Chapter 144 Hairpin Ceremony (Baked Pumpkin with Salted Egg Yolk)
Mr. Sun accepted his wife's gold and silver jewelry, put the box aside, and said, "Madam, please put these away first. Let me think about it. I don't know what kind of business I can do at the moment."
At noon, he went to the old house to visit his old father as usual.
The lesson Sun's father gave him was: "Look for a business that is your duty, and don't think about making money from side projects."
"Dad, I remembered it."
Mr. Sun left the old house and asked his servant to go to Kaitang County to buy a piece of spicy chicken and give it to Sun's father to try.
After eating it, he felt that the taste of today's spicy chicken was very suitable to his taste. Mr. Sun also likes to eat spicy dishes on weekdays, so he must like it.
He wandered around the market and before marrying Zhou's family, he was just a bookkeeper in a rice shop, and he was literate and numerate.
Originally, because of his handsome appearance, he was favored by many wealthy women, so before marriage, Mr. Sun had been living a miserable life with women paying for him.
Until he finally married into the Zhou family as he wished, he found that his uncle's life was not easy either.
His work at Mimaixing was not recognized by his father-in-law, so he had to think carefully about how to use the existing resources and conditions to make himself stand out in Kaitang County.
The peach blossoms in Kaitang County are still blooming beautifully, and the peach blossom cakes of Liujia Fruit Cake are also selling very well.
Mother Chun from Tianxiangpeng came to the shop to buy fruits again, and asked Mrs. Chen specifically: "Sister Chen, is the peach blossom wine I ordered ready?"
Mrs. Chen took out the prepared peach blossom stuffing and gave it to Chun’s mother.
Mother Chun poured a small cup and smelled it. The aroma of peach blossoms mixed with glutinous rice was intoxicating.
The pink peach blossom wine looked like a shy girl. Mother Chun drank it in one gulp, remembering her girlhood.
Mother Chun is very generous, and she always buys out the relatively expensive fruits in the shop every time she comes.
Today, Chun's mother not only bought everything in the cabinet, but also ordered peach blossom cakes, lotus cakes, vegetarian sober ice and crispy abalone from Chen for the next two days.
Aunt Shen is about the same age as Mother Chun. She chatted with Mother Chun in a familiar manner: "Chun Sanniang, has anyone come to your Tianxiang shed recently? Is there such a huge demand for fruits recently?"
Mother Chun touched the golden flowers in her bun and said proudly: "Isn't that right? Recently, many noble people have come to Juding Tower. After dinner, they love to come to my Tianxiang shed. These exquisite fruit cakes are indispensable, and Ah, I also heard from our benefactors that Lord Zhizhou will come to our town for inspection in a few days."
After seeing off Mother Chun, the nuns in charge of Jiafu and Nalanfu came to the shop. When they saw that the lotus cakes and peach blossom cakes were sold out, they were full of complaints.
Aunt Rong: "Shopkeeper, why are there only plain cakes left among the fruits today? Where are the other fruits?"
Aunt Huang: "Yes, did that Chun Sanniang buy them all again?"
Mrs. Chen reassured: "The new fruits will be out soon, please wait a moment."
In the fruit shop, Xiaodouzi was also helping to knead dough and make snacks, working very hard. Mrs. Chen would rather have him go home and study.
After seeing off the two nuns, Mrs. Chen sent Xiaodouzi to call Mao Xi, telling her to remember to go back to her old house tonight: "After telling your sister, you go home and read a book. Don't go back to the shop to knead dough." ”
Tomorrow is Xiao Xi's fifteenth birthday, and she started preparing a month ago.
According to rural customs, she had to ask the female elders of her family to bring a large vat, fill it with rice, and add flowers made of cloth.
Aunt Shen and Mrs. Chen spent the past two days decorating the flower vat and carrying it to Mrs. Chen's bedroom.
Mao Xi was born in this house.
While Aunt Shen was wrapping the cake, she asked Mrs. Chen: "Is there a hairpin gift for Ah Shu tomorrow?"
Chen nodded. In rural areas, there are not many things to pay attention to, but the required procedures are indispensable.
"I have already invited my aunt in the village to host the ceremony tomorrow morning."
