Lucky husband

When she was on the road before, whether she was on a boat or in a carriage, Madam Qiu didn't let Li Mingjin write lower script. If she wanted to start learning the rules again, Li Mingjin reckoned that she wouldn't be able to get away with dozens or twenty of them every day.

So, after Li Mingjin struggled for a while, he made a decision, how about he go try cooking on the stove, he has made such beautiful and delicious pastries, maybe there is Mother Qiu around Guided by the side, he can cook delicious meals.

Because of a whim, Li Mingjin sold her future free time and agreed to accept her guidance when she was cooking.

After the second basket of Passion Oil Cake was steamed, Li Mingjin suddenly felt something was wrong when she watched Mammy Qiu combine the crust and fillings and cut it. Why did she only choose from the two choices given by Madam Qiu? , he could obviously choose something else!

However, at this time, he realized that it was too late, because he had already agreed to Mother Qiu and boarded the pirate ship.

When Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde came back from Wanzhai, what they saw was Li Mingjin who was saying the word "regret" all over his body. He glanced at Bai Ting and Nanny Qiu in confusion.

Bai Ting didn't know exactly what Li Mingjin said to Nanny Qiu, she shook her head to Bai Zhiwen, expressing that she didn't know.

So Bai Zhiwen looked at Nanny Qiu, and Nanny Qiu nodded at him, indicating that Li Mingjin's anomaly was indeed related to him, but she didn't explain, but pointed to the basket containing pastries.

Passing the basket to Nanny Qiu, Bai Zhiwen pulled Li Mingjin into their room, and first talked about what happened at Wan's house this afternoon: "Ajin, the passion oil cake you made today tastes really good. I just told Brother Rong Tong the identity of the teacher. The passion oil cake you sent was sweet and soft, which just comforted his frightened mood. He kept eating the passion oil cake, and he ate most of the basket of oil cakes. Alright, my senior brother and I only ate four yuan, and I don’t feel like I tasted anything, do you have any more at home?"

"Oh, as long as it's delicious, I still have it at home, and I'll send it to the old man tomorrow." Li Mingjin couldn't get up, he still thought that he was cheated just now.

Seeing that Li Mingjin didn't care that he didn't eat passion oil cake, Bai Zhiwen asked, "Ajin, what's wrong with you? Are you tired from making pastries this afternoon?"

"It's not tiring to make passion oil cake." Li Mingjin shook his head, "It's something else."

Li Mingjin only felt that his hands were still soft at the moment. After they made the passion oil cake for Mr. Zhang, Madam Qiu began to supervise him to practice knife skills.

All the shredded potatoes that I ate tonight were all cut out by him with one knife. He cut a total of four potatoes, but it seemed like he had cut ten.

Because Mother Qiu prevented him from chopping casually like before, regardless of the size and thickness, she asked Li Mingjin to ensure that the thickness of the potato shreds was consistent even if the speed was a little slower.

In this way, the fried potato shreds will have the same taste, and the taste will not be different because some are thin and some are thick, and some are even cooked, and some are still raw.

Fortunately, Li Mingjin was not a young lady or young master who did not stick to the sun in the Li family before. He often followed Jiang Zhiyun to do the kitchen work. It was no problem to use a knife, and he didn't cut his hands, but he was a little tired.

"Why did you agree to Madam Qiu to learn to cook?" After hearing Li Mingjin's words, Bai Zhiwen felt extremely distressed when he saw the red mark on his right hand from holding the knife for a long time.

He was thinking, or he would find a cook outside to cook for a special purpose, so as not to make his husband tired.

Bai Zhiwen had this idea, but Li Mingjin interrupted him as soon as he proposed it: "I don't, I will study hard from Mother Qiu, and I still don't believe that I can't learn well."

When cutting potatoes, Mammy Qiu picked on Li Mingjin's various faults, he is very dissatisfied now, he must behave well and let Madam Qiu praise him.

When Li Mingjin was cutting potato shreds, Qiu Mama deliberately picked on faults. She wanted Li Mingjin to retreat and change to learn the rules. Unexpectedly, it had the opposite effect, and Li Mingjin, who didn't like cooking, was motivated. I want to learn to cook.

The next day, Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde went to Zhang's house again with a trance-like Wan Rongtong with mincemeat oil cake in their hands.

There were a lot of mincemeat oil cakes in the basket, Zhang Anhao kept some for himself, and gave the rest to his daughter-in-law, who asked her to send some to his grandson who was serving in the city guard.

From this day on, when Li Mingjin was instructed by Nanny Qiu to work on the stove, they would also make a new kind of dessert every day, such as mincemeat cake, mincemeat square cake, red dates and red bean cake, champion cake, mandarin duck hair cake, Turntable cake, jasmine sugar oil cake, thousand-layer cake, lotus paste jujube paste cake, golden hook and silver silk cake, swallowtail cake, eight-treasure rice cake, eight-steamed cake...

With Mammy Qiu here, even if steaming is the only way, it is possible to make a month's worth of cakes without any duplicates.

