Back to the ancient restaurant

In the process of chatting with Li Hongshen, Li Zi'an has already put the prepared lotus seed paste on the plate deftly.Li Hong smelled the fragrant and sweet smell of lotus seed paste deeply, and couldn't help scooping up a spoonful with a spoon. The dense and sweet taste made him couldn't help but take a few more mouthfuls.When Li Zi'an found out, a corner of the plate full of lotus paste had already been taken out by him...

"Go and have breakfast when you're hungry, there's something in the pot. I managed to get a plate out, but you're lucky to turn around and eat so much for me."

As he said that, Li Zian took the spoon from his hand, and under Li Hongshen's dissatisfied eyes, Li Zian scooped up another spoon and stuffed it into his mouth. "Just one spoonful, no more."

Li Hongshen hummed contentedly, turned around and was about to leave, but he was stopped by Li Zian before he walked out the door.

"Today, Muxiu, why don't you study and take a rest for a day. The dim sum I made is more complicated, please help me to look at it a little bit."

After Li Zian finished speaking, seeing the hesitation between Li Hongshen's brows, he pulled him over and pushed him to sit on the small stool next to him.

"It's nothing technically difficult, just help me watch the fire."

After finishing speaking, Li Zian handed a chopstick into his hand, and under Li Hongshen's confused eyes, he put the rewashed casserole on the stove, poured about a catty of sugar into it, and at the same time poured more than half of it into it. Bowl of water.Li Zian asked Li Hongshen to stir with chopsticks until the sugar was completely dissolved in the water, and then stopped him from moving.

Li Hongshen was afraid that he would make another mistake, so he stared at the casserole in front of him.It wasn't until the sugar water in the water began to emit heat that he called Li Zi'an nervously. "Is there really no need to stir it anymore? It won't stick to the bottom of the pot, right?"

Li Zian, who was steaming the salted egg yolk, looked back at Li Hongshen, and replied, "No, if you see a place with a sticky pot next to it, use the cloth I gave you just now to wipe it on the edge of the pot, and be careful not to burn your hands." .”

Li Hongshen responded, and continued to stare at the casserole.The appearance of concentration, as if reading a wonderful article, generally unable to extricate itself.Li Zian looked up at him, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitched, seeing that the salted egg yolk was almost ready, he hurriedly took it out of the pot.

Because there was no custard powder here, Li Zian couldn't find anything else to use instead, so he simply gave up.Seeing that the syrup in the pot had started to bubble, Li Zian hurriedly took a lemon and squeezed out the juice and poured it into the casserole.

"Is the firepower okay? Is it too big?" Li Hongshen asked.

"Just right, don't be nervous, I'll be watching."

Li Hongshen nodded perfunctorily, and turned his gaze to the casserole again.The steaming hot air hit Li Hongshen's face, making his face flushed like a big overripe apple.Li Zian couldn't help swallowing, and forced himself to turn his head away.

Just when the two of them were busy, Zhao Yang came in from the outside.After looking at Li Hongshen who was sitting on the stool, his eyes widened and he didn't turn around for a long time.

"Master, why are you cooking in the kitchen?"

Hearing Zhao Yang's words, Li Hongshen just nodded without looking at him.Seeing that the sugar water in the pot slowly changed color, Li Hongshen hurriedly called Li Zian over.

"Yezhi, Yezhi, why did the color of the syrup change? Could it be broken?" Li Hongshen shouted in a little panic.

Li Zian hurried over when he heard the words, and after seeing that the casserole was just a normal change after the water evaporated and the sugar concentration increased, he felt relieved.

"It's okay, it's just a normal phenomenon. It will be fine in another quarter of an hour, but be careful not to burn your hands."

Hearing this, Zhao Yang became a little unhappy.Thinking of his young master, who had never done this kind of work since he was a child, he jumped up and wanted to argue with Li Zi'an.Unexpectedly, before he even opened his mouth, he was dragged back by his son.

"Pay attention to the time, it's almost here."

Seeing his young master's focused and serious expression, Zhao Yang deflated like a deflated ball.Squatting obediently on the ground, pinching some for Li Hongshen, the two of them took the casserole off the stove immediately after a quarter of an hour was up.

Li Zian was already sifting the flour here, and he stretched his head to look at the amber invert syrup in the casserole, knowing that it was a success, he stretched out his hand to give the two of them a thumbs up.

"Good, good, all right."

Hearing Li Zian's praise, Li Hongshen nodded excitedly.Only then did Li Hongshen realize that his underwear was wet with sweat.

Seeing the sweat on Li Hongshen's temples, Li Zian hurriedly asked him to go out to cool off, and took a freshly cut bamboo pole to make a homemade egg beater.But after trying it out, I found that the result was not very good, so I gave up honestly using my own hands as a manual egg beater.

After some tossing, the invert syrup in the casserole has cooled down.After pouring it into the clay basin, pinch a small amount of alkaline noodles, dissolve it in water, pour it into the syrup, and start stirring.

