Every time Zhou Yanqing brings something, Qiao Mingjin feels quite uneasy.
Although for Zhou Yanqing, these extra snacks and snacks sent from his own village are just a convenient favor.
In his heart, he felt that the abacus and pulley made by Qiao Mingjin, the reward from the saint, and the face of his Zhou family were not worth the things he sent that were not worth a few taels of silver. But for Qiao Mingjin, being exposed in Xiahe Village
In front of people, these things can generate conversation for days at a time.
How did Qiao Mingjin, a divorced woman with a little girl and a little girl, find help from one of the largest families in the city? And trust her to entrust such a large workshop to her?
There are always some jealous people, a small group of people who can't eat the grapes and say sour grapes. Under Wu's explicit hints, they say some sour words in her ears.
Qiao Mingjin told herself not to care, telling herself that she was just waiting for an opportunity to leave.
But despite this, it still somewhat trapped her. Although she lived outside the village, she was not really isolated from the world...
"Wow, mother, come and see, what a big pomegranate!"
Qiao Mingjin's thoughts were interrupted by her daughter's screams, and Qiao Mingjin looked along her daughter's voice.
I saw Xiao Wan'er holding a big pomegranate in each of her little hands and excitedly holding it up to Qiao Mingjin.
"Mom, look, does it look like a lantern? It's bigger than our pomegranates!"
"So there is a pomegranate tree in Wan'er's house?" Zhou Yanqing asked, holding the little thing's shoulders.
The little thing nodded repeatedly after hearing this, looked at Zhou Yanqing and replied: "Yes. There are also two pomegranate trees in the yard of Wan'er's house, and they bear a lot of pomegranates. But they are not this big. Well, they are only this big...
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The little thing held the pomegranate in his chest and freed his hand to gesture to Zhou Yanqing.
"Mom also said that our pomegranates are not ripe yet and it will take some time before they can be eaten. Are Uncle Zhou's pomegranates ready to eat? That's great."
Zhou Yanqing smiled and rubbed the little thing's head, and said to Qiao Mingjin next to him: "I don't know when the pomegranate will ripen. I can eat whatever the servant prepares. I have never worried about this. I don't like eating this pomegranate either."
, it looks pretty good. It’s just that it’s troublesome to eat. You have to watch the girls and boys peel them off, and then peel them off one by one and pile them on the plate. One by one, they look crystal clear, but they have just passed through other people’s hands. That’s it.
I have no interest in eating anymore.”
Qiao Mingjin smiled after hearing this, picked up a pomegranate and turned it around in his hand to look at it. This pomegranate was really big, one might weigh half a catty, and the skin was completely red.
It should be cooked inside.
Then he said with a smile: "You have to do it yourself to eat the fruit, so that it tastes good. Let the servants peel it for you. Number it one by one, what's the difference between eating it directly and putting it in your mouth? Sometimes you eat it.
Eating food is a process."
Zhou Yanqing nodded in agreement: "Of course I am willing to do it myself. But this pomegranate takes a lot of effort to eat, and the skin is very thick. It hurts my fingers when I pick it. There are so many seeds, and if I don't pay attention, the pomegranate seeds will slip into my stomach.
I really don’t want to eat it.”
Zhou Yanqing waved his hands as he spoke, looking deeply disgusted.
Qiao Mingjin looked at him like that and laughed unkindly.
Said: "This pomegranate is a good thing, it helps digestion. It strengthens the stomach and refreshes the mind, enhances appetite, and softens blood vessels. It can stop diarrhea and bleeding. It has miraculous effects on polydipsia, chronic diarrhea, chronic dysentery, blood in the stool, and hangover."
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Seeing Zhou Yanqing's look of disbelief, he added: "I will teach you a simple way to eat today, so that you can enjoy the eating process and feel its benefits. I guarantee you will never want to cheat again in the future.
With other people’s hands, you will definitely fall in love with pomegranates.”
"Oh? Then I want to try it. But who did you hear that pomegranate has so many effects? How come I never knew about it? You can become a doctor with all your tricks. You also have convenient and simple ones
How to eat it? Isn’t it just to pick out the thick skin with your hands?”
Zhou Yanqing felt that Qiao Mingjin was exaggerating a bit.
Qiao Mingjin ignored him. She turned around and told Mingqi to go to the kitchen to get a knife and a plate.
Qiao Mingjin took Wan'er to pick a few pomegranates, washed them and wiped them dry, sat down in front of a table in the main room, took Mingqi's knife, and said to Zhou Yanqing: "Just watch, what about me?
You can only demonstrate it once. If you demonstrate it more, you will be charged."
Zhou Yanqing looked disdainful: "Hey, since when did you lose sight of money?"
"Isn't it bad to lose money?" Qiao Mingjin said jokingly.
While joking with him, I held up a knife and prepared to cut the end of the pomegranate's tail. Then I compared my index finger, which has three sections. I compared the distance between the first section of my index finger at the top, and then used the knife to carefully cut in a circular shape.
A lid comes out.
Cut a shallow ring shape. Don't cut it too deep, otherwise the meat inside will be cut and the juice will overflow.
Then, grab the protruding part of the flower pedicle, shake it gently a few times, and soon pull up the entire cover from the pedicle part.
After the lid is lifted, the crystal clear pulp inside the whole pomegranate shell is also revealed. The pomegranate is red with purple in it, which is the best ripe state, and the pomegranate at this time is also the sweetest.
Not only Zhou Yanqing, but also Ming Qi and Xiao Wan'er were also surprised. They clapped their hands with joy.
"Oh, I didn't expect that if you cut it like this, you can see such a beautiful side."
