Bai Guoguo left the construction site and just a few steps away, he met Mrs. Zhang who was carrying a big basket, and the chubby little tiger was following her.
"Mrs. Zhang, where are you going? Little Tiger is up so early!"
"I was just about to bring you some food, but I ran into you as soon as I left the house. What a coincidence."
"Sister Xiaobai, my mother is going to take me to your house to play!"
"Really? Little Tiger is so cute today too. Let's go to my house and play. I'll give you some candy!"
Bai Guoguo was very happy to meet the cute little creature early in the morning and pinched his chubby cheeks.
Hu Zi refused and wanted to pinch Bai Guo Guo, so the two of them laughed and made a mess.
The two of them chased each other around in circles, almost making Mrs. Zhang dizzy.
"Ouch, all right, all right, stop right there. If you keep going around me, I'll get dizzy!"
Mrs. Zhang, carrying a large basket, scolded and laughed unhappily, and then she grabbed Hu Zi's collar, which stopped the two people from fighting.
"Hey, sister-in-law, carry the basket for me. I'm here so you won't have to work so hard. Thank you for bringing me the food. It solved my big problem."
Bai Guoguo shrank his neck, moved closer with a grin, and took the basket like a dog and carried it himself.
She knew that Mrs. Zhang was really good to her, so she was a little more unrestrained in front of her.
She took the basket from Mrs. Zhang and saw a lot of potatoes, cabbages, and even chives, ginger, and garlic as seasonings.
These vegetables filled a whole basket, no wonder it was so heavy.
"Let's go. Sister-in-law will come to your house to help you cook today. It takes a lot of effort to cook for more than ten men."
Mrs. Zhang took a leave of absence from work today to help Bai Guoguo cook.
Last time, Bai Guoguo delivered medicine to save Hu Zi. She had always wanted to repay him but had never found the opportunity. This time, Bai Guoguo was building a house and needed to cook, so she came to help.
"Sister-in-law, I can do it myself. I've already steamed the buns. I'll just cook the dishes today. I can handle it all by myself. You've finally got a day off, so you should get some rest!"
Baiguo rejected Mrs. Zhang's kindness. There wasn't much to do anyway, and she could handle it alone.
She had already inquired about it, and she knew that the money earned here usually meant making a stew, and then some cold dishes and pickles would be good enough.
Meat is hard to buy now. People who can hunt buy some wild game, while those who can't hunt try to buy some meat. If they really can't buy meat, they can only add more oil.
Bai Guoguo didn't want to do too much. He just made stews with some meat every day, or went to the woods to catch some pheasants and rabbits.
These are not difficult for her, so there is no need to let Mrs. Zhang suffer.
Besides, with someone around, it would be inconvenient for her to take things out of the space, which was the most important thing.
The two of them pushed and shoved each other several times in front of the He family's gate. Seeing that Bai Guoguo really didn't need help, Mrs. Zhang went home to take care of other things.
Xiao Huzi wanted to follow Bai Guoguo home, but his mother took him home by the collar because she was afraid that he would cause trouble for Bai Guoguo.
Bai Guoguo carried a basket of vegetables back to the educated youth compound, put down the basket and watered her precious seedlings.
These fruit seedlings are growing healthy and strong with the nourishment of the spiritual spring water. The strawberry seedlings have already grown two true leaves, and the watermelon and cantaloupe seedlings have also broken through the soil.
Since it was not yet time to cook, she did another thorough cleaning of the house.
After cleaning the house and washing and hanging the dirty clothes, it was time to make lunch.
Bai Guoguo didn't plan to show off his cooking skills, so he just prepared a big stew according to the local people's custom, and then mixed the wild vegetables he dug yesterday into a cold dish.
Northeastern people pay attention to value for money when eating, and the most important thing is to eat large portions and enough to fill yourself up.
Before traveling through time, Bai Guoguo filmed a series of videos on special foods from all over the country, including Northeastern cuisine. I wouldn’t say that they are very authentic, but they still taste very good.
She first prepared all the ingredients, peeled those that needed to be peeled, washed those that needed to be washed, and then cut them into pieces, and the ingredients were ready.
What she is going to make today is a big bacon stew. She will roast the skin of the bacon, wash it with warm water, and put it in a pot to cook for ten minutes. After taking it out, she will cut it into pieces and set aside.
Put a little oil in the pot, crush the ginger, break the dried chili into two pieces and put them in the pot to stir-fry, then add the bacon and stir-fry.
After the bacon is stir-fried to release oil, add the potatoes cut into dice and continue stir-frying. After the potatoes are fragrant, add soy sauce and stir-fry for a while, then add the wild mushrooms picked yesterday and continue stir-frying.
After the mushrooms are slightly softened, add a few ladles of water, cover the lid, and start stewing over high heat.
Stew over high heat for a while, then turn to low heat and simmer for another ten minutes or so. Add salt before removing from the heat and continue simmering for two minutes. Finally, sprinkle with chives and the stew is ready.
While the food was simmering in the pot, Bai Guoguo took the opportunity to prepare a cold dish.
This cold dish is a mixed vegetable dish made with wild leeks, garlic chives and prickly ash picked in the mountains yesterday.
Considering that people in Northeast China don’t like spicy food, I only added garlic, soy sauce, white vinegar and a little chili oil.
This cold dish is so delicious, with the fragrance of wild leeks, the pungent taste of garlic chives, and the fragrant chili oil. It has a very rich flavor.
Bai Guoguo also liked the taste and reserved half a bowl for himself to eat with rice.
Pour the stew into a wooden barrel, and put the boiled water cooked in the morning into another barrel. Put the steamed buns and bowls and chopsticks in a large bamboo basket and cover it with a clean cloth.
Bai Guoguo is about to go and deliver meals to the men on the construction site who are helping her build a house!
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