The ancient life of a master craftsman

No matter what, Zhao Ping'an and Liu's uncle and nephew lived in Li's house, Liu Chong also stayed to take care of the three masters, Zhang Jiu and Shuangzhong were still the same as before, doing what they had to do, but they would not neglect the guests .

Aman was tired of being with Li Enbai for another day, and finally felt homesick, and shouted to go home after breakfast, Li Enbai lifted him up on his shoulders, and held his legs tightly with both hands.

"Aman, sit down and hold uncle's head." Yunli was afraid of falling on him, so she hurriedly told him.

Aman was wondering right now, except when he was flying high, he had never taken him to such a high place before, so he hugged Li Enbai's head unconsciously, "Gao, uncle, Gao!"

"Hahaha, it's right to be tall, Amanman, let's go, go home!" Li Enbai thinks that boys should be more courageous, knowing that Aman is a little afraid of heights, so he often takes Aman to play games related to heights .

He also plans to wait for Aman to be three years old, and take him to learn swimming. There is a river in their village, and Lijia Village is on the other side of the river. Every year, children accidentally drown. Fortunately, old man Yun arranged for those old people to come to the river frequently. Turn to prevent the children from accidents.

There are many advantages to doing this. On the one hand, it can reduce children's drowning when they are playing, and no one will know it, which will cause disasters.

On the other hand, elderly people who are frail may not be able to work in the fields anymore. If they do nothing and eat at home, it is easy to cause conflicts.

Old man Yun arranged for them to do some less strenuous work, so that not only would the old people not feel useless, but also they could come out to bask in the sun more.

But because of this, the children in Huaimu Village generally don't know how to swim, and they usually go to learn it when they grow up.

Li Enbaijue's skills are not overwhelming, knowing a little more is definitely much better than not knowing.

He also arranged a detailed enlightenment education plan for Aman. If Yunli didn't usually look at his desk, he would definitely see this inexplicable plan.

In fact, Li Enbai used this method to relax himself and relieve the pain of studying.

After sending A-man home, Yunhe's eyebrows and eyes were much brighter than before, with a satisfied look on his face, which Li Enbai could tell at a glance.

Putting Aman down, watching Aman running to find his mother, he punched Yunhe in the chest, "Brother, you are not authentic."

Yunhe touched the place where he was beaten, "Hey, Aman, this brat kisses you, last time I asked my father to help me carry it all night, and before midnight, this kid was crying so loudly, he is really a cry .”

"Tsk tsk tsk, Aman knows you say that about him, so I have to cry for you immediately." Li Enbai teased him.

"I don't dare to say it in front of him." Yunhe did cry in fear of his son, but it was in a posture of crying to death, "Mr. Liu brought two guests to your house?"

"Well, one is Chang Le's uncle, and the other is his friend." Li Enbai said the identities of the two, "Chang Le's uncle is the husband who has been teaching me before, and his friend is also a coincidence. , is exactly the person we rescued from the back mountain before."

Yunhe's breathing was short, and he didn't hear the rest of the sentence, so he grabbed his hand and asked, "Is it Master Tanhua?"

"Yes, sir was the third in the imperial examination that year, the hand-picked Tanhua." Li Enbai proved that Liu Chuncheng is indeed the well-educated Jinshi master in the town.

"Oh my God, Master Tanhua has come to our village? No, I have to tell dad!" Yunhe patted him on the shoulder and hurried out to his third uncle's house.

Li Enbai was stunned, looking at Yunhe's hurriedly leaving figure, he not only touched his forehead, he thought Brother Qing had told them yesterday, it seems that elder brother just knew about it?

Mu Xiaolian and Aman's mother and son had had enough kisses, and when they came out, they saw him standing at the gate of the courtyard, "Brother-in-law, what are you doing standing at the gate?"

"It's nothing, sister-in-law, elder brother is looking for father." Li Enbai told Yunhe's whereabouts, and Mu Xiaolian was worried about not being able to find anyone.

Mu Xiaolian hugged Aman, as if she knew Yunhe would be like this for a long time, "It's okay, don't worry about him, I made eight-treasure rice, in the kitchen, you take a pot back to eat."

Eight-treasure rice is not the same thing as eight-treasure porridge. This is a kind of sweet food. The main ingredients are glutinous rice, white rice, bean paste and lard.

Mix glutinous rice and white rice according to a certain ratio. After washing, soak in water for more than three hours. Remove the core of lotus seeds and steam them, remove the shells of chestnuts and steam them, and soak red dates in warm water for a quarter of an hour to remove the pits.

After soaking the red beans overnight, add a little water to boil them until they are rotten, then use a rice shovel to crush them into a puree, add a spoonful of lard and fry them to dry up the water, and you will get a soft, rich and non-sweet red bean paste.

Then, drain the soaked rice, put it in a steamer covered with a cloth, and steam it until half-cooked, pour it out, add lard and sugar, and mix well.

Finally, spread a layer of lotus seeds, red dates, and chestnuts on the bottom of a porcelain basin, and then add a layer of mixed rice and compact it.

Add the second layer of rice, this time only put the rice around the circle, and leave the fried bean paste in the middle circle, then add the third layer of rice to cover the second layer, and use lotus seeds, red dates, meat, Garnish with chestnuts.

Put the filled porcelain basin on the steamer, set the fire on high for half an hour, remove the excess firewood, and wait until the pot becomes warm naturally, then you can take out the porcelain basin.

