Food for the people

Once again, Qiao Yu, who was worried about his spouse, didn't have time to think about these things. He was now waiting for the dough to relax so that he could try the noodle press that he was quite satisfied with.

After they drank the water and chatted for a while, the dough was finally loose enough. Qiao Yu arranged the position of the noodle press and started experimenting enthusiastically.

Because of its large size, this wooden noodle press takes up a lot of space, but it also has the advantage that it does not need to be fixed, and the machine can be fixed on the table by its own weight, which is very labor-saving to operate.

Although Qiao Yu's description was very tempting, Qiufeng still couldn't believe this big guy. After dividing the dough into suitable portions according to Qiao Yu's instructions, he stood in front of him and watched intently.

Qiao Yu adjusted the hand lever, adjusted the roller gap to the maximum, then put one end of the dough in, held the hand lever and rotated it twice, the dough that was pressed into a uniform sheet was exposed from the bottom as he expected. out.

Qiufeng's eyes widened in surprise, and she gestured a few times, asking Qiao Yu if she could let her try.

Qiao Yu nodded, and handed the half-pressed dough to Qiufeng.

Qiufeng tried it for a while, and it seemed that she didn't need any strength, and she learned it immediately.

Press the highest gear twice, which is equivalent to kneading the dough evenly again, then Qiao Yu lowered the gear, the gap between the rollers became smaller, and the dough sheet became thinner and thinner. Sprinkle dry powder on the slices, and finally overlap the dough slices, and everything can be put into the pan with a knife.

Qiao Yu deliberately checked the time, which saved a lot of time and effort compared to rolling it by hand.

Qiufeng was finally convinced by this big guy, and started to work with ease.

Qiao Yu saw that the noodle press machine lived up to expectations and that the original plan could be carried out smoothly. He greeted Qiufeng and said that he was going to the street to buy something. Qiufeng waved at him without raising his head, telling him to hurry Go back quickly, and continue to play with this fun new gadget.

Qiao Yu led Qiao Ling to go out, but saw Wen Sheng squatting in the yard and looking at them eagerly. Although he was sensible, he was still young. He didn't know what he was going to do when he saw his two brothers go out, but he also wanted to I went with them, but although I thought about it in my heart, I didn't say anything. I obediently watched them go out, and waved at them reluctantly with my little hand.

Seeing this, Qiao Ling looked up at Qiao Yu and asked, "Brother, shall we take him with us?"

After Wen Sheng understood Qiao Ling's words, his big black eyes suddenly turned into a smile, and while rubbing his little hands on his clothes, he looked at Qiao Yu expectantly, fully understanding the differences between the two brothers. Who is in charge.

Of course, Qiao Yu had no objection. Although he didn't really hate children before, he didn't like them much because he didn't have much contact with children around him. But since he came here, it's probably because the children around him are too well-behaved. Sensible, his liking for children has skyrocketed, and he feels that he is full of fatherly love now, and he has the feeling that he has not found a wife, and he has experienced the feeling of being a father first.

"Then go tell Aunt Qiufeng that we took Wen Sheng out to play."

After a while, Qiufeng came out of the kitchen with Qiao Ling, and made a few gestures to Wen Sheng from a distance, asking him to be obedient and not to disturb his brothers. Wen Sheng nodded hurriedly, and walked quickly on his short legs. Qiao Ling walked up to him, and without being hugged, he obediently took Qiao Ling's hand.

Qiao Yu brought two children by herself, and was not in a hurry to buy things and went home. When he arrived at West Street, he bought a candy painting figure for each of the two children. He had a good talk with his mother, and then he accepted it, carefully licked it twice, and stopped eating, saying that he wanted to take it back for his mother to eat, but Qiao Yu heard that he would buy another one for his mother, but he didn't want it anymore. The two brothers took turns persuading a few words to no avail, so they had to let this little guy with his own mind go.

The people on West Street are very familiar with Qiao Yu now, Qiao Yu met many people who greeted him along the way, and he seemed to be regarded as a half-celebrity on West Street.

Qiao Yu's expression remained unchanged. He greeted everyone who greeted him politely, and then led the two of them to the butcher's shop to buy meat. He often bought meat from this butcher's shop. He is a regular customer of the store, and the boss bought noodles from him several times, so when he saw him, he greeted him warmly: "Brother is here, do you still want lean meat today?"

Qiao Yu said: "No, cut some pork belly for me today, it will cost two catties."

The half-fat and half-thin ones here are collectively called pork belly. As soon as the boss heard what he said, he immediately cut up the meat for him, hung it on the scale and weighed it. It was just two catties, no more, no less, and he wrapped it with hemp rope and handed it to him Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu saw a bunch of pig livers on the table behind him, and asked casually, "How do you sell these livers?"

The boss looked back and found that he was asking about this thing. Without a word, he cut a large piece and put it on and handed it to him: "No one wants this water. We keep it for ourselves. We don't want money to give you a piece." , It was also a valuable thing."

Qiao Yu didn't expect to ask casually, so he just got a piece for nothing. He was very embarrassed, and wanted to give money, but the boss didn't accept it, saying that it wasn't worth much, so he asked him to take it back and eat it. Next time you want it, you can come and get it directly , Qiao Yu thanked him several times before accepting the things and taking them away.

In addition to the pork belly, I also bought a large bundle of green onions. The green onions here are not like the onions Qiao Yu bought before. They can’t grow very big. They are buried in sand for storage in winter. Although they will not go bad, the outer leaves will lose water. , has shrunk a lot.

But it's small, but it tastes better than green onions, a little less spicy, and the stir-fried vegetables are very fragrant.

