90s little naughty master

The Farmer’s Market in Lianhua District is just behind the street of Hongxin Orphanage, about a 10-minute walk away.

This was also Tao Yan and Huo Baichuan's first visit to the farmer's market since they crossed.

The farmer's market in the 90s was more prosperous and lively than Tao Yan and Huo Baichuan imagined, no matter the size of the venue or the size of the stalls.Accustomed to buying vegetables in large supermarkets that are neat and exquisite, where every vegetable leaf is cleaned, Tao Yan and Huo Baichuan suddenly came to this kind of crowded and original farmers' market, and they were not used to it. .

The vegetables here are piled up in piles on the stalls, the roots are still covered with soil, and there is no category label that Tao Yan is familiar with. They are piled up in green, and Tao Yan can only identify home-cooked dishes such as cucumbers and eggplants; Fresh peaches, watermelons and other fruits are piled up on large trucks and sold directly; rice noodles and soybean oil are all sold in buckets or bags of [-] catties, and there is no small package like Tao Yan wants; chickens, ducks and geese are all bundled alive Throw it in front of the booth, flapping its wings and making creaking noises; all kinds of fish, shrimp, river crab and seafood are also swimming around in the water tank alive and kicking, jumping twice from time to time, splashing all over the ground Splashes of water; the smell of livestock manure and fish and shrimp filled the air, and the grocery buyers walked around rubbing their shoulders, picking and choosing the ingredients on the stalls, and bargaining loudly with the vendors...

"Why did the scallions rise to fifty cents a catty? It was only forty-five cents yesterday! What you sell is too expensive..."

"The tenderloin costs seven yuan a catty? I don't want it. You weigh half a catty of pork belly and mince it into meat stuffing. I'll go back and make dumplings..."

Huo Baichuan asked Tao Yan while covering his nose: "Where is there a seller of Chengfen? Let's buy Liangpi and hurry up. The air here is too delicious, I can't take it anymore."

Tao Yan was also very uncomfortable.Dragging Huo Baichuan through the crowd, despite the loud hawking, he bought half a bag of Chengfen, ten catties of cucumbers, two catties of bean sprouts and a handful of seasonings.When passing by a stewed meat shop, Huo Baichuan suddenly stopped in his tracks and hinted to Tao Yan: "Shouldn't Liangpi be eaten with Roujiamo?"

Tao Yan silently looked at Huo Baichuan several times, and the two of them returned to the vegetable market with big bags and small bags, and bought two pork knuckles, Chinese prickly ash, aniseed tangerine peel, rock sugar and other ingredients for braised pork.

"Ten or so children plus the principal and volunteers, these should be enough!" Huo Baichuan was satisfied with holding the heavy ingredients. The price of the 90s is really cheap, so many things cost less than 50 yuan.

There were more than ten yuan left, Tao Yan thought about it, and simply bought another half bag of potatoes.You can give everyone fried wolf tooth potatoes as dessert.

"I'm sure I can't eat so many potatoes. Let me make potato pancakes tomorrow morning!" Huo Baichuan was cheeky and aggressive, and finally added: "If the money is gone, we can earn more. At worst, let's leave the Lianhua District and go to a farther place to perform art tomorrow." .”

Tao Yan looked at Huo Baichuan speechlessly.Master Huo is addicted to performing arts.

It was exactly two o'clock in the afternoon when the two returned to the orphanage.The hottest time of day.Huo Baichuan was so hot that he almost stuck out his tongue: "If I had known, I would have bought less potatoes, and bought a watermelon, put it in cold water for a while, it must taste really good."

Tao Yan smiled: "There are cucumbers. You can put them in cold water to quench your thirst than watermelons."

The old dean and several volunteers sat in the shadow downstairs, enjoying the cool and chatting while washing clothes for the children in the yard.Seeing the two people rushing back with big and small bags, they were a little surprised: "Why did you buy so many things?"

"Where did you get so much money?"

Huo Baichuan was also a little strange: "Didn't those neighbors come to visit?"

The old dean was at a loss: "What kind of door do you want?"

Speaking of this, the epiphany flashed, and he looked at Tao Yan and Huo Baichuan amusedly: "What are you two doing?"

Huo Baichuan and Tao Yan exchanged glances.Tao Yan immediately said, "I'll take the things to the kitchen first. In the evening, I will eat Liangpi, Roujiamo, and Spike potatoes."

The volunteers looked at each other.Subconsciously stood up and helped Tao Yan and Huo Baichuan pick up the dishes.

The old dean asked helplessly: "What is Liangpi? You two can cook?"

"Tao Yan not only knows how to cook, he also cooks delicious food." Huo Baichuan immediately showed off after hearing this: "The best food I've ever eaten in my life is made by Tao Yan. But he is usually very I'm busy, I seldom know how to cook."

The old dean looked at the complacent Huo Baichuan, and asked a little funny: "You remembered again?"

