Chapter 430: Food Cures All Diseases
Knowing that there would be people standing guard and patrolling everywhere in the post station tonight, Shen Huazheng finally felt relieved.
She and Princess Lejia went to the kitchen and started preparing dinner.
Today’s events have made everyone very nervous. Many people probably won’t be able to sleep tonight, and even if they do, they probably won’t sleep well.
Eat something delicious and relax your tense nerves.
Otherwise, some people may not be able to handle the early morning travel.
Everyone started to get busy in the kitchen.
The rice should be cooked first, and then the various side dishes are prepared.
Princess Lejia and Zhou Ying began to wash and cook rice.
The others were not idle either. Some took the ingredients needed for the meal, and some prepared various seasonings.
Chen Huazheng asked Qingzhi to get the bacon, washed it with hot water, and then had someone cut the bacon into thin slices of even thickness.
Princess Lejia looked at the brightly colored, well-proportioned bacon on the chopping board and couldn't help swallowing.
The bacon that Zheng Zheng brought looked delicious. Every slice of meat was filled with translucent fat and firm lean meat.
In the past, Princess Lejia didn’t like fatty meat at all and thought it tasted greasy.
After eating the meal cooked by Shen Huazheng, she realized that meat with even fat and lean parts tasted so delicious.
Later, even when she was grilling, she liked to choose skewers with a little fat.
Chen Huazheng lit a pot, put the cut bacon into it, and blanched it with cold water.
During the blanching process, the clean water in the pot slowly seeps into the bacon, and the bacon, which had been dried and hardened by being dried in the sun, regains some softness due to the addition of water.
At the same time, the excess salt in the bacon will be cooked out, so it will not be too salty when eaten.
Shen Huazheng had been standing by and staring at the pot. When she saw that the bacon had become soft, she took it out of the pot.
She picked up a piece with chopsticks and brought it to Princess Lejia's mouth.
"Aning, try it."
Princess Lejia subconsciously opened her mouth and took the bacon that Shen Huazheng handed over.
Shen Huazheng picked up another piece and fed it to Zhou Ying.
Princess Lejia chewed the bacon in her mouth happily: "The bacon has been cooked thoroughly, it's really delicious."
This bacon has a sweet and salty taste, and the sugar enhances the flavor.
Take a bite and it’s so delicious.
Zhou Ying swallowed the bacon in her mouth and said, "Zheng'er, this bacon is already cooked."
While Shen Huazheng was cooking the bacon, Qingzhi had already soaked the dried beans in warm water.
Dried beans need to be soaked in warm water. After soaking in warm water, the beans will be soft but not mushy, and will be chewier when eaten.
Qingtang also peeled the garlic into cloves, flattened them and chopped them into minced garlic.
Then cut the processed potatoes into small pieces and set aside.
Chen Huazheng lit a pot, poured a small amount of oil into it, and then poured the sliced bacon into the pot.
The bacon was cut very thinly and the oil inside was quickly fried out, with the edges of the meat slices slightly curled up.
After the bacon was stir-fried until both sides were shiny, Shen Huazheng took the minced garlic handed over by Qingtang and poured it into the pot.
In order to make the bacon taste more delicious, Shen Huazheng also added a little chili sauce to the pot.
As the temperature gets higher, the aroma of garlic and the spicy flavor of the chili sauce in the pot become more and more obvious. Stimulated by the bacon fat, the complex aroma becomes stronger.
Everyone in the kitchen couldn't help but breathe in the alluring aroma in the air. It smelled so good! !
Princess Lejia stared at the pot with her eyes wide open. Zheng Zheng had only fried a little bacon, but it already smelled so good.
What if we add dried beans and potatoes?
Qingzhi followed the instructions, drained the soaked dried beans and poured them into the pot.
Shen Huazheng held the spatula in her hand, her hands moving non-stop.
The bacon in the pot is already salty and fragrant, and the aroma becomes even more intense when dried beans are added.
Shen Huazheng poured the potato cubes into the pot and began to stir-fry.
Red and yellow bacon, yellow potato cubes, green beans, red chili sauce, and light yellow minced garlic were all mixed together to fill the pot.
Princess Lejia twitched her nose, sniffing the special fragrance in the air.
Delicious food can really cure all diseases.
