Twin Brocade

Chapter 305 Number One Scholar Cake

"It's ready, it's hanging."

Quan Moxian nodded, seemingly unintentionally said: "When it's ready, I'll take a few to Brother Changqing, and watch him put it away."

"Okay," Quan Lu stopped coddling and said with a smile, "Seeing Brother Xian take the exam a few times, I know that it's all physical work, regardless of whether it's the provincial exam or the exam."

"It's a pity that food delivery is not allowed. After three days, how can I eat this dry naan."

"That's right," Quan Moxian said with concern, "It takes three days to take the test, and we live in the numbered room, which is really uncomfortable. Right now, I just hope that the food for the test will be better, after all, it is under the feet of the emperor. .”

In order to prevent cheating, not only all the examiners related to this Chunwei were gathered in advance to prevent leakage of the questions.After entering, all candidates were not allowed to go out. They stayed in the same room for three consecutive days, eating, drinking and sleeping.

This taste is really uncomfortable.

Some students who were not in good health even fainted on the spot.The examiner will ask people to take the sick students out, but at the same time they all lose their qualifications for the exam.

"Don't worry, brother." Seeing that the test is coming soon, Quan Lu comforted him, saying, "It will only be good and not bad. You read the book first, and I will go to the kitchen."

Before the big exam, you need to adjust your mood.She had good intentions, but she didn't want to affect Quan Moxian's preparations.

At this time, the housekeeper sent by Cheng Enhou's mansion arrived, and went to see Aunt Quan with a gift box.

"Auntie, with the mere kindness of our Lord Hou, we helped Quan Juren to take the exam." He opened the box and said, "This box of American ginseng slices, young master, can be taken in and soaked in water to drink, so that you will be full of energy."

"If you feel uncomfortable and weak, you can also put it in your mouth, and it should be resolved."

The Quan family now lives in the house provided by Cheng Enhou. Although Cheng Enhou wanted to repay the life-saving grace of the year, Aunt Quan always felt that she had accepted the other party's favor.

Seeing that the exam was just around the corner, and Marquis Cheng En sent American ginseng again, Aunt Quan was very grateful and said, "Thank you Marquis for the old lady. Our Quan family will remember this kindness for him."

"Xian'er is still studying, I asked him to come out and thank him personally."

The housekeeper waved his hand and said, "No need, no need. Reviewing the book is a major matter, and it must not be disturbed. It would be a crime for me to disturb your son's preparation for the exam, if we disturb the wholeheartedness of Lord Marquis."

As soon as he refused, Mrs. Quan stopped insisting, thanked him again and again, and let him leave.

Quan Moxian is here concentrating on preparing for the exam. Fang Jinshu in Cuiwei Courtyard thought for a while, and ordered: "Fang Fei, go to the kitchen and have a look. Do you have all the ingredients to make the No. [-] Scholar Cake?"

The name of Zhuangyuan cake is auspicious. In fact, it is made of rice as the main raw material, adding glutinous rice, peanut powder, sesame powder and other materials, and steamed. It looks like a Zhuangyuan hat.

There is also a little story about the origin of this name. It is said that a certain examinee opened a dim sum shop to sell this kind of pastry because of his poor family and lack of money for the exam in Beijing.

Because of the outstanding taste of pastries, a dedicated elder was attracted.After examining his articles, he not only donated generously, paid for his travel expenses, but also wrote a letter of recommendation.

The examinee did not fail to live up to the expectations of the boss, and won the number one scholar in one fell swoop.Later, he repayed his kindness by marrying the eldest daughter's daughter as his wife, which was passed down as a good story for a while.

In this way, this pastry was named Zhuangyuan cake.Because it is a story handed down by the people, the authenticity of the origin cannot be tested, but because of the name, candidates will buy some for the sake of auspiciousness.

Because they met on Ninglanyuan a few days ago, Quan Moxian made a joke with her, and she remembered it in her heart.

After thinking about it, regardless of her previous life, since she was reborn, she really owed him a lot of favors.These debts of favor must always be paid off, otherwise how will she make plans at that time.

Although Quan Moxian himself didn't know it, Fang Jinshu couldn't pass this test in his heart.

But after Fang Mudi's incident, she has made up her mind that she will not use her own advantages to manipulate others.Therefore, before she dealt with Quan Moxian, she had to pay off all these debts in order to be worthy of her conscience.

She doesn't have the ability to pay back the huge debt of favor.So, start small.When I was in the Jingyi Nunnery, I ate his roasted rabbit and roasted pheasant, so I had to eat to pay back.

Fang Jinshu felt that he was a little stingy, and his behavior was a little naive, similar to being angry.

Although she knew in her heart that Quan Moxian was actually deliberately joking that day.But his hateful face and slightly raised eyebrows always come and go in front of him, and he can't get rid of it.

Simply, let’s settle some of them first, some of them.

Looking at the winter jasmine flowers fluttering in the wind outside the window, her thoughts ran like a galloping horse, until Fang Fei reported back: "Fourth Miss, the ingredients of the champion cake are all used in daily life. The servant girl looked at it and made a dozen or so servings. no problem."

"Let them prepare, I'll do it in the past."

"Yes, girl."

It's not surprising that Fang Jinshu ordered her to be a celebrity cook.

Because it was Fang Jinshu who ordered it himself, when he arrived in the kitchen, the wife in charge of the kitchen had already prepared the materials to be used.She greeted her with a smile and said: "Miss Si, the maidservant has prepared five materials, can you see if it is enough?"

On a large clean chopping board, there are milled rice, glutinous rice flour, and sesame seeds, peanuts and other things used for fillings.They are all high-quality ingredients. The aroma of sesame and peanuts is mixed together, and it smells delicious.

Fang Jinshu nodded and said, "That's enough."

She didn't intend to make only one copy, so it would be too strange to just send it to Quan Moxian.Although the age difference between the two was ten years old, what they gave was not something that was easy to prove as a female celebrity in poetry.But he is a foreigner after all, it's better to avoid suspicion.

Since the materials are abundant, she will make a few more copies.

Fang Fei fetched an apron for her and tied it up, wrapping a silk handkerchief around her head.Fang Jinshu rolled up his sleeves and washed his hands with clean water.

Seeing that she was about to do it herself, the daughter-in-law hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Miss Si, you can't do it. You just order it from the side. How can you do these rough jobs yourself."

Ladies and ladies need to learn cooking skills, but the focus is not on doing it by yourself, but learning the tricks in the kitchen.Even if they do, most of them just move their mouths, and rarely cook by themselves.

Fang Jinshu shook his head and said: "This is my wish, I have to do it myself. I need you to guide me from the side. I'm afraid it won't work the first time I do it."

She said so, and the daughter-in-law had no choice but to obey.

First, he instructed her to pour the rice flour and glutinous rice flour into the basin, slowly add water, and stir while adding, until the dryness and wetness are even.This process is easy to say, but not easy to do.More water and less water will affect the final product.

Fortunately, although Fang Jinshu was doing it for the first time, she was patient enough and her hands were steady enough, and she got it in a quarter of an hour.

　Thanks to "Linda Xiaozhou" for the reward of 100 starting coins, and thanks to "Yufeixu" for the valuable monthly ticket ^_^
　　
　
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