Chapter 86 Songhua Egg

The seasonings are gradually being prepared. Some of the seasonings commonly used in Sichuan cuisine, such as tempeh, soy sauce, bean paste, and soybean oil, have been catalyzed using quasi-industrial methods.

Of course, the taste is far from what was produced in handmade workshops three or four years ago, but compared to later generations of industrial products, it is barely passable.

Fry some caramel, add soy sauce and simmer to thicken, then put it into a vessel and steam it. This is dark soy sauce.

The bean paste is mixed with dogwood sauce and fermented, which is similar to the later bean paste.

Suyou is preparing to make the new Cornus officinalis sauce for the new year. Try using soda ash, it may be much better than lime.

Thinking of this, a lot of experimental equipment should also be put on the agenda. My uncle-in-law told him to stay at home and complete these things.

With pickled ginger, cooking wine and bean paste, stir-fried chicken offal, a traditional Sichuan dish, was quickly cooked under Su You's hands.

However, many kitchen items were included in the experimental equipment by the old man, causing Su You to rummage around in the warehouse for a long time.

Gastrodia slices are added to the steam pot chicken, and the famous Yunnan dish Gastrodia gastrodia steam pot chicken is produced.

The peas were growing well in the vegetable field behind the ancestral hall, so Su You went to pinch some pea tips.

Then steam a piece of cured pork head, fry two seasonal vegetables, and soon a table is set.

The old man took out a bottle of Yongchun Dew and said: "Children are filial, but we old people drank it today!"

Considering that people in the Song Dynasty still had to adapt to high-alcohol wine, this bottle of wine is a fruit wine prepared by Su You using plums and cinnamon in a sauce. The alcohol content is much lower than the original alcohol.

The rose-colored wine syrup was poured into the jade porcelain cup, and several village elders immediately restrained themselves. This seemed to be something that ordinary farmers could not enjoy.

Su You brought out another plate of three delicacies cooked with crispy pork, fried meatballs and tripe sticks, and said with a smile: "I have caused trouble to the village since I was a child. Third brother, fifth brother and sixth brother, today I am apologizing to a few of you."

Already."

The third brother took Su You to sit down and said, "You baby has a good temper. He is always smiling no matter what. In the past, everyone had short eyesight. If nothing else, there are a lot of fish in my field. You baby, you think you can have them?"

Isn’t it thirty or fifty pounds?”

Suyou is already very satisfied with the yield of 30 to 50 kilograms. The rice flower carp is generally only about one kilogram. Adding other miscellaneous fish, the yield is 30 to 50 kilograms per acre, which is actually a free harvest.

Fifth brother also smiled and said: "Zhaozi is also a good thing! If you make up for it twice in the morning and evening, your livestock and poultry will grow strong, especially the ducks. During the festival this year, every family has a lot of fish and ducks!"

Brother Six said: "That's right, and there are these duck eggs, as long as the eggs are given enough... my God, it turns out that chickens and ducks can lay eggs like this!"

Speaking of this Su You, I remembered: "Oh, let's drink it first, and I'll add some snacks to go with it!"

There is a basket in the kitchen with a bunch of gray ash balls in it.

Crack open the gray ball and there is a duck egg inside.

Su You quickly peeled a plate and took it out: "The old man said that there are too many eggs in the village now, and he wrote to ask if there is any way to preserve them. These are called preserved eggs. They can be stored for several months, but they may not be to the taste of some people. Let's try them.

taste."

The preserved eggs were topped with minced garlic, chili oil, and soy sauce. A few old men tasted them, and one of them said: "Yes, there are really preserved preserved eggs on top! It looks very pleasant, but the salted eggs are better!"

The other one was not happy: "Sixth, you are living a good life, aren't you? How much salt does that thing cost?!"

Su You said with a smile: "Brother is right. Compared with salted eggs, the advantage of preserved eggs is that you can use straw ash and lime. But Brother Six is ​​right. I have neglected this matter. It's the end of the year, and every family this year

Cured meat and fish are really inseparable from salt."

After saying that, he turned to the old man and said: "Hachigong, why don't you always count the amount of salt that each family needs for the New Year? We can go to Meishan City to get it all at once? This is much more cost-effective than buying in bulk. I am in the city of Shijia

Zhuangzi keeps two mule carts."

Fifth Brother said: "Youba is very capable. He has only been in the city for half a year and already has two mule carts!"

The old man frowned: "If a person carries more than ten kilograms at a time, the government will charge him..."

Su You laughed loudly: "Then we will go with thirty people at a time, and buy new year's goods together!"

Brother Six quickly waved his hand: "You baby! You don't know how expensive firewood and rice are when you are not a householder. What kind of New Year's goods do villagers buy? Besides, it all costs money! Who has money in the village now? Well, except for you..."

