054 My family is poor
The Niu family is not a particular family, so the tea leaves placed in the kitchen are not a good product, but Sheng Qingqing doesn't mind. She is not used to entertain any distinguished guests, but only to remove the smell of mush, if she uses too good tea, she will feel distressed.
Unlike their family, where hot water needs to be boiled freshly if they want to drink it, Niu's family has always had hot water, which is kept in a half-person-high wooden kettle. And this wooden kettle is placed next to the stove to ensure that the heat does not disappear too quickly in this cold winter.
Sheng Qingqing took a look at the structure and was surprised to find that its structure was not much different from that of a modern kettle. The only difference should be the materials. Modern kettles are generally made of alloy, layered on top of each other, which can keep heat better. However, because of the problem of process technology, Niu Jia can only achieve a layer of iron inside and a layer of wood outside, which greatly reduces the time of heat preservation.
But in such backward ancient times, this kind of technology was already very good.
Seeing this pot, some of Sheng Qingqing's thoughts couldn't help but come alive.
She wants to sell barbecue in the past few days, but when she sells barbecue, there is something that must not be missing.
Barbecue grill!
Originally, Sheng Qingqing also planned to find the craftsmen in the village tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to see if he could find a way to pay the money on credit first and make a barbecue grill. And if Second Uncle Niu's craftsmanship is so good, she doesn't have to go to the village to find someone, wouldn't it be better to find Second Uncle Niu directly.
How can they say that they are also more familiar with Second Uncle Niu, and "fat water does not flow into outsiders' fields"!
But now Second Uncle Niu is not here......
Sheng Qingqing poured out the water in the kettle, brewed a bowl of tea, put it on top of the remaining white rice, and then covered the pot, and let the fire in the stove maintain a weak flame, which would not make the rice in the pot more lake.
While waiting, she continued to think about how to talk to Second Uncle Niu about it.
After all, now she doesn't have enough money for Second Uncle Niu to build her a barbecue grill, so she can only owe the account on credit, and she can't repay the money until she makes money. Second Uncle Niu is benevolent and willing, and Sheng Qingqing does not have the face to agree.
So the question is, will Second Uncle Niu be willing to believe that she, a little girl in her early teens, can earn enough money in a short period of time?
And in the eyes of those who don't know, this is her first time doing business, which is really unconvincing.
Sheng Qingqing thought about it seriously, and then found out with some frustration that she really had no way to convince others that she could make money at one time.
Unless she talks about space.
This is naturally impossible.
Thinking about it, before I knew it, the air in the kitchen had become fresher, and there was a faint fragrance of tea. The taste is very light and the smell is quite appealing.
But after Sheng Qingqing smelled this smell, she jumped up in fright as if she had been bitten by an insect.
"Oh no, I almost forgot!"
The tea is put in the pot just to get rid of the smell of the rice in the pot, not to cook it with the rice.
Sheng Qingqing quickly lifted the lid of the pot and took a look.
"It's fine."
She couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, although the bowl of tea placed in the pot had evaporated a little due to cooking, it was not much, at least it was acceptable.
Carefully brought out the bowl of tea, and looked at the rice again, and sure enough, there was not much change.
Kindness...... The smell has changed.
That weird taste is much lower!
Sheng Qingqing nodded with satisfaction, and then she began to prepare the ingredients for making porridge.
In the kitchen of the Niu family, the ingredients are still very rich, Sheng Qingqing easily found a lot of things, and finally picked them, she still decided to make a pot of mushroom porridge.
First, add a lot of hot water to the pot of flavored white rice, until the rice is overflowing, then cover the pot and simmer for a while. Take advantage of this time to prepare the ingredients first - green onion and ginger, and a large bowl of mushrooms.
The mushrooms of the Niu family should also be picked from the wild valley behind the mountain behind Shengjia Village, and they smell very delicious when they are only dry and hard, and after soaking them in hot water at this time, they are even more fragrant.
After washing the green onion and ginger and mushrooms, finely chop the green onion and ginger and cut the mushrooms into strips. Then pour hot oil into a small pan and stir-fry them all together until fragrant.
At this time, there was also movement in the cauldron.
Because it is hot water, and the rice in the pot is already hot, this pot boils very quickly. So 1, while it was boiling, neatly pour the green onions, ginger and shredded mushrooms in the small pot into the cauldron. Then stir a section with a spatula to let the rice come into full contact with the green onions, ginger and mushrooms, and after thinking about it, 1 also put a little black pepper in it to taste.
The reason why green onion and ginger are added is to suppress the strange taste on the rice in the pot. After all, although tea is useful, it is not a panacea, and it can absorb all the magical strange smells at once. Therefore, it is necessary to continue to suppress it, and the green onion and ginger fried in hot oil have been completely stir-fried to bring out the aroma, which is enough to suppress the strange smell, and there are also wild mountain mushrooms with incomparable fragrance......
Sheng Qingqing covered the pot and stuffed a little firewood into the stove to ensure that the flame in the stove could keep burning.
