Chapter 34: Fuck the yolk egg
On the hillside two miles away from the bamboo courtyard, a strong figure was busy working. It was already noon, and beads of sweat were sliding down his bronze skin, shining brightly under the sunlight, like the roast duck hanging in a roast duck restaurant, shiny and very tempting!
Lin Xiaoyue swallowed her saliva. Seeing how skilled Brother Liang was in the fields, he seemed to be a rough man who had been farming for many years. But a rough man would not have subordinates like Cheng Feng who could spend 500 taels of silver notes at once. How could he become so rich by farming?
Also, there were farmlands all the way from the hillside to the lake. Logically, after the autumn harvest, the houses would be filled with grain, but why was there nothing in the bamboo courtyard? Had they all been sold?
How many secrets does Brother Liang have?
Hey! Curiosity kills the cat, so stop gossiping!
Lin Xiaoyue knocked her head and walked over with a smile, "Brother Liang! The dishes are ready, and the rice is still steaming in the pot. We can eat soon!"
Liang Jingyao straightened up, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and replied, "I know, you go back and rest. I'll go back after I finish turning the land here!"
Lin Xiaoyue became interested when she heard Liang Jingyao turning the soil. She stood on the edge of the field and asked curiously, "Brother Liang, winter is coming next month. What are you going to plant?"
Liang Jingyao smiled and said, "I plan to plant some winter wheat. It's cold-resistant and will be ready to eat in April or May next year."
Lin Xiaoyue was surprised. Why would they need to grow wheat on such a large piece of land if they only had two men to feed? They could have grown other vegetables and fruits instead.
Is Brother Liang a straight man? He grows all the same things whenever he wants to eat them. Aren't you afraid of getting tired of them?
She said with some helplessness and amusement, "Brother Liang, I think you can grow some vegetables. After the winter snows, there will be less to eat. It's better to plant some now and pickle them later. They can be kept for a long time and you can eat them with rice whenever you want."
Liang Jingyao waved the hoe in his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have prepared vegetables for the winter in the cellar. But this is the first time I have heard of your pickled vegetables. Can you teach me how to make them next time?"
Don't know how to pickle vegetables? Lin Xiaoyue traveled through time and space. Pickled vegetables can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty. After more than three thousand years, they are still very popular!
The people here don't know how to do this?
If you only store vegetables in the cellar, won’t they all become rotten in the end?
Pickled vegetables are so delicious, such as salted vegetables, kimchi, dried radish, and pickled mustard greens... They are so delicious when eaten with rice!
If she manages it well, she will definitely make a fortune!
Then she would borrow Brother Liang's ingredients to make a jar, and then take it to the surrounding towns to sell. She believed that everyone who had taken the first bite would definitely want another one!
Lin Xiaoyue was so in love with her idea. She never thought that the first step to freedom in her life would be to make a jar of delicious pickles!
"Sure, you can watch me while I make it. The steps are simple, but whether it tastes good or not depends entirely on how you cook it."
Liang Jingyao was amused by Lin Xiaoyue's words. Why is this pickled vegetable a bit mysterious?
"Okay, okay! From now on, I have to call you Master Lin!"
Lin Xiaoyue covered her face and smiled secretly. With such a strong disciple, she could go anywhere with ease!
"Haha, then I won't be polite to you!"
Unlike the cheerful atmosphere in the fields, the kitchen in the bamboo courtyard was in chaos with the sound of "ping pong". Cheng Feng either failed to control the heat well and burnt the eggs, or the fire was not hot enough, and when he turned the egg over, the yolk flowed out!
He really hated Lin Xiaoyue. Before this woman appeared, he and his master could just cook any dish to get by. This woman couldn't even fry an egg without the yolk running. Why didn't she eat the raw egg?
He suspected that Lin Xiaoyue was here specifically to unlucky him. There was no such thing as a yolky egg in this world!
If he didn't want to win the bet, he would have smashed an egg on Lin Xiaoyue's head!
"Fuck the yolk!"
As the big iron spoon fell into the porcelain plate, a burnt scrambled egg flew out of the plate, drew a graceful arc in the air, and finally landed on the face of Liang Jingyao who had just stepped into the door.
Lin Xiaoyue was already laughing so hard in her heart that she fell backwards. She forced herself to go forward and take the scrambled egg off Liang Jingyao's face, and asked with concern: "Brother Liang, are you okay?"
What? Master is back so soon?
Cheng Feng turned around stiffly, only to see that Liang Jingyao's face was greasy and there were a few bits of scrambled egg residue!
"Yes, I'm sorry, Master! I didn't mean it!"
Liang Jingyao looked annoyed and asked unhappily, "What are you doing?"
Cheng Feng seized the opportunity to slander Lin Xiaoyue to death, "Master, this woman is deliberately making things difficult for me! She insisted that I fry that runny egg, how could I possibly cook such a thing? I think she clearly wants to poison you!"
"It's incomprehensible and totally irrelevant!" Lin Xiaoyue glared at Cheng Feng speechlessly, then walked directly to the stove, picked up a piece of bacon and put it in her mouth, and scooped a spoonful of fish soup to drink.
"Brother Liang, look, I made both of these dishes. If I wanted to poison you, why would I leave the kitchen to Cheng Feng to scramble eggs? Besides, runny eggs are real, it's just about controlling the heat. If Cheng Feng hadn't been unwilling to let me watch the fire, I wouldn't have let him scramble eggs out of spite!"
Liang Jingyao felt that what Lin Xiaoyue said was more reasonable than what Cheng Feng said. He felt something was wrong when Lin Xiaoyue came to him at the beginning. The steamed rice was not ready so quickly. Sure enough, the two of them started arguing again!
"Cheng Feng, I understand that you're injured, so let's forget about it this time! If there's a next time, don't follow me!"
When Cheng Feng heard that his master wanted to drive him away, his hatred for Lin Xiaoyue became even stronger!
"No! If my master hadn't taken me in and taught me martial arts when I was a child, I might have starved to death outside! I will only follow my master in this life and won't go anywhere else!"
Liang Jingyao frowned and shouted, "Then why don't you go and show Master Lin the fire? Do you want me to stay hungry?"
Cheng Feng thought there was something wrong with his ears and asked again, "Master Lin? She?"
Liang Jingyao nodded and said, "That's right! Master Lin wants to teach me how to make pickled vegetables. These things can be kept for a long time, which is good for us during the winter! So, hurry up, we will start pickling vegetables after dinner!"
Cheng Feng felt that he had traveled all over the country for so many years and had never heard of this kind of food. It must be that Lin Xiaoyue was fooling her master again!
"Master, don't just listen to what she says! This woman can't be trusted. I've been fooled by her many times!"
Lin Xiaoyue sneered, "That's because you're stupid! If I say I can do it, then it will definitely work. If you don't believe me, just watch. Anyway, you're definitely going to lose that bet!"
Cheng Feng sat down next to the bellows and said, "Don't get complacent too soon. I will make sure you admit defeat and then kick you out!"
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