After washing up, Xu Manman went back to the room to have breakfast. There was no need to make it too grand, so she just prepared a bowl of cold wild vegetables and a bowl of pickled soybeans as side dishes.
I made pickled soybeans outside some time ago. Soybeans are not a rare thing, and the recipe is not too fancy. Xu Manman also distributed some to new and old educated youth, and it received unanimous praise from everyone. It goes well with rice and can be stored for a long time.
Some people also asked about the recipe. Xu Manman did not hide her secrets and explained the process and seasonings. However, it was quite time-consuming and used a lot of oil, so everyone was too lazy to bother with it after knowing the recipe.
Breakfast is ready. Since we are eating together, it is not served on the kang table. We can just eat around the kang.
The few people waiting to be fed had already brought their bowls, chopsticks, and stools. They gathered in Xu Manman's room. The room was originally spacious, but now it was difficult to even turn around. Everyone was more sensible and did not go into the inner room, but squeezed into the outer room. With such a small place, it was not easy to avoid being crowded.
Xu Manman was like the aunt serving rice. She passed the bowls around, scooping porridge from person to person, her hands steady and generous, the porridge incredibly thick. She topped the porridge with two tablespoons of fermented soybeans and a large handful of mixed vegetables. She then gave each person two large steamed buns, and if they weren't enough, she'd get more. Xu Manman had steamed a total of 30 buns.
Holding a bun in their left hand and a bowl in their right, everyone was casual and found a place in the room to put down a bench and sit down. Zhan Tianqi and Zhang Yuan sat directly at the door.
Liu Hua, who was sitting next to Xu Manman, took a bite of the bun and said in surprise, "This bun smells so good, there's meat in it!"
"There's still some bacon left, but it'll spoil if left for too long, so I'll just make it all into buns."
"It's really delicious, Manman, how come you are so amazing?" Liu Hua said happily while biting the bun, and the others echoed him.
"If it tastes good, eat more. There's more in the pot after you finish it. Don't waste it." Who wouldn't be happy to be praised?
At this time, since we don’t usually eat breakfast, we can only smell the delicious food here and swallow our saliva.
Wang Wei lay on the kang, clutching his rumbling stomach. Through the open door, he looked towards Xu Manman's room. "What delicious food has Xu Zhiqing made?"
"These new educated youth have such a good relationship with each other that they even treat each other to a meal." Lin Zuxin's tone was a bit sour. They were all educated youth with the same education point, so why were they treated differently when treating each other to a meal?
"That's why they have such good conditions." Wang Wei felt jealous. In the past, no one ate breakfast. They were used to having two meals a day and just lived like that.
Ever since the new educated youth finished their housing and started cooking their own meals, Xu Zhiqing started first, and then the others followed suit. The courtyard was filled with the aroma of cooking early in the morning, and now the older educated youth who lived alone have also started making breakfast. With only the large kitchen, they had to use cold water every day.
Li Mao listened from the side, his expression unchanged, as if he hadn't heard anything, and focused on organizing his own things.
A similar conversation also took place in the women's dormitory.
Xu Manman has no right to control it, as people are close to each other and distant from each other.
After dinner, everyone helped to clean up the kitchen, packed up their things, closed the door, and each of them went out carrying a large bamboo basket.
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Because there were too many people, the ox cart couldn't accommodate them all. Fortunately, the commune was not far away, so everyone just walked together. Chen Ming was afraid that Xu Manman would be tired, and wanted her to ride in the ox cart, but she refused. We should act as a group and not force special treatment.
Fortunately, the weather was not too hot, and we all chatted and laughed along the way, feeling quite relaxed.
We met many fellow villagers on the way, but they walked fast and after we said hello, we quickly passed the 7 people.
It was not yet 8 o'clock when several people arrived at the commune. It was still early and they had just finished breakfast. Xu Manman went for a walk separately and gathered at the state-owned restaurant at 11:30. Everyone agreed, as everyone had something to do.
However, when the few people separated, Xu Manman was still a little confused. Of course, she was with Chen Ming. As a sister-con, it was absolutely impossible for her to go alone.
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