Yu Xiaocao, who was making "Honey Sauce Abalone", yelled at him angrily: "I want to eat it, but I won't pick it myself?"
Today, King Yang Jun saw the abalone drying in their courtyard, so he casually ordered the dish "honey sauce abalone". Yu Xiaocao finally had the opportunity to go to the sea next time, and helped Mr. Zhou prepare the tribute share for next month. He was sent back to before liberation with one sentence... It seems that the next two days will be the next time!
Mrs. Liu, who was helping her, gave her a hasty look, and said in a low voice: "After all, he is the prince of the county, a relative of the emperor, and he can't just put his nose on the face just because he has a good temper. Regardless of his identity, the person who came As a guest, if the guest has any requirements, the host will do his best to satisfy them, this is the way of hospitality."
After training her daughter a few words, Mrs. Liu stuffed a piece of firewood into the stove, stood up, walked to the door of the kitchen, and said to Yangjun Wang: "Our Cao'er has a temper, and you are as knowledgeable as others. I will pick it for you. …”
Zhu Junyang was also full of curiosity about the vegetable field in the backyard. He put down his cup, stood up slowly, and said to Liu Shi: "No, my master is free and has nothing to do. Let's take a look at the backyard. Go and do your work!"
Coming out of the capital this time, Zhu Junyang was ordered by the emperor to stay until the corn and potatoes were ripe, so Manager Liu, who served him personally, also came along. What is personal service, of course, wherever the master is, he must be there.
"Master, it's better for this old slave to pick it!" Although his county prince still maintained the only expression—that is, no expression, Director Liu could hear the master's politeness to Liu from his tone.
My master has always been honest with others, even those so-called noble women in Beijing have never been an exception. The Liu family is just a country woman, why did the county king make an exception for her? In the past few days, Manager Liu has observed, not only the Liu family, but how can the members of the Yu family be able to make the master treat them differently
Could it be that Yu Hai saved his master's life? No! Before the king of the county went to sea, he met Yu's family at the pier. At that time, he was still cold and ignored. Could it be that the Yu family was able to grow corn and potatoes because it relieved the worries of the master? There are too many capable generals under the master, and they have made outstanding achievements many times, but they haven't gotten a favor from the master? What kind of ecstasy soup did the Yu family pour their master into
Manager Liu was wondering, his master had already passed through the round gate in the backyard and came to a more open vegetable field.
Unlike the green leafy vegetables grown in the front yard, the vegetables in the backyard are more abundant. The walls are covered with loofahs with yellow flowers; long beans, emerald green cucumbers, fresh gourds, golden pumpkins are climbing on rows of bamboo frames... In the neatly planned vegetable field, purple The green eggplants shone mysteriously in the sun, the green and red pointed peppers hung all over the branches, and the tomatoes poked their heads out of the leaves like little lanterns, full of the joy of a good harvest.
Seeing his master's cold and hard breath gradually warming up, Manager Liu was quite relieved. It seems that the master has a predestined relationship with the pastoral scenery. Maybe after staying here for a long time, the master will gradually return to the carefree little master when he was a child...
When Mr. Liu was so moved that his nose was sour, Zhu Junyang had already picked a tender cucumber from the cucumber rack, wiped off the small thorns on it with his hands, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it.
When Director Liu saw it, he hurried forward and said, "Master, this old slave will help you wash and eat before eating!"
"No, that's what Yu Xiaocao ate last time I saw it!" Zhu Junyang took another bite, and the crisp and tender cucumber was very juicy, refreshing and thirst-quenching.
Director Liu thought to himself: That little girl is used to living in the countryside, so it's okay to eat unclean food. Master, you are delicate and expensive, what should you do if your stomach is ruined by eating
At this time, Zhu Junyang came to the tomato field again, searched carefully, and finally found a bright red tomato under a cluster of thicker leaves. The Yu family's vegetables are not worried about selling, and many horse-drawn carriages come to buy them every day. Tomatoes can be eaten raw as well as cooked. Naturally, they are one of the favorite vegetables for the wealthy families in the town. It is considered lucky to be able to find one or two fish that slipped through the net from the vegetable field.
Zhu Junyang didn't care about the new shoes under his feet, and was soiled by the freshly watered soil. He found five ripe tomatoes in the tomato field with a sense of accomplishment. He came back from the backyard contentedly, with a tomato in his mouth, and the rest in the hem of his clothes, looking very down-to-earth.
He stomped the dirt stuck to his feet, did not sit down at the stone table, but stomped to the kitchen door, and said to Yu Xiaocao who was busy inside: "Yu Xiaocao, I want to eat scrambled eggs with tomatoes!"
Yu Xiaocao, who was struggling with the honey sauce abalone, tried to make the sauce over and over again as if she didn't hear it. Yu Xiaocao is not omnipotent, some home-cooked dishes, she cooked a lot in her previous life, and she has some talent in cooking, so the taste is naturally good. But such a precious thing as abalone, her home in her previous life was not near the sea, so she really hadn't seen it much, let alone cooked it.