The next day, Madam Chen woke her up early in the morning. Under the guidance of her old aunt, she stepped over the brazier three times. Finally, she took her with her and bowed to the pot of flowers several times. Her aunt whispered silently, and she listened. Not clear.
Finally, Mrs. Chen cooked a bowl of rice noodles for her old aunt and gave her a red envelope containing 50 Wen.
After eating the rice noodles, the old aunt left.
What? This is the hair extension ceremony, and it ends so easily!
Mao Xi asked curiously: "Auntie, isn't there any other ceremony?"
This was completely different from the ceremony of women and hairpins she had seen on TV before. She thought there would be a big ceremony in the ancestral hall to insert hairpins.
Well, she had never experienced it before anyway, and there seemed to be no special ceremony when she turned 18 before time travel. This was just a make-up rite of passage.
Today, Ms. Chen asked Mao Xi to bring a jar of her pickled salted duck eggs to the shop for cooking.
For others, she used the fruit cake shop to make egg yolk cakes.
The fruit cake workshop has been very busy recently, and Mao Xi is taking care of Ajiao during the day. Mrs. Chen told her, "Ajiao likes to eat salted duck eggs. Don't let her eat too much in one day."
Ajiao saw the jar of pickled duck eggs. She was very familiar with it. She reached out and planned to steal two eggs to eat.
Mao Xi stopped him in time, and the little guy started crying.
Hearing Ajiao's cry, Tugou Pidan ran from the door to Ajiao's side and circled around his waist to comfort him.
Mu Zhiyuan was afraid that the preserved eggs would disturb the diners, so he followed him.
There was no other way, so Mao Xi could only comfort him: "Okay, okay, stop crying, sister will peel it off for you to eat."
Mu Zhiyuan picked up Ajiao, sat at the small table by the door, and wiped away the tears from the corners of Ajiao's eyes.
Ajiao and Pidan started playing on the edge and soon stopped crying.
Mao Xi had no choice but to take two salted duck eggs and take out the yolks.
It's not even meal time yet, and it's too salty to eat duck eggs directly.
There was half a pumpkin in the vegetable basket. Mao Xi took the pumpkin, peeled it and cut it into thick strips.
Xiao Qing saw Mao Xi putting the salted egg yolk in the bowl and crushing it with a spoon, so he came over to learn: "Shopkeeper, what new dish are you going to make this time?"
"Ajiao wants to eat salted duck eggs, so I made her a snack of "baked pumpkin with salted egg yolk". "
Mao Xi started another pot and scooped the pumpkin into the salted boiling water. When the water boiled again, he coated the pumpkin with cornstarch and put it in the oil pan to fry until crispy.
After the pumpkin strips are fried, start frying the salted egg yolk.
Put a small amount of oil in the pot, stir-fry the salted egg yolk over low heat until it bubbles, add a small amount of sugar, pour in the fried pumpkin strips, and stir-fry quickly.
The surface of each pumpkin strip is coated with salted egg yolk and it is ready.
Xiaoqing and Yaomei each took one and twisted it with both hands. The pumpkin strips broke and the unique sweetness of the pumpkin floated out. When they were put into their mouths, they were crispy and crispy, clashing with the salty aroma of the salted egg yolk. , this combination is simply perfect.
Lou Lan'er couldn't help but take one and ate it after smelling the aroma: "It's fried and makes you appetizing. It's more fragrant than French fries."
This dish must be eaten while it's hot. Mao Xi brought the baked pumpkin with salted egg yolk to the door and gave it to Ajiao and Mu Zhiyuan.
"Little guy, your salted egg yolk is here, eat it quickly and wash your hands first!"
As soon as Ajiao saw that there was something to eat, she was still making a fuss. After washing her little hands, she grabbed them with her little hands and started eating them one by one.
Zhang Xiucai felt that this dish should be added to the food list, so he asked Millet Xi the price.
"Pumpkin is cheap. This dish is just like the egg yolk puff pastry for 10 cents each."
Mao Xi asked Yaomei to take the spoon, took out three more salted duck eggs, and said, "Yaomei, come on! Just follow what I did just now and make a plate for everyone to eat!"