peasant young lady

Chapter 263 Someone is coming from the palace

"Really?" Yang Dalang was still dubious.

"Really!" Cheng Xia wished he could raise his hand and swear, "I have a surprise for you, you will find out when I come back at noon tomorrow, I guarantee you have never seen it before."

Seeing the sincerity of what she said, Yang Dalang let her leave with Uncle Zhong.

Boss Shao came prepared, and even sent three carriages over, really afraid that his rose sauce would not be transported away.

Cheng Xia followed him to the county seat, got 200 taels of bank notes, and went directly to the bank to deposit them. Yang Dalang was not around, and Cheng Xia didn't care if others would look at her strangely, anyway, she was rich. In your hand, others can look at it however they like.

After leaving the bank, it happened to be noon, and Cheng Xia went directly to the chili shop to look for big flowers.Dahua was very pleasantly surprised when she saw Cheng Xia who came suddenly, "Why did you come so suddenly, and you didn't even give an advance notice."

"I also did it on a whim." No wonder, she thought about running away from Yang Dalang every day, but how could she tell Dahua like that, so she laughed, "I'm here for something important, please take me in for a night, my sister-in-law." .”

"You," Dahua poked her forehead, "This isn't your other home, you still need me to take you in, really."

"Hey," Cheng Xia shook Da Hua's hand vigorously, "Sister-in-law, I'm hungry, give me something to eat."

"I'm preparing to cook, wait a while, go upstairs to sleep for a while." Dahua patted Cheng Xia's hand and told her to go upstairs to rest.

Cheng Xia looked puzzled, "Sister-in-law, why should I sleep, it's noon."

Dahua pointed at the thick dark circles under her eyes with a smile, "You should also restrain your brother-in-law."

Cheng Xia reacted in an instant, covered her face and ran upstairs, no wonder Boss Shao smiled maliciously when she saw her, bastard Yang Dalang, I still want to surprise you, surprise your sister, prepare one tomorrow It's normal to scare you.

Cheng Xia slept for too long, and woke up in the afternoon.When she woke up, Da Hua was learning how to embroider. Cheng Xia watched Da Hua sitting under the window with her back facing her, embroidering every stitch quietly with her head down. That look was really demure and elegant.

Dahua has really changed a lot. She has developed from focusing on the improvement of her appearance to focusing on shaping her heart. It's great, there is always a future in life.

Hearing the rustling noise, Dahua turned her head, smiled and put down the embroidery shed, and brought the food that had been stuffy all the time to the table, "Get up and eat, it's getting cold, no matter how much I call you at noon Wake up, if you hadn't fallen asleep with your little face flushed, I really thought you'd fallen asleep, how could you be so tired? My brother-in-law is also true, it's not a matter of having a baby overnight, so why worry about it. "

Cheng Xia was choked up immediately, couldn't help but waved her hands again and again, and quickly put on her shoes and got out of bed, "Okay, sister-in-law, don't mention this, it will be annoying if you mention it."

"Okay, don't mention it." Seeing her rushing to the table like a hungry tiger, Dahua quickly poured a glass of water and handed it over, "What's the rush, take your time, no one will grab you."

"Yeah," Cheng Xia replied vaguely, stuffing things into her mouth continuously, and when she was full, Cheng Xia remembered the business, "Sister-in-law, you have lived in the county for a month now. , do you know where the milk is sold the best?"

"Milk," Dahua thought for a moment, then nodded, "The one in the east of the city is better. I've heard about it too. Miss, do you want to use it?"

"Yes," Cheng Xia wiped the corners of his mouth, and asked leisurely, "Will it be very far?"

"It's not that close."

Cheng Xia looked out the window, and saw several nurses standing in the yard, they were really tall and handsome, unexpectedly, the people Du Zhong hired were quite reliable.

Cheng Xia smiled at Dahua, turned around and went downstairs, took out some broken silver to one of the nurses, and said devoutly, "Brother, can I trouble you to go to a place where milk is produced in the east of the city? Buy some fresh milk, this money is enough, you just need to hire a car."

Nursing courtyard took the money, turned around and left, his back was very chic and handsome.

When it was getting dark, Cheng Xia sat in the stairwell and saw the nurse coming in with a bucket full of milk, she almost wanted to bow down.She needs milk, but it doesn't mean that she needs so much. This bucket is at least a dozen liters. When will she run out of it? Cheng Xia wants to cry.

"Little sister, what do you use milk for?" Dahua walked down the stairs slowly, still curious.

"Sister-in-law, wait a moment. You will know what I can do tomorrow. It just so happens that this big brother bought a lot of milk. I can make more tomorrow, and give it to my sister-in-law and Aunt Han."

Cheng Xia carried the milk bucket to the second floor and put it in a relatively clean place.

She wants to use these milks to extract a lot of cream. This method was learned from prose when she was reading miscellaneous books.Zhang Dai, an essayist in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, has an article "Cheese" in "Tao An Meng Yi", which introduces Zhang Dai's own experience and experience in enjoying various dairy products in detail.

