Chen Xiao and Fang Yu returned to the post house.

Chen Xiao said to go into the space and get something and flash into the black stone.

Along the way, Shang Yu wanted to explain a few words, but he felt that he had already confessed, including what the little county lord said to him last night.

What else would you like to add? …… Fang Yu's fingers tapped on the tabletop. Suddenly, he thought of the sachet that the little lord had given him last night, and he put it in his pocket at that time.

Taking it out of his pocket, it's a delicately crafted sachet. I opened the sachet, which contained the powder of the ground herbs, pinched some and smelled it, it was about a mixture of mugwort leaves, cloves, mint, herbs and other medicinal herbs.

After checking the sachet and seeing no problem, Fang Yu was relieved. He was worried about what he couldn't explain.

After a while, Chen Xiao came out with a few bags of things in his hand.

"Huh, whose is this?" Chen Xiao saw the sachet on the table.

"The little princess gave me a mosquito repellent sachet last night."

Chen Xiao glanced at the brocade cloth bag, didn't say anything, and put down the things in his hand.

"Pack the ingredients first."

Among the things Chen Xiao took out was a gauze bag for soup, which was specially used to hold the "five spices".

Fang Yu had seen her braised pork and knew how to make it, so he opened a few packets of medicinal herbs and asked, "How do you mix them?"

"I'll do it." Chen Xiao casually grabbed a dozen star anise, a few pieces of cinnamon, a lot of cumin, a little pepper, and put six or seven bay leaves.

Fang Yu asked, "Do you want to break these spices?" so that others can't see what."

"No, insiders will know what's in it as soon as they taste it."

"Isn't the recipe learned?"

"They don't have bay leaves." Chen Xiao smiled, "Let's talk about a little spiced melon seeds, it's not a great thing."

Fang Yu saw that there was a small paper bag in the things she took out, and when she opened it, there was some powder inside. Smelled it, there was a smell of star anise and cinnamon.

"What kind of powder is this?"

"Five-spice powder."

Fang Yu smelled the taste and felt that it was a little different from the "five spices" of spiced melon seeds.

"It's all spiced, why does it taste different?"

"'Five spices are just a name. Which five spices are used differently, and the combination is different."

"What is this five-spice powder used for?"

"Make pork jerky."

Chen Xiao tied the gauze bag: "Okay, now I'll wait for the main ingredients to be delivered."

Fang Yu saw that she had not mentioned the little county lord all the way back, and he was worried that she was holding back something, so he asked tentatively:

"What do you think of meeting the little county lord in the medicine hall?"

"She didn't mean to run into you there."

Fang Yu was speechless: "I didn't mean that."

"She wants to identify herself."

"You...... What do you think?" Fang Yu is a little up and down.

"I think you're a good match."

Fang Yu support amount.

"But what about a good match?" Chen Xiao said again.

"You ......" Fang Yu really didn't know what she was thinking now.

"There should be a lot of women like you who like you. But they don't have a chance."

Fang Yu's expression relaxed, and she could hear that she regarded herself as her husband.

"You're mine. Remember that you have sworn so much, and be careful of the thunder and thunder."

As soon as Chen Xiao finished speaking, there was a thunderclap in the sky.

Bang! This sound came very suddenly. Both paused.

Chen Xiao thought to himself: It's really appropriate.

Fang Yu suddenly felt a little weak.

He knew that there was no master in this world, and there would be no consequences for casually "swearing to heaven". But...... Chen Xiao is the owner of the Black Stone, and her Black Stone comes from her parents. The person who can own the black stone must have something to do with the "Nangong family". Because the "Black Stone" was created by the Nangong family, the "Xiaofang World" was also created by the Nangong family. The world they live in is

"Small Square World".

Bang! Another thunderclap. It was getting dark quickly.

The bean-sized raindrops fell, crackling, and smashed small holes in the dirt on the ground.

After a while, it turned into a downpour.

"Alas, when it rains, my spiced melon seeds can't be dried." Chen Xiao looked out the window at the heavy rain.

"It shouldn't rain long." Fang Yu got up and closed the window, and the rain outside drifted in.

Chen Xiao picked up the sachet on the table and looked at it, and asked, "That's all you talked about last night?"

Fang Yu returned to the table and hesitated, "She asked me if I liked her before, and I said I just treated her as a sister."

Chen Xiao put down the sachet and said nothing.

"Xiaoxiao, I've told you everything." Fang Yu waited for her to say the next sentence, but Chen Xiao didn't say anything.

Chen Xiao minded that the two of them met alone, wondering what they had all talked about, and although Fang Yu said it, she still didn't believe that it was all.

Think about it, forget it! Don't overdo it, or you're asking for trouble. Feelings rely on self-awareness, not interrogation and persecution.

Chen Xiao looked at the rain outside the window in a daze, watching the raindrops jump on the tiles and make a splash, and watching the rain in the tile ditch flow down.

It didn't take long for the rain to rain, and it gradually became less and less in about half an hour. The cook brought lunch.

When the rain stopped, the steward brought in the purchases.

After lunch, Chen Xiao decided to make pork jerky first.

The two of them do it in the kitchen. Pork jerky needs to be lean meat, Chen Xiao cut off the fat on it, Fang Yu asked, "What should I do with this fat meat?"

"Refining oil."

"In addition to refining oil, can fatty meat be made into anything delicious?"

"You can fry the crispy. However, the crispy should be fried in sesame oil, and if you fry the twist in the oil that has been fried in the crispy oil, the twist will change in taste."

"Then fry the twist first, and then fry the crispy."

"You need pea flour to fry the crispy, there's no pea flour here."

"Then grind it. You wait, don't refine the fat, there's enough lard here. I'm going to grind pea flour."

Fang Yu finished speaking and ran out. First of all, he had to buy peas, and then he had to find a stone mill.

Chen Xiao smiled and shook his head. It's really a feeling of "going to the thatched house and digging a pit".

The cook asked Chen Xiao, "How do you fry the crispy?" As a chef, I am very interested in new ways of cooking.

Chen Xiaogang was about to speak, but Su Xiaowan said to the cook unhappily, "Hurry up and pack up everything and give them the kitchen."

Before, the steward sent a lot of pork, flour, melon seeds, etc. to the kitchen, Su Xiaowan was puzzled, she didn't let the steward buy these. The steward said that it was Fang Gongzi who wanted it, and his wife wanted to cook food for everyone.

At that time, Su Xiaowan was unhappy, she was responsible for the food in the small courtyard, when would it be Mrs. Chen's turn? This couple, it is not enough for the man to please the grandson, but also to push the lady out.

Although she was unhappy, she did not stop it. Because it would make her appear cautious and ungraceful.

Chen Xiao put the fat aside and cut the lean meat.

She cut the pork into small strips, added ginger slices, salt, five-spice powder, white wine, Sichuan pepper, and chili noodles and kneaded and marinated.

It takes four or five hours for the strips of meat to marinate, Chen Xiao puts the marinated meat aside, and then washes the sunflower seeds.

The method of spiced melon seeds is very simple, first wash the melon seeds, add salt and water with "five spices", boil them for half an hour, soak them for three or four hours, let the melon seeds completely absorb the flavor of the spices, and then scoop up the melon seeds to dry. After the water is dried, fry it with salt, and the fragrant and crispy five-spiced melon seeds are ready.

Both pork jerky and spiced melon seeds require pickling and drying steps. It's just that the melon seeds are boiled first and then dried; Pork jerky is first sun-dried, then steamed, and then dried.

In short, these two snacks are not made all at once, and it takes time.