Hua Qingxue’s dorayaki and crispy egg rolls were a huge success.
With popcorn as a sign, regular customers are very concerned about her newly baked snacks. Although the price is a bit more expensive than popcorn, during the holidays, everyone doesn't care about the two-liter snack, and the stalls are sold out as soon as they are sold out.
The nearby stall owner advised Hua Qingxue that since it was easy to sell, she should make more and sell them tomorrow.
Hua Qingxue just smiled, but had no intention of doing anything more.
The current amount was calculated by her and was within the tolerance range.
Although she is eager to make money, she does not want to make herself too tired. It is already very hard to make snacks from early to late every day. If the amount is increased, it will be really tiring.
It's not worth it if your body collapses from exhaustion.
When it was almost time to close the stall, He Wu came. The tall man stood awkwardly in front of the tea stall and said naively: "My mother said she was afraid that the Li family would come to trouble you, so she asked me to come and help."
Hua Qingxue suddenly understood, then nodded, "Ah... Then, thank you, Brother He."
Hearing her call him Brother He again, He Wu's face gradually turned red again.
He picked up the benches, tables and chairs, and helped Hua Qingxue pile all the odds and ends onto the cart. Without waiting for Hua Qingxue to say anything, he picked up the cart and left.
Good-natured laughter came from the stall next to him. He Wu couldn't help but walk faster. The cart bumped violently, and even the wooden barrels and wooden stools on it shook violently. Hua Qingxue didn't dare to say anything, and silently followed to hold the cart. objects on.
The two of them walked back in tandem, it was really awkward as if both husband and wife were returning home...
As Hua Qingxue walked, she thought that the house here really couldn't be rented anymore. Although Aunt He was very kind to her... But if she continued to live there, she would feel like the daughter-in-law of the He family, which was really embarrassing.
This feeling is really not wonderful.
Let’s wait until next year…
If I earn a few more months of money in the next year and have enough money, I should be able to rent a house with a separate courtyard.
When they were almost home, they saw Aunt He standing at the door of the courtyard from a distance, waving to them, holding a chicken in her other hand.
"Wu Zi! Kill the chicken for me and make you your favorite sauce-roast chicken today... Oh, by the way, I chopped up the pork ribs in the kitchen to make soup."
He Wu pulled the cart into the house. Without taking a breath, he took the chicken from his mother's hand and went to sharpen the knife.
Aunt He helped Hua Qingxue unload the things on the cart and waved her away, "Go and have a rest. Drink some hot water to warm yourself up. It's freezing today... I'll go out to eat later and try Auntie's food." craft."
Hua Qingxue smiled sheepishly, because she came back late every time, so she would eat at Aunt He's house from time to time.
In fact, she knows that this is not good, but she can't resist others' enthusiasm every time...
It's not good to always have free rice. Hua Qingxue also wanted to do some work and said, "I'll help Brother He chop the ribs."
Although she can't kill a chicken, she can still chop the ribs.
"You're so cute, how can you do this? Just let Wu Zi do this kind of hard work!" Aunt He refused, turned around and went to the kitchen to cook.
Aunt He was cooking like a chef, which reminded Hua Qingxue of the Aunt Yan she once knew in Renqiu. She could weigh more than ten large iron pots with one hand and stir-fry constantly.
She couldn't hold such a heavy pot with one hand, let alone weigh it.
Hua Qingxue had nothing to do, so she boiled water on another pot so that He Wu could pluck the chickens after killing them.
As soon as the water was finished, I heard the sound of ping-ping-pong-pong-pong-pong coming from the yard.
Hua Qingxue was shocked and hurried to the yard, only to see that He Wu had already killed the chicken and was now slashing at a pile of pig bones with his knife!
"Brother He, please don't..."
It's too late.
He Wu stopped, raised the long knife in his hand, and found that a gap had been broken, which was as ugly as a missing front tooth. The other places where the blade had been cut were also crooked and broken.
Only then did Hua Qingxue realize that He Wu was using the saber he had in the military camp.
He Wu looked at the broken knife in his hand and frowned.
"Ah... this knife is broken, does it matter? You won't be punished by military regulations, right?" Hua Qingxue asked him worriedly.
He Wu looked a little shy in front of Hua Qingxue. He grinned and said, "It's okay. The knives in the military camp often break. I've long been used to them. I can repair them later and use them again."
Hua Qingxue looked at the still strong pig bones on the chopping board, feeling a little embarrassed, and whispered: "I made a new set of knives from Blacksmith Liu. There are ones specially used for cutting bones... I'll get them for you. .”
He Wu nodded.
When Hua Qingxue came back, she had a brand new knife in her hand.
He Wu looked at the knife and felt that the light flowing across the edge was very eye-catching. He held it in his hand and shook it, and it felt very good in the hand.
"This kitchen knife is really good." He Wu couldn't help but praise.
Hua Qingxue pursed her lips and smiled, "It's not a kitchen knife, it's a bone-chopping knife. The original knife was hard to use... I bought a new set, including a slicing knife, a bone-chopping knife, a deboning knife, a peeling knife, a vegetable knife... "
Although her cooking skills are average, she is very proficient in thinking about these utensils.
Hua Qingxue has always believed that no matter what you do, preparing a good set of tools can improve efficiency and make you happy physically and mentally.
