Otherworldly Pastry Chef

The dinner that Wu Hua brought was for four people, four dishes, one pot of soup and a large stack of pretzels, and now it was served with the stewed noodles made by Hei Xiao, and it was eaten up.

"Xiaohua, your cooking skills are better than mine now. This diced sweet pepper meat is so delicious, the diced meat is fried just right, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and the sweet pepper is also very good. The snail broth is also delicious. Now, where did you get this snail meat? It doesn’t feel like the dried snail meat they brought from Bibo City before.” Satisfied, Guo Zi sat back on a chair and chatted while holding his stomach.

Wu Hua also ate a lot, and the shape of the fruit was almost the same: "This snail meat was caught by Fu Ling from the bottom of our lake. We will start winter hunting next month, so we need to look at it before fishing." How many fish are there in the lake this year? If there are few, then don’t catch them. This is the rule. Fu Ling is one of the people in charge of watching the fish in the lake this year. He saw that the snails were big and numerous, so he fished some back. .I’ve tried frying, roasting, and soup, all of which are good, but the soup is the freshest.”

Guozi's eyes lit up: "Is there more in the lake?"

Wu Hua looked at Fu Ling, and Fu Ling nodded immediately: "Many. People here didn't eat these things before. And these big river snails are different from the small ones on the shore, they don't come ashore at all. It's not easy to catch, but There are a lot of them. If you want them, I will go get them with Hei Xiao in two days, you won’t need this thing for hunting in winter.”

Guozi hesitated for a moment: "Are you going down to the bottom of the lake?"

Fu Ling replied: "That's right. But don't worry, I'm good at swimming,"

Hei Xiao said: "This is not a dangerous thing, because there are often males hunting nearby in that lake, so there are very few water animals. We will tie a rope around our waists when we go into the water, it is very safe."

Only then did Guozi feel relieved: "Then I will follow. Otherwise, I don't feel relieved."

Hei Xiao nodded: "Okay. It also happens to be the season with the most golden needle fish. I saw that you liked to eat it just now. You can fish some more and make them into dried fish. You and Xiao Mink can also have snacks in winter."

Xiao Diao expressed his joy "squeaking" on the side, but Guozi blushed a little.He is not a good host to grab food from Xiao Mink or something.

"Then when are we going?"

Hei Xiao asked Fu Ling: "Is there anything you two are busy with recently?"

Fu Ling replied: "The cellar at your house has been finished. If we don't continue to build buildings, there will be nothing to do. Later we also thought about it. It is too late to finish it this year. It will start next month. It’s winter hunting and autumn harvest season, so get the big frame ready and let’s put it in the spring of next year. By the way, you two have accumulated several baskets of fruits that you want everyone to pick. I estimate that it will take two or three days for you to harvest fruits. It will take a few days to make fruit wine, right? How about just the end of the month, this thing can’t run away.”

Hei Xiao made some calculations and asked Guo Zi: "How many days do you think it takes to make wine?"

Guozi stretched out his hands to count, and finally shook his head: "I don't know. It depends on what kind of fruit everyone sent. Then wait until the wine is brewed. By the way, Hei Xiao, take out the ice stone , give Xiaohua and Fu Ling two bowls of dragon fruit smoothie. Let me tell you, this thing is amazing, and we spent a lot of money to buy it!" The above is not a lie.Guozi feels that she is still very reliable.

But Hei Xiao refused: "No way. The candles have been lit now. Uncle said that this thing should not touch the fire, so let's make it tomorrow. You didn't mean to make ice cream, so let's eat it together tomorrow."

At dawn the next day, Guozi didn't wake up until it was three poles high in the sun.He actually slept quite late last night, mainly because the young couple ate too much and couldn’t just lie down and sleep, so he started to pack up the things he bought, and he had to plan what to put outside and put away Take it out when you use it in the magic vessel.

Those cloths and some daily necessities were not taken down from the moose cart today.These foods are basically fruits, and the highlight is those magic power materials.The fruit became sleepy after tossing and turning, and when he woke up, the sun was shining on the head of the bed.

Opening the door, the smell of food wafted into his nose, but Hei Xiao was not in the kitchen, he walked to the yard, and there was no one in the yard.

'Master, at the city gate, let's divide things up! Lei Sable jumped down from his tree house and saw Guozi looking for someone everywhere, so he quickly answered his master's questions.

It was only then that Guozi remembered that she must go to the car to distribute things early in the morning today.He hurriedly washed up and was about to go out. He planned to go to the gate of the city to find Hei Xiao and help everyone by the way. Unexpectedly, the gate of the courtyard opened before he reached the gate. Less stuff.

"That's it?" Guozi looked at the sky, was it too late for him?

Hei Xiao replied: "Yeah. Our family's division is settled, and other people's are still unfinished. After a while, the big guys will come to our house to see the ice stone. Didn't you say to make ice cream? Now let's go make it." .”

