Farming and slapping face through time travel

After lunch, Shen Jiyao and Lan Qianjue went out with Xiaodoumi.

The sun above the head is scorching, and there are not many pedestrians on the street. The vendors are very smart to find a shady place to continue setting up their stalls. The vegetables in the bamboo baskets are a little wilted. It is really sinful to continue to set up stalls in such hot weather. .

Shen Jiyao held up an umbrella to shade Xiao Doumi, who was wearing loose clothes, and Lan Qianjue, who was holding Xiao Doumi. Both of them were sweating, and Xiao Doumi was waving his little hand to signal him that he was hot. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he took out a brocade handkerchief from his pocket and wiped Xiao Doumi's face, then picked up the brocade handkerchief and fanned him beside Xiao Doumi's face, Shen Jiyao couldn't help but muttered to himself: "It's almost time to win the application. It's still so hot that you can't get a breath of wind in this robe. It would be great if you had short sleeves."

Lan Qianjue saw that his cheeks were flushed with heat, and heard him muttering, so he couldn't help asking curiously: "What are short sleeves?"

"A kind of clothes." Shen Jiyao said casually, "It's cool to wear."

Lan Qianjue hummed, walked all the way forward, and said, "If you want to wear it, go to the cloth store and buy cloth to make."

Shen Jiyao didn't speak. He really planned to make some short-sleeved clothes, especially Xiao Doumi. Although he only wore one piece of clothes after the hot weather arrived, it might be because of the style of the clothes that Xiao Doumi nearly The sun is still hot and he has prickly heat all over his back, so he only wears a small bellyband when he is in the yard, and puts him in a loose dress when he comes out. If you can make him a simple little Clothes, it is estimated that he will not suffer so much, he will not get prickly heat, and he will not have to wear such big and hot clothes when he is taken out in the future.

Shen Jiyao had wanted to develop the clothing industry before, and today he suddenly thought of it and became interested. He looked at the crowd around him. In this season, he can better see what the ancient people's most exposed bottom line on clothing is. The old men wore crotch-covering gowns, showing their strong arms, and some even pulled the hem of the gowns and couldn’t move them to fan the flames. This is the dress of the poor. As for some men with status and money, they wear relatively Neat, just like people who go to eat in his restaurant, they all wear long gowns, belts, and even accessories around their waists. This is a symbol of different status and body shape, so no matter whether the weather is hot or cold, people with a little money wear it. Very decent.

It's like now that they have some money, Lan Qianjue no longer wears a coat and straw sandals, he always wears a decent long gown and looks very handsome.

The women doing business on the street are wearing commoner clothes, with the cuffs pulled up to the elbows, exposing their dark yellow arms. They are wearing short clothes, and their lower bodies are wearing dark light fabrics. Their hair is a little frizzy, and they are not very particular. The women are different, their clothes are neatly dressed, but the fabric is more elegant and light, which is only for the ladies of the rich family, while the poor women wear coarse cloth, the cloth wraps the body tightly, and the arms are not covered. If it is exposed, even if it is hot and sweating, it is just fanning in the hand all the time, and it can be seen at a glance whether it is a woman who has not left the cabinet. It seems that this dynasty is still relatively conservative.

But this conservativeness is only limited to women who have not left the cabinet. If he really wants to make clothes, he can use his brains from married women. Of course, it is not particularly difficult if he wants to do business with these women who have not left the cabinet. The styles of clothes are not complete. It depends on whether it is cool or not. When the weather is hot, everything you wear is hot. It is not only the exposed flesh that makes you feel cool. The most important thing is the fabric itself. If the fabric is used well, it will naturally not be so hot.

And men's clothes are not so easy to make. A man with status probably would rather be hot than be rude, so Shen Jiyao didn't see a breakthrough in the style for the time being. He thought for a while, and had to sigh leisurely. If you really want to make clothes, you still have to start with underwear. If they sell well, it's not too late to think about other things.

