Chapter 169: Zhan Hu is about to cry!
Zhan Hu was busy adding soybeans, so he slowed down. Seeing that he was about to be chased away by Zhan Ying, Zhan Hu suddenly had an idea. He jumped into the air, landed his two feet on the stone mill above, and then bent down to add soybeans.
"Haha! I'm not afraid this time!"
Zhan Ying heard Zhan Hu's smug look and grabbed him down. "Don't try to be clever. This is a test for you! If you pass, you won't have to attend training for the next five days! How's that? I'm being polite, right?"
Zhan Hu hung his head, he didn't feel polite at all. He had tried his best just now, but was almost caught up by the boss. After all these soybeans were ground, he would definitely be stepped on by the boss and run away!
That’s too bad. I’m probably going to be fined!
Zhan Hu ran very fast, holding the wooden barrel in one hand and adding soybeans to the stone mill with the other hand. He felt his hands were so sore that he couldn't lift them anymore, but Zhan Ying behind him was still pressing on step by step!
"Ah! Boss, please spare me!" Zhan Hu was almost crying. He really tried his best!
Zhan Ying's stern face showed no sign of letting up. "Ah Hu, agility and speed are your strengths. I won't stop. Just treat it as regular training! If you beg for mercy again, tomorrow's training will be extended by two hours!"
Zhan Hu felt that he was already in a panic, but Zhan Ying's words completely dispelled his last hope, so he had no choice but to accept his fate and run desperately.
Later, Zhan Hu's heels were stepped on by Zhan Ying several times, but he didn't dare to cry out, because Zhan Ying would never take back what he said, but would only make it worse!
Chen Yunyun, who was standing by and watching, felt a little sorry and whispered to Lin Xiaoyue, "Sister Lin, this is too harsh! Should we help Zhan Hu?"
Lin Xiaoyue disagreed. It was not that she was cold-blooded. As long as Zhan Hu was a Silver Slash Guard, he would encounter various dangers. If he didn't want to die, he had to practice hard!
Because no one knows how strong the next opponent will be?
"No need. Even if I lose and get punished, it's better than losing my life on the battlefield! Zhan Ying is doing this for his own good!"
Chen Yunyun felt a little sympathetic towards Zhan Hu, but since the truth was there, she couldn't say anything more.
She rubbed her cold hands and said, "Sister Lin, we'll be here for a while, let's go inside and warm up for a while!"
Lin Xiaoyue tiptoed to glance at the wooden barrel in Zhan Hu's hand and said, "It won't take long. They are very fast. You go into the house first! I will go to the study to find some papers to break the sauce."
As she spoke, Lin Xiaoyue walked towards the study.
Paper was very precious in ancient times, and Lin Xiaoyue was reluctant to use brand new paper. She only looked for wrinkled and damaged paper, as well as half-written and thrown away ones. So it took her some time to find them, and it should be enough to piece them together.
At this time, the soybeans outside had also been ground. Zhan Ying cleaned them up, came in carrying a wooden bucket, and said, "Miss Lin, we've finished grinding them!"
Lin Xiaoyue took the barrel and looked at it, then said with satisfaction, "It's been polished very well! Is Zhan Hu okay?"
Zhan Ying nodded and said, "Not bad. This guy can still explode if pushed. I'll let him rest."
Lin Xiaoyue said admiringly, "Brother Liang was right to appoint you as the team leader! You go ahead and do your work. I'll handle the rest myself!"
Zhan Ying responded and left the study, while Lin Xiaoyue went to the kitchen carrying the wooden barrel.
The shattered sauce blocks must be shattered solidly. Lin Xiaoyue took out a few handfuls of shattered sauce, pressed and patted them back and forth, and finally made them into rectangular blocks. Then she took more shattered sauce from the wooden barrel and shattered all the shattered sauce in the barrel into long rectangular blocks. She took out paper and wrapped each block of sauce separately.
Then, Lin Xiaoyue took the tightly wrapped sauce block back to the east wing and covered it with a curtain.
There was not much time in the morning, so Chen Yunyun simply fenced in the chickens and ducks. Just now, she went over to build two more chicken pens and duck pens.
Seeing that it was getting late, she walked in to ask Lin Xiaoyue about making dinner, but she found several rectangular paper packages in the room. "Sister Lin, is this the sauce cube you mentioned? How long can I keep it? Won't it go bad?"
Lin Xiaoyue nodded and said, "Yes, but it needs to be left for a while before adding the soybean paste. This is my first time making it, so let's give it a try!"
Seeing Lin Xiaoyue's uncertain tone was rare, Chen Yunyun smiled and said, "Sister Lin, you are already very impressive! I didn't even know there was such a thing."
Lin Xiaoyue scratched her head and said embarrassedly, "I've heard about it too. Okay, I'll go prepare dinner. Do you want anything to eat?"
Chen Yunyun said with a smile: "I want to eat the radish strips for lunch! I'll go wash the radishes!"
Lin Xiaoyue couldn't help but laugh. It seemed that she had to add radishes to tomorrow's shopping list!
Back in the kitchen, Lin Xiaoyue first lit the earthen stove, then washed the rice and steamed it.
Next, she took out the bacon she had pickled that morning, cleaned it, and cut it into slices and chunks. Since there was so much bacon, she planned to make three dishes: steamed eggs with bacon, stir-fried cabbage with bacon, and stewed radish with bacon.
Steamed eggs with bacon require plates, but there are not that many plates in the kitchen. Even if there were, they would be inconvenient to carry. Lin Xiaoyue made this dish mainly to make it for Jiu Laoguai.
She first took out all the plates in the cupboard, washed them, put slices of bacon on them, beat an egg on top, sprinkled some salt, and poured some wine to remove the fishy smell.
Then, she took out the steamer and cleaned it, added one-third of water to the large iron pot, put the steamer on it, put the arranged plates into the steamer, and covered the steamer with the lid.
It only takes less than half an incense stick to make the steamed eggs with bacon. While waiting, Lin Xiaoyue washed the cabbage and radish and cut them into sections.
At this time, Chen Yunyun was already waiting to cut radish strips. "Sister Lin, let me mix the radish strips later! You're too tired to do everything!"
Seeing that Chen Yunyun liked it, Lin Xiaoyue agreed, "Sure, it's simple anyway, you just have to control the amount of seasoning. With so many radishes, I think you can mix it in three or four batches, so that it's easier to control the amount of salt and sesame oil."
Chen Yunyun nodded and said, "Okay! I understand!"
Soon, the aroma of steamed eggs with bacon in the pot wafted into the air. Lin Xiaoyue lifted the lid and took a look. She saw that the eggs and meat were already steamed. She picked up some burning charcoal from behind the earthen stove, put it in the small stove, and then moved the steamer to the small stove to keep it warm.
Next, Lin Xiaoyue returned to the earthen stove, rinsed the big iron pot clean, and then started to make bacon and stewed radish.
For this stew, Lin Xiaoyue took the chopped meat pieces, which were quite large and some of which still had bones. She melted the lard, poured in the meat pieces and stir-fried them, then added the radish and stir-fried it for a few times, added fresh mushrooms and plenty of water and started to stew the soup.
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