Chapter 17 Stir-fried Snails

Xie Yanyan didn't even look at Shen, she just stood up, and Xie Yong and Xie Lingyu chased her out of the ancestral hall.

Xie Anfeng said in a low voice: "Jiang, if you go over to eat chicken today, you will never come back again."

Jiang Shuang didn't dare to take another step.

Before it got completely dark, Xie Yanyan and his brothers picked up a dung basket from the ancestral hall and went to the fields at the entrance of the village to look for something to eat.

There was a small river in the village, the water was not deep and the current was slow. Xie Yanyan did not expect to find fish in it. The village looked very poor, and if there were any fish, they would have been caught long ago.

She looked at the densely packed snails on the rocks by the water and said to Xie Yong and Xie Lingyu, "Take more and I'll cook them for you."

"Is it edible?" Xie Yong had never eaten snails before. People in the countryside use them to feed chickens and ducks.

"Touch it, a mosquito's leg is also flesh."

Xie Yanyan watched them catching snails while she wandered around. Although she was exiled, as long as the escort did not beat, scold or insult her, for her it was just a long-distance outdoor trip.

In her previous life, she entered kindergarten at the age of 3, primary school at the age of 6, and middle school at the age of 12. The ivory tower was really a tower.

As an agricultural science expert, even going to the fields for research or holding academic seminars was just a matter of driving or flying there, and she had never paid attention to the local customs and practices along the way.

The space upgrade cost her life, but it also gave her a chance to experience a different life.

The two brothers were touching the snails, and she was looking at the vibrant wild flowers and grasses in the field while taking out a few pieces of chocolate from the space.

As an intruder from another world, she didn't have much affection for the Xie family.

However, after getting to know Xie Anfeng, she found that except for the saintly Jiang Shuang, the others were really nice, so she accepted them as her partners.

Xie Yong and Xie Lingyu took off their shoes, rolled up their trouser legs, and soon, they felt several kilograms.

The three were cleaning the screws in the water when they saw Su Moqing coming over with a boy of 7 or 8 years old. They handed a handful of green things to Xie Yanyan and said, "Miss San, are these wild vegetables edible?"

Xie Yanyan took a look and saw that it was not wild vegetables at all, but grass that even cows and sheep would not eat.

She shook her head, and Su Moqing looked a little embarrassed.

All the knowledge is useless now.

Xie Yanyan pointed to a rock covered with snails by the river and said, "Catch some snails, wash them, and roast them."

Su Moqing had never eaten snails, let alone roasted them.

"Miss San, I got some snails. Can you help me cook them? I will start teaching your brother from tomorrow. How about that?"

He actually wanted to tell Xie Yanyan, "If you want to learn, I can teach you," but for some reason, he felt a little scared every time he saw Xie Yanyan.

This girl always has a cold face and speaks briefly and directly.

"good."

Xie Yanyan agreed, as long as it wasn't a free meal.

A few people touched half a dung dustpan of snails, which felt like five or six pounds. They rubbed them clean in water, borrowed two pairs of scissors from the village, cut off the pointed tails, and put them in two bamboo baskets.

Xie Ning and Xie Yong took turns shaking the nested bamboo pineapples vigorously up and down and left and right for 5 minutes, then rinsed them with clean water. They shook and rinsed them three times in a row to remove all the mud and dirt inside and outside the snails.

Soak in light salt water and set aside.

She secretly prepared the sauce in her space, including oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, and sugar, and mixed them in a small bowl in advance.

Heat oil in a pan over high heat until 80% hot, then add ginger, garlic and dried chilies and sauté until fragrant.

Pour in the drained snails, stir-fry for half a minute, add rice wine and stir-fry, pour in the pre-prepared sauce, stir-fry until boiling.

When you see some snail shells fall off, sprinkle with green onions and stir-fry, then turn off the heat, cover the pot and simmer for 5 minutes.

The dried chilies still transfer to the space.

Want to steal my skills? No way. Just learn slowly.

