If you don't work hard to farm the fields, you will inherit the throne with the prince.

Chapter 93 Suspected of falling off the horse?

Xie Mingzhu and Qin Che didn't recognize the bed, and when they arrived in Shu County, they both ate well and slept well.

Xie Mingzhu got up early, tidied herself up, and said to Qin Che: "Qin Che, I want to go to the vegetable market and buy some vegetables at noon so that I can use it to thank the master. In the afternoon, we will go out to find an inn to rest. Tomorrow we will Let’s take a good look around Shu County.”

"I'll accompany you."

"Okay."

Xie Mingzhu and Qin Che were wearing the clothes they bought at the tailor shop yesterday, and they had a tacit understanding not to wear the fancy dress yesterday.

Accompanied by Xie Mingzhu and the two, Qin Che borrowed two bamboo baskets for grocery shopping from the kitchen of the county mansion, and went to the vegetable market with them.

The vegetable market in Shu County is much larger, and it is at the peak of vegetable shopping at this time, and the vegetable market is full of people.

As a county in the southwest, it is rich in products and there are many merchants coming and going.

Qin Che was worried that passers-by would bump into Xie Mingzhu, so he stretched out his hands to protect her from time to time.

Xie Mingzhu found a small stall selling some green peppercorns and young peppercorn leaves, so she bought some.

Unfortunately, after shopping around, Xie Mingzhu didn't find anyone buying peppers.

It is also a foreign species of chili pepper, which was introduced to China later, but it is also a surprise to be able to buy peppercorns.

Xie Mingzhu also bought some young ginger, green onions and the like.

She and Qin Che returned to the county mansion with a bamboo basket full of various vegetables.

The Taifu looked at the two of them and asked, "You went to the vegetable market so early?"

"Go to the vegetable market early, there will be no fresh ones when it's late." Xie Mingzhu said softly, "Wait for me, I'll go prepare breakfast."

"Breakfast must be ready, I'm already waiting for the two of you."

Seeing this, Mrs. Cui ordered her maid to bring breakfast.

After breakfast, Qin Che and the Taifu went to discuss knowledge, and Xie Mingzhu didn't stay idle, and went straight into the kitchen.

The mother-in-law in the kitchen is busy cleaning up.

Xie Mingzhu first peeled the bought cucumber, peeled off the core, cut it into long strips, and slightly killed the water with salt.

Finally, wring out the water, shake it loose, put it in a bamboo basket, and put it outside the stove to dry it half-dried. She is going to make cucumber sticks.

As for the peppercorns, Xie Mingzhu kept some of them for cooking fish at night, and made the rest into peppercorn oil.

The prickly ash made into prickly ash oil, she mashed it into mud with a stone mortar, and prepared to use it in cold dishes.

For the best pork belly, first burn the skin with fire to make sure that the skin has no hairy roots, then wash it with clean water, add ginger slices and green onion to part of it and cook until it is half-cooked, and cook the other part directly until it is fully cooked.

For cooked to half-cooked pork belly, wipe off the water on the surface with a cotton towel, put the skin in an oil pan until the skin and meat buns become bubbles, then cut into thin slices, marinate with salt, ginger, rice dew, etc. system.

While marinating this piece of pork belly, Xie Mingzhu went to handle the fish.

The main reason is that there are too few seasonings here, and Xie Mingzhu doesn't plan to make a fish that can be eaten as much as possible. If you want to cook a big pot of sauerkraut and bean curd fish, it will be fine.

"Ma'am, this fish has a fishy smell, what do you say about it, I'll do it."

Mammy is not willing to let Xie Mingzhu handle these fish.

Seeing this, Xie Mingzhu didn't insist, but said: "All the fish scales and gills are removed, and the black film inside is washed clean."

"Ok."

Mammy started to handle the fish, while Xie Mingzhu checked the soybeans soaked last night, and quickly brought them to the stone mill.

Cui Shi said: "I will also help you."

"Row."

Xie Mingzhu didn't soak a lot of soybeans, because she didn't have a tofu box, and she didn't plan to make tofu, she just thought about making some tofu.

Therefore, Cui Shi and Xie Mingzhu started grinding soybeans, and the two of them pushed the stone mill, which saved a lot of effort.

Cui did not speak, but kept observing Xie Mingzhu quietly, wanting to know what kind of woman Xie Mingzhu was.

Xie Mingzhu didn't care too much, but after grinding the soy milk quickly, she found a piece of gauze and filtered the bean dregs.

