A large bowl of sweet and sour pork ribs, with a sweet and sour flavor, is perfect for people who don't eat spicy food and children.
The bubbling sound in the casserole is braised pork with eggs. The eggs are boiled, peeled, scored, and then put in whole, stewed with the rich sauce of the braised pork until they are fully flavored. It looks so appetizing.
The other casserole contains old hen soup.
This is a genuine old hen, with a thick layer of golden fat floating on top.
Shuiqing gently scooped out the oil and added thinly sliced winter bamboo shoots—which the children had dug up.
With a full basket, she picked out five or six large bamboo shoots, peeled them, and stewed them with chicken soup. This would absorb the greasiness of the old hen and make the winter bamboo shoots even sweeter.
The chicken broth and oil that was scooped out weren't wasted either; Shui Qing used it to steam a bowl of eggs.
We prepared these five meat dishes.
The vegetarian dishes are hot and sour shredded potatoes, stir-fried Chinese cabbage hearts, and shiitake mushrooms and greens.
The cold dishes include cold black fungus salad, cold preserved egg salad, and boiled peanuts.
The dessert is made by cooking glutinous rice balls in fermented rice wine and sprinkling a handful of goji berries on top. It's refreshingly sweet and delicious.
Two kinds of staple food were prepared: one was pan-fried dumplings with chives and eggs, and the other was rice stewed with Chinese sausage and potatoes.
By the time the last dish was ready, Li Huyu's love for Shui Qing had reached its peak!
"Shuiqing, you're amazing! I never knew cooking could be so effortless. It's so relaxing to watch you cook."
"Every time I cook, it's a chaotic mess. My cook jokingly says that cleaning up the kitchen after I cook is more tiring than cooking it," Li Huyu said, while also sharing some embarrassing stories from her past.
Shui Qing was anything but modest when it came to cooking: "There's nothing special about it, just practice makes perfect. You'll get the hang of it with more practice."
Li Huyu sniffed and shook her head knowingly, "It won't get better. You have no idea how much food I've wasted!"
Fortunately, the Bai family was wealthy, and Man Shan indulged her and never said anything to her.
However, she also has a sense of shame.
Every time she cooks, it's like Lao Tzu refining elixirs; she never knows what she'll end up with. After a while, she's too embarrassed to waste food anymore.
"Then stay here with me for a while longer, and I'll teach you every day!" Shuiqing was even happier at the thought of teaching people how to cook than teaching a few children business acumen.
Li Huyu's heart was deeply moved.
After a long pause, he said bitterly, "I can't stay any longer. Let me tell you, we came here secretly without my mother-in-law's knowledge. Otherwise, if she knew, my sister-in-law, Ziqian's aunt, would also know."
"She's married into Guangning Prefecture. If she finds out we're here and haven't visited her, I don't know what she'll do."
Actually, even if I went, I didn't pay much attention to them, but if I didn't go, my sister-in-law would have something to say.
Shui Qing thought of the woman adorned with pearls and gold jewelry last time, and her arrogant demeanor, and looked at Li Huyu with full sympathy.
Fortunately, her mother-in-law had few children, which saved her a lot of trouble.
Then I thought of Fan Qiansun Jinhua and her group... they didn't seem to be doing much better!
"Don't dwell on unhappy people and things. Let's live for today and worry about tomorrow."
"good!"
Today is the first day of moving into the new house. In the past, when we lived in a thatched house, there was no cutting board, so we couldn't knead dough. The kitchen was also a temporary structure and was extremely rudimentary.
Shuiqing always makes food that is simple and quick.
We will not do anything that is complicated or cumbersome.
Now, this table full of dishes makes everyone's mouth water.
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