Chapter 51 (Toothpick Meat (Part 1)...)

So when Yan Qiushu was taken back by Xie Qingyun, she still felt a little bit up in the clouds.

Just like that, her financial difficulties were solved and she now had her own farm???

She could feel that Xiao Huaiqi was actually trying to fool her, but her mind was a little confused at the time and she didn't realize it. It was only after she took the thing and looked at it carefully that she discovered it.

In fact, the property had already been transferred, and she saw with her own eyes that her name was on the deed.

They had made the decision long ago, which is why they had today's outing in Zhuangzi.

But it doesn't matter. Since she accepted it, then let her accept it.

I just have to work harder in the future to think of what kind of food can be made in this era.

Soon Yan Qiushu's eyes fell on the beans drying in the open space next to the farm, and she stopped.

"What's wrong?" Xie Qingyun asked.

Yan Qiushu narrowed her eyes and looked at Manager Yao: "Manager Yao, please pack two bags of soybeans for us to take back together." After that, she looked at Xie Qingyun: "I want to make something delicious!"

Xie Qingyun looked at the ordinary soybeans and said enviously, "How can you have so many delicious things in your mind? It's really amazing. I don't know how to cook at all——"

Just as she was about to sigh, a clear child's voice interrupted her: "Sister Shu! I just saw the cows being milked! There was so much milk!"

Several people subconsciously glanced sideways.

Dongdong's fat body was running in the front, two steps away was Wan'er, whose face was also red with excitement, and Zhou Zhaoheng, and behind them was Xiao Pingsong, who had to walk slowly while carrying two buckets.

The young man carried two buckets of milk steadily, with a smile on his face: "Uncle, Aunt, Aunt Yan."

The children came closer one by one, and Dongdong rushed directly towards Yan Qiushu. Yan Qiushu quickly caught up to him, and her body was shaken a bit. Just as she stood firm, Wan'er also imitated him and rushed towards her with a smile on her face.

Yan Qiushu felt much softer towards the little girl. She didn't say anything and even tidied up her hair which had been messed up during play.

Zhou Zhaoheng was breathing quietly beside him. Xiao Pingsong also came over, put the milk steadily on the ground, and said with a smile: "There are so many cows on the farm."

Manager Yao smiled and said, "The eldest young master has also asked us to raise quite a few dairy cows. They may not have adapted to it before, so their milk production is low. In recent days, the milk in the mansion has all been sent over by our farm."

Yan Qiushu silently added another plan to her plan and said, "Manager Yao, please send some more of that milk. I can use it."

Manager Yao nodded repeatedly, "Miss, our ducks and geese have started laying eggs now. Do you want some?"

"Yes!" Yan Qiushu accepted everything, her eyes brightening. There were so many delicious things! She added, "Just send them directly to my yard."

She doesn't go to the big kitchen often because she's afraid she'll forget about it and waste these things.

Manager Yao wrote it down carefully, and Madam Xiao happened to come back.

After walking for so long, everyone was a little tired, so they headed back home.

As soon as she got on the carriage, Shui Yu knelt down and admitted her fault: "Miss, I didn't do it on purpose. It was just that the maidservant beside the young lady came over and asked me why I was going out so often and where I was going. I just said I was going to the west of the city and the suburbs. She guessed it and asked me if I was buying a house."

Although there are commercial streets in the four directions of Kyoto, namely the east, south, west and north, each has its own characteristics. Due to its geographical location, there are more house dealers in the west of the city.

Those who go there often are likely to buy houses.

The maid lied to her and she couldn't deny it by lying. After all, she was also a member of the Xiao family, so she went to tell the young lady.

Yan Qiushu smiled calmly: "I don't blame you, it's nothing."

Not to mention that Shui Yu was originally from the Xiao family and was just assigned to serve her, she did a very good job.

Yan Qiushu sees this clearly, and she doesn't mind being known. Buying a house is a good thing.

She didn't tell the Xiao family because she was embarrassed and also planned to save money to buy it herself. Now, although she was a little flattered by this generous gift, she was still dizzy. In fact, the main reason was that she had saved money for buying a house for several months, but she couldn't even use it!

But she was also very happy. Although it was unreal, she did have her own house in this strange world.

Only when you have a house and your own land can you be said to have truly taken root in this world.

However, Yan Qiushu had no plans to leave the Xiao family. She wanted to wait until the Xiao family no longer needed her. But now that she had a house, she could go back during the holidays and have fun in her own home!