Every time she smelled the fragrance of food, she felt full of happiness, and any bad emotions would disappear.
Shen Huazheng looked at the side dishes in the pot and smiled with satisfaction.
After the side dishes are fried, the rice is also cooked.
Put the rice and fried side dishes together and start simmering over low heat.
Although stewing rice looks simple, it is actually a "technical job".
The rice must be cooked to perfection, so that the aroma of the side dishes can be integrated into the rice, but it should not be too soft.
Otherwise, no matter how delicious the side dishes are, they will lose their soul and taste much worse.
Thinking that the time was about right, Shen Huazheng asked someone to open the pot lid.
The moment you open the lid of the pot, hot steam wafts around and the aroma of rice and side dishes wafts out.
For a moment, the whole kitchen was enveloped by a rich complex aroma.
The fragrance spread so far that even Yun Ruo, who came to the kitchen, could smell it.
Yun Ruo came to the door: "What a nice smell!"
She sniffed subconsciously, trying to discern from the air what was going on in the kitchen.
Princess Lejia: "Aruo, why are you here?"
"I'll come to look for you after I finish what I'm doing."
As she spoke, Yun Ruo strode into the kitchen, just in time to see Chen Huazheng stirring the rice and ingredients in the pot with a rice spatula.
The rice is soft, glutinous and translucent, dotted with green beans and yellow potatoes, and surrounded by shiny red bacon, which looks great.
Yun Ruo took a deep breath of the fragrance and asked, "What delicious food are you making?"
Chen Huazheng: "This is beans and bacon stewed with rice. We will eat this tonight."
A flash of surprise flashed across Yun Ruo's eyes. There were her favorite beans and bacon in it.
This bean and bacon stewed rice must taste delicious! !
While the rice was simmering, Zhou Ying quickly prepared seaweed egg drop soup.
The staple food and soup are ready, so we can start eating.
Chen Huazheng: "Let's go, we're going to have dinner."
When Princess Lejia heard about having dinner, she immediately became excited: "Let's go!"
Finally, I can eat.
God knows how hard she tried to prevent saliva from flowing from the corners of her mouth.
I must eat more later.
Zhou Ying and Yun Ruo smiled at each other, then followed Shen Huazheng and Princess Le Jia out of the kitchen.
On the other side, General Xie was listening to the report from the visitor.
"Alright, I understand. You can go down now."
"Yes, General!"
After the man left, Yun Gan looked at General Xie and said, "General, it seems that the county magistrate does not seem to have any problems."
In fact, in addition to sending someone to find the magistrate of Kangle County and inform him of Wang Zhaoqiang breaking into the post station and injuring people.
General Xie also sent someone to investigate the county magistrate to find out whether he had done anything about the series of abnormal events that occurred in Pingyu Town.
The man just now came to report the situation. The current county magistrate of Kangle County is named Li and he just took office.
Ever since missing persons cases started occurring in Pingyu Town, County Magistrate Li has taken them very seriously.
Not only did he send people to Pingyu Town to investigate the missing cases, he also dug out some previous missing files in the government office, trying to find the common points among them.
But before Magistrate Li could find any useful clues, something happened again in Pingyu Town.
First, a drunk man suddenly attacked a passerby and almost strangled the person to death.
According to people present at the scene, the man did not look drunk but rather like a madman.
Later, several incidents of civilians violently attacking and injuring others occurred in Pingyu Town, and County Magistrate Li ordered a thorough investigation overnight.
Suspecting poisoning, people from the county government even checked the water source in Pingyu Town.
Unfortunately, no clues were found.
It is said that someone suggested that County Magistrate Li restrict the entry and exit of the people in Pingyu Town, but this proposal was quickly rejected by County Magistrate Li.
General Xie pondered for a moment and slowly said, "It's not clear yet. We have to see what he does next."
Yun Gan: "Then let someone keep watching."
Anyway, they have already arranged people to keep an eye on the situation in Pingyu Town. If Magistrate Li does not take any action next, or if anything else major happens, they will report it immediately.
As soon as they finished their conversation, someone came in to report that dinner was ready.
General Xie's stern expression eased a little: "Let's go and have dinner first."
Yun Gan also had a smile in his eyes: "Yes, let's eat first."
Today's dinner must be very sumptuous.
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