For example, she feels that since she got this set of knives, her cooking skills have grown exponentially compared to her time in Renqiucheng.
"Miss Hua is so meticulous, even the kitchen knives are so finely divided."
He Wu chuckled, held the knife and began to chop the bones -
Snapped!
The bone on the chopping board broke into two pieces.
He Wu couldn't help but be stunned, and he was very surprised!
This pounding feeling and sharpness were better than any knife he had ever used in the military camp before!
He Wu couldn't help but pick up the knife again and look at it carefully.
But no matter how he looked at it, it was just an ordinary kitchen knife. Why was that
"Tiejiang Liu's craftsmanship is getting better and better!" The naive He Wu naturally wouldn't think of Hua Qingxue. He praised again and started chopping bones in his hands.
Originally, he was worried that the new kitchen knife would break, but this kitchen knife became smoother and smoother the more he used it! After all the bones were chopped, He Wu still had some unfinished ideas, so he took the chicken he had just killed, plucked the feathers, washed them, and then chopped them into pieces!
After the chickens were all chopped up, He Wu simply took the knife and made majestic gestures in the yard -
As soon as Aunt He came out, she saw her son practicing in the yard and muttered something: "What kind of madness are you going to do? He was swinging around with a kitchen knife and carefully hitting the clothes drying pole in my yard..."
Hua Qingxue stood aside and snickered. She vaguely understood why He Wu was like this.
This is also very strange. Although the Qi Dynasty was similar to the Song Dynasty in everything, its metal smelting technology was very backward and far less developed than during the ancient Song Dynasty.
And many metals that are well-known in modern times are not mined here, or even unknown.
On the first day she started cooking, Hua Qingxue discovered that the kitchen knife was very difficult to use. No matter how sharp it was, it could only cut some vegetables and meat, but not the harder ones. If the force was too strong, the tiger's mouth would be cut. Everywhere will turn red.
—This is because the carbon content in the knife is too high.
Originally, iron was a very soft metal that could neither be made into knives nor pots. However, when iron contained a certain amount of carbon, it became iron that is often used in daily life, which is the so-called of steel.
The higher the carbon content, the higher the hardness of iron, and conversely, the lower the carbon content, the lower the hardness of iron.
However, the higher the hardness of iron, the better it is not. If it is purely about hardness, it will be easier to chip, break and be damaged. Just like the military saber used by He Wu just now, although it is sharp, it will be damaged if it encounters a hard object.
Therefore, the ratio of carbon is very subtle, but it is very familiar to Hua Qingxue.
Her major is in the direction of new thermal weapons. She once studied the history of ancient cold weapons. The metal forging process is as familiar as her old profession.
In ancient times, the best way was to use folding forging, to beat the steel and wrought iron together finely layer by layer, and use the carburizing method. The knife produced in this way is not only extremely sharp, but also has a certain toughness, which is absolutely It can be called the best among knives. If other blades come into contact with it, there are very few that will not be damaged!
Hua Qingxue had also done some training in her academic exercises, but at that time there were all kinds of modern advanced instruments, so she only had to check the various values.
In ancient times, this kind of forging work required a lot of strength, so this set of kitchen knives was forged by Blacksmith Liu under Hua Qingxue's guidance.
Although it was still far from the ideal state in Hua Qingxue's heart, chopping ribs or something like that was definitely out of the question.
Hua Qingxue saw He Wu showing off his power with every move in the yard, and thought that since he liked it so much, she might as well give him one as his military saber wouldn't be used for the time being anyway.
But this kitchen knife is a bit awkward to dance with...
Hua Qingxue turned around and went into the kitchen again, and came out with a butcher knife with a sharp tip.
The shape of the butcher's knife is very similar to He Wu's military saber, but it is shorter.
"Brother He, you can use this."
He Wu heard Hua Qingxue's voice, stopped moving, and saw the butcher knife in her hand, his face immediately filled with joy.
Although he knew it was not appropriate to hold something for nothing, he really liked the knife so much that he immediately took it and held it in his hand without saying a word.
The handle of the knife is in a streamlined arc, which fits the palm of the hand. The blade is light in weight and will not be tired for a long time. The blade is sharp and sharp, and there is a long groove on the back of the knife.
"Why did Blacksmith Liu make a groove in this place?" He Wu asked strangely.
Hua Qingxue explained: "This is called a blood groove. It can increase the strength of the knife, reduce its weight, and also increase the injured area."
He Wu just assumed that Hua Qingxue heard about it from Liu Tiejiang and didn't think much about it. He held the butcher's knife in his hand and played with it a few times. He smiled and said, "Well, it is indeed lighter."
As the saying goes, it's hard to buy a good thing with a lot of money. He Wu took Hua Qingxue's knife, took out a money bag from his arms, and handed it to Hua Qingxue, "Miss Hua, I don't know how to thank you. You take it..."
Hua Qingxue was startled and waved her hands repeatedly, "I am very sorry to live here and eat and drink. This knife is not worth a few dollars, so you don't have to worry about it!"
After she finished speaking, she was afraid that He Wu was going to give her money again, so she fled into the kitchen.
He Wu stood in the yard, holding the butcher knife in his hand, feeling sweet...