Guozi nodded: "That's fine. We get a lot of mangoes, and the ones brought back soaked in Tianshu water are not bad, so let's make mango ice cream. Dragon fruit is good for cakes. But the cakes have to wait for Xiaohua to come." He said that the chickens and ducks he picked up laid a lot of eggs without black spots this time. He saved them all for me. Remember to give the money later. I’m sure he won’t be happy if I give it to him.”

Hei Xiao smiled: "Okay. I'm going to prepare ice water now. Is the dried fish porridge I made in the morning delicious?"

The fruit was a little embarrassed: "That... I haven't eaten yet."

Hei Xiao immediately forgot everything else: "You were going out to find me just now, right? How could you go out without having breakfast? Now you don't have to do anything, dare to go in and eat."

Guozi obediently was pulled into the kitchen by Hei Xiao, and was pressed to sit at the dining table.Seeing Hei Xiao busy serving himself porridge, cakes and side dishes, he felt even more embarrassed.

"Hei Xiao, why are you so nice?"

Hei Xiao was a little dumbfounded: "This is good? Eat it quickly. Tell me how it tastes after you finish eating. I think it's not bad. Xiao Diao ate a big bowl in the morning."

Guo Guo quickly scooped up a mouthful of porridge and put it in his mouth.The unexpected sweetness made him widen his eyes: "That golden needle fish?"

Hei Xiao nodded: "Yes. I didn't expect dried fish to be fried and then used to cook porridge to melt the bones. I was really surprised."

After taking several sips of the fruit, he exhaled comfortably: "It's delicious! It's not worse than those shrimps and crabs at all. It's very fresh. It's completely different from eating small dried fish. Heixiao you It’s amazing, I can think of putting it in porridge!”

Hei Xiao took a small dish for the fruit and put it on the spoon: "This is an unexpected discovery. I thought you would like to eat it, and it tastes really good. Just like making shredded pork porridge, when the porridge is almost ready Putting it in, I would never have guessed that it would actually melt. It is also your credit. In the past, some people here used to fry things. These golden needle fish are also dried in the sun. I used to eat them with bibimbap. Yes, but I have never cooked such a small fish. But I have never heard anyone say that it will melt when boiled in water. It is probably the effect of deep frying."

Guozi took another big gulp: "That's the method that Xiaohua thought of, of course the credit belongs to him. How can I snatch it. How much porridge is there? Let them taste it when they come later."

In fact, it takes a long time to make ice cream, not to mention that they only have ice water made of saltpeter for freezing, so the effect will definitely be compromised. It is expected to be very busy today, so Guozi gave up the idea of ​​​​ice cream and cake.It is much easier to make smoothies, so when everyone comes, the fruit is served with dragon fruit smoothies.

The temperature in Yancheng is not high now, but the sun at noon is still very powerful.Especially young people, most of whom are male, are afraid of heat, so a bowl of smoothie for this person is really enjoyable and refreshing for them.

Surrounded by the big basin of ice water, the big guys sighed.But when Hei Xiao said that they bought these ice-making things with hardware, they all expressed that they could not accept them.

You Dai said: "I think the ice cellar is more reliable. And it doesn't cost money."

Everyone agreed, and of course Hei Xiao had to follow everyone's words.

"Of course I think so too. But it's not that there is no ice cellar yet. And it's not certain whether the ice taken out can be eaten directly. It depends on whether it can be saved this year. You also know that Guozi's parents have found it, and I It doesn’t have to be a show. Uncle and uncle are well-informed and know this thing, so I dare to buy it, and it can last for a long time. It just can’t touch the fire.”

All males can understand that they have to express themselves in front of their father-in-law and mother-in-law.So everyone stopped worrying about it.In the afternoon, they will start to help Guozi and Heixiao harvest the fruit.This is a big project.

Just now Hei Xiao had already told a few people at the city gate that he would start harvesting fruit in the afternoon.How many people must know by now.After lunch, many people would definitely come over, so he handed them over to help, of course, to let them taste the ice cream made from fruit.

At noon, the fruit made Liangpier for everyone.It is made of the pulp from rice grinding. The hot rice noodles here are cut and put in ice water to cool, then put salt, sugar, garlic juice, sesame paste and sour plum juice, and finally put cucumber Shredded shredded meat, dried fragrant shredded beef, and shredded beef, mixed well and eaten, even though there is not much meat, these males almost swallowed their tongues.

"I didn't expect Rice to do this. You are so good, Guozi!" Nan Nan put down the bowl and ate until her stomach rounded.Recently, his appetite has been particularly bad, and he feels that Tian loves to make him sleepy. He likes this Liangpi made of fruit today very much.It is enough to eat three bowls in one go.

