Chapter 118: Can you cook?
It took only a little over a minute to finish turning over the vegetable patch.
Xu Xinxin pointed to the wasteland that had just been cleared by two voles nearby and said, "Can you turn over these fields as well?"
She decided that once all the land was turned over, she would plant large tracts of ordinary rice so that she would no longer have to worry about having ordinary rice to eat.
Later, plant some ordinary wheat, and when the wheat is mature, grind it into flour, which is also very good for making noodles, buns and pastries.
Now that the weather is hot, I suddenly want to eat cold noodles.
Xu Xinxin sucked her saliva. Besides cold noodles, she also wanted to eat roujiamo.
It’s a pity that she doesn’t know how to cook this, and even if she has the ingredients, she probably won’t be able to make it delicious.
"no problem".
Xia Runlin almost always responded to her requests.
Xu Xinxin felt embarrassed instead.
"I'm really sorry to bother you today."
"It's okay," Xia Runlin said, "I just happened to be free recently. The vegetables you grow here are very good. I am lucky enough to come here and have a few meals."
Speaking of food, Xu Xinxin became interested and asked him, "What do you want to eat for lunch today? I'll arrange it in advance."
Xia Runlin looked at her greedy face and couldn't help but smile, saying, "I'm fine with anything. What about you? What do you want to eat?"
"There's a lot I want to eat, but unfortunately I don't know how to cook."
"I can do it."
As soon as Xu Xinxin finished speaking, Xia Runlin said, "What do you want to eat the most? I can make it for you tomorrow when I have time."
"Really? You can cook?"
This is a huge surprise.
Xu Xinxin's mind suddenly filled with many delicacies, but she only picked one in the end: "Pot-fried pork, do you know how to make this?"
Xia Runlin just looked at her and smiled, saying, "I'll do it for you tomorrow."
That's great.
Xu Xinxin was so happy that her whole face was full of smiles. She said, "Then let's have fried pork with peppers, fried eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried water spinach, and fried eggs with green peppers for lunch today. What do you think?"
These are all very simple home-cooked dishes. Xu Xinxin is not very good at making more complicated dishes.
"I'm fine with either."
After getting the message, Xu Xinxin immediately ran to the kitchen.
The meat was frozen in the ice cellar. She first went to the ice cellar and chopped a piece of meat with a knife. Then she ran back to the kitchen, soaked the frozen meat in water to thaw it, and then cut some ginger and garlic.
After picking some green peppers, tomatoes and water spinach, she cut them little by little, cutting what needed to be cut into strips and what needed to be cut into slices.
Finally, use a kitchen knife to cut the water spinach horizontally several times and cut it into sections. Wash them all and set aside.
When the meat thaws and bleeds, wash it with well water again, cut it into slices and then into shreds, then add ginger, garlic, light soy sauce, soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt, chicken essence and starch.
Mix the shredded meat evenly with your hands and marinate it for a while.
The dishes were almost prepared, and Xu Xinxin hurried to wash the rice and cook it. Then she thought that this meal must have soup, so she cut some tomatoes and beat two eggs, planning to make a tomato and egg soup.
Xu Xinxin steamed the rice in advance and it is almost cooked now.
She lit a fire in the earthen stove, cleaned the large iron pot with water, and when the pot was hot, poured some oil into it.
Then she took ten eggs, waited for the oil to heat up, and fried them one by one until both sides were golden brown. She put all the eggs on a plate, cut one of the eggs in half with a knife, and put it aside for later use.
Heat the pan again, mix the green pepper and poached eggs together, stir-fry for a while, add some salt and MSG, and it's ready to serve.
This is a dish.
The following dishes are also easy to prepare, they are all quick dishes.
Xu Xinxin heated the oil in the pan again, stir-fried it simply, added some seasoning, and then cooked shredded pork with green pepper, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried water spinach, and tomato egg soup.
"Okay, it's time to eat."
Xu Xinxin shouted outside the kitchen, and without caring whether he could hear her or not, she started to bring the food to the table in the house.
The table she bought was not big and could barely fit the dishes. In the end, she had no choice but to put the rice directly in the kitchen and go over to get more when she needed more rice.
When she was almost ready and was about to call Xia Runlin again, she found that he had returned from the fields.
Unlike when he came, Xia Runlin now obviously has an extra layer of dust on his body, and he doesn't look as bright as before.
However, people who have worked hard always look good no matter how you look at them.
When Xu Xinxin saw him coming, she ran to the kitchen to get some rice and said, "Go wash your hands and come over to eat."
"good".
Xia Runlin obediently squatted by the well and washed his hands carefully. When he walked to the table, he looked at the dishes crowded together and asked, "I just saw that the pavilion outside is empty. Do you need me to help you make a stone table?"
"Can you also make tables?"
Xu Xinxin used her empty bowl to serve him a bowl of soup, and then asked him: "There is nothing among these dishes that you don't eat, right?"
"No".
As soon as Xia Runlin finished speaking, Xu Xinxin felt relieved. She used chopsticks to pick up some shredded pork for him as a token of appreciation, and then said, "Don't be polite. Eat more and eat until you are full."
After picking up some food for him, the field mouse and the little orange cat also came. Xu Xinxin gave them some more food before sitting back at the table.
Xu Xinxin picked up some fried eggs for herself, and then continued the previous topic: "Can you make a stone table?"
"Yes," Xia Runlin nodded and said, "After the soil is reorganized and squeezed under high pressure, it can be made into stone, so I can make a stone table."
"There's no rush for this."
They were still eating now. Xu Xinxin said, "Let's eat first and talk about this after dinner."
"good".
Xia Runlin agreed with her in everything.
The dishes are all freshly fried and the rice is freshly steamed, all with the aroma of the wok. Using chopsticks to scoop up a mouthful of rice mixed with vegetables, it is really fragrant.
Xia Runlin watched Xu Xinxin eat with relish. In addition, he had been eating compressed biscuits for a long time in the wilderness, and now he suddenly had normal meals, his appetite suddenly increased. He ate three bowls of rice and drank two large bowls of soup.
After the meal, the two of them had eaten all the dishes and rice, and their bellies were full.
"I can't eat anymore. I really can't eat anymore."
I feel sleepy after eating.
In addition, it was noon and the perfect time for a nap, so Xu Xinxin felt even more sleepy and could hardly open her eyes.
Xu Xinxin yawned and said, "There's an empty room next to me, but it has no furniture. How about you make a stone bed in the room, and I'll make the bed for you so you can take a nap?"
"I can also make a bamboo bed. I saw some bamboo on the mountain. How about I make a bamboo bed for you now?"
“This is fine!”
When Xu Xinxin heard about making a bamboo bed, she instantly became energetic. As she led him up the mountain, she asked him, "How did you learn to make this? I saw someone make it before, but I didn't learn it."
Xia Runlin said: "After staying in the wilderness for a long time and seeing people do it more often, you will naturally learn it."
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