Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 526 Processing

For dinner, Hualei used some of the wild boar meat left over from yesterday to make a big pot of fermented bean curd braised pork. Wash the pork and cut it into small pieces. Add a pot of water, then put the pork pieces in cold water, boil them, blanch them, and then drain them.

Heat the pan, pour in cooking oil, spread the oil evenly to the entire bottom of the pan, then place the pork skin side down and fry the pork skin over low heat until it turns golden brown.

Continue to pour in the sweet potato wine and stir-fry until the meat is slightly yellow and oily. Add the ginger slices, garlic, and spices and stir-fry until fragrant. Pour in the soy sauce and stir-fry until fragrant.

Take out a proper amount of fermented bean curd from the pottery jar, mash it and put it into the pot. Add a proper amount of water, tie the chives into a knot and put them in, then add yellow and white sugar.

Bring to a boil over high heat, then lower the heat, cover and continue to simmer for half an hour. When the sauce thickens, turn off the heat and serve on a plate. I made some more chopped pepper ribs, but I didn't make the sweet and sour flavor. Compared with the two, the chopped pepper ones are more popular.

Hualei processed the pheasant and rabbit from the kitchen into stir-fried rabbit meat with green onions for Rong Jin and Jiang Yunqi to drink with. After eating chili peppers and chopped peppers for several days in a row, Hualei was worried that the two would get angry. Jiang Yunqi had a few new pimples on the corners of his mouth.

The extra stir-fried rabbit with green onions was sold, and of course, Hualei also kept a few pheasants and rabbits, pickled them with salt, and hung them up. Despite the rain, the meat could not be stored.

This time, the fresh wild vegetables were added with shredded tofu skin, chopped bean curd sheets, and a lot of vermicelli. They were mixed and served cold with some seasonings to make a refreshing and delicious vegetarian dish. Each serving was fresh and delicious.

After taking away the portion they ate, the remaining cooked food was sold again. Hualei was satisfied, and so were the others.

The family that went hunting with Rong Jin and Jiang Yunqi yesterday actually sent a maid over after lunch to ask if they could help process the pork ribs.

They saw others enjoying the chopped pepper pork ribs at noon, so they bought one from Hualei to try. When the host tried it, they were delighted!

This chopped pepper pork ribs is so delicious, it's a change from the bland pork ribs soup. It's rich, salty and spicy, and you can't stop eating it. As long as there is money, Hualei is willing to do it. Anyway, there are still a lot of chopped peppers in her carriage.

So, after a while, a quarter of the pork ribs were delivered to Hualei. For Hualei's behavior, all the servants secretly gave a thumbs up.

This mistress of our family is really good at making money. Not only does she make money, but she also makes many people praise her. From a certain perspective, she satisfies the appetite of those who are not short of money.

The key is that she is very kind. She eats whatever her master eats. The dishes are served in separate bowls as soon as they come out of the pot.

They never deducted their own food rations, nor did they complain about eating too much. This was really rare. They saw with their own eyes that some servants of other families, not only did not eat the same food as their masters, but usually ate the leftovers of their masters.

Therefore, they deeply appreciate and are grateful for their mistress's respect and kindness to them. So they are really not careless when doing things.

As soon as the pork ribs were delivered, Sister Hehua led the team to start chopping and cleaning them, and to do the preliminary preparations. They also hoped that their mistress could earn more money so that they could eat better.

In the evening, she made chopped pepper pork ribs for others and collected a processing fee. She also sold a lot of her own dishes. Zhenzhu's small cloth bag was full again, but Hualei only made simple white porridge for herself.

After several consecutive meals of big fish and meat, Hualei and Zhenzhu were a little tired, so they cooked white porridge with salted duck eggs, fermented bean curd and other things for dinner.

I will go to the kitchen again tomorrow to see if there will be any surprises. When I woke up the next day, the rain had eased a lot, but it was still not suitable for traveling.

Anyway, they were walking fast, so even if they waited for two more days, they would still make it in time. So Hua Lei, Rong Jin and the others stayed behind again.

Jiang Yunqi said that because of the rain, many carriages behind slowed down and looked for places to take shelter. The few families who had not yet completed their daily itinerary had no choice but to rush on in the rain.

Around 3:30 pm in the afternoon, Pei Rongyu's wife Qian and her brother and sister-in-law from her mother's family entered the post station with a group of servants. However, Pei Rongyu did not seem to be there.

At this time, the post station was already overcrowded. Not only were there no rooms, but even the large bunk beds at the back of the post station were gone. The yard was also filled with carriages and female servants from other families.

If they stayed at the post station, they would have to live in a carriage outside the post station. Qian saw the maids Qingqi and Qinghua beside Hualei.

So, she sent Qiu He, a maidservant beside her, to come over. Qiu He was a maidservant brought by Qian from her natal family as a dowry. She had not yet married, but she was said to be a very capable person.

"Sister Qingqi, Sister Qinghua, you are here too?" Qiu He said warmly.

Qingqi looked at the other party, raised his face with a smile, and said, "Yes, Sister Qiuhe."

"Oh, it's raining so heavily. Our young lady and my second young master and second mistress have been on the road for four or five days in a row. Our young lady is so tired that she can't hold on any longer." Qiu He looked at Qingqi and Qinghua and said with a smile.

Qingqi and Qinghua nodded and smiled at the same time, but did not respond.

"Sister Qingqi, where do you live?" Qiu He ignored Qingqi and Qinghua's silence and asked again.

"Oh, we are all there." Qingqi pointed in the direction where he lived.

"You still have rooms available? That's great. Our young lady and the second young master and his wife also want to book two rooms." Seeing that Qingqi and Qinghua didn't take the initiative to ask, Qiu He thickened his face and said meaningfully.

Qian asked her to come over because she wanted to ask Hua Lei to vacate two rooms. She also knew that there were definitely no rooms left in the post station. After all, she saw the carriage caravan of the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion outside the post station from the carriage. Because of the crowd, the carriages of the Marquis' Mansion were moved outside the post station.

"Sister Qiuhe, which lady are you talking about?" Qinghua asked suddenly.

"Uh..." Qiu He was stunned. Indeed, Qian had already married, and after marrying into the Marquis's Mansion, the maids and servants who came with her as a dowry had to change their names to call Qian Madam, otherwise it would be disrespectful to her husband's family.

Qiu He's face flushed red all of a sudden. After a pause, he slapped himself on the mouth and said awkwardly, "I said the wrong thing. Sister Qing Hua, please don't bear grudge against me."

"We are all servants. It's okay. Just don't let others hear it, otherwise people will think that we in the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion don't know the rules." Qing Hua smiled and said.