Guozi looked at Nan Nan's happy face, and he smiled: "In fact, it can be made into rice vermicelli, dried in the sun after making it, and boiled in water when eating. It's fine to eat as noodles. Take You can also boil it and fry it. However, the noodles made of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and mung beans are more resistant to cooking. They can be stewed with the meat. At that time, they will be soft and chewy, and the taste of the meat will be absorbed. It's delicious when you go in."

Now everyone is interested.Wu Hua is most concerned about these things: "How to do it? Is it difficult?"

Guozi replied: "It's not difficult, but it's more troublesome. But we need to see if there is enough food in winter. Because before making vermicelli from potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc., they must be ground into pulp to precipitate starch, and then they can be made. Therefore, a lot of edible parts will be consumed. There must be enough food to make it."

In fact, they have enough food, but they consume a lot of it just to make delicious food. This is something that people in the beast world still need to consider.So everyone hesitated.Hei Xiao took the opportunity to come up with a "summary".

"I'll talk about this later. Originally, we didn't have so many potatoes and sweet potatoes near Yancheng, and these are good things to store for the winter, so we definitely can't use them for cooking now. Let's talk about it in the spring next year. If there are still a lot , we can do it again at that time.”

Fu Ling quickly echoed: "That's right. Hei Xiao's solution is good. Let's just say that. Let's go home and bring a big basin first. We'll be busy in the afternoon."

Because there are too many fruits, but Hei Xiao's family has limited containers.So he borrowed a lot of big pots from everyone.

Sure enough, many people came to buy fruit in the afternoon.Hei Xiao was in charge of weighing and giving money to the side, Fu Beng and Chi Ya were busy moving things to the yard, and You Dai led others to classify various fruits.

We have been busy until dark, so we can rest.Fortunately, it seems that all the people in the city who want to sell him their fruits are here.But just like this, the yard of Heixiao's house is already full of half of the yard full of fruit boxes.

Basically, apples and pears are mostly autumn fruits.There are also some apricots that are only ripe this season.There are a lot of grapes, but they are far less than the ones sent by Liyue City before, and the quality is not as good. Some of them have not been well preserved, and they are already rotten, and some things are ruined.In addition, there are also some melons such as watermelon, muskmelon, honeydew melon, and muskmelon.There are also a lot of hawthorn and jujube.I am very satisfied with these fruits, and I am especially satisfied that someone sent three baskets of chestnuts.

Chestnuts, of course, cannot be used to make wine, but chestnuts are a favorite snack for many pups and females.However, these chestnuts have not yet removed the prickly skin, so the price is cheap.Guozi also specifically told the person who sold him chestnuts that he wanted as many chestnuts as he had.That person thought that Hei Xiao and the others didn't want these things that couldn't be made into wine, but he didn't expect that other people didn't increase the amount of fruit, so he wanted as many chestnuts as he had.

That night, Guozi made chestnut stewed chicken and chestnut rice.Everyone stayed at Hei Xiao's house for dinner. Although there were not many dishes in this dinner, the taste really made everyone happy.I didn't expect that the chestnuts that males don't like on weekdays can become so delicious after being cooked with ginkgo, and they are still eaten as food!On weekdays, they would eat it raw after peeling it off.It is sweet and crunchy, so it is a snack that females like.I didn't expect it to be so soft after being cooked, and the sweetness is even stronger, but with the seasoning of fruit, the sweetness seems to be an expression of freshness.No wonder you want as much fruit as you want.

"These chestnuts can be stored for a long time, you can just keep them at home. When cooking, put a few in the stove pit, roasted like sweet potatoes, and the taste is even better." Guozi made wolfberry chestnut tea, and after eating Afterwards, he poured everyone a glass.

Tiantian's wolfberry and chestnut tea Wu Hua and Nan Nan love each other very much.They also learned how to make it, but they didn't expect it to taste so good.

Nan Nan was curious: "Guozi, do you think there are other ways to make chestnuts?"

Guozi replied with a smile: "Of course. You can use it to make stuffing and put it in bread and steamed buns. You can also cook porridge. You can grind it into powder to make desserts by yourself. Also, chestnuts can also be used to make biscuits. In short, you can eat them any way you want. "

Nan Nan had a look of admiration: "Guozi, you are amazing!"

Guozi was a little embarrassed: "No. My parents are very powerful, he can do everything." Of course, except for being a killer in the kitchen.

Nan Nan took a sip of chestnut tea: "Then when will your mother and father come over? I really want to see them."

Guozi smiled and said, "Soon. My parents mean that it will be here by the end of the month."

"Hei Xiao, don't you want to prepare the things in the house for your father-in-law and mother-in-law in advance?" Fu Ling's biggest thing now is how to please his father-in-law and mother-in-law, so he is good at this.

