Chapter 100 She doesn't need to explain this
So what if I come from the countryside? If we count two generations back among these people, who among them is not from the rural area?
I've never seen anyone say self-deprecating words so fluently.
Mrs. Feng's eyes widened as she looked Lin Chuxia up and down. After a long while, she slapped her thigh and said, "Oh, tell me, this person is born with a good life. You and Mr. Qin don't look like you are from the countryside at all. No one would believe you. You look like city people who were born and raised. Look at us. Even though we have lived here for such a long time, we are still not even a little bit better than them. We can't compare..."
Lin Chuxia: “…”
She didn't need to explain this.
"Sister-in-law, please play with the children. Sister-in-law Song is waiting for me. I'm leaving first."
"Hey, hurry up and go. Sister Song is a nice person. She's very popular. Everyone here likes to talk to her. I actually like talking to her, too, but..."
While Sister Feng was still chattering behind her, Lin Chuxia had already quickly fled the scene and walked all the way to Sister Song's house.
Seeing her panting slightly, Mrs. Song thought she was in a hurry and explained with a smile, "Actually, you don't have to be in such a hurry. It's all your big brother Bai's fault. He always complains that my cooking is not good. I finally waited for you to come here, so I wanted you to teach me a few tricks. Do you think you can learn cooking skills just by saying a few words? I think he is dreaming."
Lin Chuxia laughed with her and handed the things over. "I ran into Sister Feng on the way here."
Sister Song was also present in the cafeteria that day. Moreover, they had lived here for such a long time, so they all knew what kind of person Sister Feng was.
As soon as I heard Lin Chuxia's words, I knew that Sister Feng was up to something again.
"You don't have to worry about her. To be honest, there isn't much overlap between their Project 2 and our Project 1. Her husband is also quite capable, but I don't know what she thinks. She always feels inferior to others, especially when she sees those college graduates. She wants to curry favor with them. When she first came, she always asked me to come over. Not only me, but also the families of other colleagues were very friendly to her. The men all worked together, and we women would visit and chat when we had nothing to do. But she always said that she was not worthy of them and was inferior to them. Many of these family members came from rural areas. No one looked down on anyone, let alone her. But she made herself seem inferior to others, which made everyone embarrassed. In the end, no one wanted to pay attention to her, for fear of being blamed for bullying for no reason."
Lin Chuxia nodded. This was true.
Bai Xiaoming went to work, and the two children, Bai Liang and Bai Tian, went to play somewhere unknown.
Mrs. Song bought the ingredients for tonight's dinner early in the morning and had already picked the vegetables and beans.
It’s not that she was counting on Lin Chuxia, but her cooking skills were really not up to par. Especially after having tasted the beef sauce made by Lin Chuxia, she was really afraid that if she cooked a meal for others, they would end up vomiting.
"You won't have to do anything for a while. Just stand by and teach me how to do it. It will be a great advantage for me if I can learn even a little bit from you."
"Sister-in-law, you are so polite. I don't have that much ability, but I have done it a lot since I was a child."
"That's different. I've been cooking since I was a kid, but even now I'm this old, I still can't make a good meal."
Despite all the joking, the two of them still started to cook after discussing it.
Mrs. Song bought some pork belly and prepared to make braised pork. People in the Northwest eat a lot of mutton, so she also bought some fresh and tender mutton.
The pork belly had been cut, and Lin Chuxia first asked Mrs. Song how she usually cooked it.
"Just boil water in a pot, put the meat in, add seasonings, and simmer it slowly. This is what my family taught me since I was a child."
"Then let's try something different today."
Lin Chuxia instructed Mrs. Song to blanch the meat in water first.
This step actually has its own requirements. Use cold pot, cold water and cold meat so that the meat will not have any fishy smell.
After the meat was blanched, it was put aside. There was sugar at home, so Lin Chuxia taught Mrs. Song how to fry some sugar color.
Mrs. Song had never known that sugar could be added to stewed meat. When the blanched meat was coated with sugar, her eyes suddenly lit up.
"This color is exactly the same as the braised pork sold in state-owned restaurants."
Soy sauce back then was not like it is today, with light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and soybean soy sauce divided into different categories. One bottle of soy sauce could fill the entire home.
Moreover, the soy sauce technology of this era is very advanced and the color is slightly lighter. If you rely solely on soy sauce to color it, you will have to spend a lot of money on the soy sauce.
It’s perfect to stir-fry the sugar color.
After stir-frying the scallions, ginger and star anise for a while, Mrs. Song scooped some cold water from the water tank and was about to pour it in, but was stopped by Lin Chuxia again.
"Sister-in-law, it's time to put on the hot water."
"There are so many things to consider when stewing meat. No wonder my stew doesn't taste good."
Mrs. Song took the thermos and poured half of it into it with boiling water.
All that’s left is to simmer on low heat.
During this time, the two of them used another stove to cook other dishes.
At this time, the two children came back. Before they entered the house, the voices came in first.
"Mom, what delicious food are we going to make today? I smelled the fragrance outside the yard and thought it was coming from Grandma Li's house next door, but it turned out to be coming from our house."
He ran in during the day, shouting, with a big bump on his forehead.
Mrs. Song frowned immediately, "Where have you been going crazy again, you naughty monkey? Why is there such a big bump on your head?"
She looked at her eldest son who came in later.
Bai Liang is 9 years old this year, and Daytime is less than 6 years old. Usually the two children go out to play together, and with Bai Liang taking care of them, she doesn't have to worry about anything.
During the day, I was so focused on delicious food that I didn't have time to reply to my mother.
Bai Liang and Bai Xiaoming seem to be cast in the same mold. Although he is only 9 years old, he already has Bai Xiaoming's mature style.
But before he could open his mouth, a woman's voice came from outside, "Is sister-in-law home?"
Mrs. Song and Lin Chuxia looked at each other, and they both recognized that it was Mrs. Feng's voice.
Mrs. Song wiped her hands and walked out.
The Bai family's kitchen was located in the wing room. At this moment, the kitchen door was open. Although Lin Chuxia could not see Mrs. Feng, she could clearly hear their voices.
"Sister-in-law, I really don't have the face to see you. It's all my fault.
Oh no, we didn't look after the children. Just now Jingjing was throwing a clod of dirt and somehow it happened to hit your Baitian on the head, making a big bump on the child. Ouch, looking at this big bump made me so sad. I said I would take him to the clinic, and when I went home to get money, the two children ran back. You see, it's all our fault. Where are the children now? I'll take him to the health center right now. ”
"Hey, it's okay. It's common for us two naughty kids to bump into each other. I saw the big bump. It will disappear in two days. You don't need to go to the clinic."
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