The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

His sister-in-law saw that Mrs. Zhang stood up, and she persuaded with some hesitation: "Mother, it's already poured in anyway, why don't you forget it?"

Mrs. Zhang took a deep breath and calmed down, "Forget it, with so much oil, I'd like to see what he can cook."

His sister-in-law looked at the figures of the two in the kitchen and prayed silently for them.

Like the beef jerky on the barbarian side, it can't be boiled, it can only be eaten roasted or fried. What Lu Xiuyuan is going to do today is fried beef jerky.

He stirred the oil in the pot, waited until it smoked, and then quickly stopped his elder brother from refilling the firewood.

"Brother, you should take out the fire first."

Without new firewood, the fire in the stove gradually died out.

While waiting for the temperature of the oil to drop, Lu Xiuyuan grabbed a few handfuls of the special seasoning brought from the Goutai tribe, sprinkled it on the beef and mixed it well with chopsticks.

After mixing, he put a new chopstick into the oil pan and saw small bubbles coming out. He guessed that the temperature was right at this time, so he slowly put in the sliced ​​beef strips.

"Okay bro, it's time to start the fire. The fire must be kept low throughout the process, otherwise the fire will be too big, and the beef jerky will easily get raw."

After instructing the precautions, Lu Xiuyuan began to fry beef strips seriously.

He used that package of spices when he was at the border, and the roasted beef was particularly delicious. Although he didn't know the specific ingredients, they were all spices. It should be good for frying, right?

The oil bubbles in the pot suddenly became denser, and Lu Xiuyuan looked sideways, "Hey! Big Brother, lighten the fire! The outside is going to be burnt!"

Hearing this, his elder brother hurriedly pulled out new firewood.

"Brother, I'll add more firewood later, and you can add more," Lu Xiuyuan said while stirring the beef strips, while keeping an eye on the fire on the stove.

In this era without natural gas, fire control seems to be a bit difficult, and he regrets how he asked his elder brother to help.

Next to her, Mrs. Zhang sat back on the chair again. She couldn't help laughing as she watched Dalang being directed around by Lu Xiuyuan, and the two sons were scrambling after being blown up.

She complained to the daughter-in-law next to her, "Just look at today's situation, and don't let the two of them enter the kitchen in the future."

His sister-in-law also nodded in agreement with a smile on her face.

After tossing all afternoon, I finally finished the big plate of beef strips.

The two brothers touched the hot sweat on their foreheads at the same time, this cooking is too much trouble!

Mrs. Zhang pulled his sister-in-law forward, "Come and let our mothers try it for you."

She saw that the plate full of beef strips was black and shiny, and the two tablespoons of oil were not in vain. Mrs. Zhang took a pair of chopsticks, picked up a piece of beef strips that looked a little better in comparison, and put them in her mouth to bite. He took a moment and chewed.

"How is it?" Lu Xiuyuan looked at the other party expectantly.

"It smells quite fragrant, but," Zhang's expression was indescribable, "Erlang, did you forget to add salt?"

Hearing this, his elder brother clapped his hands fiercely, "Yes, I remember that something was missing, it turned out to be salt!"

Reluctantly, he went and added salt. After mixing well, his elder brother took a piece and smacked his lips.

"It seems to be okay?"

That's good, that's good, Lu Xiuyuan heaved a sigh of relief, thinking the car was going to overturn.

"Wow! It smells so good! Mom, what are you doing delicious!" Xiao Lian's familiar voice sounded from outside the yard.

Lu Xiuyuan looked up at the sun. It was almost the end of school at this time. He tidied up his clothes and prepared to surprise the little girl.

Xiao Lian didn't think too much, she rushed into the kitchen following the scent with her schoolbag on her back.

"It smells so good! Eh?"

Xiaolian was stunned when she saw Lu Xiuyuan whom she hadn't seen for two months.

"Uncle?"

"Why don't you recognize my brother-in-law after we haven't seen each other for two months?" Lu Xiuyuan made a face at her.

Only then did the little girl realize, "Uncle, you're back!" The other party yelled in surprise, dropped the schoolbag, and jumped on him.

Lu Xiuyuan quickly caught it, and then lifted him up, "Did you miss Uncle?"

"Think about it~ think about it!" The other party hugged his shoulders and rubbed his shoulders, sniffing lightly with the tip of his nose on the side of his neck, and asked with some doubts: "Uncle, why do you smell like meat? Take a bite..."

As he spoke, the little girl's saliva was about to stay.

Lu Xiuyuan quickly put the other party down, "Here, the meat is here."

Xiao Lian reached out to touch the chopsticks, but when she was about to touch the chopsticks, she stopped suddenly, "The master said that you need to wash your hands during the meal, so I will wash your hands first."

Then I hurriedly went to wash my hands outside the gate.

Looking at Xiao Lian's back, his sister-in-law cursed with a smile, "Fortunately, I sent her to school. She couldn't remember what I told her so many times on weekdays. My wife just said it now and she remembered it."

His elder brother touched Lu Xiuyuan's arm, "Erlang will check her homework after dinner to see if she has studied well in the school."

"Okay, let's touch her bottom later and see how she has been studying this month."

Lu Xiuyuan responded, and soon Xiaolian came back after washing her hands.

She took the chopsticks in the bamboo tube, impatiently picked up a piece of beef jerky, stuffed it into her mouth, chewed it, and then paused.

Seeing the other party's appearance, he also raised his heart, isn't it delicious?