Hei Xiao nodded: "Yes. There is no free time these two days. They are very kind and kind elders, so they won't pick each other. But at least the yard needs to be cleaned and bedding should be prepared. Wu Hua, can I ask you for your help? Guozi and I are really too busy."

Wu Hua hurriedly agreed: "Of course there is no problem. You leave this matter to me and my parents. My parents knew early on that you must be too busy, so I went to see the yard prepared by my grandfather today."

The fruit was touched.

"Thank you Xiaohua. And Uncle Xin. You are so kind to me!"

Wu Hua smiled: "You are good to us too. Do you think so?"

The big guys booed together: "That's right. Xiao Guozi is our little lucky star!"

So Guozi was ashamed, and looked at her big black panther blushing.Hei Xiao was extremely proud.

"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I may have to trouble you to come over and help. When the wine is ready, you can open it and drink it!"

Wine making is a hassle, not all fruits are versatile.Not all fruits are brewed in the same way.

All the fruit wines made by soaking need sugar, so early the next morning, Hei Xiao went to Xiang Shu to buy two hundred catties of sugar, which was not sure if it was enough.

The jar that was brought back from the Fu family was washed and cleaned yesterday, and it just finished drying in the shade today.But the fruit still needs to be washed and processed before it can be put into the tank.

Unlike soaking in plum wine, these fruits need to be deseeded.Especially large fruits such as apples and pears need to be cut into pieces.It is basically a layer of sugar, a layer of fruit, a layer of sugar and then a layer of fruit. When it is about a quarter of the tank, it starts to pour wine into the tank, but it can only be poured [-]% full, and then the lid is closed.

Because Yancheng has its own wine workshop and knows how to seal wine well, the jars are all water-sealed.It is also easy to open the altar and let off steam.A group of people have been busy all day, and they really finished the ten cylinders of wine.

Apples, pears, hawthorns, and peaches are also stuffed into two large jars.Guozi also used a small jar to try a jar of dragon fruit wine.For those grapes of average quality and different varieties, the selected fruits are also brewed into a large jar.Those melons can’t be brewed in this way, and those melons and honeydew melons can only be eaten now.But everyone picked it, and Hei Xiao also took it.Anyway, it won't break if you put it in a magic weapon.But the watermelon has been put to good use by the fruit.It is to use watermelon itself to make wine, and it is very convenient and quick.

Open a mouth on the watermelon, then use a spoon to stir in the watermelon, then put the wine koji in, and stir evenly.Seal the mouth of the watermelon tightly.Put it in the cellar like this, and you can drink it in a few days. It is definitely a sweet wine full of melon fragrance.This fruit has confidence, because he did it when he was in Lieshenshan, basically every year.Qingchenzi liked this one, otherwise he wouldn't have bought a small magic vessel for Guozi to hold wine koji.

Busy until late brewing, everyone decided to take a day off before going to the lake to fish for snails.Unexpectedly, before she had a good rest, something happened to Nan Nan.

Hei Xiao and the others were woken up early in the morning by Fu Ling.It is said that Nan Nan suddenly fainted in the field, and she was bleeding, and now she is being treated by the witch doctor.Guozi was so frightened that she couldn't tell, so she hurried over with Hei Xiao.

On the way, he couldn't help asking: "What's the matter? It was fine yesterday." And he still ate so much, he ate more than half of the watermelon.

Fu Ling didn't know either, and was also sweating: "I don't know either. Let's hurry over."

When we got to the witch doctor, there were already many people around the door.Wu Hua and Chang Xin are among them.Seeing the fruit coming, Chang Xin quickly pulled the fruit aside.And the expression is dignified.

"Guozi, did Xiao Nan eat anything at your place yesterday?"

Guozi recalled: "He insisted on eating Liangpi, and he ate more than half of a watermelon." After a moment of reaction, Guozi asked, "Did the food spoil?"

Chang Xin sighed: "Hey. I can't blame you, how could you know this. This kid is too careless. Blame that brat You Dai!"

Guozi was at a loss, why didn't he blame himself, but You Dai.

"Uncle Xin, what's the matter? Is Nan Nan serious?"

Chang Xin nodded: "It's really serious. He had a baby and ate something very cold, so he became gassy and a little red. The witch doctor is taking care of the baby."

Guozi was dumbfounded at the time.

"what?"

Seeing Guozi like this, Chang Xin sighed.

"Silly boy, don't you understand?"

It took Guozi a while to understand: "He...he...he has a baby?"

Although Nan Nan's situation made him very worried, Guo Zi's silly appearance was really enjoyable.

"Yes. I hope their mother and child are safe."

Guozi's head is still dizzy, but she instinctively wants to keep the child for her good friend.

"Isn't it okay to use magic potions?"

Chang Xin shook his head: "No way. The baby is only over a month old, so he can't bear it."

Guo Guo frowned: "If only my mother, father and father were here, they would definitely be able to save Nan Nan and the baby."