NOVEL NEXT Chapter 62 Beggar Chicken
After returning from the "ghost market" in Kaitang County, Mu Zhiyuan did not take Old Li Tou's warning to heart. The next day, he went alone to the Savage Valley in the mountains behind Liujiacun.
This time he brought some cornbread for the panda Huahua to eat. Huahua became very happy when she saw Mu Zhiyuan and rushed into his arms to act coquettishly.
Huahua, a bear, mastered the wowotou and ate it skillfully. After eating, he jumped into the hot spring and rolled around.
Mu Zhiyuan opened the map in his hand, which reproduced the lemongrass recorded in the beggar's chicken recipe in the wooden box.
He brought the map to Huahua, who crawled out of the hot spring, looked at the citronella grass with a vague understanding, and took Mu Zhiyuan out of the otherworldly cave to the ruins of the hermit's life in the Savage Valley.
This is a semi-open cave with a stream and waterfall on the side. Huahua jumped to the edge of the waterfall and kept pulling on the stone wall with her palms.
Mu Zhiyuan turned over and jumped to the cliff above the waterfall. After searching for a while, he found a clump of lemongrass in the crevices of the cliff. He uprooted a few of them, put them in a package, and was about to leave.
A female killer in black suddenly appeared and came forward to fight with him. The two sides fought under the waterfall.
Seeing that Mu Zhiyuan was in trouble, Huahua stepped forward and bared her fangs to help.
"I came to the wrong place today!" The female killer seemed unwilling to fight with animals, and after saying this, she flew out of the hermit cave with a Qinggong flip.
Mu Zhiyuan wiped the water on his forehead and said to himself: "It seems that Old Li Tou was right. Someone really wants to take my life."
Lihua Town, inside Liuxiang Snack Shop.
Lou Lan'er was sitting at the desk, telling a group of diners the story of "The Appearance of the Second Generation of the Scholars". Everyone clapped and applauded. Whenever this happened, Zhang Xiucai was always moved by the scene. Several times, under Chen's reminder, he Only then did I remember my duty as a record-keeper.
"Ah Shu, what do you think I brought back?" As soon as Mu Zhiyuan came back from the back mountain, he handed the lemongrass he picked to Shu Xi.
Mao Xi compared the drawings of recipes and smelled the lemongrass leaves. They had a fragrant smell and could be used as a spice to unlock many recipes from southern Xinjiang.
She left one citronella grass behind, and the remaining ones were temporarily planted in flower pots.
With lemongrass in hand, she took a whole chicken from the kitchen and started making the recipe "Beggar's Chicken" with her mother-in-law Chen.
The original recipe used yellow mud to seal the chicken and bake it. She improved the recipe and used lotus leaves to wrap the chicken and bake it in dough.
First mix lemongrass, onion, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, rice wine, sugar, sesame oil, salt and sugar water to make a sauce, then marinate the chicken in the sauce for an hour.
After pickling, cut the onions and mushrooms and mix the sauce, stuff them into the chicken belly, wrap the chicken with lotus leaves and tie it tightly, then seal the chicken with the pre-kneaded dough, and bake it in the kiln. An hour.
After preparations were completed, Mao Xi called Mu Zhiyuan aside and asked, "Brother Mu, where did you find this lemongrass?"
Mu Zhiyuan leaned into Mao Xi's ear and whispered, "It's in the Savage Valley. Huahua took me to find it."
He did not tell Shu Xi about the attack in Savage Valley.
Mao Xi opened the book "Southern Xinjiang Herbal Medicine and Recipes" that she found at a street stall. The description of lemongrass in it is: "The grass is fragrant and can be boiled in water, taken or bathed..."
There are also a variety of related delicacies, including lemongrass grilled fish, lemongrass and lemon chicken feet, lemongrass grilled chicken wings, etc. Mao Xi plans to plant some more lemons and passion fruits in her yard along with lemongrass and use them to cook in the future. BBQ seasoning.
She chopped up the remaining lemongrass and added some to the barbecue seasoning for today's supper.
An hour later, Lou Laner took the beggar's chicken out of the kiln.