Huo Baichuan, who had been claiming to have lost his memory for the past few days, suddenly stopped talking.

Tao Yan and volunteer teachers moved the ingredients into the kitchen.Looking at the overly primitive earthen stove in the corner, Tao Yan felt a little embarrassed.

The orphanage's kitchen is an old-fashioned large kitchen with two stoves, both of which need to be lit.Use two pots for cooking and cooking.In addition, let alone rice cookers and natural gas, there is not even a gas tank in the kitchen.

Having never used such a primitive cooking tool before, Tao Yan felt a little numb.

Fortunately, Huo Baichuan has been addicted to adventure since graduation.Years of living in the wild has taught him a lot of survival skills, one of which is making a fire.

"Don't say there are matches here, even if there aren't any, I can make a fire for you by drilling wood!" Huo Baichuan sat by the stove, the flames hadn't even ignited, and he brags to Tao Yan first .

Tao Yan stood behind Huo Baichuan with his arms folded.Huo Baichuan had been fiddling for a while, but before the fire started, a thick black smoke was coming out of the stove.Choking made the two of them cough.

Tao Yan exited the kitchen first.Huo Baichuan followed closely behind.A handsome face was smoky and smoky, only revealing a mouthful of big white teeth.

"... Cough cough... Has this firewood become damp after being placed for a long time?" Huo Baichuan coughed and shook the pot: "Summer is very humid. That must be the case."

Tao Yan didn't even want to talk about him: "Whether it's tide or not, you didn't touch it when you lit it?"

Huo Baichuan was speechless.There was still a bit of dissatisfaction on his face.

The volunteer aunt couldn't help laughing, and explained: "Firing a fire in this stove is not the same as lighting a fire in the wild. The fire outside is well ventilated, and the firewood is easy to burn. It's not good to light the fire in the stove. You have to leave room for the firewood to burn." It will burn hot."

Tao Yan cast a sideways glance at Huo Baichuan.

Huo Baichuan's handsome face flushed slightly: "What do you think I am doing? I have never lighted the stove before. It is understandable not to know. You still can't give birth at all!"

Tao Yan raised his eyebrows and asked deliberately: "Can you have children? How many children can you have?"

Huo Baichuan glared at Tao Yan angrily: "I can let you have a hundred children!"

Seeing that First Young Master Huo became angry from embarrassment, Tao Yan stopped teasing him.

The volunteer aunt suppressed a smile while throwing a wet towel for Huo Dashao to wipe his face.Muttering in his mouth: "I'll go to the kitchen to have a look and help you light the fire."

A few minutes later, the volunteer aunt came out with a smile: "The fire is ready. Is there anything else I can do for you?"

Tao Yan smiled and said, "I need to wash my elbows in water."

Huo Baichuan lifted the two pig front elbows and put them into the big iron pot.Before the pork knuckle was bought, the stall owner had already let the stall owner singe the hair, so it is very smooth to the touch now, with a hint of burnt meat aroma.Tao Yan poured two basins of cold water over the pork knuckles, then chopped green onions and sliced ​​ginger and threw them in. He also poured some white vinegar and cooking wine to remove the fishy smell.

The firewood in the stove was burning vigorously, and the water poured into the pot quickly boiled.The two pork fore elbows are deliciously cooked in boiling hot water.In an instant, the aroma of meat overflowed.

Since it was the first time to use an iron pot stove for cooking, Tao Yan was a little hard to control the heat.Fortunately, compared with stir-fried vegetables, braised pork does not require so much control over the heat.

Tao Yan took the cooked elbows out of the pot, asked Huo Baichuan to pour out the water in the iron pot, and poured a small half pot of hot oil to fry the two elbows again.

"My God!" The volunteer aunt had just finished cutting the cucumbers, and when she turned around, she saw Huo Baichuan pouring half a bucket of oil into the oil barrel, and her distressed face immediately wrinkled: "This is an imperial banquet." Hey! How much oil is wasted! You really don’t know how expensive the rice is! How can you waste things like this!”

The volunteer aunt clutched her chest, her face turned green with anger: "Do you know that half a barrel of oil is enough to feed our orphanage for two months! You just poured it in like this?"

Seeing this, Huo Baichuan said with a playful smile: "Don't feel bad about it. Potatoes will be fried with this little oil in a while! Besides, you eat boiled vegetables every day without any oil or water. Are you still not tired of eating? It's time to improve your life!"

The volunteer aunt glared at Huo Baichuan angrily: "Our orphanage makes dumplings twice a month, and everyone eats them very well. Isn't everyone like this these days? What family can afford it?" Is it so ruined by you? It’s a state-run restaurant, and it didn’t say that half a barrel of oil should be put in to stew two elbows!”

The dissatisfaction of the volunteer aunt attracted several other volunteers in the yard.The big guys walked into the kitchen one after another to probe their brains. Before they could speak, they were enticed by the aroma of fried elbows filling the kitchen and gulped their mouths.

"What's so delicious?"

