A Farm Girl Traveling Through Time: Raising a Stunning Husband

Today's dough has risen quite well, more than twice as much as before. Shen Wu took out the dough and kneaded it on the chopping board to release the air, then rolled it into long strips as thick as his arm.

This lunch is just a tasting, so there is no need to portion it so carefully. Just make sure there is enough food that overflows from your palm.

"Now that it's clean, what are you going to do?" Gu Zhou walked over and watched her kneading the dough.

Shen Wu glanced at the pot and thought for a moment: "Let's cook some rice soup. Go get some rice, wash it and put it in the pot. Eight bowls of water will be enough for the four of us."

"Rice soup?" Gu Zhou was a little hesitant and didn't want to go. If he ate like this every day, the rice would go down very quickly and he would have to buy more soon. The money at home was simply not enough for this kind of spending.

"What's wrong?" Shen Wu asked curiously when she saw that he didn't move.

Gu Zhou hesitated and made up an excuse: "I ate rice yesterday, how about changing it today."

Shen Wu understood what he meant by looking at his expression: "You are afraid that you will eat the rice too quickly and have other uses for the money, and won't be able to afford the new rice then, right?"

"Yes, although I don't know how you eat there, but if we eat like this... our family really can't last long." Gu Zhou said this for his own considerations. There was not much money left from selling wheat last time, and perhaps the family could not last until the next time they sold grain.

Shen Wu could understand his worries, nodded and replied: "Indeed, you are right to worry, I am spending money lavishly. But I have a question, are you unsure whether I can make money by selling buns at the stall?"

Yes, Gu Zhou had no idea. He knew very well the spending power of the people in the town. Maybe he could sell some at the beginning, but later they would choose cheaper food.

"Well, people in the town might buy some to try something new, but after a few days they will still choose cheaper food. Life is not easy for everyone these days, so it's enough for them to buy food to fill their stomachs."

"Okay, as you said, we won't eat rice today, so please help me get some flour and less rice. Boil water in the pot first, and then put the rice and noodle soup together. We will drink the noodle soup and my brother will eat rice porridge." Shen Wu could understand his considerations and naturally agreed with him.

After hearing this, Gu Zhou thought it was an okay idea and turned to go to the main room to get something.

Shen Wu took out the rolling pin again and started rolling the dough. If he was going to eat it himself, he would put more filling in it, and if he was going to sell it, he would make the skin thicker.

She is not a black-hearted businessman. She makes the buns bigger while making the skin thicker. Such hot big buns are very satisfying to pick up and eat.

Shen Wu’s skill in rolling pancakes is not to be underestimated. When Gu Zhou came back, he had already made more than half of the dough.

Gu Zhou put some rice into the pot, turned up the heat and cooked it, then put the noodles she wanted aside: "The rice is in the pot, and I put the flour you wanted by the stove. Do you need help with the buns?"

Shen Wu withdrew his hand and asked him to wash his hands and come over to roll the dough, while he went to stir the dough first.

She has always been making the noodle dumpling soup from Henan. She had tasted it at a farm stay when she traveled there before, and she has loved it ever since.

This soup is also very easy to make. You need half a bowl of flour, a little water and a pair of chopsticks. Stir the flour in a circle like beating eggs, so that the water and the noodles become fine flocs. The key is to add water in batches. Too much at a time will turn it into dough. Then you can put it directly into boiling water and cook until the noodles float.

If conditions permit, you can put an egg in it. If not, just scoop it out and drink it.

Moreover, this noodle soup also has a salty soup version, just like the horse ginseng version I made the day I first arrived. You can put cooked vegetables or raw vegetables in it, as long as it is boiled and salt is added to season it, you can taste the salty taste.

After stirring the dough, Shen Wu put the bowl aside, washed his hands, took the stuffing and opened the package with a spoon.

She is an experienced worker and is much faster than Gu Zhou.

Pick up a dough and put it in the palm of your hand. Use a spoon to scoop out three or four spoonfuls of stuffing and put it on top, press firmly. Slightly close your left hand and pinch folds with your right hand. A bun will be ready in a few seconds.

Gu Zhou wasn't as good as her and his movements were slow, but fortunately he was able to close the mouth.

Shen Wu consumed the dough and stuffing at a rapid pace, and soon half of the chopping board was covered with the buns she had made.

Seeing that there were not many dough cakes left, Shen Wu asked Gu Zhou to hold her and turn on the medium fire to find the grate. The grate was made the day she came, but there was no cage cloth. She thought about it, got up and went to the house to cut a piece of cloth she bought with scissors. Although using linen cloth is a waste of resources, she had no other conditions and had to use this first.

The water in the pot was boiling. Shen Wu took a bowl and scooped a bowl of boiling water to scald the cloth. She soaked the cloth in the vegetable basin, added some water to the pot, and then put the grate on it.

There were only a few left after Gu Zhou wrapped them. Shen Wu took a closer look and added some firewood to the stove.

After the cloth is soaked, she will take it out, rinse it with cold water, wring it dry, and then spread it directly on the grate to steam it, which is another layer of high-temperature disinfection.

After Gu Zhou finished wrapping the last bun, the water in the pot began to boil. Shen Wu took two buns at a time and put them into the pot. When Gu Zhou saw this, he helped her put them in. After the grate was full, Shen Wu covered it with a wooden lid and waited for the water to boil again.

There is still about one pot's worth of food on the chopping board, just enough to finish the next pot.

Shen Wu stood up and looked at the rice cooking on another stove. Gu Zhou didn't put much in it, just a little. Compared to the half pot of water, if the water hadn't rolled up the rice grains when boiling, she probably wouldn't have been able to see any rice.

Seeing that the rice had bloomed, she stirred the prepared dough into the water in batches, and soon the water boiled again. Shen Wu opened the lid to let the soup cook for a while, and then began to clean the stuffing bowl.

Gu Zhou had already cleaned the chopping board and put it back on the table. To be honest, Shen Wu was quite surprised that there were chopping boards in their time: "Where did you get this chopping board in your house?"

In response to the topic suddenly brought up by Shen Wu, Gu Zhou told her the origin of the chopping board: "My mother likes to eat noodles, so my father borrowed a planer to make this for her, and the rolling pin was made at the same time."

No wonder, that's how it is.

"Your parents are quite loving, that's great," Shen Wu sighed.

Gu Zhou didn’t understand what the word “enai” meant, but he understood the emotion in her words. It was a feeling similar to when he was a child, when he envied other children for being able to go to school.

"Yeah." Gu Zhou bent down and filled the bucket in case she needed it later.

Shen Wu saw steam coming out of the pot, so he turned off the fire and let the noodle soup simmer for a while.

The other stove was also producing a lot of steam. We just had to wait for about ten more minutes. The thin skin of the dumplings they made didn't take that long to cook.

"We'll be eating soon. I don't need any help here. You should go and have a rest first. You've worked hard today."

"Can I use some bamboo?" Gu Zhou asked Shen Wu.

Shen Wu turned to look at him. Although she didn't know what he was going to do, she didn't need to ask him about using a bamboo. "Ah? Just use it as you like. This is what you cut down. I won't use it much. Just use whatever you want. No need to ask me."

After asking clearly, Gu Zhou left the kitchen and went to the yard to repair the bamboo strips of the bamboo basket.