The peasant girl who escaped the famine: pick up the leak and pick up a prince

Chapter 43

After Li Shengwang left, Yu Maimai was in a good mood and called his two daughters-in-law together to discuss a new business.

On a small table in the yard, there was a plate of pawn beans. Ning held one and put it in her mouth. Zhang opened her mouth and yawned: "Mother, what business can we do now? Weeds also need to be hoeed."

Yu Maimai glanced at Ning Shi and Zhang Shi, and said angrily: "What's the matter, you two are definitely planning to get married, and the two brothers of the Qiao family have left, are you trying to challenge me?"

Ning stood up hurriedly, lowered her head and said: "Mother, no, I, I just don't know what to do, my daughter-in-law obeys mother."

Mrs. Zhang grinned and laughed: "Mother, how could it be? Anyway, the brothers from the Qiao family are just others, and they are incomparable to Mother. Mother, leave the family affairs to me, and the second daughter-in-law is just like that." With a thin body, it is still suitable for doing business with my mother."

The room was quiet, Tun Tun and Nan Nan were sitting on the kang, with a little chess piece beans in the bowl, eating with relish.

Yu Maimai revealed his plan to make snacks, and Mrs. Zhang is still responsible for taking care of the daily life of the family with her two children.

Ning nodded: "Okay mother, I understand, I will follow you and learn to do business."

Yu Maimai bought some flour from the town, the flour was very white in color, and she started making steamed buns.

The first thing is to raise the dough. It is difficult to raise the dough in winter, so she added vinegar to the flour, then covered it with a thick quilt, and hugged it on the hot kang to wait for the dough to rise.

Yu Maimai lit a fire, poured an appropriate amount of water into the pot, and added some firewood to the stove.

After the preparations were completed, Mrs. Zhang squatted on the ground to wash the vegetables. The vegetable stuffing of this steamed bun must be very particular. After washing the cabbage, put it in a bamboo basket and drain it.

The ground softness picked up from the mountain is soaked in a pot. The ground softness is a natural algae plant. It is a good choice to make soup or make buns with it. It’s just that people in this era don’t think this thing is edible .

Ning was more careful, picked up the soft soil, put it in clean water, and rinsed it continuously until she saw that there was no debris in the water, then it was really cleaned.

Yu Maimai glanced at Zhang's washed cabbage, shook his head and said: "This is not good, the cabbage must be washed clean, and the vegetable sticks are broken apart, there are dirt and worms in it, this must be washed clean, if If the customer eats the worm, wouldn't that be a blow to the business?"

Mrs. Zhang worked sloppily and got used to it, but Yu Maimai was always not used to it.

"Mom, I see, I'll just break it off and wash it off."

Yu Maimai was very relieved when Ning was doing things. She stretched out her hand to fish in the soft ground, and rubbed it lightly with her fingers, then nodded: "Okay, it's clean."

I saw that Yu Mai Mai deftly chopped up the chopped green onion and wild pepper, put them on the chopping board, put them in a bowl, and set them aside.

In modern times, there are all kinds of seasonings, but in ancient times, there is nothing but salt and some homemade seasoning powder, but these simple seasonings can't affect Yu Maimai's delicious buns.

It is estimated that the noodles have already risen, so Yu Maimai carried the basin over, put it on the chopping board, put in the alkali noodles, and started to knead continuously, the kneaded alkali and noodles were completely neutralized, then patted the dough, and said with a smile : "Okay, it's time to mix the bun stuffing."

The two daughters-in-law gathered around and watched carefully.

"Mom, you didn't know how to teach us before. Look at this, the buns you make must be delicious. When Zhang Han was here, we ate a bun stuffed with radish at the market. That's true. It’s called an incense.”

Mrs. Ning poked Mrs. Zhang and signaled her not to open any pot, but Mrs. Zhang's eyes widened and she raised her hand: "It's okay, what's the matter? I'm telling the truth, besides, Zhang Han has been away for so long, it is likely that he was killed by someone else."

After saying this, Yu Maimai immediately turned around and looked at Mrs. Zhang with a pair of vicious eyes: "Let me ask you, do you think you can be with others when the boss is gone?"

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly waved her hand: "No, no, mother, that's what I said. I also want Zhang Han to come back. Anyway, the child also has a father."

"Let me tell you, when Zhang Han has no definite information, don't talk nonsense to me, or have improper thoughts, you know?"

Mrs. Zhang was too frightened to speak any more, she lowered her head and nodded hastily.

Yu Maimai said while chopping stuffing for buns, "Hurry up, wash your hands and get ready to make buns."

"Well, mother."

The steamed stuffed bun stuffing is chopped, put the seasoning on it, and start to stir vigorously. The steamed stuffed bun filling has a direction, and it can only be strengthened if it is stirred in one direction.

Ning's and Zhang's are both kneading the dough. One is rolling the kneaded dough while the other is wrapping it.

Yu Maimai was not very satisfied with the bun they made, picked it up to look at it, and shook his head: "That's not the case, the buns must be the same size, and the buns have to be turned in one direction, so the buns are made like this." The buns are good enough, and they won't burst."

Tuntun ran over, stretched out a pair of small hands, and said in a childish voice, "Grandma, I want to make buns."

Yu Maimai said with a smile: "Houn, go out to play with your brother, you don't know how to do this, look at your mother and your aunt, how can you?"

Tuntun pouted, and asked again and again: "Grandma, let me try?"

Seeing Tuntun's begging face, Yu Maimai had no choice but to nod: "Okay, then go wash your hands, after washing your hands, come here, grandma will teach you!"

After washing his hands, Tuntun stretched them out for Yu Maimai to check.

"Grandma, I can make it. Look, I just saw grandma doing it."

Yu Maimai didn't take it seriously, what kind of buns can a child under five years old make?

Unexpectedly, the buns made by the hoarder's little hand were crooked at first, but later they were wrapped very carefully, and they were better than adults.

Yu Maimai looked at it and was overjoyed: "Oh, look, you two specialize in cooking, it's not as good as my grandson's hoarding, the buns made by this little hand bag are so beautiful, and they are definitely as good as a flower when steamed. the same."

With such a cleverness, a thought immediately popped up in Yu Maimai's mind: "The child is so smart, why can't he go to school as soon as possible?"

People in the north like to eat steamed buns. Put all the wrapped steamed stuffed buns into a steamer, and the white steamed stuffed buns will emit a strong fragrance from afar.

"From the second family, these buns are for you, Grandma Liu. I haven't visited her old man's house for a long time. You go and give two buns."

Tun Tun stretched out his hands happily: "Oh, beautiful and delicious buns, grandma, I want to eat too."

(End of this chapter)