Everyone stood in a daze, received their fragrant rice, and then lined up to get their side dishes.
Xinghui was in charge of scooping pork cracklings to stir-fry with bok choy, Wanxia was in charge of scooping cowpeas, and Yanqiu was in charge of making loofah and egg drop soup.
Even after the people who had lined up stepped out of the kitchen with a rough earthenware bowl full of food in their right hand and an egg drop soup in their left, they still felt it was unreal.
Is this really the food for the helpers?
They've never eaten such good food in their entire lives!
Firstly, both their maternal and paternal families were poor. Secondly, because they were women, even if chickens and ducks were slaughtered during festivals, they had to give way to their brothers when they were at their maternal home. After marrying into their husband's family, they had to give way to their parents-in-law and husband, and later, when they had children, they had to give way to this person and that person. The best food was never for them.
Perhaps there were some favored girls, but for poor families, being able to fill their stomachs was already a blessing, let alone afford to eat rice and millet.
Li Tiantian was pampered at home, but no matter how much she was pampered, her family couldn't conjure up rice for her to eat, let alone let her eat refined grains when the whole family was eating coarse flour.
Zhang Xiaocao's eyes welled up with tears as she looked at the pile of food.
Her father was a gambler who gambled away all the family's money and food, and even lost their land. Her childhood was filled with hunger; she would be so hungry that her stomach would stick to her back, and she would wake up several times in the middle of the night from hunger. She wasn't the only one in the family who was like this; her mother, brothers, and other brothers were all the same.
Only last year, following in Sister Shuiqing's footsteps, did her family finally start having enough to eat.
She even built an adobe house with tiled roof, and now she has her own house. She even has her own room, and now she can even eat meat and eggs again!
Such delicious food was something we couldn't even get to eat during the Lunar New Year in the past.
Mother is right, following Sister Shuiqing means you'll have food to eat.
No, not only is there rice, but also meat and eggs!
She will follow Sister Shuiqing closely and do whatever she is asked to do from now on, firmly trusting and supporting Sister Shuiqing!
There was a dedicated dining hall, but the women would bring their bowls to the courtyard, sit casually on the corridor or the bluestone floor, put down their small bowls of egg drop soup, and eat heartily from their rough earthenware bowls.
fragrant!
So delicious!
The pork cracklings are so oily and tempting that you almost don't want to swallow them. The bok choy, soaked in the oil, is no longer dry and becomes incredibly smooth.
Needless to say, the eggs are incredibly smooth and have less of a fishy smell than duck or goose eggs, and are even sweeter.
The cowpeas were a bit old, but they were steamed until soft and tender. This is a dish we often eat at home, but why does it taste better than the ones we make at home?
Zhao Lan, with her sharp eyes, noticed and exclaimed, "Hey, look, aren't the cowpeas glistening with oil? Did you stir-fry them with lard?"
Aunt Wu, who often cooks at home, looked closely and exclaimed, "It's true! I initially thought it was from not washing the pan after frying pork cracklings, but then I realized, how could there be so much oil if the pan wasn't washed? This is clearly lard!"
"Sister Shuiqing is too generous!" Li Tiantian murmured.
Zhang Xiaocao, who was next to her, chimed in, "Who says otherwise?"
The pay is high, the work is not tiring, and lunch includes meat, eggs, and rice. They wouldn't even dare to make a wish before the Buddha for this job.
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