peasant young lady

Chapter 173 Spicy Beef Diced

Seeing Cheng Xia's reaction, Yang Dalang, who had been sitting at the side paying attention silently, walked forward calmly and took back the hand she was holding Shang Luo, and rubbed it in his palm, "Don't worry."

Cheng Xia staggered, but still stared at Shang Luo's facial expression without blinking, "Where did you get this thing?"

Shang Luo was taken aback, but did not ask how Cheng Xia knew each other, but directly answered her question, "I passed by Yanzhou Mansion, and met the Fourth Prince, he said he found it in Xuzhou Mansion, and the quantity was very small, so I also bought it. It only gave me a little, and now that's all that's left."

Wang Hanxiao told Shangluo everything that Cheng Xia had experienced in Chong'an County, so he knew that Cheng Xia also knew about the fourth prince Zhu Youzhao, so he told everything he knew.

"Fourth Prince? Xuzhou Mansion?" Cheng Xia murmured twice, "Did the Fourth Prince say how he got these two things?"

Shangluo didn't know, so, "That's not true."

Yang Dalang, who was in a daze, helped Cheng Xia to sit down on a stool beside him, but he couldn't stop thinking in his mind, so the ancient Cheng Xia had traveled so far, and even arrived in Xuzhou.She is still alive and well, and sold the food that was taken away from her. No matter how it got into Zhu Youzhu's hands, at least it gave her some information, didn't she?

Suddenly, Cheng Xia stood up abruptly, clasped her hands tightly together, paced for a long time, and then turned her attention to Shang Luo again. At this time, she didn't have the panic just now, and she tried her best to let her violently beating heart Maintain stability, "In addition to getting these two things, has the fourth prince ever gotten anything else?"

The food is not the point, the point is her notebook with two photos in it, which also records the time of the rise and fall of various dynasties, that is the existence that can kill people.

Shang Luo shook his head suspiciously, "He didn't say anything."

Cheng Xia was instantly discouraged, feeling that this was like a ticking time bomb, which could blow her to pieces at some point.This thorn is inserted in the very center of the heart, and every time she breathes, it reminds her most directly that she still has a hidden danger that has not been pulled out, and it cannot be eliminated.

How did the egg yolk crisps and beef cubes end up in the fourth prince's hands? Is that notebook also in his hands?Or did Cheng Xia accidentally give it to someone?
Cheng Xia sat on the chair and drooped her eyes in silence, all kinds of complicated thoughts came to her, and she couldn't figure it out at all.

Similarly, Yang Dalang and Shang Luo, who had been silent all this time, were full of thoughts in their hearts. Yang Dalang didn't know, but Cheng Xia knew about the fourth prince.But Shang Luo murmured in his heart, this girl really doesn't look like an ordinary village woman.

After a long time, Cheng Xia raised her head slightly and saw a lot of beef on the table beside Shang Luo, she suddenly smiled.

Seeing her smile, Shang Luo didn't understand why, "What are you laughing at?"

Cheng Xia pointed at the beef, which was not light at first glance, "Aunt Han asked you to bring beef, because she wants me to make beef cubes for her to eat?"

Shang Luo was startled, then laughed out loud, and nodded repeatedly, "That's right, the girl is really thoughtful, and my mother really meant that. Hit me back to Chong'an County, and she tasted the beef cubes I brought her." , I couldn’t forget it, and asked me to bring it for you to taste, and asked if you could make the same taste.”

Yang Dalang didn't quite understand what Shangluo said, "There must be people selling this thing in the market?"

Cheng Xia handed the beef cubes in front of him and asked him to take a piece and taste it. Yang Dalang instantly understood that what was missing in the middle was probably the chili she planted in the forbidden land of death.

Is it intertwined?So, Cheng Xia was so excited when she saw these two things, was it because they came out of her hands in the first place?

Suddenly, a deep sense of powerlessness emerged in Yang Dalang's heart. He felt that he could not keep her anymore. This illusory feeling was too gripping and tormenting.

Cheng Xia nodded, "I can make beef cubes, but this," Cheng Xia pointed to the egg yolk cake in his hand, "Aunt Han wants to eat this taste, but I can't make it."

Shangluo only brought an egg yolk cake, which was still purple potato flavored. In the current Ming Dynasty, there were no sweet potatoes and purple potatoes at all, and it was even more impossible for her to use purple potato powder to make egg yolk cakes.

At the beginning, she bought three flavors of egg yolk cakes for her mother, original, purple sweet potato and matcha. The original and matcha were not difficult to make, but she couldn't make purple sweet potato.

Cheng Xia once thought that matcha was not available in ancient China. Later, he accidentally read a "Tea Classic" recommended by his teacher, and then realized that matcha was spread from China to Japan and continued to become popular all over the world.Matcha, also known as end tea in China, originated in the Sui and Tang Dynasties of China. The formation of matcha is to use the young leaves of spring tea leaves, pick them up, steam them, and make them into tea cakes for preservation.When it’s time to eat, put it on the fire and dry it again, and grind it into powder with natural graphite, so it’s not difficult to make something with matcha flavor.

