Lin Qiqi smiled and said: "Hey, then I'll help you!"
Xu Wanning first picked a basket of eggplants from the vegetable garden of the educated youth, then picked a few onions, and went back to the kitchen to get a handful of garlic and a handful of dried chilies.
Because of the scarcity of supplies in that era, there were no seasonings, no starch, etc., so Xu Wanning had no choice but to bite the bullet and make it.
First, mince the garlic, cut the green onion and dried chili into sections, cut the eggplant into pieces, put lard in the pot, heat the oil, pour in the eggplant and stir-fry until the eggplant becomes soft, then add the green onion, garlic, dried chili, salt, and a little water, then continue to stir-fry over high heat until the sauce is reduced.
Xu Wanning took some coarse flour and corn flour, mixed them together, made a few steamed buns and steamed them in a pot.
Xu Wanning's throat hurt as soon as she saw the coarse noodles. There was nothing she could do. In that era, some people couldn't even afford to eat coarse noodles, not to mention that these educated youth could only earn a few work points at the beginning of the year. The food they received at the end of the year was not enough to eat, let alone fine grains.
Xu Wanning planned to go back to the dark in a few days to get some fine grains to store in the space, and then go into the mountains to catch some pheasants and rabbits to store. If she was lucky, maybe she could catch a wild boar, which she could then make into dried meat to store for winter.
Not long after the dish came out of the pot, the educated youth returned from work.
"Xu Zhiqing, I can smell the fragrance from far away!"
"As soon as we heard that you, Xu Zhiqing, would be cooking today, we rushed back early!"
"Xu Zhiqing, what kind of food are you making?"
Xu Wanning smiled and said slowly, "I saw some eggplants in the vegetable patch in the yard, so I picked some and made a braised eggplant dish. The conditions are limited, and I don't have any seasonings, so you guys just have to make do with it!"
"The food is ready, everyone wash your hands and eat!"
After the dish was served, everyone rushed to eat it. The braised eggplant was delicious and juicy. The only flaw was that there was no starch, not enough seasoning, and they didn’t want to add too much lard.
But even so, the educated youth were very satisfied. For them, such a meal was already very delicious. After all, they usually ate wild vegetable porridge and boiled vegetables. Except for Xu Wanning, the cooking of the other female educated youth was particularly unpalatable. They had never eaten such delicious eggplant before.
"Xu Zhiqing, your eggplant is really delicious!"
"Yeah, yeah, I never thought these broken eggplants could be made to taste even better than meat!"
The old educated youth Liu Yue suddenly stood up, twisting her slender waist and shaking her round buttocks, rolled her eyes, and said in a coquettish voice:
"How can you not eat it with so much lard?"
"Xu Zhiqing, you really don't know how to live."
"That won't do!"
"This lard is personal, it's not just yours. What are you going to eat after you finish it?"
Su Xiaomei felt sick when she saw her hypocritical attitude, and slammed the table.
"Liu Yue, if you don't want to eat, don't eat!"
"From now on, divide your food among yourselves and cook for yourself, so you won't be accused of taking advantage of others!"
Liu Yue looked unconvinced: "Sister Xiaomei, how can you speak in favor of this vixen?"
Su Xiaomei sneered: "Liu Yue, everyone in the educated youth center knows about your little troubles. You know who is the foxy girl in your heart!"
Liu Yue was so angry that her whole body was shaking: "Sister Xiaomei, you are going too far!"
"Liu Zhiqing, since you said I don't know how to make a living, then you can cook for me from now on, so that I don't have to work hard for nothing!" Xu Wanning vaguely remembered that the ending of the Liu Yue book was not good.
Because she couldn't stand the hardship, she often hooked up with men to work for her, and she also had unclear relationships with some married women in the village.
Liu Mingwei and several other male educated youths retorted:
"No, Xu Zhiqing!"
"We don't want to eat pig food anymore!"
"Don't listen to Liu Yue's nonsense!"
"If she doesn't want to eat, she can just ask for a separate order!"
"Don't get us into trouble!"
"Liu Mingwei, you, you guys..." Liu Yue was so angry that her face turned blue and her hands were clenched. What Li Xiaoyun said was indeed right. Xu Wanning was just a vixen who seduced everyone to speak for her.
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