Chapter 4: Seasoning
I don’t know if it’s because I have given enough money. I thought it would take a whole day to clean the yard, but with the concerted efforts of everyone, I made it clear in just half a day.
The big bull is in his early twenties this year. It is said that he suffered a serious illness when he was a child. He was a little unsophisticated and had not married or had children yet. However, Yun Yi felt that although he was a little slow, he was very good at doing things.
At this time, the big bull was unloading the goods from a donkey cart, two lamb legs, a jar of soy wine, and a bamboo basket of cooked cakes, as well as seven or eight kinds of vegetables, spinach, radish, onions, ginger, garlic, etc. As for the cooked cakes, they were actually old steamed buns.
This was specially asked by Yun Yi to purchase it, intending to entertain these women who came to help.
"Oh, Brother Yi, do you really want to invite us to eat meat?"
"It's still fresh lamb leg meat. In fact, so much money is enough to buy a big fat pig."
"Hey, you have no eyesight. Is Brother Yi the one who eats pickled pork?"
"That's right, just stop talking, help move quickly."
Several women were smiling from ear to ear. After a short time of time together, they could see Yun Yi clearly, being humble and friendly, treating others with kindness, and being particularly generous.
Because the cleaning work was over-completed, Yun Yi said he would give them processing money, and each person added ten cents, which made them very happy.
Qiuniang just walked out of the kitchen at this time and poured a bucket of water into a peach tree in the corner of the yard.
"Girl, hurry up and bring the kitchen knife, I will help you shave off the meat."
Chunniang is very fond of this sister. She helps with many dirty and tiring work, such as cleaning the cottage and cleaning the stove.
When Qiu Niang heard this, she glanced at the two big lamb legs on the big cow's shoulders. Her slender neck moved slightly. After responding, she raised her skirt and ran into the kitchen to get a knife.
When the women next to him saw it, they all said enviously: "Hey, it would be great if I was a few years younger. Come and Brother Yi come here to be a maid. If you eat well, your master will be generous."
When Chunniang heard this, her heart moved and said to herself: Yes, this is a rare opportunity. I have to talk to Qiuniang about such good fortifications. Don’t be ruined if you have such good work.
The women here were chattering to help unload the goods, while Yun Yi took a few clay bottles and turned them to the backyard.
He came to his own room in the backyard, and then his body flashed and disappeared.
When he appeared again, the empty clay bottle in his hand was filled with all kinds of seasonings.
Although he didn't have much savings, Yun Yi still had some money to buy some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. In order to hide his eyes, he specially asked Daniu to buy a few clay bottles to hold these seasonings.
He came to the kitchen with more than a dozen bottles and jars. Several women had already started cooking with fire, cooking mutton bones, and cutting the mutton into slices. This was Yun Yi's explanation, so Qiu Niang didn't dare to touch the meat.
Seeing Yun Yi walking in, the women hurriedly came up and took the bottles and jars in Yun Yi's hand.
"Brother Yi, what is this?" Chunniang asked carelessly.
Yun Yi pointed to the bottle in her hand and said, "This bottle in your hand is soy sauce."
He pointed to the bottle in the other person's hands and introduced in turn: "This is vinegar... salt... chicken essence... sugar... chili noodles... pepper powder..."
"What, this is pepper, is it a whole bottle?"
The woman holding a pepper bottle exclaimed, Yun Yi was stunned and thought to himself: Is this the point? Isn’t it chicken essence and pepper noodles? As far as I know, there are no these two things in this era?
In fact, she can’t blame her for making a fuss. Pepper is a seasoning that is even more precious than gold. Not to mention her, even Chun Niang who is careless next to her and Qiu Niang who likes to lower her head are shocked.
Yun Yi glanced at the expressions of everyone and knew that he was a little unrestrained. His original intention was not to show off, but the whole bottle of pepper really shocked them.
"Okay, okay, don't make a fuss... Qiu Niang, are the egg whites ready?"
"Ah, oh...accurate, ready."
Yun Yi waved to Qiu Niang, signaled her to bring the beaten egg whites, and then directed her to teach her how to marinate the mutton.
"Yes, put some salt... chicken essence..."
"My God, is this snow salt?!"
Just after pouring a little salt out here, the woman exclaimed again. Yun Yi was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that the iodine salt she bought was very fine and white. There may be similar things in this era, but only wealthy families can afford it.
Listening to the woman who gave Chun Niang and the others what snow salt was, even Qiu Niang, who was seasoning, was sweating in her palms. When she poured the soy sauce, she poured a little more in because she was too nervous, which scared her tears.
Seeing this, Yun Yi smiled bitterly and said, "Do you want to eat barbecue? If you want to eat a few of you, don't whine it. It's just some seasonings. I'll give you some of them back."
Hearing Yun Yi's words, the women were instantly silent. The woman who had seen a little bit of the world directly covered her mouth, for fear that Yun Yi would not give it to her if she turned back.
Without the psychological pressure on the side, Qiu Niang's movements finally became smoother. She did whatever Yun Yi said, first marinating the meat, and then cooking the soup.
When blanching the sheep bones, Yun Yi asked Qiu Niang to pour out the water, several women couldn't help but speak again because they thought this behavior was too wasteful, it was mutton soup.
However, when they thought of Yun Yi's warning, they could only bear it and reluctantly watched Qiu Niang pour a pot of soup under the big peach tree.
Qiu Niang washed the blanched sheep bones again with clean water and frothed with blood and water. Then put them in cold water. After the water boiled, she put them in three-piece set of onion, ginger, and soy sauce to remove the fishy smell. Then Yun Yi took out the pre-prepared spice bag from his arms and threw it in.
Gululu!
As the spice bag was slowly boiled, it kept spreading in the kitchen. I don’t know who was so hungry that his stomach started to scream.
Yun Yi looked back and realized that it was the big bull who was squatting on the threshold at some point. His eyes stared at the stove, grinning foolishly, and saliva kept dripping from his mouth.
"Oh, you fool, are you dirty?" Seeing this, Chunniang was afraid that Yun Yi would be unhappy, so she hurriedly drove him away.
Yun Yi reached out to stop her and said with a smile: "Big Niu, have you bought the bamboo stick you bought?"
When the big giant heard this, he nodded honestly, then got up and ran to the yard. When he came back, he was holding a bamboo stick in his hand.
"It's bought by the sugar seller, it's expensive, ten cents...this is the rest."
Yun Yi took a look at the remaining few cents, took the bamboo stick directly, and asked Qiu Niang to scald it with boiling water, "The rest is for you to buy candy."
When the big giant heard this, he scratched his head, not knowing whether he should receive these rewards.
Chunniang sighed that Yun Yi was too generous, so she kicked Daniu's calf angrily and taught him: "This is what the husband rewards you. Do you know if you want to thank me?"
When the big bull heard this, he nodded and bowed deeply to Yun Yi, "Thank you, Candy Man, delicious!"
Chapter completed!