Kimchi is a magical treasure.

Basically every household in Shu has several jars of pickles, usually sauerkraut and kimchi;

Zhou Zhi's family usually has cans of tempeh and red tofu. Occasionally, she will make some at home, or her aunt will send some candied garlic and candied radish heads; her grandmother will make white radish strips, dried radish, and

Make coir raincoat carrots and coir raincoat cucumbers to make dried carrots and dried cucumbers.

So delicious.

Zhou Zhi's old pickled cabbage is older than Zhou Zhi. She was the mother and son of the pickled cabbage from her aunt when her father was living independently. The pickled vegetables are highly praised.

But the mysterious thing is that Zhang Xinyi's mother and son were also picked up from Zhou Zhi's house, and then, uh, they had to be picked up basically once a year...

Because the last one was useless again...

This is amazing, the same recipe can't produce the same taste.

Although Zhou Zhi strictly controlled everything from the jar to the chopsticks, I don’t know why Zhang Xinyi’s kimchi just couldn’t be soaked well.

Blossoms, vat smell, turbidity, over-acidity... all kinds of moths emerge in endlessly.

Soak the chili until it becomes a thin layer of skin; soak the ginger until it softens into a mess.

Zhou Zhi was very suspicious that Mrs. Zhao did not strictly follow the instructions she and her father had given her. However, Mrs. Zhao always swore that there was no problem, just as you said.

Zhou Zhi didn't get the evidence, so Zhou Zhi couldn't get rid of it.

This year’s solution is to change the big can to a small one, get it directly from Zhou Zhi’s house, and then take it after eating.

Zhou Zhi looked at the small jar on the counter. Mrs. Zhao also had her own stubbornness and insisted on continuing to try.

Actually, why bother? It’s completely unnecessary. I don’t dare to eat it anyway, right? Zhou Zhi complained silently in his heart.

"No, there's still a bunch of rice dumplings here. It's just right to leave some space for refreshments in the study salon in the afternoon." Zhou Zhi began to quietly change the topic.

"That's it..." Zhang Qingping thought for a while: "Actually, the festival is about to take place, so relax a little..."

"Dad." Zhang Xinyi looked at his father, his voice was calm and decisive.

"Well, let's stop talking." Zhang Qingping quickly stopped: "Then there's no need to come back for dinner tonight, right?"

"Yes." Zhou Zhi nodded: "Eat meat porridge tonight to replenish your body."

"Then come back after eating." Mrs. Zhao nodded, and then used Zhou Zhi's mother to praise Feng Xueshan: "The elbow is the most capable!"

After dinner, Zhou Zhi took the rice cooker, Zhang Xinyi and Jiang Shuyi to say goodbye to everyone and returned to the dormitory of the Sugar and Wine Company.

When going to the capital of Shu, giving gifts is a small matter, but handing in homework is a big deal.

In addition to the second edition of "Jiachuan Dialect Exegesis" to be delivered to Dean Gu, there is also another book that I have just compiled with my fourth cousin, "The Origin of Food in the Jiachuan Area - On the Exchange between Xiaohebang Cuisine and Xiahebang Cuisine"

"Integration".

Zhou Zhi didn't know whether Professor Gu from Shu University would think that he was not doing his job properly, after all, whether his new work would suit their taste.

After all, they are philologists, far more specialized than the so-called "cultural scholars".

Several professors Gu have also studied a wide range of subjects, such as Gu Youwen on Tang Sancai and Song porcelain; Gu Zhenduo on calligraphy, painting and calligraphy; and Gu Kailai on famous modern painters and calligraphers.

But it seems that these three people are a little bit different in terms of diet... whatever.

Zhou Zhi's book is ultimately a cookbook, a recipe for traditional Sichuan cuisine. But what is different from other cookbooks is that it not only introduces the cooking methods of Sichuan cuisine, but also uses a considerable amount of space to record the recipes related to this dish.

The story and genre are not simple expository texts, but expressions close to prose.

For example, when introducing "Sauerkraut, Bitter Bamboo Shoots and Pork Sliced ​​Soup", it will be mentioned that Huang Tingjian is fond of bitter bamboo shoots and even wrote an "Ode to Bitter Bamboo Shoots" to publicize it among his friends.

This calligraphy article is now in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei.

For example, when introducing "cold pot fish", it will be written that when Su Dongpo was passing through Yuzhou, an old friend asked him to move the boat to cook the fish. Even many years later, Su Dongpo was still full of praise for the pot of fish and specifically wrote:

in your own notes.

That pot of fish came from a boatman, just like the hot pot came from a boatman. Maybe it is the common ancestor of cold pot fish and hot pot.

For another example, when writing about "Dengying Beef", it was written that killing cattle was taboo in ancient times, but why is this practice so popular in Yandu?

The reason is the salt mine. Extracting brine requires a lot of animal power. Therefore, this place has a lot of salt, a lot of cattle, and a lot of long-distance business travel. Naturally, a series of delicious, durable and easy-to-carry dishes have been developed in this place - Dengying Beef, Fire Side

Beef, cold rabbit, etc.

Although the title of the book refers to the style of an essay, the content is actually a "series of essays on food". At least Zhang Xinyi and Jiang Shuyi can read such articles with gusto.

In fact, there is also a big book "Traditional Skills of Jiachuan Area", but it is just a prototype and not a book yet, so there is no need to take it with you when the time comes.

I brought two people here today so that they can review their manuscripts again.

Now is the most comfortable time in the reading salon, because many orchids begin to bloom at this time.

The orchid fragrance from the small patio spread to the living room. The two girls were leaning on each other and reclining on the sofa. A pot of Xiaotuo tea was being warmed on the coffee table with a small charcoal stove. They were covered with a thin blanket and placed on the blanket.

Holding a plate of salt-and-pepper fried rice crispy rice and reading the beautiful words written by Zhou Zhi is actually a rare enjoyment in winter.

Zhou Zhi was editing the last part of "Exegesis of Dialects" in his study.

In the eyes of most people, the days of sitting on the bench must be boring and boring, but Zhou Zhi does not think so.

A spiritual person, even if there is only one dead leaf left in his world, he can still give that dead leaf spiritual intention and make it full of life and interest.

The richness of life does not lie in how many places you have gone or how many books you have read. It is how much of the places you have gone to remain in your heart; how much of the words you have read have turned into your insights.

When you look at a patch of moss on the wall and feel a wisp of floral fragrance in the air, they may magically fit together with a small thing that accumulated in your spiritual world on a certain day in the past, becoming

Become the nourishment that nourishes your soul.

Zhou Zhi kept a few old green bricks in the corner of the patio, where the drain was. The green bricks were covered with thick, green moss.

Moss is a despicable thing, but it brings a touch of bright green to this small patio that is more brilliant and tender than orchid leaves. It suddenly makes the darkest place in the small patio look a little more attractive.

This is fun.

The small patio now has an orchid wall, a rockery, calamus, saxifrage and moss on the rockery, and betta fish and black-tailed shrimps are also raised in the tile tank below.

Wild betta fish will eat black-tailed shrimps, so when the number of black-tailed shrimps decreases to a certain level, they need to be collected from the wild and replenished in a timely manner.

As long as you have enough food and information, you can always stay in such an environment, read, practice calligraphy, study, collect rewards, occasionally do stretching exercises, cook delicious food, and cook flowers, plants, fish and insects. In short, you can find countless things for yourself.

Things to enrich.
Chapter completed!