Chapter 46 Orange Soup
"Let me go, the eldest lady promised to let me go!" Gan Li's face changed.
Xiao Song gritted his teeth and threw her to the ground: "Miss, you're soft-hearted and let you go, but I won't!"
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Fengchunlou picked a cook, Zeng Kui, the cousin of the shopkeeper Zeng. When Xiao Jiuyue saw him, he sighed that blood relationship was very powerful!
Zeng's bulbous nose is exactly the same.
"Miss Xiao, I, I will definitely study hard!" Compared with Zeng Qing's eloquence, Zeng Kui's mouth is even dumber than a three-year-old child. He didn't dare to look at her. Once he looked at her, his face turned red to his ears.
"Come on." Xiao Jiuyue said encouragingly.
Because Zeng Kui is a man, Xiao Jiuyue is always surrounded by someone.
Xiao Jiuyue taught very seriously. She pursued perfection in every dish, including the ingredients needed, how to control the heat, and even the shape of the dish.
Zeng Kui studied hard. Although he was not good at speaking, he was very dexterous when it came to practice.
"No wonder Manager Zeng wants you to learn how to cook." Xiao Jiuyue looked at how Zeng Kui had cooked the Drunkard Peanuts with perfect taste and controlled the heat just right, and immediately praised him.
Zeng Kui lowered his head, and after being praised by Xiao Jiuyue, his face turned as red as a boiled shrimp!
This, blushing again?
Xiao Jiuyue raised an eyebrow and didn't say much. Instead, she began to tell him how to make braised pig's trotters and spicy pig's ears.
A day is very short, and the food Zeng Kui cooks always tastes worse than that made by Xiao Jiuyue.
"Drunkard peanuts are fine." Zeng Qing ate the dishes Zeng Kui had made, and then tried his braised pig's trotters and spicy pig's ears. Zeng Qing patted Zeng Kui on the shoulder and said, "A Kui, learn from Miss Xiao!"
"Don't worry, big brother." Zeng Kui had a stern face and was extremely serious!
"Miss, it's the same lady who sold oranges that day." Lianxin accompanied Xiao Jiuyue for a walk nearby and happened to meet Xiang Sanniang who was returning home from selling oranges.
"Miss, how are you?" Xiang Sanniang greeted Xiao Jiuyue with the same enthusiasm as if she had seen the God of Wealth. She handed her a large, bright yellow orange and said, "Miss, would you like some?"
"I bought them all." Xiao Jiuyue said. There were many people in the family, and the 30 kilograms of oranges they bought last time would not be enough to eat after dividing them up.
"Miss, here, here are still more than ten pounds." Xiang Sanniang hesitated.
"Just weigh them, my lady wants them all." Lianxin said directly.
Xiang Sanniang was immediately delighted. She looked at Xiao Jiuyue with eyes that were more like she was looking at the God of Wealth. Her eyes narrowed as she weighed the oranges quickly and said, "Sixteen catties, six cents a catty, a total of... ninety-six cents."
Xiang Sanniang said, "Miss, we are from the same village. I will give you less. I will give you ninety-five cents!"
Lianxin listened to Xiang Sanniang's words and counted the copper coins while saying, "Only one penny is missing?"
"Miss, we farmers rely on our crops all year round and these oranges for money." Xiang Sanniang said with embarrassment, "It's mainly because of the good rain this year, and the orange harvest is good. Otherwise, we can accept five cents less!"
"The orange harvest is good, isn't that good?" Lianxin counted the money and handed it forward, asking in confusion.
"Too many oranges are worthless and can't be sold." Xiang Sanniang sighed. Xiao Jiuyue bought oranges from her twice in a row, so it wasn't as scary as the rumors said. Xiang Sanniang spoke more casually.
"Are there a lot of oranges in Fu'an Village?" Xiao Jiuyue suddenly spoke.
Xiang Sanniang nodded and said, "There are a lot of them. Over at Yinjiaowo, the whole hill is covered with oranges."
"What about those oranges? There are so many that can't be sold?" Xiao Jiuyue thought of canned oranges. Not only do they taste good, but they are also easy to preserve.
"Yes, many oranges are rotten on the branches." Xiang Sanniang realized that she had said something wrong, immediately covered her mouth, picked up her shoulder pole and ran away.
"Miss, you are selling us these rotten oranges on the branches for ninety-five cents!" Lianxin excitedly watched Sanniang's departing back.
"Lianxin, these are someone else's oranges." Xiao Jiuyue chuckled. Even if someone couldn't sell them and they rotted on the branches, that was their freedom.
"Oh." Lianxin sighed.
When Xiao Jiuyue returned home, he did not distribute the oranges, but asked Lianxin and Geng Pozi to start peeling the oranges.
"Miss, there are so many oranges, are you going to peel them all?" Lianxin asked, looking at the sixteen kilograms of oranges.
"Yes." Xiao Jiuyue nodded and added, "Let Luo Kui come as well. After peeling these oranges, they need to tear off the white fascia on the surface!"
Xiao Jiuyue peeled an orange and carefully pulled at the fascia of each segment, saying, "Make sure to pull it cleanly, otherwise, it will be bitter later."
"Okay." Lianxin responded, called Luokui over, and began to peel the orange carefully.
"Save the orange peels to make a dish." Xiao Jiuyue thought of pickled orange peels, which are refreshing and refreshing, and taste good.
There is strength in numbers, and Xiao Jiuyue witnessed this once again. Mrs. Geng and several other women in the kitchen worked very efficiently, peeling the oranges cleanly. Xiao Jiuyue said, "Mother Geng, boil a pot of water and add rock sugar."
"Wash a few more sealed small jars." Xiao Jiuyue said. After the rock sugar water was boiled, Xiao Jiuyue poured the peeled oranges into it.
"Oh, Miss, did you pour it in the wrong way?" Mrs. Geng spoke quickly when she saw that all the oranges had been poured in.
Xiao Jiuyue smiled and replied, "Mother Geng, it has to be cooked and it has to be boiled!"
"Oranges, cooked in sugar water?" Mrs. Geng tried to imagine the taste in her mind, but she couldn't think of it. She looked at the pot of oranges, and was hesitant to speak.
"Miss, are these jars okay?" The person in the kitchen picked out a few jars.
Xiao Jiuyue took a look and said, "As long as it can hold those oranges, it's fine."
Mrs. Geng didn't even dare to speak.
This, is this edible?
Xiao Jiuyue didn't explain. She put the boiled oranges into a clean jar and finally sealed it. Then Xiao Jiuyue started to deal with the orange peels again!
"What is this?" Old Madam Xiao looked at a new dish on the table. The bright yellow color made her feel strange.
"Grandma, try it. This is made by your granddaughter." Xiao Jiuyue took a little and put it in Madam Xiao's bowl and said, "Grandma, you can guess what it is."
Madam Xiao smelled it and asked uncertainly, "Is this orange peel?"
"Grandma is amazing!" Xiao Jiuyue praised, "This is orange peel salad, refreshing and appetizing."
With Xiao Jiuyue's praise, Old Madam Xiao tried it with the mentality of giving it a try. She never expected that this orange peel that no one wanted could become a dish.
"Not bad." Old Madam Xiao praised, "Yue'er's cooking skills are really good."
"Tomorrow, let grandma try some orange jelly candy." Xiao Jiuyue planned to make the remaining orange peels into orange jelly candy and give it to Xiao Jiayuan and others as a snack.
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