This is a matter of strength, and it is not a problem to put it on the original Li Zi'an, but this original body is just a scholar with no strength to restrain the chicken, so the strength of the arm is naturally weaker.Li Zian kept stirring for about 5 minutes before he couldn't hold on anymore. Just in time, Zhao Yang came to the kitchen to pour water, and Li Zian's gang called someone over.In Zhao Yang's eyes full of greetings, Li Zian put the chopsticks and earthen pot together in his hands with a smile.

"Brother, do me a favor, stir in one direction for a while."

Hearing this, Zhao Yang looked at Li Zian who was smiling and couldn't help but sneer.However, less than 2 minutes after he took over, he realized that this task was not as simple as he thought.The whole wrist began to feel sore, and then the soreness began to spread upwards, and then Zhao Yang only felt that his arm was no longer his own.Li Zi'an looked at the syrup in the crock pot and felt that it was almost ready, so he signaled Zhao Yang to stop.

Li Zian added some lard to it, and began to repeat the previous action.Zhao Yang was a little curious at first, but when he saw this, he immediately carried the water bottle and told Li Zian that he wanted to accompany his young master to the county government office, and then ran away.Only Li Zi'an, who gritted his teeth with a ferocious face and regretted making mooncakes in his heart, continued to persist...

After finally getting the dough ready, put it in a basin and start to wake up.Sitting on the stool, Li Zian felt that his entire shoulder was so sore as if it had been hit with a hammer.

Get up and move around, tear off the film on the salted egg yolks that have been steamed before, and put them on a plate for later use.Just when Li Zi'an's security department was finished, Li's mother came in from the outside with an apron, and she was shocked to see that Li Zi'an was still busy in the kitchen.

"Li Xianggong, what are you going to do?" Mother Li asked curiously.

"Make some mooncakes with different flavors." As he said, Li Zi'an put the waken dough on the chopping board, and asked Mama Li to help shape it into small, evenly sized balls and roll them out one by one.Li Zi'an took out the lotus paste that had been prepared earlier, spread it on the dough, put half a salted egg yolk in the center and wrapped it up, and pressed the dough wrapped in lotus paste and egg yolk into various shapes with a special mooncake mold. shape.

With the help of Mama Li, Li Zi'an's speed has improved a lot.After a while, all the fillings and dough he had prepared were used up.Li Zi'an stood up and stretched his muscles, and asked Mama Li to light the hanging stove next to her.

According to Li's mother, this hanging stove was left by the previous family.She thought it would be more convenient to bake something, so she stayed.Now at this time, Li Zi'an happened to come in handy.

Because the hanging furnace is not very big, it can only bake a dozen or so at a time.Li Zian and Li's mother baked mooncakes while cooking, and it took nearly two hours to bake all the mooncakes.When the first pot was out of the oven, Li Zian once tasted one, because of the lack of custard powder and the milky aroma of lotus seed paste and egg yolk, but the overall feeling is still good.

It was the first time for Li's mother to eat mooncakes of this flavor. After eating one, she was full of praise for Li Zi'an, which gave Li Zi'an a lot of confidence.

The two of them worked until dark, and then it was completely over. At this time, Li Hongshen also returned from the county office.Li Zian excitedly took out a plate of mooncakes, leading Fu Guier, who was drooling three feet long, to let Li Hongshen taste it, but when he saw Butler Zhang behind him, he immediately restrained his smile.He greeted Steward Zhang and went out again with an excuse.

Back in the kitchen, Li Zi'an packed a box in a wooden box and handed it to Zhao Yang, asking him to give it to Butler Zhang.After all, I did it by myself. Since I happened to meet it, no matter if it's worth it or not, it's always a little bit of my own heart.

Butler Zhang didn't refuse, and asked Zhao Yang to thank Li Zi'an for his help, and waited for his subordinates to put away all the things before leaving.

Li Hongshen liked this lotus paste and egg yolk mooncake made by Li Zian very much, and he ate five of them before he stopped.Fortunately, the mooncakes were not very big, even so, Li Hongshen still couldn't eat a bite of his dinner...

Li Hongshen, who was walking under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the backyard to digest his food, looked at Li Zi'an who was walking beside him, stopped to look at him, and said, "Yezhi, you haven't been home for a long time, right? I'll accompany you back tomorrow to see how?"

Speaking of this, Li Zi'an couldn't help but smile bitterly: "My father is probably still angry, and he will treat him coldly when he goes back. My mother has returned to Li's Village in the past two days. If you have time, why don't you accompany me back to Li's Village tomorrow how?"

Li Hongshen naturally offered to accompany Li Zi'an home, so he would not refuse, so he immediately nodded and agreed.

After a while, Li Zian saw that Li Hongshen beside him was laughing non-stop, and couldn't help being confused by his laughter.

"What did you think of smiling so happily?" Li Zian asked.

Li Hongshen poked Li Zian with his elbow, and said in a low voice, "Do you mean to accompany Madam back to her mother's house when we go back to Li's Village tomorrow?"

Hearing this, Li Zian couldn't help but startled.He reached out and hugged Li Hongshen into his arms, bit his ear, and said vaguely: "Then Mr. Lao, I will move on it tonight!"