Chapter 450: Show off, right?

Ai Zhuojia is one of the 380 March 8th Red Flag Bearers nationwide, so she is increasingly acting like a small leader and is extremely particular about the details of her life. At least in front of people, she is always neat and tidy and full of energy.

Moreover, she not only keeps herself clean, but also requires her subordinates and family members to be clean! It can be said that she has developed a mild mysophobia.

Such a dirty courtyard and such an uncaring landlord gave her a great shock.

Thinking about living in such an environment for the next one or two days, she nodded stiffly, "Hello, comrade."

"Are you the guest group for the filming of 'Speedy Summer' in Kyoto?" The landlord warmly invited them in. "We were wondering when you would come. The children are starving, so we'll start eating first.

Have you guys not eaten yet? Come in and eat together!"

The group of people smiled uncomfortably, but they also carefully avoided the "landmines" and walked into the house.

This family's house was built very well, with solid materials, red bricks and green tiles, glass inlaid on the windows, and a layer of cement on the floor.

It's just that its owner is too careless to tidy up and just leaves everything there anywhere. Bottles, jars, pots, pans, and bowls are piled up on the table without any space left.

The chairs were covered with wrinkled clothes, and farm tools, hemp ropes, and waste were scattered all over the place, without any order at all.

The curtains were half-open, and the room was very dark. The faint stench of poultry manure, the sour smell of sweat, and the smell of mold attacked everyone's nostrils.

This place is no different from all the untidy families in the countryside! It is even worse than some clean families.

"Hey, we don't have anything delicious in our farm, you guys just have to make do with this to fill your stomach," the man asked his wife to get some food. Although he said so, what they brought was white rice, with a spoonful of braised chicken and vermicelli, and a spoonful of tomato and egg on top. It looked delicious, but Ai Zhuojia was holding the bowl, staring at the thick layer of oil stains on the bowl, and her heart was broken.

"Eat? Are you not used to eating rice? We in Dongshi prefer to eat rice. There are more land and fewer people in our village, so we are not like you people in the central region who eat black flour or corn flour dumplings."

This sentence made the audience angry. Is this showing off? When most people in the country were not eating fine grains, meat and eggs, this landlord served his guests crystal clear rice with a thick sauce-colored soup on top...

Even though they have just finished their meal, they feel hungry again!

The children were also clamoring for meat and scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Every household was in a commotion.

Ai Zhuojia closed her eyes and took the lead in using chopsticks to shovel rice into her mouth.

So delicious!

How long has it been since she ate so much chicken and eggs?

The wide rice noodles absorbed enough soup and were chewy.

Drink a bowl of mung bean soup sprinkled with sugar, and life will be complete.

"Oh, I forgot, this is your task card," after wiping the grease off his mouth, the man took out the wrinkled task card from his clothes and handed it over.

There were fresh grease stains on it.

Ai Zhuojia winked at her man, who smiled and walked forward to take it and opened it.

The whole family gathered around to watch, and the task was related to the local people's food.

They need to learn from the landlord how to cook a table of farm dishes, and then invite some lonely elderly people in the village to come and taste them. As long as the other party nods, the task is completed.

The other guest groups also arrived at where they would be staying tonight. Most of them were thatched huts with a large kang occupying half of the room, covered with a thin mat.

Everyone was so enthusiastic about the prize that they did not spend too much time being picky about the accommodation. After filling their stomachs, they all split into two groups. One group went to ask the lonely elderly people what they liked to eat, while the other group started to learn about the most basic staple foods from the landlord.

They have all eaten the meals prepared by the host, and it has to be said that the program crew is very attentive and has selected almost the twelve families in the village who cook the most authentic meals.

The task is not difficult, but it takes some effort to make authentic Dongshi dishes that lonely elderly people like to eat.

When the other guest groups were learning enthusiastically and had already figured out some of the tricks, An Zhixia and her friends only got the task cards.

They also did some research, planned a menu, and then asked the landlord for advice.

By the time they finished cooking the meal, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening!

Everyone was busy and hungry again.

The landlord and his wife tasted them one by one and nodded: "Not bad, it tastes like our local food."

The audience in front of the TV also learned several authentic Dongshi farm dishes.

The Fang family came to the show with a genuine desire to have fun. The next day, when other guest groups were already busy, they lazily got up to exercise.

They were full of energy and after dinner they went into the kitchen and worked in perfect harmony.

The main dish they make is stewed goose in an iron pot. All the parts of the goose are included, and a big pot is enough for a table of people. The taste of goose meat is different from that of chicken and pork. It is chewy and particularly tasty. It is a dish that everyone in Dongshi loves to eat in summer.

Taking into account that some lonely elderly people have bad teeth, they picked out one third of the stewed goose meat and put it back into the pot to stew it with potatoes, and then cut it into small pieces with scissors to use as rice soup.

A dish of stewed potatoes and eggplant with chopped green peppers conquered An Zhiqiu's entire family, who had developed a very picky taste for food.

The ingredients are simple and the taste is authentic. The three kinds of vegetables that northerners usually like are mixed together. You will never get tired of eating them.

Squash stewed with beans and pork belly is still a stew. The squash is particularly tasty and has a sweet taste, making it a great companion to stews.

Then add the smashed cucumber and water cucumber with chili oil, minced garlic and crushed peanuts.

Last night, the six of them ate a bowl of raw food...

A pot of celery and meat dumplings and a pot of corn!

They made more and kept a portion for themselves before letting the program crew serve it to people to taste.

Well, it’s called a menu, but in fact they just re-cooked the exact meal that the landlord left for them last night.

There are a lot of farm dishes in Dongshi, but in summer, there are only a few that everyone likes to eat.

Cooking simple ingredients to create the flavor of Dongshi is not something they can do by simply copying the landlord's steps.

You should know that a seasoning in moderation is very magical!

In the first round of tasting, only five families passed, and four of the remaining seven teams directly chose to take penalty time.

Ai Zhuojia got the task card as she wished with the advantage of being the first place, and began to search the village with her family for clues to the next task location.

The second place was the train driver’s family, the third place was the “Future” men’s group, the fourth place was the steelworkers’ family, and An Zhixia and his group were the fifth guest group to get the task card because they got up late, with a gap of forty minutes from the first place!

(End of this chapter)