“This is your Aunt Liu’s mother-in-law. You can call her Grandma just like my two children do.”
“This is my son Fan Chao, and my daughter Fan Mu.”
"This is your Aunt Liu's son, Li Nian'an."
Pei Yuezhi introduced them one by one, and they got to know each other.
Liang Zhenzhen greeted everyone very politely. When she thought about the child's difficult fate and how obedient and sensible she was, the older Granny Liu's eyes welled up with tears.
"Poor child, live a good life here from now on."
Liu Yuanyuan also said, "Zhenzhen, our family is all very good. Your Aunt Pei is an excellent cook and will definitely keep you healthy. It's just that our family runs a restaurant, so there's a little more work to do."
"Don't worry, Aunt Liu, I'm very capable. Don't let my thin appearance fool you, I'm quite strong."
Liang Zhenzhen gave Liu Yuanyuan a big smile.
After introducing the group, it seemed that Fan Mu was more enthusiastic towards Liang Zhenzhen, probably because he was happy to have met an older sister.
My two older brothers sit there studying all day long. They used to play with me, but now they just keep teaching me to read.
Although studying is quite interesting, I inevitably want them to play with me. Now that my older sister is here, Fan Mu has someone to keep him company, which makes him happy.
"Alright, you guys chat. It's already noon, time to cook." Pei Yuezhi calculated the time and realized that Liu Yuanyuan hadn't eaten yet, so it was time to start cooking.
Upon hearing that Pei Yuezhi was going to cook, Liang Zhenzhen quickly said, "Aunt Pei, let me cook. I can cook. I cook at my second uncle's house. Even though he hates me so much, he still praises my cooking."
Fan Mu grabbed her hand: "Sister Zhenzhen, my mother cooks especially well. Although I would like to try your cooking, it's your first day at home, so you should try my mother's cooking first."
Pei Yuezhi gave Fan Mu an approving look, and then said, "Mu'er is right. You need to rest now. There will be work that will require your help in the future. You should take care of your health first."
"But I can't just eat for free..."
Before she could finish speaking, Liu Yuanyuan quickly interrupted her: "It's not like you're just eating for free. We'll need you to do the work in the future. Your task now is to rest. No buts."
"but……"
"This is an order!" Liu Yuanyuan pushed her into the room with a slightly forceful tone. "I'll call you when it's time to eat, and you're not allowed to disobey."
After Liang Zhenzhen went back to rest, the three children gathered together and whispered to each other.
Pei Yuezhi wasn't eavesdropping on purpose; she was just passing by.
Fan Mu lay on the table, looking a little disappointed, and said, "Brother, although I think it's a good thing that Mother saved Sister Zhenzhen, I'm still worried that since Sister Zhenzhen can do chores, Mother might not like us as much anymore."
"No, Mother is very kind. She can be so kind to people she's never even met. How could she not love her own child?" Fan Chao comforted her by patting her head.
Li Nian'an comforted her, "Mu'er, look, even Nian'an-ge didn't help much. Aunt Pei even took me and Chao-ge to school together. Don't worry, Aunt Pei loves us very much."
"Speaking of which, I also want to say that I must pass the imperial examinations in the future, not only to take care of my mother, but also to treat Aunt Pei as my own mother!"
Reassured by this, Fan Mu said, "Aunt Liu is also my brother's and my second mother. We both have two mothers!"
Pei Yuezhi overheard this and thought to herself: How can these three little brats be so well-behaved and cute?
"Liu Yuanyuan, stop being lazy and come help me cook."
Seeing the cute and well-behaved child and hearing those words, I was feeling a warm glow of gratitude when I turned around and saw him sneak into his room and sprawled out on his back.
Every time I see the child behaving well, I see a lazy Liu Yuanyuan.
"Okay, okay, I hate it!" Liu Yuanyuan reluctantly got up and followed them to the kitchen.
Pei Yuezhi asked her what she wanted to eat, and Liu Yuanyuan always had a great interest in food.
"Emmm, I've been eating so well lately, I'm not craving anything anymore. Let's make some meat, Liang Zhenzhen probably hasn't had meat in a long time."
Liu Yuanyuan thought for a long time before speaking.
"So all those ideas you had before were just because you were greedy!" Pei Yuezhi tapped her on the head.
"Well, it's been a long time since I've had your cooking. I've been eating it for the past few months, so I don't crave it as much anymore."
Pei Yuezhi didn't get the answer she wanted, so she had to figure it out herself.
But I'll start steaming the rice first, so I don't forget later. Luckily, we're eating refined rice now, so I don't need to soak it for too long. Otherwise, if I suddenly increase the amount, it won't be enough.
After thinking for a moment, he asked Liu Yuanyuan, "Let's make a simple stir-fry of shredded pork with garlic sauce, sweet and sour poached eggs, stuffed green peppers, and a mixed salad. It's getting late, and these dishes will be quick to prepare. Are you hungry too?"
Liu Yuanyuan nodded repeatedly: "I'm starving! I'll go wash the vegetables!"
After washing all the vegetables, Pei Yuezhi quickly started cooking.
First, cut all the vegetables, then cut the meat into strips, add a little salt and a little water, mix well, add an egg, mix until absorbed, add cornstarch, and then drizzle with a little oil.
"Yuanyuan, help me chop the meat."
"Here it comes, here it comes!"
Pick out a piece of pork belly and give it to Liu Yuanyuan to chop into filling.
Then add scallions and ginger to the minced meat, along with an egg, sugar, five-spice powder, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, and cornstarch. Mix until it forms a dough and set aside.
Pei Yuezhi started preparing the fish-fragrant sauce, adding white sugar, vinegar, light soy sauce, a little dark soy sauce, water, and cornstarch to a bowl.
Then you can start stir-frying. Use plenty of oil to stir-fry the shredded meat until it changes color, then remove it from the pan.
Leave some oil in the wok, add the fermented bean paste, stir-fry until the oil turns red and fragrant, then add minced garlic and ginger, stir-fry over high heat with a little firewood.
After the aroma is released, add shredded carrots, shredded wood ear mushrooms, and shredded green bell peppers. Stir-fry until just cooked through, then add the stir-fried shredded meat.
Then stir the sauce well, pour it in, stir-fry over high heat, and serve.
Next, Pei Yuezhi started on the next dish: stuffing green peppers with minced meat, putting them in a pan, frying them until they had a tiger-skin pattern, and then adding a large amount of chopped garlic.
After sautéing the garlic until fragrant, add light soy sauce, a little dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, and a pinch of sugar. Then add about half a bowl of water and simmer for six or seven minutes.
"Yueyue, you're cooking faster and faster! It smells so good!"
Pei Yuezhi served Liu Yuanyuan a little bit first: "Hurry up and have some, you must be starving."
"good!"
She had already cooked two dishes. Because there were many people, Pei Yuezhi increased the amount of food. It was quite tiring to cook them, so she wanted Liu Yuanyuan to finish them so she would have the energy to help her with the work.
Liu Yuanyuan took a bite and was then sent to fry eggs, while she started shredding cabbage.
Since they were out of cabbage hearts, Pei Yuezhi bought baby bok choy, shredded it finely, and also shredded some green and red chili peppers.
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