latelenovela Chapter 47 Lacking Spicy Chili Peppers
Chapter 47 Lacking Spicy Chili Peppers
After that, Lu Yunqing started asking a million questions, like, "Why did you put peanuts in?"
"To enhance the aroma, sir, would you like to try some?"
“Let me take a look at those things you just bought,” he said.
The people busy here were startled. The adult was actually talking to this young lady about me?
Goodness, from this moment on, the others started to treat Dongfang Jin differently.
The magistrate, who was already kind to lowly people, was now less reserved.
Dongfang Jin also sensed this atmosphere, glanced at the group, and said nothing.
She was really not used to kneeling, bowing, and using terms like "servant" or "old servant" when she spoke, and "commoner" or "lowly" when she shut up.
When she heard the magistrate ask her about the things she had bought, she knew it must have been Ah Dong who said, "Oh, those are all mushrooms."
He took the contents of his basket out and said, “These black ones are morels and black boletus, these yellow ones are chanterelles and hazel mushrooms, this one is a ripe mushroom, and this one is wood ear fungus.”
"Did that master tell you all of this?" Lu Yunqing asked, picking up a morel mushroom.
Is this really edible? You know, most mushrooms are poisonous, and very few people in their neighboring country eat them.
However, he had once read in a travelogue that some ethnic groups in the southern part of the Southern Qiang Kingdom considered these foods precious. But that was just a legend; could it really have been Master Fakong who told her?
Master Fakong had traveled all over the continent and was treated as an honored guest in every country he visited.
Dongfang Jin did not notice Lu Yunqing's difference: "Well, I saw these in his courtyard. He said he was a monk and a vegetarian, so he could eat these."
I've eaten some fresh ones before, and they were used to make soup; they tasted delicious.
Dongfang Jin began to make up wild and unfounded stories. She had indeed eaten these things before, fresh, at Song Bin's farmhouse.
Now that she had the abbot Fakong as a starting point, she decided to set up a story for herself and continue weaving along that thread.
If we make up some other things, we might end up shooting ourselves in the foot someday.
Didn't they say that Abbot Fakong had already passed away?
She didn't know if he had ever appeared in Fangjia Village, but the original owner did have memories of such an old monk.
That was because she took the blame for Fang Yingying stealing money, and was beaten and scolded by Fang Youshi, who said she was dishonest. Not only was she beaten, but she was also not given food for a day as a warning to teach her a lesson.
She was so hungry that she had the idea to run away, and she even dared to sneak out.
It was on that occasion that the original owner met that monk, who gave her some food and advised her that patience would lead to a brighter future. That's why the original owner refrained from running away.
Whether it was the person they thought it was or not, no one could say for sure, and she certainly didn't know either. It was as if there was no way to verify it, so she just made it up.
Anyway, I wouldn't use the guise of a nun to do anything wrong; after all, she comes from a "red third generation" family. A model young person with impeccable revolutionary credentials, I still have patriotism deep down.
Even if we were to be resurrected and come to this unfamiliar world, we cannot bring shame upon our ancestors.
We should neither change the status quo nor cause trouble for others; we should be law-abiding citizens.
Lu Yunqing was amused by her words. Although she was very curious, she didn't ask.
A-Dong said that the man named Liu Xi would come to deliver fresh mushrooms to her tomorrow, and he would check them then.
If she has seen it, then he can post notices to promote it, which can also help some people.
And the star anise and Sichuan pepper she mentioned today, if possible, he could also get the local people to grow them.
Their country is still too poor today; the fire that burned them back then has made life extremely difficult for people in later generations.
The imperial court is also lacking in talent. The Siku Quanshu (Complete Library of the Four Treasuries) has been under revision for nearly a century, and the pace can only be described as snail's pace.
However, none of the aristocratic families that were not affected took those ancient books out, because their daughters could not enter the palace.
However, there are some things they are unaware of, and this tug-of-war has led to His Majesty's current predicament, with external threats becoming increasingly severe, plunging the country into a state of utter ruin and needing to be rebuilt.
Dongfang Jin asked Cuihuan to bring some small basins, and took out some of each kind to soak and wash, so that she could throw them into the pot to cook later. Meanwhile, she scooped out some sesame paste and started adding salt and water to mix it.
Lu Yunqing followed behind her, watching her every move.
After Dongfang Jin finished mixing the sesame sauce, Lu Yunqing, like a child, took a little bit with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth.
The moment the sesame paste hit my mouth, its fragrant aroma, combined with the salt water, created a unique and delicious flavor.
"Can this be spread on steamed buns or flatbreads and eaten?"
Dongfang Jin gave him an approving look: "That's good. If you don't add salt, you can mix it like this and add sugar to it to eat with the steamed bun."
Haha, isn't this just like when she was little, taking a steamed bun, cutting it in half, spreading a layer of sesame paste on it, sprinkling a layer of white sugar on it, and then sandwiching it between her legs...
To be honest, I've missed it quite a bit since I haven't eaten it in years. Thinking about it, she even used to put instant noodle powder packets in her steamed buns. Haha, it's funny to think about those things.
Unbeknownst to her, she inadvertently uttered another word—white sugar.
You should know that they don't have white sugar here. Most of the sugar people eat is maltose or malt sugar. Even rock sugar is something that very few people can afford.
Dongfang Jin scooped up another bowl of sesame paste and continued mixing it. While stirring the sesame paste in her hand, she muttered to herself, "If only there were chili peppers, that would be perfect. Chili peppers are the soul of hot pot, but unfortunately there aren't any."
Lu Yunqing snapped out of her thoughts and, hearing her mention chili peppers, asked, "What's that?"
When Dongfang Jin was asked this, she came to her senses and realized that she had said what she was thinking: "Ah! Oh, it's this big, red, spicy stuff."
A-Dong looked at the object being described and found it somewhat familiar, so he asked, "I've seen this kind of thing before when it was in a caravan passing through Ling'an County."
They said that thing was a specialty of the Western Regions, and it could fetch a good price in Fengtian.
Upon hearing this, Dongfang Jin realized that someone had indeed seen this thing before, which gave her an explanation when she planted some in the ground.
Upon hearing what A-Dong said, Lu Yunqing knew what it was; he had seen it before: "You mean peppercorns?"
Dongfang Jin paused in his stirring. What was that?
Just as she was about to shake her head, a page from a book on food therapy appeared in her mind: chili peppers: Qin pepper, sea pepper, chili, hot pepper, bell pepper, hot pepper, etc... Wow, they have all of these?
This... how many times has this happened today? What does this mean? Is this never going to end?
One minute it's a recipe, the next it's a bowl, can't you at least say something?
This is like a scrolling screen; how could a mediocre student like her understand it? What's going on here?
Are they trying to train her to be a chef? Or a top student? No matter what, she doesn't want to do it.
Honestly, she's not a savior, nor is she the female lead. Other female leads who transmigrate are either princes, princesses, or queens or something like that.
She was from a farming family, her background was unknown, and she was forced into a marriage in place of a divorced man with two children. What a miserable situation!
Thinking back to her past life, she realized that in terms of earning money, she couldn't compare to her eldest brother and sister. In terms of academics, she couldn't compare to her second brother, who was always the model child, constantly rising to the top. And in terms of skills, she couldn't compare to her second sister.