The Culinary Tycoon

Early the next morning, just after dawn, Yu Qingze heard that Grandpa Chang and Chang Hao, who were in the same room as him, got up, and he quickly got up too.

"Woke you up? It's still early, you go back to sleep." Seeing him get up, Grandpa Chang hurriedly said.

The masters were all up, so Yu Qingze had the nerve to continue lying down.

He slept in the small bed last night, and he was really embarrassed to let the grandpa and grandson squeeze the small bed again.The small bed was only as wide as a bench, and it seemed to be only one meter wide. I don't know how the grandpa and grandson squeezed together during the two days when he was unconscious.

He actually didn't sleep well last night. First, the environment was unfamiliar. He had just arrived in this world, and his view of the world had been shocked. It's too hot, the bed net is not a gauze net, it's not very ventilated, and a mosquito has entered, buzzing non-stop, and I don't know where it is, making people very annoyed.

It's midsummer now, in this ancient time without air conditioners or fans, it's no wonder he can sleep well.

He knew that Grandpa Chang and the others were going to cut the fields, so he volunteered to help.

Grandpa Chang glanced at his feet, and said, "No need, first heal the injury. If you want to help, help Xiaohao dry the millet later." Afraid that Yu Qingze would feel uncomfortable, Grandpa Chang picked up something uncomfortable. What a waste of effort.

"...Okay." The morning work was short, and he knew that his legs and feet were inconvenient. When he moved to the field, he expected Chang Le and the others to come back again, but he agreed.

When he went out, Chang Le had already laid out the straw mats for drying the millet, and poured all the millet to be dried on the straw mats, one pile on each straw mat.

Afterwards, he told Chang Hao to watch the fire while the kitchen was cooking porridge, so he went out with Grandpa Chang with two huge buckets.

"Xiaohao, does your brother pick barrels to store millet? Don't you have baskets?" The wooden barrel was as big as the barrel that his grandfather used to bathe him in when he was a child. The net weight of the two solid wooden barrels alone is estimated to be two Thirty catties, filled with millet, how heavy is that?

Chang Hao yawned and took out a basin of water and put it beside the stone at the kitchen door, and replied, "No, that's a bucket. My brother will bring water back when he comes back."

"...Oh. That wooden barrel is so big." How heavy it is!Yu Qingze sighed again.

"Well, it's specially made, and the water tank can be filled once you pick it up. My brother thinks that ordinary water buckets are too small, and they can't hold too much, so it's troublesome to go back and forth."

Yu Qingze: ... Really a very powerful reason!

"Your brother is amazing!" Yu Qingze sincerely praised, such a thin body, but so powerful!

Chang Hao is a big brother, and he proudly introduced his brother's "great achievements" to Yu Qingze, "Well, my brother may have done it, and those guys are not as capable as my brother! Three of them can't lift a big tree, and my brother alone People can carry it!"

Yu Qingze: "...that's amazing!"

Brother was praised, Chang Hao turned around happily and took out the cloth towel and willow sticks from the kitchen, which Chang Le had prepared in advance.

"Brother Yu, in fact, you can still sleep for a while, you don't have to get up so early. My brother and grandpa won't come back for breakfast until the sun comes out." After speaking, Chang Hao picked up a willow stick and handed it to Yu Qingze, and took one for himself. I stuffed the root into my mouth, bit it a few times to peel off the skin, exposing the willow fiber inside, and then brushed my teeth.

"It's okay, I usually get up early too." Yu Qingze was worrying about how to brush his teeth, when he saw Chang Hao's movements, he suddenly became enlightened.

If he hadn't seen it, Yu Qingze really wouldn't know how he brushed his teeth in ancient times.He was a little curious, imitating Chang Hao, brushing his teeth with willow sticks.Some willows have a green and astringent grassy taste, which is not bad.

Finished washing.Yu Qingze asked Chang Hao to concentrate on watching the fire. He took the drying rake to remove the millet from the four straw mats and dried them, and hung up the grass clippings inside with the rake.

He did these jobs at his grandfather's house when he was a child, so he still knows.Roughly hang the grass clippings once, and then hang them carefully again after drying a little bit, and finally use the wind valley car to blow out the millet, and the rest are full grains.

After drying the millet, Yu Qingze went into the kitchen. The porridge was already cooked and was being cooled in cold water.Chang Hao was cleaning the soaked dried radish.

"Is this something to do in the morning?" Yu Qingze asked.

