Chapter 6

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date="2020-11-14"

title="Chapter 6"

weight="105152"

series = ["The Female Supporting Role Shows Out"]

mode = "manual"

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After leaving the capital, Lin Dan and the Qi family temporarily settled in a nearby small town. During the period, Master Old Hou sent several groups of people to look for them, but she politely declined them.

On this day, she sent away another group of people. The Qi family finally couldn't help but said Ai Ai: "Dan'er, it's actually okay to go back to the Hou Mansion. We orphans and widows must have a personal photo. Your father's. The house and restaurant cannot be left behind. With the support of the old man, we can sue the official and let your second and third uncles return everything."

Lin Dan waved his hand and said solemnly, "Mother, you are thinking too simple. Now what do we have besides one hundred and twenty taels of silver? There is no house deed or land deed, so what should I take to sue officials? The old man was kind and said We are the guests of the Hou Mansion, but don’t you actually understand what we are. It’s just a bit better than the slave who signed the contract. Now the young lady is at the critical moment of sealing the concubine, and the Yongding Hou Mansion is going up and down. You don’t know how strict the control is. Master uncle is still in jail for hurting others by riding a horse. Lord Hou, no matter how his wife cries, how can he control a lawsuit like us that will lose? He is willing to ask us to go back because he is kind-hearted and he is thinking about the old feelings. We can't take every inch of it, beg for nothing, and squander that old feeling."

Lin Dan sighed and said: "Furthermore, as long as we and the Yan family are still in the same place, in order to appear to be justified, they will definitely find ways to discredit our father. The second uncle and the third uncle are trying to stop us. The possibility of taking home to give birth will also start secretly. Besides a little bit of money, what else do we have? Lord Hou can protect us for a while, can he protect us for a lifetime? Staying in the capital represents endless troubles, it is better to leave. Start again. Mother, do you think this is the reason?"

Qi's unwillingness disappeared in the persuasion of his daughter, and could only nodded with tears.

Lin Dan rented a small courtyard to live in temporarily, and went out to wander when he was free, his immature face always showed a solemn expression. On this day, she walked far, and unknowingly went to the official road to an inn. There was a loud voice from the station, and the neighing of horses, which seemed very lively; there was a straw shed outside the station, and an old woman was busy serving dishes outside.

I don't know what's on the plate, and can smell a strong aroma from far away. Lin Dan was attracted by the fragrance and walked quickly over, and the merchants in the inn also ran out to check.

"Auntie, your tofu balls are so fragrant, how much is a bowl?" a trader asked loudly.

"Two copper plates and one bowl." The old woman replied with a smile.

"Come on, you can bring me a bowl." The traveler immediately sat down in the straw shed, staring straight at the oil pan.

When Lin Dan stepped forward, the tofu balls were already fried, and they were being picked up by the old woman and placed aside to control the oil. When the oil was drained, they were poured into another pot, and a scoop of bone soup continued to be boiled. The sweetness of the soup is combined with the burnt aroma of deep-fried. After boiling, sprinkle a handful of green onion to make this dish. The golden and crispy tofu balls are tumbling in the milky white and rich soup, sometimes dotted with emerald green onion leaves. Bean fragrance, bone fragrance, green onion fragrance and a little pepper fragrance are mixed together to form a very wonderful flavor.

Lin Dan walked two steps into the straw shed, and saw that the trader could not wait. He picked up a hot tofu ball and put it in his mouth. He breathed and chewed. At the end, he gave a thumbs up and said, "My mother, your craftsmanship is so good. Absolutely! I traveled north and south, and I have never eaten tofu balls better than this."

Lin Dan immediately ordered a bowl, took a sip after taking a cold breath, and his face suddenly showed awe. After biting through the crispy scorched skin on the outer layer, the tofu on the inner layer is very soft and tender, with some minced meat and yam puree, which melts in your mouth and is extremely delicious. What’s even better is that there is a cavity in the innermost layer of the balls, which is filled with thick soup, which seems to be caused by bone broth infiltrating along the cracks, and like meat foam and yam mud secreted after being heated. Taste it carefully with the tip of your tongue. The soup has the freshness of bone marrow, the saltiness of minced meat, and the sweetness of yam puree. The various flavors are perfectly blended together, which makes people want to stop.

Lin Dan ate very carefully, and finally drank the soup thoroughly. Only then did Lin Dan sigh with contentment. The trader ate three bowls one after another, and now it is called the fourth bowl, and his companions are all picked up by the fragrance, and the small shed is full.

Lin Dan stopped leaving after eating the tofu balls. Seeing more and more diners, he took the initiative to help the old woman burn firewood, fetch water, carry and wash dishes. The old woman refused but could only let her go. When work was over at night, she took out twenty copper plates to give her money.

"Auntie, I don't want your wages," Lin Dan returned the copper plate and said sincerely: "I can help you work every day. I only ask you to teach me to make this tofu meatball."