"This is pork elbow? This taste is too delicious! It's more delicious than the braised meat shop in Lao Li's house at the entrance of the Hutong!"

"It took half a barrel of deep-fried elbows, isn't it delicious!" the volunteer aunt rolled her eyes indignantly while talking: "I've never seen such a waste of things!"

While talking, Tao Yan fished out the fried pork knuckles with golden skin and crispy skin, set them aside to control the oil, then poured out the oil in the iron pan, and threw in a few pieces of rock sugar to fry the sugar color.

The volunteer aunt saw Tao Yan throwing rock candies as if they were free of money, and felt that her heart hurt even more.

"Just do it, you two! This is not a child from an orphanage! This is clearly the eldest son of a capitalist!"

Huo Baichuan looked at the volunteer aunt with a smile: "You feel bad now, and the food will taste better after a while."

Before the volunteer aunt could speak, Huo Baichuan said again: "Besides, this oil is not used once and thrown away. You can use it to fry vegetables. The oil that has fried elbows is so fragrant! The fried vegetables have a meaty smell."

When the volunteer aunt heard what Huo Baichuan said, she immediately felt that it was the same reason.He glanced at the two of them resentfully, and stopped talking.

Tao Yan threw two pork knuckles with oil control into the pot, stir-fried them again with the melted rock sugar, and threw the prepared prickly ash, aniseed, tangerine peel and spices into the pot and continued to stir-fry until the two The elbows are evenly colored.Then pour water up to the elbow, pour in light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and other spices, cover the pot, and simmer for two hours on high heat.

The volunteer aunt couldn't help covering her chest again: "It takes two hours to stew? How much firewood will it cost? Do you think that firewood is free of money!"

Huo Baichuan grinned and didn't speak.

Tao Yan looked around in the kitchen, and originally wanted to boil dozens of eggs and throw them in to make marinated eggs, but seeing the distressed look of the volunteer aunt, he probably would not agree with him ruining the eggs in the orphanage.

It's a pity that such a good pot of stewed broth is wasted if you don't cook something else.Tao Yan thought for a while, then took out the only one yuan and fifty cents left in his pocket, and handed it to Huo Baichuan: "Go to the market and buy some dried tofu puffs, it's also delicious if you throw it into a stewed meat pot."

Huo Baichuan took the money and responded.

The auntie volunteer held her chest and asked loudly: "Do you want to buy something?"

"Don't buy it. There are tofu at home." The auntie volunteer went to the cabinet in the corner and took out a few pieces of tofu: "I originally wanted to make tofu stewed with cabbage for you at night, but I don't need it now. Just right Throw it in and let it marinate for a while, so as not to let the acid stay overnight and spoil things."

Tao Yan glanced at the trembling, white and tender pieces of marinated tofu held in his aunt's hands, and felt that although the marinated tofu was not as delicious as dried tofu and puffed tofu, it was not a waste.

"Is there a casserole?" Tao Yan asked.The texture of marinated tofu is tender. If it is stewed in a pot of stewed meat for two hours, the tofu will be stewed.

It's better to stew the tofu in a casserole after the elbow is stewed, the taste will obviously be better.

"There is a casserole. But this casserole is used to make medicine for children." Children's immunity is not as good as that of adults, and they are more likely to get sick.There are many children in the orphanage, and occasionally someone has a cold and fever, and the volunteer auntie will stew ginger or Chinese herbal medicine in a casserole for the children to drink.

Then you can only use an iron pan.Tao Yan sighed, the worker wanted to do his job well, but the equipment was not good.

Seeing this, the volunteer aunt also frowned, and muttered secretly: "The guy you want is quite complete. I don't know how to do it."

During the stewing of the elbow, Tao Yan also made Liangpi.

Pour Chengfen and flour into the basin at a ratio of ten to one, then add water and stir to form a paste.

"Is there a bigger plate? The bottom should be flat." Tao Yan communicated with the aunt again.

Although Auntie felt that Tao Yan and Huo Baichuan would not live by wasting food, but the two children had just arrived at the orphanage, and they were willing to buy so many things for everyone to cook for, which was a kind gesture.The enthusiasm of the children can never be dispelled.Immediately with a straight face, he dug out two large round trays from which corner: "This is what we usually use for steaming rice cakes, do you think it will work?"

Tao Yan took a look and nodded with a smile: "That's fine."

He put the tray on the chopping board stably, scooped up the powder paste with a spoon and spread it evenly on the tray, then opened another pot, poured water, put the tray with powder paste in it safely, and covered it Fire steamed rice noodles.

After the Liangpi is formed, put the tray in cold water to cool together, and then repeat the above actions until a sufficient amount of Liangpi is made.

During the period, Tao Yan skillfully adjusted the seasoning for eating Liangpi and the buns for making Roujiamo.I was about to do this series of preparations when I heard a sudden burst of excited noise and children cheering and screaming in the yard.

The children in the orphanage also came back from the park.