Su Miaomiao kept guarding the stew pot.
At this moment, she lifted the lid of the pot, flipped the vegetables twice with a spatula, and then said to Xiao Zhong who had been burning the fire next to her.
"Xiao Zhong, there's no need to add more fuel to the stove."
After hearing this, Xiao Zhong swallowed his saliva with a gulp, raised his head and asked with bright eyes.
"Mom, is the iron pot stew ready?"
"Yeah, it's done. The soup is a little big now. If you simmer it down a bit, you can serve it."
Su Miaomiao spoke in a gentle tone.
In fact, when they usually eat iron pot stew, a group of people sit around the iron pot and eat while it cooks.
The longer the stewing time, the more flavorful the ingredients will be.
You can eat the meat first, then the vegetables, and finally use the soup with rice and noodles, or just dip the steamed buns in the soup and eat them.
When the staple food is fully absorbed by the soup, you can eat it mouthful after mouthful, it is so delicious that you can’t stop eating it.
But the current situation obviously does not allow this.
There were so many of them that there was no room for so many people to sit around the stove.
Su Miaomiao felt a little regretful, but it didn't matter. Her yard was big, and when she built a new house, she planned to build a stove in the yard.
Then they can sit around the big iron pot in the yard and eat the iron pot stew.
Normally, you can use the iron pot in the yard to cook, especially in summer. It is too hot to cook in the house. The stove is connected to the earthen kang, and the earthen kang becomes hot once the fire is lit. In such hot weather like now, sleeping on the hot kang is simply a torture.
According to their current actual situation, having a stove in the yard is relatively practical.
At this moment, the childish voices of the fourth and fifth children reached Su Miaomiao's ears.
"Are you hungry, bro?"
"I'm not hungry. I ate two big buns tonight and I'm not hungry at all now, but I really want to eat iron pot stew."
"Me too, bro. You said we're not hungry, so why do we want to eat iron pot stew?"
"Maybe it's because we're both greedy."
"Yeah, that makes sense. I guess we're just too greedy."
The two brothers spoke quietly, but Su Miaomiao still heard every word.
Su Miaomiao thought the two children were so cute, and she couldn't help but smile happily.
Every time she saw many people looking forward to eating the food she cooked, a sense of satisfaction would overflow in her heart, especially when she saw Xiao Yunfei and the children's happy expressions when they ate the food she cooked, she would feel extremely happy.
The emotional value they gave her was even greater than the joy she would get from eating delicious food. It was a feeling of being needed and recognized, of having her efforts rewarded and not being let down.
She liked the feeling very much, so she was happy to cook for the whole family.
What's more, making delicious food by herself is a very healing and stress-relieving activity for her.
If she had enough time, she would like to cook different meals for the whole family every day.
Let them eat well, eat enough and eat happily.
Su Miaomiao felt that it was almost done, so she lifted the lid of the pot and took a look, then scooped out the steamed buns and cornmeal pancakes and put them into a clean bowl.
Then she covered the pot and walked out.
She spoke to Xiao Yunfei and others who were working in the yard and on the roof.
"The iron pot stew is ready. How long will it take you to finish it?"
When everyone heard that the meal was ready, their eyes lit up and they were visibly excited.
Xiao Yunfei said to Su Miaomiao.
"We're done now. We'll be going down right away."
"Okay, I'll go get you some water to wash your hands."
Su Miaomiao said this, turned around and hurried back to the house.
Without her instructions, the children heard what she said outside and started cooperating to prepare water for Xiao Yunfei and others to wash their hands.
Su Miaomiao looked at the children working and thought that these children were too sensible. Apart from Genshin Impact, no one would dislike such sensible and obedient children.
The children moved a bench into the yard, then placed a washbasin filled with water on the bench.
Xiao Yunfei climbed down the ladder and asked Hu Dazhuang and the others to wash their hands.
"Brothers, come here and wash your hands. After washing your hands, we will eat."
Hu Dazhuang and the others came over and lined up to wash their hands.
Xiao Yunfei turned his head and found that Wu Feng was walking out of the yard without looking back. When he found him, Wu Feng was almost at the gate.
It’s almost time for dinner, where is Wu Feng going?
Everyone was getting along well while working together just now. He shouldn't have offended Wu Feng, right?
Seeing this, Xiao Yunfei hurriedly shouted towards Wu Feng's back.
"Brother Feng, it's time to eat, what are you going to do?"
Hu Dazhuang also yelled at Wu Feng in confusion.
"Yeah, you're going?"
Wu Feng turned his head and said.
"I'm going home to get some wine. My sister-in-law made such delicious dishes. We brothers must drink some of them. How can we do without wine?"
It turned out that Wu Feng was going home to get some wine.
Xiao Yunfei subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
He realized that there was indeed no wine at home, so he asked in a hoarse voice.
"Brother Feng, is your home far away? Do you want me to drive you?"
"It's not far. I'll be back in five minutes. You guys can eat first. No need to wait for me."
Wu Feng said this and strode away.
Hu Dazhuang said to Xiao Yunfei.
"Don't worry about him. His home isn't far away, and he'll be back soon. Your brother Feng doesn't have any other hobbies except drinking a little wine. Sister Feng also likes drinking. They drink together whenever they have nothing to do. They're a good couple."
After hearing this, Xiao Yunfei felt that he had a better understanding of Wu Feng.
In fact, he also likes to drink. Wine can give him courage and relieve his sorrow.
He used to drink with the soldiers in the barracks a lot, but those days are long gone now. He still feels nostalgic when he thinks of them suddenly.
After washing his hands, Xiao Yunfei invited Hu Dazhuang and others into the house.
At this time, the table and stools had been set up in the house. On the table was half a basin of large buns, as well as a basin of steamed buns and tortillas.
Su Miaomiao had to make several staple dishes alone. How tiring it must be.
Xiao Yunfei sent them into the house and then went out to help.
He saw Su Miaomiao had just served out a large pot of food and was about to take it away, so he hurried forward to take it.
This was the first time he saw someone serving food in such a large bowl, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"Are we going to carry this whole pot up there? Just climb straight up like this?"
"Yes, bring it up directly. This pot is all yours. We don't have enough stools at home. You, Zhang Xing, and Da Zhuang can eat together. I'll take the children to eat on the kang using our small kang table."
This is the only way out of this situation now.
Xiao Yunfei said.
"Okay, then serve some food."
"No, I've already saved some food. It's all in the pot. I'll serve you some food and then some for me and the kids."
Xiao Yunfei leaned over to take a look into the pot and saw that there was indeed a lot of food left, enough for Su Miaomiao and the children.
He was relieved after seeing it with his own eyes. After responding, he carried the dishes into the house.
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