Chapter 38: It's not a pity, it's a blessing
When Lei Dong walked into the kitchen, he saw a petite woman wearing an old blue cloth shirt, with her sleeves rolled up and her hair braided into a long braid, standing in front of the stove.
This must be the battalion commander's new daughter-in-law. The children are all wearing new clothes, but she is still wearing old clothes with patches.
Hearing someone coming in, Yu Hui turned her head to take a look.
"Sister-in-law." Lei Dong called out hurriedly.
Yu Hui blinked and asked, "Who are you?"
"I'm Lei Dong, squad leader of the fourth platoon of the third company of the sixth battalion, and a soldier of Captain Gu."
"Oh." Yu Hui nodded, then she remembered that Yu Qiang was from Gu Huai's camp, and said with a smile, "Have a good meal today."
"Yeah." Lei Dong nodded, and picked up the steamer according to Qian Lan's instructions.
When I walked out of the kitchen, Yu Hui was frying fish bones and fish heads in a pan.
The fish bones and fish head need to be fried in a frying pan to be fragrant.
The sound and fragrance made Lei Dong couldn't help but look back.
It smells so good! They are really enjoying a feast today.
As soon as the rice was served, everyone lined up to get some.
Qian Lan stood at the kitchen door, watching them scooping rice, and was a little worried whether the rice she steamed would be enough.
While waiting in line for food, Qian Lan also scooped out the main dishes from the pot and served them out bowl by bowl.
First up was the konjac roast duck, a large bowl for each table, with some soup.
Yu Qiang originally wanted to drink more with his brothers, but everyone was holding their bowls and eating vegetables.
Use a spoon to scoop a spoonful of mapo tofu, and half of a bowl of rice is gone.
He also stopped thinking and focused on eating.
When the konjac roast duck was served, people didn’t just focus on the duck meat. The side dishes in the konjac roast duck were also delicious, tasty, and went well with rice.
When Qian Lan brought out the braised pork, someone had already gone to scoop up a second bowl of rice.
She went under the eaves to look at the rice in the steamer and found that two-thirds of it had been eaten.
They were all young people who could eat a lot. When they were getting their meals, their bowls were full. Qian Lan had originally prepared two bowls for each person, but judging by the situation, it seemed that some people might not be able to finish the second bowl.
They only had two bowls of rice, which didn't seem enough.
Qian Lan immediately returned to the kitchen and looked at Yu Hui and said, "Xiao Yu, I'm afraid the rice I cooked isn't enough for them."
When Yu Hui heard this, she frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "It's okay, sister-in-law, after you make the chicken soup, just knead the dough. If it's not enough, just make hand-rolled noodles for them."
"Then what should we use to make the noodles? We don't have enough eggs at home." Qian Lan asked with a frown.
Yu Hui glanced at the chicken and duck offal that she had taken out after slaughtering the chickens and ducks in the afternoon. She had cleaned them and placed them in a bowl.
“Just use chicken and duck offal to make the topping.”
"Is this okay?" She didn't want the chicken and duck offal in the first place. They smelled fishy when fried. She only kept them because Yu Hui said they tasted delicious after being cleaned.
I thought, since Xiao Yu said it was delicious, I would let Xiao Yu take it home.
"Sister-in-law, just trust me. The hot and sour chicken noodles I make will surely make them cry."
Qian Lan smiled, "I definitely believe you, I'll do as you say."
As soon as the braised pork was served, Yu Qiang and others were fascinated by it. It melted in the mouth, was fat but not greasy, and had a rich salty and fragrant taste with a hint of sweetness.
"It's really delicious." Lei Dong almost cried. "This is the best braised pork I've ever eaten in my life."
"Me too. The braised pork in our camp is not called braised pork at all."
"Exactly, I really want to show those cooks what red-braised pork is!"
"Sister-in-law's cooking skills are really great. Captain Gu is so lucky."
"Yes..."
They used to think it was a pity for the battalion commander, but they were superficial. It was a pity for the battalion commander, but he was clearly blessed.
Beibei was so greedy for the braised pork that he cried and kept asking for it.
"Woo woo, eat, eat, mouse eat..."
Even call him uncle.
"Beibei doesn't even know how to call dad yet, so he calls uncle first." Gu Dong looked at Wu Hai dimly.
If my father knew, he would definitely be sad.
Beibei started talking late. Before he was one year old, he couldn’t speak. He couldn’t even call his mother, let alone his father.
The first time he learned to call mom and brother was after Gu Huai left home.
After learning to call mom and brother, he started to talk more.
Wu Hai: “…”
Should he feel honored? Or should he feel honored?
Gu Nan looked at his sister and said, "Uncle can eat it, but you can't. Mom said you can't eat salty food."
After Gu Nan finished speaking, he realized belatedly that he had called her "Mom" and was completely stunned.
He actually called his stepmother "Mom"!
"Yes, sister, you can't eat it." Gu Xixi followed.
When Beibei saw that his brothers said he couldn’t eat, he burst into tears.
Yu Jianshe ate two bites of meat at the table, then stood up and walked to Wu Hai, "Uncle, give Beibei to me, and eat well."
Beibei held on to Wu Hai's clothes tightly, but Yu Jianshe still took her away.
"Gu Dong, go home and get Beibei's milk powder and bottle. We'll make a bottle of milk powder for Beibei."
"good."
Yu Jianshe carried Beibei into the house to coax him, and Wu Hai looked back with some concern.
"Don't look at it anymore. Jianshe can only coax Beibei. Come on, eat the chicken. We've been stewing it for most of the afternoon."
Before, when she was helping to take care of Beibei, she was too busy to handle it all by herself, so Jianshe was the one who looked after Beibei and even changed his diapers.
The child Jianshe likes Beibei very much, and because of Beibei, he has been talking about wanting a younger sister.
However, she doesn't have time to have another sister.
"Sizzle..." Pickled chili peppers, pickled ginger and pickled peppercorns are put into the pot, and the hot oil stirs up a strong spicy aroma.
After stir-frying, add homemade bean paste and stir-fry. Red oil will form instantly, and the aroma will be enhanced.
In this strong fragrance, some families have already started beating their children.
"Eat meat. I think you want to eat fried meat with bamboo slices..."
“How do I know what they do?”
"I can't cook it. If you want to eat it, go and be a son to the Yu family."
"where did you go?"
"I'll be Uncle Yu's son."
"You little bastard, come back here! If you don't come back, I'll break your legs..."
Smelling this overbearing aroma, everyone eating chicken has begun to look forward to the next dish.
Someone whispered, "Our company commander is so generous. This is the same dish, and he's still cooking it."
"Yes, and so many of them are meat dishes."
"Last time, when Zhou Hong from the Fourth Battalion celebrated his birthday, he invited us to a state-owned restaurant. The table cost seven or eight yuan, but there weren't as many dishes as this, not even as many meat dishes. The taste wasn't as good as this, and I still wasn't full."
"Seven or eight yuan for a banquet isn't enough. Now if you want to eat well and respectably, it costs ten yuan at a state-owned restaurant."
"Tsk, that's really expensive. I think it's better to eat at home like Captain Yu."
"Then Sister Yu has to be the chef." Otherwise, the food at the state-owned restaurant would be better.
“That’s right…”
Yu Qiang heard it all and picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine happily.
Two words: face-saving.
After the boiled fish was out of the pot, Yu Hui poured another large spoonful of hot oil and heated it directly on the stove.
When the oil is hot enough to smoke, pour the hot oil directly on the boiled fish with dried chili powder, minced garlic, and chopped green onions.
As the hot oil was stirred, the aroma was so overwhelming that Qian Lan couldn't help swallowing.
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