After a while, Zhou Shi carried half a basket of dried dogwood to his mother: "Mother, here is the leftover from the previous year, this fruit is everywhere on the mountain, if you like to eat, I will wash and steam your newly picked dogwood, dry it and store it!" ”

Xiao Qing's hand went deep into the basket, picked up the dried fruit from the bottom of the basket and threw it up, fortunately it was a dry day, even the dried dogwood from the previous year was not moldy, and the water had been drained, and it smelled fragrant.

But she would never taste it again on the impulse, and although it was a little sour and bitter when she had just picked it, it really didn't taste good.

She grabbed a handful and looked at it carefully in her hand, if it was ground into flour, would it be the same as chili powder noodles?

"Xiao Chengniang, is there still anyone using the stone mill at the head of the village?" Xiao Qing asked.

Zhou looked up at the stone mill at the head of the village, and there was no one around: "Mother, no one is using it." ”

There are two stone mills in Yaoshan Village, one in the village and one at the head of the village, the head of the village is too small, the people in the village grind noodles at one time, grinding wheat and beans is too slow, and it is far away, over time, the stone mill is used by fewer people, and their family used it when grinding wheat before.

Xiao Qing sighed and said with a smile: "You go and get busy, I'll take a look later!" ”

A few people don't care what their mother wants to do, they only know what their mother wants to do, and they all help to do it.

Half an hour later, Xiao Qing came to the stone mill with half a basket of dried dogwood, seeing that the wheat seedlings and grass grew on the stone mill, and there was some soil on it, Xiao Qing began to clean the stone mill, and asked Qiao Cheng to help her fetch water to clean the stone mill, and when the stone mill dried, it was almost noon.

Xiao Qing poured the dried dogwood into the funnel and began to grind.

This stone mill has been around for a long time, and some of the concave and convex teeth in it have been smoothed out, and some have been smashed, so it is particularly laborious to push.

Xiao Qing didn't let others do this work, she pushed and walked to exchange food and food, let others push, nothing, it was better for her to push, but she was too tired.

After grinding for a long time, she didn't see the dogwood fragments powder come out, she poured the funnel to the full, continued to push, and when the funnel leaked halfway, the powder flakes fell out along the grinding disc, slowly more and more.

She looked at the cornelian flour that was ground out, Xiao Qing smiled, although the color was darker, there were red flakes, but it was just right.

She looked around at no one, called out Xiao Chao, first checked how many steps were left, I went to the mountains early this morning, and there were thousands of steps, plus the rest of yesterday, it should be okay to exchange for chili powder noodles.

Xiao Qing took a look, sure enough, there were a lot, about more than 8,000 steps, she quickly swiped to the page of condiments, and saw authentic Shu spicy noodles, chili powder noodles, one pound actually costs a thousand steps, is this system mall sitting on the ground starting price?

A pigeon of three or four catties is only more than a thousand steps, what is the authentic Shu spicy powder, a pound is more expensive than pigeon meat?

I wanted to pound the system again, but she finally held back, after all, the system is now the master, he is the seller, the price is set by him, and she can choose not to buy it.

After Xiao Qing placed an order, a small sack of chili powder noodles was delivered to her.

She mixed the dogwood flour noodles and chili powder noodles together, not so much mixed together, but the most chili powder noodles, looking at the two colors are about the same, but this Shu spicy is really good, there are no seeds, and the smell is not overwhelming.

Xiao Qing went home and took a bowl, put the ground dogwood noodles and chili powder noodles into the bowl, and then came to the grass shed.

It was already noon, and Zhou and Qin were cooking.

Xiao Qing walked to the grass shed and handed them a bowl of dogwood noodles: "I'll fry some meat for you later, put some dogwood noodles, and taste it?" ”

Zhou and Qin thought of the bitter taste, and their faces were full of rejection, but their mothers wanted to eat, so they didn't say anything, and listened to their mother's words.

Xiao Qing decided to cook the vegetables by herself, she washed the meat first, and then cut it into thin slices, there was no green onion, ginger and garlic, she could only make do with it.

In her previous life, she lived alone all the year round, and she did a lot of housework by herself, and of course she inevitably cooked.

Qiao Yu lit the fire below, and when the pot was hot, Xiao Qing put the lard and the meat.

The Qin family and the Zhou family on the side saw that their mother's roast meat was still oiled, which was too wasteful, and their hearts were full of distress.

However, at the moment when the meat that had been let go of the oil was stir-fried, the fragrance exploded with the white smoke, and the Zhou and Qin families who were surrounding the stove couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and the children outside asked about the fragrance of the fried meat, and they all ran over and stood under the grass shed to watch the red and white meat become ripe little by little, and they stretched out their heads to the pot.

Xiao Qing put a little salt, grabbed a small pinch of dogwood noodles, threw it into the pot and stir-fried together, fried until the meat was almost cooked, and then sprinkled with the gynostemma that the children went to find in the morning.

After the dishes were fried, Xiao Qing took a pair of chopsticks and handed them to Qiao Cheng: "Come, Xiaocheng, how about you taste it?" ”

Children's tastes are the most tricky, and adults can naturally tolerate the spicy food they can tolerate, not to mention those who like to eat spicy food.

Qiao Cheng took a bite of the meat dish and blew it, he couldn't wait to send it to his mouth, because the dish was too hot, Qiao Cheng chewed two bites and fanned his mouth: "Hot hot ......"

Zhou helped her blow air: "Eat slowly, no one will rob you!" Does it taste good? ”

The more Qiao Cheng chewed, the more flavorful it became, and the more he chewed, the more fragrant it became, but after the meat taste disappeared, there was a taste in his mouth that he had never tasted before, it was spicy, not the bitter and spicy of dogwood fruit, but spicy, straight spicy for the brain.

He took another bite, this time he was not in a hurry, but ate slowly, halfway through eating, he couldn't help it, and shouted: "Mother, water, water, spicy, so spicy......"

Xiao Qing was very satisfied when he saw his expression, this spicy taste had already covered the taste of dogwood, and he could basically pass the test.

Qiao Cheng took a sip of water, and after the spicy taste subsided, he asked curiously: "Grandma, is this our dogwood noodles?" Why does it smell like this? It's delicious! ”

Xiao Qing asked: "Don't ask this, you tell grandma, this taste, in addition to the taste of meat, can you accept the spiciness?" ”

Qiao Cheng thought about it for a while, and then nodded with a smile: "Well, it's delicious, grandma's spicy taste can be even more spicy, I really want to eat millet rice, it must be fragrant with millet rice." ”

Xiao Qing smiled and said, "I'll satisfy your little mouth later." ”

With Qiao Cheng's words, she put a hundred and twenty hearts in her heart, she had never tasted the spicy taste of dogwood, although she had eaten the freshly ripe fruit, but in fact, the history of dogwood as a condiment of the ancestors was very long, and she had not tasted the spicy taste of dogwood as a side dish.

However, chili peppers can dominate the spicy world instead of dogwood and mustard, indicating that the taste of chili peppers is irreplaceable by them, and even more suitable for human mouths than them, and most modern people like to eat spicy.

The Daqing Dynasty is similar to the ancient Song Dynasty, and the chili peppers have not yet been introduced, so she can go to the county town tomorrow to try it, and if she can sell it, she may have a lot of income.