Chapter 72 Soothing the Soul
Chen Yanming took out the folding ladder and took down the curtains next to the bedroom. "I'll take these to my side to wash. You rinse the sheets and quilt covers as well. And the sofa cushions, wash them all."
As he spoke, Shen Yanming shook his head, "It's really a waste, it's annoying."
Zhang Heping nodded, piled up everything that needed to be washed, paid special attention to the oil stains and fingerprints, and stuffed them all into the washing machine for rinsing.
When Shen Yanming opened the door of his room, he found that Bi Qiaoan had already gotten up. After briefly talking to Bi Qiaoan about the Song family's affairs, he took the curtains to the small balcony to rinse them.
Bi Qiaoan expressed deep sympathy for Zhang Heping and decided to use delicious food to comfort his neighbor's wounded heart.
After Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan explained the situation, they returned to Zhang's house and continued to help Zhang Heping clean up his messy home, sweeping the floor, mopping the floor, and wiping the windowsills.
It was not until noon that I took Zhang Heping home for lunch.
The lunch prepared by Bi Qiaoan was very rich, including squirrel fish, stir-fried cauliflower, pork slices with green peppers, hand-shredded cabbage, and lotus root and pork ribs soup. Hehe, in fact, the lotus root and pork ribs soup was taken directly from the space.
"Qiao An, you are so awesome. The dishes are so rich!" Zhang Heping gave Bi Qiao An a thumbs up.
Bi Qiaoan felt a little guilty. "The lotus root and pork ribs soup was made last night. I just heated it up. The others will be quick to make."
"At least the ingredients are rich. You don't know that I eat in the cafeteria every day, and I always have the same two dishes. My mouth feels tasteless. Today I am lucky enough to have a good meal."
Shen Yanming quickly spoke up, "Now you understand the benefits of having vegetables at home, these vegetables are all grown by Qiao An at home, and as for fish and meat, Qiao An bought a lot and froze them in the refrigerator."
Zhang Heping swallowed the food in his mouth before speaking, "Then I will learn from you and go to replenish the ingredients in a while."
Shen Yanming chuckled and said nothing more, but he thought in his heart, "When you run into trouble, you will know the importance of ingredients."
After a short break at noon, Shen Yanming and Zhang Heping went out.
Zhang Heping went to buy flower pots, vegetables, and meat. Shen Yanming accompanied him throughout the whole process and bought supplies for his family this month.
Bi Qiaoan didn't follow and was stewing soup at home.
There are two pots on the gas stove, one contains mutton and radish soup, and the other contains white fungus, lotus seeds and red dates soup.
Bi Qiaoan thought about it, searched for a recipe online, took out the ingredients and prepared to try baking pizza.
Hehe, the current space is more useful. I can take whatever I want even when my husband is not around.
Following the online tutorial, Bi Qiaoan mixed high-gluten flour, eggs, salt, sugar, butter, milk and yeast powder in appropriate proportions, kneaded them evenly and waited for fermentation.
Then brush a layer of butter on the saucepan, roll the fermented dough into a round shape and put it in, stretch and press it with your hands until it is evenly thin, and poke small holes on it with a fork.
Finally, preheat the oven to 180 degrees, put the dough in and bake until the surface is slightly charred, then take it out, brush tomato sauce on the dough, put cheese strips on it, sprinkle with beef cubes, green pepper rings, and cherry tomatoes, put it in the oven, and bake on the middle layer for about 10 minutes before serving.
Bi Qiaoan worked hard for a while before finally finishing it. He cut a corner with a knife and put it in his mouth to chew. It was delicious!
Bi Qiaoan was very happy and quickly put the remaining pizza into the space, waiting for Shen Yanming to come back and present his treasure.
Things are not going so smoothly for Shen Yanming. Perhaps due to the influence of "Idol Farmer", many people have come to buy flower pots recently.
Zhang Heping finally squeezed in and bought a dozen flower pots, the worst kind. "Oh my god, limited to 15, it was not easy."
Shen Yanming nodded and drove Zhang Heping to buy ingredients.
The two walked around Times Square and realized that it was not easy to buy something now.
Each person is limited to buying five kilograms of meat per month, thirty kilograms of grain per month, three kilograms of vegetables per week, and two sets of clothing per person per year, including underwear, outerwear, shoes and socks...
However, there are some things that are not restricted, such as purified water, beverages, jewelry, watches, etc. In fact, to put it bluntly, there are restrictions on scarce materials and survival materials, and the rest are up to the market.
Shen Yanming and Zhang Heping ordered dozens of boxes of 5L purified water and agreed to have them delivered to their homes.
Afterwards, he drove home with the few supplies and headed straight for Qingning Mountain.
Shen Yanming took out a small shovel from the trunk, dug out the mud and put it into the flower pots. After a long time, Zhang Heping's fifteen flower pots were finally filled.
The two men moved the flower pots into the trunk and drove directly back to the underground garage without caring that they were soaking wet.
After stopping the car, Zhang Heping ran several times to put the flower pots into the elevator. Shen Yanming wiped the rain water on the car seat with a cloth and went to help Zhang Heping carry it.
A few minutes later, the two moved all the flower pots into 1601.
Shen Yanming told Zhang Heping to wash up quickly and then went home. As soon as he opened the door, he smelled the aroma of food.
"Where have you been? Why are you all wet?" Bi Qiaoan asked nervously when she saw Shen Yanming soaked.
"I dug a few pots of soil for Zhang Heping. I got soaked because of my movements. I'm going to take a shower first."
Bi Qiaoan nodded, turned back to the kitchen, put the prepared soup into the lunch box, and after Shen Yanming rinsed it, put it into the space.
"Give this one to Zhang Heping, don't let him catch a cold." Bi Qiaoan handed a box of mutton and radish soup to Shen Yanming.
Shen Yanming nodded, got up and knocked on Zhang Heping's door. In addition to the box of mutton soup in his hand, there was also a bag of vegetable seeds.
When Shen Yanming came back again, Bi Qiaoan had already taken out the pizza he made, "How about trying my pizza?"
"not bad!"
In the evening, Bi Qiaoan turned on the TV and found some holly, dandelions and roses in the "Foraging for Food in the Mountains" program.
Bi Qiaoan took out his cell phone and checked Weibo to see if anyone had taken any action.
Well, it's disappointing. Although some people are watching, not many people take action. Most people still go out to buy groceries, even though there are purchase restrictions outside.
Bi Qiaoan thought about it and posted a Weibo using his own account.
Cha Cha Li: Why don’t people go out to find ingredients?
Instantly, more than a dozen comments appeared on Weibo.
Netizen Li Ni: No one is going, I feel embarrassed to go alone.
Netizen Boli: There are still vegetables for sale in the market, why rush? You can buy them if you have money.
Netizen Lily: If there are no vegetables, we still have meat. If there is no meat, we still have fish. We will never starve to death if we eat so much.
Although Bi Qiaoan felt that there was some truth in it, he still made a comment.
Cha Cha Li: Eating meat every day is not good either, it lacks vitamins. The dry season is so long, how can we survive without vegetables?
Netizen Yaya: What do you think we should do?
Netizen Glass: Don’t worry, as long as you have money you can buy anything!
Bi Qiaoan felt that the rich man Boli was a little out of touch with the real world, so he decided to give him a reminder.
Cha Cha Li: Where can we buy it if no one has it?
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