Three days later, 2,800 duck eggs were delivered to Lujia Village, and the whole basket was very spectacular.

He Zao ordered all the big duck eggs with thin skin, snow-white, very clean, Qibao picked up one by one as if it was rare, the duck eggs were very large, and his little hands could hardly hold them.

He Zao smiled and asked the family to take out the big potbelly jars that had been washed long ago, and put them in the corner of the wall one by one, these jars have a big belly, more than one meter high, almost equivalent to a small tank, spread a layer of fine quicklime at the bottom of the tank, and then spread a layer of washed and dried broken wheat straw on top of the lime, and then spread the fresh duck eggs layer by layer on the wheat straw. After spreading to the fullest, cover it with a pot and pan and press it with a clean wooden stick.

The fine quicklime in this is also very particular, it is best to grind it with that kind of white large lime block, and it is best to use the new wheat stalks of the year, so that the pickled Songhua eggs taste more mellow, and these wheat stalks of the early family are left as fire when the wheat is harvested in May. He Zao deliberately chose the ones that were not moldy and rotten, and they still looked golden and bright.

Once these preparations are complete, the soup is ready to be brewed.

He Laosan built a stove in the courtyard, put a large iron pot, boiled it into a liquid in boiling water according to the ratio of ten parts of clear water, four parts of soda ash, four parts of fine salt, and four parts of plant ash, and washed and cut the pine branches picked on the back mountain into small pieces and put them into boiling together, so that the soup boiled out will have a very special pine fragrance. After the pine branches are boiled soft, they are then fished out, and the remaining soup is poured into the previous vat, submerging all the pine eggs in the vat.

After waiting for thirty days, you can get out of the tank. Let's take the next step.

He Zao used five large vats to marinate 2,000 duck eggs.

Because the process is very delicate and there can be no carelessness, He Zao did it very slowly, and it took three days to marinate all five large vats.

Then she went to town again, and came back to make another kind of mudless pine eggs from the remaining eight hundred duck eggs.

The remaining 800 are the best duck eggs of the highest quality, large and brightly colored, that she carefully selected.

In addition, use a clean big iron pot, put two kilograms of water, ten grams of fennel from the back mountain, twenty grams of freshly ripe peppercorns, and one hundred grams of black tea, boil for five minutes and then extinguish the fire, then add 300 grams of soda ash, stir to fully melt, and then add a little pine leaves, and then make a soaking soup and wait for it to cool.

The black tea here, He Zao ruthlessly spent a lot of money to buy the very famous Qimen black tea, only the raw materials are good, and the finished product will taste good.

The process of pickling mudless pine eggs is more refined, He Zao specially bought 20 small porcelain jars, each jar only stacked 50 washed duck eggs, and then poured the soaked soup into it, be sure to completely submerge the eggs, and then seal them with mud and store them in a cool place.

The two kinds of Songhua eggs made by Hezao are called Wuliyuan Songhua eggs, which are famous overseas in later generations, and the pickling method is relatively special, and it must be pickled enough for 100 days before the finished product is produced. But in fact, an average Songhua egg, one month is enough to succeed.

He had pickled it at home in his previous life, and even if it was only out of the tank for a month, it tasted very good.

The people of the He family saw that she was doing things in an orderly manner, and she looked confident, but she removed a lot of previous doubts, and later when she saw that the soup was boiling, He Zao was holding a small scale to weigh the weight, and He Laosan couldn't help but smack her tongue: "This thing that I got early is really fine." ”

In my heart, I was looking forward to the finished product of Songhua eggs.

Pickled Songhua eggs were busy for seven or eight days, He Zao had not gone up the mountain for a long time, and when she was done, she took a cloth bag and followed Sibao up the mountain to pinch honeysuckle, and she didn't want to go back at noon, so she went to Ah Che for lunch together.

Ah Che is still the same, with a cold expression and elegant posture, like a noble son who has not entered the world.

Dealing with lime and soil every day, He Zao saw a cold Ah Che at first glance, and was stunned, I didn't see it for a few days, but I felt like it had been many days.

While He Chun'er was cooking with Sibao and Qibao, Ah Che glanced at He Zao and walked towards the bamboo forest behind.

He Zao also happened to have something to tell him, so he wiped his hands and followed.

Who knew that Ah Che and her were the same thing, her face seemed to be smiling, and her eyes were like a quiet ancient pool: "I heard that you are busy making Songhua eggs at home these days, well, it is said that I taught you the recipe of your Songhua eggs?" Why don't I, the master, know ......?"

He Zao's eyes widened in surprise, and there was only one thought in his mind: It's over, it's over, it's been debunked so early!

She was so anxious that she scratched her ears and cheeks to make excuses.

The boy clasped his hands on his chest and looked at her for a long time.

He Zao's heart was horizontal, so he closed his eyes and said in one breath: "Actually, I don't know what's wrong, but after I woke up from falling into the water last time, my brain seems to be much clearer than before, and I understand more...... I didn't dare to mention it to others, this method of pine flower eggs was found in an ancient book in a store in the town, and then I went to buy it but was bought, I thought it was a way to make money, but I didn't dare to tell my parents, I don't know how to explain my literacy......"

"So you pretended to be in my name?" The boy squinted at her with slender eyes.

He had never noticed before, and the squinting of this half-grown boy resembled a cunning fox.

She closed her mouth and nodded lightly.

Achemo rubbed his chin against his face, and he couldn't tell whether he believed it or not.

There was already the sound of Sibao shouting for dinner.

The young man waved his hand: "You go." After a pause, he added, "Don't tell anyone what you know in your dreams." ”

He Zao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, which showed that he believed it, right?

At least on the surface, he didn't doubt her words.

He Zao took a good gnocchi soup and drank it, while secretly looking at the young man sitting opposite.

But the boy drank the soup slowly and methodically, without looking up at him.

After eating, Ah Che put down the dishes and chopsticks, thought about it, and spoke: "As I said before, I moved to your village to live, so let's put this off for a while......

Sibao frowned: "Brother Ache, you are more likely to be discovered if you live here, it is hot, and there are many people who go up the mountain to hunt......"

The young man smiled slightly: "Actually, I live here, I am waiting for someone, and when he comes back, we will leave...... As promised, he will be back soon. ”

They were all taken aback.

"Who?" Shippo asked curiously.

The young man glanced at him and explained briefly: "It's Uncle Zhong, a very loyal servant, he will help me go...... Get something done......"

The young man's good-looking brows were wrinkled together, and it was obvious that this matter was not going well.

Sibao remembered Hezao's guess about the young man on the mountain at the beginning, obviously, she guessed correctly, Ah Che did have someone to accompany her before.

Qibao was very reluctant: "Brother Ache, then you have to leave, where are you going?" Do you want to come back? ”