Su You covered his face with his hands, he really had this problem.

The old man went to have a drink with some brothers: "Youwa has just come back, let him relax for a few days and come and eat food..."

Su You thought the same thing. The village had just taken its first step. There were too many areas that needed improvement. It would be impossible to fix them all at once, so he changed the topic: "Whose family does that newly built courtyard next to the ancestral hall belong to?"

?It looks quite exquisite.”

Several old men looked at each other and smiled, and the old man said: "It's yours!"

Su You was surprised and said: "Mine?"

"Well, the last time the Cheng family personally sent us pigs, chickens, ducks and piglets, they also brought a team of craftsmen with them, saying they wanted to repair your house."

"But when the foreman saw the few shabby houses your parents had left for you, he said it would be quicker to build a new one. I thought about it, so that's what happened."

Brother Six took a bite of the dish and said, "The in-laws of the Cheng family are really nice. I heard that when you go to the city, You baby, you will live in the old lady's bookstore?"

Su You smiled and said, "Well, cousin Mingyun was not around at that time, and Su and Su went to Qingshen again. I couldn't live with my sister-in-law, so I went to seek refuge with my in-laws."

Then he picked up some interesting things about the city and talked about them. After serving a few old men's meals, everyone went to see the new house together.

The new house was built in the style of a middle-class house in the city. The entrance is into a spacious foyer with a small concierge on the side.

Then there is a patio, paved with bluestone slabs, surrounded by a gutter for rainwater, and corridors on both sides.

The railings of the corridor are beauty seats with seats. There is a stone table and a small seat in the center of the bluestone patio, surrounded by two large fish tanks, a plantain plant and a wisteria plant.

Next to the second door, there are two small rooms, one side is the kitchen, and the other side should be the storage room.

The second entrance is a circular moon door. After entering, there are two rows of rooms on the left and right, each with three rooms.

There is a small garden in the middle, but it is empty now.

There is a small courtyard at the back, which is an exquisite inner hall. The two rooms on the left and right are study rooms and storage rooms, and the two rooms at the back are for family members or servants who do not yet exist.

This garden is exquisite, with sparse flowers and trees, covering a small corner pavilion in the center, and also blocking the main hall at the rear.

There are three rooms at the bottom, with the main room in the middle and two master bedrooms on both sides.

Su You was very satisfied with this house. The house was exquisite but not fancy, with no extraneous decorations such as carvings and paintings, but the window panes and slates showed that a lot of effort had been put into it.

The old man was afraid that Su You would be dissatisfied, so he explained: "The money your uncle-in-law gave you, and the house was your sister-in-law's idea. He said that if you want to study in peace, don't make it too fancy."

How could Su You be dissatisfied? One person occupied almost an acre of homestead land. What he was worried about now was the lack of popularity.

After reading this, the old man took Su You to see the interior decoration.

In fact, the house is basically empty, except for the study room, which is full of things.

There are bookshelves on both sides, all of which are blue book boxes from Cheng Sheren's Seal Workshop. They are piled full in sets. At the bottom are several bundles of rice paper and several stone papers for making drawings.

In the middle, near the door and window, is a large desk, equipped with pens, inks, and inkstones.

There are three large porcelain jars beside the desk, all empty, which are used by the master to store drafts.

The other wall is more modern. Various drawing tools invented by Su You are hung on the wall. There is also a complete set of carpentry tools and a huge drawing board placed diagonally.

The drawing board is supported by a tripod, with brass rail grooves on the sides and bottom, as well as T-shaped square ruler, drawing board, scale ruler, adjuster, corner ruler and other accessories. It is almost exactly the same as the products of later generations. If I didn’t say it, it must be a good idea.

My disciple is filial.

With this thing, drawing is much more convenient.

Su You was very satisfied and turned to ask: "Uncle, this house is nice, why didn't you move here?"

The old man laughed and said, "What nonsense are you talking about! This is your house! No matter how worthless a house in the country is, it still costs dozens of dollars!"

Su You was a little confused by the current prices. The knife he got for Atunmi was enough to exchange for twenty or thirty houses like this!

After thinking for a while, he said, "Now that I'm back, how about we move here today?"

After saying that, he handed over to the older brothers: "Brothers, please help me persuade this old man."

Several elders persuaded me: "Hachigong, isn't this house more comfortable to live in than the ancestral hall? Besides, Youwa has to go to school, and this place is brighter than the other."

Fifth Brother also said: "Yes, you have raised Youba for several years. Now that Youba has grown up, I should be filial to you, but it is your turn to enjoy the blessings."
Chapter completed!