Of course, there was gruel in the Tang Dynasty, but the porridge people ate at this time was still white porridge. People like Li Zexuan added preserved eggs and lean meat to the porridge to make salty porridge directly. He really came up with a new trick!
"Hmm! Xiaoxuan, your preserved egg and lean meat porridge is really tender, smooth and delicious. There is an indescribable fragrance in it. It must be the smell of preserved eggs! Tsk tsk, I have a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat every morning. Porridge, you’ll be as happy as a god all day long!”
It was the first time for Cheng Chumo to eat this delicious salty porridge, and he ate four large bowls of it. After the meal, the hunk rubbed his round belly, leaned back in the chair and sighed with satisfaction.
Li Zexuan rolled his eyes and said, "A bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge every morning will make you happy like a god all day long." Why does this sound more and more like "A cigarette afterwards will make you happy like a god"? Ahem, I got it wrong!
"Haha, but you just ate four bowls of Ugly Cow, don't you want to be happy for four days? Then you don't have to eat for the next three days!"
Li Zexuan joked with a smile.
Cheng Chumo suddenly choked up at these words, but this guy has always been thick-skinned, and he is born with a wild temper. How could he be defeated by just one sentence
"Hey, Xiaoxuan, you don't settle the score like this. A bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge can make you happy all day long. I ate four bowls and I was four times as happy as I was!"
Cheng Chumo laughed shamelessly.
Li Zexuan was amused by this guy and said: "Ugly Niu, why are you talking so much nonsense now? Since you like eating so much, take a basket of preserved eggs back with you when you leave later and see if Uncle Cheng likes them!"
Now that the first batch of preserved eggs has been made, we need to promote them as soon as possible. The best way is to start promoting them to people in the surrounding circle, and do it as a favor by the way!
"Ha! Such a good relationship! Xiaoxuan, please give me some more later. My dad will definitely like to eat them! Hey, I wonder how long these preserved eggs can be stored? The weather is so hot now!"
Cheng Chumo finally came to his senses this time. He was happy for a while, then suddenly thought of a question and asked.
Li Zexuan smiled and replied: "You don't have to worry about this. As long as you don't peel off the lime sawdust on the outside of the preserved eggs and put them in a ventilated and cool place, they can be stored for at least three months without changing the taste and taste, and they can be kept for up to five months!"
"Hehe! That's good! I'm worried that it will go bad before I finish eating!"
Cheng Chumo scratched his head and pretended to be relieved. Then he patted his thigh again and shouted, "Hey! That's not right! Xiaoxuan, you are giving me a preserved egg, but no one in my family can do it?"
Li Zexuan said helplessly: "What's so difficult about this? You just chop up the preserved eggs, mix them with lean meat and cook them with rice, and then add some salt to make preserved egg and lean meat porridge? Oh, there is another way to eat preserved eggs. It is to be eaten cold directly. You ask your cook to cut each preserved egg into four pieces, sprinkle salt on the surface, pour some vinegar, mash the garlic and put some in, and you can eat it directly! Remember?"
Cheng Chumo frowned, and after a while he said, "Well, I probably remember it. I'll go back to Chang'an and let my cook try it!"
He is still living in another courtyard in Yunshan. The preserved eggs given to him by Li Zexuan have to be taken back to Chang'an and processed by their chef.
Li Zexuan shook his head and chatted with Cheng Chumo for a few more words. Seeing that this guy wanted to leave, he asked someone to get a basket of preserved eggs for Cheng Chumo. After Cheng Chumo took it, he left directly.
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"Squeak, squeak, squeak~!"
"Hoo ho!"
It was quiet and peaceful in the early morning at Yanhuang Academy on weekends. The only sounds that could be heard were the chirping of insects, fish and birds in the forest, the creaking of a pole and the sound of someone breathing.
But he saw Li Tai carrying two buckets of water that had just been fetched from the well to the east of the academy, and he was trudging along the cement path. Judging from the clothes on his back, he was completely soaked with sweat, so he must have started carrying water early.
"Huh~! Wocao, why did the well in the academy have to be dug so far away from the dormitory? Isn't this a trap?"
Li Tai placed the bucket on the ground to rest. The little fat man put his hands on his hips and panted heavily. He looked at the dormitory far away in front of him, estimated to be hundreds of feet away. He sighed and complained in a low voice.
After more than half a month of military training, although his body was stronger before, had he ever done such physical work? His shoulders couldn't withstand such a grinding process. Not to mention twenty buckets of water, even six buckets of water would still wear out the skin on his shoulders!
"Alas~! This will definitely not work! After a while, there will be more and more people in the academy. If people see me carrying water, wouldn't it be embarrassing?"
Li Tai wiped his sweat and muttered to himself.
He woke up very early today and wanted to take advantage of the fact that there were fewer people in the academy to start fetching water. He wanted to finish fetching it early, but he didn't expect that he would waste so much energy every time he fetched two buckets of water. Now I feel like my body is about to be hollowed out.
"Hey~! Isn't this Qingque? Why weren't you in the dormitory so early in the morning? You came here to fetch water! Did the sun come out in the west today? Our King Wei actually fetched water for the academy ?”
Many times, you don't want something, but it will come. No, just when Li Tai was sighing secretly, Sun Zifan suddenly came from the side. After seeing Li Tai and the two buckets of water at Li Tai's feet, Sun Zifan first Startled, he then gave a bad laugh and walked forward with a strange air.
"...Zifan, don't go too far! Why are you here if you don't have a good sleep this early in the morning?"
Li Tai's heart beat wildly when he heard someone speaking, but when he saw that the person who spoke was Sun Zifan, he felt a little relieved, but his expression was still unnatural.
"Haha! Why did you come here to fetch water, Qingque, if you didn't sleep well so early in the morning?"
Sun Zifan clasped his hands on his chest and stood aside with an inexplicable smile.
When Li Tai heard this, he didn't know how to explain it. If he told the truth, he would definitely be laughed at by Sun Zifan. In this case, wouldn't his happiness yesterday be in vain
"Haha~! I know!"
Sun Zifan looked at Li Tai's face and suddenly shouted, which frightened Li Tai. He then said: "It must be the mountain chief! The mountain chief must have asked you to carry the water, otherwise this Yanhuang Academy descendant , who dares to ask you, Qingque, to fetch water? Qingque, am I right?"
This kid's analysis at the critical moment was very reasonable, and he actually guessed it right!
Li Tai's heart skipped a beat. His expression changed for a while, and finally he could only admit: "So what? It's none of your business?"
Sun Zifan was not angry at all. Instead, he laughed happily and said, "Haha! Qingque, you have today too? How about it? How many buckets of water did the mountain chief ask you to carry? Do you want me to help you carry it?"
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