Chapter 19 Goat Milk Tea

In fact, whether she is the heroine or the queen, they have little to do with Su Taotao's life, and there is no need for her to take any action.

It wasn't for any reputation. Maybe he couldn't stand seeing the honest girls being bullied, so he decided to just do it as it gave him a chance to shut them up once and for all. He thought they wouldn't have any contact in the future.

Su Taotao returned home, found a lid to cover the goat milk, and put it in a bucket to cool. She took it out around noon to make goat milk tea.

It was still early, so she went into the room and found a high school Chinese book to read. Two days ago, when she was sorting out her things, she found a box of Fu Zhengtu's high school textbooks. The owner of the textbooks was a book lover, and each one was well preserved. The covers were wrapped and filled with dense notes, and the handwriting was particularly pleasing to the eye.

Su Taotao thought that if handwriting was a person's second face, then the owner had to be extremely handsome to be worthy of such handwriting.

Su Taotao closed her eyes, but still couldn't imagine what Fu Zhengtu looked like.

In fact, Su Taotao had to take the college entrance examination again shortly after graduating from university, and she was particularly reluctant.

But there was no other way. Education was very important in any era, especially in this era, when knowledge could be said to be the only way to change one's destiny. No matter how unwilling she was, she had to take the college entrance examination, go to university again, and then determine her future career direction.

Su Taotao glanced through all the textbooks and had some idea of ​​the test topics of this era. There were still a few years left, so she was not in a hurry. It would be no problem for her to get into a university.

It was past eleven o'clock when Su Taotao started to make milk tea.

She found a bag of tea leaves that Zhou Linglan had fried herself. Because there were children to drink, she only took a little bit. She put some white sugar in a small clay pot and fried it until the sugar turned brown, then added goat milk. After it boiled, she added the tea leaves and boiled it for a few minutes before filtering it out, otherwise this kind of mountain tea would become astringent if boiled for too long.

Su Taotao couldn't wait to get a bowl of it. It was rich in milk flavor and smooth in the mouth, with almost no smell of milk. Su Taotao once again sighed that the food of this era is pure natural and pollution-free, and everything is good.

Lunch is also simple. Today's staple food is sour peaches, stewed with various beans and white rice. I also blanched a plate of lettuce, added sliced ​​garlic cloves, and added a few drops of sesame oil. The taste immediately improved a few levels. Add a plate of salty dishes and the lunch is already quite rich.

Fu Yuanhang could smell the brine at home from a distance. He had been eager to go home the whole morning, but he was distracted by the smell and quickened his pace when he was almost home.

The classmate behind him caught up and found Chenchen lying on his shoulder particularly cute. He wanted to pinch his little face, but suddenly remembered the look on Su Taotao's face when she beat someone up. In the end, he pinched his fingers and retracted them: "Hangzi, you haven't been right lately. You smile all day long. Is there something good going on at home? By the way, did you eat candy today?"

Fu Yuanhang put away the faint smile on his face, nodded, and said lightly: "I went to the city to visit relatives yesterday, and my relatives gave it to me."

The classmate walked side by side with him, muttering all the way: "No wonder, I thought your brother was coming back, where on earth is Brother Zhengtu doing, there is no news for so long..."

When mentioning Fu Zhengtu, Fu Yuanhang pursed his lips.

When they arrived at the gate of Fu's yard, the classmate suddenly sniffed hard: "What are you cooking at home? Why does it smell so good? My saliva is about to flow down. Tieniu and the others were talking about it this morning. I didn't expect them to be so domineering." As the classmate spoke, he kept poking his head inside.

Fu Yuanhang calmly blocked the doorway and said, "Aren't you still going to dig sweet potatoes? Shouldn't you go the other way?"

The classmate slapped his head and said, "Oh, right, if you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten. My mother will definitely scold me when I go back. I'm leaving now. Remember to ask for leave for me this afternoon."

Fu Yuanhang nodded: "Go ahead."

After his classmates had gone far away, Fu Yuanhang went into the house with dust on his back.

Su Taotao poked her head out of the kitchen and greeted the two children with a smile: "It's time to go home from school. Go wash your hands and you can eat soon."

Fu Yuanhang looked at his sister-in-law's smiling face, and the uneasiness that had just arisen in him instantly disappeared. His sister-in-law had become such a good person, his brother would definitely come back.

While washing hands in the bathroom, Fu Yuanhang rubbed his nephew's paws and whispered, "Chenchen, do you miss your dad?"

Chen Chen looked at him blankly. The word "Dad" was beyond his concept. He shook his head honestly: "Not much~~"

Fu Yuanhang lowered his eyes and whispered, "I miss him. I think he will be back soon."

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This was another "luxurious" lunch. Not to mention Fu Yuanhang, even Zhou Linglan had never eaten such delicious food in her life.

"Taotao, your cooking skills are amazing. Even the chefs in state-owned hotels can't compare to you."

Fu Yuanhang, who was concentrating on eating, nodded even though he had never eaten in a state-owned hotel before.

State-owned hotel?

Su Taotao suddenly thought of something: "Mom, I'm going to the county town early tomorrow morning and won't be back for lunch. Brine won't last long in this weather, so let's eat some tonight and save some for tomorrow afternoon. You can put some noodles and vegetables in the brine and then you can clear the plate. I'll make dinner when I get back."

When they heard her say she was going to the county town, the whole family put down their chopsticks and looked at her.

"Are you going to the county town again?" Zhou Linglan asked.

Didn't we just go there yesterday?

Su Taotao added a handful of greens to Chen Chen's plate before saying, "Mom, didn't you say my cooking skills are better than the chefs at state-owned hotels? I want to discuss cooperation with them."

