Chapter 309 Empress Sanhua doesn’t eat swallows

"and you……"

The calico cat stretched its neck again and stared at the spices that the Taoist put on the table. He looked at them again and again: "I bought so many fruits, millet, wheat, and bark and cocoon leaves. Are they used to make that powder again?"

"Some are used to make powder."

"Some~"

"There's some left……"

"There's some left!"

The Taoist showed a look of reminiscence and said to her: "The Chinese New Year is almost here, so I'll cook a pot of braised pork to make it look good."

“Braised pork!”

"Every Chinese New Year eats braised pork."

"Have you ever eaten braised pork, Sanhua Empress?"

"how could I know?"

"How come you don't know?"

"I am not smart."

"you do not……"

The calico cat couldn't help but froze mid-sentence.

Then he raised his head and stared at him blankly.

At this time, I heard another Taoist say: "It is up to Sanhua Empress herself to know whether she has eaten it or not."

"Ms. Sanhua herself doesn't know."

"Why is that?"

"because……"

The calico cat couldn't help but froze mid-sentence.

Continue to raise your head and stare at him blankly.

"Wow..."

The calico cat quickly shook its head until it turned into a round shape, its facial features deformed, and then it sat upright and raised its paws to lick, as if what had just happened had been shaken off and had not happened, so it was very calm.

He replied to the Taoist again: "I remember Sanhua Empress has never eaten it."

"I probably haven't eaten it before either."

"should!"

"I'll eat it in a few days."

"In a few days!"

"pity……"

Song You couldn't help but think of that short-lived old man again.

In fact, there are early forms of braised vegetables these days.

Perhaps thousands of years ago, the Yizhou people began to use salt and pepper to make brine. Later, the Yizhou people appreciated the taste and spicy taste, so they also had the saying of "Tiaofu Five Flavors". However, so far, there are not a large number of them.

The use of spices to make perfect braised food. When Song You was in Guanzhong, he also tried to make it, and it was highly recognized by his own experts. However, firstly, he was exploring the technology at that time, and secondly, the spices he bought were not perfect.

Thirdly, it lacks such an important spicy seasoning, which ultimately makes it uninteresting.

While thinking about it, he took out a small clay pot from his quilt bag. It was originally a clay pot for tea, which could ensure dryness and no odor. When he opened it, it was filled with dried chili peppers.

Song You only carefully took out one, cut it open, and took out a seed.

Just when he was about to turn around to get the flower pot, he saw that the calico cat had turned into a little girl at some point. As if knowing his intention, she was already holding the flower pot filled with soil in her hands, holding it up high and handing it to him.

"Thank you, Miss Sanhua."

Song You took the flowerpot and put it in the window, dug out a shallow hole with his fingers, put the pepper seeds in, and carefully covered it with soil.

When he turned around, the little girl came back with a kettle, still holding it high and handing it to him.

At the same time, he stared at him with a serious face.

"Thank you, Miss Sanhua."

"You're welcome."

The little girl then sat back down.

Then he saw the Taoist pouring water in the flower pot, then returned to the house, put the kettle on, and washed himself and went to bed.

Just like in Changjing two years ago, tonight is also a cold night. The north wind is still howling. The pepper seeds sprout quickly, break through the soil layer, and grow during the night. By midnight, they have grown into a plant and bloomed. The flowers are blown by the night wind.

It trembled suddenly, and when it dawned the next morning, it had already produced fruits, but they were not yellow, but red peppers, like small lanterns.

Song You lay on the bed and slept peacefully all night. When he opened his eyes in a daze, he heard the conversation between two little demons coming from the window:

"Looks like it's already cooked!"

"It's just ripe..."

"Why do you always stand in the tree?"

"Birds... shouldn't birds be in trees?"

"Why are you always so far away from Empress Sanhua?"

"I'm afraid of cats."

"Sanhua Empress doesn't eat monsters! The Taoist priest said that eating monsters is the same as eating humans. It's not okay!" Sanhua Cat's voice paused, "And we are in the same group. After Sanhua Empress met you, she never

I’ve eaten swallows, not even birds! I rarely go to the trees to dig out bird eggs and eat them!”

"you……"

"Why are you still afraid?"

"you……"

"You are cowardly!"

"You have eaten swallows before!!"

"Cats themselves want to eat birds. Unless they are stupid cats, they can't catch them. Sanhua Empress is very powerful." The Sanhua cat's voice was clear and pleasant, "I didn't know you before, so I will definitely eat the ones I catch. Oh, except

Don’t eat the swallows that make their nests on the door of Sanhua Empress’ temple.”

"Aren't you just like humans and don't hurt your own swallows?"

"No." Sanhua Empress said honestly, "I save it for when there is nothing else to eat."

"..."

Although Song You was still lying on the bed, from this angle he couldn't see the scene by the window at all, let alone the little swallows on the tree outside the window, but he could still imagine the scared expression on the swallows' faces.

He must be shrinking his neck and shivering.

"cough……"

The Taoist cleared his throat and got up.

The conversation by the window also stopped immediately.

Immediately, the Taoist sat up and put on his shoes, and walked into the view of the calico cat. He saw the calico cat standing on the window sill, guarding the pot of chili peppers, but turned his head and stared at him.

When their eyes met, she seemed to have received a signal and said to the Taoist:

"Taoist priest, the peppers you planted are ripe!"

"knew."

The Taoist glanced at them, pursed his lips, said nothing, and just stepped over to check.

The peppers are indeed ripe.

And it tied pretty well.

It's red bell pepper.

In the past two years, the Taoist has almost fully understood the pepper seeds brought back by Yanxian.

There are several types in total.

One is finger to palm long, dried and fragrant but not spicy, suitable for cooking; one is thin and curved, little finger long, spicy and fragrant; one is like a red lantern, medium spicy and heavy fragrant; one is about the size of a fingernail

, like small round beads, spicy but not fragrant; a small topaz lantern, which looks good, but a suitable way to eat it has not yet been developed.

Song You usually likes to eat one or two kinds.

If you are making braised food, you need to mix a variety of them.

It's better to plant only one plant in one night. If you don't have enough time, you can use magic to make them dry faster. This is really a helpless approach.
To be continued...