"Braised beef, the most important thing is this pot of brine." Hua Manxi said, while letting Lou Chunfeng write it down with paper, "This brine is hung with beef bone broth, the beef leg bones are put into boiling water to boil water, after forcing out the blood foam, then take out the control water, and then put in the water, the water and the beef bones are modulated according to the amount, generally one part of the beef bones, five parts of water, boil the beef bone soup over high heat, and then simmer it slowly, after boiling it into beef bone soup, turn off the fire and let it cool, and then filter out the impurities, and only take the clear soup." ”

Hua Manxi watched him write down what he said, and then continued: "Then it's time to mix the brine, wrap the seasoning in gauze, put it in the pot, the seasoning has pepper, star anise, bay leaves, cinnamon, cumin, cloves, grass fruit, ginkgo seeds, white cardamom, nutmeg, sand kernels, as well as southern ginger, lemongrass, yellow gardenia, green onion and ginger, etc., after entering the material package, change the soup to low heat after boiling the soup, boil for an hour, and then add white wine, rock sugar, soy sauce, salt. ”

"This, so much effort?" Lou Chunfeng was stunned when he heard it.

"Listen to me." Hua Manxi glanced at him, and continued, "This brine, if you want to keep it well, it can be used repeatedly, you have to boil it every night, let it cool, and you can use it for a long time." ”

Lou Chunfeng breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then there is beef and offal, the offal must be cleaned, the chef of your restaurant should have a way to clean, after cleaning, put the offal and large pieces of beef into the boiling water to force blood foam, fly the water, and then take it out, put it in the marinade and cook, and then soak it in the brine overnight, you can take it out the next day, slice it and eat it." Hua Manxi paused and said, "You can put some white radish to marinate together, it tastes good." ”

In the end, she taught Lou Chunfeng the hot and sour ingredients for eating beef offal, and Lou Chunfeng thanked her again and again, and then left with chili sauce.

After a busy day and lost weight, Hua Manxi was happy, and now more and more people came to buy chili sauce, Hua Manxi completely taught Li Qiuqiu the method, and planned to develop a few more flavors.

In the evening, she counted the income of these days and distributed it to everyone, Uncle Zhao's including the carriage, the use of the house, and Zhao Wu's salary, and the others' were all divided according to the proportion.

Everyone took a lot of money, and they were very happy, Li Qiuqiu got the money, and said to Hua Manxi: "Manxi, can I call my father and mother to help, I still feel too tired like this." I can earn so much money, my father won't need to be in charge in the future, I can support him. ”

"Naturally." Hua Manxi smiled and said generously.

When he was happy, Hua Dayang suddenly said with a worried face: "Sister Manxi, I have something I want to tell you." ”

Hua Manxi did not shy away from it, and said directly: "Everyone is their own person, just say what you have to say." ”

"Yes, Da Yang, everyone is not an outsider, what's wrong with you?" Uncle Hua went to harvest chili peppers after this period of time, and he became a lot more talkative.

"I went to Jinyutang to deliver today, and I sent a jar of chili sauce to my master by the way, and my master told me that my aunt had come to me in the shop and said that she was sick, and she was very sick."

"What!" The eldest aunt and eldest uncle sighed in unison, "How can this be? Why didn't she go home when she was sick? ”

"My aunt has signed a long-term contract, how can she come back without a holiday? I'm thinking that since my aunt has found my master, there is indeed something wrong, why don't you go and see it? Da Yang said.

"If she is really sick, she must go to see it, and besides, we have money now, so it is better to buy out her contract and go home." Uncle said.

"Manxi, yes, although she hasn't been by your side for a long time, but she can't help herself, in the early years, she relied on her to send money home, so that your aunt could raise you, otherwise I would take you and Komatsu, and serve your sick grandfather, relying on your uncle's salary, where can I live?" The eldest aunt also persuaded.

"Yes, Manxi, it's not easy for your mother, when she was pregnant with you, she didn't get married, a woman was pregnant before marriage, how many gossips did she have to suffer, but she still insisted on giving birth to you, giving birth to you, she didn't abandon you and marry again, but went to work to raise you, now you have a chance, you also have to take care of your mother." Aunt Liu also persuaded loudly.

Hua Manxi saw that everyone was talking nonsense to her, all for fear that she would not want to see her own mother.

Is she Hua Manxi such a person?

"Okay, okay, I know, I know. I will definitely be filial to my mother, and as soon as it dawns tomorrow, I will ask Cousin Dayang to take me to the city to find her, see what kind of disease she has, and ask her to be treated by Langzhong. Hua Manxi hurriedly reassured.

"It's best if you can think like that." Uncle Liu also answered.

Early the next morning, Hua Manxi asked Uncle Zhao for leave, and asked Li Qiuqiu to cook and make chili sauce, so he went to the city with Hua Dayang.

Hua Lanxiang works in the big family in the city, Sun Yuanwai's house.

