Chapter 24 Breakfast on the tip of the tongue, oil tea + pan-fried buns
When Xie Yanyan came downstairs, the prisoners showed him the boxes they had made.
Because someone’s work yesterday was not up to standard and was sentenced to starve for a day, the boxes everyone handed in this time were all very good and of good quality.
Xie Yanyan nodded, and Li Rong was not vague and asked Zhu Ba to distribute the white buns according to the number of boxes.
Zhu Ba and the others wanted to drink bean paste, but they didn't discuss it with Xie Yanyan yesterday, so the soybeans were not soaked and they couldn't drink the bean paste.
Xie Yanyan thought for a while and said, I'll make you some oil tea.
Li Rong and the others had never heard of this name, "Youcha". It sounds like it has something to do with oil and also with tea.
Zhu Ba said, "Miss San, I don't have any tea leaves here. Should I go buy some?"
“No tea leaves.”
"Oh, how can we make tea without tea leaves?"
Xie Yanyan said he was going to buy ingredients, and everyone would know soon.
Li Rong now trusts her very much and allows her to go shopping with Xie Anfeng and Xie Ning.
She didn't want to select the ingredients herself, mainly because there was a Huangfu rice shop in Nanzhao County!
The county town is not big, and Huangfu’s rice shop can be easily seen. With its blue bricks and glazed tiles, it stands out among the crowd in Nanzhao City.
After walking 500 meters, Xie Yanyan did not go over again. He bought a lot of food ingredients, various buns, steamed buns, cakes, etc. on the street, and Xie Ning carried them back.
She bought 50 pan-fried buns on the street.
I tried one and the pan-fried bun didn’t taste like what I expected. I’ll just have to make do with it as it’s too troublesome to make it myself.
Cut the bean curd sheets into shreds and tear the gluten into small strips. Boil water in a pot, add the gluten and bean curd sheets and cook until done. Let cool and set aside.
Take out the peeled peanuts from the oven, boil them in boiling water for about 5 minutes, let them cool, and fry the sesame seeds over low heat for later use.
Boil water in a pot, add peanuts and cook for ten minutes, add gluten and thousand sheets, cut some kelp and vermicelli, add salt, chili powder and pepper and continue to cook for 10 minutes. Add water starch and stir slowly until thick, beat eggs and pour in slowly and stir evenly, add fried sesame seeds and stir evenly.
Made from oil tea.
Speaking of which, it has the same effect as Doumoer.
It's just that the oil tea has pepper and spicy powder added to it, which makes the taste more prominent. In Xie Yanyan's words, this is an upgraded version of Doumoer and Hu La Tang.
But every one of the people present had never drunk it.
Originally, Xie Yanyan received an agricultural assistance project in a small county town, which was a bit remote. There was only one oil tea shop there, which had been passed down for hundreds of years and had become the favorite of generations of people in the entire county.
She was amazed after eating it, and the locals gave her the recipe of oil tea to thank her.
It has never been spread outside. When she is craving for it, she will make it at home.
Oil tea with fried dumplings makes life perfect.
She knew it would be popular, so she made a big pot.
Xie Ning was making the fire, and Zhu Ba was helping him as an assistant, assisting him and also learning from him.
The oil tea was ready, and Xie Yanyan first served two bowls, one for Su Moqing and one for Zhou Shaoyu.
Su Moqing is the teacher of his two younger brothers and must be respected.
Zhou Shaoyu, she must give him a taste first.
Zhou Shaoyu was so happy that he took the oil tea and without hesitation, squeezed together with Xie Anfeng and Xie Ning to drink his first bowl of oil tea in his life.
As soon as he took a bite, he immediately smiled.
The unique salty fragrance, the rich spicy taste, the kelp, bean curd sheets and that unknown bean, the word "delicious" rolls on the taste buds, and my heart is filled with immense satisfaction.
Li Rong quickly took a large bowl and filled it up. You're welcome? No.
The other escorts were not polite and just started to grab the things.
This time, no matter how Xie Jinrong scolded Xie Anfeng, Xie Anfeng ignored him and didn't even offer him a sip of oil tea.
