"There are garlic sprouts inside." Xia Mingyue replied with a smile.
"Garlic sprouts?" Fan Jinglan pointed to the tender green growing next to her, "Aren't these garlic sprouts?"
She remembered that she helped Xia Mingyue pick up some garlic sprouts from here yesterday, washed them, and made fragrant twice-cooked pork.
Twice-cooked pork has alternating fat and thin slices. Cook until cooked and cut into thin slices, then stir-fry in a pot. The garlic sprouts are a side dish stir-fried with the pork belly. When stir-fried, it will be oily, full of spiciness and flavor. tasty.
The twice-cooked pork slices were stir-fried properly, and almost all the fat on the meat was removed. Not only was it not greasy, but it had a chewy texture, which was very delicious.
Fan Jinglan ate most of the plate and even picked up all the garlic sprouts in it. There was not a single bit left, so she was deeply impressed by the garlic sprouts.
And now, Xia Mingyue said that what was held in the bamboo basket was also garlic sprouts?
"Yes, those are also garlic seedlings." Xia Mingyue explained, "These are garlic seedlings that are grown by being buckled, but they are garlic seedlings that cannot see the light. In some places, they are called garlic yellow."
Garlic seedlings that are not exposed to light, yellow garlic?
Fan Jinglan didn’t quite understand and couldn’t imagine, “What is that like?”
Xia Mingyue found a bamboo basket closest to the wall, opened a bit of cloth, and looked at the growth of the garlic inside. "It was a coincidence that Madam Fan asked. The garlic is almost grown and ready to eat." ”
As she spoke, Xia Mingyue opened the two bamboo baskets and the cloth on them, revealing the things fastened inside.
It looks a bit like the garlic sprouts outside. It also has slightly wider and plump leaves, but it is much taller than ordinary garlic sprouts. Both the stem and the leaves are longer, and the color is much lighter than the green garlic sprouts. , is the kind of tender green with some goose yellow.
This tender green color is somewhat like the color of newly grown leaves and buds, giving people a sense of imminent spring and making people feel warm in their hearts.
Use a sickle to cut off the yellow garlic in these two places. There will be almost a big handful, enough to stir-fry two or three vegetables.
Xia Mingyue was very satisfied with the growth and weight of the garlic. Looking at the very fresh and tender color of the garlic, she immediately decided to use half of it for cooking and half for making soup.
Garlic scrambled eggs, both are tender and yellow in color, and both have a delicious and fragrant taste. Mix them together and fry them into a big plate. Take a bite of them, tender and fragrant, and full of deliciousness.
Garlic tofu soup uses fresh tofu cut into slices, fried tofu slices cut into shreds, and tofu balls cooked with sliced garlic, plus a few slices of tender tofu. Winter spinach leaves are flavored with soy sauce, pepper and balsamic vinegar. When served, they are topped with some fragrant sesame oil. It is so comforting to have a warm bowl on this cold and windy winter day.
The staple food is large dough-made sesame seed cakes, paired with some sliced braised pork, and it’s a sumptuous midday lunch.
Everyone gathered around the table and ate with gusto.
Fan Jinglan felt a little awkward holding the pancake in her left hand and the chopsticks in her right hand. She didn't have any extra hands to hold a spoon to drink the soup, so she simply cut the dough pancake in her hand from the middle and ate the fried garlic eggs and braised pork slices together. Put it inside the sesame buns, so you can hold the sesame buns in one hand and a spoon in the other. You can not only eat staple food and vegetables, but also drink this delicious garlic and yellow tofu soup.
Seeing this, others imitated Fan Jinglan and also raised a vegetable steamed bun, eating and drinking soup at the same time.
Even Xia Mingyue simply ate like this, chewing and chewing very happily.
We had a comfortable and clean lunch at noon, and everyone was very satisfied.
Xia Mingyue also burped, and took advantage of the bright sunshine to sprinkle some spinach or coriander seeds in the open spaces where the spinach had been pulled out, to ensure that she could continue to eat fresh ones.
While I was busy, someone came to my home. It was someone from the escort agency, saying that someone had sent two boxes of things to Xia Mingyue and asked Xia Mingyue to accept them.
"Who asked you to send it?" Xia Mingyue asked curiously.
"The person who asked us to deliver the goods is Mrs. Shen." The leader replied, "Ms. Shen said that there is a letter to Mrs. Xia in the box. Mrs. Xia will know it at a glance."
Mrs. Shen?
Could it be Shen Shujun?
Xia Mingyue had suspicions in her mind, but she still opened the box and looked for the letter mentioned by the escort.
The wooden box was opened, and the contents were wrapped and tied in oil paper, and a letter was placed neatly on top.
And on the envelope, there were five words written neatly - Xia Mingyue personally signed it.
The font is elegant and lively, exactly the handwriting of Shen Shujun.
Being able to order people to deliver things and letters, does it mean that Shen Shujun has returned home safely and everything is fine?
Feeling relieved, Xia Mingyue picked it up, opened the envelope, took out the letter paper inside, and looked at it carefully.
Madam Xia, I have been away for several months and miss you very much. Madam Meng Xia remembers me and I have returned home smoothly on September 23rd...
Five pieces of letter paper were densely written in Juanxiu small regular script, telling the story of Shen Shujun's journey home and what happened after she returned home.
The people in the escort agency who hired the escort along the way worked hard and were attentive. Although they encountered two dangerous things on the way, they were able to avoid any danger and there was no loss of property or personnel. It was quite smooth.
When arriving in Xinzhou, he was timid about his hometown. Even though he had already convinced himself in his heart, when he actually entered Xinzhou, he did not dare to go to the Shen family.
It wasn't until I stayed in the inn for five full days that I mustered up the courage to knock on the door of the Shen family and reunite with my grandfather...
The rest is to introduce some famous products of Xinzhou.
From food to cloth, from celebrity anecdotes to tourist attractions, Xia Mingyue listed them all one by one. She also invited Xia Mingyue to come and visit when she had time. She would make sure to make a good deal and entertain Lady Xia well.
Whether it was the choice of words or the ease of writing these words, Xia Mingyue could imagine how joyful Shen Shujun was when she wrote this letter.
Sure enough, for people who are wandering away, home is always the happiest place.
Xia Mingyue realized Shen Shujun's joy and was truly happy for her.
After reading the letter, Xia Mingyue closed the letter with a smile on her lips, asked the escort to drink a bowl of hot tea, and then sent it out gracefully.
After that, I sorted out the two boxes of things sent by Shen Shujun.
Inside one box were the Four Treasures of the Study and some fabrics, all of which Shen Shujun had mentioned in her mind. Although some local specialties in Xinzhou were not as famous as those produced in Yangzhou, they still had a unique local flavor.
The other box is full of food, which is also produced in Xinzhou.
Dried bamboo shoots after pickling fresh winter bamboo shoots, pickled and dried small fish, white chrysanthemums selected and dried by Shen Shujun herself, fresh chestnuts in shells, loquat paste made from locally abundant loquat fruits and Loquat preserves...(End of this chapter)