Thinking of this, she began to plan what to do with her own farm.

Chicken, duck, fish and meat are definitely indispensable. We also need to raise dozens of sheep, pigs and cows. In addition to these, we have to have people prepare special dishes. I don’t know when we can find sweet potatoes. Why don’t we tell the eldest young master?

With sweet potatoes, her favorite hot and sour noodles can be made!

In addition to spicy strips, the hot and sour noodles are quite spicy. It would not taste good if it is not spicy.

The others can be reduced in taste, but this one cannot.

By then, Dongdong and the other kids will surely be eating until their eyes and noses are running. It’s so funny just to think about it…

Just as Yan Qiushu was daydreaming, she returned to the Xiao Mansion and received a visiting card.

It was sent by Princess Chang.

Prince Chang made great contributions this time. They didn't know the specific circumstances, but the old emperor became enthusiastic about his son again.

Just this morning, when they were having a barbecue over there, the imperial edict to confer the title of King Chang came down.

In addition to setting up a rich fiefdom, he also pointed out the best house, which was the Qiao family's house in Kyoto. The Qiao family had embezzled countless money, and in addition to giving the money to the third prince, they would definitely keep some for themselves.

The Qiao family's house looks similar on the outside, but it is large and magnificent on the inside, and they dare to display many things that go beyond the norm.

Now that the Qiao family is gone, these things can just be given to a prince.

After giving him this house, the emperor also made the fourth prince, the fifth prince, the sixth prince and other princes who left the palace to set up their own palaces kings, namely King Huai, King Shun and King Xuan.

Each of them was granted a fiefdom, but the best one was that of Prince Chang, followed by the fifth prince, the fourth prince and the sixth prince. The fiefdoms were all about the same, not very good, but still okay.

The imperial court was shocked by this incident. Everyone was speculating that the old emperor was hurt by the third prince and simply arranged for all the princes to be exiled. But who would inherit the throne in the future?

The seventh prince is only one year old now, and it is hard to say whether he can live to adulthood.

The rest are princesses.

Therefore, there are only a few princes who can inherit the throne. Prince Chang was not included in it originally, because he was crowned as a prince, which means he is not worthy of being a candidate. However, now four of them are on the same line. Prince Chang has merits and the foundation of being the crown prince for more than ten years. The fifth prince, Prince Shun, has the support of his mother, Concubine Lu. On the contrary, the remaining two princes have weak momentum.

For a time, various forces were making trouble.

At this time, the first thing Prince Chang and his wife thought of was their son.

Ah Heng, who had endured five years of hardship with them.

That’s why I have this visiting card.

Dongdong was very disappointed: "Ah Heng, are you going home?"

Xiao Pingsong rubbed his brother's head and was not in a good mood.

Wan'er bit her lip and whispered, "Ah Heng, can't you just not leave?"

This child, who is about the same age as her, always takes care of her, and Wan'er feels a little reluctant to leave him.

Upon hearing this, Ah Heng, who was originally quite excited, shook his head sadly and said, "I'm sorry, Dongdong. I miss my mother."

Although he was very happy here and had gained a lot of weight in a short time, his longing for his parents was getting worse day by day. If Nan Qi hadn't been running back and forth, delivering and retrieving letters for him and reading them to him at night, he might have secretly hidden in his bed and cried.

Dongdong's shoulders slumped. Although he wouldn't cling to his mother, mainly because his mother was too impetuous and hadn't been around him since he was a child, he could still understand: "Okay then."

Yan Qiushu couldn't bear to see such a scene, so she patted everyone's head and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's not like we won't see each other again in the future. Ah Heng lives outside the palace now, and we can go see him anytime."

Dongdong: “! That’s right!”

Wan'er was also shocked: "Really?"

"Really!" Yan Qiushu said with a smile, "But now, we still have to give Ah Heng a small gift as a farewell gift."

"Food! Delicious!"

“Spicy noodles!”

"Little Crispy Pork!"

The children raised their hands one after another, but without exception, they all wanted to eat. Maybe they were influenced by themselves?

Yan Qiushu covered her face in shame, she had developed a group of foodies, but since the suggestion had been made, she nodded: "Okay, let's make something delicious."

Ah Heng's face lit up with joy, and he looked at her eagerly.

Dongdong and the others also came over and asked curiously, "What is it?"

Yan Qiushu: "Toothpick meat!"

Although they didn't know what it tasted like, the children were still very happy: "Yeah!"

Toothpick meat can be chicken, lamb, beef, or even pork.

