I sell morning tea in ancient times

In the early morning, Tao Zhiyun opened the kitchen window, and bursts of icy, refreshing wind blew in, making her feel refreshed as if she had eaten a popsicle on a cold day.

As soon as she turned her head, she saw Cuiyun standing behind her at some point.She was taken aback immediately, "Cuiyun, why do you make no sound when you walk? You startled me."

Cuiyun looked down at her feet, a little annoyed, and quickly apologized: "Damn this slave, she walks silently, which frightened the lady."

Tao Zhiyun said helplessly: "What's so damn good about this? Didn't I say that you don't have to be so cautious and cautious in front of me, and I don't know how to eat people."

"By the way, you came here today just before the shooting star, do you have something to say to me?"

Cuiyun nodded, leaned into Tao Zhiyun's ear, and said with a serious face: "Miss, I found that Chu Yang has been quietly watching meteors these past two days. He is afraid that he has evil intentions and wants to do something wrong to meteors. Should we catch him? Severe interrogation?"

Tao Zhiyun burst out laughing, stretched out her fingers to poke Cuiyun's white and soft cheeks, and said with a smile: "Cuiyun, Cuiyun, I always thought that Meteor was so silly and cute, but I didn't realize that you are also a cute one." Little idiot, why are you so slow, only now did you find out that Chu Yang had plans for Meteor?"

"Also, what does it mean to catch him and interrogate him severely? Cuiyun, your thoughts are very dangerous." Tao Zhiyun changed from poking to pinching, lightly pinching her white and tender cheeks, and then let go.

Cuiyun clutched her reddish cheeks, and said doubtfully: "Then Miss, will she go with Chu Yang? If he gets the chance to attack, Meteor's life may be lost!" At the end, Cuiyun's eyes were full of surprises. It was full of accusations, as if condemning Tao Zhiyun's cruelty.

Tao Zhiyun's face was full of question marks, "Wait, what does life mean? Cuiyun, did you misunderstand something?"

"In the past few days, Chu Yang's eyes drifted away at first, it should be because he was struggling in his heart, and he still cared about the friendship between the same people in the shop; then his eyes gradually became firmer, and his heart should have made up his mind, and he no longer cared about the friendship. Now we just need to find the time, Killed with one blow!" Cuiyun analyzed clearly.

Tao Zhiyun was taken aback for a moment, and then she was out of breath from laughing, her stomach ached, "Hahahaha, Cuiyun, you are so funny, I am dying of laughter."

Seeing Tao Zhiyun laughing like this, Cuiyun was half dazed, half anxious, and quickly comforted Tao Zhiyun.

After a while, Tao Zhiyun finally recovered, with a smile still on her face, and said: "Cuiyun, Chu Yang is not what you think, he is in love with Meteor."

"like?"

"That's right." Tao Zhiyun shook her head and sighed, "You are so slow, if anyone falls in love with you in the future, I'm afraid they will suffer a lot."

Cuiyun blushed a little because of the oolong just now, and as for someone liking her in the future, "What does it matter to me? I just want to stay by Miss's side for the rest of my life and serve her."

"You're saying that now, if you meet the right person in the future, I'm afraid you'll forget about me as a young lady."

"No, this servant will guard Miss for the rest of her life." Cuiyun's eyes were full of firmness, after all, she originally existed because of Miss.However, "Miss is so powerful, I feel like she understands everything."

Tao·Maternal single·Zhi·Only theory·Yun nodded without guilt at all, "In the future, if you feel something is wrong with someone and keep watching you secretly, remember to ask me first, do you understand?" Cuiyun is full of affection, but Cuiyun treats her as a villain and takes precautions, that is too tragic.

"Okay, you guys are whispering behind my back!" Meteor popped up, looked suspiciously at Tao Zhiyun, then at Cuiyun, "Are you whispering bad things about me?" Ever since learning to make morning tea snacks with Tao Zhiyun, Meteor His temperament became more and more lively.

"No, you're overthinking." Tao Zhiyun patted Meteor's hair based on her height, saw Meteor covering her head vigilantly, and said with a smile: "Okay, it's getting late, let's start making today's morning tea Dessert."

Hearing this, Meteor immediately put aside his vigilance just now, opened his round cat eyes wide, and asked expectantly, "Miss, what new snacks are you making today?"

"Tofu skin tortillas."

Tao Zhiyun washes and chops the beef, cuts the fat into pieces; marinates the beef until it tastes good, beats it until it becomes gelatinous; while stirring the beef, adds water three times to let the beef completely absorb the water; mix homemade MSG (shrimp skin mushroom powder), Add sugar, homemade chicken essence (chicken breast and shiitake mushroom powder) to the beef, mix well, add starch and stir well; then add fatty meat, corn, oil, sesame oil, stir well to form a filling, set aside for later use. *

Bean curd skin, also known as bean curd stick, is yellowish-white in color, shiny and translucent, and rich in nutrition. *

Tao Zhiyun cut the pre-soaked bean curd skin into squares, wrapped it with fillings, shaped it into a cake shape, steamed it in a cage, and fried it in a pan until golden brown. The bean curd skin tortilla was ready. *

The cooked bean curd tortillas are small and cute, with a golden skin, and you can faintly see the yellowish corn and dark beef inside.One bite, the outer skin is slightly tough, fragrant and refreshing, and the inside is full of beef mixed with crispy and sweet corn, which has a rich taste and is delicious and attractive.

