Although it was called sorghum rice, the brigade leader also prepared regular rice. Sorghum rice combined with regular rice was considered a very high-class meal at that time, as regular rice wasn't produced locally.
Widow Wang: "Everyone says that Educated Youth Song cooks well, so I don't dare to cook anymore. Otherwise, the food doesn't taste particularly good, which is my fault. I'll just stay here and tend the fire!"
Song Yan: "You can not only start a fire, but also pick vegetables."
Widow Wang: "Oh dear, you've even started ordering me around. You really think you're so capable!"
Song Yan: "I'm the head chef, and you're the kitchen helper. You're not planning to pick the vegetables, are you waiting for me? Or should we go and settle this between our teams?"
It was perfectly reasonable for the kitchen helper to prepare the vegetables, but when it came to the team leader, she couldn't argue with him either. Widow Wang angrily continued preparing the vegetables.
Steamed eggplant and sorghum rice can be cooked in one pot. Steam the eggplant until cooked, let it cool, then season with oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar; the steamed eggplant is ready. Only stir-fried green beans with meat is left, which is also an easy dish to make. It can be prepared while they're finishing up. Since there's plenty of time, Song Yan doesn't need to put up with Widow Wang's shrewish face…
The cooking took place in the canteen next to the village committee office. Song Yan arranged for Widow Wang to start the fire before leaving. He then found a suitable spot to enter his spatial dimension. The mushrooms covering the grass were incredibly tempting. Potato mushrooms, hazel mushrooms, purple-faced mushrooms, small white mushrooms, pine mushrooms, and several other kinds of mushrooms Song Yan couldn't name but which tasted quite delicious, grew densely in the grass. He'd make them a mushroom soup later. Song Yan began running and practicing martial arts in his spatial dimension. The food in the dimension was exceptionally delicious, and the spring water could even give ordinary food a unique flavor. However, they had no other effects. Even after giving his mother-in-law so much spring water, her leg healed at the normal rate, without any change. But if he stayed in the dimension for a long time, Song Yan discovered that it made his body feel particularly light and his overall condition improved. The most obvious effect was on his skin. When picking mushrooms, Song Yan deliberately didn't cover up, but his skin remained unchanged, still as smooth and delicate as porcelain…
After finishing his workout, it was time to head back. Song Yan first needed to observe the situation outside. This was Song Yan's caution, after all, the village wasn't far away. What if someone appeared out of nowhere? Wouldn't that scare people to death?
It's true what they say, better safe than sorry. Sure enough, there were two people there. A man and a woman were helping each other down the mountain. As they got closer, Song Yan could see clearly that the man was Huang Guoqing, a former educated youth, and the woman was probably from the village. Song Yan didn't really recognize them. However, Huang Guoqing's wife was named Liu Xiuwen.
Song Yan read the original book too hastily and didn't pay enough attention. Huang Guoqing's wife was Liu Xiuwen, a girl from the village. The book mentioned that Liu Xiuwen helped Huang Guoqing, which led to gossip about them in the village, and that's how they got together. Huang Guoqing was already 24 years old, and he hadn't looked for a partner in the village before, clearly waiting for the day he could return to the city. Around the following year, Liu Xiuwen injured her back while going into the mountains, becoming completely paralyzed from the waist down. When the educated youth were about to return home, they were the least optimistic about their relationship. But Huang Guoqing not only brought his paralyzed wife back to the city, but also remained devoted to her throughout.
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