Jiang Mengxue took a bite and realized that what she had eaten outside before was indeed not as good as this. The cooking skills were one aspect, but the main thing was that the chickens were all raised in the countryside, eating insects and vegetables, and the mushrooms were wild mushrooms picked from the mountains.
In the past, the food I ate in restaurants was claimed to be free-range chicken and wild mushrooms, but who knows? The taste was never as good as real food.
Twice-cooked pork is also very delicious. She had tried to make it herself before, but she could never make it taste like the restaurant version. Later, after watching a video, she realized that the meat should be boiled in advance and then cut and fried, which would make it taste much better.
Before I knew it, I had finished a big bowl of rice and a lot of dishes. I only realized while eating that I was a little full. I suddenly felt a little embarrassed because I was too engrossed in eating.
Gu Qingbei had been watching her eat. Seeing that she couldn't eat anymore, he finally served her a bowl of soup.
"Drink some more soup to smooth it over."
Gu Qingbei had been taking care of Jiang Mengxue's meals. When he was sure that she couldn't eat anymore, he took the leftover rice and cleaned up the remaining dishes. This amount was nothing to Gu Qingbei.
People usually eat more when they exercise a lot, which means they can't eat as much as they want in this day and age. Otherwise, for soldiers who exercise a lot every day, no matter how much they eat, it will not be enough.
After dinner, the table was almost empty.
Gu Qingbei went to the kitchen again and came out carrying two large lunch boxes.
"This is what I arranged beforehand. I'll make an extra portion of meat for today and bring it back to you later."
Jiang Mengxue knew what he meant, so she didn't act pretentiously.
After leaving the restaurant, the two of them went to the supply and marketing cooperative. There was only one supply and marketing cooperative in the commune and no department store, so if they wanted to buy big items or rare things, they had to go to the county or city.
The supply and marketing cooperative only had some commonly used items for the common people. The two of them walked around but didn't see anything they wanted to buy.
Gu Qingbei was a little disappointed when he saw that there was really nothing to buy.
"There's nothing here. How about we go to the department store tomorrow when we get back to the city?"
Jiang Mengxue thought so too. There were only a few pieces of material for the simplest clothes here, and she really didn't like them.
However, the two of them did not go back empty-handed. Gu Qingbei weighed out a few snacks, two kilograms of fruit candies, and a kilogram of milk candies for Ai Zuihou. Aunt Gu was considered the matchmaker between the two of them, so she should also give them a portion of the gifts.
The custom here is to treat people to candy if a blind date is successful, but now everyone's conditions are not good and there are no extra candy tickets, so this custom is omitted.
The two of them didn't want to go shopping anymore with their things, mainly because there was really no place suitable for a date in the commune, so they unanimously decided to go home.
This time Jiang Mengxue didn't think about avoiding suspicion, so Gu Qingbei rode his bike and brought people to the door of Jiang's house.
Everyone was working in the fields and there was no one at home. Jiang Mengxue didn't know what to do with the person she brought back. It might not be a good idea to bring him to work on his first visit.
However, after learning that Jiang Mengxue had originally planned to take care of the vegetable garden in the afternoon, Gu Qingbei knew that his chance to show off had come.
My father-in-law and brother-in-law are busy with the autumn harvest now, so they have no time to take care of their own private plots. They can only find some time to do it after work.
The two of them took several large baskets and large backpacks and continued to pick the remaining fruits and brought them back.
Originally, Jiang Mengxue was planning to harvest the radishes, but Gu Qingbei said it was a bit early to harvest them now, and they would have to wait at least for a while.
Jiang Mengxue didn't understand much about these things. She just thought that the autumn harvest was to harvest everything, and she had no idea about the Cold Dew and Frost Descent.
Tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, winter melons and pumpkins, some of the vines have turned yellow. If they are not picked, they will be inedible if left for a long time. I picked two winter melons, but the tops were already dead and they were completely weightless when I picked them up. These are inedible and can only be chopped up and fed to chickens.
There were still many pepper seedlings that were about to finish harvesting, and two baskets were not enough to pick all the peppers. Jiang Mengxue went home and found two net bags so that she could put more in and carry them back.
Jiang Mengxue picked things from the field and put them together, while Gu Qingbei packed the things together and carried them back.
The corn next to it can be harvested, but it's too late today, and Jiang Mengxue can't really treat him as a farmhand. He's not even a real son-in-law yet.
It was the last trip left, and the two of them pulled out all the roots, spread them on the ground to dry, and then collected them to feed the pigs or burn directly for fire.
The two of them were busy working in the fields but didn't meet anyone. Not to mention the elderly, there was not even a child. They all ran to the fields to help. Even those with limited mobility were in the drying yard using poles to chase away sparrows.
I was busy until around five in the evening. It was already dark by then and it was pitch black in less than half an hour.
Jiang Mengxue planned to keep Gu Qingbei at home for dinner. There would be only two of them at night, and they didn't have many tools, so they couldn't do anything complicated.
He kneaded the dough and made hand-rolled noodles, and used the chicken and mushrooms he brought back at noon as toppings. Gu Qingbei ate a whole bowl of noodles by himself.
Jiang Mengxue discovered one advantage after having two meals with him: no matter how many dishes were on the table, there would never be leftovers because he could finish them all.
Unlike Jiang Mengxue, who always eats alone, even if she deliberately cooks less, there will still be some left over.
"Are we going back to the city tomorrow? I haven't had the chance to meet my uncle and aunt yet, and I don't know when I'll have the chance to meet them in the future. What if they are not satisfied with me then?" Gu Qingbei was very worried. On the one hand, he wanted to follow Jiang Mengxue so that they could spend more time together, but on the other hand, he wanted to show off in front of his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
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