Chapter 67

After having a meal at Yue Fu's house, the two families agreed to let a Yao study with Ying Niang at the beginning of the next spring and have a feast with the guests and hosts.

Ying's family has to offer sacrifices to their ancestors. Looking at the moon, they will stay here soon and leave.

"The bird's nest and I are people without roots. There's nothing to worship. What about you?" Looking at the moon, she led ah Yao back. She sighed softly and expressed endless melancholy.

A Yao clenched her hand to watch the moon. Her home is in the downstream of the long river of time, but she has already stood in the upstream of time. Maybe her ancestors have not been born yet. Her parents are good. The fragrance on the column is unlucky. The more she wants to, the more she can't cry or laugh. Holding the hand to watch the moon, she acts like a spoiled girl: "I don't have either, master. There will be me and the bird's nest in the future. Today is the winter solstice. Should we have a good meal?"

"You greedy cat, don't patronize to eat." The moon struck ah Yao's forehead“ After spring, I can read and study with Ying Niang. If I can't read well, you don't want to learn from me. "

"Obey the teacher's orders!"

With a smile, they went to the vegetable market first. The mutton vendor greeted Wangyue and handed over two pieces of mutton wrapped in mulberry paper from behind the stall.

On the way back, Wang Yue explained to ah Yao, "... It's a meat stall we often buy. They are all old acquaintances. If you go early in the future, you can pay close attention to his meat cutting skills and cook to relieve cattle. It's said that he is a red case master who is involved in slaughtering and cutting meat. Day after day, year after year, his knife is perfect. The bird's nest is a child of Shuo Bei. We are used to eating mutton soup during the winter solstice, but Mrs. Yue and I have an appointment today. It's too late for mutton soup, but we can make instant boiled mutton. "

Hot Pot, Mongolian Style!

"Good!" A Yao remembered the taste of instant boiled mutton. Her saliva burst and she swallowed desperately. She felt hungry again soon after eating.

"Let's make red bean glutinous rice again. What about you? What did you do at home before the winter solstice?"

"Glutinous rice balls, bean paste or sesame stuffed glutinous rice balls, have a bowl for dinner, which is delicious." A Yao said that this is the tradition of his family. Tangyuan is eaten during the winter solstice, the lunar new year, the Spring Festival, the fifteenth day of the first month and the Mid Autumn Festival, which means Tuan Tuan Yuan.

Wangyue smiled and counted the dishes to be prepared tonight. When he came home, he shouted to the bird's Nest: "everyone needs help today. Don't be lazy."

The three entered the kitchen. Wangyue called both of them first and assigned them tasks. Instant boiled mutton is a big dish. On the contrary, red bean glutinous rice and glutinous rice dumplings can be put back. The bird's nest is old and is responsible for the deployment of sauce, while a Yao is responsible for making side dishes, but before that, she taught them to recognize meat.

Two portions of mutton are wrapped in mulberry paper and pasted with a red letter, which says sheep's brain and the other one that can be rinsed.

When you open it, there are only a few pieces of sheep's upper brain, which add up to less than half a catty. Ah Yao pointed to the red paper and black words and asked, "is sheep's upper brain sheep's brain?"? It doesn't look like it. "

Red meat, white fat and marble like natural patterns. Just looking at it, I think the meat is fresh, tender and fat.

Wangyue picked up the mutton and showed it to a Yao and the bird's Nest: "this is the meat on the back of the castrated black headed white ram outside the Great Wall. The meat is delicate. The most important thing is that it is not fishy or smelly. It is the top grade of instant boiled meat. A sheep can't produce a few Liang; The "Shabu" written here is the long muscles of sheep hip tip, sheep front leg and back leg. This is called cucumber strip. These places can be Shabu eaten. There is no place suitable for Shabu eating. "

The sheep hip tip is alternate with fat and meat, and the tendons are all tender meat. The meat of the sheep front leg is like a shoulder pole. It is thin and fat, and there are cucumber strips. Because it looks like two connected cucumber strips, it is named and the color is light red. Similarly, the oblique two fibers have to be removed, and the rest are fine and tender lean meat.

