Chapter 155 Prepared a delicious meal
"No wonder they didn't come to grab a bite of the meat when I fried the hairtail just now."
Huang Xinran sighed, and picked up a piece of hairtail for Maomao, "You guys eat quickly. But you are not allowed to give nicknames to children. You are all good and obedient children, and good children are not allowed to call other children nicknames, do you understand?"
"I understand."
It was only because no one was around that she said that. If there were other people around, she would definitely spoil her child without thinking.
The children are still young, and Huang Xinran loves them dearly, so naturally he can't bear to blame them.
After dinner, when the children were taking a nap, Huang Xinran picked up the beans that Aunt He had just brought to her. While she was collecting them, she suddenly had an idea.
According to Aunt He, it will snow in the next one or two days at most.
Once it snows, it becomes difficult to go out.
Although she had stocked up a lot of vegetables when she went to the city last time, it was enough for her family of four to eat for half a month. However, eating the same few dishes all the time would make them sick after a while.
The beans in her hand were just right for her to use to sprout bean sprouts.
Anyway, she has spiritual powers, so it would only take her a few minutes to make bean sprouts, right?
However, in order to avoid exposing herself, she still soaked some mung beans and soybeans and prepared to grow bean sprouts.
Even without using spiritual power, she could eat natural and pollution-free bean sprouts after a week.
After the beans were soaked, she began to prepare for tomorrow's house-warming party.
She washed the pig's trotters she bought yesterday and put them aside for later use. She also washed two kilograms of glutinous rice and prepared to steam sweet glutinous rice and sweet pork belly. Of course, she didn't forget to add salty pork belly.
Huang Xinran actually hesitated for a long time about what to cook. These authentic hometown dishes may not suit everyone's appetite, but they are her most sincere sincerity. Besides, these dishes are pre-prepared dishes that can be made in advance. They can be steamed today, and when the time comes tomorrow, they can be heated for ten minutes and served.
Of course, she did not forget to prepare two other dishes, sweet and sour soft-fried carp and eight-piece chicken, to cater to the tastes of different guests.
The rest, of course, are some accompanying vegetarian dishes.
All in all, I feel like the dishes are pretty much the same.
When Lu Yunchen came back in the evening, she showed him the menu. Lu Yunchen thought for a moment and added a sesame pancake and a bowl of hot dry noodles.
With so many dishes, Huang Xinran was a little embarrassed.
"It's not that I can't make it, it's that I can't spare the hand pots and there aren't enough. If I make this dish, I can't make other dishes. Otherwise, you can find someone else to use the coal stove and pots?"
"Okay, I'll borrow the stove and pot, and I'll help you tomorrow. Don't worry, just cook your specialty first, and make as much as you can. If it's not enough, I can just buy some steamed buns and make sure they're all full."
Huang Xinran was immediately happy.
"You're treating them, so why not treat them to big steamed buns? You're saving yourself the trouble!"
"It's not only convenient, but also filling."
After saying this, he also laughed.
Having said that, of course it is impossible to feed everyone steamed buns.
After dinner, Huang Xinran started to make steamed dishes. She prepared the dishes in advance and put them in the steamer to start steaming. These hard dishes such as pig's trotters and glutinous rice are more time-consuming. Fortunately, they are steamed with honeycomb coal, so you only need to change the coal balls in time.
When the steaming was almost done, Huang Xinran put out the flame and went to sleep.
The next day, just as Lu Yunchen said, he helped cook.
Although Lu Yunchen was silent, the shredded vegetables he made were no worse than Huang Xinran's. Especially the handmade noodles he cut, which were evenly coarse and fine, and looked as good as those pressed by machines.
This caused Huang Xinran to exclaim in amazement.
"I never thought you had this skill! I underestimated you!"
She couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
Lu Yunchen glanced at her, without stopping his work: "Thinking back then, when I just got out of the recruit company, I trained as a medical soldier for three months. I didn't see more than a few patients, but I learned all of Lao Wang's specialties in the kitchen."
"What? You were a medic?"
It’s no wonder Huang Xinran was surprised. Why had she never heard of this before?
"When I just graduated from the recruit company, the army assigned me to the health room. I worked there for two days and then ran away. I went to the kitchen. I originally planned to eat and drink for free in the kitchen until I was discharged, but in the end..."
When Lu Yunchen said this, he suddenly stopped, as if he was lost in some memories.
"What was the result?"
"Nothing happened. I was caught by the company commander and was punished to do 100 push-ups... Afterwards, I was sent to the elite training team for intensive training. I was away for half a year. After half a year, I returned to the company and started to train new soldiers... Okay, hurry up and hand me the chicken. Do you want to make eight pieces of chicken? Cut it into pieces of this size, right?"
"Yes, you cut it."
Although Lu Yunchen was reluctant to say more, Huang Xinran still heard a lot of key information.
A man like Lu Yunchen would not be an obedient soldier even if he joined the army. Apart from other things, one could tell from the few words he just said.
Wouldn't it be nice to work as a medical soldier in the health room?
It must be very good. After retiring from the army, I can work as a barefoot doctor in the local area and make a living.
He was not satisfied and went to join the kitchen team, but was punished by the company commander to do 100 push-ups... She didn't understand why he was sent to the training camp after being punished?
I can’t figure it out, I really can’t figure it out!
In fact, what Huang Xinran didn't know was that in the military, physical fitness is the most important thing.
Although Lu Yunchen is a troublemaker in the recruit company, he has good physical fitness. The five-kilometer run, ten-kilometer run, obstacle course, and parallel bars and frisbee are no problem for him.
Others can't get up after doing 30 push-ups, but he uses two fingers to support himself on the ground and completes 100 push-ups in one breath without his face getting red or his heart beating.
The squad leader couldn't suppress this troublemaker, and the company commander, who had a keen eye for talent, sent him directly to the training camp. While selecting talents for the army, it was also a good idea to send him far away so that he wouldn't be bothered.
When he returned to the company after training, his original squad leader had retired, and the new recruits of the same period had become veterans of the army.
Looking at Lu Yunchen standing on the podium and teaching them.
In half a year, everything has changed.
Lu Yunchen specially invited some of his comrades who lived nearby to warm up the house, and of course, he did not forget the neighbors. The time for dinner was also specially chosen after the afternoon training of the troops.
When everyone arrived, they found that the Lu family had cleaned up the house and set up two tables. The men drank and played fists at one table, and the women and children sat alone at the other table.
Cold dishes were served first, and the hot dishes were served when most of the guests arrived. As soon as the lid was opened, the aroma inside filled the air, and the authentic meat dishes were so attractive that everyone couldn't take their eyes off them.
"Come on, come on, sit down. Sit down and eat!"
Huang Xinran asked everyone to take a seat, then turned back into the kitchen to ask Lu Yunchen to come out and greet the guests.