Chang Hao nodded, "Well, I'm not very good at cooking. If the cooking is not delicious, wash it first, and I can cook it directly when my brother comes back."

Yu Qingze said, "I'll come."

Chang Hao's eyes lit up, and he looked sideways at Yu Qingze, "Do you know how to cook?"

Yu Qingze nodded, "Yes." Don't be too good at it, I used to be a chef, so I relied on this to eat.

Chang Hao was very happy, and said: "Brother Yu, please do it, I will light the fire, and we can eat when grandpa and my brother come back."

The two hit it off.

Yu Qingze observed for a while, the only condiments on the table were oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar.Next to the chopping board were a few peppers, four cucumbers, and sweet potato vines with a dung basket in the corner, all of which were still fresh, and they should have been brought back by Chang Le in the morning.

He was stunned. Early in the morning, he had beaten pigweed, picked vegetables, made a fire to cook porridge, spread out straw mats and poured rice. After doing so many things, he didn't know how early Chang Le got up.

What a diligent little brother.

After consulting Chang Hao, he learned that their taste was rather spicy, and saw that there was a jar of chopped chili peppers under the desk. Yu Qingze took two cucumbers, and neatly made a patted cucumber with a little chopped chili pepper inside.Afterwards, he picked a handful of tender sweet potato leaves from the manure bin, and removed the leaves, leaving only the stalks.

Chang Hao watched from the side as he made a cold cucumber in a short while, and quickly cut up sweet potato stems, chopped dried radishes and put them in a bowl. Just by looking at his knife skills, it is very convincing.However, Chang Hao looked at the sweet potato stem with a complicated expression.

"What's the matter?" Yu Qingze noticed the intriguing expression on the young boy's face, so he asked.

Chang Hao wiped his face, shook his head, and said, "It's nothing, you can continue."

The sweet potato vines are usually fed to pigs, and they will cook them to eat when there is a shortage of food.A while ago, they often ate sweet potato leaves, which were very unpalatable, almost like pig food, but he didn't say it.

In fact, dried radish is not delicious. When there is no fresh food in the vegetable garden, his family often eats it.The little boy had a physical dislike for dried radish and sweet potato leaves, oh, and loofah, which was soft, not chewy at all, and tasted bland.

But he is very sensible, and he feels that he has no right to complain. He never said that he eats whatever his brother does, which is very easy to feed.

But soon, when the sweet potato stalks were fried, he couldn't speak. He was very glad that he didn't speak just now, otherwise his face would be swollen.

With the idea of ​​giving Yu Qingze face, the young boy deliberately picked up a sweet potato stalk and tried it. He was stunned, and in disbelief quickly picked up a large chopstick and put it into his mouth.

"Wow, Brother Yu! It's delicious!" Chang Hao's eyes sparkled, as if he had discovered a rare treasure.

Obviously he watched Big Brother Yu cook the whole time, so he added oil, salt and a little chopped chili, but the taste of the fried food was very good, and there was no trace of pig food!

Super delicious!

Obviously I hate eating it, but now I can't wait to swallow it with my tongue!

Yu Qingze smiled and said, "It's nothing, as long as you like it. Don't eat it all up, save some for grandpa and your brother."

They are all home-cooked dishes, and the conditions are still limited, which can't show his extraordinary culinary skills at all - Chef Yu said that this is nothing at all.

"Yeah, I'll take another bite." Chang Hao took another bite, put down his chopsticks reluctantly, and urged: "Brother Yu, your cooking is delicious, and my grandfather and my brother must like it too! The dried radish should also be boiled."

Yu Qingze didn't need to chop the peppers when the radishes were dried. He chopped a green pepper and fried them together.When it was fried, Chang Hao gave Yu Qingze a thumbs up after taking a sip.

"Tastier than my brother's!"

Yu Qingze laughed: "Your brother should be sad to hear that."

Chang Hao glanced out nervously, seeing no one, turned his head and put his index finger to his lips, hissed, and said: "Don't tell my brother. In fact, my brother's cooking skills are considered good, you don't know, The dishes made by my uncle are unpalatable, they have no taste at all, they are like pig food." The disgust on his face did not hide it at all.

Yu Qingze smiled, and took this opportunity to ask Chang Hao about their daily diet, and learned that most of the dishes here are boiled or fried, and the big dishes are generally stewed, the cooking method is relatively simple, and the way of eating It's also very simple.

Yu Qingze's eyes lit up, there is a lot to do!

After eating it only once, Yu Qingze knew Chang Le's cooking level, so it's no wonder Chang Hao reacted so strongly to these three simple home-cooked dishes.