All these meat add up to more than a kilo. The weight looks very small. Go back to the pot and rinse

A Yao looked at the moon and asked her doubts. She saw the moon and the bird's nest cover their mouths and secretly laugh. The bird's nest pushed her aside and left the home to her girl: "Yao Zhu, wait and see. Don't blink."

Wangyue picked up the dagger. Ah Yao's eyes fell on her white and slender fingers. She removed the tendons of mutton, slashed it with a spatula, and transported the knife like flying!

There was no sound in the kitchen, but every time the knife suddenly appeared cold, ah Yao's eyes didn't blink. She cut more than a kilogram of meat into 89 pieces. Finally, she took the mutton and put it on the blue and blue glass plate, as if it were flowering. It was as thin as paper, each piece was even, fat and thin. Looking at the moon, she carved a chrysanthemum with radish. As soon as her hand was raised, the radish flower fell steadily in the middle of the glass plate.

"How beautiful."

Ah Yao looked at it in amazement.

"Well, I'll leave the rest to you, Yao Zhu. Don't be stunned and move quickly." Look at the moon and clap your hands.

A Yao is responsible for the side dishes - frozen tofu slices, water hair vermicelli, Chinese cabbage head and sour Chinese cabbage. Finally, she uses a small dish to hold white skinned sugar garlic. Such as sugar garlic with white skin and pickled cabbage are pickled in the past and can be taken out ready-made.

When she finished, the bird's nest was still busy collecting spices. Small green, white and red dishes were placed on the table, with a pot of sesame paste and brine shrimp oil on the side“ Yao Zhu, you came just in time. I'll fry some pepper oil and you can help mix the sauce. "

Wangyue boiled mushroom soup and made Haimi. Glutinous rice and red beans were also soaked in water. When the condiments at the bottom of the bowl of instant boiled mutton were ready, glutinous rice could also be ready to start cooking.

Taking advantage of this vacancy, she came to ah Yao. Most of the small bowls in front of the table had been filled with sauce.

Scallion, ginger, garlic and leek flowers are served on a small plate. Seeing that she has a good time making sauce, Wangyue takes a small bowl of sesame paste and takes a sip“ Sesame paste is well adjusted, not thick or thin, and the taste is moderate. Add more soup to the bean curd sauce and grind it into a paste. Little bird's nest loves it. The dipping material for instant boiled mutton is also exquisite. Soy sauce is naturally dried, and the beans are full, which is almost impossible; Vinegar is a kind of smoked vinegar from Shanxi Province; Pepper oil is fried now, and brine shrimp oil is essential. It tastes fresh. "

They came back in the afternoon and didn't come out of the kitchen until dusk.

Naturally, the top of the round table is the red copper Shabu, with a layer of tin hanging in the chamber, mutton slices, frozen tofu, Shuifa vermicelli, finely cut sour cabbage and fresh and tender cabbage heads. As soon as the sauces at the bottom of large and small bowls are put up, the rest of the table is filled in an instant.

Wangyue brought out her rice wine and opened the altar. The sweet scented osmanthus had a pleasant aroma. Xiaoyanwo and a Yao were given a small glass of wine.

"May our years be like today, and the days to come will be better and better!"

Looking up at the moon, a Yao and the bird's nest wished each other well. The three cups met crisply. A Yao took a sip and stuck out her tongue. It was spicy!

"Yao Zhu, you can't afford to drink. Your face will be red when you brush it. Look at the bird's nest. You won't change your face after eating."

The snow is flying outside, the fragrance is overflowing inside, and the house is in full swing.

Auspicious snow heralds a bumper year. This year's first snow implies a bumper harvest next year. In the capital thousands of miles away, the emperor issued an edict after sacrificing the heaven, saying that "people who flee all over the world are innocent". When the Edict and news reached Nanxun County, Pei Shuo smiled. After waiting so long, he finally came.