"Ma'am, it's time for breakfast."
After setting the table, Li stood at the door of the main room and called softly.
The children reacted faster than Qin Yao. They rushed into the main room and sat in their seats.
It’s not their fault for being rude today. It’s just that every morning before going to school, there’s always a rush.
Qin Yao sometimes thought that it would be better to just invite a teacher home.
But then I thought, the kids really like going to school, there are many people of the same age there, and the atmosphere is better for everyone to study together, so I didn’t think about it again.
Moreover, the teachers of the Ding family are the best in the entire Kaiyang County. Many families want to enter the Ding family school but are unable to do so.
Qin Yao shouted to the study in the backyard: "Liu Ji!"
The door of the study opened, and Liu Ji, who had changed into clean clothes, trotted over. The couple sat down at the table and began to taste the food.
There are two breakfasts prepared by Li today.
One is rice and date cake, which is made from millet and red dates.
The dish is beautifully presented, looking like a plate of stacked goose yellow sunflowers.
One is a two-color flower roll made from buckwheat flour and white flour.
When has such an exquisite breakfast ever appeared in my home?
As soon as Qin Yao nodded, the children couldn't wait to pick up their chopsticks and put the sweet-smelling and beautiful-looking rice and date cake into their mouths.
Sanlang loves sweet food. His eyes lit up immediately. He looked up at Qin Yao in surprise and said, "Mother, it's delicious!"
Dalang and Erlang also nodded in affirmation.
Si Niang had already taken the second piece, but although this rice and date cake looked thin, it tasted very solid. After two pieces, Si Niang's small stomach was already half full and a little bit greasy.
The big dark eyes looked at the two-color steamed buns placed in the bamboo basket.
In the past, the most common steamed buns were either gray steamed buns made from black buckwheat flour, white steamed buns made from white flour, or yellow steamed buns made from sorghum.
But when the two colors were mixed together, they made buns that were one layer white and one layer gray, which really surprised Qin Yao a little.
This was the first time she had seen this kind of two-color curls since she came here.
He reached out and picked one up, cut it in half, and handed one half to Si Niang who was waiting for the other half.
She knew she couldn't finish the whole steamed bun, so she was waiting for someone to offer to share one.
Joyfully taking half of a steamed bun as big as her fist from A Niang's hand, Si Niang opened her mouth wide and took a big bite.
The steamed bun is soft and easy to bite into. It tastes slightly salty and has a hint of onion, which neutralizes the greasy taste of the rice and date cake. It is fragrant and very refreshing.
"Mother, it's a salty steamed bun!" Si Niang was surprised to find out, "It turns out that steamed buns can be salty."
"Salty?" Liu Ji raised his eyebrows curiously. He had never eaten a salty steamed bun in his life.
He immediately put down the extra millet and red date cake in the bowl and turned to the scallion steamed rolls.
After taking a bite, Liu Ji was surprised, "I don't see any chopped green onions, how come there is a green onion fragrance?"
Li smiled and explained, "My Lord, I poured hot oil on the chopped green onions, then filtered out the burnt green onions, leaving only the sesame oil. When I was kneading the dough, I mixed a little bit of it in, so that the steamed flower rolls would have the flavor of green onions."
The aroma of green onions is already very strong, so after the noodles are steamed, the light green onion fragrance left behind is just right and not too strong.
Of course, before making this two-color steamed bun, Li and Awang also did some preparation in advance. They made it specially because they knew that everyone in the family eats onions.
"That's right." Seeing that the children liked the rice-date cakes but also felt sick of them after eating too much, Li said:
"This rice-date cake can also be baked on charcoal fire, and the four sides will be roasted until they are crispy and fragrant. You won't feel greasy when you eat it. If you like sweet food, you can dip it in honey and it will taste even better."
As she was talking, Si Niang sniffed her nose and said, "I smell it, the smell of charcoal fire!"
Li bowed and smiled at Si Niang, "Miss Si Niang has a sharp nose. I have just prepared some roasted rice and date cakes."
Liu Ji quickly swallowed the fragrant two-color steamed bun in his mouth and said, "Bring it up quickly!"
Li nodded, returned to the kitchen, and served the rice and date cake that Awang had helped bake.
Last autumn, Awang took the children into the mountains and dug up two wild beehives, squeezing out ten small jars of delicious honey.
Qin Yao gave two cans to the old house, two cans to Lianyuan, and kept the remaining six cans at home.
There is still one bottle left, which is just right for use.
Liu Ji must be dipped in honey, he is so sweet, Qin Yao finds the sweetness cloying but he thinks it is just right.
Qin Yao enjoyed the original burnt flavor. Li's rice and date cake was not too sweet to begin with. After the edges were burnt, the taste became richer and the thickness was just right. You would want to eat more after eating it. It didn't feel like a pastry at all, but more like a cake.
"I think it's delicious." Qin Yao nodded, satisfied.
Liu Ji also said: "In winter, if you sit by the fire and eat while roasting, I'm afraid it will taste even better."
After your mouth is dry, it is even better to drink a sip of fragrant tea.
Not to mention the children. The four brothers and sisters remaining at the table packed up the things equally, put them in book boxes, and went to school happily.
Li knew that the test had been passed and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Liu Ji took the packed rice date cakes and scallion steamed buns and went out to the Lotus Courtyard to present his treasures. Qin Yao wiped her mouth and looked at Li who was anxiously waiting for instructions.
Qin Yao arranged for Li: "From now on, you will be responsible for the family's three meals a day, as well as the needlework and laundry. The monthly salary is 200 coins."
"You come every morning, and after you finish cooking dinner, you can go home and have breakfast and lunch with us. We will put away the dishes in the sink ourselves, and you can come and wash them the next morning."
"As for vegetables, there is a vegetable garden in the backyard of our home. You can pick them. If there are not enough vegetables or if there is something missing, just tell Awang and he will go to the city to buy them for you."
"Also, we have to have meat once every three days. Breakfast and lunch can be casual, but dinner must be prepared carefully. As for the monthly food budget for the family, you can go to Awang to find out."
Li Shifu nodded and said, "I understand."
"That's all for now." Qin Yao stood up and asked Awang to help take care of Li and prepare to take Song Yu to the stationery factory.
As for Xiao Laifu, the school cannot make any arrangements for him in the first half of this year, and we can only wait and see the situation in the second half of the year.
The residence of the family of three has not yet been determined, so for the time being they will stay at home with Li, helping with herding cattle and feeding chickens.
However, now that Awang had finished all the work, Qin Yao asked him to follow her and Song Yu out to the village and get to know the way.
Xiao Lai Fu is about the same age as Erlang. He is lively and well-behaved, and is not shy. He calls everyone "madam" and "madam" all the time.
Especially after they felt that they were not here to be slaves, but were invited to help with work, they became bolder and asked curiously about anything they saw on the road:
"Ma'am, what is that? Ma'am, what is that family doing in the tree?"
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