He has no plans to make clothes at the moment, but he can make some for them to wear first. Shen Jiyao is a person who says that the wind is the rain. As soon as he thought of this, he took Lan Qianjue to the cloth shop to pick some soft textures and colorful clothes. The pink fabric, I plan to make some clothes for Xiao Doumi, and then I went to see a piece of darker fabric for underwear. He has been thinking about underwear for so long and has not implemented it. Today, he finally put it into action.

Lan Qianjue watched from the side, and couldn't help but said with some amusement: "Didn't we come to find vegetables to buy? Why did we buy fabrics? What do you want to do?"

Shen Jiyao picked out the cloth and walked to the counter, saying, "I'm not busy. If I can't find it, I'll look through the recipes. I'll buy some cloth and put it away. After the cooking competition is over, I'll make it for you and Xiaodoumi when I'm free." Get some clothes to wear."

After hearing this, Lan Qianjue had no choice but to stop asking. Although Shen Jiyao always likes to do things in a hothead and regardless of the consequences, he has always been measured. For such a big game, he must have his own ideas and don't need to worry about it.

After the two bought the cloth, they went back to the restaurant. Shen Jiyao put the cloth aside and picked up Xiao Doumi, who didn't wear diapers because the weather was too hot. Smiling very happily, Shen Jiyao really loved his little appearance, so he kissed him dotingly, carried him to the study and began to look through the recipes, trying to find five dishes for the competition.

The study is very cool. A pillar carved with a coiled dragon props up the hanging window high. Under the hanging window is the table case. The cool wind from outside the courtyard keeps blowing, blowing the paper that Shen Jiyao suppressed on the table. Can't stop flipping.

Xiao Doumi sat in front of Shen Jiyao, obediently placed her two little hands on the edge of the table, stared at the menu in front of him with her small mouth open, yelling twice from time to time, which would make Shen Jiyao bow her head Come and kiss him.

Shen Jiyao flipped through the dishes on the menu, and it took him a while to choose a few dishes, one sweet and sour pork ribs, one boiled pork slices, and hibiscus eggs. He stared at the menu in a daze for a long time without thinking of the remaining two dishes. In the end, I heard Xu Rong and the others talking about the braised meat in the courtyard, and then suddenly came to the inspiration. Since he can't find anything to cook, he can braise the meat!Stewed pig ears or directly braised pork for cold dressing, the taste of this stuff is not worse than braised goose wings, besides, it is unavoidably hot to eat stir-fried dishes in this weather, it is also good to make cold meat dishes, as for the last dish , with the inspiration about the hot weather, it didn't take long for Shen Jiyao to figure it out.

Not long ago, he made some pickled cabbage. It’s time to eat something appetizing in this weather. Just cook sauerkraut and potato soup. It’s simple and delicious. Why always think about high-end dishes? It's all big fish and big meat, so it would be too unreasonable for him to follow suit. It just so happens that the ingredients he uses for these dishes are not unusual, and they are all farm dishes. If he can defeat the opponent with these simple dishes, it will be called Cool.

Shen Jiyao immediately settled down on several dishes happily, and then wrote down the required ingredients on a piece of paper, and then, contentedly, he carried Xiaodoumi and took the paper out of the study.

Lan Qianjue was washing Doudou's clothes in the yard, when Shen Jiyao walked over and said, "Come and hold Doudou, let me do the laundry."

"It's okay, I'll just wash it." Lan Qianjue said without raising her head, "How do you think about the dishes?"

"Think it over." Shen Jiyao smiled triumphantly, crouched down holding Xiaodoumi and put Xiaodoumi on the ground and stepped on it. Xiaodoumi suddenly twisted her body excitedly and wanted to get off the ground. Shen Jiyao held Xiaodoumi and refused to let it go. While teasing Xiaodoumi, he said conceitedly: "I've already thought about it. It's just a few dishes. I won't bother me. I'll marinate some meat in the treasure bag later, and prepare all the side dishes." Well, it’s fine, let’s see what I can do tomorrow.”

Lan Qianjue wrung out his clothes and threw them into another basin, straightened up and raised his hands to wipe the sweat from his forehead, looked at Shen Jiyao with doting eyes and said with a smile: "Then it's up to you tomorrow."

