Li Miaomiao and her friends had a pig-slaughtering meal at noon. When they went back, Niujia Village gave Zhang Degen and Accountant Wu five pounds of meat each. Li Miaomiao got even more, twenty pounds.
"That's unacceptable. We're already being flattered by the pig-killing dinner, how can we get so much meat?"
Zhang Degen and Accountant Wu quickly refused
"That's right. If it weren't for Fanglin Village, we in Niujia Village wouldn't have the good life we have today. We wouldn't have to suffer from famine in the future. This isn't much, but it's a token of our appreciation."
Captain Niu then turned to Li Miaomiao and said, "Comrade Li Miaomiao, thanks to the recipe you gave us, our village's bricks and tiles are so well made. We didn't prepare anything extra for you, so please don't refuse this little gift, or we'll be sorry."
Captain Niu had said this, but Li Miaomiao did not refuse anymore.
She came with nothing, but when she left, Li Miaomiao not only brought back 20 kilograms of pork, but also the pig's feet and pig's head she bought.
If Li Miaomiao had known that Niujia Village would send so much meat, she would have felt embarrassed to buy it.
When she got home, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon. Li Miaomiao braised the pig's feet and made some dough, planning to make a few baskets of meat buns.
There was still a lot of flour at home. Zhou Shao and Yan Cheng were not the kind of people who would eat for free. They had a few meals at Li Miaomiao's house and brought a lot of ingredients with them when they left. Each of them brought a bag of flour, which weighed more than 60 kilograms in total.
Tomorrow, people from Pei’s security bureau will come over. Most of them are big men with big appetites, so steam some big meat buns to keep them full.
For the filling of the dumplings, Li Miaomiao chopped a few cabbages in the yard and made a pork and cabbage filling.
Pei Guoan came back in the evening and was surprised to see so much meat at home.
"Is this a gift from Niujia Village?"
"Yes, they insisted that I gave them the recipe and sent me so much meat."
Li Miaomiao said this and looked at the sack Pei Guoan brought back.
Pei Guoan took out the things from the sack one by one.
Li Miaomiao saw that these were all common ingredients, except for the small half of mutton which was quite rare.
"Where's the mutton?"
After Li Miaomiao said this, she had some guesses in her mind. After all, what did Pei Guoan do before? Naturally, he had a source of goods.
Speaking of this, Pei Guoan had a smile on his face.
"Director Liang heard I was having a dinner party and knew you were a good cook, so he brought it over specially. He said it was sent by a relative from the countryside. His wife doesn't know how to cook it, and it smells fishy, so the family doesn't like it."
"Okay, I'll make you some mutton stewed with vermicelli tomorrow. It's delicious and generous. By the way, I haven't asked how many people are coming tomorrow so I can prepare."
"There are more than a dozen of us in total. My dear wife, thank you for your hard work! Tomorrow you can just cook a dish, and I will be in charge of anything else."
"Go borrow some tables, chairs, and dishes tomorrow. We don't have enough for so many people at home. Everything else is fine, I've almost prepared it."
The next day, when Li Miaomiao got up early, Pei Guoan had already prepared breakfast.
After finishing her breakfast, Li Miaomiao cleaned up and started stewing the mutton.
Li Miaomiao bought the sweet potato vermicelli from the system mall. Taking advantage of the fact that Pei Guoan was not at home, the vermicelli was not easy to spoil, so she bought 100 kilograms at one time and stored them in the cellar at home.
Li Miaomiao took out two kilograms
Pei Guoan looked into the cellar at this time. He had been busy with the case for a while and didn't realize that his wife had already filled the cellar with all kinds of food and dry goods.
"I thought I'd store more things in the cellar to make me feel at ease, but I didn't expect it to be filled up without me noticing. How about we dig two more cellars?"
Pei Guoan felt a little helpless, as he had noticed that his wife liked to hoard things.
"Okay, I'll dig two more cellars while I have time."
As Li Miaomiao said this, she took out some dried goods such as mushrooms and black fungus from the cellar.
Taking the things outside, Pei Yifan had already picked coriander, onions, garlic and other things from the ground.
"Xiao Fan, it's so cold. I told you to stay indoors and read by the fire. Why are you picking vegetables?"
Seeing Pei Yifan's little hands were red from the cold, Li Miaomiao quickly poured hot water and let the little guy wash his hands and soak them.
"Mom is busy. It's so cold, and if your hands get frozen, you'll get frostbite. Soak them quickly and warm them by the fire." Li Miaomiao put her son's little hands in the hot water in the basin.
"Mom, I use hot water to wash the vegetables, not cold."
The little guy insisted on helping, and Li Miaomiao didn't stop him. She was not a parent who doted on her child, but she was just worried that the little guy would be cold.
"Okay, then you help mom wash the vegetables, but you must use hot water, so they won't get frozen."
The aroma of mutton soup is already wafting over here.
Li Miaomiao cut out five pounds of pork belly, put oil in the pot and fried sugar color, put the cut large pieces of pork belly into the pot, and added a few star anise to stew.
There are mutton stewed with vermicelli and braised pork. Li Miaomiao went to the river to "fish" two big grass carps yesterday. These three dishes are very generous and are all served in bowls. They are enough to entertain even the most important leaders.
Pei Guoan brought back some big bones, and Li Miaomiao stewed a big pot of radishes, which was delicious and affordable.
The other vegetarian dishes prepared by Li Miaomiao
Li Miaomiao also cut a lot of pea sprouts that were distributed two days ago, and stir-fried them into a big bowl. It is definitely a rare and delicious dish.
Thinking of something, Li Miaomiao looked at Pei Guoan and said, "Why don't we also go build a stone mill so that we can grind tofu for ourselves and other things. We don't have to go to the village mill to grind anything."
Pei Guoan never refused to do such a small thing.
"Okay, I'll bring back a stone mill in a couple of days."
It is indeed more convenient to have a stone mill at home. Pei Guoan knows Li Miaomiao's personality. Although this girl seems to be very cheerful and can quickly get along with others, she is actually a cold and aloof person and does not like to join in the fun unless it is necessary.
Li Miaomiao was also very satisfied with Pei Guoan's attitude. He never refuted her on these trivial matters and would try his best to satisfy her.
I don't know why it started snowing outside, and the snowflakes fluttered down
Seeing that lunch time was approaching, Director Liang and Chu Suinan brought two bottles of wine.
"I've known for a long time that your wife cooks delicious food. We brought some wine today, so we must drink to our heart's content."
While talking outside, Li Miaomiao first scooped up a bowl of mutton in a large bowl and kept it aside, then watched the time to put the rice noodles into the mutton soup.
This is really a big pot, not even a washbasin can hold it, but luckily she has enough basins at home.
Li Miaomiao waited until the rice noodles were cooked soft, then poured the mutton rice noodles into two large basins.
Li Miaomiao served it and sprinkled some pepper on it, and grabbed two handfuls of coriander and green onions.
"Guoan, it's almost done. Bring the dishes out and start eating. It's so cold, I'll cook while you eat, otherwise the food will get cold."
Pei Guoan responded and brought out a large pot of mutton stewed with vermicelli.
Li Miaomiao also served the bone and radish soup, another big bowl.
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