First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 36: Mobilizing Everyone to Hunt Rabbits

"Miss Su!" Xu Touer shouted outside the carriage, carrying two large bundles. He could not get close to the carriage because the Black Tiger Guards were watching.

Su Jixiang stuck his head out of the carriage, and seeing that it was Xu Touer, he quickly jumped out with a smile.

"Boss Xu, have you got all the things I asked you to get?" Su Jixiang said happily when he saw him carrying two large bags of things.

"We've made this much!" Xu Tou'er said with a smile, "You can use it first and see how much you can make. We'll make more later."

Su Jixiang took the bundle, opened it and saw that it was indeed filled with nitrate-coated furs of various small animals.

In this era, there was no large-scale planting of cotton, and people kept warm by filling their jackets with things like reed fluff. When they were in the palace, their jackets were filled with silk, which was good, but unfortunately its ability to keep out the cold was limited. It was still acceptable when they were in the Eastern Capital, but the further north they went, the colder it became.

So Su Jixiang asked Xu Touer to hunt some small prey and skin it while setting up camp.

"It's not easy!" Su Jixiang thanked Xu Tou'er, "The time for hunting is so short every day, and you can collect these and clean them so cleanly. It's really a lot of effort."

"Hey, as long as it's what you want, Miss Su, and we can find it, just tell us. We've eaten so many good things you've made, how can we not appreciate it!" said Xu Tou'er with a smile. "But Miss Su, I've got a lot of rabbit meat, why don't you go over and help me? Let the brothers have something delicious?"

"Okay!" Su Jixiang first took the two large bags of fur back to the car, found Qu Wanning, and asked her to find a few palace maids with good craftsmanship to share the furs and make vests for everyone to wear to keep warm. Then, he went to Chu Feng and asked, "General Chu, can I go to Xutou's place to help in the kitchen?"

Chu Feng already knew what Su Jixiang was going to do, and waved his hand without even raising his head, "Be careful, I'll let Chen Hai follow you."

"Okay!" Chen Hai, who was standing aside, was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. Every time he was responsible for protecting Su Jixiang and helping in the kitchen, he could eat a lot of delicious food!

The wild rabbit meat had been processed according to Su Jixiang's requirements. It had been cut into small pieces and the blood had been soaked away with water.

Su Jixiang first boiled the rabbit meat in water, then added ginger, onions and peppercorns to remove the fishy smell of the rabbit meat.

After cooking for about an hour, scoop out the rabbit meat with a colander and drain.

There was a lot of rabbit meat that had been stored for several days. In this weather, there was no need to worry about the meat going bad. It would freeze directly if it got a little cold. Su Jixiang scooped up four large basins of meat to clean all the rabbits.

She kneaded the dough, set it aside to rise, then poured salt on the rabbit meat and marinated it until it was flavorful.

After about an incense stick of time, heat the oil in a pan, take out a large bowl and pour soy sauce in it, then soak the marinated rabbit meat in the soy sauce until it is covered with soy sauce, and then fry the rabbit meat in the pan.

The rabbit meat fried in this way is brown in color with a hint of sauce aroma. After a short while, a large plate of it is fried.

"Come and help. It's too cold. If it gets cold, it won't taste good. The rabbit meat is cooked. Just fry it until the edges are rolled up." Su Jixiang said to Xu Tou'er, "I'm going to make the sliced noodles."

"Okay!" Xu Touer took over Su Jixiang's job. There was no special skill required to fry the rabbit meat, but he was able to do it.

Su Jixiang heated up the remaining soup from cooking the rabbit meat, removed the ginger, onion, pepper and other seasonings from the soup, and brought it to a boil again. After the soup was boiling, he took the kneaded dough and cut it into pieces and put it into the pot.

Her knife skills were so strange that one could only see the afterimage of the knife. Noodles of almost the same size and thickness flew into the pot like snowflakes. With the boiling soup, the noodles were cooked in no time.

She put the cooked sliced noodles into bowls, then fried some chili oil and put it in a large bowl.

While she was preparing the noodles, Xu Touer had finished frying all the rabbit meat.

Four large pots of fragrant fried rabbit meat, coupled with hot rabbit soup sliced noodles, made all the Black Tiger Guards drool over them.

As soon as Boss Xu said it was time to eat, everyone rushed in as if they had been hungry for hundreds of years. They didn't even wait for Boss Xu to distribute the food, and everything was gone as soon as they saw it.

Chu Feng was guarding the carriage and couldn't go, but Chen Hai had good eyesight and brought Chu Feng a big bowl of knife-cut noodles and a bowl of fried rabbit meat.

Chu Feng smiled and took a sip of the soup first. It tasted good and smooth! The deliciousness of the rabbit meat was completely cooked into the soup. Because of the pepper, the soup itself had a slight numbing taste. Su Jixiang controlled the scale and taste very well. The slight numbing taste was just right. The noodles were cut evenly, and each piece was wrapped in the rich soup. It was also slippery after entering the mouth, and the taste was excellent.

Chu Feng picked up another piece of rabbit meat and took a bite. His eyes were dazzled by the salty and tender texture of the wild rabbit. The meat had been cooked before and was already soft, but after being fried, the meat shrank and wrapped the soup in it. The skin even had a little bit of burnt aroma. It was truly the best way to cook rabbit meat he had ever eaten!

"Add some chili oil!" Chen Hai took a spoonful of chili oil, "It will taste better!"

Chu Feng held out the bowl to Chen Hai, and he poured the chili oil into his noodles. Then Chu Feng stirred it with chopsticks, and the chili oil immediately blended into the entire bowl of noodles.

Chu Feng took a sip, and the original slight numbness was added with a domineering spicy taste. The combination of spicy and spicy brought an explosive taste. After drinking it in one gulp, the whole body felt warm and comfortable.

I don’t know what’s put in this chili oil, but it’s many times more fragrant than the one made by Xu Tou’er.

"Miss Su is really clever." Chen Hai also squatted beside Chu Feng with a bowl of noodles in his hand, eating while talking. He scooped a large spoonful of chili oil and mixed it into the noodles. It was very spicy. He had to eat the noodles while breathing in the cold air to relieve the pain brought by the chili, but it was very satisfying! This was his second bowl!

"Why are you interested?" Chu Feng asked with a smile.

"Hey, how can I be interested?" Chen Hai said with a disappointed smile, "I am not qualified. I only meet two of the conditions mentioned by the military advisor, but you, the captain, meet all the requirements! I wonder who you have your eyes on?"

Chu Feng shook his head and said with a smile, "Let's talk about it later. There are too many people who meet the requirements in the military camp, and it may not be my turn."

"It's always possible to try hard." Chen Hai said, "The looks of these girls from the palace are impeccable. They may be a little bit spoiled, but with such beauty, it doesn't matter if they are spoiled."