Chapter 2 The Girl Can Cook
"You don't have to ask for a high price. You can sell it as long as the price is right. If you can make money, you can buy some meat, eggs, rice and flour. The meat should be fat and lean, with some oil."
Su Yujin's body is a little weak now. Even Mother Liu and Ai Cao look pale and need some nourishment.
"Look at the flowers and plants around here and see which ones can be sold. Sell them all. When you have sold most of them, you and Mother Liu can tidy up this land and plant some vegetables."
Selling flowers, growing vegetables...
Ai Cao looked up at the sky above his head.
The sun still rises from the east.
I pinched myself again and it hurt. I wasn’t dreaming either.
Since the girl had given the order, Ai Cao quickly got to work.
Even Mother Liu was called over to help.
Everything comes back to life in spring, and the flowers in a flower garden are growing quite lushly. I don’t know which ones to sell.
Ai Cao and Mother Liu discussed it and decided to choose only the two peonies and a few peonies.
These are flowers that will bloom when the weather gets warmer. Now they are lush and growing very well. They look of good quality and I estimate they can be sold at a good price.
"Hey, Mama Liu, why did the girl start selling flowers out of nowhere?" Ai Cao was busy, and she pulled Mama Liu to tell her the doubts in her heart, "The girl really likes these flowers."
"No matter how much you like it, you can't stop being hungry." Mother Liu continued, "The girl doesn't have much money left, and the second master won't show up. If we continue like this, we will starve. Don't you know how uncomfortable it feels to be hungry?"
“That’s true…”
Ai Cao knows how uncomfortable it is to be hungry.
I felt so anxious and uncomfortable, and my whole body felt uncomfortable. I wanted to bang my head against the wall and commit suicide.
"I noticed that the girl didn't wear many of her jewelry anymore. I guess she secretly exchanged them for money."
Mother Liu reminded her. "The girl probably has no other choice now, so let's not talk too much. Just do whatever the girl says."
"Yeah." Ai Cao nodded.
But he still sighed.
The girl is so pitiful.
This second master is also, why hasn't he come to see the girl yet...
After working for a while, Ai Cao and Mother Liu finally successfully moved the flowers and went to the street to sell the flower pots.
The flowers and the pots were good, so the price was not high. In just about an hour, all the pots of flowers were sold out, and the profit was one tael and five cents of silver.
"It's almost enough to cover this month's expenses."
If you save some.
Looking at the silver, Mother Liu felt a little relieved.
Ai Cao stomped her feet and said, "Those people are really good at bargaining!"
"Come on, if you don't agree, no matter how low the price is, you won't be able to buy it, right?" Mother Liu pulled Ai Cao, whose face was red with anger, and said, "It's almost noon, let's go buy things as the young lady ordered."
Having said that, I still feel a little aggrieved.
After all, it’s because the second master didn’t come.
Her daughter is so pitiful...
Following Su Yujin's instructions, Mother Liu and Ai Cao went to buy some meat, eggs, rice and flour. As for the meat, they bought fatty and lean pork belly as their daughter had instructed.
At noon, Su Yujin's lunch consisted of stir-fried bean sprouts, pan-fried tofu, stir-fried meat, white rice, and a bowl of scallion and egg soup.
It’s not a lot, but it’s much more lucrative than before.
Su Yujin picked up the chopsticks happily.
But soon, she put down her chopsticks again.
With a frown on his face, he chewed the stir-fried meat in his mouth for a long time but couldn't swallow it.
I have to say, Mama Liu’s cooking skills are…
It's not that it's completely useless and inedible, but in the eyes of Su Yujin, a food lover, it has too many shortcomings.
The oil was not hot enough when the stir-fried mung bean sprouts were put into the pan, the tofu was not rinsed with water before being pan-fried, so the bean smell was too strong, the stir-fried pork was overheated and fried for too long, so it tasted too hard, and there was too much salt in the egg drop soup, and the eggs were not beaten loose enough.
But I was really hungry, and I needed to nourish my body quickly, so I needed to eat more food.
Su Yujin ate in small bites, but her expression did not look very good while eating.
Mother Liu and Ai Cao saw that Su Yujin was in a bad mood even when eating, as if she had a lot on her mind. They looked at each other and sighed.
I guess the girl misses the second master a lot.
When will this second master come?
In the afternoon, Ai Cao and Mother Liu sold a few more pots of flowers, two pots of peonies and two pots of roses. These flowers were not as precious as peonies, and they only earned three hundred and fifty coins.
After getting the money, Mother Liu bought a chicken, chopped half of it, and prepared to stew it for Su Yujin in the evening.
Seeing Mother Liu coming back and busying herself in the kitchen, Su Yujin remembered the tasteless lunch she had had, so she followed her to the kitchen.
When watching Mother Liu prepare peppercorns, star anise and other seasonings, Su Yujin hurriedly stopped her and said, "Let me do it."
Sichuan peppercorns and star anise can easily bring out the flavor of meat when stir-frying, but if they are stewed with chicken, it will only make the meat tougher and the tenderness of the chicken will not be tasted.
Just by looking at this, you can tell how good Mama Liu’s cooking skills are.
"Young lady, can you cook?" Mother Liu was surprised at first, and then she reached for the spatula that Su Yujin had taken. "The kitchen is full of fumes, so let me do it."
"Before I followed the Second Master, I often cooked, and my cooking skills were pretty good. Today, I suddenly felt like practicing, and you guys can have a taste of my cooking skills."
Su Yujin added water into the pot without saying anything.
Seeing that Su Yujin insisted, Mother Liu didn't say anything more. She just found an apron for Su Yujin to put on and helped with the fire and other chores.
Rinse with water to remove foam, cook minced garlic until fragrant, stir-fry chicken, add soy sauce, cinnamon, and bay leaves to enhance flavor, pour water to cover the chicken, then Su Yujin adds another half ladle of water and covers the lid. "After the water boils, simmer on low heat for half an hour, then make some hand-rolled noodles to eat."
"When making hand-rolled noodles, remember to crack an egg and add a little salt water."
The noodles made in this way are chewy and smooth with excellent taste.
Seeing Su Yujin's skillful cooking movements, Mother Liu knew that she was probably a really good cook, so she nodded quickly and just did as she said.
Simmer over low heat, bubbles gurgle in the pot, and the mixed aroma in the steam wafts out faintly, drilling into people's nostrils.
"What did Mama Liu cook that smells so good?"
After Ai Cao entered the yard carrying the newly bought soybeans, he was attracted to the kitchen by the aroma.
"Stew the chicken nuggets and have chicken noodles in the evening." Mother Liu added enough firewood into the stove, scooped up the noodles, cracked eggs and added salt water as Su Yujin said.
After thinking about it, I put a little more noodles than usual.
It smells so good just by smelling it, it must taste good, and I will definitely eat more than usual.
Hearing this, Ai Cao couldn't help licking her lips, sniffing again and again, and grinning, "Mother Liu's cooking skills are much better than before."
"It's not me who's good, it's the girl who's good." Mother Liu said, "The girl is in charge of the cooking tonight."
"Girl can cook too?"
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