Chapter 57 Chili Oil
Geng Ru and the others stood behind her curiously. This was the first time they saw Zhenyi cooking.
The kitchen, which was originally quite spacious, suddenly became crowded.
Wen Zhenyi didn't care. While cutting the things in his hands, he explained to them what these things could be used for and how to make them delicious.
Which part is tenderer and which part is older.
Hearing this, a group of people nodded repeatedly.
Wen Zhenyi also made a dish called "Fuqi Feipian" (Five-Hearted Lung) with beef tongue, beef heart, beef and beef tripe, but it was too late to make this dish in the morning, so he had to make it in the afternoon.
The people in the Wen family have long been accustomed to Wen Zhenyi's cooking skills.
Ma Yushun's eyes never left the things in the pot and bowl. When he saw plates of food being served on the table, he could only feel his saliva being secreted continuously.
Ma Yuruo was no longer calm. On the surface, he still looked steady, but the rolling of his Adam's apple betrayed his inner feelings at the moment.
Wen Zhen poured the chopped mutton offal into the pot: "Aunt, the mutton offal soup needs to be cooked for an hour and a half. The seasonings I put in now are what is needed for a set of mutton offal soup. If you want to increase it later, you need to increase it according to this ratio."
Geng Ru listened carefully and memorized all the necessary ingredients: ginger, green onions, rice wine. Not many ingredients were needed, and salt was added when it was time to serve.
"Do we need to prepare some seasoning for the guests?"
"Yes, I'll teach you this later. One of the dishes is chili oil, which is a little more complicated. The other ones, such as minced ginger, minced garlic, and chopped green onions, are relatively simple."
Geng Ru nodded: "Okay, I'll remember that."
Wen Zhenyi lifted the lid of another pot and saw that the braised lamb chops she made were ready to be served.
Old Man Ma couldn't help but take a deep breath: "It smells good, really good."
Wen Zhenyi served the lamb chops: "It's time to eat."
Everyone started moving, some were taking bowls and chopsticks, some were serving dishes, some were serving rice. In short, no one was idle.
When Wen Zhenyi took off her apron, she found that she was the only one left in the kitchen. Everyone else had already sat at the table outside in the yard waiting for her.
"Cousin, come quickly, we've been waiting for you." Ma Ruier shouted to her anxiously.
Wen Zhenyi smiled and walked over to sit beside her.
Old Man Wen looked at Old Man Ma and said, "Father-in-law, have a couple of drinks."
"Okay, with all the good food, how can we not have a drink?"
When Wen Zhenyi was eating, he saw chopsticks flying in front of him.
Ma Ruier's pretty little face was covered with all kinds of oil stains, but even so, it couldn't stop her from wanting to eat.
The Wen family watched with a smile, only occasionally picking up a few pieces of food with their chopsticks, while most of the rest was eaten up by the Ma family.
Ma Yushun touched his stomach in a very unpresentable manner and said: "I'm full, I'm full."
Ma Yuruo sat up straighter than before to ease the embarrassment of being overfed.
It was not Wen Zhenyi's turn to wash the dishes, so he was sent to rest.
Wen Zhenyi didn't sleep well last night and was about to go back to take a nap: "Mom, call me when it's time."
"Okay, I remember."
"Rui'er, are you going to take a nap?"
Ma Ruier shook her head: "I'm not going. I'm going to play with my cousin."
Wen Zhenyi went back to his room and slept comfortably for half an hour. When he came out, he happened to run into Ma Yinghe: "Mom."
"I said I'd come to wake you up, but I didn't expect you to get up on your own."
"Thinking about the mutton offal soup in the pot, I woke up naturally at the appointed time."
"Your aunt is waiting for you in the kitchen."
When Wen Zhenyi walked in, he saw Geng Ru chopping garlic: "Yiyi, you're up."
"Aunt, didn't you go take a break?"
"We're all used to it. We have a lot of things to do every day at home. Sometimes when we have some free time and want to sleep, we can't fall asleep."
"Let's see what's going on with the mutton offal."
Geng Ru put down her chopsticks and followed her. She saw her open the lid of the pot and the mutton offal soup inside was bubbling slightly.
There was also beef offal being stewed in the pot on the other side.
"Aunt, have you memorized the seasoning for the stew?"
Geng Ru shook her head: "This is too complicated. I can't remember it right away."
"Why don't you write it down with pen and paper."
"Yiyi, I'll learn mutton offal soup first. I'm afraid I'll be too busy if I learn too much."
"Can't the eldest and second cousins help?"
"They can't help us anymore. When they return this time, they will also go to the government to take up their posts."
"That's good."
"It's also because the county magistrate doesn't mind, otherwise it wouldn't be their turn."
"Aunt, my cousins are all capable people. You can just wait and enjoy a peaceful life from now on."
Geng Ru became a little melancholy when she said this: "If possible, I don't want them to enter the government office."
"Why?"
"It sounds good to the government. If the world is peaceful, it's fine. But if you encounter some vicious criminals, you will have to fight for your life."
"Sister-in-law." Ma Yinghe looked at her, not knowing what to say.
"When I married your eldest brother, my family thought he would provide me with food and clothing, but we never thought he could be in danger. You don't know that he had encountered thugs several times before, and the wounds on his body went through his entire back."
"When he was brought back, I was so scared that my legs went weak. Even now, I feel terrified when I think about it. Now that all three of my family members have to go to the government office, how can I not be worried?"
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"What's the point of telling you this? It'll just increase some people's worries. He's not alive and kicking right now."
Wen Zhenyi didn't know how to comfort her, so he could only look at Ma Yinghe.
Ma Yinghe consoled him, "Why don't they stay at the government office and do business with you?"
Geng Ru shook her head helplessly: "Yu Ruo wanted to go on her own, but Yu Shun is still undecided, so your eldest brother wanted to let him go to the courtyard to gain some experience."
Ma Yinghe didn't expect that going to the government office was Ma Yuruo's own request: "Since this is the child's wish, let it go."
Geng Ru sighed, "This child is already past the age of marriage, but he has been proposed to several girls, but as soon as they heard that he works for the government, they backed off."
"Aunt, maybe it's not fate yet."
"Yeah, let him be."
Wen Zhenyi scooped out the mutton offal soup and put it on a small stove to warm it up. He cleaned the pot and prepared to make chili oil.
Pour a proper amount of sesame oil into the pot, wait until the oil temperature is right, pour the chili into the oil pan, and fry until it is slightly browned and crispy.
During this time, people in the kitchen and outside were choking and coughing.
Ma Yinghe's nose and tears started to flow: "Yi Yi, this is all messed up."
"Mom, we have to make it mushy, otherwise why is it called mushy chili?"
Geng Ru's eyes were now filled with tears: "This smell is too overbearing."
After taking it out and letting it cool, pound it into pieces with a stone mortar, and you can smell a pungent smell of paste.
Ma Yinghe and Geng Ru were coughing while pounding the rice. The smell was really unpleasant.
Wen Zhenyi added some green onions, ginger and garlic to the remaining oil, fried them until fragrant, and then took them out.
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