I heard that he was an official in the early years, and then he had an accident, but fortunately there was a rich Yue family, and he used the money to keep him, so he withdrew from the officialdom, and went to Shishan County to be a member of the family, doing business, and also collecting money to run relationships for others on weekdays, after all, he was an official, he knew people, and he was easy to do.

Hua Dayang sent Hua Manxi to Sun Yuanwai's house, notified the gatekeeper, and went inside to inform the housekeeper, and then he was allowed to enter the house.

Hua Manxi and Hua Dayang followed the maid who led the way to the place where the next person lived, and when they saw the flower orchid, they almost couldn't recognize it.

Hua Manxi only has the memory of the original body in her mind, and she has not seen Hua Lanxiang seriously since she crossed over, and the last time she glanced at it in Jinyutang, she didn't even look at it.

But in my memory, Hua Lanxiang can be regarded as a beauty, but this look, she has clearly become a mother-in-law! is only in his thirties, but he actually has gray hair and a pale face.

"Mother, I'm Manxi. How are you? Hua Manxi woke her up and whispered.

"Manxi?" Hua Lanxiang was a little incredulous, struggled to get up, and saw Hua Dayang.

"Dayang?" She often asks Hua Dayang to send things back to Hua's house, so she still recognizes Hua Dayang.

"Auntie, I'm Da Yang, I brought Manxi to see you, how are you?" Hua Dayang asked eagerly.

"Is it really Manxi?" Hua Lanxiang then put her eyes back on Hua Manxi and touched her face, "Is it really my Manxi?" Have you grown so big? ”

"It's me, mother, how do you feel? Can I please show it to you? Hua Manxi squatted down and held Hua Lanxiang's hand, although it felt a little strange, but after all, it was a blood relative, so it was natural to be filial to her for the original body.

"Minor illness, no problem, my mother will stay up for a few days, please Lang Zhong can waste money, my mother will save a dowry for you, aren't you going to marry Na Ding Jiaxiu at the end of the year?" Hua Lanxiang smiled slightly and said.

Hua Dayang also learned about Hua Manxi and Ding Xiucai's divorce after returning home, so Hua Lanxiang naturally didn't know.

These words—

Hua Manxi and Hua Dayang looked at each other, a little embarrassed.

It was Hua Manxi who reacted first and opened the topic: "Mother, you have to save money, I have money, my dowry can be saved by myself, cousin Dayang, you are familiar with this city, you hurry up and invite a langzhong." ”

Without waiting for Hua Lanxiang to object, Hua Dayang had already listened to Hua Manxi's words and went out.

"Manxi, quick, sit down, let my mother take a good look at you, I haven't seen you for a long time." Hua Lanxiang took Hua Manxi's hand, sat her down, and looked at her carefully, coughing a few times during the process.

"Mother, last time I delivered goods with the village chief Uncle Liu in Jinyutang, and I saw you at the door, why didn't you recognize me?" Hua Manxi was a little hesitant in his heart, but he still asked.

Hua Lanxiang's face was obviously stiff, then pale again, and finally coughed violently, and even coughed up some blood.

Hua Manxi looked at the blood on the handkerchief, panicked a little, and hurriedly said: "Mother, I won't ask, I won't ask you, you have your troubles, I won't ask, you drink saliva first." ”

Hua Manxi poured a glass of water from the kettle on the table and handed it to her.

Hua Lanxiang still wanted to cover it up, but after holding the water cup, tears suddenly filled her eyes.

A woman's family, especially a woman's family without a husband, who works outside the home, has to endure so much pain and grievance, she doesn't want to tell her daughter about it at all.

Hua Manxi looked at her like this, and felt even more guilty, and said in a low voice: "Mother, I have earned money now, if you don't want to be a cook here, I will use the money to redeem your contract, let's go home." ”

Hua Lanxiang took a sip of water, then held back her emotions, shook her head, and said: "No, my mother signed a death contract, and the death contract cannot be redeemed, it must expire, and there is still more than a year." ”

Hua Lanxiang originally expected that her daughter would get married, so she went home to be a temple aunt in the mountains, but she was in this life.

"Sister, Lang Zhong is here." At this time, Hua Dayang had already brought the doctor back and hurriedly said.

Hua Manxi retracted the words in his throat and said, "Doctor, please take a look for my mother." ”

The doctor nodded, stepped forward to diagnose Hua Lanxiang's pulse, and then wrote a prescription, saying: "Overworked, worried, tired, you need to rest well, otherwise it will turn into a bad disease, and the gods will not be able to save it." ”

It's so serious. Hua Manxi paid for the medicine to the doctor, and Hua Dayang sent the doctor away, and then went to the pharmacy to pick up the medicine and came back.

"Sister, it's getting dark, let's go back." Hua Dayang picked up several pairs of medicines, put them on the table, and urged.

"Brother Yang, look at my mother's appearance like this, how can I go back?" Hua Manxi felt that she had occupied the original body of other people, but she couldn't take care of her mother, twelve points of guilt, not to mention, looking at the appearance of her mother just now, she must have been bullied in this house.