewy than the pigs we raise at home, and less fishy, so it is the best to make pork jerky, and it tastes fragrant and tough."

"Wow, I've never eaten pork jerky. I really want to eat it. Hua Xiaosong said diligently, "Sister, do you need my help?" ”

"Of course, I don't have much strength right now, so you can help me pick off the meat and chop it up." Hua Manxi said.

"Leave it to me!" Hua Xiaosong patted his chest and reassured.

After the meat was removed, Hua Manxi was not idle, put the meat bones in a pot in a soup pot, boil over high heat, skim off the foam, and then add cooking wine, ginger slices, and green onion knots to boil.

Because this body was infected with wind and cold, Hua Manxi deliberately put some more ginger slices.

Hua Xiaosong quickly chopped the meat, of course, Hua Manxi didn't let him chop all the pork jerky, and there was still half of it left, planning to make it and eat it.

Hua Manxi put the chopped meat into a basin, put salt, soy sauce, cooking wine, and sugar, and originally wanted to put pepper, but no, Hua Manxi chopped some pepper instead, and added some honey.

Then, Hua Manxi stirs the meat in a clockwise direction until the meat is glued.

Take a small pot, fry the sugar color with white sugar, then take a rolling pin, roll out the meat filling into a thin piece, put it in a small pot and slowly dry the water, after the dried meat has no water, brush the sugar color, sprinkle with white sesame seeds, turn over and continue drying.

Drying jerky is a technical job, time-consuming and laborious, and when Hua Manxi made a large pot of jerky well, it was dark, she tasted a piece of jerky, and felt that although the taste was not as good as that made by modern ovens, it was also a delicious snack in this barren ancient times.

When the jerky is ready, the pot of bone broth has already been stewed to the fullest.

It's time for dinner.

Hua Manxi took the remaining wild boar, put the whole piece into a pot, boiled cold water, added ginger slices, green onion knots, cooking wine, and cooked the pork whole.

Remove the pork, wash it in cold water, then cut it into thin slices, place it on a plate, and start boiling the sauce.

Remove from the pot, heat the oil, add the ginger, garlic and chili powder and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the soy sauce, a little sugar, and then add two spoons of boiled bone broth and bring to a boil.

Finally, pour the juice over the thinly chopped meat.

Hua Manxi made a total of three pots of such pork slices, and only kept one pot for herself, and then she scooped out the big bone broth and put it in a small pot, and then packed up the cooked pork and jerky, and the eldest aunt also took a few steamed steamed buns from the big white steamed buns, and asked the eldest aunt and Hua Xiaosong to send them all to the village head mansion.

She is not a fool, since that Xu Gongzi came to give her medicine and meat when he suffered a loss last night, he must have asked her.

What to ask, she naturally figured it out, the renovation of their house was not a matter of one or two days, and there seemed to be an orchard or something behind it, so he must have wanted to let him be a cook for them.

It is naturally better to be a cook than selling noodles like her, and they are rich people, so there will definitely be horse-drawn carriages and mule carts at that time, and it will be convenient for her to go out to the town.

If you want to make a fortune, you can't stay in Peach Blossom Village all the time, you always have to find an opportunity to go out and see.

Hua Manxi's abacus in his heart was also playing fast, and the movements in his hands did not stop.

The eldest aunt and Komatsu went to deliver something, and there was still a lot of soup left from pouring the meat just now, so she thought about it and thought about it, just in time to make a steamed eggplant.

Peel the eggplant and cut it into rectangular pieces, add minced garlic, pour the sauce and steam.

When the eldest aunt and Hua Xiaosong returned home, it was just time to eat.

The soft and glutinous big white steamed buns, just brought out of the pot, are still steaming, a plate full of wild boar, poured with delicious sauce, sweet in the mouth, slightly spicy, with the unique toughness that domestic pigs do not have, very chewy.

The steaming bone broth is so thick and mellow that even the bones are stewed, full of sweetness and freshness-

This meal was hearty, and of course, the same were the people from the village mansion.

"Wow, this flower girl is really a treasure, and she has never made the same food." The breeze carried a big stick and pinched the bones vigorously, until the bone marrow oil in it was sucked out, and then stopped.

"This wild boar meat is cooked in the simplest way, and the prepared sauce is not only original, but also fragrant and slightly spicy, and I can't stop it." Although Uncle Zhao commented in a polite manner, the movements on his mouth did not stop, and he ate one bite after another, and he ate deliciously.

"I think the best thing is this jerky." Danyun vigorously tore off a small piece of jerky with his teeth, and while chewing slowly, he tasted the aftertaste in his mouth, "Slightly spicy, slightly sweet, very fragrant, this chewy, this toughness, this taste - wonderful, it is really a must-have for home travel, wild marching, reading and drinking, chatting and games!" ”

"Well, well, well, even this steamed bun is softer and more delicious than other people's." Light Breeze nodded repeatedly.

"She didn't make this steamed bun." Xu Shizi, who had been silent on the side, suddenly spoke up.

"This, this can also be eaten?" Danyun was stunned, and looked at Uncle Zhao with a frightened expression, "Uncle Zhao, you are a famous pilgrim in Kyoto, have you eaten it?" ”

Uncle Zhao glanced at the clouds, tore the jerky in his hand vigorously, and said angrily: "I haven't eaten it yet!" This jerky is also chewy, the old man is old, and his teeth are not good, so I will leave it to you young people to eat. ”

"Didn't you say you're not old?" Light clouds raised the bar.

"Master Zhao, there is a letter." was eating, and suddenly a plainly dressed man walked in with a small roll of paper and approached Uncle Zhao.

It was Zhao Wu who ordered him to investigate Huamanxi that day.

"Let's go down." Uncle Zhao took the letter and beckoned Zhao Wu to push it down, and then slowly opened the letter.