After shopping, he took the two children home together. Qiao Ling helped him carry some things, and Wen Sheng grabbed Qiao Ling's clothes and followed him step by step, without worrying about him running around.

When they got home, the first thing Wen Sheng did was to take the candy figurine to the kitchen to find his mother. The candy figurine Qiao Yu bought for him was a rabbit. He ate it for a long time and only ate one of the rabbit's ears. The rest was held up in front of Qiufeng for her to eat.

Seeing that he was holding a candy figurine, Qiufeng didn't ask him where it came from, but rubbed his head with his hand, and gestured, "Did you say thank you to brother?"

Wen Sheng nodded vigorously, and brought the sugar figurine to his mother's mouth again: "Mother, you eat."

Qiufeng didn't refuse, took a bite of the rabbit's other ear, and continued to gesture: "Okay, mother has tasted it, thank you Wen Sheng, let's eat in the yard, mother still has to work."

Wen Sheng let his mother have a taste as he wished, and then went out with the sugar figurine.

Qiao Yu didn't stay idle when he got home. He washed the meat, peeled the onions and chopped the meat stuffing. With two knives swung quickly together, he quickly chopped a large bowl, mixed it with salt wine, ginger and soy sauce, and asked Aunt Qiufeng to give it to him. He pressed a small ball of dough according to the thinnest standard, stacked the pressed dough pieces together and cut them into squares. He picked the dough pieces with one hand and stuffed them with the other hand, picked and rubbed them, and in a few seconds a small wonton with a skirt was formed. Soon a chopping board was set up.

Qiufeng thought that she was very quick at work, but she didn't learn Qiao Yu's movements after studying for a long time.

Seeing that she didn't know how to knead, Qiao Yu changed the wrapping method again, folded the two corners in half, turned them over and kneaded them into the shape of an ingot.

This time, Qiufeng learned very quickly, and in the end, two people made one kind of wonton and made two completely different kinds of wontons.

After wrapping all the wonton wrappers, Qiao Yu ordered Qiao Ling to boil a pot of water, cook a few bowls of the wrapped wontons and cook them for everyone to taste.

Put the wontons into the pot over there, and here Qiao Yu started to make sour soup. In fact, seaweed and shrimp skin wontons in clear soup are also delicious, but now he can’t get anything. There is no seaweed and shrimp skin, so he can only settle for sour soup Soup red oil wonton, although not as refreshing as clear soup, but eating something hot and sour in this cold weather will also make people feel comfortable.

After coming here, Qiao Yu found that other things are not easy to buy, but medicinal materials are very convenient. Many things that are both medicinal materials and seasonings, such as grass fruit, cinnamon bark and lemongrass, are very easy to buy. You can grab them at any pharmacy. There are a lot, and basically everything he wants can be prepared at one time.

Qiao Yu unwrapped the seasoning bag he grabbed back from the pharmacy last time, took out a little of the spices inside, threw the cold oil in the cold pan, boiled it over a low heat, took out the spices and discarded them, reheated the oil, poured it in In chili noodles mixed with sesame seeds.

The hot oil stings and stimulates the spicy aroma of the pepper, mixed with the aroma of multiple spices, so fragrant that it only penetrates people's noses.

When the temperature of the hot pepper dropped down, Qiao Yu mixed half a spoonful of each into the two large bowls, and added a small jar to fill it up, planning to take it back for Qiufeng to eat when she left.

Add salt and vinegar to the chili oil, add a few drops of soy sauce at the end, and sprinkle a few shallots. The wontons boiled in two waters just come out of the pan, and the soup and wontons are scooped into a large bowl, and they are steaming hot on the table.

Qiufeng was left to eat, saying that she wanted to taste the new trick that Qiao Yu was going to launch in the near future. Naturally, she didn't refuse much, and took a sip of the bowl that Qiao Yu handed over.

The wonton wrappers are crystal clear, revealing the beautiful fillings inside. The diced green onion and minced meat are perfectly blended together, which is delicious and relieves greasy. .

She gestured to Qiao Yu very affirmatively, saying that she would let him sell it without worry, and everyone would like it.

Qiao Yu smiled and picked a few wontons without any seasoning in Wen Sheng's bowl, and said with a smile: "Then I will trouble you to come over to help more in the future. You can talk to Zhifang first. If there is any problem, please delay it." It doesn't matter if it takes two days, anyway, I'm only in the experimental stage now, and I haven't figured out when to put it out for sale, so don't worry."

Qiufeng waved her hands again and again, saying that she could do it, that she could come tomorrow.

After Qiao Yu thanked her again, she went back to her room and took Qiu Feng's wages for today. She also worked for an hour and a half this afternoon, a total of [-] Wen.

Qiufeng took the money and counted it, then waved at Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu didn't know what she was going to say, and thought it was a miscalculation of the money, and was about to ask when she came up to him, when she saw Qiu Feng squeezed out seven cents and stuffed it into his hand.

Qiufeng gestured while stuffing.

With that big guy, she now saves a lot of labor than before, so naturally she can't pay the previous price. Another thing is the sugar figure that Qiao Yu bought for Wen Sheng. Although it is not an expensive thing, it should be considered Qiufeng felt that the account had to be settled clearly.

Seeing her gesture, Qiao Yu returned the money dumbfounded.

"Auntie, you will keep the money when I give it to you. In the future, I will ask you to help me a lot, so I added a small gadget. You still do a lot of work. This money should have been given to you, and you should accept it." Just take it, don’t think about what you have, and Wen Sheng, I bought it for him because I like him, and I won’t take him out to play with you after you do this.”

Seeing his serious face, Qiufeng didn't dare to stuff it anymore, and then no one could stop him from cleaning up the kitchen yard inside and out as a return gift, and then led Wen Sheng to leave and go home.