After the salted fish is married

Songhua Egg

There are many rice fields in Rongchang County. When there was a locust plague in previous years, the disaster here was the worst.

After asking the duck driver, Ji Song asked Yan Ke and the others to take a detour.Through the car window, he can see the general situation in the rice fields on the side of the road.Some time ago, when there were many locusts, as long as there were carriages and horses passing by, the little locusts would jump onto the carriage.There is a large area densely packed on the carriage, which makes one's scalp tingle.

After walking around, there were only a few locusts on the carriage, which is enough to prove the effectiveness of ducks in killing locusts.I believe that after the ducklings arrive on the battlefield, the remaining locusts will also be preyed on.

The wind blows across the rice fields, bringing the fragrance of rice flowers.The figures of the ducks are covered by the rice, and only their calls can be heard.Ji Song lowered the curtain in satisfaction, and he let out a sigh of relief: "I hope there will be a good harvest this year."

The people in Liangzhou are suffering too much. The wars, droughts, and locust plagues are still being exploited and squeezed by corrupt officials. The people have lived in dire straits in previous years.This year, Ji Song reduced a lot of taxes and punished corrupt officials. Now he hopes to have a bumper harvest and cheer up the common people.

Yan Xining comforted: "Don't worry, there will be a good harvest this year." He grew up in the countryside when he was a child, and the growth of rice can still tell the good or the bad.The rice on both sides of the carriage is tall and strong, and the ears of rice are blowing in the wind. It is impossible to justify the harvest without a bumper harvest.

The corners of Ji Song's lips raised, "Yes."

Going out for a trip, Yan Xining gained a lot.At this time, the carriage was full of various fruits and a basket of unexpected duck eggs.Facing these harvests, he fell into sweet distress: "There are so many things." Fortunately, there are so many people in the palace, if there are only him and Ji Song, they will definitely not be able to eat them all.

Especially there must be two or three hundred duck eggs in this basket.Yan Xining stared at the duck eggs and thought for a moment. If he were to marinate all the duck eggs into salted eggs, he would not have such a big jar.But duck eggs taste fishy, ​​what else can be made besides salted duck eggs?

Suddenly, a flash of light flashed in his mind: "Songsong, do you know preserved eggs?"

After the duck eggs are wrapped in plant ash, the egg whites in the eggs will coagulate into a very elastic solid, and the yolks will also coagulate.A mature pine egg is dark green in color, and there will be a beautiful pine flower pattern on the egg white.

When I used to eat out with my colleagues, there would always be a plate of tofu mixed with preserved eggs in the cold salad.Speaking of which, Yan Xining hasn't eaten preserved eggs for a long time, and now she misses the unique flavor.

Ji Song was stunned for a moment: "I know pine flowers, but I don't know about preserved eggs."

Yan Xining smiled and said, "It's okay, you'll know when you make it." However, he has only seen other people make preserved eggs, and he has never actually tried it himself.

The carriage swayed towards the direction of Pingchang City, and it was already dark when they arrived at the palace.Yan Xining looked at the sky: "The daytime is getting shorter."

After the Beginning of Autumn, the days become shorter and the nights gradually lengthen.I remember when he first arrived in Liangzhou, the sun was still hanging on Xishan at this point.

After running around for a whole day, the two of them were exhausted. After returning to the palace, they ate a little and went to bed to rest.In the middle of the night, Ji Song was awakened suddenly by the pattering rain on the roof.But the rain was not heavy, and it stopped after a while.

Although the rain was not heavy, it brought coolness.Yan Xining sneezed in a daze, then groaned and burrowed into Ji Song's arms.Ji Song smiled and hugged him, and after rubbing against his concubine, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

One autumn rain and one cool, every time it rains after the beginning of autumn, the temperature will be lower.When Yan Xining woke up the next day, her nose was a bit stuffed.He looked at the mat on the bed and decided to remove it today. Just as he was rolling up the mat, Bai Tao entered the room with a large bowl of traditional Chinese medicine: "Master, come and drink the medicine."

Yan Xining looked confused: "What kind of medicine do you take early in the morning?"

Bai Tao put the medicine bowl on the desk beside him: "My lord said that you sneezed last night, you must have caught a cold. This prescription was prescribed by Doctor Ye in the morning. I tasted it for you. It's not bitter at all. You Drink it while it's hot."

Yan Xining: ...

