Chapter 24: Pork Bone Noodle Soup

"Mom, I also think my sister-in-law is great." Yun Sheng walked over and added.

He couldn't help but glance at Yun Sheng and rubbed her head.

"I think you are thinking about the delicious food your sister-in-law made."

"Mom, I didn't do that. You messed up my hair."

Yun Sheng muttered.

Looking at her cute appearance, He couldn't help but rub her again, "I'll give you acupuncture later."

Yun Mo sat in his brother's arms, holding a bun and eating it with relish. His eyes fell on Yun Sheng's face with obvious disgust.

After dinner, Xu Qingmeng said, "Mom, you've been busy for a long time, go and have a rest."

"How can you take a break? We have so many vegetables for lunch. How can you cut them all by yourself? Tell me how to cut them."

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After completing the preparations, Xu Qingmeng planned to make noodle soup at noon, so she scooped another bowl of flour, added water, and began to knead the dough. After kneading the dough, Xu Qingmeng brushed some oil on the dough, covered it with a lid, and set it aside to rise.

After doing all this, Xu Qingmeng started to stir-fry the cabbage. Although it was only cabbage, because enough lard was added, the stir-fried cabbage exuded a shiny luster and looked very appetizing.

He brought the fried cabbage to the open counter and replaced the water in the trough below with boiling water, so that the vegetables would still be hot after the workers got off work.

Xu Qingmeng then blanched the chopped beans and set them aside. This way the beans would look better in color after being fried.

Xu Qingmeng took out another piece of meat, cut it into minced meat, then put the chopped ginger and minced garlic into the pan and stir-fry until fragrant, then added the chopped meat and stir-fried evenly, and finally added the fried beans. When it was almost done, added a little soy sauce and salt to season, stir-fried a few times, and it was ready to serve.

There was only one dish left, so Xu Qingmeng asked He to cook rice in the pot, and finally fried some bamboo shoots and pork slices, so that the lunch set meal was complete.

I thought that there would be a lot of people coming for the pies at noon, and the pies from the morning were all sold out. The dough was almost done by now, so I thought of making the pies first.

Xu Qingmeng saw that the rice in the pot was almost done steaming, then looked up at the sun, and estimated that the workers would be almost done with work.

Sure enough, after a while the workers got off work and it became lively outside.

"Sister Gu, we want to eat."

"Come on, come on, take a seat first, I'll introduce you to the menu, for lunch, we have set meals and fried rice,

A set meal is one meat dish and two vegetable dishes, plus a bowl of rice, and costs 16 cents. Fried rice is fried eggs and white rice, and costs 6 cents.

There is also pork rib soup noodles, also six cents a bowl, you can add a poached egg, two cents each, and of course there are pie. "

"The pie is good. We originally went to the store to eat it, but it wasn't tasty and expensive, so we stopped going. In order to save some money, we just had a pie. But I heard you say this morning that you'd open at noon, so I came here. I wanted to join in the fun."

After the man finished speaking, the workers next to him nodded. They thought so too. After all, her pies were delicious. If they were hot at noon, there was no need to buy some in the morning and eat cold ones at noon. After all, they were still more delicious when hot.

"Please give me a set meal today."

"I can't help it, Auntie, is your pork bone noodle soup made from pork bones?"

"Yes, I made the pork bone soup early in the morning. The soup is thick and fragrant."

"Then give me a bowl of noodles and a pie."

"Okay! I'll be right there."

He first ordered a set meal and brought it out, "Here, your set meal. The noodle soup is freshly cooked. Please wait a moment."

"There's a lot of meat and rice here, it's worth the sixteen cents."

"I want to have a set meal tomorrow, too."

Xu Qingmeng had already stretched the noodles in advance, so now she would put the noodles directly into the pot to cook. When the noodles were almost cooked, she would put the vegetables in to blanch them. Then she would scoop out the noodles, drain the water, and put them into a large bowl with the bone soup. Finally, she would put the vegetables on top, and the delicious pork bone soup noodles would be ready.

"Here it comes, here it comes, your noodles, be careful, they're hot."

"Hey, this side looks really good."

The man first drank a mouthful of soup, then ate a mouthful of noodles, and then Cai spoke,

"This soup is really delicious. It's full of meat flavor. The noodles are also very chewy. It's so delicious."

Soon, many people came and the shop was full, which made He very busy. Xu Qingmeng was in the kitchen, and even Gu Yunyi was called out by He to help in the front hall.

Since today was the first day of business at noon, Xu Qingmeng did not prepare much, and the set meal was sold out soon. The people who came in later could only order noodle soup.

After lunch, He was exhausted. She just wanted to sit on the stool and rest, and didn't want to say anything.

"Mom, let me rub it for you."

"Oh, my Yun Sheng has grown up and is no longer that little glutton."

Yun Sheng felt a little embarrassed by what He said, and pouted, "Mom, you are so mean."

"Are you hungry? Sister-in-law will go and cook."

Both little guys nodded.

Xu Qingmeng left some noodles and pork bone soup for lunch, and also added a poached egg for each person.

"Sister-in-law, it's delicious. The soup is also very fresh."

"Yes!" He also sighed.

He and Xu Qingmeng were really tired today. They had lunch a little late. After lunch, they sat on the kang in the main room. Both of them were too lazy to move.

Gu Yunyi stood up, cleared the dishes, and went to the kitchen to wash them. He did not behave like a scholar who should stay away from the kitchen at all. Xu Qingmeng stared at him and felt deeply moved.

Seeing Xu Qingmeng's eyes fixed on Gu Yunyi, He was delighted, and then said casually,

"Yun Yi has been different from other children since he was young. He is not naughty or mischievous. He is quiet like a girl every day. Sometimes I thought he had a bad temper, but now it seems that he is a family man."

"Yun Mo and Yun Sheng were taken care of by Yun Yi when they were young. You don't have to worry about having children in the future."

Xu Qingmeng was stunned for a moment. At present, He Shi didn't know that she had raped her son, and she was even pregnant with twins.

Now think about it, if He knew about this, she wouldn't be scared, Xu Qingmeng thought to herself, but her face remained expressionless. She just smiled slightly and didn't respond to He's words.

"Mom, the accounts haven't been settled yet. I'll go to the front and do some calculations." Xu Qingmeng said shyly with her head down.

"Okay, go ahead." He said with a smile.

After cleaning up the kitchen, Gu Yunyi went to read a book. Xu Qingmeng and He took a rest for a while, and Xu Qingmeng went to the street. She was still short of some braised food for the afternoon, so she prepared to go out to buy some.

Boss Liu had already delivered the pork and offal, and He was cleaning up at home while Xu Qingmeng went to buy some vegetarian dishes and chicken and duck.

As soon as I walked to the door of Lin Lao Niang's steamed bun shop on the street, I saw a lot of people gathered at the door.

(End of this chapter)