Jiang Xiaoyan, a cook, knew how to cook. Her husband was the head chef at a restaurant, and she often helped him. Her husband was also willing to teach her, and over time, she became a skilled cook.
Seeing Kang Yueran coming over, she knelt slightly and saluted, "Miss, I have cut the pork into thin slices as you instructed, and marinated it according to the marinade you gave me."
His knife skills are really good; the thickness looks like it was measured with a ruler. "Can you smell any spices?"
Jiang Xiaoyan loves cooking and has a natural talent for it. "The girl gave me six different kinds of marinade in powder form. I can smell them all, but I've never seen the black broth before."
"That black soup is called soy sauce. It's not in season right now. I'll teach you how to make soy sauce next spring. Cooking with soy sauce will be more delicious."
In addition to these, Kang Yueran also prepared fifty eggs to make salted eggs. There were not many people raising ducks in the nearby villages, and duck eggs were not as easy to buy as chicken eggs.
Boil water in a pot and add salt. Once it boils, the salt will dissolve. Wash the eggs, dry them or wipe off the water on them, and place them in a jar without water or oil.
After the brine has cooled, pour in the grain wine, stir evenly, then pour it into the jar, seal it in a cool place for about 25 days, and take it out and cook it when you want to eat it.
Ancient grain wines were considered baijiu, but they were very low in alcohol and quite cloudy. Kang Yueran was using this type of wine, so she would try it first. If the effect was too poor, she would consider refining it.
In addition to Kang Yueran's teachings, the cooks would sit together in the evening to discuss the recipe. They made the five-spice dried tofu without Kang Yueran's instruction.
In addition to being eaten, now is also the time when mint grows most luxuriantly, and it can also be used to make mint paste.
Peppermint ointment has many uses. It can reduce inflammation, remove acne, treat mosquito bites, relieve pain and itching, and prevent seasickness when applied to the temples. In short, it has many benefits.
Crush the fresh mint leaves, add olive oil, stir evenly, seal it and steam it in a pot for half an hour. Take it out and pour it into gauze, squeeze out the mint juice, and discard the mint residue.
After leaving it to air overnight, the water and oil will automatically separate. Pour the peppermint oil on the top into a ceramic basin, put it back into the pot, add beeswax, and after it melts, pour it into a small porcelain bottle and seal it. It will solidify when it cools.
There are olives in Dayong, but they grow in the south and are rarely seen in the north, and no one uses them to make oil.
Kang Yueran bought the olive oil in the mint ointment from the mall and told others that her master brought it from the south for her.
Beeswax is also available, and people here mostly use it to batik clothes, and some people also use it to seal letters.
There are a lot of mints on Qingping Mountain, but they are all on the west side. There are wolves in the west, so no one dares to pick them.
Kang Yueran personally took thirty women to the west.
While accompanying the women, she hunted seven rabbits with a bow and crossbow.
She had been to the wolf king's home, and all the wolves had seen Kang Yueran. Five wolves went out hunting together, and when they saw Kang Yueran, they didn't attack her, but turned around and left.
One of them was the wolf king's wife. After a while, she brought a musk deer to Kang Yueran.
The women had only heard that Kang Yueran could command wolves, but today was the first time they had seen him. After returning home, they told the people in the back mountain about what happened today, and everyone admired Kang Yueran even more.
Thirty women, each with a big bag, picked all the mint and placed the thirty bags where they were. Kang Yueran first sent the women back to the village.
Then he called two people to drive a donkey cart and transport the mint back to the village.
With so much mint, you need a lot of olive oil and beeswax.
At night, Kang Yueran ran to the dividing line between the east and west of Qingping Mountain and took out the olive oil, beeswax, and small porcelain bottles he bought from the mall. In addition, there were also rice, flour, and coarse cloth.
She chose a solid-color porcelain vase without any patterns. There are two screw threads at the mouth of the bottle. When you twist it, the bottle cap will not fall off easily.
Leaving Baihu to look after the things, she returned to the village.
As soon as the sun rose, the roars of tigers could be heard in the mountain village.
Kang Yueran called Xu Jiushi and asked him to harness the mule carts and horse carriages in the mountain stronghold, saying that her master had sent her something.
All the able-bodied men had to go to Mount Paektu. Xu Jiushi called on a few scholars, as well as Shang Cheng and Da Cheng, to follow Kang Yueran to transport things.
When we got there, everyone was stunned when they saw the "hill".
It took Xu Jiu a long time to come back to his senses and asked, "Master Kang, who is your master? How did he get here?"
Kang Yueran said proudly, "My master has capable people around him. Let's transport them quickly. Transport the grain and cloth to the warehouse in the mountain stronghold, and transport the other things to Yiziyuan. They are used to make mint ointment."
The master of Kangda sent rice and flour, filling up two warehouses; the cloth was delivered to the women in the back mountain to make new clothes. Once they finished cleaning up Mount Paektu, they would have new clothes to wear.
By breakfast time, the news had spread throughout the village. With food and clothing available, everyone was happy and their enthusiasm for work was unprecedentedly high.
Half a month later, all the bodies on Mount Baitou were cleared and the last pit was filled. Xu Jiushi and his men sprinkled lime powder on the burial site again.
Afterwards, he took out the paper money, wine, and offerings that had been prepared long ago, and led all the brothers in the village to see those people off for the last time.
After returning to the village, everyone lined up to take a shower and change clothes, and then entered the village after Xu Chang took their pulses.
Once you enter the village, you can only live in the Bing Courtyard. You need to have your pulse checked again after three days. Only if there is no problem can you move around freely in the village.
Three days later, Xu Jiushi told Kang Yueran that everyone's body had been checked and nothing was abnormal.
The women who learned to cook from the cook in Kang Yueran's courtyard have basically become proficient in the dish.
Kang Yueran asked Xu Jiushi to make some arrangements. She would hold a general meeting in the meeting hall tomorrow. All members of the village, regardless of gender or age, must attend.
Many people were meeting Kang Yueran for the first time and were very curious about her, so they kept discussing her in low voices.
Xu Jiushi struck the gong to ask everyone to be quiet.
Kang Yueran cleared his throat, stepped on the bench and said loudly: "Hello everyone, my last name is Kang. Some people used to call me Kang Dadang, but today I want to say that from now on, you should call me Dadongjia."
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