After giving them away for a month, it was the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. Mr. Zhang said to Bai Zhiwen and the others: "Mingde, Zhiwen, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and you husband and wife will come to my side to watch the New Year."

Here in the capital, the most important thing is to have old people around to keep things under control. This year, two of his disciples went to Beijing to rush for the exam, and there were no elders at home, so Zhang Anhao called them to Zhang Zhai to celebrate the new year, so that they could have a smooth and prosperous coming year. No disease and no disaster.

Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde naturally happily agreed: "Thank you, Teacher, for your kindness."

In fact, Zhang Anhao asked the two young couples to come to Zhang Zhai to celebrate the New Year. Apart from thinking that they had no elders, he also wanted his two disciples to get to know his grandson.

Zhang Honglin, the eldest grandson of the Zhang family, is now serving in the city guard army in the capital, and his vacation time is not stable throughout the year. In the past two years, he even took turns guarding in the army during the Chinese New Year.

Now that Zhang Anhao has retired, his son Zhang Xiuyuan's position is getting higher and higher, but they are all of the older generation after all, and it will be time for young people like them to display their ambitions in a few years.

The first two generations of Zhang's family were engaged in literature, and the third generation was engaged in martial arts. They were paired with his two disciples who had entered the imperial examination and just helped each other.

After Li Mingde and Bai Zhiwen went back, they told Li Mingjin and Bai Ting that they were going to the teacher's house together on New Year's Eve. Li Mingjin and Bai Ting were a little surprised when they suddenly heard the news. They wanted to go to Zhang Zhai for the New Year?

It was Mr. Zhang's kindness to go there for the New Year. Of course they couldn't refuse, but what did they wear when they went to Zhang's house?Neither Li Mingjin nor Bai Ting prepared formal clothes for winter.

When they set off, the family only had time to prepare two sets of formal clothes for them, both of which were thicker spring shirts. They thought that if Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde passed the test this time, they would see the good news. Officials, you can't dress too badly, considering that it is already April and it is appropriate to wear spring shirts in the capital.

This caused Li Mingjin and Bai Ting to go to Zhang Zhai to celebrate the New Year. Li Mingjin and Bai Ting did not have suitable clothes to wear. The clothes they are wearing now are worn by ordinary people. people.

Bai Zhiwen looked at Li Mingjin who had been looking through the clothes box after returning to the house, and comforted him, "Why don't you go to the clothing store outside to buy a suit that fits first?"

Li Mingjin refused without thinking about it: "No, no, the ones bought in the clothing store outside don't fit that well, and it looks even weirder when you wear them. Don't bother me, I'll look for something suitable."

Because most of Li Mingjin's clothes in the past were made by Jiang Zhiyun for him, and they were more comfortable to wear than those bought in clothing stores outside, so Li Mingjin developed the habit of not thinking of buying clothes in clothing stores outside the first time.

Bai Ting in the other room was better than Li Mingjin. She thought that if the clothes she brought were not suitable for Zhang Zhai, then she and Li Mingjin would go to the tailor shop to choose a single piece with good workmanship and a good fit. , to wear together.

In the morning of the next day, Li Mingjin asked Madam Qiu with a bitter face if she could hurry up and make a suitable one, and Bai Ting asked if she should go out and buy a suitable one.

Qiu Momo didn't listen to either side, she carefully asked Li Mingjin and Bai Ting what clothes they had prepared at home, and if it was convenient, she followed them to have a look.

There are two sets by Li Mingjin. One set is made of light orange material, with red, dark orange, and light orange embroidery threads embroidered with large camellias on the hem of the clothes, and the collar is embroidered with petals. One set is made of blue fabric, embroidered with a lot of auspicious clouds and water ripples, and matched with a crane that is about to fly.

The fabrics of these two sets are made of several layers, one is festive and the other is elegant, suitable for different occasions. It is suitable for early spring in Changping County, and more suitable for mid-spring and late spring in Beijing.

Bai Ting also has two sets, one set is made of light red material, embroidered with red kapok and light pink coral vines, the other is made of light green base, spliced ​​with blue fabric, embroidered Bamboo and Chunlan, the styles of the two sets are also different, suitable for different occasions.

Qiu Momo touched the thickness of the clothes with her hands, and thought for a moment: "The big families burn earth dragons in winter, and the house is very warm. You should wear an extra set of inner clothes and this kind of thick spring shirt. It is basically not comfortable indoors." It's going to be cold, so you need to add a cloak outside."

The cloak is not like the jacket, which needs to fit well to look good. The cloak only needs to be draped over the shoulders. As long as the size is not much different, the effect of wearing it on the body will not be much different.

Now that there are still four or five days before the New Year's Eve, Mother Qiu thinks that they can buy the cloaks from the tailor shop and modify them a little, so that people won't be able to tell at a glance that their clothes are bought from outside. .

Madam Qiu's plan was unanimously approved by Li Mingjin and Bai Ting, and the three hurried out to the clothing store to see if they could buy a cape that could match their clothes.

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