Xiao Lian pursed her lips, but did not speak, with tears in her eyes.

What's the matter?Is it so delicious that the little girl is in tears?Lu Xiuyuan speculated uncertainly in his heart.

All eyes were on Xiao Lian, and the little girl spat out the beef jerky in her mouth, and brought out a white grain of rice along the way.

With hot tears in Xiaolian's eyes, she cried and stretched out her hands to sister-in-law Xiulan, "Wuuuu, mother! My teeth have been chipped out!"

When the words fell to the ground, Lu Xiuwu was amused by his daughter. He was afraid that it would be bad for the other party to see him, so he turned around and his back shook violently.

Lu Xiuyuan scratched his head in embarrassment, not knowing what to say for a moment.

His sister-in-law wiped away Xiaolian's tears, "Come and let mother see if it's the left front tooth that fell out."

The little girl opened her mouth, tears kept streaming.

Seeing his daughter crying so badly, his elder brother felt quite uncomfortable, so he comforted him: "Okay, don't cry, your teeth have been shaking for several days, and they should fall out."

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Lian cried even more fiercely.

"You child, why do you cry more and more as you talk?" Lu Xiuwu helped wipe away tears, "Okay, you are all scholars, why don't you cry all the time, I'm not afraid that your classmates will laugh at you if they find out."

Xiao Lian wiped her tears with her sleeves, and complained in an extremely aggrieved tone: "I just laughed at my classmate for losing his teeth today, and now it's my turn. How can I go to school tomorrow!"

Hearing this reason, his elder brother was almost laughed at by the little girl, "I told you to go to school, you have nothing to laugh at what others do."

Xiao Lian snorted, buried herself in her mother's arms, and fell silent.

Lu Xiuyuan was also amused by the little girl, but he is also responsible when things have developed to this point.

He got up and went back to the room to find his own baggage, and took out all the gifts prepared for the little girl.

"Xiao Lian, look at what good things my uncle brought you."

Hearing the voice, the other party raised his head from his arms, and saw a painted clay figurine and a sparkling bracelet in Lu Xiuyuan's hand!

His attention was instantly sucked away.

Xiao Lian also forgot to cry, she trotted over, took the clay figurine and looked at it carefully.

"Hey, uncle, this clay figurine looks like me~"

Lu Xiuyuan smiled and scratched her nose, "This is for you, do you like it?"

"Yeah! I like it!" Xiao Lian nodded wildly.

She put down the clay figurine in her hand, took the bracelet in Lu Xiuyuan's hand again, and kept gesticulating under the sun, "Wow, what kind of bracelet is this? Why is it still shining? Look so good, uncle!"

"If you like it, Uncle can help you put it on." He took the bracelet and slowly put it on the little girl's hand.

These are some fragments of precious stones that he picked up when he was in the General's Mansion. He specially found a silversmith in the city to make a bracelet.

Xiao Lian touched the silver bracelet gleaming under the sun, and grinned happily.

Since Lu Xiuyuan was in a squatting position, facing the gap in the little girl's front teeth, his shoulders shook and he almost laughed out loud.

But he didn't want the little girl to be laughed at when she went to school tomorrow, so he waved to the little girl and whispered in her ear.

Xiao Lian was a little skeptical after hearing this, "Is this really possible?"

Lu Xiuyuan looked serious, "When did my uncle lie to you? As long as you can hold back, it's absolutely fine."

The little girl nodded seriously, "Then I will try my best to keep it."

After comforting Xiao Lian, Mrs. Zhang washed the pork stick bones bought at noon and replaced it with a large pot. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law began to prepare dinner.

After estimating the time, his elder brother went to the back room to help Lu Dafu out on crutches, and he will walk around the yard twice later, just in time for dinner.

Because of the broken front tooth, Lu Xiuyuan didn't dare to go into the kitchen to help, but just took the little girl to ask her about her studies and whether the progress of the master's lectures could keep up.

Finally, when the sun was about to set, dinner was ready.

Because Lu Dafu's legs were still inconvenient, the family simply set up a bamboo table to eat outside.

Today's dinner is stick bone carrot soup, plus two small green vegetables and his fried beef strips.

Mrs. Zhang handed the soup to Lu Xiuyuan first, "Today is too late, let's make do with it, and mother will kill chickens for you tomorrow."

"It's fine if it's okay," he took the soup and put it in front of Xiaolian.

The little girl took a breath of hot air, took a sip, and said, "Grandmother is delicious!"

"You little sycophant," Zhang cursed with a smile, "Erlang led you into ruin."

Lu Xiuyuan looked innocent, "This has nothing to do with me, does it?"

Xiao Lian looked at Mrs. Zhang seriously, "Grandmother is really delicious, you have to believe me."

"Okay, okay, grandma believes in you. Since it's delicious, I'll drink two more bowls later."

"Yeah! Yes! I want to grow taller!" After speaking, he took a small sip from the bowl.

After the soup was served, everyone picked up their chopsticks and started to eat. Lu Xiuyuan tasted the beef jerky he made himself. It was hard and the meat inside was not tasty enough.

Doesn't seem very tasty?

At this moment, the sister-in-law beside him suddenly got up and rushed to the door, and his elder brother hurriedly chased after seeing this.

"What's the matter?" Mrs. Zhang put down the bowl and chopsticks, and looked over worriedly.

When Lu Xiuyuan heard the sound of vomiting from outside, a thought came to his mind.