Mao Xi cracked open the outer shell with a spoon and opened the lotus leaves. The aroma was fragrant, and a complete beggar's chicken appeared on the plate. It looked crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
"Sister, it smells so good. Can I have a chicken leg first?" Xiaodouzi was greedy and had already stretched out his little hand.
"You guys go and sit down at the table. I'll cut it first."
Mao Xi took it to the back kitchen and cut it into small portions and put it on the plate. She turned around and went to make another vegetable soup. As soon as she turned around, when she returned to the kitchen and was about to serve the beggar's chicken, she found that there was less chicken on the plate. Had a chicken drumstick.
Mao Xi put the beggar's chicken and soup on the table and asked her brother Xiaodouzi: "Did you just steal a chicken leg?"
"Sister, I don't have one." Xiaodouzi felt aggrieved.
"Is that you?" Shu Xi looked at her sister Ajiao again.
"Sister, I didn't take it either!" Ajiao stretched out his hands and opened his palms.
Luda picked up Ajiao and said, "This little guy was helping me make skewers just now."
"It's strange. Could it be that this chicken leg can grow wings on its own and fly away?"
She glanced around and everyone denied it.
"Ah Shu, let me go to the kitchen to take a look. Maybe it fell on the floor." Mu Zhiyuan stood up and went to the kitchen to help Shu Xi look for chicken legs.
After some searching, he still couldn't find it. Just when he was wondering, a hidden weapon flew over and stabbed Mu Zhiyuan's left arm.
A woman in black who was hiding in the kitchen rushed out of the kitchen. Lu Da and Lou Lan'er chased after her, but they were unable to defeat her Qinggong and she escaped.
Mao Xi pulled out the dart and immediately helped clean the wound. Seeing that Mu Zhiyuan's injured skin was turning black, she called her brother to her side: "Xiaodouzi, go find Doctor Zhang quickly! Take him to Jia Mansion."
Lu Da carried Mu Zhiyuan on his back and sent him back to Jiafu.
Butler Wang looked at the hidden weapon dart pulled out by Mao Xi, and wondered: "The prince has not made any enemies, why would someone do this?"
After the examination, Doctor Zhang told Butler Wang and Shu Xi: "The prince is indeed poisoned, but this poison is a strange poison in southern Xinjiang. I am unable to prepare a completely suitable antidote for the time being. I will prescribe some medicine and suppress it. It can temporarily alleviate the toxicity, but it cannot cure it. If it is delayed for a long time, the heart and pulse may not be preserved."
"A strange poison in Southern Xinjiang? Doctor Zhang, I have a book called "Southern Xinjiang Herbal Medicines and Recipes". I wonder if I can help you find the antidote?"
"Show it to me quickly?"
Mao Xi took Dr. Zhang back to Liuxiang Snacks, and she handed the books to Dr. Zhang.
"I'll go back and test the medicine right away, thank you Miss Shu!"
After sending Doctor Zhang away, Mao Xi was puzzled. She recalled what the beggar Old Li Tou said if he wanted to avert the disaster, he had to feed Mu Zhiyuan fish. She also gave the fish, but it didn't work. She thought about that day. Lao Litou was just talking nonsense.
Mao Xi had no intention of cooking in the shop. Lou Laner stepped forward and comforted him: "Doctor Zhang will definitely find the antidote!"
At dinner time, she opened the wooden barrel of pickled fish. She wanted to get some fish bream to go with the rice, but she found that a lot of fish was missing from it.
"Lou Lan'er, I suspect that there is a thief in the kitchen, just stealing food!" Mao Xi showed her the fish bream in the barrel, and there was indeed a lot less fish.
Lou Lan'er analyzed: "When the beggar's chicken came out of the oven just now, it was missing a drumstick. After you discovered it, the female thief ran out of the kitchen and stabbed Brother Mu!"
"I know how to save Brother Mu!" Ma Xi stood up, beat several fish bream into a bowl, and placed them alone in a corner of the kitchen.
"Ah Shao, do you want to use food to lure the female assassin out?"
Mao Xi nodded and whispered: "When the door closes at night, we hide in the dark and wait for her to appear."