Chapter Seventy-Five: Division of Labor and Cooperation
The door of the broken temple had fallen to one side, and the remaining side could only be barely closed, Jiang Fenghao lifted the door that had fallen and leaned against the door, which would block the wind.
The bonfire was burning in the open space, and the leaky roof also blocked Lu Ziqi with straw, and the two sat on the straw pile while roasting the fire and eating a belated dinner with soju.
The two red horses were tied to the side, and at the moment they were quietly bowing their heads to nibble on the dry straw piled up on the ground, occasionally shaking their heads and snorting to prove their existence.
"What the hell!" Lu Ziqi sighed, picked up the water bag and took a sip.
As soon as the hot and spicy soju entered the stomach, the stomach immediately felt like it was being lit, and the whole person warmed up.
Jiang Fenghao didn't answer, but silently took off the burden from the horse's back, and took out the food wrapped in layers of oiled paper and large leaves.
Chestnuts, Jiang rice noodles, salted crispy chicken, sauced beef, and cornmeal cake that has been frozen hard.
The fat cake can no longer be eaten, and the sauced beef is also a little cold, but the chestnuts and Jiang rice noodles can be eaten both hot and cold, and it is estimated that He Xiaoqiao packed it carefully, although the salty crispy chicken is colder, it can still be eaten.
Jiang Fenghao re-wrapped the salted crispy chicken into the leaves and put it on the side of the fire to heat it, and when it didn't feel so cold, he sprinkled the pepper and garlic paste that He Xiaoqiao had prepared on top and stirred.
The slightly pungent taste came, Lu Ziqi's eyes lit up, and he stretched out his arm to grab it.
Jiang Fenghao quickly moved the leaves to a position, so Lu Ziqi's chopsticks poked directly into the mud.
"Stingy!"
"It's mine." Jiang Fenghao glanced at Lu Ziqi, who was unwilling to pat the dirt off the chopsticks, and calmly declared his ownership.
Lu Ziqi pursed his lips, and after expressing the highest degree of contempt for his iron rooster junior brother, he also got up and went to the horseback to take his share of dinner, and put it on the side of the fire to roast it first and then drizzle it with spicy sauce.
The salted crispy chicken tasted unlike any chicken the two had before.
Although it is chicken, it is not at all like the taste in memory, the outside is more fragrant and stronger because it is wrapped in a layer of sweet potato flour and fried, and when you bite into it, it is first crispy and spicy, and then it is soft and glutinous, and the chicken also has a more textured crispy cartilage, which makes people can't help but want to take one bite after another, and can't stop at all.
He Xiaoqiao cut the salted crispy chicken into relatively small pieces, and after it was fried, it was almost the size of an ordinary ball, and the two big men ate their respective portions one by one.
"My brother and sister's craftsmanship is really not covered, and chicken can make so many tricks." Lu Ziqi smashed his mouth, and sucked the sauce left on the leaves with chopsticks.
"Of course." Jiang Fenghao put down his chopsticks and picked up the water bag and took a sip, looking quite proud, "Don't look at whose lady it is." ”
Lu Ziqi glanced at him jealously, opened another package with his hand, and found that it was full of strips of little thumb thickness, smelling like sugar, "What is this?" ”
Having said that, I couldn't wait to pick up one and take a bite, with a crisp click, crispy and sweet.
