First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Su Jixiang did what he said and checked the ingredients that Xu Touer brought out.

They were all the simplest vegetables. It was winter now and there were really few vegetables. There were only cabbage, which is the modern version of Chinese cabbage, taro, some frost-bitten greens, a handful of dried shallots, and seasonings such as ginger and garlic. In addition, there was a large piece of pork with thick fat, and some unwanted offal.

Su Jixiang was a little dumbfounded... No matter how capable she was, she couldn't make a feast out of these three or four things. This was really like a skilled cook having no rice to cook!

Now Su Jixiang understood why Xie Yingfeng wanted to go fishing.

"This... is too little..." Su Jixiang flipped through the large basket of cabbage and said with a wry smile.

"Here are some dried mushrooms and some things I brought from the palace. See if you can use them!" Tou'er Xu took out a large basket from the stove, which was full of things.

"I thought the thing called dried scallops you used last time was very good, so I collected them all!" Xu Touer proudly handed a bag of dried scallops to Su Jixiang, as if he was offering a treasure.

"And the dried mushrooms, tribute vegetables, and black fungus you used!" Xu Touer took things out one by one, "Oh, by the way, I also brought the dried sea cucumbers and dried abalone you mentioned! And some dried shrimps!"

He placed the things on the table, and then took out a basin, "I soaked some sea cucumbers and abalone according to your method, take a look and see if it's correct!"

"It actually worked!" Su Jixiang looked at the pot of plump and elastic sea cucumbers and abalones, clapped his hands and laughed, "Boss Xu, you are really amazing. You know, many people can't figure it out!"

Being praised, Xu raised his head proudly and looked around with a smile, "What do you think? I said this would work. That was taught by Miss Su herself!"

"Yes, yes, boss, you are the best!" Several men around him hurriedly praised him.

"By the way, if you need anything else, I can get it for you!" After being praised, Xu Tou'er was very excited. "There are bamboo partridges and wild rabbits in the nearby forests. I'll ask some kids to help you find them!"

"That's great!" Su Jixiang perked up when he heard it. "Thank you, Mr. Xu!"

"It's a small matter! We can't do anything else, but this is easy for us." Head Xu asked Xiao Li to find two Black Tiger Guards who were not on duty to go hunting in the nearby woods.

"By the way, are there clams in the river?" Su Jixiang asked.

"Yes, but it's not tasty!" Chen Hai said, "We tried it, it smelled fishy and hard to chew, and we almost vomited!"

"Please go and get some back for me. I can handle it." Su Jixiang said.

"Okay!" Chen Hai was delighted. "By the way, we can still catch some small river shrimps by the river. Do you want some? If you want, I'll get them all for you."

“Yes, yes, yes!” Su Jixiang nodded immediately when he heard there was such a delicious thing.

"Okay!" Chen Hai asked Xu Tou'er for an empty basket and left happily.

"These pig offal..." Su Jixiang asked.

"Oh, we just slaughtered a pig today, and we'll have to take these offal out and throw them away soon." Xu Tou'er said, "Aren't the palace maids new to our Black Tiger Army today? The military advisor sent someone to the market to buy a few pigs. These are some of the pork that our Black Tiger Guards got. These offal can't be eaten, so we'll put them here first and wait to take them out and throw them away."

"Don't throw it away, I'll take care of it!" Su Jixiang said.

"Don't do that, it's so dirty!" Xu Touer waved his hand and said, "The edible hearts, livers and kidneys have been divided up. What's in here are the intestines and small intestines that no one wants, as well as pig lungs and other things. They stink!"

"Trust me, I can handle it." Su Jixiang sorted out the pig intestines, pig lungs and pig stomachs from the bloody garbage in the big wooden barrel. Seeing this, several firemen covered their noses and hid away. They didn't know how to handle pig stomachs, so they also threw the pig stomachs, which are the stomachs of pigs, as garbage.

It really stinks!

"Can you get me some water?" Su Jixiang said, pinching his nose.

"Okay, okay, okay!" Seeing that Su Jixiang dared to take action, Xu Touer took two large wooden basins with suspicion and poured water into them.

Su Jixiang began to process the large intestine. He first cleaned the outer skin with water, then turned the entire intestine over and washed away all the dirt inside with water. Then he took salt and flour and rubbed the inside and outside of the intestine little by little to clean the oil inside the intestine.

In this way, the smelly intestines were treated to a white color, and then they were smeared inside and out with strong liquor, and finally the remaining scattered grease was washed off. The pig lungs and pig stomach were also cleaned in the same way.

She boiled water and put the large intestine into one pot to stew, then cut up all the pig lungs and pig stomach and put them into another pot to stew. She added ginger, green onions and strong liquor to both sides to remove the odor and fishy smell.

After the pig's offal was stewed, Su Jixiang prepared the other things that needed to be soaked. Not long after, Xiao Li came back excitedly with two Black Tiger Guards.

"We are so lucky, look at all the good stuff!" He was holding four wild rabbits in his hand, and the two Black Tiger Guards were holding two bamboo partridges each.

The bamboo chickens were very small, and two of them were barely enough to fill a plate. Fortunately, Su Jixiang had soaked some bamboo shoots and also picked out some sauerkraut that Xu Touer had pickled himself.

"Tou'er Xu is really good at pickling sauerkraut!" Su Jixiang gave Tou'er Xu a thumbs up.

Tou'er Xu scratched his head embarrassedly and chuckled.

"Our boss learned the skill of pickling sauerkraut from a young widow!" Xiao Li laughed and revealed the secret. "At that time, we fought near Jialing Pass. You know why Jialing Pass was so difficult to fight? We fought there for more than a year. Boss Xu bought sauerkraut from a young widow in the town. After buying sauerkraut from her, they became familiar with it. She taught Boss Xu the method of pickling sauerkraut!"

"Go away! You son of a bitch, you're the only one who talks too much!" Xu's face turned red and he kicked Xiao Li on the leg, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Everyone burst into laughter, even Su Jixiang, who was cutting sauerkraut, couldn't help laughing.

She vaguely returned to the time when she was in the army. The military camp at that time was also so simple and happy.

The company commander of the female soldiers' company was very kind to her. Knowing that she was an orphan, he would call her to his home during every Chinese New Year and other festivals and prepare delicious food for her... Although the food she cooked was not very delicious, the thoughtfulness she showed her was incomparable!

Unconsciously, Su Jixiang's eyes became a little moist...

She quietly turned her back and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.