Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 135 Stewed Chicken with Mushrooms
Upon hearing this, Wen Shu stopped for a while, turned to look at Mrs. Zhao sideways, and his eyes wandered over her face.

"My mother won't eat it, I will eat the dog's egg myself." Mrs. Zhao smiled and pushed back the Tang Fu that the dog's egg was in front of her.

As soon as she lowered her head, the gray cloth scarf wrapped around her head slanted to the side, revealing a large area of ​​her forehead. Wen Shu saw Yu Qing above her with sharp eyes, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

Sure enough, Mrs. Zhao tied her headscarf not to prevent the wind, but to cover the wound on her head.

However, since she deliberately concealed it, maybe she just didn't want others to know, so is there any need for her to ask?

Just as he was hesitating, Mrs. Zhao had stuffed a piece of candy into Goudan's mouth. When she turned around and saw Wen Shu still standing there, she couldn't help being a little surprised, "Is there anything else you can order, Miss?"

Wen Shu was stunned for a moment, and then asked again, "Sister-in-law's head injury. How did you do it? Is there anything I can help you with?"

Lady Zhao was startled, she subconsciously covered her forehead, her face was a little unnatural, "Oh, it's okay, I just accidentally knocked it."

Seeing that she was unwilling to tell the truth, Wen Shu didn't force it, smiled and turned to leave.

Everyone has their own difficulties. She originally thought that Mrs. Zhao would be an independent household, and it might be difficult. For the sake of acquaintance, she is willing to lend her hand to anyone who can help.

But now it seems that Mrs. Zhao doesn't want people to know that she is injured, and she doesn't want to accept help from others.

Wen Shu leisurely walked back to the city and passed by the West Market. Wen Shu, who hadn't cooked for a long time, planned to show off her cooking skills and cook a good meal for her father today, but because there was a pheasant in the shopping basket, she didn't buy meat specially. Vegetables, just bought some vegetables.

To say that this trip to Cangzhou was really fruitful, in addition to her bright skills, her culinary skills also improved a little unconsciously.

Thanks to Miss Lu, she ate more good food this month than in previous years.There are some dishes that I have heard about but never had the chance to eat.

This time, I tasted those famous dishes that I was reluctant to eat, not to mention how much I learned from it, at least I learned a lot.There are also those pastries with beautiful appearance and excellent taste. She has always wanted to go back to Beijing, so she must try to make them herself.

Take out the brightly colored pheasant and scald the water to pluck its feathers. After it is done, cut the chicken open, take out the internal organs, and chop the chicken into suitable small pieces.

Then take the oil pan.When the oil is hot, add the chicken, green onion, ginger, and garlic and stir-fry. When the surface of the chicken skin is fried until golden and the oil is sizzling, add miso for coloring, and then pour the fried chicken into a clean crock pot. Add boiling water to cover the chicken, and put it on a small stove to simmer slowly.

When the chicken is stewing, wash the bought shiitake mushrooms and control the moisture, and wait until the chicken is stewed until soft and rotten before adding it.

As the sun got higher, there was the sound of clinking spatulas and shovels in the kitchen. When the sun moved to the center, Wen Shu came out of the kitchen with the dishes profusely in sweat.

Father Ziwen in the front shop is receiving a customer who wants to buy birthday materials.

"The one from the shopkeeper should be cheaper, the baby's mother has a difficult delivery, and there are two ignorant children at home." It was a middle-aged man who was nearly thirty years old who spoke, and wiped his tears with his sleeve as he spoke.

Wen Tai sighed when he heard that, the other party was interested in a new coffin he made recently, because the material used was small and the coffin was thin, so the price was not set high, and it only sold for five yuan.

Excluding wood and labor, in the end, he actually made three to four hundred cash, but the man kept crying about the difficulties at home, and wanted to buy it for two dollars.

Normally, he would have agreed softly, but now the family is not well-off. Although there is a savings of Shisanguan, Ah Ning's dowry has not yet been settled.

Seeing his daughter grow up day by day, and the dowry has not yet been saved, if one day he suddenly fell in love with Hao Erlang, but because he couldn't get the dowry, it would not be embarrassing for his daughter, so he struggled and did not let go.

Wen Shu waited in the back for a long time but didn't see her father coming, and saw the man in the shop kept wiping his face with his sleeves, as if wiping away his tears, he untied his apron out of curiosity, and went to the shop went.

"Shopkeeper, please be kind, let's use less. The family's total is less than two pennies. If you buy all the coffins, you won't even be able to afford paper money later on."

A penny beats a hero, and a big man has been wiping tears with him here for three hundred pennies. Wen Tai couldn't stand it anymore, and finally let go.

"Okay, if it's a consistent two, it's a consistent two, let's call someone to carry it."

"Hey, thank you, the shopkeeper is kind and kind, and good people will be rewarded." The man thanked him repeatedly, then turned around and ran out.

Wen Tai sighed and shook his head, and when he turned around and saw his daughter leaning against the door looking at him, he felt full of guilt: "Father just softened again, can Ah Ning blame me?"

Wen Shu shook her head. The father and daughter have lived together for more than ten years. She still doesn't know what kind of temperament her father is.

Don't look at her father who looks a bit "violent" and doesn't want to get close to him.In fact, when you get along with each other, you will know that it is the most soft-hearted.

Her family's shop has been open for more than ten years, and the money her father gave away is enough for more than a dozen coffins, and she has long been used to it.

Today, however, her father was able to insist on dawdling with him for so long before letting go, which surprised her a little.

"Less less, let's have less, we are not to the point where we can't afford to eat, so we should do good deeds and accumulate virtue."

"It's just your dowry." Speaking of this, Wen Tai felt guilty and anxious.

"Not in a hurry, I want to stay with dad for a few more years." Wen Shu stepped forward and took his arm, and said with a smile: "Besides, your daughter is also a good cook, and she learned a lot in Cangzhou this time." There are few new dishes, so I made two dishes at noon, and my father quickly helped to taste them, and see if there is more to come. If the craftsmanship is soaring, we will open a restaurant later, and we are afraid that we will not be able to make money by then."

Seeing that his daughter didn't blame him, Wen Tai felt a lot better, but when she heard her talking about opening a restaurant, he couldn't help shaking his head: "It's not that easy to open a restaurant, just renting a restaurant is already a big expense .”

"I don't want to rent a shop. I've already thought about it. When the time comes, let's build a thatched hut outside the city. We will start with a tea house and sell some pastries and fruits. When we earn some money that day, we will go back to the city and rent a shop. The location of the shop doesn't need to be very good, there is a saying that the smell of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley, and it will get better slowly." The two said as they went to the backyard.

When they arrived at the main room, they saw that there were five dishes and one soup on the table. The sumptuous food was enough for them to eat for two days, especially there was a pot of chicken in the middle. Wen Tai was heartbroken!

You almost cursed, you prodigal child!

He only gave Ah Ning a total of three hundred Wen this morning. He originally thought that even if he bought half a catty of meat every day, he could buy six or seven days' worth of vegetables, but now he saw that the chicken on the table cost eighty or ninety. Wen, plus other dishes on the table
Ouch!This meal, I am afraid that half of it has already been spent.

At this time, Wen Tai really wanted to grab Wen Shu's ear and say something, girl, let's save some money, dad still wants to give you a dowry!

It's just that the words came to his lips, seeing that Aning was eagerly waiting for him to taste and give suggestions, he swallowed the words back.

Forget it, forget it, cooking skills cost money, as long as cooking skills improve, it's worth it.

After comforting himself, Father Wen picked up a piece of chicken with his chopsticks and tasted it carefully.

(End of this chapter)