Lu Ziqi's eyes lit up immediately, and he couldn't help but blurt out, "It's delicious!" ”
Jiang Fenghao was even more embarrassed, so he almost raised his head and walked around the broken temple with his tail cocked, "Of course the food made by my lady is delicious!" ”
Lu Ziqi didn't even bother to despise him, and only changed the topic after eating several Jiang rice noodles, "Looking at the weather, it is estimated that the snow will not stop tomorrow morning, and I don't know what the situation is on the master's side now." ”
Jiang Fenghao was also silent, and only said after a long while, "I want to go and see it after all." If something hadn't really happened, the old immortal wouldn't have let us go back to Yin Yang Valley. ”
"That's true, but you said that the master is such a sturdy and stinky old man, who usually pretends to be like a cow, why do you suddenly say that he is sick?" Still dressed as a tattered hunter, Lu Ziqi reached out and touched his chin covered with stubble, and asked with some uncertainty, "Could it be that there is some trap set up on a whim to test us?" ”
Jiang Fenghao picked up two branches, broke them and threw them into the fire, and the rising flames shrouded his handsome face in a strange red, "No matter what the situation is, you will know when you get to the Yin Yang Valley." ”
It's better not to come up with any bad ideas to rectify the person, otherwise......
Staring at the bonfire in front of him with faint eyes, the corners of Jiang Fenghao's mouth hooked up with an extremely evil smile.
The air around him suddenly dropped several degrees, and Lu Ziqi looked at his junior brother who was smiling like a demon, and shivered excitedly.
Amitabha, I hope the master really has something to find them, otherwise his old man's fate in the future will not be good!
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It was almost time for lunch before He Xiaoqiao got up from the bed dragging his hair full of fluffy hair.
The ink has dried all the pictures drawn last night, and when Cailian came in the morning, he packed them all up and put them on the table again, and carefully took the paper to suppress the blank space on the paper, for fear that when he entered the door, the wind would blow it down to the ground and it would be dirty.
said that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so He Xiaoqiao, who hadn't drawn the pictures yet, put them aside for the time being, and only put the drawn ones aside and put them away. After drawing everything in the plan, he handed it over to Steward Liao to deal with.
I put on a warm cloak and walked to the bed, and when I saw that it was overcast outside, I didn't have the heart to go out.
On snowy days, it is most comfortable to nest in the house.
After drinking the hot soy milk sent by Cailian, He Xiaoqiao held the empty cup and smashed his mouth, feeling that the gluttonous worms in his stomach seemed to wake up the soy milk, and immediately called Cailian and Suo'er to the kitchen to prepare lunch together.
When I went out, I saw Hong Fangzheng leaning against the trunk of the tree and looking at the canopy, the boss seemed to be chatting with someone at the corner of his mouth, and he couldn't help but smile and squint when he said that he was happy, and Bai Shou was sitting silently on the stool in a daze.
Seeing He Xiaoqiao go out, both of them immediately came back to their senses, and arched their hands towards her together, "I've seen the princess!" ”
"Huh? You're all here. He Xiaoqiao paused, and looked at Bai Shou is eyes lit up, "It just so happens that I'm going to make lunch, and I'll make pot-wrapped meat later, you all come and try it." ”
Of course, it is a good thing to have food, Hong Fang looked happy and followed up and said that he wanted to help light the fire, Bai Shou lowered his head and thought about it, and finally decided to volunteer to wash the vegetables.
Cai Lian pouted and told them not to rob her and Suo'er of their jobs, but He Xiaoqiao didn't think so, and agreed with a smile.
The ancients admired 'gentlemen are far away from the kitchen', and few men will go into the kitchen to cook except for the chef, and it is a good thing that the two of them can offer to help at this time, at least it can prove that the two of them are not machismo.
This is a good sign and should be encouraged.
Because of Jiang Fenghao's instructions, the purchase side will send the freshest ingredients to Fengzhu Yayuan every day.
He Xiaoqiao walked around the kitchen and found a large bone with not completely shaved meat and a large piece of fresh pork on the board, and several large white radishes and tomatoes in the vegetable basket.
I flipped it down, and there were still tender winter bamboo shoots with soil and carrots as thick as two fingers.
It seems that in addition to making pot-wrapped meat, you can also boil a large bone broth by the way.
Hong Fang is tall and big, of course He Xiaoqiao will not let him really burn the fire, because he looks at the strength of his hands, so he was assigned to chop the big bones, Bai Shou silently took the wooden basin handed by He Xiaoqiao, and carried a basket of radishes and tomatoes to the outside of the house to clean.