It just so happened that I brought back a lot of fresh meat from the farm this time, so I decided to make this.

These meats are fried and have a long shelf life, making them perfect as snacks!

Yan Qiushu thought about this and said, "Let's do it now!"

She had only thought about it occasionally before, but now that she was told to do it, her mouth was watering. She was so greedy that she immediately took the children to the kitchen.

"Shui Yu, Aunt Xu, you come and cut the meat." Yan Qiushu distributed two portions of meat and picked up the third one herself.

Then let a few children go to the manager to ask for toothpicks.

Yan Qiushu couldn't use toothpicks, and the other children couldn't use them either, because they didn't have any in their yard.

The children rushed out, and the sound of cutting vegetables, "dong dong dong...", had already begun.

After the meat is cut, it needs to be washed and then marinated. Add egg white and a little oil when marinating to lock in moisture.

At this time, Xiao Pingsong brought his brothers and sisters and brought over a lot of toothpicks. Yan Qiushu said, "Boil the toothpicks to disinfect them."

"Okay!" Dongdong replied crisply.

Wan'er had already gone to find a pot, and Aunt Xu and Shui Yu were watching over them to prevent them from hurting themselves.

After the water was grilled, the toothpicks were cooked, and the disinfection was successful, the meat was marinated for a while. Yan Qiushu placed a plate of meat in front of each of the four people and said, "Come on, use toothpicks to skewer this."

Dongdong was horrified: "Another string?!"

"It seems that Dongdong doesn't want to help, so I can only do it myself." Yan Qiushu pretended to be regretful and was about to take the meat from his hand.

Dongdong quickly grabbed it and said, "I want to! Sister Shu, let me do it. You've been tired for a long time. Take a rest first."

Yan Qiushu chuckled and sat next to him to help skewer the food.

The meat is cut into small pieces, and after being skewered, it is divided into different ingredients and piled aside. However, just a little bit of meat and toothpicks can fill a large plate, which looks so pleasing to the eye.

When the skewering of the meat was almost done, Yan Qiushu came to the stove. Aunt Xu lit the fire while she poured the oil.

When the oil is slightly hot, add the prepared onion, ginger, garlic, pepper, cinnamon and other spices, fry until fragrant and then take them out.

At this time, Shui Yu took the chicken as Yan Qiushu requested, and poured the toothpick chicken into it with a sizzling sound. It seemed to stick to the bottom of the pot all of a sudden, but when he stirred it with a colander, the toothpick chicken pieces separated directly.

After frying for a while and setting, take it out, wait for the meat to cool down for a while, and then put it back in to continue frying.

When the surface is slightly browned after frying for the second time, you can take it out and set it aside to control the oil.

Next, repeat the same steps for beef and mutton in that order.

Once everything is done, leave a little oil in the pan, add minced garlic, cumin, sesame seeds, chili oil and other ingredients and stir-fry, then add the meat.

Mutton has a strong mutton smell, so after it is seasoned, you need to sprinkle a little more cumin to cover up the mutton smell as much as possible.

After the last bit of cumin powder was added, three portions of toothpick meat with different tastes were completely taken out of the pot and appeared hot in front of everyone.

The chicken is orange-yellow in color, the mutton is a little darker in color, and the beef is directly brown-red, all dotted with white sesame seeds. The spicy aroma flows with the air, filling your nose with the aroma of meat.

The plates used to serve these are all ordinary white plates, which makes the contrast with the meat even more obvious. Occasionally, some of the meat has a few peppercorns hanging on it, and you can imagine how delicious it is just by looking at it.

Dongdong stared at it intently, and finally swallowed his saliva: "Gulp!"

Xiao Pingsong took a deep breath, and his honest little face exclaimed sincerely: "It smells so good!"

Wan'er opened her big eyes with anticipation, and said in a sweet voice, "Sister Shu, can we eat now?"

Ah Heng didn't say anything, but his eyes seemed to have spoken.

I want to eat, I want to eat!!!

Yan Qiushu raised her eyebrows, motioned them to look at Ah Heng, and said with a smile: "This is a farewell gift we made for Ah Heng. The owner is Ah Heng, you should ask him~"

Hearing this, the three children all looked over, silently and expectantly.

Ah Heng was stunned for a moment without saying a word. He looked at the girl smiling at him, then looked at his good friends' sparkling eyes. He grinned, nodded vigorously, and said loudly with all his strength, "Okay! Thank you, Sister Ah Shu!"