flstandardbreds Chapter 178 Last Year's Potatoes
Chapter 178 Last Year's Potatoes
In the afternoon, Yun Xi returned to the city by herself. As soon as the carriage entered the city gate, she ran into Mu Sheng and Mu Jinyan who came to pick her up.
When the coachman Mu Wu saw them, he stopped the carriage and saluted Mu Sheng and the other two: "General, young master."
Mu Sheng waved his hand, got off the horse holding Mu Jinyan, lifted the curtain and got into the carriage, letting Zhuifeng follow behind the carriage.
As soon as Mu Jinyan got in the car, she climbed onto Yun Xi's lap, hugged Yun Xi's neck and acted coquettishly: "Mother, mother, did you bring anything new from the farm this time?"
The little child has already realized that all the things his mother is doing are new things that he has never seen before.
Yun Xi kissed his chubby little face and said, "Yes, it's something Ah Yan has never eaten before. I'll make some for you to try when I get home, and I'll make more delicious food tomorrow, okay?"
"Okay." Mu Jinyan answered obediently. He is really a very obedient and cute child.
Mu Sheng sat next to Yun Xi, stretched out his hand to take Mu Jinyan, and said, "Daddy, hold her. Mom is tired, let her have a good rest."
Mu Jinyan held Yun Xi's neck tightly and refused to let go. Compared to his stiff father's embrace, he felt that his mother's warm and soft embrace was more comfortable.
Yun Xi also smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll hold him. I like holding Ah Yan."
When Mu Jinyan heard Yun Xi say this, she smiled happily.
When they got home, Yun Xi washed her hands and changed her clothes first, and then asked the maid to take the sweet potatoes to the kitchen and asked the cook to roast a few pieces. Aunt Zhong was sent to the restaurant by her to be the head chef. The current cook was a second-generation player trained by Aunt Zhong, and her cooking skills were also very good.
As soon as the roasted sweet potatoes were served, everyone smelled a sweet aroma. Yun Xi took a small spoon and gave it to Mu Jinyan, peeled off a piece of sweet potato skin, and asked him to eat the flesh inside, and reminded him: "Be sure to blow it and let it cool down before eating. The sweet potatoes are very hot."
Mu Jinyan nodded, took the spoon and carefully scooped out a small piece, blew it several times with her pouting lips before putting it into her mouth. After taking a bite, her eyes narrowed up and she looked very enjoyable, it seemed that she liked it very much.
Mu Sheng learned from yesterday's lesson and only had a small taste, but he tried his best to persuade his son to eat more.
Some baked sweet potatoes were also given to the old general and his wife and Mu Xuan. This novel food conquered everyone's taste buds at once. However, Yun Xi also specifically reminded that it is best not to eat too much on an empty stomach. Some people may have a little stomach acid, but it is not a big deal. Just eat a few more salty bites.
"Mom, it's delicious. Sweet."
"As long as you like it, Ah Yan. There are other ways to eat it. I'll make it for you tomorrow."
"Thank you, mother."
Yun Xi rubbed his little head. The child was so cute that she couldn't control her hands at all.
General Mu sighed to the old lady while eating, "Maybe this is another high-yield crop."
The old lady nodded as she ate, expressing her deep sympathy for Yun Xi in her heart. After the harvest of the potatoes she planted last year, Yun Xi didn't eat any of them. Yun Zhen put them all in the cellar, waiting to use them as seeds for planting this year.
What did Yun Zhen say at that time? Oh, yes, "eat one less", "save one more", she saw Yun Xi almost throwing a tantrum at her father, it was really pitiful and funny.
No wonder she ate something new this year before planting it. Maybe she was afraid she wouldn't be able to eat it after planting it?
Time flies by, and it is June in a blink of an eye.
Apricot season.
Apricot is a common fruit in this era. Not only are there many wild apricots on the mountains, but many people also grow apricot trees at home. There are also a few trees on the farm. People pick and eat them as they please. This thing cannot be kept for a long time, and eating too much is not good. Many of them will naturally fall off and fall to the ground and rot.
Yun Xi had people pick a lot of them. Mu Sheng saw this and advised her, "Don't eat too much of this, or your teeth will break."
"I know. I'm not Ah Yan. Do I need you to teach me these?"
Mu Jinyan said: "Ayan knows it too, no need to teach."