Shen Jiyao hummed, seeing Lan Qianjue working so hard, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed. He sat on his lap with Xiao Doumi in one hand, pulled up his sleeve with the other hand to wipe off Lan Qianjue's sweat carefully, and said, "Don't worry, I promise win."

Lan Qianjue held his hand and rubbed it for a while before continuing to wash his clothes.

The sun was slowly setting, and the setting sun was like fire.

Xu Rong volunteered to fry a few dishes for dinner. It was completely dark after a group of people finished eating, because there is no need to open the shop tomorrow, so after everyone finished eating, they followed Shen Jiyao's order and prepared all the ingredients for tomorrow. After getting ready, they all went back to the backyard, while Shen Jiyao and Lan Qianjue moved two chairs to the kitchen to watch over the stewed meat in the pot. Xiaodoumi was really satisfied with being held in Shen Jiyao's arms all day long. The son is not excited anymore, but is obediently sucking his thumb, holding Shen Jiyao's clothes tightly with one small hand, and leaning his head in Shen Jiyao's arms.

Shen Jiyao couldn't do anything with Xiaodoumi in his arms, so he left the work in the kitchen to Lan Qianjue. After adding firewood, Lan Qianjue came back and sat on the chair. He accidentally saw Shen Jiyao holding a bag of things in his hand, and said : "Know what this is?"

Hearing this, Shen Jiyao looked at the thing wrapped in oil paper in his hand, and said: "I asked the owner of the grain and oil store, and he said that it is the powder made from sophora flavescens, which is extremely bitter. If it is really put in our dishes, it is probably If you want to spit up the diners, do you want to try it?"

"Don't taste it, it's bitter." Lan Qianjue said: "They paid me to put medicine in the dish, what are you going to do with it?"

Shen Jiyao said calmly: "Of course we can't let them go easily. After the game is over, I'll show them a good look. By the way, they bought you to do things and gave you a few taels of silver."

"I gave you a full two taels." Only then did Lan Qianjue remember that they gave him money, so he took out a silver ingot from his bosom and handed it to Shen Jiyao, saying, "I never imagined that they would think of it in order to target us." Come up with such tricks."

Shen Jiyao took the money, and joked: "Not only is it promiscuous, but also so stupid that you just slipped the note to you so swaggeringly, why didn't they just stuff it into my hand and tell me directly that they want to move?" Hands and feet are also very interesting. I didn't know the strength of my opponent, so I rashly came to the battle, and I made such a big bet. To be honest, I was worried for them. The strips are all stuffed in your hand, I’m afraid you’ll die of rage when you find out about our relationship, haha, it’s so satisfying.”

Lan Qianjue also smiled, and then said lightly: "Maybe it's because our business is so good that we cause trouble. You just need to be sure to deal with them."

"Maybe." Shen Jiyao said disapprovingly: "Everyone eats according to their ability, no one can blame anyone, doesn't he understand the principle of survival of the fittest, it's really embarrassing to deal with me without ability. "

Lan Qianjue hummed, and said, "You can figure it out."

The two sat in the kitchen for a long time before the stewed meat was finished. Because he was worried that the stewed meat would be spoiled in hot weather, Shen Jiyao scooped some marinade out of a large bowl, put the stewed meat in the bowl, and then He opened the treasure bag and put the bowl in to keep it fresh, then he carried Xiaodoumi and Lan Qianjue back to the backyard.

Since they didn't cook today and there was no smell of oily smoke on their bodies, the two of them fell asleep after a brief wash.

The bright moon was in the sky, and the huge canopy of the saponin tree blocked the bright moonlight above the courtyard, leaving only a few rays of moonlight in the yard through the thin cracks of the saponin tree.

The sound of crickets was higher than the sound, and it was distributed in every corner of the courtyard. Except for the sound of crickets and other insects, the courtyard was very quiet. Everyone was asleep, and there was no light in the courtyard.

Three gongs sounded outside the courtyard wall, someone yelled a few times and then gradually went away, it was already the third watch.

There was a slight creaking sound of the door opening in the originally quiet courtyard, and a figure quickly passed through the backyard and ran towards the lobby.

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Early the next morning.

