Chapter 6: Demonstrating Skills
"Alright, if you waste the food, then all of you in the Pei family will not be able to eat for three days!"
The chief officer looked at Qiao Qiqi deeply and said.
"grown ups……"
Qiao Qiqi was just about to say, "Don't worry, sir."
The second and third branches of the Pei family were unhappy.
"Qiao, what are you trying to show off? Why should you let us go without food for three days just because you wasted food?"
Mother Pei also gently pulled on Qiao Qiqi's clothes and whispered, "Qiqi, stop making trouble!"
Qiao Qiqi smiled faintly at Mother Pei, patted her hands, and motioned her to rest assured, "Mom, don't worry, I really can cook!"
The chief officer glared at the second and third wives who were still cursing and yelling, "Shut up!"
The people who were talking shut their mouths in disappointment and glared at Qiao Qiqi unwillingly.
Seeing that the cave had quieted down, the chief officer looked at Qiao Qiqi again and said, "Since you insist on knowing how to cook, then give it a try!"
"good!"
Qiao Qiqi walked over carefully and arranged the large iron pots, rice spoons and other items that the officers had been carrying.
He began to skillfully pick vegetables and grab rice.
"Gentlemen, is there any water nearby?"
Qiao Qiqi looked up at the officers and asked.
"Yes, I saw a pond when I was picking wild vegetables just now."
Then an officer replied.
"Then my lord, can I go to the pool to cook?"
Qiao Qiqi asked cautiously.
The chief officer thought for a moment and said, "Alright, we don't have much water on the road anymore, so we can just replenish it."
He took out two water bags from his waist and handed them to the officer sitting next to him, "Second Brother, you and Sixth Brother take the young lady from the Pei family to the pond to cook and fetch some water!"
"Okay, Boss!"
The officer beside him took it, picked up the cauldron on the ground, and said to Qiqi, "Let's go!"
"Sister-in-law, can you please bring us some water?"
Seeing that they were about to leave, Pei Shaoan stood up and handed his and Pei Shaoming's water bags to her.
This water bag was sent by Mrs. Pei's family when she set out.
Qiao Qiqi glanced at the chief officer and reached out to take it.
Seeing this, another officer picked up the things on the ground and took Qiao Qiqi to the pond.
"Everyone else, stay where you are. Don't run around. Once you've eaten, you can continue on your way!"
The chief officer glanced at the people in the cave and spoke loudly.
Their position was at the entrance of the cave, one to prevent the prisoners from escaping, and the other to check the situation outside.
"Mom, second brother, can Mrs. Qiao really cook? Will we be poisoned by the food she cooks?"
Pei Shaoming said with a look of doubt.
Mother Pei sighed softly, "If I really die like this, it will be over once and for all, so I won't have to suffer any more!"
Her face was filled with sorrow. "Your father died in such a miserable way. Mother has wanted to go down and accompany him for a long time!"
"Mom, you still have Shu'er! We can't die!"
Pei Shu'er in her arms leaned gently against her arms and said.
Pei Shaoling, who was lying on the ground and dozing off, clenched his fists lightly, but his face showed no expression.
I just regret that he came back at the wrong time. If he had come back before being exiled, his family would not have suffered.
However, Qiao Qiqi seems to be different from before...
Now, he could only think of a way to heal his injuries as soon as possible, and then...
On the other hand, Qiao Qiqi and two officers quickly arrived at the edge of the pond.
This pool of water is blocked by a rock above.
Even though it had just rained heavily, the entire pool was crystal clear, unlike the turbid water in other open-air pools.
I found two stones and placed the big iron pot on them.
This big iron pot is very large, and it can easily cook porridge for dozens of people.
Qiao Qiqi washes rice and vegetables skillfully.
Seeing that the only seasoning was a little coarse salt, she frowned slightly.
Rice boiled with wild vegetables and a little coarse salt is what they eat these days.
But the food cooked in this way is difficult to swallow.
While the two officers were fetching water from the pond, she quietly took out a small bottle of sesame oil from the supermarket space.
Then I dropped a few drops in.
She was very careful in her actions and put the drip back into the space.
She also put back the can of eight-treasure porridge that she had previously fed Pei Shaoling.
There is no way. Now I am on the road of exile and I have to be careful about everything.
Next, we started a fire and cooked.
Fortunately, the two officers found a pile of dry branches from somewhere, and she quickly lit them with a tinderbox.
Without a kitchen knife, she tore the wild vegetables into thin pieces, put them into the pan and stir-fried them.
Next comes the washed rice.
This rice is not the best white rice, but rather yellowish broken rice.
Qiao Qiqi frowned but put it in anyway.
Add water and boil.
Slowly, the aroma of wild vegetables mixed with rice wafted out of the big pot.
It also has a light sesame aroma.
"Wow, it smells so good! Why didn't the one Lao Wu made before smell this good?"
The constable Lao Liu was sitting not far away, and he swallowed his saliva unconsciously when he smelled the fragrance.
"This young lady from the Pei family is right. She really can cook."
The second constable also looked at Qiao Qiqi, who was fiddling with firewood not far away, with satisfaction and praised her softly.
"She's such a good cook, why don't we let her cook some food for us brothers later?"
The official, Lao Liu, suggested, "I've been eating the food made by Lao Wu, and my mouth is almost dry."
"That's a good idea. The boss and I will give some suggestions later."
The second officer also felt that the food they had been eating these days was too bad, and it was too shameful for them to eat the same food as the prisoners.
When the wild vegetable porridge was almost cooked, Qiao Qiqi secretly added some chicken essence into it.
With the addition of oil and chicken essence, the taste of the wild vegetable porridge has become different from before.
After the porridge was cooked, two officers carried the iron pot and slowly walked towards the cave.
Qiao Qiqi followed behind with several water bags of her own.
“Wow, it smells so good!”
As soon as it was carried into the cave, everyone smelled the fragrance of wild vegetable porridge.
The officials quickly found their own bowls and waited for their boss to say it was time to eat.
"Boss, we'll take care of her, don't worry!"
What this means is that there is nothing wrong with this vegetable porridge and you can eat it with confidence.
"Okay, let's start cooking!"
At the command of the chief constable, more than a dozen constables began to move.
There were forty or fifty prisoners, each with half a bowl, and the rest was for themselves.
"It smells so good! Boss, this porridge smells so good!"
The officials, still unsatisfied, licked their bowls quickly and sighed with satisfaction.
"Well, I also think that this young lady from the Pei family is a good cook. I'll leave the cooking to her from now on!"
The chief officer nodded in satisfaction, looking at the iron pot still holding half a bowl of wild vegetable porridge. "Give the rest to her as payment for cooking!"
Upon hearing this, the second officer stood up and used a large spoon to place the remaining portion in front of Qiao Qiqi. "Here, this is a reward from the boss. From now on, all our cooking tasks will be left to you!"
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