Sprinkle with chives, remove from heat and serve.

The big iron pan is great, stir-fry over high heat until the food is fresh and tender.

Fishy? Not really.

Difficult to suck out? Not true.

It’s spicy and fresh, with a hint of spiciness and sweetness. The meat is fresh and tender, slightly crispy, and so delicious that you’ll want to lick your fingers.

The whole family was very happy. Xie Yong and Xie Lingyu were full of pride because they were the ones who caught the snails!

Xie Yanyan took a bowl and filled it with half a bowl, added soup, put two white flour buns in it, and asked Xie Yong and Xie Lingyu to take it to Su Moqing.

"I have invited Sudash to be your teacher, and the lessons will begin tomorrow."

Xie Yong and Xie Lingyu were stunned. Changing the chef for half a bowl of snails?

Su Moqing is a nationally renowned scholar. Even the current emperor would call him Sudas when he sees him. To be able to be their teacher must be a stroke of luck during his exile.

Xie Anfeng was also very happy to hear what Xie Yanyan said. His mother was a talented woman, but she died of depression at a young age. He was only 4 years old at that time. Shen planned to raise him to be useless. He had no choice but to join the army when he grew up.

If there are two educated people in the family, the mother would be happy.

Su Moqing and Mrs. Su picked up some snails. Once they took a bite, they couldn't stop eating. The snails were fresh, sweet and spicy, and the meat was crispy but not dry.

The tiny snails are so delicious.

Originally, the Su family looked down on snails. They were a family of scholars and would rather die than touch such crude food.

But seeing Su Moqing praising the food, the brother who had committed the crime swallowed his saliva and said, "Second brother, is it really that delicious?"

Su Moqing didn't say anything, he just grabbed a few snails and stuffed them into his hands: "Brother, this journey won't be bitter if you have this delicacy."

Half a bowl of snails was gone in the blink of an eye, but Brother Su Moqing was too embarrassed to ask for more.

Xie Yanyan put the snails into a basin, freed up the pot, asked Zhu Ba for an egg, and cooked a loofah egg soup in the pot.

At night, when the lights were dim, she would play a trick. She didn't know if there was any loofah around, so buying Zhu Ba an egg was just a cover.

Only one egg in a big pot of soup? Not true!

She got four eggs from the space, but she didn't dare throw the eggshells outside. She put them in the space. Anyway, she could find any corner to throw away the kitchen waste along the way.

Half a bowl of fragrant stir-fried snails, half a bowl of loofah and egg soup, and white flour buns, there is nothing wrong with it.

Xie Anfeng stood up and called Li Rong over: "Captain Li, let's eat together. Yanyan made snails, would you like to try some?"

Li Rong had been waiting for them to shout. Liu Mingjie also came over and said with a smile, "Miss San's snails are so delicious!"

Xie Yanyan handed him a pair of chopsticks.

Liu Mingjie took a piece and sucked it in his mouth. He couldn't put down his chopsticks anymore. He was thick-skinned and went directly to the side room to bring a stool over to eat together.

Li Rong didn't curse either. After all, they were escorts who lived off the prisoners.

He didn't eat for free, he gave Xie Anfeng and the others 10 steamed buns, and also brought half a jar of wine, asking Xie Anfeng and Xie Ning to taste it.

The pride that Shen and Xie Yun felt in eating the chicken vanished, and they looked at Xie Anfeng's family in annoyance, wishing they could pour poison into the snails.

After dinner, everyone went to bed.

Li Rong arranged for Xie Anfeng and his son to live in the east wing, and arranged for Xie Yanyan and Song Lingling to live in the west wing.

This was exactly the arrangement Xie Yanyan wanted. She could see that the weather was bad today and it might rain if things went wrong.

No matter how rich Huangfu Ming is, Li Rong is his most powerful supporter during his exile.

At midnight, the wind suddenly blew and everyone woke up in shock. They saw a blinding flash of lightning splitting the night sky, followed by the rumbling of muffled thunder.

(End of this chapter)