Meteor took a deep breath and praised: "It smells so good!"

Cuiyun's eyes were also full of amazement.Cough, I forgot to mention, Cuiyun is a kitchen killer.She watched Meteor learn how to make morning tea snacks with Tao Zhiyun before, and she became interested, so she followed along.Then, the flour and stuffing took off that day, and the flames were as bright as the morning glow, which became one of the scenes that Tao Zhiyun didn't want to recall the most.From then on, every time Cuiyun saw Tao Zhiyun or Meteor cooking, her eyes were full of amazement.

Tao Zhiyun smiled and said, "We didn't even have breakfast, how about I make more and eat it for breakfast today?"

"Okay!" Meteor simply raised his hands in agreement, and Cuiyun couldn't stop nodding.

At noon, Tao Zhiyun put the last cage of crystal shrimp dumplings into the steamer, then thumped her sore shoulders, walked out of the kitchen, and went to the store to have a look.

At this time, there were only a few people left in the store, who were happily drinking tea and having breakfast snacks. Seeing that there were no new customers, Cuiyun and Meteor just sat aside and chatted; Move away quickly; Aunt Xiufang is wearing a water-green dress and is sitting at the counter to settle accounts.

A warm and harmonious scene.

Tao Zhiyun only felt that the tiredness on her body was swept away.

She smiled and came to the counter, "Auntie, take a break and rest your eyes."

"I'm not tired. Settling accounts is much more interesting than sitting idle." Aunt Xiufang had a gentle smile on her face, and she looked like water.She looked at Tao Zhiyun with concern, "Miss, you must be very tired after working in the kitchen every day, and you should take a good rest."

"Although I'm tired, I'm happy in my heart, and I can't rest." She glanced at the account book twice, her eyes showing surprise, "Auntie is not only fast in making accounts, but also clear in accounts, which is amazing."

"Miss, do you still understand this?" Aunt Xiufang had always heard that the princess of the subjugated country could only eat food and cook, but now it seems that it is a rumor.

Tao Zhiyun thought about it for a while, and replied: "My mother taught me how to be a housekeeper before, and there is a method of keeping accounts in it, but I am not interested. I only learned the general idea, but I am not proficient. My aunt is so powerful, I should have learned it carefully. Bar?"

Aunt Xiufang was a little dazed, but she quickly came back to her senses and said with a smile, "Yes, I learned it at home."

"If you can learn this, my aunt's family should be quite wealthy. Why did you enter the palace and become a maid?"

"My family wanted me to marry a dude, but I didn't want to, so I secretly signed up for the palace." Aunt Xiufang's eyes were bitter.

Tao Zhiyun looked apologetic, and said, "I didn't know that this past incident brought up my aunt's sadness. I'm really sorry."

Aunt Xiufang smiled and said, "Those who don't know are innocent. Besides, it's been ten years, and I've given up on this matter for a long time." What made her feel bitter was another matter.Thinking of this, she glanced at Tao Zhiyun, the faintly familiar eyebrows and eyes made her unable to help but sigh in her heart.

An old lady with silver hair and elegant demeanor walked straight to the counter, and asked in a gentle voice, "Is the store in?"

"I'm the store owner, what do you want me for?" Tao Zhiyun replied with a smile.

The old lady looked Tao Zhiyun over quietly, and nodded inwardly.This store has snow-like skin and picturesque eyebrows, she is really a beauty.

She smiled and said, "I heard what kind of morning tea you sell here? I haven't tried it yet, so I want to try it."

"Grandma, morning tea, morning tea, there are only a lot of refreshments in the morning. It's already noon now, and there is only one cage of crystal shrimp dumplings left." Tao Zhiyun said apologetically.

"Crystal Shrimp Dumplings? The name sounds beautiful, so I'll take it." The old lady said with a smile.

"Okay." Tao Zhiyun counted the time and said with a smile, "It's almost steamed now, I'll bring it out to you."

"Hey, then trouble the store."

"No trouble, just find a seat and wait, don't get tired of standing."

The old grandma felt so hot in her heart, she answered, smiled and found a corner seat to sit down.

After a while, Tao Zhiyun came over with crystal shrimp dumplings.

She put the crystal shrimp dumplings on the table and wanted to leave, but the old lady stopped her, "Is the store busy now?"

Tao Zhiyun smiled and said, "Not busy, but do you have other things?"

The old lady smiled and said, "I'm very interested in this morning tea, would the store owner introduce it to me?"

"Of course." Tao Zhiyun was very pleasantly surprised when she heard the words, and slightly changed what she knew about the Dazhao culture, and said the rest: "I read this morning tea snack from a book. It is a kind of tea The food, flavor and production techniques are all very unique. Cantonese morning tea snacks are light but not light, fresh but not vulgar, tender but not raw, oily but not greasy. The types include buns, pastries, crisps, etc..."*

The old lady couldn't help but nodded, "Miss is really knowledgeable, I've never heard of these, but I'm ignorant."

Tao Zhiyun smiled and said, "It's not a matter of profound knowledge, it's just a matter of knowing a little bit. Since you're interested, shall we continue talking?"

"Okay!" the old woman laughed.

The two continued to chat enthusiastically.

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*1. "Tofu skin, also known as yuba, is yellowish-white in color, shiny and translucent, and rich in nutrition." From Baidu Encyclopedia, with deletions and modifications.

2. Others are from "Cantonese Morning Tea·Snacks" edited by Xiwen Books, with deletions and revisions.