Chapter 171 Mom, your wish is quite simple

I had planned to only make seven or eight dishes, but when I went to the market I found fresh shrimps for sale, so I added a dish of braised shrimps.

She had never eaten shrimp in Suho before coming to the capital, and neither had her children. It was in 1965 when she and Gu Jianhua went to the capital to attend her third brother's banquet and had Russian food at Lao Mo Restaurant.

I forgot what it was called, prawns with seasonal vegetables.

Anyway, they didn't taste anything.

Later, when she and her children were preparing for college entrance exams, they went there again and ordered the braised prawns. It was very delicious. Su He loved it, the children loved it, and Gu Jianhua loved it too. The whole family loved it.

This is much better than that shrimp and vegetable dish.

Sure enough, Chinese people still prefer to eat dishes cooked in braised or stewed dishes.

There are eight dishes in total: fried meatballs, braised spare ribs, grilled fish, shredded pork with Beijing sauce, honey yam, smacked cucumber, Kung Pao chicken, and braised prawns.

But since I need chicken to make Kung Pao Chicken, I bought a whole chicken. Since it’s too hot to keep, I decided to make some chicken soup.

There are nine dishes, and I will make another one to make ten. Nine, an odd number, doesn’t sound nice, so ten dishes will be perfect.

I bought a few pounds of clams from a shrimp stall and stir-fried them with spicy sauce, which made ten dishes in total.

After buying vegetables and returning home, the family of six worked together, some picking vegetables and some preparing vegetables.

Of course, the chefs are Su He and Gu Jianhua, the parents.

Su He didn’t know how to cook before, but when classes were suspended in 1966, she cooked for a few months and her cooking skills improved a lot.

Since then, during the winter and summer holidays, Su He would cook for the children whenever she felt like it, such as the grilled fish she made last year.

She didn't know that fish could be eaten like this before. It was only after looking at the recipes in the system mall that she found out that fish could be eaten like this.

In the past, fish was either stewed or braised.

Su He said that grilled fish is still delicious. She likes to eat spicy food. The side dishes, such as black fungus and bean sprouts, are also delicious.

The three dishes, grilled fish, braised prawns and spicy fried clams, were made by Su He, and the rest were made by Gu Jianhua.

The staple food is stewed rice and dry rice.

After two hours of hard work, the family finally had their meal.

The table left by the owner of the house is a square table, not too big, just right for four people, but not big enough for six.

After considering about having guests over in the future, I bought a large round table.

The round table can easily seat ten people.

The dishes are placed on the table, as are the drinks.

The children drank soda, but Gu Jianhua wanted beer, so he bought a case of beer and a case of soda.

As for Su He, if you want to drink white wine, not much, just two small glasses.

The main reason is that she doesn't like drinking beer because it smells like horse urine. She can't understand why anyone would like to drink it. White wine is better because it has a more fragrant taste.

The children are older and don't have to pour their own wine anymore.

"Mom and Dad, please sit down and we'll pour you some wine."

Changyi and Changan each held a bottle of wine.

The two younger ones said, "We want to pour it, too."

The two elders said, "You guys pour the next drink."

Changan poured wine for Su He. He held the bottle of Maotai and said with a smile, "Oh my god, you are amazing. You are drinking white wine."

Gu Jianhua, "You underestimated your mother. She used to drink one cup after another."

Changyi Changan, "real or fake"

Su He kicked Gu Jianhua under the table, "What nonsense are you talking about? I only drank that once."

Just a few years ago, her eldest brother and sister-in-law came back, and they had dinner and drank together. She drank a small glass of white wine, and this guy remembered it.

Gu Jianhua, "Oh, you are still being so distant with the children!" He was hiding his mischievous nature and only acted mischievously in front of his family.

Chang'an is just like his father in that naughty way.

"Let's have sex before dinner," suggested the head of the family, Gu Jianhua.

Su He: "Okay."

Changjun and Changhuan said to the two younger ones, "Come on, drink a bottle of soda in one breath."

Changyi Chang'an has become more quiet now that he is older, and he silently raised the cup to me.

Su He looked at Gu Jianhua and said, "As the head of our family, please say something auspicious."

Gu Jianhua: "Okay, I'll say something."

"First of all, I wish our family good health and all the best."

"Secondly, I wish you four academic success and daily progress." I said to the four kids.

"Okay, I'm done."

Changan, "Mom, you should say something too."

Su He, "Okay, your father's wishes are all very simple, I want to be more ambitious."

"First of all, I wish our family good health and everything goes well. Secondly, I hope that you four will be successful in your studies and have a bright future. Finally, I hope that we will become wealthy and make a lot of money in the future."

Changan, "Mom, your wish is quite simple."

Su He raised his eyebrows and said, "Let's just be simple." To make a lot of money, this wish is very simple, but also not very simple.

"Cheers!"

After the toast, everyone started eating. There were a lot of dishes, but the portions were not large. Su He believed that his family could finish the whole table of dishes today.

First of all, the two older kids who are growing rapidly are big eaters. Secondly, the two younger ones have big appetites too and can eat a lot.

They are both good eaters.

Maybe because they are kids, Changjun and Changhuan love to pour wine. They rush to pour wine for their dad and also want to pour wine for Su He. However, white wine is different from beer, so they just drink that small glass and drink it slowly.

The two kids love to drink dry glasses every time they drink.

In the end, they bothered their brothers and sisters.

Just as Su He thought, all the food on the table was eaten up without a single bite left, even the chicken soup was finished.

The family of six ate until their bellies were full.

After eating, I cleaned the table, washed the dishes and swept the floor. It was ten o'clock and I went to bed.

Gu Jianhua was not the kind of person who liked to drink. He only drank four bottles of beer but did not get drunk.

Her third brother helped her with the household registration and employment issues.

Su He discussed with Gu Jianhua when to go to work.

Gu Jianhua, "Go tomorrow"

Su He, "How about the day after tomorrow? Let's have a good rest tomorrow and get familiar with the surrounding environment."

"Okay, let's go to Third Brother's house tomorrow."

Su He, "Go ahead, bring some beef jerky, tofu milk and milk skin."

This time when they moved to the capital, they brought a lot of beef jerky, milk skin, and milk tofu. There were more than 20 kilograms of beef jerky, 20 pieces of milk skin, and 20 pieces of milk tofu each.

Thinking that they had just arrived and didn't know many people in this capital, they used it to show their favor.

They are the specialty of Mongolian Province.

They fry the beef jerky in oil and it can be kept for about a week in summer. As for the milk tofu skin, it can be stored for a long time, especially the milk tofu, which will not go bad even if stored for a year, but will only become harder and harder.

You can use an axe to smash it into small pieces and eat it in your mouth. A small piece of hard milk tofu can take you half an hour to eat.

the next day.

Changyi and Changan were going back to school. Su He asked, "Will you two live in the school when you come back at night?"

They said, "Let's live on campus. It's convenient."

The two younger ones said, "No, if you don't come back at night, we will be scared to sleep alone."

The two elders said, "Why don't you two sleep in one room?"

Gu Jianhua gave Changan the food yesterday, so Su He gave Changyi a pound of beef jerky and a piece of milk tofu skin and asked her to share them with her classmates.

Changyi and Changan went back to school, and Su He and Gu Jianhua took their two children to their third brother Su Che's house.