Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 234 Making Bread

The next morning, when Xu Han got up, Lu Chuan had already prepared breakfast.

Breakfast is simple, rice porridge and steamed buns, accompanied by scrambled eggs with peppers, and topped with previously prepared pickles. It tastes pretty good, nutritious and healthy.

Over such a long time, not only has Grandpa Zhao's cooking skills improved, but even the Taoist priest can help cook some side dishes.

Under normal circumstances, Xu Han prefers to sleep in. Unless there is something that requires her to get up early, Xu Han is willing to get up early.

When he was not busy before, Lu Chuan would prepare breakfast before going out hunting. Now that he is pregnant, he is even more reluctant to get up early.

Xu Han was very glad that she didn't have parents-in-law around. Otherwise, in ancient society, whose parents-in-law could tolerate such a daughter-in-law...

Every time when Xu Han slowly got up, the three of them would finish boxing and prepare breakfast, so Xu Han could eat breakfast directly after getting up.

"Today's fried eggs with peppers are delicious." Xu Han praised while eating.

"Not bad! I fried it." The Taoist priest said proudly.

"Not bad, not bad, you're making progress, keep it up!"

Xu Han praised, and then continued, "Now that we can cook, we don't have anything else to do, and we have more time. I'll make bread for you today! We haven't eaten this yet!"

"Bread? What kind of bread?" Grandpa Zhao asked curiously. Even Lu Chuan looked at Xu Han with anticipation.

"Well, it's made of flour. It's soft and delicious." Xu Han explained.

"Okay, then you and Old Man Zhao can do it at home! After breakfast, Xiaochuan and I will go to the woods to chop trees."

"Why are we cutting down trees? Aren't there still plenty of firewood?" Xu Han asked in confusion.

"Isn't the weather getting colder? While you haven't given birth yet, let's make this year's charcoal first. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to make it later." The Taoist priest laughed.

Xu Han felt strange when she heard this! The more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. After thinking it through, she held her forehead and said helplessly, "So you always treat me as a means of transportation!"

"Isn't this convenient? Since it can be simpler, why do you have to make things difficult for yourself!" The Taoist priest said with a look of asking for a beating.

"Okay!" Xu Han had no choice but to agree. After all, there was nothing wrong with what the Taoist said. With Xu Han's space to help, it was indeed very easy.

In response, Lu Chuan said nothing. He wanted to refute the Taoist priest, but he felt that there was nothing wrong with what the Taoist priest said.

But what should I do because I feel so sorry for my wife?

Xu Han noticed Lu Chuan's expression and said, "It's okay, don't worry about me. I'll just help you move the tree. It's not a big deal. Just think of it as going out for a walk."

Seeing this, Lu Chuan didn't know what to say. At worst, he could just carry his wife and leave.

After Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest left, Xu Han began to prepare the bread to be made today.

First, knead the dough. Take out an appropriate amount of flour and add appropriate amounts of white sugar, yeast and eggs.

Then take out the pure milk from the refrigerator and add it in, and also add some cooking oil.

After adding everything in, use chopsticks to stir it into dough, and finally knead it into a slightly softer dough with your hands.

This dough needs to be kneaded for a while longer to create the fascia, so that the bread will be softer.

Xu Han felt tired after kneading for a while. Fortunately, Grandpa Zhao was at home, so she called Grandpa Zhao to come and help knead the dough.

After kneading the dough, I rolled it into a large sheet with a rolling pin, added some previously cooked red beans, and sprinkled some sugar on it.

Xu Han added raisins to the remaining half of the dough to make two flavors, which makes it more optional.

Sprinkle the red beans evenly on the dough, then fold it up from one side, and finally cut it into long dough pieces of appropriate size with a knife.

In order to make the bread look better, Xu Han twisted the cut dough into twist shapes and then placed them evenly on a large plate.

You can’t bake it yet! It needs to rise for a while, otherwise the bread will be hard.

While the bread was rising, Xu Han went with Grandpa Zhao to clean the oven outside the yard.

The oven has not been used for a long time and is very dirty. I need to clean it first.

Then mix a little mud and fill the gaps with paste, otherwise there will be air leakage when baking.

By the time Grandpa Zhao and Xu Han cleaned the oven, the bread had already risen and grown quite big.

Xu Han brushed a layer of egg yolk liquid on the proofed bread, so that the baked bread was golden yellow and looked particularly good.

It’s a pity that there were no black sesame seeds, otherwise the baked bread would look better. Since there were no black sesame seeds, Xu Han added some white sesame seeds instead, which also looked better.

After putting the bread in the oven, Xu Han cooked two portions of potato flour for today's lunch.

The Taoist priest and Lu Chuan did not come back for lunch today, so there was only Xu Han and Grandpa Zhao at noon, so the meal was relatively simple.

After lunch, the bread was baked. After taking out a piece, Xu Han put the rest into the space while it was still hot.

Bread tastes better when it’s freshly baked. When Lu Chuan and the others come back, they can eat hot bread.

"Grandpa Zhao, please try it and see if it's delicious." Xu Han broke off a piece of bread and handed it to Grandpa Zhao.

Grandpa Zhao took a bite and his eyes lit up. "It's delicious. It smells so good! It has a milky aroma and is sweet. It melts in your mouth in a moment. It's really suitable for us old people."

"As long as it tastes good, we can try other methods next time. There are many ways to make bread!

The taste is different, and the cake is softer than this. I will make it for you when I have time!"

Seeing that Grandpa Zhao liked eating bread so much, Xu Han couldn't hide the smile on her face.

"Hahahaha, then I'll be waiting."

"I will have more time in the future. I don't have much work to do now. Whenever I have time, I will make something delicious to satisfy everyone's cravings.

I can also make a lot of pastries! I was too busy before, with endless work to do every day, and I didn’t have time to make a lot of delicious food! "

"Okay, I'll go with you from now on and learn from you as well. Hahahahahaha" Grandpa Zhao said happily.

Since coming here, whenever Xu Han goes into the kitchen to cook something, Grandpa Zhao will help out.

After a long time, I also started to like cooking. It really gives me a sense of accomplishment when I see others enjoy the food I cook.

Of course, over such a long time, Grandpa Zhao did not just help Xu Han cook every day, he also had something very important to do.