When the conditions are simple, there are also simple methods.

Cui had never seen it before, so it was quite novel.

After the soy milk was boiled, Xie Mingzhu opened the sauerkraut pot she made last night, scooped up some sour water, and poured it into the soy milk pot.

After a while, the soy milk turned into flocculent bean curd.

Xie Mingzhu used a bamboo basket to separate the bean curd, scooped out the clear water inside, and put it in a clean wooden bucket.

After scooping up the clear water, Xie Mingzhu put another piece of gauze into the bamboo basket, scooped the beancurd into the gauze and covered it, and pressed a clean pebble on it.

After the tofu curd was ready, she poured the finished meat into a bowl, stacked it piece by piece, and put a handful of dried sauerkraut on top.

In fact, it would be better to use dried plum vegetables, but there are no dried plum vegetables in this meeting, and Xie Mingzhu didn't want to go to the Qiangguo Mall to buy them.

She was also worried that if the master asked, she would not be able to tell the source, which would be unbeautiful.

While steaming the meat, Xie Mingzhu scooped up the cooked meat and cut it into thin slices.

Fried twice-cooked pork, without chili, there is no soul, so Xie Mingzhu wanted to cool the meat and make it into white meat with garlic.

The ginger juice of ginger also has a bit of spiciness, and the numbing taste of pepper powder will also have a different flavor.

As for the cucumber strips that were dried before, Xie Mingzhu just soaked them with salt and sugar.

It's really simple, the more it can highlight the taste of the food itself.

After Mammy finished handling the fish, Xie Mingzhu glanced at the sun and started cooking.

Xie Mingzhu doesn't need to cook the rice, and Xie Mingzhu only needs to make pickled cabbage and tofu fish at the moment.

Wash the iron pan, dry the water in the iron pan on low heat, pour some oil on it, and then slowly stir-fry the aroma of ginger, onion, and garlic over low heat.

Then add the fish and fry slowly over low heat.

Fry until the surface is crispy, put in a spoonful of soybean paste, Xie Mingzhu checked before, there is soybean paste in this stove.

Although soybean paste is not like the soy sauce of later generations, it can be regarded as the embryonic form of soy sauce of later generations.

Xie Mingzhu poured some of the sour water used to make bean curd into it, pinched some sauerkraut, put salt on it, and simmered slowly over low heat.

In the air, after a while, there was a sour smell.

While stewing the fish, Xie Mingzhu did not sit idle, but stirred the garlic and white meat.

When mixing garlic and white meat, Xie Mingzhu didn't put any sauce, but only put a little salt and a little bit of honey.

She tasted it, and the white meat looked fat, but not delicate.

For a while, if you eat it with cucumber strips, it will have a special flavor.

When the fish stew was almost ready, Xie Mingzhu boiled the bean curd into it again, and when it was cooked, sprinkled with chopped green onion, the color was very beautiful.

The sauerkraut version of braised pork was taken out of the steamer, turned over lightly, and the color was attractive.

The pickled cabbage fish with tofu is placed in a clay pot, which is too beautiful.

Even Cui Shi, who was surprised by the good things, was shocked by Xie Mingzhu's novel approach.

And this season, when the summer heat is severe, eating something sour is quite appetizing.

Garlic white meat and pickled cucumber strips are also served in small plates, which are exquisite and eye-catching.

Xie Mingzhu originally planned to put some noodle fish in the pickled cabbage tofu fish, but judging from the cooked portion, it was quite a lot, and it would be wasted if it was not finished.

In addition to these four dishes, she fried two more dishes.

One is vegetarian stir-fried wild vegetables, and the other is dry-stir-fried beans.

The recipes of these dishes are all home-cooked dishes, Xie Mingzhu is still very sure of her own skills.

Just as she finished washing her hands and was about to see how Qin Che and the Taifu were busy, Qin Che came to the kitchen alone.

"Qin Che, you came just in time, serve me the food quickly."

Qin Che was not pretentious, he and Xie Mingzhu took the dishes and left the kitchen.

Seeing how Qin Che and Xie Mingzhu were singing and dancing together, Mrs. Cui couldn't help saying to the nurse next to her, "Do you think that Mr. Qin looks like a person?"

Mammy asked in surprise, "Who do you look like?"

"Like a holy queen."

Cui smiled again and said, "Maybe I misunderstood. Although Mr. Qin is also surnamed Qin, he should not be the person I thought."

His Royal Highness, but the body of a thousand gold, how could he appear in Shu County?
(End of this chapter)