Zixing was extremely excited when he heard that they were going to eat cold noodles.

In fact, Zixing was always happy to eat at Su Yun'er's house because Su Yun'er cooked delicious food and always came up with new and different dishes that his family could never think of or make. So even if it was just simple cold noodles, Zixing looked forward to it.

"Little sister, why don't you stay for dinner too?" Su Yun'er said.

Mei Ya'er studies very hard, and in just over two months she has caught up with the other children and is now attending classes with them.

Xiaowen's mother, He Liu, is in a stable pregnancy. Unable to stay idle, she still helps out at the food stall every day. Su Yun'er and Guan Tianhe think this is good; with Lin Moniang and Old Lady Chen keeping her company, she won't be bored, and if anything happens, someone will notice immediately. Therefore, Xiaowen now also needs to have lunch at Su Yun'er's stall.

Only Mei Ya'er needed to go home for dinner. When Mei Ya'er heard that she could eat at Mr. Su's house, she was visibly happy. So Su Yun'er asked Xiao Cao to go to Mei Ya'er's house to tell her.

"Yay! That's great! We can stay for dinner and enjoy Mr. Zixing's delicious cooking again!" Zixing shouted happily as he chased the chickens in the yard.

"What a little brat! Chasing chickens and dogs is annoying!" Aunt Song glared at her grandson with disdain, then turned and pulled Su Yun'er to watch Su Yun'er plant lotus roots.

After resting for a while, everyone started cooking.

With six children and two adults, Su Yun'er and Aunt Song started cooking together.

Su Yun'er prepared several kinds of vegetables, including carrots, spinach, and pumpkin.

Carrots and spinach are ground into a fine vegetable puree using a stone mill. Pumpkin is steamed until cooked, then mashed into a puree in a bowl.

"Yun'er, how do you use these yellow and green things?" Aunt Song asked, puzzled.

Didn't you say you were making noodles? Why did you end up with all this stuff?

Su Yun'er said, "These are for making noodles."

As she spoke, Su Yun'er began adding flour to the three types of puree, stirring with chopsticks as she added the flour until the flour and vegetable puree in the bowl were mixed into a crumbly mixture. Then she kneaded it into dough. Aunt Song followed Su Yun'er's example and kneaded the dough as well. In the end, they got four dough balls: one green one with spinach puree, one light orange one with carrot puree, one yellow one with pumpkin puree, and one white one that was plain.

After letting the dough rest in a bowl for a while, Su Yun'er went to prepare the side dishes to accompany the noodles.

In a basin of clean well water, a few cucumbers were chilled. The bright green cucumbers were very fresh and made a perfect accompaniment to cold noodles.

Shred the cucumber and carrot, chop some scallions and cilantro, and mince some garlic. Set them aside for later use.

Then Su Yun'er handed over a ceramic jar containing newly bought soybean paste, which she planned to use to make an egg sauce.

Egg sauce is very easy to make. Simply beat the eggs, fry them in a pan, then add soybean paste, salt, sugar, and other seasonings. You can also add some chopped green and red peppers. Just fry until cooked.

"My goodness, so many eggs! This dish must be incredibly delicious! Yun'er, what kind of dish is this? I've never had it before." Aunt Song looked on in amazement.

Su Yun'er scooped up a little with a small spoon and asked Aunt Song to taste it. She was about to say that it was too salty, but then she saw Aunt Song eat it all in one bite.

"Oh my god, it tastes good, but it's too salty."

"Auntie, this can be mixed with rice, steamed buns, or noodles. Eating it directly like this will definitely be too salty. Have some water. The dough has risen enough, let's roll out the noodles."

Because they were making noodles, the dough had to be very stiff. Su Yun'er and Aunt Song each had a cutting board and used all their strength to roll out the dough.

There was a lot of dough, and only a portion of each type was used; the rest was left uncovered in the bowl.

Thick, hand-pulled noodles are put into the pot, and the four colors of noodles tumble and cook until done. They are then taken out, rinsed in cold water, and soaked in a basin filled with icy well water before being served.

The children immediately surrounded them.

Wow! These noodles are such a beautiful color!

After being boiled, the three colors became even more vibrant: green, orange, and golden, plus white. The four colors of noodles looked especially tempting in the bowl of water.

The noodles smelled so good that they made all the children in the yard hungry. Even Gai Xue clung to Su Yun'er's trouser leg, meowing and begging for some treats.

Su Yun'er picked out noodles of different colors, cut off a small section of each, and put them into Gai Xue's rice bowl.

Gai Xue immediately leaned over, smelled it, and started eating it in big bites.

The children, eager to eat, jostled and crowded together.

"Have you washed your hands? No food if you haven't washed your hands." Su Yun'er put on a stern face, pretending to be serious.

The children immediately rushed to wash their hands.

Su Yun'er and Aunt Song were overjoyed to see their lively, energetic, and obedient children.

After Su Yun'er served herself and Aunt Song a bowl of noodles, the children washed their hands and ran back one after another.

They followed Su Yun'er's example, each serving themselves a bowl of noodles. Then, watching what Su Yun'er added to her bowl, they eagerly followed suit and added their own.

Add the prepared vegetables, ingredients, and egg sauce all at once, according to your personal taste, then mix well, and a bowl of cold noodles is ready to eat.

The colorful and icy-cold noodles instantly whetted the appetite of those who had been drowsy from the sun.

Su Yun'er took a couple of bites, but couldn't resist, so she asked Xiao Shu to bring her chili oil box.

Because of her foot injury, Su Yun'er's family hasn't let her eat chili peppers for a long time. Heaven knows how much she misses the aroma of chili peppers!

"Yun'er, your noodles are so delicious! With the weather getting hot, if you put these noodles in your shop, they'd definitely sell well," Aunt Song praised as she ate.

"Auntie, you're absolutely right. I was planning to add cold noodles to the menu. It's getting hot, and hot tofu pudding isn't selling well. Plus, tofu pudding spoils easily. I heard from Mo Niang that there's been leftover tofu pudding these past two nights that's gone sour and can't be eaten anymore."

"Oh dear, that's such a pity, such delicious food. Food is something you don't feel bad about eating, but you feel bad about throwing it away!"

"Yes, the batch of beans we got before the New Year is almost all used up. I'm thinking of temporarily stopping the sale of tofu pudding and exchanging it for something else to eat. That's why I thought of cold noodles. A bowl of these on a hot day sounds so comforting!"

"That's good, but are you going to roll out dough every day? That would be quite tiring."

Hand-pulled noodles are wet noodles, with plenty of moisture. If the surface of the noodles is damp, they will easily stick together. In her previous life, Su Yun'er once put hand-pulled noodles in the refrigerator, but moisture quickly got into the noodles, causing them to stick together into a lump. Later she learned that to store them properly, they must be frozen.

It's too hot to freeze things now.

"Rolling out dough every day is much more tiring than making tofu pudding."

Su Yun'er smiled and shook her head.

"So what do you plan to do?"