Xu Manman looked at the pile of things in the living room, a little confused, "No, why did you carry the rations here? Auntie is not going to cook?"
Fourth cousin Xu Jianan said with a smile, "You're quite clever, my mom said they have to go to work and have no time to take care of us, so let us take care of the food.
We didn't think that since we can't cook, it would be a waste of food if we forced ourselves to do so. We might as well just move everything over and eat with you guys during the day. We can go back after dinner and it won't delay anything."
Xu Manman's mouth twitched. They weren't delaying things, so they thought she was their cook? Weren't they really afraid that their uncle wouldn't be able to cripple them?
"I'm going to Nangang next month. I told my uncle before."
Xu Jianan waved his hand and said, "It's okay. We'll go too. We'll take the leftover rations with us so we don't burden Auntie."
People really laugh when they are extremely speechless. They really have arranged everything clearly.
"Okay, since we're all here and you don't have anything else to do during the summer vacation, I'll teach you how to cook. Once you master this skill, you won't have to worry about wasting food in the future."
She likes to cook, but being forced to cook every day is a different feeling. She finally has a summer vacation, and she doesn't want to be stuck in the kitchen all day.
Not to mention the third and fourth cousins, even the second cousin Chen Feng was stunned. This was not what they had planned. Wasn't it possible to eat delicious food made by their beloved sister every day during the summer vacation? Why did they have to cook it themselves?
Chen Ming had no objection. When his cousin was at the educated youth camp, he was the one who did the work when she didn't want to, but his skills were not very good. Now that his cousin was willing to teach, he was of course willing to learn.
The most enthusiastic one was Xu Jianguo, "Okay, sister, wait until I learn how to do it, I will do it for you every day."
The three of them finally understood and were not opposed to learning how to cook. They knew that it was better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. The thought that they would be able to cook a big meal by themselves in the future seemed not bad either.
The five boys went downstairs again and brought up a lot of things, which filled up Xu Manman's kitchen. Some of the things that could not be stacked were placed across the street.
The elders didn’t come back for lunch, but there was a group of little kids crying for food, and they were all old enough to eat, so cooking was quite difficult.
The stove at home was small and the pot was not big, so Xu Manman started preparing an hour in advance. She planned to start teaching cooking from this meal, so she didn't plan to make anything too difficult.
She took out the pot and started teaching how to wash and cook rice. She told him how much water to put in a cup of rice, how many times to wash it, and how cooked it should be. Comrade Xu Jianguo was so serious that he took out a notebook and wrote down every word his sister said.
Fortunately, they all knew basic common sense, so she didn't need to start teaching them from making a fire.
After the rice was cooked, Xu Manman looked through the ingredients and decided to start teaching by making three of the simplest dishes: scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried shredded potatoes, and mushrooms and vegetables.
She didn't do it herself, but supervised a few people to wash and cut the vegetables. Tomatoes, mushrooms, and greens were easy to do, just a few steps. But when it came to shredding the potatoes, everyone was a little at a loss.
Xu Manman took out a potato that Chen Ming had peeled and demonstrated it at three times her usual speed.
Chen Ming was fine, he could barely cut it into even "shreds", but what others cut were just strips, thicker than French fries.
After the ingredients were processed, Xu Manman demonstrated to everyone using the thickest potato strips cut by her third cousin. There was no other way; if they were asked to make it themselves, it would most likely not be cooked through.
Next, I let them cook by themselves. Each person chose a dish and used the two stoves in my uncle's kitchen.
During this time, I kept thinking, "Ah~ Manman, it's so hot."
"Manman! It's on fire!"
"Manman, why is it black?"
"Sister, come and see if it's cooked?"
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There were three dishes in total, and two plates of each were made. It took more than 1 o'clock to finish everything. After finishing, not to mention the novices, even the teacher Xu Manman was exhausted.
It’s really more tiring than cooking a dozen dishes by yourself, and most of the time you have to work as a part-time firefighter.
Fortunately, with her control, the food was basically cooked. Although the appearance was not very good, the seasoning was okay and not bad. Xu Manman also expressed encouragement to everyone.
Except for the eldest cousin, it was the first time for everyone else to cook seriously. They were all quite satisfied with their results and finished all six dishes in one pot of rice.
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