Fortunately, the current chef of Zhenxiu Restaurant, Yang Feng, Chef Wang's apprentice, once cooked abalone in honey sauce in front of her. It's not too difficult for her to watch from the side, why is it not the case once it is in her hands
"Yu Xiaocao, are you deaf or dumb?" Zhu Junyang has become more and more rude to Yu Xiaocao since he got in touch with Yu's family. In the past, she was politely called "Miss Yu", but now it's better to call her by her first name, as if ordering her own girl, telling her to do this or that. Yu Xiaocao was almost annoyed to death by him!
"I'm not deaf or dumb! You can't be distracted when cooking, so that you don't have to eat the dishes you make, Xiaojunwang! Xiaojunwang, you can stay wherever you want!" Yu Xiaocao also figured out Xiaojunwang's Temper, he looks cool, but he is not so superior, nor is he like a bad temper. At least in so many contacts with him, I have never seen him really lose his temper. Yu Xiaocao, who doesn't have much class consciousness, becomes more and more impolite when she speaks.
The Liu family and the rest of the Yu family broke into a cold sweat for her from time to time. The prince of the county looks young, but he is not the kind to be easy to get along with. If he offends the prince of the county, he will hit the board at the slightest and die at the worst. Isn't this how it is done in dramas? Why is my youngest daughter so courageous, challenging the county prince's bottom line again and again.
Zhu Junyang was not only not angry, but also made a rare joke: "I think the kitchen is a good place, and it's good to stay here!"
Manager Liu was so startled that his jaw almost fell to the ground and hit his own foot. This... Is this still the cold-faced county king who can scare children into tears? When did you change the character settings
Yu Xiaocao was also speechless: "Okay, if you are not afraid of being smoked by oil, you can stay anytime you want!"
When Zhu Junyang watched her pour out the prepared Gorgon juice for the third time, he couldn't help but said: "So there are dishes that you don't know how to cook! In fact, the master is not so picky. He even ate raw fish when he was on the boat. Don't be so nervous, cook it casually, I don't think it's bad for you!"
In fact, I don't want her to try again and again and face failure over and over again, but what she said, why is she so worthy of a beating!
Yu Xiaocao ignored him and finally concocted the flavor she wanted. She just peeled the abalone meat, washed it, cut it with a "ten" knife, put it in a bowl, added egg whites, starch, and slashed it evenly, and steamed it in a pot for a few minutes. The abalone she catches is relatively large and needs to be steamed longer to be cooked.
She washed the fresh mushrooms she found from Coral, cut them into small pieces, blanched them in boiling water, took them out, added minced ginger, chopped green onion, and minced garlic, and stir-fried them in a pan with oil. Add pepper, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil, etc. into it to make a thick sauce. After the abalone is steamed, pour it on top. The delicious "Honey Sauce Abalone" is ready!
Zhu Junyang gently sniffed the fragrance floating in the air, and praised without hesitation: "It smells quite authentic, how would you like to eat it?"
Yu Xiaocao walked up to him, took the tomatoes from his hands, rolled his eyes at him, and said, "It's the first time I'm making it, so I can't guarantee whether it tastes good, so let's just eat it! Xiaojun Wang, our family is just an ordinary family. Good farmer, can we not order expensive dishes like abalone and sea cucumber in the future?"
"Hey! This is crying for poverty! Your family is still an ordinary farmer. Every day, you sell more than ten carts of vegetables and seven or eight carts of watermelons. Even the monthly income of the popular shops in the town is not as good as that The money your family earns in a day. I just ate your abalone, and I feel bad? You are stingy!" In front of Yu Xiaocao, Zhu Junyang is no longer the cold-faced county king who talks less and people are cold. Became a chatterbox! Director Liu expressed his horror - he wouldn't be following a fake county king, would he
Yu Xiaocao speaks eloquently, so of course he won't lose him: "Prince Xiaojun, we only make money in the past few days. Watermelons will be off the market in a month at most. How much money can we make just by looking at vegetables? We ordinary people, People who rely on the sky to eat, when they are rich, they have to think about the days when they have no money! Unlike you, who go out for a stroll every day, earning a living everywhere, and earning a penny of your salary. You who hold a golden rice bowl, how do you know that we ordinary people? Bitter!"
Zhu Junyang knew about the Yu family's situation. When we didn't have a family, we didn't have enough to eat, we didn't have enough clothes, we had to work and we were scolded... Thinking of the little girl in front of me, who was seriously ill and dying several times, a feeling of pity rose from my heart.
Zhu Junyang comforted in a soft voice: "Don't worry! As long as the corn and potatoes are planted well, the imperial court will definitely not treat you badly!! With your family's talent in farming, I will help you to speak a few words in front of the emperor, maybe The emperor can specially approve you to be a farm official. At that time, you will also be able to eat public meals and receive the imperial court's salary!"
"Don't, don't!!" Yu Xiaocao looked terrified, as if he was some kind of scourge, jumped a few steps to the side, and said repeatedly, "Xiaojun Wang, I know you have good intentions. But we have a flat head Ordinary people, with no root or foundation, even if you are a petty official, you are still cannon fodder in the officialdom. Shouldn't you be exempted?"