The eight treasures produced in this way are very tasty, not as exquisite as those sold in those shops, but they are also considered good things in farmers' homes.

If it is for hospitality, you can put a flat plate on the porcelain basin, then buckle it over, put the plate on the table, remove the porcelain basin, and cut it with a knife smeared with lard. It is beautiful and delicious.

If you eat it at home, you can just serve it in a basin, and whoever eats it can just serve it with a spoon.

"Brother Qing came back yesterday and said that Lizi wants to eat eight-treasure rice recently. I woke up this morning and made it. Now it's just out of the pot. You can bring it to Lizi." Mu Xiaolian smiled softly.

Only then did Li Enbai know that the eight-treasure rice was specially made for Li Zi, "Hey, I see, thank you sister-in-law."

"Hey, don't be too polite, it happens that I haven't cooked for a long time, hurry up, take it home before it's cold." Mu Xiaolian urged Li Enbai to quickly bring the eight-treasure rice back to Yunli.

"Okay, then sister-in-law, I'll go back first." Li Enbai was not overly polite with Mu Xiaolian, they were all a family, they came and went politely, but they became estranged.

When he returned home with the eight-treasure rice, seeing Yunli's surprised smile, he also smiled, "It's still hot, do you want to eat it now?"

"Well, the eight-treasure rice made by my sister-in-law is the best! It's just sweet."

Yunli was too lazy to take out the eight-treasure rice, so she simply scratched a few knives in the porcelain basin and put some into bowls, "Jiu Geer, Jiu Geer!"

"Master, I'm here." Zhang Jiu came over quickly, saw how many bowls of rice-like food he had filled, and immediately found a flat plate to pack, "Is it for Master Liu and the others?"

"Well, you go and give it away, one bowl per person, the eight-treasure rice is not too sweet, if you don't have enough, you can come to the kitchen to get it." Yunli has already delivered the eight-treasure rice to her mouth.

Zhang Jiu responded, and took the tray to deliver it.As soon as he left, Yunli stuffed a chopstick into Li Enbai's mouth, "Brother Enbai, try it, isn't it so sweet?"

Li Enbai doesn't like sweet food very much, but if he eats it with Yunli, he will eat some, "Well, it's okay."

Mu Xiaolian never puts a lot of sugar in making eight-treasure rice, and does not add sugar to the bean paste. The ingredients are blended together, and the steamed taste is very soft and fragrant. The bean paste has absorbed the sugar in the rice and has a little more sweetness. , just right.

In addition, some white rice is mixed in the glutinous rice, so the eight-treasure rice will not be as sticky as pure glutinous rice, but can taste the aroma of rice and the unique aroma of lard, which blends all the ingredients just right.

Yunli also has a special preference for red bean paste, all snacks and sweets with red bean paste are his favourites.Li Enbai knew this, and let him feed all the bean paste in the eight-treasure rice into Yunli's mouth.

When Zhang Jiu came back to set up the tray, he saw the two people feeding each other, sticking together and talking and laughing. He couldn't help but smile on his face, and left with two bowls of eight-treasure rice specially reserved for him.

Hearing his voice, Shuangzhong hurriedly washed his hands and helped him serve the bowl, "Brother Jiu, are you tired?"

Zhang Jiu took out his handkerchief and wiped Shuangzhong's hands, "I'm not tired, I've been feeling better recently."

"Well, Doctor Lin's prescription is very effective." Shuang Zhong also found that Zhang Jiu's health was getting better and better, and the smile on his face could not be stopped.

They also went back to the room to taste a bowl of slightly sweet eight-treasure rice, and whispered a few words in their busy schedule.

The days calmed down again, and it was September 23 in the blink of an eye, and Li Enbai had to set off for Shicheng.

Because there were three outsiders in the family, Li Enbai took Yunli directly to Shicheng together. Anyway, the modified carriage was not so bumpy anymore, so they slowed down on the road and regarded it as going out to play.

Yunli was already familiar with the road this time, so he quickly packed his luggage and put it in the storage compartment of the carriage. Since he only stayed in Shicheng for three days, he didn't need to bring a lot of things.

Woke up early in the morning, driven by Shuangzhong, they set off.

Liu Mingxi, who stayed at Li's house, was also very used to the days when the master was not at home. When Zhang Jiu said that he would go to Yun's house to live at night, he said with a sense of mastery, "Go, don't worry about us."

Zhang Jiu made breakfast for the three guests, then took two changes of clothes and went to Yun's house.

Just happened to help Mu Xiaolian take a look at Aman, and occasionally went to Mu Xiaozhu's house for a visit.Brother Qing and the three of them also often came to him, and their lives were fulfilling.

After seeing the scenery once, Yunli was not very interested in the appearance outside the carriage, so she leaned on Li Enbai to talk to him, "Brother En, I see you have been tinkering with wood these two days, you have already thought about what to do gone?"

"Well, I have an idea, but I don't know if it can be used." Li Enbai has not researched new products for a long time for the imperial examination. He only needs to complete some tasks given by the system, and the speed of gaining experience points is very slow. .

He looked at the half of the red bar and had a clear goal for the day when it was paid off.

With the current level of technology, there are too many things he can do, but there are also many restrictions. For example, it is unrealistic for him to build a generator now, but he can copy the history of technological development in their time and space. Promote the progress of the current dynasty.

But with a big goal, he is still thinking about where to start.

You can only do what you think of first, and think while doing it.