Mu Sheng: “…”
Yun Xi ate two to try them out, and gave one to Mu Jinyan as well. To be honest, the naturally ripened apricots were not too sour, but not very sweet either.
She directed the maid to make the rest into dried apricots and apricot jam, both of which were sweet and sour appetizers.
Although apricot jam is not as common as strawberry jam and blueberry jam, it actually has a very delicate and smooth texture and tastes very good. Yun Xi feels that it is at least better than applesauce.
When making apricot jam, because a lot of sugar was used, Yun Xi finally noticed the sugar in the jar.
The world has long discovered sugarcane and has figured out how to make sugar from it. However, the sugar produced is not pure in color, but amber in color with a slightly sour taste. If it is used to make jam, it is not known whether it will affect the taste of the jam.
But it's too troublesome to purify sugar into white sugar by myself, so I'd better try with the existing sugar first. I'll tell Mu Sheng the method of refining white sugar and rock sugar later and let him do it.
After the apricot jam is cooked, put it into a porcelain jar while it is still hot and seal it. It can be stored for a few days.
While making the apricot jam, Yun Xi also asked the cook to bake some bread, honey cakes and milk biscuits in the homemade oven.
After the food was ready, Yun Xi kept some, gave some to the old general and his wife and Mu Xuan, gave one portion to her own father, and divided the rest among the maids and servants.
At noon, as soon as Mu Jinyan returned home, he smelled a little sweet fragrance lingering in the yard. He threw himself into Yun Xi's arms, with a sweet smile, and asked, "Mom, what delicious food have you made again?"
"The little nose is really smart."
Yun Xi took his hand and said, "Go wash your hands first and take a rest. Mother did make delicious food, you can try them all. If you like any of them, we can make them often in the future."
Mu Jinyan nodded and asked the nurse to take her to wash her hands. When she came back, she sat on the couch and waited obediently for feeding.
Yun Xi didn't let him wait long and asked the maid to bring up the prepared jam, bread, biscuits and honey cake.
Yun Xi helped him spread jam on a small piece of bread, handed it to him, and said, "Try it."
The bread was small, and there wasn't much jam, so Mu Jinyan's little mouth finished it in a few bites. Yun Xi couldn't let him eat too much of the dessert before the meal, otherwise how would he eat later. Even the honey cake was cut into small pieces, and Mu Jinyan could eat a small piece in one bite. He only gave him a few cookies.
Facts have proved that these snacks, which are still popular in later generations, are really attractive. The child ate them with gusto and finished all that Yun Xi prepared for him, still feeling unsatisfied.
Yun Xi said to him, "We will always have these things at home. Ah Yan can eat them every day, but don't eat too much at a time, otherwise he won't be able to eat. The baby still needs to eat well so that he can grow tall and strong."
"Like daddy?" Mu Jinyan asked.
"Yes, just like daddy." Yun Xi said.
"What's like me?"
Mu Sheng's voice came from far away and he walked in while speaking.
He dealt with some things in the outer courtyard first and came back later than Mu Jinyan.
The little boy stood up and called out "Daddy." He was standing on the couch, a head shorter than his father.
"Mom said that if Yan eats well, he will grow taller quickly and be like Daddy."
He gestured with his little hands as he spoke.
"Then you better work harder. In ten years or so, you will probably be able to catch up with me."
As Mu Sheng was talking, he sat on the couch and asked, "What delicious food has Xixi made? I smelled it as soon as I walked in."
Yun Xi: "...You two are really close father and son. You always ask the same questions when you get home. I had nothing to do this morning, so I made some snacks."
She ordered the maid to bring up another portion, which was prepared for Mu Sheng.
Mu Sheng is a martial artist. Although he doesn't fight any wars now, he never slacks off in his martial arts practice every day. His appetite is considerable. The portion given to him is naturally much larger than that given to children. Mu Jinyan looked at him with envy, looking at his father with bright eyes. He felt a little embarrassed to be stared at by the general. Occasionally, he would feed him a bite, and the little boy would smile like a mouse that had stolen oil. He was so cute.
He explained to Yun Xi: "I will take him to exercise again later. It's okay for him to eat a few more bites now. It won't affect his meal."
Yun Xi nodded. She knew this would happen, so she gave Mu Jinyan a small amount to leave some in his stomach to prepare for the food his father fed him.