Shen Jiyao just got up to wash up, and was coaxing Xiao Doumi who was screaming with hunger. When Lan Qianjue was busy getting goat milk from the treasure bag and warming it for Xiao Doumi to drink, Xu Rong shouted outside: "Brother Shen , They sent someone to invite you to prepare."

The two looked at each other, Shen Jiyao frowned, and said with some dissatisfaction: "He came early in the morning, can't he wait to lose to me?"

Lan Qianjue couldn't help being amused by his words, Shen Jiyao is really more and more confident now, so confident that he is arrogant, but Lan Qianjue loves him like this, he smiled helplessly, opened the treasure bag and took out the sheep The grandma came, and said to the door: "Okay, you can ask if the place where they compete is in the market, and tell them that we will come later and we are still making preparations."

Xu Rong left at the door, and Lan Qianjue took the treasure bag to warm milk.

After the two of them took care of Xiaodoumi, they took out the stewed meat from the treasure bag and went to the front hall together. Everyone was ready. Last night, the pots and stoves that Shen Jiyao ordered to bring were just as good as the ingredients and were placed outside the door. There were two people waiting on the rented wooden cart.

Shen Jiyao hugged Xiaodoumi and said proudly, "Let's go."

Everyone responded one after another, and a group of 14 people walked towards the market in a mighty manner.

Before the few people reached the ground, they saw crowds surging in front of them from a distance, and they surrounded a place tightly. This is probably the place where today's competition will be held.

The bazaar is the busiest place in the town, and it is usually extremely crowded, but at this time, there is room to build a ring. It can be seen that several people have put a lot of thought into this competition, and deliberately let him stand in front of everyone. Completely defeated.

Thinking of this, Shen Jiyao smiled disdainfully, and when they gradually approached, a few people looked at the group of people who were worried about how to get in, and someone in the crowd called out that shopkeeper Shen was coming, and someone gave way to wait. A group of them passed by, Shen Jiyao thanked them as they walked, passed through the crowd and saw the arena, four simple stoves were built around the arena, the three of them were already in place, and a helper followed behind them, looking at them with a smile Two, Shen Jiyao replied with a seemingly friendly but contemptuous smile, and ordered everyone to bring up the ingredients one by one, and then handed Xiaodoumi, who was not afraid of being excited, to Wang Yueer, and told her to take good care of Xiaodoumi and leave On the stage with Lan Qianjue.

Wang Changshun looked at the expressionless Lan Qianjue and smiled inexplicably. Lan Qianjue glanced at him lightly, and then smiled at him knowingly. Wang Changshun was immediately happy, and couldn't help but look at Lan Qianjue a few more times. Eye.

Shen Jiyao glanced at the arena, there were not only the six of them, but also a middle-aged man who was about to be young.

Shen Jiyao frowned and looked at the three of them. Although he didn't ask what was the purpose of calling one more person, the questioning in his eyes was self-evident. He was not afraid of anything, but he was afraid that the three would find the backstage before they could speak. , the man took the lead to introduce himself and said: "I am the mayor of Nanquan Town, Jia Jinming. I learned that the shopkeepers of the four major restaurants in my town want to try their cooking skills here. Therefore, I recommend myself to host for you. I didn't tell shopkeeper Shen beforehand, shopkeeper Shen doesn't mind."

Shen Jiyao smiled and said, "So it's the mayor. It's a pleasure to meet you. I don't mind. The mayor is fair and just. It's naturally great that you preside over it."

The mayor smiled and said: "That's good. I have one more thing to tell you. Today, besides me, there is another person who will come to testify for you. I hope you don't mind."

Several people were secretly beating drums in their hearts, wondering if it was the backer invited by the other party, and they all said with a half-hearted smile: "I don't mind, I don't mind."

While talking, a person climbed up the steps and appeared in front of the four of them.

This person was none other than Qi Xuan. He looked at the crowd with a smile, and there was a hint of disdain for all living beings in his eyes. He cupped his hands at them and said, "Everyone, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'll be here today." As a witness for everyone, if you are ready, let's start." The words did not mean to ask for it, but there was a faint sense of order, Shen Jiyao and Lan Qianjue looked at each other, and they felt that Qi Xuan was not simple, Immediately, he was a little curious about Qi Xuan's identity.