Xie Anfeng had a special liking for Zhou Shizi because of how he defended Xie Yanyan in the morning, so he asked him how he passed by here.
Zhou Shaoyu said nonchalantly that some bastard had recently told the emperor that people were digging for gold in Jin, and since it was inconvenient for the princes to leave Beijing, they sent him to take a look.
Xie Yanyan thought of the letter from Xie Xiangxiang.
Could it be that the letter was intercepted by the emperor's men?
She remained calm, holding the bowl and eating with Song Lingling on a stone table. The little bun stuck out his tongue and said, "Auntie, it's spicy! But it tastes good."
Xie Yanyan poured out a cup of milk from the bamboo tube that was heated on the stove: "Asheng, drink some milk."
Song Lingling was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes, but she didn't dare to say anything because she was afraid that others would come to snatch her sister away after knowing about it.
All the prisoners were very happy as they were able to exchange their handicrafts for steamed buns.
“Ahhh~”
Suddenly, there were cries from the Shen family upstairs.
Li Rong frowned and shouted, "What are you arguing about!"
"Master Li, all our things have been stolen." Little Shen cried loudly.
Old Shen was both mean and dishonest. She embezzled 500 taels of silver from Huangfu Ming and lost it all, along with the remaining 300 taels of silver that her eldest daughter had given her.
I fainted from the pain.
Li Rong was reluctant to put down his bowl of porridge, so he held the bowl and called the shopkeeper over.
While washing dishes, Song Lingling whispered excitedly, "Their money and food were stolen, and Xie Xiangxiang is missing."
Xie Yanyan admired the soap boxes that everyone handed in and replied calmly, "Oh."
Seeing her indifference, Song Lingling was used to it and said bitterly, "Sister, this is retribution. They treated us so harshly. This is God punishing them."
Xie Yanyan still responded with a faint “hmm”.
Old Shen had always controlled the family's finances. When something was lost, Xie Jinrong and Xie Anhuai scolded her: "If you can even lose things, what are you living for?"
Old Mrs. Shen didn't dare to confront Xie Jinrong, and she threatened to report to the police, saying that the inn had stolen their things.
The shopkeeper was very angry and had a big quarrel with them.
Li Rong's face suddenly turned dark.
Nanzhao County is a small county town, and the innkeeper has a very good relationship with the government. As long as they report to the authorities, it can be said with certainty that old Shen will not get any benefits, and Li Rong will also be implicated.
We can’t even control the prisoners, what are you escorts for?
Li Rong whipped him with a whip and said, "Sue the authorities? I told you to sue the authorities! You didn't take good care of your own things, and you want to blackmail others? Why don't others lose things, but you alone?"
The bailiffs were afraid of being implicated, so they whipped Xie's family. Would they report it to the authorities?
Want fairness?
The whip will be applied until you realize your true identity.
Old Shen, Little Shen and Xie Anhuai were all severely whipped and dared not make trouble again.
I can only cry silently.
Just when he was feeling extremely uncomfortable, Xie Yun and several of his half-brothers came back from outside, all of them looking extremely unhappy.
Xie Jinrong asked: "What's the matter? Didn't you find your sister?"
Liu Mingjie was very angry. He heard early in the morning that Xie Yanyan was going to make oil tea, but Xie Xiangxiang was nowhere to be found. He could only accompany Xie Yun and his half-brothers to look for her.
When Xie Jinrong asked her this question, she said unhappily, "The county town is such a small place, I have searched everywhere but couldn't find her. Did your granddaughter run away? Why are you making me look for her everywhere?"
Xie Yun avoided Li Rong and Liu Mingjie and anxiously told Xie Jinrong: "The Huangfu rice shop was robbed. All the grain and silver in the warehouse and store were gone, even the rice scales, large scales... everything valuable and worthless was gone."
They found Huangfu Mansion, which was in chaos.
Old Shen covered her chest with her hands, and young Shen asked again and again with tears in her eyes: "Where is your sister? Isn't she in the rice shop?"
"No, I saw Huangfu Ming. He didn't see my eldest sister at all. His people didn't come last night." Xie Yun said desperately, "Grandma, Xiangxiang may have escaped."
(End of this chapter)
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