Zhou Yanqing turned the pomegranate with the lid open and turned it around in his hand, making Wan'er look very greedy. He didn't dare to ask Uncle Zhou to show her too, so he just kept worrying on the side.
How can Xiao Wan'er and Ming Qi have such experience of eating pomegranates? Even in previous years, they could not eat half a pomegranate.
Although the pomegranate is the chief of Qingchuan County, Wan'er is not treated as a fruit pomegranate in the Yue family. The Qiao family in Yunjia Village does not grow any pomegranates, and the family is usually reluctant to buy half a pomegranate.
Qiao Mingjin looked at Zhou Yanqing's surprised look and said, "This way you can't fully see the essence of the pulp inside. This is just the first step. You don't think I lifted the lid just to let you pick it with your fingers."
Right?"
She glanced at him, took the pomegranate in his hand, and motioned for him to look at it: "Look, there are five white membranes in the middle of this pomegranate. Cut along these five white membranes, not too deep or too shallow. If it is too deep, it will easily hurt the flesh."
, the sweat overflowed and flowed everywhere. It splashed on the clothes but couldn't be washed away. The scratches were shallow and couldn't be peeled off..."
Qiao Mingjin gestured while drawing, and drew along the albuginea to the end. It formed a natural five-petal shape. Then he put down the knife and gently broke it off, and it became five-petal shape.
The crystal clear pulp is immediately displayed in front of everyone.
Like crystal, the stripes inside are clearly visible, and each grain is red with purple inside. It is not only pleasing to the eye, but also appetizing.
Zhou Yanqing praised him repeatedly.
"This is more pleasing to the eye than the girls and boys peeling it off one by one into the glass cup. Just looking at it makes you want to eat it."
After saying that, he picked up a piece with both hands and brought it to his mouth. He put a few pills into his mouth and tasted it carefully.
That look is more pleasing to the eye than the crystal clear pomegranate meat on the plate.
The upbringing of this rich man is really not a trick to fool the poor. The elegance in his gestures and gestures is beyond the comparison of ordinary people.
Ming Qi and Xiao Wan'er admired the beautiful pomegranate meat. They couldn't wait to grab a piece and put it into their mouths to chew.
The two little things narrowed their eyes and enjoyed themselves very much.
"You should eat too."
Zhou Yanqing said to Qiao Mingjin while spitting seeds into the bone dish on the table gracefully.
"I see you are like this, one is not enough for you to eat, so I will cut another for you." He said and took the knife on the table.
"I don't want you to do anything. My hands are still itchy right now. I'll give it a try later."
He reached out and grabbed Qiao Mingjin's hand to stop her.
Qiao Mingjin's hand was held in his, and it was warm and hot. She pulled away and looked up at him.
Zhou Yanqing also felt as if he had been set on fire. He quickly let go of Qiao Mingjin's hand after realizing it.
Pretending to be nonchalant, he said to Xiao Wan'er and Ming Qi: "Is it delicious?"
The two little ones nodded their heads in a "hmm" manner. They were not idle, but nodded repeatedly.
"Uncle will cut it for you later. This time, uncle brought half a basket, enough for you to eat."
The two little ones' eyes were as bright as pomegranate seeds after hearing this.
Qiao Mingjin saw Zhou Yanqing spitting out pomegranate seeds and said, "If you have good teeth, chewing up these pomegranate seeds and eating them can help digestion. And the thick skin can also help digestion if you soak it in the sun and soak it in water."
role.”
Zhou Yanqing glanced at Qiao Mingjin with bright eyes, endured the urge to spit out the pomegranate seeds, and chewed them.
He glanced sideways at Qiao Mingjin and said to Wan'er, "Don't bite our little Wan'er. The pomegranate seeds are very hard, so we won't break your teeth."
After saying that, he quickly finished one piece, picked up a large one with a knife, and cut it up like Qiao Mingjin.
The first one was cut with too much force, and sweat splattered out. He didn't eat, so he started to cut the second one, and the third one...
It seems that eating is really not an important thing to him, and enjoying the process is the most important thing.
But Qiao Mingjin had a headache looking at the pomegranates on the counter that he had cut into pieces.
Ming Qi and Xiao Wan'er, on the other hand, happily ate and watched while they were still giving instructions and judging which cut was the best. The aunt and nephew were very happy. It was rare to have such an experience of eating fresh fruit happily...
At noon that day, Qiao Mingjin cooked a farm meal for Zhou Yanqing. Half of it used the ingredients he brought, and the other half used vegetables grown at home and domestic chickens.
Of course, in this era, there is no such thing as a local chicken or a local chicken.
On the other hand, bringing in a feed chicken might cause looting. There is no way. These days, we value rare things more than anything else. We are not afraid of running out of money, but we are afraid of not having any rare things to offer.
Qiao Mingjin's cooking is not that good, but she has a slight advantage compared to people nowadays. She has experienced the eight major cuisines, dishes from all over the world, and even dishes from all over the world, regardless of whether she knows how to cook them.
It has more different opinions than people nowadays.
In her previous life, in order to save money to buy a house, she was reluctant to go out to restaurants, and in order for her husband to eat happily, she went to bed, looked for some recipes in books, and tried to make them.
It is not difficult for her to prepare a table of dishes that can entertain guests. For Zhou Yanqing, who is used to eating the same dishes, it is also a breath of fresh air.
The words "farm food" were also coined by Qiao Mingjin. Zhou Yanqing strongly agreed. She thought it sounded very reasonable.
Does he still have a chef in his house? What kind of food have he not eaten? But this farm food seems to really suit his appetite. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes.
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