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Chapter 73 Preparation
Gu Zhou first put the younger brother back in the house and then, with the help of the faint light of the oil lamp outside, he set up a fence for the younger brother and checked it carefully again to make sure there was no problem before coming out.
Just when he was about to go outside to wash his hands, he found that the basin was placed inside the house. He didn't ask why, but squatted down to wash his hands and asked: "Why don't you eat first? The food will be cold when I come back."
Shen Wu took a cloth and handed it to him: "We've been thinking of waiting for you to come back to eat together. It wouldn't be rational for us to eat first. Besides, the rice will cool down after a while. It will be dry to eat in such hot weather. It's just right to warm it up now."
Gu Zhou took the towel from her hand and wiped his hands dry with some embarrassment, then continued, "That's right."
Gu Wei sat at the table with an impatient look on her face. Although she was hungry, she still wanted to wait for her brother to come back and eat together.
Before Gu Zhou even sat down, he asked them to eat first. As soon as he sat down, he saw his little sister anxiously eating soup with chopsticks in the dim light of the oil lamp.
"Slow down and be careful." Seeing his sister so anxious, Gu Zhou was afraid that she would choke and hurriedly reminded her.
Gu Wei swallowed the soup in her mouth and smiled innocently: "Hehe, brother, don't worry, I know." Then she picked up a piece of chicken and tasted it.
Shen Wu drank the soup slowly. She didn't like hot soup and preferred warm soup, especially the rice soup that was cooked with rice grains at high temperature for a long time. In her family, this was called rice oil, and it was best drunk warm.
Thinking of his family, Shen Wu felt a little uncomfortable in his heart and lowered his head to drink the soup carefully.
As soon as Gu Wei swallowed the chicken, she couldn't wait to say, "Wow! It's delicious! Jiang Yu's cooking is getting more and more delicious!" After saying that, she quickly picked up another piece to eat.
Gu Zhou looked at her who was drinking soup seriously and asked, "Why don't you eat?"
Shen Wu looked up, his eyes somewhat empty: "I... I don't really want to eat, you guys eat it."
Gu Zhou just felt that she suddenly acted strangely, but he didn't know what was wrong. He felt that something was wrong when he saw her expression. Because his sister was there, he didn't ask any more questions and just lowered his head to drink the soup.
After drinking the soup, Shen Wu stood up and took the bowl away. Before leaving, he said, "You guys eat all the meat. If you are full, don't finish it and leave it alone. It's not good to be too full at night. I'm going to clean up the kitchen and make something. Just bring the bowls over." After saying that, Shen Wu took the bowl and went to the kitchen.
She didn't have much of an appetite at the moment, so she drank a bowl of soup and continued to work in the kitchen. Because she had to sell buns tomorrow, she went to make the buns now so that she could get up early in the morning.
The pots in the kitchen were already cleaned very well, and she put the bowls in a basin of warm water. Because there was no detergent in ancient times, she would sometimes soak the bowls in wood ash water for a while before washing them, which would make them cleaner.
Kneading the dough was a piece of cake. Shen Wu scooped some flour into a basin and mixed it with warm water. He then covered it with a wet cloth.
After she and Gu Zhou finished their meal, they came to the kitchen with the bowls and washed them without saying a word.
"You and your little sister should wash up first and go to bed early. You have been busy for so long today and you need to rest early." Shen Wu washed her hands and came out of the room, telling Gu Zhou and Gu Wei to get ready for bed.
After doing all this, Shen Wu urged Gu Wei and Gu Zhou to rinse their mouths and prepare for bed. Oil lamps were a luxury in ancient times and people did not dare to use many at night. At first, Shen Wu had no idea how precious oil lamps were. It was only after he made clothes a few days ago that he realized it. Now he would never dare to waste things again.
Besides, Gu Zhou was already very tired from helping to sell buns during the day, and there was nothing to do at night anyway, so it was better to let them sleep first.
When Shen Wu was the last one to finish washing up and closed the door, the whole room was dark. She couldn't remember how many days she had been in the ancient times. Every day was very fulfilling and she felt like an ancient person, not a socially anxious older woman in the 21st century.
Shen Wu opened his eyes and looked at the inky black roof, thinking about his past, present and future. He didn't know when his eyelids became heavy and he fell asleep soon.
It was unknown when Shen Wu woke up. He glanced at the still dark room and estimated the time, feeling that it was almost time to get up. Thinking of this, he got up and groped his way to the door in the dark and opened it.
She didn't know how old the door was, but it always creaked slightly when she opened it. She didn't want to wake up the children, so she used some lard to lubricate the hinges during the day, and sure enough, there was no sound when she opened the door at night.
Pushing open the door, the restlessness in the room dissipated a little with the occasional breeze blowing through the yard, and Shen Wu followed the light of the moon still hanging in the dark blue sky into the kitchen.
I don't know if it's because of this body's regular schedule, or because he went to sleep after work after coming to the ancient times, but Shen Wu's schedule is particularly regular. After just a few days of arriving, he has started to go to bed and wake up on time.
She went to the kitchen, turned on the fire and heated water in the stove, then began to process the bamboo shoots by the light of the fire.
In order to keep it fresh, she strictly follows her own standards, making the buns in the morning and filling them in the early hours of the morning.
Moreover, bamboo shoots are a seasonal food and it is not advisable to eat too much. I have been tired for the past two days and I will change it to shepherd's purse stuffing tomorrow.
Shen Wu was very quick, holding the bamboo shoots in one hand and the knife in the other, and scratched the bamboo shoot skin with the knife to make a mark. He directly peeled off the bamboo shoot skin from the scratch with the tip of the knife, cut off the older bamboo shoots at the root, and put the remaining tender parts in a basin on the side for later use.
The amount of bamboo shoots was about the same as before. Perhaps because of previous experience, Shen Wu was able to process them extremely quickly this time. In less than seven or eight minutes, he finished all the bamboo shoots.
The next step is to make the filling as usual. Cut the bamboo shoots into shreds, blanch them, and then stir-fry them with freshly boiled oil. Stir-fry for two or three minutes and it can be served.
Gu Zhou woke up just as Shen Wu finished making the stuffing. Seeing everyone busy in the kitchen, he washed his hands silently and went to make the dough first.
Shen Wu naturally noticed Gu Zhou's actions. She was busy scooping out the stuffing and putting it into the bowl and didn't look back. She only looked back after she finished and put the stuffing aside to cool.
"Why don't you sleep a little longer?" Shen Wu asked as he scrubbed the wok clean with a reed brush.
Gu Zhou was already experienced in doing this, and he deflated the dough in a few strokes, kneaded it, and divided it into pieces of similar size and set them aside.
He lowered his head and rolled the dough carefully and replied: "I can't sleep anyway, so I might as well help you. It's tiring to do things alone, and I can help."
Shen Wu didn't ask any more questions, and put water in both pots and put them on high heat. After he was done, he washed his hands and helped him roll out the dough.
There was actually only one rolling pin at home, so Shen Wu was responsible for pressing the dough into a pancake shape with the palm of his hand, so that it would be easier for Gu Zhou to roll it out.
She rolled out the dough quickly, and Gu Zhou had finished rolling out ten Shen Wus by the time she was done. Seeing that the dough was also coming out, he prepared to start wrapping them.
The dough rose particularly well today, perhaps because the weather was a little cooler tonight, so it didn’t smell sour, which was just right.
When Shen Wu was making the dough at night, he was afraid that the dough would turn sour due to the hot weather, and he was worried in his heart.