The third aunt was angry and aggrieved: "Isn't the aunt treating you and Zhouwa well, why don't you think about your aunt!" ”

Lu Xu: "...... Yes? ”

Lu Xu suddenly remembered that his third aunt's steamed bun skills were also very good!

It's not ...... Hey, didn't he want to eat it himself? Lu Xu scratched the back of his head, his third aunt was used to being frugal on weekdays, and she was reluctant to steam white-flour steamed buns once a year, he didn't think about it for a while!

Lu Xu saw that his third aunt was about to cry, and asked Yuan Manniang embarrassedly: "The third grandmother's steamed bun shop seems to be open today?" ”

Yuan Manniang pinched the cloth and nodded, looking more embarrassed than him.

The third grandmother rushed to sell steamed buns, the business is getting better and better, and when she met the same village in the town, she asked if she could take the food to her house to exchange, and the third grandmother pondered that it was feasible to prepare to open a steamed bun shop at home.

Yesterday, I came to tell them that I also brought a bowl of bean paste buns!

The third aunt said sullenly: "Today's opening, we have people in the east to change the steamed buns, if it wasn't for the neighbors who changed the steamed buns to tell me, I wouldn't have known that you gave this idea." ”

Lu Xu sneered, "Why don't you open one too?" ”

The third aunt pouted: "How ugly is that, it's such a big village, all of them are relatives, how can any relatives dismantle the relatives." ”

She glared at Lu Xu aggrievedly and began to think in pieces, "It's not that you shouldn't give the third grandmother ideas, we are all relatives, and it's not easy for anyone, it's just, hey, you're older, Xiaohui Xiaoxuan and the two of them don't have as many ideas as you when they are young, our family counts you big, they all call you big brother, you think about the way to make money, think more about the younger brothers and sisters in the family, do you know?" ”

Lu Xu nodded like pounding garlic.

He really didn't think about it that much.

He still thinks about the third aunt very much. Lu Zhou was born without a mother, it was the third aunt who hugged him and fed him, at that time, Yuan Manniang had not married into his family, Lu Ji couldn't cook, either took him to the third uncle's house, or went to the fourth uncle's house, Lu Hui and Lu Xuan ate whatever he wanted, and the third aunt and the fourth aunt did not miss him.

His three aunts were so angry, and they didn't mention a word to let them pay off their debts.

Lu Xu thought about it, looked at the iron pot that was fresh and had not yet been unloaded, and proposed: "Third aunt, why don't I teach you to fry fritters!" ”

The third aunt and Yuan Manniang were all stunned: "Fritters? What are churros? ”

Lu Xu: "It's simple, I'll make it for you to taste!" ”

Lu Xu's doing, that is, he said, the third aunt did it. He only talked about the ingredients, made requirements, and as for how to make the dough twice as big and fluffy enough, etc., it was all up to the third aunt to master.

He put oil, salt and eggs, and the third aunt was distressed when she heard it, even if the family was not so reluctant to celebrate the New Year.

Lu Xu kept thinking to the side, "If you don't put oil or crisp, it's not delicious when you fry it!" ”

When he woke up, Lu Xu and the third aunt brainwashed how soft and delicious the fritters were, in addition to making fritters, they can also make sugar oil cakes, sugar cakes, leek boxes, one is delicious, with an iron pot, they can also make pancakes, fried spring rolls, pumpkin pies, fried twist flowers, fried dumplings...... Deep-fried rice balls, rice cakes, and sesame balls with glutinous rice flour......

In short, a piece of food blueprint is slowly unfolding in front of you because of the collision of iron pot and oil.

The family was stunned when they heard it, and even Xiao Xia, who was called by the third aunt to help, was obsessed.

Xiao Xia asked, "Big brother, is it really that delicious?" ”

Lu Xu: "Of course! ”

Xiao Xia: "Big brother has you eaten?" ”

Lu Xu: Ah, this!

Relying on the honesty of their whole family, no one wanders around the county, Lu Xu made up nonsense on the spot, "I heard from the people in the county, saying that it is a way to eat in a prosperous place like Beijing." ”

"Oh!" A few people believed it, and couldn't help but yearn for it, especially the children who had never even been to the county seat, and they couldn't imagine what the capital was like.