Facing Bai Tao's expectant gaze, he could only pick up the medicine bowl and drink it down in one gulp.But the medicine is really not bitter. After drinking it, he broke out in a sweat: "Where is the prince?"

Bai Tao grinned: "My lord has already left the house. By the way, young master, there are a lot of eggs in the kitchen. Shall we make salted duck eggs?"

Speaking of duck eggs, Yan Xining got excited: "I want to make salted duck eggs, but I also want to try preserved eggs. By the way, Bai Tao, help me find some edible alkali, lime and bran."

Bai Tao responded, "Okay, young master!"

When Bai Tao retrieved what Yan Xining needed, he found his young master picking ashes behind the stove.The stove in the small kitchen was full of plant ashes, Yan Xining only took the fluffy and delicate grass ashes, and he carefully put the treated grass ashes in the wooden basin for later use.

On the other side of the Shau Kei, there are dozens of duck eggs that have been cleaned. The duck eggs that have been removed from the sludge and feces reveal their smooth eggshells.The ducks in Sizhou lay very large eggs. The shells of the duck eggs are somewhat white and some are green. They look very cute.

Seeing Bai Tao came back, Yan Xining greeted him: "Bai Tao, go grab a handful of tea leaves. You don't need very good tea, the most common kind of tea will do."

Bai Tao was a little puzzled, but he always listened to what the young master said.After a while, Bai Tao grabbed the tea leaves: "Master, the tea leaves are here."

The water in the pot just boiled, Yan Xining said: "Put the tea leaves in a big bowl, and then make tea." The boiling water was poured into the bowl with the tea leaves, and the aroma of the tea soup permeated after a while.It's just that the amount of tea leaves picked by Bai Tao is a bit too much, and the color of the tea soup is very strong.After soaking for a while, the tea soup has turned brown. If you take a sip, you can wake up all day.

After thinking for a moment, Bai Tao asked, "Master, is this tea used to make preserved eggs?"

Yan Xining nodded with satisfaction: "Yes." So far, all the materials for making preserved eggs are completely prepared.

Yan Xining took out a wooden basin, and poured the prepared tea into it.At this time, the problem came. He vaguely remembered that two catties of water should be mixed with one or two edible alkalis, but it took a long time, and he was not sure how much salt to add.To be fair, he was also prepared to add a salt or two.Anyway, the taste of the egg is not too bad.

Watching the salt and alkali in the tea melt, Yan Xining was satisfied: "I'll add two taels of quicklime and three taels of plant ash."

The quicklime melted quickly after being put into the tea water, and the brown tea water suddenly became cloudy, and a choking smell permeated the air.Yan Xining took a few steps back carefully to prevent the boiling lime water from getting on her body.

After a while, the tub became quiet, and he poured the prepared plant ash into the tub again.The mixture in the wooden tub turned into a mass of dark sludge, exuding an unpleasant smell.

Yan Xining carefully stirred the mixture with wood chips, trying to stir the mixture finely.Bai Tao was a little impatient: "Master, let me do it."

As he said that, he stretched out his hand towards the wooden basin: "I'm good at playing with mud." As a result, Bai Tao's hand was stopped by Yan Xining before touching the wooden basin: "Don't move, there's so much alkali in it, you How can you go straight up with your hands?"

Duck eggs need to be alkaline to make them go bad. So many alkaline substances have been added to the pot, and the white pottery can be used directly?Not afraid of the skin on the hands being corroded.

Yan Xining patted Bai Tao's paw lightly: "The stuff inside hurts your hands, and if it gets into your skin or eyes, you will feel bad."

Bai Tao retracted his paw shyly: "Then I won't do it anymore."

However, Yan Xining had already made all the preparations. After the temperature in the basin dropped to normal temperature, he put the brewed duck eggs into the wooden basin one by one.The skin of the clean duck eggs suddenly became dirty. After rolling them in the basin, Bai Tao carefully picked them up with tongs and threw them into the bran aside.

The bran was sticking to the mixture outside the eggshell. At this time, the duck eggs could no longer be seen as they were, and they looked like lumps of dirt.At this time, Bai Tao carefully picked them up and put them in the clay pot that had been prepared earlier. When all the eggs were thickened, the clay pot was full.

Yan Xining sealed the clay pot with a layer of oil paper and put a lid on it: "If you don't miss it, there will be preserved eggs in half a month~"