After all, with so many seasonings, they can’t really eat boiled vegetables, right?
Mingyu blushed and smiled innocently: "I will do it well!"
"Okay, then. The second floor is not suitable for cooking. Sister Miao, let's go clean up the kitchen on the first floor, and Xiaoyu will go to the second floor to pick out the cooking ingredients and utensils and move them downstairs." Xiaofei thought about it and made the arrangements.
Lulu quickly stood up and asked expectantly, "Sister Xiaofei, what about me?"
Xiao Fei rubbed her head and said, "Just rest here obediently."
Lulu sat back on the bed with some disappointment, "Okay."
"Let's go." Miao Xi called out and left with Xiaofei and Mingyu.
The kindergarten's kitchen has a large space, and since most ingredients need to be ordered fresh daily, there is not a pile of rotten or spoiled things. Except for those expired bottles and cans that can be thrown away and the dust wiped off everywhere, a relatively clean kitchen can be put into use.
Just as I cleaned the kitchen, Mingyu came down with a bag of vegetables.
Xiaofei stepped forward to take it, while Miao Xi went to move the gas tank.
By the time the gas tank was installed, the other ingredients and seasonings were also in place.
Because the kitchen counter was a bit high, Xiaoyu had to stand on a small stool.
"Let's keep it simple and have a big stew. Can Xiaoyu cook it?" Xiaofei asked with a smile as she watched Mingyu put on his apron in a very professional manner.
"Yes!" Mingyu said firmly.
"Okay, then you do it and I'll help you." Xiaofei started picking beans and peeling potatoes.
She had never cooked much, and in the past, she had only helped out at home by peeling garlic and onions. Now she took a long time to peel a potato, making her forehead sweat.
"In order to save water, I won't wash these. I tried my best not to let the potatoes get dirty, so they are quite clean." Xiao Fei put two potatoes and a handful of beans into the basin.
"Is this enough?"
Xiaoyu took a look and said, "Enough, enough." While speaking, he did not stop working. He used the kitchen knife very skillfully and quickly cut a large piece of meat into even slices.
Dice the potatoes, break the beans into several sections, smash a head of garlic and chop some onions and ginger, and the preparations are done.
"I didn't expect that Xiaoyu is so good. You're almost as good as the old master!" Xiaofei gave him a thumbs up and praised with a smile.
Mingyu blushed slightly and said a little embarrassedly: "No, no, it's actually quite simple. Sister Xiaofei, you will definitely do better than me if you learn it."
"This requires talent, which I don't have." Xiao Fei shook her head. She had tried to make it before, but using the same steps and the same ingredients, it just didn't taste good.
It's outrageous.
While talking, Xiaoyu walked to the stove, lit the fire, and heated the oil in the pot.
"Xiao Yu, the meat should be a little drier!" Xiao Fei said while blinking and trying hard to hold back her saliva.
"Okay!"
When the oil is hot, add the scallions, ginger and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant. Then, with a sizzling sound, add the fresh meat. After stir-frying for a few times, the aroma of meat wrapped in the aroma of scallions, ginger and garlic overflows. Xiaofei, who is standing by, smells it so much that her eyes widen and her saliva cannot stop secreting.
"Sister Fei, can you simmer rice?" Mingyu turned around and looked at Xiao Fei while frying meat.
"Should...right?" Xiao Fei wasn't too sure. Every time she cooked rice, it was either undercooked or too watery.
"How much rice should you put in?" She asked after hesitating for a while while squatting in front of the rice bag with the rice cooker in her hand.
Mingyu calculated, "Two boxes. If there is no box to measure rice, then just use that small bowl. One and a half bowls will be enough."
Xiao Fei looked at the small bowl he pointed to, picked it up and carefully scooped out a bowl and a half, "How much water do you add?"
"Add water to cover the rice. Put your index finger upright on the rice and the water should cover the first knuckle." Mingyu said as he scooped a large bowl of water into the pot. The golden fried meat rolled in the pot.
Xiao Fei added water and brought the rice pot to him. "Is this right?"
Mingyu leaned over to take a look and nodded, “Yes, yes, that’s all!”
While talking, he put potatoes, beans, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, etc. into the pot.
Xiao Fei turned around to simmer the rice, and when she looked up, she saw Jiang Mi, wearing a filter and all black, leaning against the kitchen door and looking at them.
"You scared me. Why is Miss Jiang here?" Xiao Fei patted her chest.
To be honest, she has never seen what Miss Jiang looks like. Every time she sees her, she has a black filter on her face. At first glance, she looks like the villain in Resident Evil.
Jiang Mi coughed lightly, "I came over to take a look following the smell."
She could smell the aroma of the food from the second floor. She was so curious about what they were cooking that she came over to take a look. She didn't expect that it was Mingyu, a kid, who was cooking.
"Miss Jiang, would you like to eat together later?" Xiao Fei was smiling.
Jiang Mi shook her head. She and her brother had already eaten. "No need. Just eat it."
Miao Xi also came over at this time.
She threw all the captured people to the third floor to deal with them, and gave each of them a can of food as their meal for the day.
As for the injured ones, they were simply bandaged and allowed to work while they were still alive. If they were dead, they were thrown out directly.
After lunch, she had to go around their base and bring back all the usable supplies.
Determined not to waste a single bit.
"How long will it take for dinner?" Miao Xi took a deep breath of the fragrance in the air and swallowed his saliva.
“It’ll take another half an hour.” Mingyu covered the pot and wiped his hands on his apron.
There was a constant bubbling sound coming from the pot, the tempting aroma filled the air, and white smoke drifted in the room. The simple scene made Xiaofei's eyes red.
"It's great. I never thought that we would have the chance to cook one day." She said with emotion.
Jiang Mi patted her shoulder and said, "In the future, we will not only be able to cook, but we will also rebuild civilization and return to the prosperous times before the end of the world."
"Before the end of the world..." Xiao Fei's eyes were a little blurry and she murmured in a low voice.
Relatives, friends, people she hated, people she liked, all the familiar people disappeared, and every day when she woke up she wondered if all this was a dream.
What if one day she suddenly wakes up and finds herself being urged by her parents to find a boyfriend, still working hard on interviews, still playing games with friends at night, and after receiving a phone call, she wears slippers and goes downstairs with her bestie to eat barbecue and drink beer.
Can I really go back?
Xiaofei remained silent.
Jiang Mi patted her back without saying a word, and changed the subject, "I see Lulu has woken up, how is she? Is she okay?"
Miao Xi nodded: "Thanks to the potion you made, Miss Jiang, Lulu is doing very well now and has awakened her special powers." Miao Xi looked a little strange when he said this.
"What kind of superpower is it?" Jiang Mi was a little curious.
"Great." Miao Xi spat out two words, "She is very strong!"
Jiang Mi was stunned. The petite and frail figure of Lulu appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but imagine the image of a strong Barbie doll.
The more she thought about it, the stranger her expression became.
How could such a nice little girl have such a special power? (End of this chapter)
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