Wang Yanmei pretended not to hear and called her daughter: "Qingzhi, help me find where the white sugar is."

Xu Qingzhi searched several cabinets but didn't find it.

Xu Fuqiang squeezed into the kitchen and opened a cabinet next to him. "Here is the sugar. I saw you put it here last time."

Xu Zijun outside touched his nose. It was not the first time that his mother ignored him when he spoke, so he was used to it.

When he was a child and kept asking to eat this and that, his mother pretended not to hear him.

Then he pulled his mother's wrist and kept repeating the same thing over and over again.

So even if his mother pretended not to hear him, he still thought it was normal. When he thought about eating at home, he had a lot of things to say.

"I find that the dishes at home are all based on my dad's taste. Dad likes fresh fish, so you always cook fresh fish. My sister and I like sour pepper fish, so you cook it less often."

"Also, the preserved vegetables are so delicious. Dad doesn't like them, but you don't even dry them in the sun. I think I've only eaten them once since I can remember, and it was the preserved vegetables that grandma gave me."

"Mom, do you think what I said is right?"

Wang Yanmei mixed the white sugar into the flour and said lightly: "Don't call me mom, I'm not your mom."

Xu Zijun: “…”

Xu Fuqiang frowned and said, "I'm so tired after working all afternoon that I don't even want to speak. You're the only one who talks too much. If you don't like the food mom cooks, get out."

Several roommates were laughing behind me.

"Uncle, we like to eat."

“We’re not picky.”

"Yes, the food Auntie cooks is so delicious."

Xu Zijun felt that his situation in this family was becoming increasingly difficult.

He went to his sister and said, "Sister, please plant some potatoes. I want to make French fries at home."

"Well, let's talk about it later." Xu Qingzhi responded ambiguously, and asked him to take a few roommates to rest and pour them some water.

After working all afternoon, I felt a little thirsty when I came back.

"Oh." Xu Zijun certainly couldn't pour water for everyone one by one. They were all roommates, so there was no need to be so polite when getting along with each other. He simply called everyone over and asked them to pour themselves. "Here are chrysanthemums and honey. If you like, you can add some yourself."

Boys aged seventeen or eighteen, who are too lazy to add anything to water, said that drinking plain water is enough.

Only Xu Zijun added a spoonful of honey to himself and drank it happily. He couldn't help but sigh: "It tastes so good. I wonder where my sister got the honey from."

When the roommates heard this, they suddenly remembered that this was Fuwang Farm!

So a few people followed suit and added a spoonful of honey, stirred it together, and drank it.

Several people's eyes lit up.

"I've eaten honey before, and it tastes different from this. This one is delicious."

"It has a light floral scent, which is very relaxing to smell."

"I heard that honey water can help with bowel movements. I happen to be constipated. I'm going to drink a cup of honey water every day for the next few days!"

"Lin Kai, go to hell! We're almost having dinner, and you're spoiling the fun by saying this!"

Lin Kai: "Hehe~" he said, and glanced at the kitchen. His sister probably didn't hear it, so it wasn't embarrassing.

In the kitchen.

Pour the steamed sweet potatoes into flour, mash the sweet potatoes into a paste and mix them with the flour. There is no need to add water at this time as the steamed sweet potatoes themselves have a certain amount of moisture.

When it is almost done, add a little water and then knead the dough.

Compared to making dumplings and buns, the preparation of sweet potato vegetarian food is not so particular. Just knead the dough into the proper shape.

Bring the oil in the pan to a boil and turn to low heat.

Xu Qingzhi rolled the dough into round shapes and placed them on the other side of the basin, while Wang Yanmei put a dozen of them into the pot.

The small dough began to change in the oil pan, and tiny bubbles kept appearing on the surface of the oil.

You don’t need to fry it for too long. Wait until it turns golden brown and starts to float up, then you can take it out.

Frying one pot after another like this, the fried food is just the right size to fit into a stainless steel soup bowl.

The duck was stewed on another stove.

The speed of rolling into a round shape is faster than the speed of frying.

After Xu Qingzhi rolled the duck into balls, the spicy duck was ready. She washed her hands and started stir-frying the vegetables.

When the oil is hot, add the garlic, pour in the bok choy that has been blanched with water, add some salt, and finally sprinkle some chopped green onions and serve.

Dishes began to be placed on the table one by one.

A bowl of Meicheng specialty steamed pork with rice flour, a pot of fat but not greasy pork belly with dried beans, a pot of spicy duck with good color, aroma and taste, a bowl of stir-fried Chinese cabbage, a pot of mushroom chicken soup that smells fresh and looks golden, a bowl of egg custard, and a pot of fried fish with fresh peppers.

This fish is the one Xu Zijun just complained about.

After the dishes were served, the sweet potato vegetarian dish was also prepared and served on the table.

Lin Kai's face lit up: "Is this sweet potato cake?"

"Yes." Xu Zijun picked one up directly. "Although we are all from Meicheng, the pronunciation is different in different places. We call this Hongshuzhai."

Wang Yanmei cleaned up the kitchen, washed her hands and came out, "Yes, you guys should try it while it's hot, it tastes better when it's hot. In April, the mugwort is young, and my family makes some mugwort vegetarian food every year, which Zijun loves. If you also like to eat mugwort vegetarian food, come and try it next year."

(End of this chapter)