noffsinger Chapter 117: The first bowl of soybean oil
Chapter 117: The first bowl of soybean oil
“You can expect a little more.”
She even soaked the bean sprouts. It takes a long time to grow bean sprouts at home, and it is not known which one will come out first, the bean sprouts or the soybean oil.
In her original world, bean sprouts have a very long history. They are recorded in Shennong's Herbal Classic and Lingshu Classic. Chinese medicine dries soybean sprouts for medicinal purposes, and Taoism uses them as a health food. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, bean sprouts had become a common dish on the tables of ordinary people.
But Yun Xi had never seen it in this world, and according to the system, he had not collected any relevant information.
Mu Sheng got what he wanted and lived a life without having to get up early to attend court, and could sleep until dawn every day. Because of this premise, his nightlife became more and more unrestrained.
Yun Xi suppressed the moan that was about to escape from the corner of her mouth and advised him vaguely: "You have to attend the morning court tomorrow, so finish it quickly."
Mu Sheng said as he moved, "You don't have to go tomorrow."
As he spoke, he increased the intensity of the attack.
The next morning, when Yun Xi was woken up by her biological clock, she was still a little confused. She looked at Mu Sheng and asked, "Why are you still here?"
Mu Sheng smiled and said, "I have taken five days off, so I don't have to go to the morning court. I told you last night."
Yun Xi thought about it and it seemed to be the case.
She leaned into Mu Sheng's arms and said, "How could I remember what you said? But are you so casual during the morning court? You can ask for leave whenever you want, and you can ask for 5 days at a time?"
"There has been no activity in the court recently, and Your Majesty, considering that I am newly married, you cannot be so unkind."
Yun Xi: "...Only five days off. This is a favor, but not much."
"So, I plan to ask for another five days after five days."
"…It is a blessing for His Majesty the Emperor to have a good minister like you."
Mu Sheng's chest vibrated with laughter.
Except for not attending the morning court, everything else remains the same.
Yun Xi took time out every day to learn embroidery. She embroidered and unembroidered the Cheng Yunxiu. Chunmei and Qiuye were stunned. They had already seen clearly that the lady did not want to embroider a purse. She was just practicing embroidery. Moreover, she embroidered better and better each time, and her progress was very obvious.
To be honest, Yun Xi's embroidery skills have now surpassed Chunmei and Qiuye, which makes them extremely envious. At the same time, they have also increased their practice efforts. There is no reason why they cannot even compare to the lady in needlework.
The three women rolled up silently. Yun Xi was not shy, and whenever Chunmei and Qiuye asked her for advice, she would teach them patiently, acting as a carrier of knowledge.
Three days passed, and that morning, the manager of the outer courtyard came back to report that the oil pressing tools Yun Xi wanted were ready.
She immediately put down her embroidery, assigned a new task to Aunt Zhong, and asked Chunmei to go to the outer courtyard to call two strong servants to come and help.
The identity of the general's wife did have its advantages. She had a few people at her disposal, and other people in the general's mansion could also be deployed by her. She didn't need to do anything herself, she just had to give orders.
In order to let Aunt Zhong concentrate on oil pressing, she even exempted her from the job of preparing lunch.
"Today we will all go to the upper room to eat, and we just need to focus on this one thing here."
Aunt Zhong was smiling happily and did what Yun Xi asked her to do.
The tofu pudding she made two days ago was very popular, so she asked her wife if she could let her son make a living with it. Her wife agreed without hesitation.
Now, her son carries a load to sell tofu pudding every day, and the business is pretty good. After all, it is a new food, and many people come to try it. Especially the elderly and children, who become repeat customers after eating it once.
The lady has done her family a favour, so she must do whatever the lady asks her to do.
Yun Xi didn't take this little matter to heart. Since she was here to engage in infrastructure construction, the more people involved, the better. The whole world would be prosperous, and other work would be easier to carry out.
At noon, the whole family gathered together for lunch.
Mu Xuan asked her curiously: "Sister-in-law, what on earth are you doing?"
"You'll find out later."
Mu Sheng said: "She didn't even tell me, and you still want to get her to tell you something? Wait."
After lunch, everyone sat together drinking tea and chatting. Even Mu Jinyan did not take a nap, but stayed here with the adults waiting for the unknown.
Chunmei ran quickly, carrying a bowl to the upper room, and said excitedly: "Oil is coming out!"
Yun Xi took a look and was a little surprised, "So clear?"
"This has been settling for a while. The ones that have settled to the bottom have a little bit of scum."
Yun Xi nodded, it’s normal to be a little bit scumbag.
Mu Xuan said: "Sister-in-law, can you tell me now?"
"This is what you see. It's made from soybeans. It's not worse than the fat we eat. The dregs left over from the oil extraction can also be used to feed livestock."
Mu Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Someone has done this before. When my brother and his men were at war, they used sesame oil for lighting, but it seems that no one has formally linked these oils with eating. My sister-in-law is amazing!"
Yun Xi: "..."
She called the system in her mind: "Why didn't you tell me there was sesame oil?"
The system was very confused: "I told you, there is vegetable oil in this world, but they don't eat it. They use it to process cloth and as fuel."
Yun Xi's mouth twitched.
"The ancient Chinese text you read to me doesn't mean that vegetable oil has officially appeared! It only means that everyone knows that there are oils in plants. If you told me that sesame oil already existed, we would only need to guide everyone to think about eating it, and we wouldn't have to start all over again. I'm still keeping it a secret, it's so embarrassing!"
But apparently, no one else noticed her embarrassment. Mu Xuan was still chattering, "I'm serious, sister-in-law. Food is the most important thing for people, but we don't pay much attention to it. It's really wrong. Besides, we had sesame oil before, but not soybean oil. It was sister-in-law who pioneered soybean oil extraction."
Yun Xi: "..."
Haha. So how do you manage not to eat the fragrant sesame oil and only use it for lighting?
Mu Sheng said: "We used sesame oil to light fires before, and many soldiers smelled the fragrance. Some soldiers even tasted it. Although the sesame oil smelled particularly fragrant, after they licked it, they didn't think it was anything special. It was a bit astringent and bitter, so they didn't think of eating it."
Yun Xi: "..."
Astringent??? Bitter???
The system said, "Host, you may have confused sesame oil with sesame oil. The aroma of sesame oil is relatively light and not very fragrant, and it does taste a bit astringent and bitter. Sesame oil does not have these problems. It smells particularly fragrant and tastes a bit sweet."