ancient female doctor

Chapter 368 A Bowl of Longevity Noodles

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, there are decals for making cakes and steamed buns.Basically, on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, every household will start preparing for the real Chinese New Year.

But for the Qingzhu family, December 28 has a more important meaning.

Because, today is Qingshan's birthday.

The night before, Qingzhu told Mrs. Li to get up earlier, kill two old hens bought yesterday, and stew a pot of chicken soup with mushrooms.

Qingzhu also got up very early in the morning, at three o'clock in the morning, and it was still dark outside.Regardless of the cold, after tidying up by himself, he lit a lantern and went to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, there was a wave of heat. Li Shi was burning the fire, and the cauldron was gurgling. The smell of stewed chicken with mushrooms was particularly attractive. The aroma permeated the entire kitchen, and the smell made people salivate.

Mrs. Li heard a noise, and when she looked up, she saw Qingzhu coming in with a lantern.

"Miss, it's so early in the cold, why did you wake up, but you need to fetch hot water? If you want me to say, you should let us Qiu Ju or Yu Damei take turns watching the night in your room, so that it is considered early, If you want hot water or something, you don’t have to run by yourself, it’s so cold.” While chattering, Li scooped up hot water with a wooden spoon and poured it into the copper pot.

"It's okay, I'm not used to people watching the night, besides, I don't always get up so early." With a faint smile on Qing Zhu's face, she shook her head slightly, and walked over to pick up the copper pot.

"Miss, why don't I bring this hot water to you? It's too heavy." Li put the wooden spoon away, lifted the copper pot, and said to Qingzhu.

"No need, just watch the fire, and help me wash that small pot, and then clean the chopping board, and wash a copper basin by the way." Qingzhu shook her head, took the copper pot from Mrs. Li's hand, He carried it by himself, then looked at the smaller iron pot on the stove, and said

"Hey, that's great." After listening to Qingzhu's instructions, Mrs. Li hurriedly washed the small pot. After washing it a few times, she asked a little puzzled: "Miss, why did you ask me to wash this small pot? What are you doing?" As she asked, she raised her head, only to find that Qing Zhu had already left the kitchen.

Mrs. Li shook her head, forget it, anyway, it was the young lady's order, so let's wash everything first.

After Qingzhu returned to the room, she washed up, poured out the sewage, and then went to the kitchen again. Although it was still cold, she felt refreshed.

"Miss, why are you back again? But what are you going to do? Why don't you let the servants do it for you?" When Qingzhu came back, Mrs. Li had just washed everything according to Qingzhu's instructions, and turned around to see Qing Zhu spoke one after another.

"No need, today is Qingshan's birthday, I want to make him a bowl of birthday noodles by myself." Qingzhu smiled and shook his head, and said.

It's been three or four years. Every year on Qingshan's birthday, Qingzhu will cook a bowl of birthday noodles for Qingshan. Naturally, this year, it is impossible to pretend to use someone else's hands just because there is a servant in the family.

Because the most important thing for Shou to face Qingshan is actually her heart.

To make noodles, you need to knead the noodles with cold water. This is the way to make them chewy. Qingzhu added eggs in it. It has not been done for a long time, and it is a little rusty.

But after a couple of reconciliations, the feeling returned.

After the noodles were reconciled, Qingzhu kneaded them for a long time, because only in this way, the noodles are delicious, and after not making them for a long time, my hands were sore from kneading again.

After kneading the dough, let it stand for more than a quarter of an hour, then use a rolling pin to roll the dough thinly, cut it into pieces and pull it apart.

In fact, it is best to use the dough to pull the real longevity noodles. One piece of noodles is a bowl, but green bamboo really can’t do it, so we can only neutralize it, and try to stretch the cut noodles as long and evenly as possible. Some, anyway, it looks like that's the case.

When pulling the noodles, Qingzhu had already ordered Shi Li to scoop up half a pot of water, and put another piece of old ginger in it to boil. When she pulled enough noodles that was almost enough for a bowl of noodles, Shi Li boiled the water as well. Because of the addition of ginger, the soup is slightly yellow.

Throw the noodles into the pot, stir them up with chopsticks, and after boiling for a few times, he instructs Mrs. Li to lower the fire a bit, then Qingzhu cracked another egg into the noodles, laying it down like a poached egg.

It was then that I was in a hurry to beat the seasoning to be put in the noodles. In fact, there was no need to add anything, just a little salt and a small spoon of refined lard.

Because I plan to use mushroom and chicken soup to make noodle soup, it is already fragrant, so there is no need to add other seasonings, and it is delicious enough to eat as it is.

The poached eggs are ready and the noodles are just cooked.

After picking up the noodles, Qingzhu threw some chopped cabbage hearts into the pot, and asked Mrs. Li to turn up the fire again, so that the cabbage hearts could be scalded.

Then I scooped the mushroom and chicken soup that had been stewed for a long time and poured it into the noodle bowl to make noodle soup. I scooped some chicken and mushrooms each, scooped up the blanched cabbage heart, and spread it on top of the bowl.

Of course, the heart of cabbage is not as pleasing to look at as green vegetables, but after being boiled, the taste is still good.

After laying out the cabbage heart, Qingzhu shook his head, and said to himself: "I should have boiled the cabbage heart in the chicken soup just now, so the cabbage must be more delicious, I miscalculated... It's really been a long time since I made noodles Is there a reason?"

In fact, Qingzhu's movements are quite slow, of course, it's also because of waiting for so long after kneading the noodles, so when the noodles are cooked, it's already Chen's hour, just right, it's time to get up and have breakfast.

Because Qingzhu has been occupying the stove and so on, and the breakfast in the house has not been cooked yet, Qingzhu saw that there is still a lot of noodles left, so he simply said to Mrs. Li: "Let's eat noodles this morning, it's cold, Eating a bowl of stewed chicken noodles with mushrooms in the morning is also hot. There shouldn’t be enough in it, so you can add some noodles.”

"Yes, do you all eat the same food?" Mrs. Li asked quickly after hearing Qingzhu's words.

"Let's eat the same thing. You don't need to cook them separately. Anyway, the princess is not here. It's all here. It's very cold when you're hungry." Qingzhu nodded. It was hot.

When Mrs. Li saw it, she panicked immediately. She looked at the green bamboo with self-blame and said, "Miss, is it not burnt? You have to use a tray for this. How about asking Qiu Ju to carry it for you? Or ask Mrs. Sun to light the fire, and the servant will help you." You take it over and come back to cook?"

It's time, no matter the servants in the mansion, Qingzhu's apprentices, or Qingshan, they are all up, but seeing Qingzhu in the kitchen, apart from Zhang Shun coming to help Qingshan bring hot water , no one is ashamed to come over to get hot water to wash.I used well water to make up for it, anyway, the well water is not cold in winter.

"It's okay, that tray is ready." Qing Zhu shook his head, brought a tray over, asked Li Shi to help him put the noodles on the tray, and then took another plate to cover it, so as not to get cold.Only then did he wash the chopsticks, took the tray by himself, and walked to the main room.

(End of this chapter)