funbook-pk Chapter 399: The Mouth of Light Opened
Chapter 399: The Mouth of Light Opened
After buying 15 kilograms of locust flowers, Zhao Xiaojing called **Ping while it was still early. After learning that the two were at home, she went back to the store, put the locust flowers into a bag, and delivered it to **Ping on her delivery tricycle.
** Ping and Wang Jiandang liked this kind of seasonal things. After sending the locust flowers, they gave Zhao Xiaojing a handful of wild onions, saying that they were specially dug up from the mountains. Zhao Xiaojing looked at the wild onions with large heads and thin leaves, which looked like both scallions and garlic sprouts, and was very curious for a moment.
That evening, Xiaozhi reminded again to adjust the amount of food to be prepared due to weather changes. Zhao Xiaojing hurriedly sent a message to Hou Guihua and readjusted the purchase order.
As soon as the message was sent out, the forecast started from Qingming Festival. The rain that had not fallen for more than ten days finally fell. Hou Guihua also replied with a thumbs up at this time, and added that Zhao Xiaojing's mouth was blessed.
The rain was intermittent, so the next morning Zhao Xiaojing hurried out to the store before it started raining. As soon as she entered the kitchen, she was greeted by a stronger floral scent than last night.
Zhao Xiaojing raised the corners of her mouth happily, took the water and poured all the flower buds that had been placed in the basket to dry last night into the vegetable basin.
"What smells so good?"
"This smells like Sophora japonica flowers. Oh, it's really Sophora japonica flowers. Did Xiao Zhao go to buy Sophora japonica flowers so early?"
While the locust flowers were soaking, Geng Mingyan and Hou Guihua came in one after another, carrying the vegetables they had just bought that morning.
"I bought it last night. The flowers look quite fresh, and they are still buds. You went to buy vegetables so early, so you didn't get wet, did you?"
"We were afraid that it would rain again and we would get wet, so we ran out as soon as the rain stopped!" Hou Guihua put the dishes down in a hurry, and then the two of them went out to the kitchen to move the dishes, and Zhao Xiaojing hurriedly followed behind them.
Hou Guihua and Geng Mingyan live together. Since asking Hou Guihua to help buy groceries, Geng Mingyan often goes along because she can't sleep in the morning. They often buy groceries very early. If the two arrive first, they will cook in the kitchen and cook for Zhao Xiaojing and Su Yuchen together.
"There used to be a locust tree on the hill behind my house. Every year at this time, my mother would go and pick a few bags of locust flowers. We had them with every meal, from the buds to the flowers. I ate them so much that I'm afraid of them now!" Hou Guihua shook her head as she moved the vegetables.
"I used to be so greedy but couldn't get to eat them. At that time, the vendors selling locust flowers were all mobile vendors, who would be gone the next moment. When I wanted to eat them, I could only wait for my mother to get off work and run into them on the street. There were very few times when I could buy them." Zhao Xiaojing recalled with a smile.
"Xiao Zhao lives in the city, right? We have a lot of this stuff in the countryside. If you want to eat it, you can go and pick it. Every year when the season comes, we go out to pick it, but the best time to eat it is when it's just budding." Geng Mingyan put down the last basket of vegetables, ran to the vegetable bowl and picked up a few flowers. "These flowers are really good, and they are the best when they are in bloom. How did Xiao Zhao cook the locust flowers he ate when he was a child?"
"Make dumplings."
"Making dumplings? Then your mother must be very patient with you. I have never eaten dumplings made with locust flowers in my life!" Hou Guihua pouted and said, "My mother just adds some flour and steams them, and eats them as a dish!"
"Me too. My uncle's family also cooks perfunctorily. Just steam and mix, and give them a bowl of rice for a meal."
"Then let's make some dumplings today." Zhao Xiaojing glanced at the cloudy sky outside the window with great interest. "It's raining, so the business in the store is affected. We can spare some time to make Sophora japonica dumplings. When Xiao Wanzi comes, ask him to set up the mini program for receiving takeout. The roads are slippery due to the rain, so we might as well not take any takeout today."
"You! Other bosses are worried about the lack of business, but you are having fun. Fortunately, it rains less often, otherwise I don't think you can pay your employees' salaries every month." Geng Mingyan smiled and shook her head.
"I don't think it will rain!" Hou Guihua also looked out the window. "It rains for a while and then stops. I said it was going to rain this morning, but it hasn't rained since I went to buy groceries. I checked the weather forecast and it says it will be cloudy."
"If it's cloudy, there will be a lot of customers coming. We will definitely focus on business then. Why can't we make dumplings? You open a shop to make money. We can easily deal with it. We can just eat something after the customers leave. We don't necessarily have to make dumplings and go through the trouble." Geng Mingyan said.
"The weather is unpredictable. It has stopped raining for so long, it should rain at noon." Zhao Xiaojing raised a determined smile.
The three of them soaked the meat that had been soaked in advance and started preparing breakfast.
Zhao Xiaojing stirred a pot of corn porridge, and Geng Mingyan took out the noodles that she had made at home yesterday from the lunch box, and quickly tore out a few dough sticks and fried them. Then she paired them with Zhao Xiaojing's salted duck eggs, which had been pickled to the point of being oily and sandy, using Zhao Xiaojing's pickling technique, and two small pickled vegetables, and a comfortable breakfast was easily prepared.
It started to drizzle while they were having breakfast. At first, Hou Guihua and Geng Mingyan didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just erratic and would stop after a while. However, the rain continued until noon, and it got heavier as lunch approached. Hou Guihua even ran over from next door to repeat what Zhao Xiaojing had said.
"You have a magical mouth, more useful than the weather forecast! Fortunately, I listened to your advice. We don't have many pickled ribs, otherwise it would be a waste! When are you going to make dumplings? I'll help!"
It was raining heavily and there were still people coming to eat, but they were all neighbors nearby. The number of people was simply not on the same level as usual, so everyone in the store was idle. Hou Guihua, who couldn't sit still, had already started to take the initiative to find things to do.
"I'll wait for Xiao Wenzi to finish kneading the dough so I can mix the filling. After that, Xiao Wenzi and I will roll the dough and you guys can wrap it."
"I'm almost done. Sister Jingzi, you still want to fry eggs? Go ahead." Lu Hongwen looked up and shouted while kneading the dough.
"Okay." At this moment, the three chefs were taking turns cooking. Zhao Xiaojing happened to be free, so she glanced at the basin in Lu Hongwen's hand and started heating the oil in the wok.
There were many employees in the store, so Zhao Xiaojing cracked thirty eggs at once, seasoned and beat them, then poured the egg liquid into the hot oil pan. As the oil pan made a sizzling sound, she stirred quickly with chopsticks. After a while, the eggs were shaped, and Zhao Xiaojing picked up the spoon again, stirring the egg chunks into finer pieces.
After the eggs were out of the pot, Zhao Xiaojing replaced the pot with boiling water, turned on high heat, waited for the water to boil again, and poured in the locust flowers that had been drained on the side.
After a few seconds, the locust flowers turned emerald green. Zhao Xiaojing quickly scooped them out with a colander, put them into an empty basin, and put in the second batch of locust flowers.
Then rinse the blanched locust flowers with cold water, wring out, chop them, drizzle with half a spoonful of scallion oil and a small half spoonful of sesame oil, then add chopped eggs, dried shrimps, a small handful of chopped leeks, salt, MSG, and beef bone powder and mix well.
"Not bad, you are quite efficient." After mixing the stuffing, Zhao Xiaojing looked up and found that Lu Hongwen had also mixed the dough on time.