Cai Lian stood in the kitchen a little dazed, what she used to do before was robbed, and she didn't know what to do for a while.
"Miss......"
"Cai Lian came over and helped cut this meat." He Xiaoqiao glanced up at her, quickly removed the tenderloin from the large piece of pork and put it on the cutting board, and the kitchen knife was stuffed into Cailian's hand, while gesturing to her, "Just cut it horizontally into slices, a slice is about the thickness of a finger." Seeing Hong Fang looking at his fingers curiously, his eyes looked at the chopping board from time to time, looking like he was about to move, the corners of He Xiaoqiao's mouth twitched, and he told Cai Lian very solemnly, "...... Cut it to the size of your own fingers, and don't compare it to anyone else's. "Especially a finger that can touch a carrot!
Hong Fang, who didn't know that he was disgusted, was very handy and cut the cleaned bones into several pieces with a few aggressive strokes, He Xiaoqiao praised him twice, and asked him to take the winter bamboo shoots and green onions outside and wash them for Bai Shou to wash together.
When Hong Fang came out of the kitchen, He Xiaoqiao, who was finally able to move, hurriedly boiled the big bones with water and a little rice wine, washed off the blood foam, added water again, put it into a clay pot with the flattened ginger and rice wine, and put it on the stove, threw a handful of firewood into the stove, and hurriedly prepared to make pot meat.
As a result, because she was in too much of a hurry to pay attention to her feet, she almost tripped over a wooden bucket filled with water, but fortunately she flashed, and only let the water wet the corners of her skirt a little, but it was not a big deal.
"Miss!" Cai Lian heard the sound and hurriedly put down the kitchen knife and ran over, seeing He Xiaoqiao staring at the wooden barrel with wide eyes, she thought she was scared away, and anxiously reached out and waved it twice in front of her, "Miss, what's wrong with you?" Did it hurt somewhere? ”
Hong Fang and Bai Shou also ran in when they heard the shout, He Xiaoqiao finally came back to his senses after being picked up like this, and pointed to the bucket with a smile and said to the three of them, "Look, there are fish!" ”
Hong Fang, who was standing at the door, was a little confused, and even Cai Lian was confused, "This fish was sent by Manager Liu in the morning, saying that it looks fresh, and Miss must like it." ”
"It turned out that Uncle Liu sent it." He Xiaoqiao thought of the old man Qingjun who always saw the head and the tail of the dragon, and there was a moment of trance on his face.
Speaking of which, she has been fooling around with Jiang Fenghao all these days, although she will let people send a copy of delicious food and drink, but she has never gone to Uncle Liu in person. I heard that every time I went out of the house, he was taken care of by his old man, and he was also Jiang Fenghao's elder, so it was necessary to have a good relationship.
immediately called Suo'er to come over, and told her to invite Liu Yidao to Fengzhu Yayuan for dinner at noon.
"Miss, isn't there anything special about this fish?" Holding He Xiaoqiao's arm, Cai Lian asked curiously, "It's not that there were no fish sent over before, but Miss is not as happy as this time." ”
What's more, how do she think that the two fish in the barrel are uglier than the ones sent before, not to mention a mouthful of sharp teeth, there are many irregular spots on the body, which makes people unhappy when they look at it, and they don't know if they will bite.
"In the past, they were all ordinary fish, but this one is different." Carefully avoiding the sharp dorsal fins on the fish, He Xiaoqiao reached out and picked up one of them and looked at it, and explained to her with a smile that he couldn't see his teeth, "This is a mandarin fish, the fish is very tender and does not have so many small spines, and it can make a variety of delicious and fun dishes!" ”
For example, the most simple and delicious steamed mandarin fish, chai cinnamon fish, tomato sauce three-silk mandarin fish roll, squirrel osmanthus fish, etc., make people drool when they think about it.