Zhang Dai likes to eat this kind of dairy product. He often puts the newly squeezed milk in a basin at night, and let it stand overnight. A thick layer of milky flowers will appear on the surface of the milk. The reason is that the fat with low density will rise to the surface of the milk to form the most primitive cream, that is, milk fat. This most original cream and modern use The output of the separator is definitely different, but it is also healthier.

The reason she went to such lengths to make the cream was because she wanted to make an ancient version of the cake.Tomorrow is the tenth day of October, which is Yang Dalang's birthday. People in ancient times usually used longevity peaches or longevity noodles to celebrate their birthdays. In ancient China, this kind of cake was never seen before. Cheng Xia wanted to try it as a birthday surprise for Yang Dalang.

He seemed to be very preoccupied during this time, if he could have something new to make him happy, then she would be content.

I slept until the sun was bright, and today was the market, and Dahua had already gone down to sell chili sauce, Cheng Xia packed up, told Dahua, and went there with the thick, pure natural butter that had been skimmed. Went to the Medicinal Food Workshop.

If you want to bake cake embryos, you can't do without the oven in the yard of the medicine workshop, which is why she insists on coming to the county seat.

As soon as Wang Hanxiao heard what cake Cheng Xia was going to make, she immediately put aside the work at hand, without looking at the account books, and followed Cheng Xia to watch her make the cake.

She had never even heard of the word cake.

The simple cake embryo is not difficult to make. Separate the egg white and egg yolk, then add sugar, oil, milk and other ingredients to beat and stir, and finally pour the cake batter made of the stirred egg yolk and egg white into a container suitable for shaping. There is nothing that can't be found in Left and Right Herbal Food Shop, and it saves Cheng Xia the trouble of looking for it.

Whack the container of cake batter a few times to expose the contents to large bubbles, and then it's ready to be handcuffed in the oven in the backyard.

The chef has also made rose flower cakes and fresh meat moon cakes, and he can also master the baking strength very well. Cheng Xia instructed some precautions and let him go.

Cheng Xia quickly whipped the cream with chopsticks, and added chopped kiwi fruit during the whipping process to make a sweet and sour fruit cream.

At this moment, the chef came over with the baked cake embryo. Cheng Xia quickly turned the cake embryo upside down and let it cool. After a while, he took off the outer mold, and a complete and beautiful cake embryo was ready. up.

Cheng Xia cut the cake embryo horizontally into three pieces, spread the prepared fruit cream in the middle of each two layers, and finally wrapped the whole cake embryo with cream and spread it evenly.Aunt Cheng Xia Wenhan brought walnuts, jujubes and raisins, and covered the sides of the cake with these nuts layer by layer.On the top layer of the cake, kiwi slices, apple slices and banana slices were decorated respectively, and some nuts were sprinkled in the middle for a little modification, so that an extremely beautiful fruit cake was ready.

Cheng Xia really didn't expect to be able to make it in one go, it is really enough to make people feel a sense of accomplishment.

Aunt Han was already swallowing her saliva beside her. Cheng Xia knew how greedy her eyes were, so she divided the prepared cake into countless portions and asked Aunt Han and the chef to taste it separately.

Amidst Aunt Han's praise, Cheng Xia quickly made another one.This one is more attentive and careful, and the decoration is more careful. After the decoration is completed, it is folded into a modern cake box with cardboard, and oiled paper is spread on the inside, just to put the cake in.

Only now did Cheng Xia have time to taste the cake by himself. The cream was just not greasy, and the cake embryo was soft and sweet. It was really delicious when served with various fruits and nuts.

Cheng Xia brought a large piece of land to Dahua, and then found Uncle Tian and started walking to Qingxian Village.

When she was at the market, she bought new clothes for Yang Dalang, and of course she didn't forget to buy one for the two young ones. Knowing that Yang Dalang likes to eat pasta, Cheng Xia specially bought some minced meat to make jiaozi noodles for him. Yang Dalang tried it, it was the longevity noodles for his birthday.

When walking towards the bamboo house, Cheng Xia shook the birthday cake in her hands with satisfaction. She planned to give Yang Dalang a special birthday, and told him by the way that she agreed to give him a baby, but she couldn't be too anxious Yes, take your time.

Before reaching the bamboo house, Cheng Xia felt that the atmosphere was not right. She raised her eyes and saw Eucommia leaning on the osmanthus tree behind the bamboo house. When she looked over, Du Zhong also found her, and Du Zhong quickly stretched out her hand and booed , told her not to cry out.

Cheng Xia frowned and walked forward, and saw a sedan chair dropped in front of the door, and there were a few people dressed as guards standing at the door, Cheng Xia frowned even more.

Cheng Xia walked towards the door carefully, and when she saw the person talking to Yang Dalang inside, Cheng Xia almost threw the cake in her hand out.

He didn't know this man, but he was very clear about the clothes on his body. It was a navy blue official uniform embroidered with a unicorn pattern, and what he held in his hand was the Buddha dust commonly used by eunuchs in the palace.

There are people from the palace.

(End of this chapter)