Zhou Linglan was surprised: "Cooperation?"

Su Taotao nodded: "It's just an idea that came to my mind. I'll tell you the details when I get back tomorrow. Come eat quickly and don't delay your lunch break."

Zhou Linglan knew that she had a great idea and didn't ask any more questions.

After the meal, Su Taotao brought over the cooled goat milk tea and served a bowl to each person.

"Sister-in-law, what is this?"

Su Taotao: "Goat milk tea, try it and see if it tastes good."

Chenchen was the first to join in. He took a sip and his cerebellum was as bright as a rooster pecking at rice. He said with milky milk, "It tastes good~~"

Su Taotao pinched his little fat and felt it was much better, as if it had really grown a little: "Mom didn't lie to you, did she? Does it taste as good as malted milk?"

Chen Chen took another sip and nodded vigorously: "Same~~"

After taking a sip, Zhou Linglan exclaimed: "Taotao, I never thought goat milk could be so delicious."

She truly felt that she had lived in vain for the past few decades, as everything Su Taotao created was more surprising than the last.

Su Taotao said: "From now on, Xiaohang will be responsible for replacing the goat milk. We need to go earlier so that we can drink it for breakfast. If the weather gets hotter, it will go bad if we wait until noon."

Fu Yuanhang was reluctant to drink it all in one gulp, and wanted to taste it slowly, bit by bit. When he heard Su Taotao say this, he looked up and asked her, "Can I drink it every day in the future?" How happy it would be if he could drink something so delicious every day.

Su Taotao said, "It's hard to say. It depends on whether there is goat milk in the sheepfold. No matter how delicious something is, you will get tired of it if you drink it every day. Drinking it two or three times a week is enough. I plan to improve it tomorrow. I think it will taste better if I add some White Rabbit candies."

Fu Yuanhang would no longer be surprised no matter what Su Taotao cooked. However, he just couldn't imagine how much better the goat milk tea would taste, since it was already so delicious.

Zhou Linglan wanted to say something but stopped herself, wanting to say that she didn't have to drink it every time, but thinking that Su Taotao would definitely not agree, she swallowed it back.

In the past, people in the team gossiped that their family must have committed a sin to marry a daughter-in-law like Su Taotao. Now Zhou Linglan feels that their family must have been in trouble to marry such a good daughter-in-law, and they could not have married anyone even if they tried their best.

After eating and drinking her fill, Su Taotao handed the bowl of goat milk tea that she had served earlier to Fu Yuanhang, asking him to take it to the cowshed and bring the bowl back.

When Fu Yuanhang brought it over, the bowls that had been filled with salt in the morning had been washed and placed on a small stool at the door that had one leg missing and was balanced by the door sill.

Fu Yuanhang said nothing, put down the goat milk tea and took the bowl away. The whole process took only a few seconds, so fast that Cao Guohua couldn't react.

Fu Yuanhang had already walked away before he stared at the bowl of goat milk tea and sighed, but finally he picked it up and took a sip.

As the smooth goat milk with the aroma of tea slid into his throat, Cao Guohua's face changed, and his thoughts drifted to the distant frontier. His former comrade-in-arms, Fu Zhengtu's father, was still alive. They often drank goat milk tea in the frontier, sweet, salty, with spices, and all kinds of them. In winter, they would add strong liquor to drive away the cold. Drinking a bowl of it would make your whole body hot. On a snowy day, you would lie on the grass without a trace of green and look up at the starry sky. You would not feel cold even when the howling north wind blew like a sharp blade...

The next day, Su Taotao got up early. Just as she had packed up, Fu Yuanhang had already returned with the goat milk.

"I was the first one to arrive. I watched little brother Liu squeeze out milk. As soon as the milk came out, he gave it to me. It was very interesting." Fu Yuanhang is much more cheerful now. He is no longer the timid, inferior and cowardly little boy.

Su Taotao felt particularly accomplished when she saw him like this.

"Great, sister-in-law will teach you how to make milk tea. When I'm not free, you can make it yourself. Now go make a fire and bring some tea."

Fu Yuanhang had no objection and accepted whatever his sister-in-law said.

This time, Su Taotao first baked the tea leaves in a casserole, and then poured in goat milk when the color changed slightly. Then she put the White Rabbit candy in, stirred until the candy melted, and immediately filtered out the tea leaves.

"Okay, bring five bowls over here to divide the portions."

Fu Yuanhang and Zhou Linglan were watching from the side without blinking. After watching, they said in unison: "Is it that simple?"

Su Taotao nodded: "It's that simple. If you use white sugar, fry it first to get the sugar color. After the goat milk is boiled, add the tea leaves, or fry them together with the sugar color. The tea leaves that have not been fried have a stronger astringent taste, so they can't be soaked for too long. The main purpose is to remove the fishy smell."

Fu Yuanhang murmured: "Sister-in-law, you are so amazing."

Zhou Linglan was also convinced: "People in the city are more knowledgeable than us. We would never have thought of drinking goat milk like this."

In later generations, there is a milk tea shop every five steps, and people have come to drink milk tea in all kinds of ways. This is the simplest way to drink it, and Su Taotao is too lazy to even complain about it.

As usual, I gave Cao Guohua a bowl of rice, plus a piece of mixed-grain pancake made by Zhou Linglan. It was another filling breakfast.

Today, little Chenchen actually refused to cling to his uncle and took the initiative to go to the county town with Su Taotao.

Su Taotao was surprised and happy. She hugged the baby and kissed him hard. After that, she changed his clothes and shoes that she had bought two days ago, and held his little hand to go to the banyan tree to wait for the tractor.