As time passed, slowly, bursts of aroma began to escape from the pot. This is the exact opposite smell of the previous one.
If it is said that the food cooked by Second Uncle Niu will go to hell if you eat it, then after smelling this aroma, you can simply go to the fairy world!
Not much......
"Girl, what are you doing, it's so fragrant!"
Second Uncle Niu stood at the door with a smile and kept looking into the kitchen.
Sheng Qingqing stuffed the firewood in his hand into the stove, his eyes couldn't help but slip around the axe in Second Uncle Niu's hand, and after a while, he quietly withdrew his gaze and said with a smile: "It's just a little mushroom porridge, whether Second Uncle is hungry or not, it will be fine immediately!" ”
Second Uncle Niu didn't pay attention to her gaze, and almost all of his body and mind were placed on the steaming cauldron. It's not like he hasn't eaten delicious food, but for some reason, he can't help but want to swallow when he smells the aroma coming from the pot.
Could it be that the child has been at home for the past two days, and he has eaten those bad things and hurt himself?!
Second Uncle Niu couldn't help but be suspicious.
Over there, Sheng Qingqing stood up and walked to the cauldron.
What she said was almost ready, not perfunctory, but the mushroom porridge in the pot was indeed almost ready.
With his back to the second uncle Niu at the door, Sheng Qingqing lifted the lid of the pot.
When the steam dissipated, you could see the churning white porridge in the pot.
The white porridge is tumbling, but what really makes it look new and exude such a fragrance at this time is the looming black and white mushroom shreds during the period.
These mushroom threads are like dragons wandering in the sky, seeing the head but not the tail, but those who see them can always feel that beautiful taste.
I just want to eat them in my mouth and swallow them in my stomach while they're hot!
Taking advantage of this time, Sheng Qingqing quickly passed the coarse salt on the side, and accurately picked a sufficient amount and threw it into the pot. The slightly yellowed coarse salt soon fused with the snow-white porridge water, completely indistinguishable from each other.
Sheng Qingqing turned around and smiled at the second uncle Niu at the door: "You can eat it!" ”
Second Uncle Niu couldn't wait in his heart, he hadn't eaten dinner in the first place, his stomach was empty, how could he bear it when he smelled such a delicious taste. If it weren't for the only rational existence, he warned himself that he couldn't lose his manners in front of his juniors, he was afraid that he would have rushed up a long time ago and drank a bowl first!
Hearing Sheng Qingqing's words at this time, he immediately walked into the kitchen quickly, and watched Sheng Qingqing make porridge for him.
"Second uncle, be careful of burning." Sheng Qingqing handed over the dishes and chopsticks with a smile, and her posture was very courteous.
Second Uncle Niu hurriedly took it, but as soon as his hand was raised, he found that he had forgotten to put down the axe that was chopping wood in his hand.
"Uncle, you drink, I'll call Brother Xiaoyu."
"Yes, yes, I love it...... Hiss...... Let's go, let's ......" Second Uncle Niu had already buried his head in drinking mushroom porridge, even if he was scalded by the hot porridge, he was reluctant to put down the porridge bowl, and said vaguely.
Sheng Qingqing nodded with a smile, went out, and returned to the Sheng family after turning a corner.
In the Sheng family, I saw Niu Yu playing with Sheng Zhizhi and Sheng Siming.
Although Niu Yu is much older than the two children, he has a good temper and is good at playing, and the two children play with him, but they look very happy. And Niu Yu is also very measured, and he doesn't take them to do any dangerous games. The three of them only played in the courtyard of the Sheng family.
When Sheng Qingqing came back, what he saw was that they were hiding and seeking.
It's really hiding from "cats".
Niu Yu and the two children found three directions to hide, and then asked Amber, the little raccoon cat who was not yet full moon, to find them. I don't know what the three of them did, but the little tanuki cat actually cooperated, curious and stumbling around, and then ran in the direction where they were hiding.
It may be that they are worried that the cat is too young to do too intense exercise, so the three of them hid not too far, and soon the little civet cat found the first person.
Seeing the little civet cat stumbling over, Sheng Zhizhi immediately ran out of the hiding place with great interest, picked up the cat, and said with a smug smile: "Hahaha, I'll just say it!" Cats must have been the first to come to me! ”
"Zhizhi, you girl must be a liar." Niu Yu walked out from behind a pillar and asked unconvinced: "Are you hiding small dried fish on your body?!" ”
Sheng Siming also walked out from behind a chair, he was small, even if he hid behind a chair that was not high, if he didn't pay attention, it would be difficult to find it for a while. After he came out, he didn't say that Sheng Zhizhi was cheating, but his eyes were firmly fixed on the little civet cat, obviously he was also very unconvinced that the cat was the first to find Sheng Zhizhi.
"I don't have one!"
Regarding Niu Yu's quality control, Sheng Zhizhi naturally denied it, and the reason for her denial was very convincing, "My family is so poor, how can I hide the excess dried fish!" ”