Soon, the sun came out, and Chang Le came back with his grandfather carrying a big load of water.I was pleasantly surprised to see the three bowls of dishes on the table.

And, not surprisingly, breakfast was a hit with them too.

"I didn't expect you to cook so well!" Grandpa Chang praised without hesitation, and went to add another bowl of porridge.

Yu Qingze replied with a smile: "I used to make it often, as long as it suits your taste." The chef, with his old job, would starve to death if he didn't do it well.

In the beginning, Chang Le was a little embarrassed about asking Yu Qingze, a guest, to cook, but after eating his dishes, the embarrassment became very embarrassing.

A man's culinary skills are so much better than his own!I am a brother!

A fighting spirit called not admitting defeat quietly took root in Chang Le's body.

The result of good cooking skills is that the porridge is finished, the dishes are cleaned up, and even the salty dried radish is finished, and then the whole family can eat well.

Looking at the empty pots and bowls, Chang Le felt complicated.Obviously, there used to be half of the porridge left every morning, but now I drink it, eat it up!It used to take two days to eat a bowl of dried radishes, but it's done!

Even my grandfather, who has always had a bad appetite, drank an extra bowl!

And looking at the expressions of grandpa and younger brother, I am more satisfied than eating Xinhe rice last night!

He was heartbroken, although he was very happy that his grandfather and younger brother had delicious meals, but he was still heartbroken, and realized again his lack of cooking skills, and the importance of good cooking skills!

If I want my grandfather and younger brother to eat well in the future, I must work hard to improve my cooking skills!

So, when Yu Qingze was cooking again in the future, he found that Chang Le often secretly watched how he was cooking while lighting the fire, thinking that he was secretly stealing from the side, but he didn't realize that his little eyes had already been caught by Yu Qingze.

It is also very cola.

After breakfast, Chang Hao consciously went to wash the dishes, and Chang Le went to feed the pigs.

Grandpa Chang took out a tobacco rod, filled the shredded tobacco and sat under the eaves. While enjoying the after-dinner smoke, he took out the herbs that he dug up the mountain yesterday, picked up a few plants, washed them, shaken them dry, and then pinched them and threw them away. Go into the pounding jar and start pounding.

The herbal medicine was given to Yu Qingze, he took it and chatted with Grandpa Chang while pounding it.

Grandpa Chang ran out of cigarettes, and Yu Qingze finished his cigarettes. With the help of Grandpa Chang, he changed his medicine.

"Well, he's recovering well, and he'll be fine in two days. The young man is in good health." Grandpa Chang checked his ankle and put the new medicine on it.

"Thank you, grandpa." Yu Qingze thanked, and said: "I exercise regularly, and I rarely got sick before."

Yu Qingze served as a soldier for two years before learning to cook, and worked in the army for two years. After retiring from the army, he has maintained some habits in the army. He has to get up early every day to exercise, run and boxing, and his physical fitness is very good. .

Grandpa Chang glanced at Yu Qingze in surprise, country people don't go to exercise specifically, doing farm work every day is exercise.But he quickly laughed and said: "Good exercise! Good health can't be bought with money!"

Yu Qingze took it seriously, and said sadly: "Yes, my grandfather is in poor health and suffered a lot in his later years."

Thinking of grandpa, Yu Qingze felt a little depressed.His grandfather passed away when he was 16 years old. He died of heart disease and advanced lung cancer. When he left, he was skinny and skinny.It was also because of his grandfather that Yu Qingze paid special attention to physical exercise, and he was in good health until his death in the previous life.

Hearing this, Grandpa Chang sighed, and comforted him to look away.

Over there, Chang Le fed the pigs and chickens, and Chang Hao also finished washing the dishes.

Because the millet is going to be dried for a while, the chickens in the house are locked in cages, clucking and clamoring to go out to let the wind go.Chang Le made a handful of sweet potato leaves and millet and threw them in, added water to an empty bowl, and it was done.

After tidying up the family affairs, the family set off to harvest rice. This time, Chang Hao was going too. Yu Qingze fought hard and followed.

It was also because he went to harvest rice that he found a good way to make money!

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Chang Le: If you continue to eat like this, the rice at home will not be enough, worry!

Yu Qingze: ...Blame me (cooking skills are too good).

Chang Hao: Brother, do you think I have grown fleshy?

Changle: Really?It seems that the cheeks are a little rounder, which is great!Eat more later!

Yu Qingze: ...