Shangluo was obviously a little disappointed, and Cheng Xia couldn't bear to be disappointed by Aunt Han, so she just said, "This food can have other flavors. When the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, I will go to the Herbal Food Shop and make it for Aunt Han to try. This baked thing I have to use that kind of oven, I don’t have one here, I’ll make it for Aunt Han next month.”

It just so happens that next month will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Cheng Xia can use the egg yolk cake to make another fortune. Now that she understands it, she needs to save as much money as possible, and then leave Qingxian Village to find the original Cheng Xia, before any possible danger appeared, got the notebook into his hands.

Shang Luo was overjoyed, and bowed to Cheng Xia again and again, "I thank the girl on behalf of my mother."

"You're welcome," Cheng Xia saw that the sun was already in the middle, so he asked, "Have you had lunch yet?"

"Not yet, not yet," Shang Luo smiled sheepishly. What he said, it felt like he was here for a meal, but in fact, he was here for a meal.

Cheng Xia understood, felt that it would be embarrassing to keep Yang Dalang and Shang Luo in the same room, so he pulled Yang Dalang to help him.

Because he wanted to make spicy beef cubes, Cheng Xia didn't want to make a fuss about preparing lunch, and just simply fried two dishes.

Yang Dalang stood by the side sullenly all the time, Cheng Xia pinched a piece of beef cubes and handed it to his lips, stared at him carefully, and raised his eyebrows to signal him to eat.Yang Dalang pursed his lips and took a careful look at Cheng Xia before he ate it reluctantly.

Seeing his frown, Cheng Xia thought it was funny, stretched out his hands to pinch his cheeks and pulled them out, "You said that you are a young guy, why do you always show such an old-fashioned face, it would be nice to smile more."

"You are very kind to him." After a long time, Yang Dalang muttered such a sentence.I've only seen it twice, and it's already so hot.

Cheng Xia suddenly laughed, it turned out he was jealous. "Aunt Han and shopkeeper Shang have helped me a lot. Now that his son is only coming over for a meal, shouldn't we treat him well?" What's more, he brought such important information. Based on this alone, how could she Don't treat Shangluo badly either.

Hearing that Cheng Xia was explaining to himself, Yang Dalang's face softened a little, and he forced a smile, "That can't be too kind to him."

"Okay, I got it," Cheng Xia tugged at his face, letting him help himself, and then quickly fried spicy chicken fir mushrooms, cold cucumber enoki mushrooms, loofah scrambled eggs, and winter melon soup.Simple and convenient to do.

During the meal, Cheng Xia discovered that Shangluo had brought two big watermelons, and Cheng Xia's eyes lit up.When he first came to the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Xia still thought about eating watermelon in summer, and then fried it with watermelon seeds.It's just right now, and it doesn't take much effort to get it, or else, Shangluo can always bring her useful things.

After a hasty lunch, Cheng Xia took the beef brought by Shangluo to the kitchen to make spicy beef cubes.Cheng Xia weighed it carefully, and sighed dumbfoundedly, Aunt Han probably brought all the beef around her to Shangluo, it was at least ten catties.

Shang Luo said that Aunt Han specially selected the best front leg meat, which is strong and less tendon, which is suitable for eating.

Cheng Xia boiled water in a large pot, threw three pieces of good beef into the water and boiled, sliced ​​ginger and freshly picked Chinese pepper while cooking, and waited for the three pieces of beef to boil , took it out and let it cool down, then cut the large piece of beef into thick slices of moderate thickness along the veins of the beef, threw all the thick slices of beef into clean water again, and then added green onion knots, ginger slices, peppercorns, salt and Soy sauce, cook on low heat for an hour, so that the beef can fully absorb the aroma of all the seasonings.

When the beef tastes good, take out all the thick slices of beef, and after cooling, cut all the thick slices into beef strips of the same size, similar to the size of modern shredded beef jerky, and part of them will keep the shape of beef strips. The other part was cut into beef cubes according to Aunt Han's request, one centimeter in size, exactly like one bite.

Because I heard from Shang Luo that Aunt Han likes spicy food, Cheng Xia prepared a lot of chili.Cut the peppers and green onions into sections, slice the garlic and ginger, put everything into a cold oil pan and fry slowly over low heat, add salt to taste in the middle, and when the frying is almost done, take out the peppers, green onions, garlic, etc., and put them in the pan Only the oil infused with these flavors is left.

Finally, all the beef strips and beef cubes can be poured into the oil pan, and then dried on high heat, so that the aroma and spiciness in the oil can be fully absorbed by the beef, so that it can be filled out and let cool.

Shang Luo smelled the aroma and came over, and saw that Cheng Xia had already made beef jerky and beef cubes, which were full of three big plates. Only then did Shang Luo realize that the beef he brought was indeed too much, which was enough for his mother to eat for more than ten days up.

"What the mother and the fourth prince said is right, you can do a lot of things."

"Fourth prince?" Cheng Xia chuckled, "Did he mention me?"

Shang Luo nodded affirmatively, as if thinking of something, walked to the kitchen window and stood still, looking at the elegant scenery halfway up the mountain, said leisurely, "The fourth prince said, you are a different girl, the most important thing is that he still Let me give you a message."

"Oh?" Cheng Xia stopped her movements and slowly turned to look at Shang Luo, "What did he say?"

(End of this chapter)