Chapter 4 - Chapter 4：Wealth Password

Liangpi is a traditional Shaanxi snack that is loved by many people. The method of making it is relatively complicated, but it's not difficult for Li You. In his previous life, he spent a long time in the Guanzhong area and not only fell in love with this food but also learned from local masters for a period of time. However, when he saw the white flour at home, he was once again dumbfounded. The flour needed to make liangpi is medium-gluten flour, but the flour at home is ground by the old-fashioned process, and there are a lot of bran and impurities in it. With these things, the utilization rate of the flour is not high, and the liangpi made is not chewy enough. At present, Li You found the fine sieve at home and then dug out two large bowls of coarse flour from the tank for filtering! After filtering, the bran and larger particles in the flour were filtered out, leaving the medium-gluten flour that can be used to make liangpi. Then add water and knead the dough according to the ratio of flour to water 2:1, and let it rest to wake up the dough. The key to making liangpi is to wash the dough, that is, to wash the awake dough in water to wash out the gluten and batter. This process is very time-consuming and laborious, and it took Li You half an hour. After doing these, let the gluten wake up for more than half an hour, filter the batter and let it stand, after layering, skim off the upper layer of clear water. Then Li You found the large iron tea tray at home, brushed it with oil, poured in the batter, and then steamed it. The liangpi was out of the pot in 5 minutes, and the gluten was out of the pot in 10 minutes. Soon, the liangpi was out of the pot! Cut the liangpi into long strips, tear off a section and put it in your mouth, it's smooth and chewy, and there is a faint wheat fragrance, one word - cool! In the next time, Li You made all the remaining batter, and made a total of 11 pieces of liangpi. Whether the taste of liangpi is good or not depends on whether the liangpi is well made and whether the soup is well adjusted. Liangpi itself has no taste, it provides a texture. Other taste and visual enjoyment depend on seasonings and side dishes. Li You searched in the kitchen for a long time and only found aged vinegar and salt, but nothing else. Obviously, just relying on aged vinegar and salt could not meet Li You's requirements. Fortunately, he saw a lot of dried chili peppers hanging on the wall. At present, Li You took down the chili peppers, crushed them, and made a portion of spicy oil. The importance of chili oil to liangpi is self-evident. Good spicy oil is ruddy and bright, and has a mellow aroma when sniffed. Whether a bowl of liangpi is pleasing to the eye and makes diners' fingers move depends entirely on the spicy oil. After doing these, Li You came to the vegetable garden in the yard, picked a few seasonal fresh vegetables, washed them, and used them as side dishes. Soon, a pot of Guanzhong liangpi with complete color, fragrance, and taste was completed. Eating liangpi alone is obviously not enough. Think about the famous Sanqin set meal in Guanzhong, in addition to liangpi, there are roujiamo and Bingfeng soda. Soda is a luxury and cannot be obtained. There is no meat for roujiamo, but there are buns! The buns in Guanzhong are called cakes in Li You's hometown. At present, Li You kneaded the dough and baked the cakes again! Compared with making liangpi, baking cakes is much simpler. In a short while, more than a dozen white cakes the size of a palm were made. Li You just took out the last white cake, and heard the big yellow dog in the yard suddenly bark. Looking up, he found that it was the third sister and Tang Ying who came back. Speaking of Li Na, she took Tang Ying to the mountain for a walk, and gave this best friend who was two years younger than her a good counseling and comfort, and kept apologizing for her incompetent brother, finally making Tang Ying no longer as sad as before. Seeing that the sun was already at noon, and estimating that her parents would be back from the field soon, she took Tang Ying home to prepare lunch for her parents. However, as soon as she stepped into the courtyard, she noticed something was wrong. From a distance, she smelled a strange fragrance, which made people couldn't help swallowing their saliva. "Xiao Ying, did you smell it? It smells so good!" Tang Ying nodded subconsciously and then said, "It seems to be the oily smell of baking cakes, and it seems to be mixed with something else!" "Maybe my mother is back. She may be worried that your daughter-in-law will be wronged, so she came back early to make delicious food for you!" Li Na said. Hearing the word "daughter-in-law", a trace of pain flashed in Tang Ying's eyes. She was eighteen or nineteen years old, and she also imagined that one day she could wear a fiery red wedding dress and marry her the man of her dreams. But she never thought that her the man of her dreams would be someone like Li You. Thinking of this, Tang Ying's tears couldn't help but swirl in her eyes. But she was stubborn by nature and held back her tears. Li Na also noticed Tang Ying's abnormality, and after scolding that bastard brother in her heart again, she immediately changed the topic and said, "Xiao Ying, don't think too much. Let's go into the house and see what delicious food my mother has made for us!" However, when the two entered the house, they were surprised to find that their mother was not in the house. The one who was busy around the stove was actually Li You! When they saw the several large bowls of strange noodles and the plate of white cakes with slightly yellowish skin on the kang table, the two widened their eyes even more. They all knew what kind of person Li You was. Although the Li family was a small family, Li You was the son of Li Shankui and his wife who had him late, and they spoiled him very much! In addition, he had three older sisters on top. Even if the family conditions were not good, Li You had not suffered much since he was a child. Even in the past few years when it was a big collective, Li You didn't have to go to the field to earn work points, and he didn't have to do housework. From childhood to adulthood, Li You didn't even wash a pair of socks! As for cooking, it used to be the eldest sister Li Young's business. After the eldest sister got married, it was handed over to the second sister Li Mei. After the second sister got married, it was now handed over to the third sister Li Na. All Li You had to do every day was to go home on time for meals, nothing more. " XiaoYou... did you make all these?" Li Na asked in surprise. Li You smiled and said, "Hahaha, try my craftsmanship!" Li Na pulled Tang Ying's hand, came to the kang table, looked at it carefully, and then said, "XiaoYou, what is this thing you made? It looks good and smells good, but I don't know if it tastes good or not!" Before Li You could answer, Tang Ying whispered, "This seems to be our liangpi!" Li You immediately said, "It's liangpi!" Just as they were talking, there was a bell ringing in the yard, and then they saw Li Shankui and his wife driving the mule cart into the yard. Li Shankui skillfully unloaded the cart, watered the animals, and fed the grass, while Zhang Yuehong put away the hoe, went into the house to wash her hands, and prepared to help cook. When she saw the liangpi and white cakes on the kang table, she immediately said to Li Na, "Nana, why didn't you take out that piece of pickled pork and fry it to nourish Xiao Ying's body?" Li Na hurriedly said, "Mom, today's meal was not made by me..." "You child, Xiao Ying hasn't married into our family yet, how can you let her cook..." Before the mother finished speaking, Li Na hurriedly explained, "It's not Xiao Ying who made it either. To tell you the truth, these are all made by your son!" "XiaoYou... how is this possible..." At this time, Li Shankui also settled the big red mule at home and came in. Hearing Zhang Yuehong's words, he immediately asked, "What are you talking about?" "His father, Nana said that the meal on this table was made by XiaoYou!" Li Shankui looked at the meals on the table and was also stunned. Then he frowned and said, "Did you buy this from outside? Don't waste this money in the future?" Li You smiled and said, "My dear father, you should take a look at what this food is before you speak!" Then Li You said again, "This is called liangpi, which is a specialty of Shaanxi Province. Not to mention that I am now poorer than my face, even if I have money, there is no one selling it in our county!" "Humph!" Li Shankui had an expression of I don't believe you, which made Li You feel embarrassed! He didn't know what kind of virtue his own son was. Even if he was given a