Chen Suwen watched as the greedy people were driven away by her, snorted coldly, and took her daughter and grandchildren home.
Because Chen Suwen was blocking the way, the others didn't dare to ask Tan Xiaojuan and the others why they had picked so many mushrooms.
When Chen Suwen returned home, she asked Zhou Ling and the others to prepare water to boil and fetch some more water to wash the mushrooms.
These mushrooms were dug out of the soil, so they definitely need to be washed before cooking.
There weren't many matsutake mushrooms, and Chen Suwen didn't plan to sell them.
Matsutake mushrooms don't fetch much of a price these days, so she might as well keep them in her spatial storage and eat them whenever she feels like it.
Zhou Ling helped her two children with the work, one boiling water and the other fetching water.
Although Zhou Ling's family doesn't cook often, they definitely have the tools to boil water, since she needs to boil water to bathe the children in winter.
She also needs to take hot showers, so her family has a pot, and there's also her stove in the shared kitchen.
Although they live on the fourth floor, none of the residents in this building need to carry water. The building is equipped with water pipes and faucets, which avoids the trouble of carrying water.
Tan Xiaojuan and Huang Xiufang saw Chen Su asking them to boil water and kill chickens, but they didn't say anything. They silently covered for them to avoid other residents making sarcastic remarks.
Chen Suwen efficiently slaughtered the two pheasants she had caught and the one Zhou Ling had caught, cleaned them, and gave the internal organs to Tan Xiaojuan and Huang Xiufang.
She doesn't like eating offal. Although chicken intestines are sometimes okay to eat, she doesn't like chicken hearts, gizzards, or livers.
Tan Xiaojuan and Huang Xiufang didn't mind the offal at all, and were even very grateful to Chen Suwen after they received it.
Chen Suwen prepared all three chickens and cleaned all the mushrooms, preparing to make chicken soup.
Although the mushroom and chicken soup was delicious, the stir-fried mushrooms were also quite tasty.
When making chicken soup, Chen Suwen dried the cleaned termite mushrooms, heated oil in a pot, and slowly fried the termite mushrooms over low heat.
First, fry the scallions, ginger, and garlic in the oil until they are golden brown and crispy. Then, fry the scallions, ginger, and garlic in the oil until they are golden brown and crispy. Next, fry a little bit of spices in the oil for a short time until they are fragrant.
The termite mushrooms are added last. By the time the previous steps of cooking the termite mushrooms have dried out most of their moisture, this prevents hot oil from splattering when they are added to the pan.
Once the termite mushrooms are almost fried and fragrant, they are ready to be taken out of the pan.
Zhou Ling quickly brought over an enamel basin and asked Chen Suwen to pour the chicken oil into it.
Then Chen Suwen started another pot and stir-fried the minced chicken she had just sliced.
Zhou Ling's family doesn't have an oil press or farm land, so it's unlikely they can produce a lot of oil.
She does have oil in her storage space, but she can't just take it out. So she uses most of the oil in her house to fry matsutake mushrooms. There's not much left, so she can only stir-fry chicken instead of deep-frying it.
After stir-frying the chicken until it is dry and crispy, add the spices and continue to stir-fry until all the moisture has evaporated and only oil remains. Then add the chopped mushrooms.
Using the same method, sauté and fry the mushrooms and chicken until the moisture evaporates and they become golden and crispy. The chicken and mushroom sauce is now ready.
Zhou Ling smelled the delicious aroma, swallowed her saliva, and picked up another enamel basin for her mother to put in the chicken and mushroom sauce.
"You made so much delicious food today, did you cook?" Chen Suwen asked Zhou Ling, turning around.
"No," Zhou Ling shook her head.
Although there was some food at home, it was prepared so that she and her children wouldn't go hungry when they felt hungry.
But she doesn't cook most of the time, so she didn't even think about cooking today.
Chen Suwen: "..."
"Then why don't you hurry up and go to the cafeteria to get your food? Otherwise there won't be any left."
Chen Suwen felt helpless about her daughter's slow thinking at this moment, and was somewhat annoyed with her. How could she be so smart at times and so silly at others?
Zhou Ling snapped out of her daze, carrying the enamel basin home, intending to go to the cafeteria for food later, when she bumped into Song Che, who was carrying a large pile of food back home.
"No need to go, I'm just back from getting food."
Song Che doesn't need to go on missions recently. Apart from training, he doesn't have many other things to do every day, so he still has time to go home for meals.
He knew very well that the family rarely cooked; whenever he was home, he would usually bring the food back from the cafeteria.
Although his mother-in-law came to stay, Song Che didn't expect her to cook. These past few days, they've continued to get their meals from the cafeteria.
Of course, Song Che and his family didn't eat for free from the cafeteria. He could eat for free, but his wife and children weren't entitled to eat for free.
Therefore, Song Che also pays for food every month.
"You're back with the food?" Zhou Ling was delighted to see the food Song Che had brought back and moved the enamel basin she was holding closer to him.
"Doesn't it smell delicious? This is Mom's chicken and mushroom sauce. It's great for mixing with rice, noodles, or rice vermicelli."
"And there's chicken oil, it smells amazing."
Zhou Ling childishly boasted to Song Che about how amazing her mother was and how she was a child who had a loving mother.
Song Che nodded. "I smelled a fragrance. I smelled a strong aroma as soon as I got downstairs. I didn't expect it to be Mom's cooking."
"Yes, I never expected Mom's cooking to have become so good."
“When Ah Zong wrote to me before, he said that Mom’s cooking skills were excellent and that she had even taught my third brother and sister-in-law how to make bread. I never imagined that Mom’s cooking skills were so good.”
Although her mother used to cook, she rarely cooks anymore now that she's old enough to cook and her brothers are old enough to work.
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