Chapter 224 Yunlin Goose
Yang Yingxu did not have the recipe for Yunlin Goose in his previous life. In this life, he was born into a scholarly family. He had seen it in ancient books before, and because he found it interesting, he read it several times and memorized the general steps.
After he traveled through time, many of his memories, except for common sense, gradually became blurred. Perhaps because he valued culinary skills, his memories of recipes and the like were still clear.
Afraid that he would forget, before Xia Zhizhi came back, he would memorize some recipes in the dormitory after work every day, and then figure out how to add or subtract ingredients based on the existing ingredients.
These are all his skills to make a living. Once Xia Zhizhi comes back, he can show his skills and demonstrate them well.
He can no longer rely on his family. Except for him, all the family members are wiped out.
Their second uncle went overseas. He used to keep in touch with our family via letters. When the policy was good two years ago, he even sent them chocolates.
This also proves that their family was not framed, but had indeed violated the taboos of their superiors.
In Yang Yingxu's opinion, the higher-ups are still quite open-minded. Although there is collective punishment, it is not serious. As long as he publishes an announcement in the newspaper to sever ties, he can clear himself of any connection.
His grandfather and several uncles were pretty good friends, and they took the initiative to help their daughters-in-law get divorced, and the children could also sever ties with them by publishing an announcement in the newspaper.
But the family didn't know whether their brains were stuck in the door. Except for Yang Yingxu, everyone else insisted on sharing the joys and sorrows.
It seemed that Yang Yingxu, who was the first person to be published in the newspaper, was particularly inhuman.
His cousins at home pointed at his nose and scolded him, as if he was the one who harmed them.
If he is not a human being, then he is not a human being. It is better to be scolded than to be exiled. Anyway, he has no interest in sharing suffering.
It’s just that I don’t have my mother’s family to rely on.
These days, military power is valued more than literature.
Although more men joined the army, he was not interested in fighting and killing. Moreover, the conditions for joining the army were harsh in those days, and his family background did not seem to be up to standard. Even if he was interested, he probably would not be selected.
The martial arts failed.
But the path of studying is completely useless now. Otherwise, he might be able to become the top scholar in the imperial examination just like in the picture book.
The most important thing is that the world today is different from the one they had before. Men are actually required to support the family!
For a man like him, it's hard enough for him to support himself at this time, let alone get married and have children.
Fortunately, he himself has an inexplicable resistance to getting married and having children, and he has no obsession with continuing the family line. Currently, he feeds the whole family and lives a manageable life.
He knew his own capabilities very well. As he was neither good at literature nor martial arts, the brightest way out for him at the moment was to curry favor with powerful people, so he naturally put extra effort into this endeavor.
According to his understanding of Xia Zhizhi, his master attached great importance to the desire for food, otherwise he would not have been able to rise to power so quickly.
The world these days is both stable and turbulent. For some unknown reason, supplies are very scarce, and it is not easy to get some precious ingredients. But Xia Zhizhi is very capable. As long as Yang Yingxu asks for some ingredients that are not too outrageous, someone will always send them to her.
Yang Yingxu knew how precious these ingredients were and would naturally not use them indiscriminately. His master entrusted them to him for safekeeping because he trusted him.
When the master is around, it's fine for them to have a bite of the food after it's cooked, but when the master is away, there's no way they can form a partnership, eat and drink to their heart's content, or misappropriate food ingredients without permission.
He is extremely cautious and would never do anything that would ruin his job.
Now that his master is back, he naturally has to show off his skills.
As for slacking off at work, the worst that can happen is a deduction of work points. That is not as important as serving the master. How much is a work point worth? How much can the deduction amount be?
Moreover, he could earn three work points a day, and the rest were all done by Lin Wenxi.
Lin Wenxi refused to listen and could not be persuaded, so Yang Yingxu just let her do as she pleased. After all, he had refused her before, so he would not be responsible for her just for such a small favor.
It's hard enough for him to support himself, there's no way he can marry and support a wife. Don't even think about it!
After working tirelessly in the fields for a year, the harvest, excluding the most basic food, is not enough to buy him two new sets of clothes. Compared with taking care of Comrade Xia, doesn't he understand which is more important?
Yunlin geese are mainly female geese. People are reluctant to kill female geese for food in this season, because they can be released to eat grass and wait to lay eggs.
He polished it for a long time before he got one from Aunt Wang.
The method is also quite complicated. After washing the goose and draining the water, mix the wine, salt and pepper, then rub it inside and outside the goose body and marinate for one hour.
After one hour, continue to mix the wine and honey and apply it evenly on the goose's body, then stuff the green onions into the goose's stomach.
Then pour the chicken broth and Fuzhen wine into a clay pot, put a bamboo grate on it, place the goose on the grate, add ginger slices, cover the pot with a lid, and seal the edge of the lid to prevent the soup from escaping.
He had limited tools, so he could only paste a layer of paper on the edge of the pot lid and then cover it with mud.
There is no chicken soup either. Yang Yingxu uses vegetarian soup made with mushrooms.
Then it was steamed over high heat for about 2 hours. Fortunately, Xia Zhizhi had coal, so watching the fire was the least troublesome thing. He had a watch, so he could add enough coal and find time to go out and pick some wild vegetables. He just had to come back on time.
After steaming for a sufficient amount of time, open the lid when you are ready to eat, remove the ginger slices, slice the goose meat and place it on a plate. You can also prepare some lotus leaf cakes to eat with it.
As for the soup from the steamed goose, it is not wasted. You can add egg skin shreds and seaweed according to your own taste and pour the original soup in the casserole over it to make a bowl of delicious goose soup.
In addition to goose meat, Yang Yingxu also prepared steamed pork with fermented black beans and pork belly, and stir-fried monkey leg with ham that he picked up in the afternoon.
Even though he didn't work seriously and didn't get along well with the other members, he knew everything about the edible wild vegetables in the area.
After all, there are no seasonal vegetables in the Northeast for most of the year, so if there are wild vegetables, you have to pick some to try for a different taste.
He didn't want Cui Zijin and Tang Mingli to eat at the same table as Xia Zhizhi. After everyone got off work, he divided the meals for everyone.
Xia Zhizhi's dish is both tasty and good-looking.
The goose breast on the plate was evenly arranged, with Xia Zhizhi's favorite goose gizzards, goose intestines and goose liver also spread underneath.
As for the food for other people, Han Youran and Jiang Xiurong were okay. Yang Yingxu would pay a little attention and put the ones with flatter heads and full faces on top.
As for the other two, just chop off the edges and corners and throw them in.
Everyone says that when we get along with others, we should not look at how they treat you, but how they treat other people. This way we can see clearly whether they are good people or not.
She admitted that this statement made sense.
But who can resist blatant bias?
Anyway, Xia Zhizhi can't do it.
No matter how good a person's character is, it's useless if he treats her badly...
Xia Zhizhi ate the lotus leaf cake that Yang Yingxu had prepared for her and considered the possibility of hiring him for a long term.
If you expect Yang Yingxu to be loyal to you and never leave you, that's probably difficult to expect, because he is the kind of person who only looks down on those who are superior to him and flatters those who are superior to him.
If his master fell from power, he would probably be the first one to pack up and run away.
But as long as you are strong, he will always be so gentle and considerate.
Xia Zhizhi thought this was a good idea.
People are paid to do things, so it's good enough if they can do the job properly. You won't give them half of your property, so why do you ask them to follow you through life and death?
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