Chapter 175 Pressure Cooker
Chu Hong's mouth twitched when she heard this. She finally understood that as long as there were enough benefits, Cao Li, who was a simple-minded person, could become a smooth talker and be able to think so thoughtfully for the He family.
So there are no stupid people, it just depends on whether others are willing to put in the effort for you.
Of course Chu Hong didn't make a fuss about it. She and Cao Li only lived together for a week, and their friendship was definitely short-lived.
Not only was she unwilling to put in the effort, but I only dealt with her after I heard that she knew where the black market was.
Now she would not hold Cao Li back, but smiled and said, "Wenwen, how could you understand how difficult it is to buy good chickens and ducks? Later you and..."
The name "Grandma He" almost came out of my mouth. Tweets
Fortunately, my brain was still online and I reacted: "Go tell my great aunt later, she will be very happy."
She saw that Cao Li wanted to take advantage of the He family and was purely trying to buy defective cloth, so she definitely wouldn't dare to cheat the He family.
Or maybe some cunning person feeds the chickens and ducks crushed corn and pebbles and sand the day before selling them, which can increase their weight by half a pound?
When they returned to He's house, they could already smell the aroma of chicken.
A chicken was stewed in a large pressure cooker on a coal stove. The lid on top was spinning and making a constant hissing sound.
Chu Hong was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that there was already a pressure cooker.
Nowadays, when people build stoves in the countryside, most of them build three stove holes.
But it is not easy to buy an iron pan now, and the price is not cheap, so many families now only have two iron pans.
To make it look good, I didn’t press the stove hole on the iron pot, but directly covered it with a wooden lid.
Covering it tightly can also prevent smoke and ash from escaping from the empty stove hole.
For example, although Chu Hong's family had three pots, the largest pot had to be repaired several times by a pot-mender.
Chu Hong's family is now quite wealthy, but they still haven't changed it because they don't have the ticket for the iron pot.
Smaller pots can still be found on the black market, but large pots are rare, so they can only make do with what they have.
Anyway, the big pot is used to make tea, bath water, and a very small amount of braised pork head.
But the He family has already used a pressure cooker.
It is really poverty that limits imagination.
She felt that she should take her family out more often in the future. Even if there were some things that could not be bought with money, it would still be good to broaden their horizons, right?
Gu Ci pumped a bucket of water from the water well and brought it to the kitchen.
Seeing He Wen and Cao Li go in, he didn't want to stay in there anymore. When he came out and saw Chu Hong staring at the pressure cooker, he leaned over to her and whispered, "This is a pressure cooker. It stews chicken and duck faster than in a pot, but it makes a hissing sound when the steam comes up. Let's buy one later."
He mistakenly thought that Chu Hong didn't know what a pressure cooker was, so he whispered it to her so that she wouldn't understand.
Chu Hong immediately shook her head: "It's better to stew it slowly in an iron pot."
She doesn't have much time to cook anyway, so it doesn't matter if she cooks slowly, as long as it doesn't cost money.
Grandpa He also came out and happened to hear Chu Hong's words, so he smiled and asked, "Are you lying to me? I never thought that chicken stewed in an iron pot was more fragrant before."
Chu Hong definitely didn't want to be misunderstood as lying, so she said to him, "I learned this from the chef of Shao Xi. First, add the chicken and rice wine, some water, and a few slices of ginger, then put everything into a stoneware bowl, and then put the stoneware bowl into the pot and cook on medium heat for nearly an hour."
"This kind of chicken is not only fragrant, but also tender and juicy. It definitely smells good and tastes even better."
Grandpa He took it to heart: "Next time I will try what you said. If you don't coax me, I will send you some good things."
The more they spent time together, the more he liked them.
Otherwise, he would definitely take the opportunity to gradually distance himself from her instead of saying something like sending her something.
Chu Hong was very confident: "Then I will definitely let Grandpa He spend the money."
Grandpa He glared at her: "What did you call me?"
Chu Hong slapped her forehead and changed her words: "It's my great-uncle, not my grandfather."
Grandpa He smiled and asked her in a low voice: "Why did the female comrade you brought with you think of asking us if we wanted chickens and ducks?"
Chu Hong thought to herself: If she met a stranger outside and he asked her this question, she would be sure that he was trying to trap her.
She whispered to her that Cao Li wanted to buy the defective cloth, and then said: "If you need it, you can exchange it in the future, so you don't have to go out to buy it."
Grandpa He nodded with satisfaction after hearing this: "If she just wants to buy some defective cloth, it's not a big problem."
She pointed at her pale grey work clothes that had been washed so much that they looked bleached, and sighed, "You women just love making new clothes. You made eight or ten pieces this year, but you still can only wear one when you go out, right?"
"For me, I just need to prepare two sets of thicker clothes for changing this month, and one set of clothes that is 80% new for meeting guests. That's enough."
Chu Hong looked at the Lenin suit he was wearing, took a deep breath, and then whispered, "Have you heard of the allusion of why not eat meat? Others are satisfied with having two sets of old clothes to change into in a quarter, right?"
Grandpa He also realized that cloth coupons were indeed hard to buy now, and couldn't help but curiously ask: "How many cloth coupons can you get in a year?"
Chu Hong used to be an accountant, so she really knew the situation: "Every person is given five feet of cloth every year."
Grandpa He took a deep breath and said, "Would it take two people's cloth coupons to make one set of clothes?"
Chu Hong nodded: "I will buy some, or spin some homespun cloth at home and wear it as it comes."
Anyway, it is absolutely impossible for a couple to wear the same pants. How can they go out to work if that's the case?
But homespun cloth is rough, wrinkled and easily torn, so it should only be worn when there is no other choice.
Grandpa He winked at her and said, "Don't worry, your aunt and uncle are here, and they will send you some more later."
Chu Hong playfully cupped her fists towards him and said, "Thank you, uncle. I dare not refuse your gift."
At noon, He's father, mother and He Wen's eldest brother all went home for lunch.
It is said that He's father and mother just came back from a business trip the day before yesterday. Because Cao Li was there, the He family wanted to conceal what happened on the train and could not thank her openly, but they still gave her a warm welcome.
Two large pots of chicken stewed with dried mushrooms, a large plate of shredded pork with black fungus, shredded pork with sauerkraut, stir-fried water spinach, and shredded pork with celery.
Except for the water spinach which is completely vegetarian, other dishes are filled with shredded meat, making them look particularly rich.
Nowadays, when people who are more particular go to visit someone else's home, even if the food is very sumptuous, they will endure it for the sake of face. It is impossible for them to be like starving ghosts and have no scruples.
Fortunately, the He family was really hospitable and they personally picked up chicken for them and even spooned chicken soup for them.
After eating and drinking, Cao Li tactfully said that she wanted to go see the flowers planted in the yard so that the He family and Chu Hong could talk to each other.
"That's right, the crabapple blossoms in the yard are in full bloom." Grandma He stood up and accompanied her to sit in the yard.
Until now, Cao Li had no doubt that the relationship between Chu Hong and the He family was fake, mainly because the old couple of the He family had visited Chu Hong at the livestock station before and brought back a lot of good things.
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