"Do you want to learn how to cook with me? What's the matter..." Before the old woman finished speaking, a young woman walked into the shed and said bitterly: "Where is the wild girl, I want to take advantage of my house. I taught you. , Can you still do my mother’s business? Get out of here, or I’ll hit you with a broom!” He opened the cabinet and put all the hard-earned copper plates of the old woman into her purse, her eyes full of greed. color.

"Didn't you also learn how to cook with me? I didn't say anything or not." The old woman frowned.

"I'm your daughter-in-law, my family, what is she?" The woman pointed at Lin Dan with arms akimbo.

Lin Dan quickly explained: "Auntie, don't worry, I come to work for your house every day. I don't take any money. After learning this dish, I will walk far away. I will never open a shop here. There are only two people in my house. It’s weak and weak. If you see me opening a shop near here someday, you will fight or smash it and let you do it."

The woman had already heard Lin Dan's accent from a foreign country, thinking that she was a waste of labor if she didn't take wages; she also thought of her family with many people and deep roots, not afraid of being fooled by a foreign girl, so she agreed, but her face was still not good , Like alms.

The old woman then went to pull Lin Dan, sent her out of the shed and quietly gave her a purse, and whispered: "Good boy, this is today's wages, you secretly hold it and keep it silent."

Lin Dan was about to stuff her purse back. The old woman hurriedly walked into the straw shed, and soon there was a woman's scolding from inside. It seemed that the old woman earned less copper today than yesterday. This is where came to learn how to cook, it was actually ancestor.

Lin Dan shook his head, feeling very uncomfortable.

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It was night, Lin Dan still hid in the backyard to practice knife skills. When her scarred fingertips touched the food or the knife body, she would always feel a tingling sensation, causing her to frown frequently. After cutting a gourd, she picked up the melon shreds of uneven thickness and thickness, and looked at it, but finally sighed helplessly.

"Tan'er," Qi Shi, who had been observing in the corner for a long time, walked out slowly and said softly: "Cooking is a happy thing, don't let yourself be burdened. Let's not cut this dish. Let's rest for a while. Okay? You are not to blame for losing to Yan Langqing, who hasn't played abnormally yet."

For a moment, Lin Dan realized that the Qi family was definitely going to trouble, thinking that she had lost to Yan Langqing and left a psychological shadow, and could no longer pick up the kitchen knife. But Lin Dan knew that it was not the same thing. She could practice this sword skill again, it just took time.

"Mother, I'm okay, don't worry." She didn't explain too much, but firmly said, "One day I will earn back everything we lost. Yan's cooking can't be done, so I learned how to do it. Food, the world is so big, there will always be a place for us."

"Eh, well, well, you can figure it out. Don't chop vegetables, go to sleep." Qi's head touched her daughter's head, his face was relieved. Her daughter has become more and more taciturn recently, but she has also become stronger and bolder, as if she is not afraid of wind and rain.

"Okay, you also have to rest early." Lin Dan sent the Qi family back to the room, but stood under the corridor for a long time without moving. In this bleak night, she fell into a memory unconsciously, but this memory did not belong to her, but came from the "Lin Dan" who did not know where he went.

The other side left a deep regret and unwillingness, but also left a deep emotion in his heart. She was originally a charming little girl, who loves to play and noisy, but never loves to be smoky. Lin Baotian asked her to learn how to cook several times, but she cried and refused. But one day, she accidentally ran into the eldest lady in Hou's mansion and was almost beaten. It was Xiao Hou who happened to pass by and saved her. Xiao Hou's gentle smile has since become her obsession.

She asked Master Xiao Hou what you like, Master Xiao Hou joked: "I love to eat." So the next day she took off her beautiful clothes, put on a gray apron, and walked into the kitchen for seven years. . She never liked cooking, she just wanted to make Xiaohouye look at herself more.

It was the saddest that Lin Dan couldn't agree with her approach and pinned his life on another person. If that person leaves or dislikes, all that is left for you is the abyss under your feet.

What Lin Dan has to do now is to walk his own way. Whether he falls or is injured, he climbs, and one day he can climb to the end. The original owner is a cook, then she will continue to be a cook, and the world is endlessly delicious. There is no worries about nowhere to learn, and no worries about no teacher to worship.

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From this day on, Lin Dan followed the old woman to learn to make tofu balls. The old woman has three sons, the eldest son is idle, the second son fell ill and died when he was young, and the third son is an old son who is only seven years old and is still waiting to be fed. In order to feed her two sons, the old woman got up early and sold tofu balls in the dark, so she had a hard time. Fortunately, she has excellent craftsmanship, so she doesn't have to worry about making a living.

The eldest daughter-in-law said that she wanted to learn cooking from the old woman, but she always liked to be lazy and slippery, so all the dirty work in the store went to Lin Dan. She got up early to cook beans, peel bean skins, and order tofu. She had to carry more than 100 catties of water back and forth, almost bending her waist. But she never complained, as long as she can learn something, no matter how hard she is, she will not be afraid.