The third aunt is a pragmatic person, listening to Lu Xu's blowing, she was a little worried, "Xuwa, this is all eaten by the noble master, let's make it, does anyone in the village buy it?" It's oil and salt, how much does it cost. ”

Lu Xu comforted her: "It doesn't matter, let's calculate the cost when we make it, no one in the village buys it, I'll take it to the county and sell it." ”

The third aunt was a little more relieved.

The first time I did it, it was all up to the third aunt to estimate when the noodles would be able to open, she estimated that it would take two hours, the third aunt couldn't be idle, helped Yuan Manniang clean up the housework, and asked Lu Xu to chop the firewood while it was still dark, Xiao Xia and Lu Zhou went to the stream to fetch water, she and Yuan Manniang cleaned the kitchen and went to clean the chicken pen and pigsty, and by the way, they also watered the vegetable field.

The family was arranged clearly, and it was dark.

Lu Xu lit the lamp, and the third aunt saw it painfully.

Whether they eat or light the lamp here, they are all soybean oil, all of which are more than 100 yuan a catty, saving people from eating a pound of oil for a year.

Lu Xu hadn't told her yet, and the half jar of oil would have to be poured into the pot for a while.

If the big iron pot is brought back, the culet may be able to save some use, but the conditions do not allow it, he only has this one pan. Fortunately, it is deep enough to make do with it.

Lu Xu remembered that he used to wake up when he bought a new pot, and the conditions were limited, so he first cleaned the pot and cooked it on a fire, then put oil to moisten it, wipe it again, and let it stand.

The third aunt looked at the embroidery piece embroidered by Yuan Manniang through the oil lamp, and praised Yuan Manniang for being embarrassed.

"This is all the idea given by Xuwa?"

"Xu'er learned it from other people's embroidery villages, otherwise how would we know that we can embroider like this. Next door Shi Niang wanted to come out and embroider it, embroidering flowers, birds, and insects like the real thing, Xu'er said that it was called...... Solid! Right! ”

The third aunt touched the embroidery piece and was envious.

She is not good at embroidery, she is not as good as Yuan Manniang, Xiao Xia is with Lu You, her personality is calm, and Xiao Xia does the sewing and repairing at home. The third aunt asked, "I asked Xiao Xia to learn from you?" ”

"Okay!" Yuan Manniang is very happy, she has never had much confidence, even if Lu Xu said that she can sell eighty wen if she embroiders a piece now, she still feels empty, but now the third aunt wants Xiao Xia to learn from her, what does it mean, she embroiders really well!

Yuan Manniang was immersed in the joy of being a teacher: "Xiaoyu, Xiaoman, Hanlu, everyone who wants to learn comes!" ”

Unbeknownst to Lu Xu, their home was about to turn into an embroidery class.

The third aunt estimated that the time was almost up, and opened the face to show Lu Xu.

Lu Xu pressed the dough, looked at the pores, and thought it was okay, and then taught the third aunt not to knead the dough, flatten and cut the dough to make fritters, "Put the two together, press them with chopsticks, don't push too hard, otherwise you won't be able to explode." ”

was so scared that the third aunt couldn't use her strength.

Lu Xuwaner, "It doesn't matter, let's eat it ourselves, it doesn't matter if it's soft or hard, just do it twice." ”

He called Lu Zhou to light the fire, pour oil, and prepare to explode.

When the third aunt and Yuan Manniang understood what "fried" was, their eyes were about to pop out.

"So much oil!"

"Of course, you have to use oil for frying."

The third aunt trembled, he didn't say it was such a fried before!

"How much oil does this need!"

Lu Xu explained: "It doesn't take much, it's like boiling dumplings, and it doesn't consume much water when cooked." If you make too much, you can fry a lot of fritters in one pan of oil. ”

The third aunt nodded, still in pain, and twisted her brows to see carefully how Lu Xu fried fritters.

What is seven points hot, bubbling, low heat slow frying, turn evenly......

The kitchen gradually wafted out the fragrance, and with the help of the oil lamp, the third aunt watched the noodles in the pot turn into a golden color, more golden than the ripe wheat and autumn leaves!