On the other side, Wang Changshun's expression turned cold when he saw Qi Xuan, he was afraid that he was the backer invited by Shen Jiyao, but now in front of the mayor, he didn't dare to say anything, seeing that the mayor was cautious about asking him to go With the attitude of sitting down, one knows that this person is either rich or noble, he can't afford to provoke him, and if he can't afford to provoke him, he can only endure. No matter how big his backing is, he can still ignore the wishes of everyone. Wang Changshun thought of this and smiled, thinking of you No matter how big the backing is, it won't be able to keep you today.

The mayor walked to the stage at this time and said: "According to the regulations, the four of you cook five dishes each, and then randomly pick out ten people from the crowd to taste them one by one. It will affect the fairness of the competition. They will not know who made this dish. They will make a choice after the tasting. Do you four have any opinions? Before it starts, please raise any opinions , we are not waiting for the time."

The four of them shook their heads, expressing that they had no opinion.

The mayor smiled in satisfaction, and then called the start, and the four of them made preparations one after another.

Many people in the audience stood in the north where Shen Jiyao and the others were standing to cheer for them. Xu Rong and the others started booing and cheering when they met. For a while, the audience was full of people who supported Shen Jiyao, which moved Shen Jiyao very much.

All the ingredients were prepared last night, but the potatoes and sauerkraut had to be washed fresh, because Shen Jiyao was afraid of spoiling the original taste of the dishes, so the two began to wash and cut vegetables and cut the stewed meat in a tacit understanding. The two of them worked very quickly After finishing the side dishes, Lan Qianjue started to light the fire.

Seeing Shen Jiyao's speed so fast, the three of them couldn't help but sneered. They thought that no matter how fast they were, it would be a waste if the food they made was in vain. They were not in a hurry, but chose vegetables, meat, and fish in a slow manner.

Seeing them like this, Shen Jiyao slowed down instead. After experiencing so many things, Shen Jiyao has developed a suspicious temperament. At this moment, he has already thought that they might be waiting for him to fry it first. When it gets cold, it will naturally affect the taste, so Shen Jiyao also plans to take his time and serve the dishes at the same time as them.

After the few people over there prepared the ingredients, they started to cook, but Shen Jiyao was not in a hurry. After they had cooked two, they started to stir-fry in a pan, and the other stove was used to steam eggs.

This is the first time for everyone in the audience to see the cooking of the shopkeepers of the four major restaurants. The diners who often go to the restaurants know that except for the Liuxian Restaurant, the other restaurants are all cooked by the chef, so they are looking forward to the cooking of the three. Look, who knows that they haven't seen the three people's cooking techniques one by one. When Shen Jiyao made a move over there, everyone's attention was attracted by Shen Jiyao. The clean technique and focused expression made everyone feel pleasing to the eye.

When Shen Jiyao hooked up the gorgon powder juice, and the flames burning in the iron pot when he bumped it, everyone in the audience was shocked. After they reacted, they all shouted, and Qi Xuan couldn't help but secretly applauded, only to see Shen Jiyao They could not stop flipping the iron pan to stir-fry the dishes with ease. The big and small flames jumped in the pot, which was unexpectedly beautiful. They could not only see the process of food creation, but also Shen Jiyao's wonderful tricks. , it was much more exciting than that juggling. There were already whispers in the audience, and they always felt that Shen Jiyao's cooking posture was the most standard.

If Shen Jiyao heard this, he might be cocky again. After seeing the cooking posture of modern cooks, he still learned a little bit.

Shen Jiyao also made everyone in the audience praise him one more thing, that is, when Shen Jiyao was cooking, he never dipped his fingers in the oil in the spoon to test the saltiness. When people stir-fry, they have to dip their fingers to taste the salt. It always feels unclean to touch the food in the mouth with fingers.

Naturally, everyone didn't know that the three of them hadn't cooked for a long time, so they were naturally a little uncertain about the salt, unlike Shen Jiyao, who was able to put salt in his hands after he was proficient.

After about half an hour, the four people's dishes were fried one after another.