The next day, Xia Qin officially came to work, fed the cows, cleaned the cowshed, and milked half a bucket of milk.

Wang Yanmei used the empty orange can glass bottles to fill three bottles of milk, and thought that the weather was getting cold and the vegetables could still be stored.

Yesterday, Mr. Huo and Dong Ming caught several big fish and left them at Xu's house for eating.

Wang Yanmei asked Xu Fuqiang to kill two fish and chop them into pieces. One and a half were for the family to eat today, and the other half was fried in oil until golden brown. Then, she added the fish pieces and the minced garlic and chili ashes in hot oil and stir-fried the mixture. Finally, she sprinkled some chopped green onions before serving.

The spicy garlic fish cubes made in this way can last longer than ordinary dishes.

Wang Yanmei also fried seven or eight pieces of the steamed pork with rice flour.

If you want food to last a long time, you either have to over-fry it or add too much salt.

In the end, she still felt that something was missing, so she cooked ten boiled eggs and took ten salted duck eggs.

Xu Qingzhi laughed at her: "Mom, those who know you know that you are going to school to visit students, and those who don't know you think you are going to open a restaurant on the road."

"Hey, your brother said that many dishes in school are pre-prepared now, and he doesn't like them. The fried pork with peppers doesn't taste like pork. I thought of bringing him more." Wang Yanmei said with concern.

Xu Qingzhi was chewing on a sweet potato in his hand, "Yeah, if it really doesn't work, how about hiring someone else to deliver food to my brother?"

Wang Yanmei frowned, "What a waste of money."

Xu Qingzhi: “…”

"Isn't that because you feel sorry for him?"

Xu Qingzhi had some savings and his desire for material things was very low, so he had no need to spend money on a regular basis.

She is not interested in gold, silver, jewelry, or high-end luxury brands. She would be happier if she found some rare varieties of vegetables than buying a bag worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

A while ago, she found some tomato seeds on an online planting exchange forum, all of which were seeds kept by private planting enthusiasts.

Most of the tomatoes on the market now sacrificed taste in order to be durable in transportation and storage. Although she has the cheating magical spring water and spiritual energy array, the tomatoes she grows taste good.

But if there are better seeds, the tomatoes that come out will be better.

Just like people, sometimes the influence of genes far outweighs acquired efforts.

The communication between people who truly love planting is often very pure and has nothing to do with money.

The other party asked her if she had any special seeds. She remembered her "domineering" strawberry and asked if he wanted strawberry seedlings.

Although it was late to plant strawberry seedlings in this season, the other party was in the state capital and the temperature was still suitable, so he agreed.

Wang Yanmei at the side thought about it and waved her hand. "No need to hire someone to deliver. Your brother said that only those few dishes are pre-made. The school doesn't dare to change them all now. They plan to do it slowly. It is estimated that after their graduation, all pre-made dishes will be started next year or the year after next."

Xu Qingzhi munched on the sweet potato and nodded.

Wang Yanmei packed up all the things she was going to give to Xu Zijun in the afternoon and started to make lunch.

As the steaming chicken soup simmered on the fire, Wang Yanmei muttered, "There's a stainless steel lunch box at home. This chicken soup is made with codonopsis, angelica, and astragalus. It's good for your body. Give some to your brother."

Xu Qingzhi opened the cupboard with one hand, found the lunch box and prepared to wash it. The sweet potato was still a large piece and he couldn't finish it in a few bites, so he just bit it directly in his mouth.

Turn on the hot water, wash the lunch box, then use a stainless steel spoon to scoop the chicken and soup from the pot, fill the lunch box up to about 70%, and finally sprinkle some wolfberries before covering it.

He kept biting the unfinished sweet potato, and by the time he finished, Xu Qingzhi's cheeks were sore from biting it.

If it takes another second, her image will be ruined and her saliva will flow out.

She hurriedly nibbled on the unfinished sweet potato and watched her mother frying the fish fillets.

You don’t have to worry about storage issues when eating fish at home. After adding oil, sprinkle some salt to prevent it from sticking to the pan, then add the fish pieces and fry slowly over low heat until they turn golden brown.

Move the fish pieces aside, pour in the chopped ginger, garlic, green and red peppers and stir-fry. After the aroma comes out, stir-fry the fish pieces together.

When the Xu family eats dishes, they usually don’t add much cooking wine. Instead, they use the wine they drink at home and sprinkle some along the edge of the pot.

Add seasoning and hot water and simmer for seven or eight minutes.

Finally, sprinkle with the soul-stirring garlic sprouts.

A dish of Meicheng home-style fish fillet is ready.

Xu Qingzhi looked at the dish and suddenly thought: "Mom, the weather is cold now. If we leave the fish in the evening, will it become fish dumplings?"

"Yes." said Wang Yanmei.

The fish pieces fried in this way will be twisted into a ball because of the cold weather. When picked up with chopsticks, they have a jelly-like texture mixed with chili and fish meat. In Meicheng, they are commonly known as fish dumplings.

Xu Qingzhi didn’t like eating fish when she was a child, but she especially liked the fish dumplings made from the leftover fish meat, as the taste was very different.

It is also a local specialty of Meicheng. (End of this chapter)