Lu Xu put the fried fritters in the basket and drained the oil, Lu Zhou and Layue didn't sleep, lying on the side and watching.

Layue's eyes stared without blinking, and saliva was about to run down, "Is my brother okay, can I eat it?" ”

"Yes, be careful of the burn, and go to the yard with my brother to eat." Lu Xu sandwiched one for the third aunt and Yuan Manniang, and then gave the basket to Lu Zhou, "Third aunt, mother, you can taste it." ”

Lu Zhou led Layue with a basket, and then stepped out of the kitchen door and suddenly saw a fire on the mountain road.

He was stunned, blinked and looked again, it was really a fire!

Lu Zhou hurriedly shouted, "Brother, mother!" There's a fire on the mountain! ”

When Lu Xu heard this, he threw the chopsticks and hurriedly ran out, his house is close to the mountain, if there is a mountain fire, he has to run quickly! When he came out to look, it turned out that there was a piece of fire on the mountain road, which seemed to be a torch, connected into a fire dragon.

Layue saw it, ran and grabbed Yuan Manniang's skirt, and cried with her vocal cords, "Is my mother a ghost?" ”

Lu Xu: "How can there be ghosts who light fires, ghosts are afraid of fire, if you go to the kitchen, they won't dare to arrest you." ”

Layue nodded ignorantly.

Lu Xu pulled a long burning wooden stick from the stove, "I'll go over and take a look, Lu Zhou, you go to the grandfather and grandfather's house to call the door, saying that there are many people coming down the mountain." ”

Lu Zhou nodded, stretched his little face and ran towards the village.

"Mother, third aunt, you lead Xiao Xia Layue to the third grandmother's house." Yuan Manniang hugged the sleeping Lu Rui and led the child out in a panic.

Lu Xu went to Yan's house first to knock on the door, "Junqi!" Auntie! ”

Yan Junqi had just fallen asleep, and when he heard the movement, he got up and jumped out of bed wearing a shirt.

Lu Xu: "There are many people coming down from the mountain, and I asked my aunt to take Wenzhen to the third grandmother's house to hide." ”

Mother Yan heard the movement and hurriedly came out with Wenzhen in her arms, "What's wrong?" ”

Yan Junqi looked at the mountain road and pondered for a moment, "Mother, you and Wenzhen will go to the third grandmother's house, and Brother Xu and I will go over to have a look." ”

Yan's mother was a little worried, "You two? Call more people! ”

Yan Junqi: "Let's take a look." ”

Yan's mother responded, "You guys be careful, do you know what to dodge?" ”

Yan Jun responded and ran out to keep up with Lu Xu.

Lu Xu hurriedly coaxed: "Don't go, you go and take care of my mother." ”

Yan Junqi: "That side is the direction of Guanyang, if the mountain bandits will not come from the west, maybe it is the official mission of Guanyang, let's go and take a look first." ”

Lu Xu: "Okay, good. ”

Yan Junqi: "Put out the torches, don't let them see it, let's hide." ”

Lu Xu trotted to the side of the stream and threw the torch into the stream.

Yan Junqi tied up his clothes, "We have to call someone to inform Lizheng." ”

Lu Xu: "I called Lu Zhou." ”

He trotted back and looked at Yan Junqi by the moonlight, Yan Junqi was wearing a fine linen undershirt, his hair was scattered, his little face was serious and worried but not panicked, and he was calm as if nothing was serious. Lu Xu suddenly smiled, inexplicably feeling that it was no big deal, "You are younger than me, why don't you know what to be afraid of?" ”

Yan Junqi was stunned, and also smiled at him, "There are not too many of them looking at the fire, and there is no need to be afraid of the mountain bandits." ”

Lu Xu said "um", relying on his familiarity with the mountain road, and took Yan Junqi to quietly touch behind the wild trees on the hillside, waiting for them to come.

There was already movement in the village, and the lights were lit up in the direction of Lizheng's house.

Lu Xu felt more at ease.

They waited quietly, the torches were near, Lu Xu held his breath and concentrated, and heard the familiar local voice from a distance with doubts: "Why haven't so many people in the village slept so late?" ”

"They know we're coming back today?"