Rich Peasant Girl: The General's Wife Has Space

Only after the starch is fully prepared can we start making vermicelli, rice paper, etc. Thirty kilograms of ground eggs can only produce three kilograms of starch. Xiao Wan told the female workers that there is another name for ground eggs, which is potatoes.

The female workers nodded and started making potato starch.

Xiao Wan gave her third aunt a few instructions and left.

Xiao Wan had nothing else on her mind. She walked home while thinking about opening a restaurant in town.

When I arrived at the door, I found a luxurious carriage parked at the door. It looked a little familiar.

Xiao Wan hurried over and saw that it seemed to be Duan Hongyi's. What was he doing here?

He walked into the house in confusion, only to see his parents sitting in the main seats in the backyard, looking a little uneasy. Duan Hongyi was sitting on a chair below the main seat drinking tea, with Duan Qing standing behind him. There were many gifts neatly piled on the floor at the door.

Is this him?

When they saw her coming, Old Man Xiao and Mrs. Liu's eyes lit up.

Duan Hongyi also stood up immediately, and said with a grumbling smile: "Miss Xiao, you treat me like an outsider. I didn't even know your new house was completed, and I didn't come over that day. I'm really sad that you're so distant."

"Uh..." She didn't expect that Duan Hongyi came here just because he didn't inform him about his greenhouse, and she was a little stunned for a moment.

Duan Hongyi rarely saw Xiao Wan's cute dazed look again, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Xiao Wan came back to her senses and felt embarrassed by the laughter, so she replied, "I'm sorry, Boss Duan, it's such a small matter for our farmhouse to build a house. How can we ask Boss Duan to make such a special trip? We feel bad about it."

What he meant was that it's no big deal for us to build a house in the countryside, so you don't need to come, lest you cause us trouble and have to "serve" you, and you won't even be able to eat well.

Duan Hongyi held the fan to his forehead and was about to open it, but then he remembered that the little girl had made fun of him last time, so he immediately put it away.

"How can that be possible? Even if I don't come, I'll still receive the gift. After all, I still need to make money from Miss Xiao's recipe and that vermicelli."

Xiao Wan couldn't argue with him, but Liu, who was standing nearby, saw that the boss of Yunkelai was so young, so good-tempered, and so handsome, so she spoke boldly.

She said, "Now that Boss Duan is here, why not have a meal at home? You must take this gift back with you when you leave. It's too valuable for my family to accept. After dinner, walk around the village. The scenery is nice now."

"Thank you very much, Auntie. Just call me Ziyi, that's my nickname. Calling me boss seems strange. As the saying goes, courtesy should not be wasted. It would be rude of you not to accept this gift, and I feel bad about it."

Duan Hongyi was full of tricks, after all, he was a businessman, and he made Liu smile so happily that she hurried to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

Xiao Wan glanced at Duan Hongyi, and Duan Hongyi looked back at her gently. Xiao Wan was startled and rushed to the kitchen to help Liu, leaving her father talking to him awkwardly.

Fortunately, Duan Hongyi was a worldly-wise man after all. Seeing that Old Man Xiao was embarrassed, he took the initiative to talk about interesting things from all over the country, and the situation became harmonious for a while.

That being said, Duan Hongyi still had to be treated well. Xiao Wan asked Liu to help her and started cutting vegetables skillfully.

Last time I made clay pot fish pancakes, this time I will make clay pot chicken pancakes.

Liu processed the chicken neatly and chopped it into pieces. Xiao Wan put the chicken in a pot and blanched it, then served it for later use.

Pour oil into another pot, stir-fry the chicken pieces for a while, add onion, ginger, peppercorns, star anise and cinnamon, pour in some soy sauce and bean paste, add water and simmer in the pot.

Then Liu kneaded the dough, mixed cornmeal with white flour, and made golden pancakes around the pot stickers. The stewed chicken was cooked and the pancakes were ready to be taken out of the pot. Xiao Wan poured a little spiritual spring water on them. She planned to send some food to the Zhao family.

Liu nodded in agreement. When her new house was completed, the Zhao family actually gave her five taels of silver. Later, when Liu went back to give it back, she couldn't refuse it.

There was still some mutton at home. People of this era didn't like to eat mutton, and they couldn't eat beef, but Xiao Wan loved it.

So I set up a small pot and made a hot mutton stew, put the big radishes produced in the space in it, found a small charcoal stove to put it on, and put it directly on the table.

Taking advantage of this time, Xiao Wan quickly cut the potato shreds and set them aside. After the other dishes were out of the pot, she fried some spicy and sour potato shreds.

Of course, stir-fried pork intestines are indispensable. This dish has become a common dish on the Xiao family’s dinner table, and the whole family has fallen in love with it.

Xiao Wan asked Liu to help her put the bread and dumplings. Liu asked her daughter curiously what dumplings were. Xiao Wan was shocked. Were there no dumplings in that era?

She came back to her senses and replied to Liu that dumplings were a kind of noodle dish she had read about in a book about places further north, and she had figured out how to make them herself. Liu shook her head, thinking that her daughter really read books just to cook.

Liu kneaded the noodles while Xiao Wan chopped the mutton, preparing to make two kinds of dumplings: mutton and onion dumplings and leek and egg dumplings.

Liu kneaded the dough and placed it next to the stove to rise. Xiao Wan chopped the mutton and onion, added soy sauce, chopped green onion and ginger, and pepper powder, mixed well and set aside.

I also chopped the chives cut from the space, fried the eggs, mixed them well, and only added salt and a little pepper powder to season.

Xiao Wan taught Liu how to make dumplings. Xiao Wan only knew how to make dumplings. She folded the dough in half, pinched it, and squeezed both sides tightly, and then made white dumplings one by one.

Liu learned from her experience and made better dumplings than Xiao Wan, which made Xiao Wan admire her very much.

A large tray was filled with clay pot chicken and pancakes, the mutton pot was bubbling on the small stove, the spicy aroma of stir-fried pork intestines hit the nose, and the spicy and sour shredded potatoes were fragrant. The portions were very generous, and these dishes occupied a large table.

Duan Hongyi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when he saw there was a stove. It was his first time eating a farm meal. There were not many dishes, but the portions were large. It looked and tasted really good. Xiao Wan was smart and calm in doing business, but he didn't expect her to be so virtuous and lovely.

Liu said to Duan Qing, "Good boy, sit down and eat with us."

Duan Qing shook his head and thanked Liu for her kindness. Duan Hongyi patted Duan Qing on the shoulder, and Duan Qing sat down, which made Liu sigh with admiration.

After all the dishes were out of the pot, Xiao Wan took out some food and put it in the basket, and put two plates of dumplings in it, ready to send to the Zhao family.