Chapter 4 Teriyaki Chicken Drumstick Rice
After selling vegetables together for more than ten days, Aunt Li thought about it carefully and shook her head, "This girl looks naive and has a tight mouth. When I asked her how many people were in her family, she said the house was rented and asked where she was.
Where, said to be near Dali Temple..."
"Dali Temple?" The man was surprised, "You have to be rich or expensive to live there, so why does she still sell vegetables?"
"She may be a relative of a servant of some powerful person who has benefited from it."
It seems to be the case, otherwise how could a bean sprout seller live in such a nice place? But as long as his relatives help him, he won't show up and sell such cheap bean sprouts.
Men are quick-thinking, "Are you greedy for vanity?"
"The clothes are clean, but they are quite clean. The clothes...a short cloth shirt..." Aunt Li shook her head again, "I don't seem to be a high-spirited person who wants to climb up."
The man patted the torn mat on the bed and said, "Yinjiao said that he has a customer who wants to find a concubine who is diligent and diligent. If she succeeds, she can give her a reward of 20 taels."
"Two liang?" Aunt Li's eyes were brighter than the snowy sky outside.
It snowed heavily all day and night, and there was a thick layer of snow on the roof and in the yard.
Ji Rongjin slept until almost noon before getting up, eating two meals at a time, preparing to make teriyaki chicken leg rice.
The small kitchen was close to the stove, which was very warm even on a snowy day. I put on my apron and entered the kitchen happily.
The kitchen is not big, and although the mahjong is small, it is well-equipped. In the past three years, she has tinkered with many modern pots and pans, making cooking delicious food very easy.
Humming a little song, I took out the chicken legs to freeze. While it was freezing, I started making white rice. The white rice cooked in the iron pot and earthen stove is not only fragrant but also chewy. Sometimes it is eaten directly, sometimes it is fried in oil.
It turns into a crispy little rice dumpling, which is crunchy when you take one bite, and the taste is so delicious.
Closer to home, quickly wash the chicken legs, remove the bones and cut off the fascia, poke some small holes with the tip of a knife to facilitate the flavor when marinating, add ginger slices, cooking wine, salt and other ingredients, mix well with your hands, and mix a bowl while marinating
juice, stir evenly.
Put the marinated chicken skin side down into the pan and fry until golden brown. Flip over. After frying both sides, pour in the prepared sauce. Cook the flavor on both sides until the soup is thick. Cut into small pieces.
Pair it with white rice and delicious teriyaki chicken drumstick rice!
Next to the warm stove, there was a table and a chair. Ji Rongjin, who was busy finishing the meal, sat down at the table with a sense of ceremony, "Prospering wealth, attracting wealth, mom is starting!"
"Woof woof..."
"Meow meow……"
A dog and a cat, upon receiving the signal, immediately happily buried themselves in their own food bowls, slurping down large pieces to eat, feeling excited and satisfied.
Ji Rongjin lowered his head with a smile. The chicken skin was browned and the sauce was shining in the reflection of the white snow at the door. He stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece and put it into his mouth. The upper layer of chicken was tender and soft, the gravy was full, and the lower layer of sauce was rich and soaked the rice until it was moderately soft and hard.
Her unashamed evaluation of the sex, fragrance, and fragrance...well...it's absolutely amazing!
After a delicious meal, she took the fortune and made a snowman.
In the snowy courtyard, one person, one dog, and one cat were playing happily.
Living with the door closed, there is a world inside the courtyard and a world outside the house.
I have been staying at home for five days. Tomorrow is Laba Festival. Just when Ji Rongjin was about to go out to supply supplies, the courtyard door rang.
It was probably a routine inspection by Jingzhao Mansion! She thought so.
Traveling back to the Great Xia Dynasty, I woke up in the wilderness. I didn't make many friends along the way. No one would knock on the door. Those who knocked on the door were usually government officials, either asking for attention or asking if they had seen you.
Of course, this is rarely the case. Most of them are checked before important festivals to see if there is any underreporting.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so of course this kind of routine inspection is indispensable.
He pulled the bolt and opened the courtyard door.
"why you?"
Wearing a decent indigo brocade suit, and tying up her hair with a silver ebony hairpin, she looked handsome and steady. When she saw Ji Rongjin, she politely held her hand in her hand, "Ms. Ji——"
Now that everyone knew her last name, Ji Rongjin's eyelids twitched, "Mr...."
"I'm just a steward, my surname is Kang——"
"Guanshi Kang, what can I do for you?" Are they still interested in her house?
This was the second time that Kangtai did not see a humble and flustered look in the yellow woman's eyes, as if the brocade clothes standing in front of her did not express her noble status.
Kangtai cupped his hands and said, "Five days ago, I accidentally walked into the wrong door..."
"I didn't care."
Looking at Steward Kang's dress and overall style, the master's status may be more than just expensive. Ji Rongjin remembered that his attitude seemed a bit irritable five days ago. Ancient dignitaries did not have the legal awareness of "breaking into private houses" and would not do so.
Offend the villain?
Kangtai was stunned, that's not what he meant. What he wanted to say smoothly was suddenly blocked. He wanted to say that it's useless for you to care, but he thought that he had something to ask for. As the first steward of King Yantao of Qi, Kangtai was the first in charge.
Not once did I use force to overwhelm anyone.
"Thank you, Madam Ji, for your generosity!"
Such a good attitude? Ji Rongjin was a little surprised. Didn't he come to rob the house?
Kangtai smiled at each other: "I accidentally drank Mrs. Ji's mutton soup..."
Ji Rongjin vaguely guessed something.
"My grandfather said the soup tastes good."
so what?
"I'd like to trouble Madam Ji to prepare a dinner for my father. Except for the mutton soup, the rest is entirely up to Madam Ji."
Turning around, he looked at the next door. The courtyard with two entrances and two exits was much larger than the small courtyard that Ji Rongjin had one entrance and one exit. Moreover, the inside seemed to be quite exquisite. Usually, he only saw an old couple coming in and out, so he thought it was a big house with two entrances and two exits.
It was theirs, but now it seems that it is actually a separate courtyard.
Ji Rongjin thought for a moment that it was not impossible to not rob her house, but to treat her as a cook. She nodded lightly and said, "Do you have all the ingredients?"
"Yes." Kangtai smiled broadly, "Mrs. Ji, should you go and take a look now, or in the evening..."
Ji Rongjin raised his head and looked at the sky, "I'm going out to buy some things and then come back. Can you do it, Manager Kang?"
"Okay." Kangtai nodded with satisfaction and turned back to the next door.
Ji Rongjin rode a donkey to the vegetable market first, bought a few days' worth of ingredients, and picked up some seasonings. When she was about to leave the market, someone called her.
"Ms. Jin...Ms. Mian..."
Aunt Li ran over panting, "Why haven't you been out selling bean sprouts for a few days?"
"It's too cold to sprout bean sprouts." There is a warm room and a heated kang at home. These are all excuses, but Ji Rongjin just doesn't want to move.
"Without the bean sprouts, what will happen to your livelihood?" Aunt Li looked concerned.
Ji Rongjin moved calmly and blocked the basket on the little donkey. The two baskets were filled with ingredients, and they could eat and drink for ten or eight days without any problem.
"It's... not bad!" She felt a little guilty because of the concern and wanted to leave quickly.
Aunt Li didn't let her go, "You're such a poor girl, look at this thin face. Your parents don't care about you. Aunt Li can't stand it..." She stretched out her hand and took out a handful of copper coins and handed it to Ji Rongjin.
Chapter completed!